Essays about: "corporate governance structure firm value"

Found 5 essays containing the words corporate governance structure firm value.

  1. 1. Private Equity’s Value Creation Levers for Green Returns : Three Case Studies of Growth-Orientated SMEs

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Produktionsekonomi

    Author : Greta Björkman; Oscar Schwartz Blicke; [2023]
    Keywords : Private Equity; Value Creation; Active Ownership; Sustainable Investments; Corporate Governance;

    Abstract : Sustainable investing is an investment trend that has arisen in the past decade. The private equity industry has proven effective in providing financial returns and is increasingly shifting its focus towards green assets. READ MORE

  2. 2. Sustainability performance & Ownership structure on the Nordic market : A quantitative study on the relationship between the two

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Företagsekonomi

    Author : Jonatan Höjlind; Wael Shehadeh; [2021]
    Keywords : ESG score; Ownership Structure; Nasdaq Nordic; Legitimacy Theory Stakeholder Theory; Shareholder Theory; Agency Theory.;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates the relationship between sustainability performance and ownership structure, measured using the ESG (environmental, social and governance) rating and ownership structure divided into four different ownerships (family/founder, institutional, corporate and governmental). In the pursuit of analysing the relationship between the ESG rating and the ownership structure, this study investigates publicly listed companies within the Nordic countries. READ MORE

  3. 3. Controlling minority shareholders' effect on value creation in M&A transactions

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

    Author : Frida Ericsson; Sofia Knobel; [2018]
    Keywords : M A; Corporate Governance; ; Minority Expropriation; Ownership Structure;

    Abstract : We examine the effect of having a controlling minority shareholder (CMS controller) - who holds a large fraction of a firm's voting rights without a proportional investment in the cash flow rights - on the extent of value creation from M&A transactions in Sweden. The data sample consists of 263 M&A transactions between 2003 and 2013, of which 109 were undertaken by firms with a CMS controller. READ MORE

  4. 4. THE CHINESE STOCK MARKET - Differences in performance in consideration to level of state ownership

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistik

    Author : Mathilda Ivarsson; Heidi Nordén; [2015-02-04]
    Keywords : Split-Share Structure Reform; State-Owned Enterprises SOEs ; Ownership Structure; Corporate Governance; Privatization theory; China;

    Abstract : We examine the success of the privatization reform in China by evaluating the changes in performance of the State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) after the Split-Share Structure reform in 2005, considering the changes in ownership structure. This study investigates how the ongoing privatization process in China is affecting the performance of SOEs. READ MORE

  5. 5. Dual-class Share Structure and IPO Long-run Performance: An Empirical Study of the Swedish IPO market

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

    Author : Elisabet Åkesson; Tomi Lakkonen; [2008]
    Keywords : Dual-class IPOs; Long-Run Underperformance; Firm Valuation; Corporate Governance Mechanisms; Sweden;

    Abstract : This study analyzes the effects of a dual-class share structure on firm long-run underperformance following an IPO. The sample consists of 204 IPO firms during 1998-2007, whereof 86 had a dual-class share structure and 118 had a one-share one-vote structure. READ MORE