Essays about: "Corporate Governance Mechanisms"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 39 essays containing the words Corporate Governance Mechanisms.

1. 21. Employee engagement in CSR strategy making : Understanding SMEs’ behavior towards stakeholders and CSR

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Företagsekonomi

   Author : Jens Willem Woestenburg; Raquel Steffler Machado; [2018]
   Keywords : CSR; Corporate Social Responsibility; CSR in SMEs; Small Medium Size Enterprises; stakeholder engagement; employee engagement; stakeholder theory;

   Abstract : SMEs make up a large part of the global economy. Only in Sweden, for example, SMEs account for 61,3% of value added and employment (European Commision, 2016, p. 2). With such impressive presence, these firms exert a large impact on society and the environment. READ MORE

3. 22. Exploring the governance of platform cooperatives A case study of a multi-stakeholder marketplace platform cooperative.

   University essay from Institutionen för tillämpad informationsteknologi

   Author : Fredrik Andersson Bohman; [2017-09-13]
   Keywords : Platform Cooperativism; Commons Governance; Fairmondo; Governance;

   Abstract : Platform cooperativism is a movement that criticise corporate-owned sharing economy platforms regarding their negative role in generating poor social conditions of labour and extracting huge profits simply by controlling the flows between supply and demand. The aim of this movement is to bring about a change in ownership structures in favour of the platforms workers, establish democratic governance and reinvigorating the notion of solidarity. READ MORE

4. 23. Corporate Governance and Banking Governance within Conventional and Islamic banking systems. : A Cross-case Study between Conventional banks in Sweden and Islamic banks in UK.

   University essay from Karlstads universitet/Handelshögskolan

   Author : Arlinda Beqiri; [2017]
   Keywords : Corporate Governance; Banking Governance; Conventional banks; Islamic banks; regulations and financial products.;

   Abstract : The aim of this study is to understand and analyse the relationship between corporate governance (CG) and banking governance (BG) in Conventional and Islamic banking systems. The reason for choosing this topic was because the regulations and banking systems within Conventional banks are differently in comparison to Islamic banks, which means that their corporate governance and banking governance are influenced by different mechanisms and therefore regulated differently. READ MORE

5. 24. A Short Walk on Wall Street - Does Short Selling Exposure Improve M&A Quality?

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

   Author : Julius Lühr; Daniel Schmidt; [2017]
   Keywords : Short Selling; Mergers Acquisitions; Corporate Governance; Regulation SHO; Governance by Trade;

   Abstract : We examine whether short sellers are a source of effective corporate governance in the context of M&A. Using a sample of 9,386 U.S. mergers & acquisitions from 2002 to 2016, we find that acquirers subject to more short interest experience significantly higher announcement period abnormal stock returns. READ MORE

6. 25. Transparency and Disclosure in Swedish State-owned Enterprises

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

   Author : Erik Waltré; [2015]
   Keywords : Transparency; State-owned enterprise; Corporate governance; Disclosure; Stakeholder theory;

   Abstract : There is a disagreement between the principles of corporate governance, which promote a transparent corporate disclosure, and the studies of business communication, which show an increasing trend in how a marketing function crowds out the transparency function of corporate disclosure. While this marketing function might be interpreted as a means towards attracting new investors, it could suggest that the marketing function has less impact on companies without investors, such as State-owned Enterprises (SOEs). READ MORE