Essays about: "Return on capital"

Showing result 26 - 30 of 347 essays containing the words Return on capital.

  1. 26. The Effects of Audit Committee Characteristics on Firm Financial Performance: A Case Study of the NASDAQ Stockholm.

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Kingsley Chukwuma Emehelu; [2022-06-30]
    Keywords : Audit committee characteristics; corporate governance; firm financial performance; Sweden;

    Abstract : This thesis studies the effect of audit committee characteristics on firm financial performance, using ROA as the proxy. In line with agency theory, a well governed and directed firm should comparatively perform better than a firm that is not well governed and directed. READ MORE

  3. 27. Stock or Cash? Explaining the Payment Method Choice of M&As and the Effect on Performance on the European Developed Markets

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : gustav kollberg; john skantze; [2022-06-29]
    Keywords : Payment Method; Stock Bid; Cash Bid; Determinants of the Payment Method; Cumulative Abnormal Return; Opportunistic Behaviour; Rational Payment Design; M A; Information Asymmetry; Adverse Selection;

    Abstract : We investigate what factors determine the choice of the payment method when choosing between payment of stocks or cash during an acquisition or merger. Furthermore, we examine how that choice of payment method affects the bidder’s performance in the short term by examining the changes in the cumulative abnormal return. READ MORE

  4. 28. How does capital structure change during crises? A study through 2006-2021. Starring: The Financial crisis 2008 & the Covid-19 pandemic

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Philip Andersson; Terese Ekmark; [2022-04-07]
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    Abstract : In this paper the changes in the capital structure in large European firms was studied through the years 2006-2021. The focus was on how the capital structure changes in a crisis. The timeline includes two crises, the financial crisis 2008 and the Covid-19 pandemic. READ MORE

  5. 29. How to choose green?

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistik

    Author : Adrian Thureborn; Jakob Ödman; [2022-02-28]
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    Abstract : This paper investigates if there is any difference between active managed funds and passive managed funds in regard to their risk-adjusted return. The thesis focuses on Swedish sustainable funds that invest in accordance with the ESG (environmental, governance and social) criteria during the time period 2011-2021. READ MORE

  6. 30. The Swedish inflation rate and stock market returns: does the Fisher effect exist?

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistik

    Author : Adam Malmén; Anton Persson; [2022-02-15]
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    Abstract : In Sweden the annual inflation rate raised in September 2021 above the Sveriges Riksbank inflation target of two percent annually, which has been the central bank's inflation target since 1995. This created a discussion regarding if the repo interest rate should be increased from currently zero percent. READ MORE