Essays about: "role of banks in society"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 25 essays containing the words role of banks in society.

  1. 21. Hållbarhetsredovisningens betydelse för ett företags legitimitet : en fallstudie av Swedbank

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

    Author : Oscar Nordstrand; Eric Norrman; John Peterson; [2016]
    Keywords : Global Reporting Initiative; legitimicity; stakeholder theory; sustainability report; triple bottom line;

    Abstract : Ökad medvetenhet om människans påverkan på hållbarhet har medfört att det ställs allt högre krav på att företag ska arbeta mot hållbar utveckling. Eftersom frågor om hållbarhet påverkar företagens ställning i samhället är det viktigt att företagen integrerar hållbarhet i verksamheten. READ MORE

  3. 22. A multi-scale analysis of biofuel-related land acquisitions in Tanzania : with focus on Sweden as an investor

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : Emma Johansson; [2013]
    Keywords : social impacts; environmental impacts; jatropha; sugarcane; Tanzania; Sweden; biofuel; Physical Geography and Ecosystem analysis; Land acquisition; DPSIR; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Spurred on by pressure to find sustainable energy production alternatives to fossil fuels, many industries have been acquiring land in order to plant crops for biofuel production. In Tanzania, biofuel development is in an early stage, and over the last decade, several foreign actors have tried to start up biofuel projects in the country (without success). READ MORE

  4. 23. What to pour in the punch bowl? Central banks and asset prices

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Pär Holmbäck; [2011]
    Keywords : Monetary policy; Asset price bubbles; Jackson Hole Consensus; Leaning against the wind; Macroprudential policy;

    Abstract : Until the financial crisis of 2008-09, asset prices played a secondary role in monetary policy. The mainstream view was that they should only be accounted for to the extent they affected the inflation forecast. READ MORE

  5. 24. Hållbarhetsredovisning till nytta för finansiella intressenter? : en fallstudie

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

    Author : Sara Sjölund; [2006]
    Keywords : hållbarhetsredovisning; finansiella investeringsmotiv; dagligvaruhandel; fondbolag;

    Abstract : Companies today are facing more and different kinds of demands from the society and their stakeholders. It is no longer enough to just deliver the products, and not just the quality of the products that matter. The consumers are getting more conscious about the many ways in which companies affect the society and the environment in which we live. READ MORE

  6. 25. Cashing in on Customers? Cooperative Pricing Theory with an Application on the Swedish Banking Sector

    University essay from Ekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Pär Emanuelsson; [2000]
    Keywords : Economics; Cooperative pricing; Collusion; Strategy; Bank; Swedish Banking Sector; Competition; Market Structure; Nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : The reason for this study of the Swedish banking sector is that we suspect that collusion is at hand in the sector. We ground our suspiciousness on the extensive revenues and high retail banking fees. Swedish banking fees are the highest in EU. READ MORE