Essays about: "the importance of corporate finance"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 25 essays containing the words the importance of corporate finance.

  1. 11. Sustainable development and global finance : a cultural discourse analysis of Corporate Social Responsibility and Socially Responsible Investing

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Kerri-Anne Hempshall; [2019]
    Keywords : Corporate Social Responsibility CSR ; Socially Responsible Investing SRI ; Environmental Social Governance ESG ; Culture; Global Finance; Institutional Change;

    Abstract : This thesis explores the cultural discourse of two programs relating Sustainable Development (SD) to professionals within the Global Financial Sector. Through cultural discourse analysis, it has set out to explore and compare discussions surrounding Corporate Social Responsibility and Socially Responsible Investing in regard to the meaning of these programs for individuals implementing them. READ MORE

  3. 12. WACC: Where Are the Corporate Chicks? A study on female presence within corporate finance and banks' efforts to increase it.

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för marknadsföring och strategi

    Author : Ida Hanhirova; Isabel Thelin; [2019]
    Keywords : Employer Branding; Gender Diversity; Recruitment Advertisement; Women in Finance;

    Abstract : The financial industry, especially corporate finance, has historically been perceived as somewhat male-dominated. During recent years however, attention has been drawn to increased efforts to achieving gender equality among professionals within finance, followed by debates regarding the importance of it. READ MORE

  4. 13. No protection, nu business : An event study on stock volatility reactions to cyberattacks between 2010 and 2015 for firms listed in the USA

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Företagsekonomi

    Author : Erik Collin; Gustav Juntti; [2016]
    Keywords : stock volatility; cyberattack; abnormal return; volatility; event study; information technology; US stock market; cybersecurity; reaction; financial impact; market efficiency; finance; fintech;

    Abstract : With the surge of Internet-based corporate communication, organization, andinformation management, financial markets have undergone radical transformation. Inthe interconnected economy of today, market participants are forced to acceptcyberattacks, data breaches, system failures, or security flaws as any other (varying)cost of doing business. READ MORE

  5. 14. The Marketing of Robo-Advisory - A study of the marketing implications in automated investment services

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för marknadsföring och strategi

    Author : Joel Jansson; Maja Larsdotter; [2016]
    Keywords : Automated investment services; Innovation adoption; Service innovation marketing; Value proposition; Prior knowledge;

    Abstract : Automated investment services is an emerging service niche within the consumer finance industry and is expected to have a significant impact on the industry structure. This innovative service is challenging multiple of the established characteristics of service marketing theory and existing conventions within the consumer finance industry. READ MORE

  6. 15. Firm Collaboration and its Impact on Product and Process Innovations

    University essay from Högskolan i Jönköping/IHH, Economics, Finance and Statistics

    Author : Wiera Elke Riazi; [2015]
    Keywords : Product innovation; process innovation; firm collaboration; external knowledge source; DUI; STI;

    Abstract : This paper examines the influence of different external knowledge sources used by firms in Jönköping County, Sweden, on the probability that a firm develops product innovations, process innovations, both types of innovations, or no innovation. The analysis is done by building a logit model for each of the four innovation outcomes. READ MORE