Essays about: "control contests"

Found 4 essays containing the words control contests.

1. 1. Multiple large shareholders, control contestability and debt maturity : A study on the conflict of interest over debt maturity between minority and large shareholders on the Swedish stock exchange

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Företagsekonomi; Linköpings universitet/Filosofiska fakulteten

   Author : Maximilian Hamel Wassing; Martin Kenney; [2016]
   Keywords : Agency costs; control contests; cost of capital; debt maturity; debt structure; multiple large shareholders; ownership structure;

   Abstract : Background: Sweden has a tradition of a concentrated ownership structure where many owners use dual asset classes to maintain corporate control by possessing small portions of the dividend rights. Financial literature has shown that these controlling owners find more incentives to divert corporate resources for private use, at the expense of shareholders. READ MORE

3. 2. Control of Leaning Dynamics for Three-wheeled Vehicles : Experimental evaluation of two control strategies

   University essay from KTH/Maskinkonstruktion (Inst.)

   Author : ROBERT GRÖNING; GUSTAV STEN; [2016]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : Three‐wheelers are popular in fuel efficient contests but do not see much commercial success. This could be because three‐wheelers are easier to tip over than four wheeled vehicles. One way to counteract the tipping over is to introduce leaning dynamics on three‐wheeled vehicles so that they lean in corners like bicycles and motorcycles can. READ MORE

4. 3. A World of Checkpoints : Border Crossing Experiences of Palestinian Refugees from Syria in Lebanon

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för Mellanösternstudier

   Author : Mette Lundsfryd Heide-Jørgensen; [2014]
   Keywords : Oral History; Palestinian refugees from Syria; Border Closing; Border Spaces; Forced Migration; Border Crossing Experiences; Participatory Ethnographic Observation; Decolonizing Methodologies; Racialized Rigthlessness; Statelessness; Lebanon; Syria; Yarmouk; Khan Esheikh; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Through violence, war, and persecution millions of people are forced to cross borders to escape death. Yet, worldwide discriminatory state practices daily deny millions of forced migrants access to safe territory. Among those crossing borders are persons without the right to carry travel documents as members of a state. READ MORE

5. 4. Toeholds, bid premiums and bid success in public takeovers, Sweden 1997-2012

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Olle Davidsson; Fredrik Oddbjörn; [2013]
   Keywords : Takeover; Toehold; Bid Premium; Bid Success; Sweden; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : This thesis focuses on public takeovers and aim to disclose the revealing effects on a bid contest caused by a bidder’s initial ownership in the target company, the so-called toehold. We analyse the toehold’s impact on contest characteristics and focus on its ability to determine (i) the bid premium required to acquire the target and (ii) the expected probability of a successful outcome in the bid contest. READ MORE