Essays about: "financial leverage"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 229 essays containing the words financial leverage.

  1. 21. Did the Covid-19 Pandemic Affect Financial Leverage?

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Jesper Berg; Ann Huynh; [2023]
    Keywords : Financial leverage; capital structure; Covid-19; crisis; financial crisis; trade-off theory; pecking order theory; the leverage ratchet effect;

    Abstract : This thesis explores if Scandinavian publicly listed firms’ financial leverage was affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. Whilst theory suggests that financial leverage is positively affected by uncertainty and reduced profitability, previous empirical research finds weak evidence of listed firms reducing financial leverage during crises. READ MORE

  3. 22. The Illumination of Money : An Ethnography of Bitcoin in El Salvador

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Socialantropologiska institutionen

    Author : Anton Angwald; [2023]
    Keywords : infrastructure; payment; bitcoin; financial inclusion; el salvador; future imaginaries; speculation; infrastruktur; betalning; bitcoin; finans; el salvador; framtidsstudier; spekulation; pengar;

    Abstract : Money can be understood as a disembedding mechanism, detaching social relations from a spatiotemporal context. However, different infrastructural instantiations of money make visible–and invisible–different qualities of money. READ MORE

  4. 23. Examining Voluntary Corporate Disclosures about Reverse Factoring

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Hina Aftab; Tanjin Farzana; [2022-06-30]
    Keywords : Supply Chain Finance; Reverse Factoring; Disclosure; Bid-ask spread;

    Abstract : Reverse factoring (RF) is a working capital arrangement through which a buyer involves a financial institution to buy invoices from suppliers on a discount and repays such loan at a later date. This leads to a reduction in days receivable for the supplier. READ MORE

  5. 24. Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability Strategies of Multinational Companies - Identifying Gaps between Academic Literature and Practical Implementation

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för strategisk hållbar utveckling

    Author : Jeffery Recker; Robbin Schiller; Christina Sopp; Stefanie Hoffmann; [2022]
    Keywords : Sustainability Strategies; CSR; Corporate Social Responsibility; Multinational Companies; Strategic Sustainable Development; Five-Level Model;

    Abstract : Multinational companies are one of the primary institutions that negatively impact the environment and society. On the other hand, they have the competence and the financial means to make significant positive contributions toward sustainability. READ MORE

  6. 25. Bankruptcy determinants among Swedish SMEs : - The predictive power of financial measures

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Oliver Andersson; Henning Kihlberg; [2022]
    Keywords : bankruptcy; default; probability of default; bankruptcy prediction; bankruptcy determinants; SMEs; financial measures; logistic regression;

    Abstract : The main purpose of this paper is to provide evidence of financial leverage, liquidity, profitability, and firm size ability to predict bankruptcy of Swedish small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), and to create a bankruptcy prediction model for Swedish SMEs. The sample consists of 1086 Swedish SMEs, among which 543 did go bankrupt between 2015 and 2019. READ MORE