Essays about: "Corporate Ownership structure and firm"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 33 essays containing the words Corporate Ownership structure and firm.

  1. 21. THE CHINESE STOCK MARKET - Differences in performance in consideration to level of state ownership

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistik

    Author : Mathilda Ivarsson; Heidi Nordén; [2015-02-04]
    Keywords : Split-Share Structure Reform; State-Owned Enterprises SOEs ; Ownership Structure; Corporate Governance; Privatization theory; China;

    Abstract : We examine the success of the privatization reform in China by evaluating the changes in performance of the State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) after the Split-Share Structure reform in 2005, considering the changes in ownership structure. This study investigates how the ongoing privatization process in China is affecting the performance of SOEs. READ MORE

  3. 22. Size does matter

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för redovisning och finansiering

    Author : Helena Danieli; Lisa Åhström; [2015]
    Keywords : Sustainability reporting; Motivational factors; Corporate Citizenship theory; Legitimacy theory; Stakeholder theory;

    Abstract : Through a comparative case study and with an inductive research approach, this study aims to explore potential motivational factors behind voluntary sustainability reporting and discuss whether differences can be related to size. The analysis is built on the framework of the Corporate Citizenship theory, using Legitimacy and Stakeholder theory as support. READ MORE

  4. 23. What colour is your performance?

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

    Author : Anastasija Vasilevska; Inga Schäffler; [2015]
    Keywords : Corporate Social Responsibility CSR ; ESG score; Corporate financial performance; Ownership structure;

    Abstract : This paper explores the relationship between corporate social responsibility (CSR) and firm performance. The findings are based on the analysis of 126 firms from the Nordic region over the period of 2010-2014. READ MORE

  5. 24. Accounting Quality in Private Firms: The Impact of Professional Directors

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för redovisning och finansiering

    Author : Daniel Hätty; John Åkesson; [2015]
    Keywords : Accounting Quality; Earnings Management; Corporate Governance; Board Expertise; Private Firms;

    Abstract : This paper studies the impact professional directors have on accounting quality in private firms, where a professional director is defined as a director with board experience in public firms. We hypothesize that board experience in a public firm is a sign of quality. READ MORE

  6. 25. Compliance and Cohesion - The Road to Market Satisfaction

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för redovisning och finansiering

    Author : Patrik Larsson-Utas; Bixi Li; [2014]
    Keywords : management control; MCS; initial public offering; strategy; capital market pressure;

    Abstract : This bachelor thesis aims to identify changes in a company's management control systems (MCS) from a top management perspective, as a consequence of a private-to-public change in ownership structure, by conducting a case study of SellCo, a newly listed firm on NASDAQ OMX Stockholm. Data was gathered based on interviews according to the analytical interviewing practice (Kreiner and Mouritsen, 2005) with the chief financial officer, as well as business and financial controllers of SellCo. READ MORE