Essays about: "executive chairman"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the words executive chairman.

1. 1. Mastering the shift: exploring external CEO successions in a comparative case study

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

   Author : Nils Karlflo; [2023-06-29]
   Keywords : Actor-Network Theory; ANT; actors; negotiations; Sociology of translation; Management; Corporate Governance; CEO successions; CEO retirements; CEO departure; chief executive officer; boards; chairman of the board; externalizing; owner-led; owner-steered; owner-led companies; process theory; translation theory; family successions;

   Abstract : This paper critically examines the claim made by previous research that explains CEO successions as a result of a linear process, influenced by isolated factors of causality succeeding one another. Thus, it seeks to provide a more nuanced understanding of the process of CEO successions, acknowledges the complexity, ambiguity, and unpredictability in its nature. READ MORE

3. 2. Female Corporate Leaders and Firm Financial Performance- A study of 152 Swedish Public Companies during the Period of 2010-2017

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

   Author : Astrid Lindquist; Ebba Sjöstrand; [2019]
   Keywords : Females as corporate leaders; Gender; Financial performance; Accounting-based measures;

   Abstract : This thesis tests whether there is a relationship between the presence of female corporate leaders and firm financial performance in one of the most gender equal countries in the world- Sweden. The study involves a collection of 152 Swedish public companies during a time period of eight years- from 2010 to 2017. READ MORE

4. 3. A Rhetorical Criticism of Google´s European Identification Strategies

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Avdelningen för retorik

   Author : Kristoffer Nordman; [2014]
   Keywords : Rhetoric; Business Communication; Communication Science; Google; Lobbying; EU; European Union; Kenneth Burke; Burke; Identification; Eric Schmidt; Eric E. Schmidt; Innovation Policy; European Innovation Convention; Public Relations; Public Affairs; Government Outreach; Corporate Political Influence;

   Abstract : This thesis examines Google’s Executive Chairman Eric E. Schmidt’s speech at the European Innovation Convention 2011 from the perspectives of Kenneth Burke’s dramatism and identification theories. In the wider context it aims to contribute to the analyses of human progress traced through the history of our technologies and inventions. READ MORE

5. 4. Pyramidal ownership in Swedish public companies – implications for top executive compensation

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

   Author : Mikael Antonsson; [2011-07-21]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : The correlation between pyramidal structures along with family ownership and executive compensation has been studied in Swedish public companies between the years 2001-2007. The results show that no difference in executive compensation can be attributed to the pyramidal structure itself, but in combination with family ownership it can. READ MORE

6. 5. Performance & CEO/COB turnover- A study on Swedish listed companies

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

   Author : Elise Fahlén; Joseph Hellmark; [2011]
   Keywords : CEO turnover; COB turnover; Corporate governance;

   Abstract : This paper investigates the relationship between firm performance and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) turnover as well as the relationship between firm performance and Chairman of the Board (COB) turnover using both decomposed stock price performance and Return on Equity (ROE) as performance measures. By analysing 220 Swedish listed companies during the time period of 1997 to 2008, we examine whether boards are efficient in replacing CEOs at times of poor company performance as well as if shareholders are efficient in replacing the COB during equally bad times. READ MORE