Essays about: "board of directors"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 202 essays containing the words board of directors.

  1. 11. Independent boardmembers - a recipe to reduce agency costs? : An explanatory study on Swedish firms listed on Nasdaq OMX Stockholm Large Cap

    University essay from Jönköping University/IHH, Företagsekonomi

    Author : Alice Brenner; Anna Ringqvist; [2023]
    Keywords : Agency costs; Independent Board Members; Board Composition; Principal-Principal costs; The Swedish Corporate Governance Code;

    Abstract : Purpose: The purpose of this study is to explain how the share of independent boardmembers, controlling for different forms of independence, and agency costs correlate within Swedish firms listed on the Nasdaq OMX Stockholm list for large firms. The goal is to extend the understanding of board independence in relation to agency costs while adding empirical insight into the Swedish Code requirements on the board of directors. READ MORE

  3. 12. Board Gender Diversity and Firm Performance: A Study on European Firms

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Viktor Adebäck; Elias Boman; [2023]
    Keywords : Gender diversity; firm performance; critical mass; board of directors; monitoring; Business and Economics;

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  4. 13. The relationship between Key Audit Matters and Audit Committees : A quantitative study about 310 Swedish Companies

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Företagsekonomi

    Author : Albin Eriksson; Emilia Thunell; [2023]
    Keywords : Key Audit Matters; Audit Committee; Agency Theory; Audit committee characteristics; Institutional structure;

    Abstract : Title: The relationship between Key Audit Matters and Audit Committees: A quantitative study on 310 Swedish companies.   Level: Master Programme in Business Administration, Accounting. READ MORE

  5. 14. ESG Performance - Effect on acquisition premium

    University essay from

    Author : Tintin Almqvist; Fredrik Wendt; [2022-07-01]
    Keywords : ESG; Environmental; Social; Governance; Mergers Acquisition M A ; Acquisition; Premium; Gender Diversity; Board Structure;

    Abstract : From a target perspective we investigate how environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance affects the premium paid in acquisitions. ESG has been growing in importance during the last decade, and reporting of non-financial data is increasing. READ MORE

  6. 15. Employee representation on the board of directors and its implications on corporate risk- A quantitative study on diverging stakeholder preferences

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Filip Engelholm; Lukas Nyström; [2022-06-30]
    Keywords : Board level employee representation; Codetermination; Risk preferences; Stakeholder incentives; Agency conflict; Corporate governance;

    Abstract : This study investigates how board-level employee representation (BLER) impacts the risk profile of a firm. More specifically, it investigates whether the binary presence of employees in the board room, or the relative ratio of votes allocated to employees, leads to reduced total, idiosyncratic, or systematic risk. READ MORE