Essays about: "Corporate Fraud."

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  1. 6. Can Women take on Corporate Short-Termism? An Empirical Study of Executive Gender among Other Determinants of Corporate Short-Termism measured through Earnings Manipulation

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för företagande och ledning

    Author : Sara Hlatky; Alexa Straus; [2017]
    Keywords : short-termism; gender; executives; earnings management; earnings fraud;

    Abstract : Executives face intense public scrutiny for excessive risk taking connected to large near-term pay-offs as well as receiving extremely high compensation, even in times of poor performance. This stands in stark contrast to a lack of conclusive findings on corporate short-termism in the academic literature. READ MORE

  3. 7. Where responsibilities end: Migrant labour and CSR in a Russian supply chain

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet / Institutionen för ekonomi och samhälle

    Author : Victor Mackenhauer Olsen; [2016-09-13]
    Keywords : CSR; Corporate Social Responsibility; migration; trajectories; facilitation; social issues; Moscow;

    Abstract : Multinational corporations enforce their CSR-policies upon workers in their supply chain. These policies should protect the workers from issues arising from interaction with the corporation, however the impact and purview of CSR is limited. A group of workers particularly vulnerable when CSR fails to tackle social issues are migrant workers. READ MORE

  4. 8. Perceptions of Swedish Fund Managers of Equity Crowdfunding

    University essay from Högskolan i Jönköping/IHH, Företagsekonomi

    Author : Mikael Uusivuori; Axel Andersson; Latif Andersson; [2015]
    Keywords : Equity Crowdfunding; Crowdfunding; Traditional Funding Methods; Venture Capital; Fund Managers; Seed-Stage Funding; ECF Fund; Equity Gap; Financing of Small Firms;

    Abstract : Equity crowdfunding (ECF) is the smallest of four main types of crowdfunding (CF) and has emerged as a new form of investment, where investors receive equity of a company in return for capital. Over the past years, the development of CF has given entrepreneurs the option to seek funding from a new source, instead of relying solely on venture capital (VC) and other sources of funding (Mollick, 2013). READ MORE

  5. 9. Reasons behind presumed low financial reporting quality (FRQ) in China

    University essay from Företagsekonomi

    Author : Henrik Edlund; [2012]
    Keywords : Financial reporting quality FRQ ; China; Accounting problem; fraud; Accounting standards; Audit Quality; Corporate governance;

    Abstract : China and its economic development is today something that affects us all in one way or another. Through economic expansion Chinese companies starts to be an important player on the global scene. READ MORE

  6. 10. Bluffing in Insurance Sales : A Pakistani Perspective

    University essay from Centrum för tillämpad etik

    Author : Hina Butt; [2011]
    Keywords : Business Ethics; Ethics in Insurance;

    Abstract : This thesis is a study of aspects of corporate culture that are generally ignored by the researchers. It considers issues like the effect of culture in ethical decision making, ethics in the marketing of insurance products and salespersons’ attitudes and assessment of ethical dilemmas like bluffing. READ MORE