Essays about: "Corporate risk taking"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 45 essays containing the words Corporate risk taking.

1. 6. How to organize companies to prepare for growth while maintaining the ability to be innovative

   University essay from KTH/Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM)

   Author : Amelia Lembke; Christian Aguayo; [2021]
   Keywords : Corporate Entrepreneurship; Entrepreneurial Orientation; Organizational Structure; Growth; Intraprenörskap; Entreprenöriell orientering; Organisationsstruktur; Tillväxt;

   Abstract : It is important for organizations to enforce corporate entrepreneurship in order to enable innovation and growth which can lead to more job opportunities and economic growth. Enforcing corporate entrepreneurship during growth is difficult and much of the current research contradicts each other by saying that growth is handled by formalizing and structuring while corporate entrepreneurship is enforced by having a simple and loose organization. READ MORE

3. 7. To dare or not to dare – taking a stand in marketing campaigns - How companies’ decisions to take a public standpoint in social issues affect consumers’ perceptions and behaviour

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

   Author : Amanda Lindén; Rebecca Lindén Pagoldh; [2020-06-23]
   Keywords : Corporate social responsibility; CSR marketing; Social Marketing; Brand Activism; Gender equality; Millennials; Goodwash; Resistance;

   Abstract : Based on an interest to contribute to further understanding of the area of CSR marketing the purpose of this article is to explore the perceptions and effects of marketing where companies take a public standpoint in social issues. Through analysis of millennials’ perceptions and the outcomes of this type of marketing the study aims to increase the knowledge of how business as well as society are influenced. READ MORE

4. 8. The relationship between CSR and the interest bearing cost of debt : An analysis of Nordic countries

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Företagsekonomi

   Author : Jonas Wahlström; Oscar Carlsson; [2020]
   Keywords : ESG; CSR; sustainability; cost of interest bearing debt; risk management; Over investment view; Nordic countries;

   Abstract : Corporate social responsibility (CSR), or perhaps the lack of it, is widely debated today. Regulations and international discussions surrounding the topic is taking up a larger room in the public domain with the Paris Climate Accords being a pinnacle where a number of countries decided to agree to quite ambitious climate goals. READ MORE

5. 9. Parent Company Liability for Torts of Subsidiaries : A Comparative Study of Swedish and UK Company Law with Emphasis on Piercing the Corporate Veil and Implications for Victims of Torts and Human Rights Violations

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Juridiska institutionen

   Author : Matilda Lindblad; [2020]
   Keywords : Company Law; Piercing the Corporate Veil; Lifting the Corporate Veil; Business and Human Rights; Tort Creditor; Company Group; Multinational Company Group; Limited Liability; Bhopal; Human Rights; UK Company Law; Swedish Company Law; United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights; UNGPs; Parent Company Liability; Subsidiaries Debts; Subsidiaries Torts.; Associationsrätt; Ansvarsgenombrott; Mänskliga rättigheter; Företagande och mänskliga rättigheter; Moderbolags ansvar; Dotterbolags skulder; Dotterbolags skadevållande; Skadestånd; FN:s vägledande principer för företag och mänskliga rättigheter; koncern; multinationell koncern; Bhopal;

   Abstract : The gas leak disaster in Bhopal, India, in 1984 illustrates a situation of catastrophe and mass torts resulting in loss of life and health as well as environmental degradation. The Indian company Union Carbide India Limited, who owned and operated the chemical plant that caused the disaster, did not have sufficient assets to compensate the victims in contrast to its financially well-equipped US parent company Union Carbide Corporation. READ MORE

6. 10. Do Swedish Firms Pay Their Boards Excessive Compensation? - A study on the economic determinants and effects of excessive board compensation among Swedish firms

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

   Author : Karin Bengtsson; Erica Wollin Björk; [2019-08-08]
   Keywords : Determinants of Board Compensation; Excessive; Chairman; Member; Corporate Governance; Agency Theory; Ownership; Performance; Risk;

   Abstract : Corporate governance and board issues have not only gained interest due to well-known governance failures such as the 2001 Enron scandal, rather, the field has been of interest at least since 1776 and the development of Smith’s Wealth of Nations. Due to corporations’ immense contribution to economic activity, their agency problems and costs remain substantial. READ MORE