Essays about: "SHAREHOLDERS’ VALUE"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 144 essays containing the words SHAREHOLDERS’ VALUE.

  1. 1. Sustainability performance and market risk. A study of the banking sector

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Företagsekonomi

    Author : Arvid Särkiniemi; Oskar Lindman; [2023]
    Keywords : risk; market risk; sustainability performance; corporate management; bank management; CSR; panel data; parametric VaR; non-parametric VaR; CVaR; VaR; Historical simulation; bank sector; the financial sector; ESG; financial performance.;

    Abstract : The financial crisis of 2007-2008 highlighted the societal impacts of bank risk-taking. A strong focus on maximizing profits for shareholders combined with a disregard for, and  underestimation of risks led to the downfall of large banks such as Lehman Brothers and multiple other banks getting bailed out by several governments and other banks. READ MORE

  3. 2. Shareholder Advantage and Short-Term Leverage

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

    Author : Nikola Pajkic; Pratik Kulkarni; [2023]
    Keywords : Bargaining; Default; Debt maturity structure; Rollover risk;

    Abstract : We find a correlational relationship between proxies of shareholder bargaining power and liquidation costs (indicating the value extraction ability of shareholders from debtholders in reorganization in default) and short-term leverage. Theoretical literature suggests to us that firms with higher shareholder advantage will reduce their short-term leverage to a greater extent than those with lower shareholder advantage (due to shareholders disliking commitment to rollover risk) in a systemic shock to bond market liquidity, i. READ MORE

  4. 3. In Exchange for Employment Protection – An Analysis on Sweden’s Managerial Position and the UK’s Employee Shareholders

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för handelsrätt

    Author : Noah Ståleker; Sofia Nomark; [2023]
    Keywords : Managerial position; Employee shareholder; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : This essay describes which categories of employees that are exempted from employment protection in Sweden and the United Kingdom. The focus of the essay will be the UK’s employee shareholders and Sweden’s employees in a managerial or comparable position, since these two categories give up their protection and receive some form of compensation, and/or some other form of protection in return. READ MORE

  5. 4. Mot ett mer hållbart lantbruk : En kartläggning av hur livsmedelsaktörer arbetar med miljömässig hållbarhet på gårdsnivå.

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

    Author : Charlie Simonsson; Julia Arvidsson; [2023]
    Keywords : synergier; hållbart lantbruk; hållbar utveckling; livsmedelssektorn; Synergies; agriculture; sustainability; sustainable development; food sector; Science Based Targets; hållbarhet; intressentteorin; marknadsmix; legitimitet;

    Abstract : Förhöjda havsnivåer, extremväder, översvämningar och skogsbränder är några av de konsekvenser som hotar vår planet på grund av klimatförändringarna. Denna oroande utveckling har lett till en ökad uppmärksamhet kring hållbar utveckling, inte bara i Sverige utan även globalt. READ MORE

  6. 5. ESG CONTRACTING: GREED OR GREEN? A GLOBAL STUDY OF OWNERSHIP INFLUENCE AND VALUE CREATION IN REGARD TO ESG CONTRACTING

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

    Author : Rebecka Mannerford; Adèle Sveger; [2023]
    Keywords : ESG contracting; Activist ownership; Institutional ownership; Corporate governance; Agency theory;

    Abstract : This study investigates institutional and activist ownership pressure for implementing ESG contracting, and the potential value creation that follows in terms of financial and ESG performance. Using data from 11,521 publicly listed firms worldwide in the period 2007-2022, this longitudinal study employs a multivariate regression model in order to understand whether certain shareholders push for ESG contracting, and whether ESG contracting mitigates or reinforces agency costs. READ MORE