Essays about: "executive pay"
Showing result 11 - 15 of 36 essays containing the words executive pay.
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11. Can Women take on Corporate Short-Termism? An Empirical Study of Executive Gender among Other Determinants of Corporate Short-Termism measured through Earnings Manipulation
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för företagande och ledningAbstract : Executives face intense public scrutiny for excessive risk taking connected to large near-term pay-offs as well as receiving extremely high compensation, even in times of poor performance. This stands in stark contrast to a lack of conclusive findings on corporate short-termism in the academic literature. READ MORE
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12. CEO Remuneration : A study on the impact of the Capital Requirement Directive IV’s bonus cap on the variable remuneration
University essay fromAbstract : Background: Over the past decades, there has been a massive increase in the level of CEO remuneration, which has not been in line with the growth in company earnings and firm size. This massive increase in particularly variable remuneration was one of the main causes to the financial crisis during 2007-2008. READ MORE
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13. Here I Stand, and Here I’ll Stay : Explaining Small State Decisions to Resist Unilateral Intervention
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskningAbstract : This thesis attempts to explain why some domestic crises escalate to internationalized civil war, while others do not. Existing research on unilateral intervention in civil war does not pay sufficient attention to the dyadic nature of conflict, and the decision by an actor to resist intervention. READ MORE
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14. Female presence within executive positions in European companies : The development in the European Union
University essay from Högskolan i Jönköping/IHH, FöretagsekonomiAbstract : Background – In today’s globalized society, it is argued that gender diversity should be visible even withintop positions in management boards, since women and men now have similar impact as entrepreneurs,directors and consumers. Instead, there is an underrepresentation of females within top decision-makingpositions, where various barriers exist for women in their career advancements. READ MORE
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15. Age Is Not Just a Number: A study on CEO age and the propensity to be acquired
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomiAbstract : In common finance theory, all CEOs should act the same - namely to maximize shareholder value. This thesis examines the likelihood of a firm being acquired conditional to the age of the target CEO. READ MORE