Essays about: "Constraints to ownership"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 28 essays containing the words Constraints to ownership.

  1. 16. The story of a post-feminist in post-patriarchy : the consequences of customary laws and practices on rural women’s land rights and livelihoods in Tanzania

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Clement Peter Kopweh; [2016]
    Keywords : sustainability science; patriarchy; rural women; customary laws; poverty; livelihood; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : In rural Tanzania, customary laws and practices have for over 50 years been the major constraints of women’s land rights and livelihood. According to customs, a man has inherent powers to own and control land, and he is considered to be the rightful heir of such resource, and a woman is not. READ MORE

  3. 17. Good Cynicism : The Civic Potentials of Political Comedy and The Reasons for Its Absence on Colombian Television

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kommunikation och medier

    Author : Esteban Rahal; [2016]
    Keywords : media; media power; media ownership; censorship; Colombia; political comedy; satire; humor; television; radio; TV genre; telenovela; cynicism; politics; good cynicism; cultural citizenship; monitorial citizenship; civic culture; leveling; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This research addresses the potential of political comedy and satire as television genres in the construction of democracy and civic culture in Colombia. Through a set of elite interviews with representative individuals in the media, political humor and media scholarship circles of the country; and through genre-based and political, economical and cultural analyses, this research underscores the real reasons for the absence of domestic political comedy on Colombian television. READ MORE

  4. 18. Ownership structure's effect on dividend policy : Evidence from publicly listed Swedish firms

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Handelshögskolan vid Umeå universitet (USBE); Umeå universitet/Företagsekonomi

    Author : Lundgren Björn; Christofer Eriksson Lantz; [2016]
    Keywords : Ownership structure; dividend policy; dividend yield; dividend payout; Sweden; ownership concentration; institutional ownership;

    Abstract : This study examines the effect of ownership structure on dividend policy of 284 firms listed on the OMX Stockholm Exchange in Swedenfrom 2010-2015. Specifically, the purpose of the study is to investigate therelationship betweendifferentinvestor types and dividend policies of firms, measured as dividend yield and dividend payout ratio. READ MORE

  5. 19. The Effect of Founding Family Ownership on Financial Constraints

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

    Author : Philip Ahlgren; Daniel Nejman; [2015]
    Keywords : Family Firms; Financial Constraints; Information Asymmetries; Agency Costs;

    Abstract : This paper studies the effect of founding family ownership on financial constraints. We hypothesize that capital markets frictions arising from informational asymmetries and agency conflicts are mitigated by the presence of founding family shareholders, thus rendering lower financial constraints. READ MORE

  6. 20. Stakeholder influence, school organization and education quality: How education quality is understood and pursued in Swedish schools

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Jenny Larsson; [2015]
    Keywords : Sweden; education quality; veto players; stakeholder influence; organizations; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Since the late 1980s the Swedish educational system has been transformed through a number of market-based reforms. The purpose of the reforms was to increase efficiency and quality in Swedish schools by introducing private producers and reducing state regulation. READ MORE