Essays about: "outside directors"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 22 essays containing the words outside directors.
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1. Reflections on the economic strategies of private museums. A comparative study of the private museums in Meteora.
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för tjänstevetenskapAbstract : The thesis examines the economic strategies which two private museums of Meteora, the Hellenic Culture Museum and the Natural History Museum of Meteora and Mushroom Museum implement, so as to grasp the economic strategies that private museums in Greece adopt. Utilizing Varbanova’s (2013) framework which places specific emphasis not only on the open-system theory as an efficient way to comprehend the macro-level challenges (in particular the economic crisis and Covid-19, which had been plaguing the two museums for a long time) and opportunities (as the ones that can result from the implementation of a particular legal status in the context of a given cultural policy), but also on the stakeholder and resource-dependence theories, which acknowledge the pivotal role that various actors and resources inside and outside an organization play in museums’ prosperity, the thesis analyzes previous literature that demonstrates economic strategies that (public and private) museums adopt, so as to secure their continuation and thriving. READ MORE
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2. Consequences of Corporate Quotas : A quantitative study of the effects of boardroom gender quotas on German companies’ attention to gender equality
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : Despite global progress on gender equality, women continue to be underrepresented in politics and business. One widely debated policy measure aimed at tackling this issue is statutory gender quotas for the boards of directors of listed companies – so-called corporate quotas – which have been adopted in more than a dozen countries worldwide, yet remain understudied in the gender and politics literature. READ MORE
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3. The relationship between board tenure and firm performance and the moderating effect of CSR - A study on Swedish listed firms
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för redovisning och finansieringAbstract : We investigate whether average board tenure influences firm performance in Swedish listed firms during the period 2007-2019. We hypothesize that the trade-off between knowledge accumulation and loss of independence over the tenure motivates an inverted U-shaped association. READ MORE
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4. Gender Quotas on Corporate Boards: A Panel Data Analysis of the Short-Term Effects of California Senate Bill No. 826
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomiAbstract : Gender quotas on corporate boards of directors have become a popular tool to address the persistent disparities in female representation at the top of the corporate hierarchy. In this thesis, I study the effects of the first mandatory gender quota in the United States, California Senate Bill No. 826, implemented in early 2019. READ MORE
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5. Evaluating Introduction of the Business Judgment Rule in Sweden : A Comparative Study of Accountability of the Board of Directors in Sweden and Delaware
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Juridiska institutionenAbstract : The Swedish corporate law scholars have long debated whether there is something similar to the American business judgment rule (BJR) in the Swedish Companies Act (SCA). Recently, the discourse shifted to claim that the BJR exists in Swedish case law and should be introduced in the SCA in the form of a statute. READ MORE
