Essays about: "Ownership dispersion"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words Ownership dispersion.

  1. 1. The impact of family ownership on capital structure - Empirical evidence from Swedish family firms

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Hassan Khadhem; Safaa Ishak; [2023]
    Keywords : Family ownership; capital structure; corporate governance; agency theory.;

    Abstract : This study investigates how family ownership affects firms' financing decisions in Sweden. The study uses data on publicly listed firms in Sweden from 2014-2019 with 730 firm-year observations. Sweden has a significant portion of family firms and a business environment where control-enhancing mechanisms are used to a large extent. READ MORE

  3. 2. Country-specific differences in disclosure compliance –A quantitative study comparing the compliance degree of paragraph 134 in IAS 36 Impairment of Assets in Sweden and the United Kingdom

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Jonatan Rubenson; Therese Schagerlind; [2014-06-10]
    Keywords : Compliance; Disclosure; Goodwill; IAS 36; IFRS; Impairment; Multible Regression; Sweden; the United Kingdom;

    Abstract : Background and problem discussion: Since 2005 all listed companies in the European Union have been obligated to apply the IFRS regulations. The purpose of the implementation is to increase the transparency and comparability, which in the long run aims to harmonise the accounting behaviour. READ MORE

  4. 3. Determinants of voluntary disclosure in Swedish corporate annual reports

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Alexander Thoresson; Pontus Niléhn; [2014]
    Keywords : Annual report; Voluntary disclosure; Corporate Strategic Information; Internal firm characteristics; Asymmetric information; The principal-agent problem;

    Abstract : This study examines if three hypothesized variables affect the extent of corporate strategic information, i.e. voluntary information, in corporate annual reports, specifically in Sweden in the year of 2012. The variables deemed appropriate to the Swedish environment, i. READ MORE

  5. 4. On the Road to the Automobile Age Sweden 1923-1973

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Tristan Jacques; [2011]
    Keywords : Mass Motorization; Private Car ownership; Sweden; Social Sciences; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Europe, following the American model, became a Car Society during the Golden Age. In Sweden, mass-motorization spread faster and approximately ten years earlier than in the rest of the continent. This study aims to pinpoint factors explaining this advance. READ MORE

  6. 5. Ownership Dispersion and Capital Structure in Family firms : A study of closed Swedish SMEs

    University essay from IHH, Nationalekonomi

    Author : Rubecca Duggal; Giang Dinh Tung; [2010]
    Keywords : Capital and ownership struture; Ownership dispersion; Family business; Family firms; Agency theory;

    Abstract : .... READ MORE