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1. 1. Green Numbers in Grey Areas: A study on what methods credit analysts use to integrate incomplete ESG data in the credit rating process

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för redovisning och finansiering

   Author : Erik Voss-Schrader; Gustav Ryhre; [2024]
   Keywords : Credit; Debt; Rating; ESG; Epistemic;

   Abstract : In response to the urgent need to address global warming, this study investigates the efforts of two credit rating agencies (CRAs), Aries and Orion, to integrate environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors into their financial analyses amidst challenges posed by inconsistent and unstandardized data. Based on interviews with nine CRA representatives and Knorr Cetina's theory of epistemic cultures, the present study reveals the difficulties faced by the CRAs with directly linking ESG factors to credit ratings. READ MORE

3. 2. Quantifying the Impact of EU-US "Distressed" Financial Market Integration on European Credit Supply

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Ioannis Tzoumas; [2023]
   Keywords : ΔCoVaR; Loans; Credit; Risk; Integration; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : This paper proposes a new method for quantifying financial integration by adapting Adrian & Brunnermeier (2016)’s ΔCoVaR to conform with standard asset pricing literature (Lewellen & Nagel 2006, Cochrane 2009). We reconcile ΔCoVaR with standard microeconomic theory (Waller & Lewarne 1994) and test for causal relationships with respect to the contagion of US acute financial shocks to the EU’s loan supply. READ MORE

4. 3. SUSTAINABLE DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION - A study on how Swedish manufacturing firms can achieve sustainable digital transformation

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

   Author : Thi My Duyen Dinh; Erika Damayanti Simanjuntak; [2022-08-05]
   Keywords : Sustainable digital transformation; key opportunities; key challenges; key actions;

   Abstract : The revolution of digital technologies has transformed the fundamental nature of a various range of organizations and business models, which increase productivity and creativity to address market demand more effectively than ever and allow faster information sharing thus reaching higher levels of collaboration. However, digital transformation often comes with many challenges, which require lots of time, effort, and willpower to get major transformative effects from new technology. READ MORE

5. 4. Factors Behind Successful Software-as-a-Service Integrations : A Case Study of a SaaS Integration at Scania

   University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

   Author : William Axbrink; [2022]
   Keywords : SaaS; Integrations; Implementation; Factors; Key Components; API; Contractors; SaaS; Integrationer; Implementering; Faktorer; Nyckelkomponenter; API; Leverantörer;

   Abstract : The topic of this thesis is to evaluate Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) integrations in order to create a set of guidelines to help ease the integration of SaaS systems into internal in-house developed systems. It was achieved by performing a case study on a successful SaaS integration to locate relevant success factors to incorporate into upcoming SaaS integrations. READ MORE

6. 5. DETERMINANTS OF INFLATION IN ETHIOPIA FROM 1980 to 2019

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Nationalekonomi

   Author : Robera Gadisa Adugna; [2021]
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   Abstract : This study examines the determinants of inflation in Ethiopia, using Vector Error Correction Model (VECM) by using annual time series data from 1980 to 2019. Augmented Dickey-Fuller unit root test indicated that the variables are integrated of order one. However, the variables transformed to stationary by taking the first difference. READ MORE