Essays about: "Corporate risk taking"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 45 essays containing the words Corporate risk taking.

  1. 21. THE RISKS OF ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVITIES : How are these risks handled by the corporate governance and the external auditor?

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för ekonomi

    Author : Viktor Hallström; Emma Strand; [2017]
    Keywords : Auditing; Environmental risk; Hazardous activities; Internal control; Risk management;

    Abstract : The purpose of this study is to examine external auditors´ current practices when performing an audit of companies with environmentally hazardous activities, i.e. if the environmental risks are taken into account by the auditor of an audit. READ MORE

  3. 22. Cash holdings and Multinationality: a European perspective

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Ruben Hanson; [2017]
    Keywords : JEL: G30 General Corporate Finance and Governance ; G32 Financial Risk and Risk Management ;

    Abstract : Using data from twelve countries in the European Union over a 13-year period (2002-2015) with 9,707 observations, the effect of multinationality and the crisis on cash holdings is examined in a European setting. Both firm and country characteristics of firms are taken into account. READ MORE

  4. 23. The influence of board gender diversity on corporate risk taking in US non-financial firms

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Nick Stellingwerf; [2016]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : This paper examines the relationship between board gender diversity and corporate risk taking within 403 US non-financial firms listed on the S&P 500 over the period 2002-2014. In the existing literature the impact of board gender diversity on firm outcome (e.g. risk taking) is still indistinct. READ MORE

  5. 24. Entrepreneurs: A separate breed or just different thinkers? : A study of entrepreneurs & corporate managers decision-making styles

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Honey Shahraki; Adissa Asmar; [2015]
    Keywords : Entrepreneurs; Corporate Managers; Decision-making Style; Intuitive Thinking; Rational Thinking;

    Abstract : Entrepreneurs and corporate managers are said to differ in their decision-making styles. In this study we aimed to investigate if and why these presupposed differences exist by examining entrepreneurs and corporate managers differences to information processing as well as risk-taking propensity in business situations. READ MORE

  6. 25. How to Manage the Coexistence of Corporate Entrepreneurship and the Core Business. The story of large companies pursuit of tomorrow´s business

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Kauser Kader; Johanna Kalnins; [2014-12-15]
    Keywords : Corporate entrepreneurship; ambidexterity; large established organizations;

    Abstract : Large companies today faces many challenges due to the changing global environment, new conditions require new ways of managing the company. Further, due to the bureaucracy and hierarchy that follows with the size a company, large established companies find themselves losing the innovation and risk taking they once had. READ MORE