Essays about: "Financial corporations or firms"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 15 essays containing the words Financial corporations or firms.
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1. Corporate Sustainability Performance and the Risk of Financial Distress : A Panel Data Analysis
University essay from Umeå universitet/FöretagsekonomiAbstract : There are increased calls for corporations to act responsibly. Those responsibilities exceed the classical assumption that the only responsibility of the firm is its shareholders and ultimately to maximize their wealth. Any social issue participation has been described as charity or squandering of resources at the expense of the shareholders. READ MORE
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2. The Reputation Circle : A study of the interplay between the reputational perception of companies and the effect on their non-financial performance
University essay from Umeå universitet/FöretagsekonomiAbstract : Reputation nowadays is a determinant of companies’ strategy. We used a qualitative study approach, based on semi-structured interviews. The choice of subject was motivated by recent scandals involving big corporations. We started therefore from the postulate that big corporations would rather not want to communicate on those issues. READ MORE
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3. COUNTING CARROTS... : A quantitative cross-section study on the distribution of motivation incentives in Central Stockholm's banks according to bank-employees
University essay from Södertörns högskola/NationalekonomiAbstract : Counting Carrots… as this cross-section study is entitled studied the distribution of motivation incentives in Central Stockholm’s banking sector and if it varied for different groups of bank-employees, according to bank-employees. This variation in the distribution of employee benefits was examined quantitatively in accordance to three explanatory variables: 1 – Job position, 2 – Bank size and 3 – the Gender of respondents. READ MORE
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4. Developing Dynamic Capabilities in Emerging Markets : Comparative Multiple Case Studies of Cameroonian and Zambian SMEs
University essay from Umeå universitet/FöretagsekonomiAbstract : ABSTRACT Small and Medium Size Enterprise (SMEs) have long been recognised as the major drivers of economic activities due to their entrepreneurial traits of being innovative which lead to job creation, sustaining economic growth, export expansion, and efficient allocation of resources in line with their competitive goals and their respective country’s objectives. In their pursuit as major economic drivers in their respective economies, SMEs are barely exposed to hostile environments triggering fierce competition from Multinational Corporations. READ MORE
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5. Product assessment within ethical sourcing : the case of Nordic Choice Hotels
University essay from SLU/Dept. of EconomicsAbstract : After the turn of the twentieth century, sustainable development has been a well-discussed area between economists, environmentalists and politicians. Reports show that human activities have an essential impact on today’s climate changes. Additionally, our way of living has a negative impact on other environmental conditions and human wellbeing. READ MORE
