Essays about: "importance of financial accounting in business"
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6. Nearly four decades later: Is accounting still useful in predicting business failure? Probabilistic business failure prediction on Nordic manufacturing firms
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för redovisning och finansieringAbstract : With the aim of examining whether accounting-based failure prediction models still can be used effectively, this thesis investigates how well prediction models classify a modern sample of firms applying IFRS. In doing so, this thesis anchors on the Skogsvik (1987) study and performs a three-step plan. READ MORE
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7. Making material handling more efficient : reduction of non-value-adding activities at a wood products company
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Forest EconomicsAbstract : The forest industry is one of the most important businesses in Sweden, accounting for 9-12 percent of the Swedish industry's total occupation, export, turnover, and added value. Although the investments made by the Swedish forest sector reached a new record during 2017, the industry stills struggle with low profitability. READ MORE
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8. Implementation of environmental strategies in companies’ management and control system : -a study of sustainability reporting in the forest-, paper-, mining- and steel industry in Sweden
University essay from SLU/Dept. of EconomicsAbstract : Sustainability reporting has grown in importance and transparency over the years. The reporting has in many countries gone from being voluntarily to become mandatory. This is the case within the EU, which adopted the non-financial reporting directive (2014/95/EU) in 2014. Sweden applied the directive in 2017 in the Annual Account Act. READ MORE
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9. Value Relevance of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Performance: Evidence from the Nordics
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomiAbstract : This study looks at the value relevance of ESG performance factors in Nordic companies during the period 2014 to 2018. Data are collected from the Resility Nordic Compass Sustainable Economics Datasets, Finbas and S&P Capital IQ. Relationships of market value of Nordic companies and corporate ESG performance are explored. READ MORE
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10. Football franchise pricing – Finding the right valuation method while factoring in potential investment motivations
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate SchoolAbstract : Sports franchises are mostly privately held businesses whose financial data does generally not match the quality standards of conventional businesses as they are not subject to audit and other accounting regulations. In this context, it remains unclear how investors proceed in order to find reliable franchise value estimates since a valuation method standard has yet to be established in this field. READ MORE
