Essays about: "High- performing firms"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 33 essays containing the words High- performing firms.
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1. From the Beach to the Sahara - A qualitative study of junior management consultants' identity work between billable projects
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för företagande och ledningAbstract : The recent economic downturn has largely affected businesses around the world, resulting in decreased demand for management consultancy services. In combination with recent years' aggressive hiring strategies, this has put many junior management consultants in a position where their utilization rates have plummeted and time between billable projects has increased notably. READ MORE
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2. Facilitating Internal Work in IT Consultancies Through Efficient Knowledge Sharing : A Case Study of a Swedish IT Consulting Firm
University essay from KTH/Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM)Abstract : The concepts of knowledge transfer and knowledge sharing are commonly reocurring theme in the application of knowledge management in organizations. Effort has been made to facilitate the development of IT consulting firms' knowledge sharing processes to increase their competitive viability on the market. READ MORE
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3. ESG performance, a driver for shareholder value creation? Evidence from mergers and acquisitions
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate SchoolAbstract : With an increasing demand for firms to become more sustainable, business managers are increasingly using merger and acquisition (M&A) investments as a tool to enhance both environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance and corporate financial performance (CFP). This study aims to further understand the impact of ESG performance as a factor for creating shareholder value for the acquirers by 1) examining the impact of target firms' ESG performance on acquirer abnormal returns and 2) examining whether high ESG performing targets can help enhance the ESG performance of the acquirer. READ MORE
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4. Technology start-ups in context : A case study investigating how contextual factors impact the performance of New Technology-BasedFirms (NTBFs) in Sweden
University essay from KTH/Industriell ekonomi och organisation (Inst.)Abstract : In recent decades, numerous prominent scholars have highlighted the fact that small and medium sized firms in general, and new technology-based firms in particular, represent an important source of innovation and economic growth. The success of new technology-based firms is further argued to be closely linked to innovation capacity and performance, which in turn depends on the context in which the company is located. READ MORE
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5. The relationship between board tenure and firm performance and the moderating effect of CSR - A study on Swedish listed firms
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för redovisning och finansieringAbstract : We investigate whether average board tenure influences firm performance in Swedish listed firms during the period 2007-2019. We hypothesize that the trade-off between knowledge accumulation and loss of independence over the tenure motivates an inverted U-shaped association. READ MORE
