Essays about: "What is Corporate Governance"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 93 essays containing the words What is Corporate Governance.

1. 21. Corporate Social Responsibility in Global Governance – A Driver for Change towards Environmental Sustainability? : An Embedded-Case Study on the Sustainability Discourse in the Palm Oil Industry

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

   Author : Sarah Kurz; [2021]
   Keywords : Corporate Social Responsibility; CSR; Palm Oil; Indonesia; Carol Bacchi; What’s the Problem Represented to be; WPR; environmental sustainability; global governance;

   Abstract : The planet’s biodiversity is in a worrying state. Palm oil production significantly contributes to biodiversity loss in Southeast Asia, especially in Indonesia. Unfortunately, the different forms of public and private regulation in place have had limited success in regulating the sector and protecting the environment. READ MORE

3. 22. Factors influencing the share repurchase decision : A look into Nordic firms

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Företagsekonomi

   Author : Fredric Wållberg; Ezra Anglemier; [2021]
   Keywords : Corporate Governance; Share Repurchases; Logistic regression; Payout Policy;

   Abstract : This thesis investigates the relationship between share repurchase decisions and severalfinancial variables the year before. We link financial theories such as signaling,substitution, leverage, excess capital, corporate governance, employee stock option, andlegitimacy theory to this relationship and create a hypothesis to test in a quantitative study. READ MORE

4. 23. A study on CEO experience and its effect as a signalling mechanism on IPO underpricing

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

   Author : Hjalmar Sörensen; Isak Muhr; [2021]
   Keywords : CEO experience; IPO underpricing; information asymmetry; signalling theory; corporate governance;

   Abstract : We examine if CEO experience functions as a signalling mechanism in initial public offerings (IPOs), reducing information asymmetry and consequently, IPO underpricing. To investigate this, we perform a multiple OLS regression on a hand-collected sample of 220 IPOs on Nasdaq Stockholm between 1 January 2010 and 15 March 2021. READ MORE

5. 24. Comprehending the concept of AML risk management: From ostrich policy to number one priority

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

   Author : Viktor Löfgren; Anton Melkersson; [2020-07-01]
   Keywords : AML; Governance; Competing logics; Risk management; AML regulation; Nordic bank scandal;

   Abstract : Purpose : Regulators are combating money laundering through legislation and banks work intensively with AML related activities. The purpose of this report is, therefore, to understand how the public and regulatory environment affect how a Nordic bank conducts risk management practices and organize to mitigate risks connected to violating AML legislation. READ MORE

6. 25. The Power of Words: Sustainability Reporting as a Hegemonic Practice

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

   Author : Douglas Kressner; Sorosh Sang; [2020]
   Keywords : Social Accounting; Discourse; Hegemony; Identity Construction; Supply Chain Sustainability;

   Abstract : This paper investigates how H&M have represented itself as sustainable in relation to worker challenges in its transnational supply chain in 21 publicly available corporate reports from 1998 and 2018. This period captures the emergence of sustainability disclosures and the development of corporate reporting on worker-challenges in the supply chain within the context of the study, the fast-fashion industry. READ MORE