Essays about: "equity-based"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 31 essays containing the word equity-based.

  1. 16. The compact city : a dead-end for urban sustainability? : an analysis of the compact city’s desirability dimension : a case study of Geneva

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Aude Matthey-Doret; [2015]
    Keywords : residential preferences; desirability; compact city; urban sustainability; reurbanisation; gentrification; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The compact city model emerged as a sustainable response against the dominant trend of urban sprawl. However, the compact city model is not without controversy. Many scholars have questioned the veracity, feasibility and desirability of the compact city through three sets of critiques. READ MORE

  3. 17. Crowdfunding : Startups' alternative funding source beyond banks, business angels and venture capitalists.

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för industriell ekonomi

    Author : Alban Metelka; [2014]
    Keywords : entrepreneurship; startup; bank; business angel; venture capitalist; crowdfunding;

    Abstract : Entrepreneurship is the ‘lifeblood’ of every economic development. It is a process of identifying ideas and launching a venture, allocating and organising the needed resources and facing the risks and rewards of it. As a research field entrepreneurship is one of the most researched subjects in entrepreneurial finance. READ MORE

  4. 18. Do Winners Keep Winning? A Study of the Performance Persistence in Swedish Mutual Funds

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistik

    Author : Karl-Johan Hederos Eriksson; Håkan Persson; [2013-04-11]
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    Abstract : We investigate whether performance persistence exists on the Swedish market for equity based mutual funds for the years 1992 – 2011. We test for one-year persistence for the risk-neutral returns for eight fund categories. The method includes both an autoregression of present returns on past returns and a cross product ratio test. READ MORE

  5. 19. Equity-Based Remuneration for Swedish CEO's

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för företagande och ledning

    Author : Mikael Ehne; [2013]
    Keywords : Executive Compensation; Long-Term Incentive Programs; Share-Based Remuneration; Agency Theory; Institutionalism;

    Abstract : This study examines the underlying reasons for observed relative differences in the use of equity-based remuneration for Swedish CEO's. Adopting a qualitative approach, the empirical foundation of the paper is interviews with key decision-makers in the area, namely directors of large public firms and institutional shareholder representatives. READ MORE

  6. 20. Executive Compensation and Firm Risk-taking: A study of the Compensation Practices in the UK Financial Industry

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Johan Mellberg; [2012-07-25]
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    Abstract : The structure of executive compensation is seen as one of the underlying causes of the financial crisis of 2008. A common opinion is that firms have relied too heavily on equity-based compensation and that this have promoted excessive risk-taking. READ MORE