Essays about: "financial strength"

Showing result 41 - 45 of 88 essays containing the words financial strength.

  1. 41. Learning to Manage the Unmanageable. A Case Study on Exchange Rate Risk Management within Globally Sourcing Multinational Corporations.

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Charlotte Granfors Wellemets; Jun Liu; [2017-07-27]
    Keywords : Exchange Rate Risk Management; Multinational Corporations; Global Sourcing; Risk Management; Capability Transfers;

    Abstract : Background and problem: Existing research has shown that the various risks related to multinational corporations’ (MNCs) supply chains are inherent cost drivers, creating managerial challenges and coherently affecting the bottom line of the companies ( Clark & Marois, 1996; Stanczyk et al., 2017 ). READ MORE

  3. 42. The Authorised OECD Approach and the Attribution of Profit to Banks´PEs : How far is the functionally separate entity approach fully achievable?

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Davide Baldi; [2017]
    Keywords : AOA; PE; bank; banks; separate entity; FSEA; attribution of profit; authorised OECD approch; OECD; Basel; tax distortion;

    Abstract : This thesis´ aim is to analyse the extension of the fuctionally separate entity approach  (FSEA) used in order to attribute a proper amount of profit to banks´ permanet establishment (PE) and the related implication in the authorised OECD approach (AOA). From a general perspective in fact, under the FSEA a PE is treated as being a separate entity from the head office, functions, assets, risks and funding shall be attributed as it was a separate legal entity. READ MORE

  4. 43. An Investigation of the Swedish Consumption Function : An Error-Correction Approach

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi och statistik (NS)

    Author : Robert Pölder; [2017]
    Keywords : Consumption; consumption function; vector error-correction model; forecast accuracy; intercept correction; cointegration; Sweden; wealth effects; housing wealth; financial wealth; vector autoregressive model; Bayesian vector autoregressive model;

    Abstract : This thesis examines the Swedish aggregate consumption function using the concept of cointegration, and explores whether consumption, income, financial wealth, and housing wealth share a long-run trend. The goal of the study was to determine the strength of this cointegrating relationship, the relative roles of housing wealth and financial wealth in the consumption function, and a suitable method for forecasting consumption. READ MORE

  5. 44. Female board members and company performance : Do companies with female directors perform better than companies without females on their boards? Evidence from Sweden.

    University essay from Högskolan i Jönköping/IHH, Företagsekonomi

    Author : Ida Olofsson; Mikaela Larsson; [2017]
    Keywords : Governance; Gender diversity; Board Composition; Financial Performance; Agency Theory; Stakeholder Theory; Resource Dependency Theory;

    Abstract : Background: Females are underrepresented in Swedish boards, and in 2016 females represented 29 % of all board members. Many researchers have studied the relationship between the gender composition of company boards and company performance, but they have not managed to reach consensus in explaining the relationship. READ MORE

  6. 45. Patents as Loan Collateral in Sweden : An empirical analysis of what patent characteristics matter for collateralization

    University essay from KTH/Industriell Management

    Author : Felix Bracht; [2017]
    Keywords : Patents; Loan Collateral; Coarsened Exact Matching;

    Abstract : This study analyses empirically what patent characteristics matter for collateralization. In accordance with the finance literature, loan collateral is determined by the liquidation value of the asset which in turn depends on the three factors "physical attributes of the asset", "number of alternative users" and "financial strength of alternative users". READ MORE