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1. Invested or business as usual? The finance sector and the new EU sustainability policies. : A content analysis of sustainability reporting within financial monetary institutions operating in Sweden
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för ekonomisk historia och internationella relationerAbstract : The aim of this thesis is to partly get an overview of how financial market participants operating in Sweden complied to third article in the new Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) in forced by the EU and partly to investigate how financial market participants handle and navigate through the forced transparency, in the search of finding increased understanding to why the allocation of capital is not going fast enough toward sustainable economic activities. To reach this aim a content analysis was conducted on Swedish financial monetary institutions’s sustainability reports and institutional theory was used as the theoretical framework. READ MORE
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2. Making Artisanal Gold Miners ‘Investable’ - A Novel Means of ‘Improving’ Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining? A neoliberal eco-governmentality analysis of ‘responsible’ artisanal and small-scale gold mining: the case of the Lake Victoria Gold Programme in Migori County, Kenya
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and ManagementAbstract : Objectives: Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining (ASM) - a labour-intensive and low-tech mode of minerals extraction and processing - has received increasing attention amidst global commodity booms and its concurrent expansion. Infamously associated with negative social and environmental impacts, responsible mining initiatives have emerged to promote, measure, and enforce sustainable mining practices for ASM. READ MORE
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3. The role of economic actors in the Colombian armed conflict
University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionenAbstract : This thesis assesses the role of two economic actors in the Colombian armed conflict: a multinational company in the agricultural sector and artisanal and small-scale miners in the extractive sector during one of the worst episodes of violence in the Urabá region of Colombia (1990 – 2003). The document combines an analysis of particular business characteristics and a description of the historical legacies that shaped the economic patterns of the areas where the businesses operated. READ MORE
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4. Impacts of COVID-19: Funding Business Operations and Adapting Marketing Strategies
University essay from Umeå universitet/FöretagsekonomiAbstract : Purpose -- Given the enduring COVID-19 pandemic, this thesis set out to reveal an updated perspective of the service-oriented small business experience, particularly in their access and choice of financial resources to fund operations and adapt marketing strategy. By the time this study started, it was clear which businesses had been rising with the new tides of swelled categorical demand vs. READ MORE
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5. Aligning ownership and control
University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionenAbstract : Abstract Title Aligning ownership and control Seminar date 15 January 2021 Course Bachelor's Thesis in Corporate Finance (FEKH89) Authors Alexander Bjarte, Jakob Gerby, Melker Melin Thesis Advisor Anamaria Cociorva Key words Insider Ownership, Financial Performance, ROA, Tobin’s Q, Asset Allocation, Decision Making Purpose The aim of this study is to investigate whether equity ownership amongst the decision making management of a firm is positive for financial performance. Methodology In order to achieve the purpose of the study, a quantitative method with a deductive approach was used. READ MORE
