Essays about: "ECCs"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 11 essays containing the word ECCs.

1. 1. Who’s managing earnings? A personality study of earnings management - Using algorithms to analyze how CEO personality traits engage in earnings management

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

   Author : Kenneth Holmberg; Victor Appelgren; [2021-06-24]
   Keywords : Earnings management; Big Five Personality Traits; Chief executive officer;

   Abstract : Extensive research explains the underlying reasons to why firms engage in value-destroying and risky earnings management. There is subjectivity involved in these decisions, and to explain why managers engage in earning management differently, recent research has started to go beyond the traditional motives to explain why CEOs manage earnings differently. READ MORE

3. 2. The underlying meanings shaping Environmental Communication Campaigns (ECCs) : an exploration of meta-discourse

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

   Author : Fanny Svenneke Åsberg; [2020]
   Keywords : Environmental Communication Campaigns ECCs ; environmental communication; meta-discourse; behavioural change; sustainability;

   Abstract : As previous research on environmental communication campaigns (ECCs) has focused primarily on the practical design, implementation and evaluation of ECCs, the theoretical basis of ECCs in regard to the underlying meanings shaping campaigns had not previously been explored to a satisfactory extent. The aim of this study was to address this gap in the research by exploring the perspectives of individuals involved in the planning and execution of ECCs and making sense of the underlying meanings embedded in these perspectives in order to yield insights into the underlying meanings shaping ECCs. READ MORE

4. 3. Earnings Conference Calls and Stock Returns: The interplay between tone and information specificity

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

   Author : Imelda Taraj; [2019-08-09]
   Keywords : conference calls; disclosure; content analysis; textual analysis; word sentiment; information specificity; cumulative abnormal returns;

   Abstract : After the adoption of RegFD, quarterly earnings conference calls (ECCs) have become an important channel for voluntary corporate disclosure. However, the extent to which the information content affects capital markets is little researched. READ MORE

5. 4. The Internationalization Process of Fashion ECCs : A qualitative study investigating the use of exploitative and explorative dynamic capabilities when internationalizing a fashion ECC

   University essay from Högskolan i Jönköping/IHH, Företagsekonomi

   Author : Anna Lundberg; Windy Nguyen; Claudia Lavadores Esparza; [2019]
   Keywords : E-commerce Companies ECCs ; Fashion Industry; Internationalization Process; Dynamic Capabilities; Exploitative and Explorative Dynamic Capabilities; Ambidexterity;

   Abstract : Background The growth of global e-commerce along with technology and information adoption has driven the international expansions of retail firms. Even though e-commerce companies (ECCs) are changing the way businesses operate and generally have fewer physical barriers to new markets, they still face numerous challenges while internationalizing. READ MORE

6. 5. Residual Stresses Induced by Welding in High Performance Steel

   University essay from Luleå tekniska universitet/Byggkonstruktion och brand

   Author : Rebecca Erlingsdotter Stridsman; Felicia Månsson; [2018]
   Keywords : Residual Stresses; High Performance Steel; Heat transfer; Abaqus; Welding;

   Abstract : Today, high performance steel as a construction material is treated as conventional steel in the European standards. Referring to the Eurocodes, the buckling curves for dimensioning of steel constructions only presents values up to steel grade S460, meaning that the full potential of high performance steel is not considered. READ MORE