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1. To What Extent Top Managers' Compensation Impacts the Risk Aversion Phenomenon?
University essay from Umeå universitet/FöretagsekonomiAbstract : Executive compensation and its issues are a very sensitive subject, to be taken with apinch of salt, but it is above all a fascinating subject, which deserves a more globalunderstanding from people. Our study thus aims to determine to what extent executivecompensation and its structure, which may seem complex at first glance, play a role inthe risk aversion of executives. READ MORE
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2. Families and performance : The impact of family ownership on performance in Sweden
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionenAbstract : This study investigates whether family ownership influences firms’ accounting and market-based performance as measured by ROA respectively Tobin’s Q. The Swedish market is especially interesting due to its unique corporate governance system, and because previous studies based on a Swedish sample present contradictory findings on the family-performance relationship. READ MORE
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3. The relationship between Key Audit Matters and Audit Committees : A quantitative study about 310 Swedish Companies
University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/FöretagsekonomiAbstract : Title: The relationship between Key Audit Matters and Audit Committees: A quantitative study on 310 Swedish companies. Level: Master Programme in Business Administration, Accounting. READ MORE
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4. Family-owned SMEs: Role models of crisis management A case study of how the practice of crisis management has been performed by nine Swedish family-owned SMEs during the Covid-19 pandemic
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate SchoolAbstract : Despite SMEs accounting for 99,9% of all registered firms in Sweden and that non-listed family-owned firms outperform their counterparts during crises, previous studies have neglected the field, resulting in an undiscovered void. Quantitative studies performed in the area serve a purpose for discovering how family-owned SMEs financially distinguish from other firms, but unfortunately such studies miss the important variable: what do they actually do? Through this qualitative study of crisis management as practice, we bridge the quantitative and qualitative, and present how Swedish family-owned SMEs have practiced crisis management during the Covid-19 pandemic. READ MORE
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5. Competing on sustainability - A study on stakeholder interaction, becoming truly sustainable and obtaining a sustained competitive advantage in an industry characterized by low sustainability maturity
University essay from Lunds universitet/ProduktionsekonomiAbstract : Although more and more companies are facing increasing pressure to take responsibility for their actions impacting sustainability, the pharmaceutical industry and in extension the cold chain solutions industry, have previously been exempted from scrutiny. Research on sustainability in the industry is lagging, why this master thesis aims to explore how sustainability can be incorporated into the business model while avoiding creating a disconnect between corporate strategy and actual sustainability impact. READ MORE
