Essays about: "Publicly Owned Firms"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 essays containing the words Publicly Owned Firms.
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1. Financial Strategies of Real Estate Companies in Sweden : Navigating Economic Cycles
University essay from KTH/Fastighetsföretagande och finansiella systemAbstract : The real estate sector has been heavily impacted by rising inflation and subsequent interest rate increases. This is placing pressure on all real estate companies with higher levels of debt. The rising interest rates are leading to increased costs and making it more challenging for these companies to refinance their loans. READ MORE
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2. The effect of regulatory reforms on audit quality in a lax enforcement and high trust environment : A quantitative study on Swedish companies
University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/FöretagsekonomiAbstract : ABSTRACT Title: The effect of regulatory reforms on audit quality in a lax enforcement and high trust environment: A quantitative study on Swedish companies Level: Student thesis, final assignment for Master Programme in Business Administration Author: Julia Owczarek Blom Supervisor: Asif M Huq Date: 2023 - May Aim: The aim of the study is to investigate the impact of regulatory changes on the consumption of non-audit services and the audit quality among the Swedish publicly listed firms on the Nasdaq Stockholm Stock Exchange. Specifically, the study focuses on whether there is a relationship between the 8th Directive on Statutory Audit and the EU Audit Package on non-audit services and the quality of audits. READ MORE
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3. A comparison of the innovation performance of European entrepreneurial firms backed by Corporate Venture Capital and Independent Venture Capital
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomiAbstract : Corporate venture capital (CVC) has seen an enormous rise in Europe over the past decade, however, has been scarcely researched in terms of its impact on innovation. This paper is the first one to examine the impact of corporate venture capital (CVC) on the innovation, measured as number of patents granted and number of citations per patent, of public portfolio firms in comparison to firms backed by independent venture capital (IVC) in Europe. READ MORE
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4. Analysis of price and quantity competition between public and private housing firms in Sweden
University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionenAbstract : This bachelor’s thesis concerns the Swedish housing market and how the publicly and privately owned firms may differ in goals, costs, and actions. Building upon a theoretical foundation of different models of competition and the Lerner Index’s measurement of monopoly power, an empirical investigation is made into whether competition on the Swedish housing market mainly expresses itself in price, quantity, or both, as well as how competition may vary across different kinds of municipalities. READ MORE
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5. Markups in the Chinese Economy - And the difference between State-Owned Enterprises and Private Publicly Listed Firms
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate SchoolAbstract : The paper examines the markup levels in the Chinese economy to estimate the level of competition present in the economy and the differences between publicly listed firms and the state-owned enterprises. The markups are estimated with a similar framework to that of the production method, utilizing firms’ financial statements. READ MORE
