Essays about: "the importance of corporate finance"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 25 essays containing the words the importance of corporate finance.

1. 16. Rethinking the balance sheet

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Andreas Åström; Hugo Oftedal; Victor Sven Estwall; [2015]
   Keywords : balance-sheet compositions; regression analysis; corporate finance; firm performance; Return on assets; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : Abstract Title Rethinking the balance sheet Seminar date 05 June 2015 Course FEKH89, degree project undergraduate level, Business Administration, 15 university credit points, ECTS Authors Victor Estwall, Hugo Oftedal and Andreas Åström Advisor Tore Eriksson Keywords Return on assets, firm performance, corporate finance, regression analysis, balance-sheet compositions Purpose The aim of this study is to investigate what firm specific variables affect return on assets during a time of economic recession. The study also aims to analyze potential differences in these variables between firms in the industrial and technology sector. READ MORE

3. 17. Indirect Bankruptcy Costs: Evidence from Swedish Bankruptcies

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

   Author : Marcus Johansson Prakt; Oscar Larsson; [2014-08-20]
   Keywords : Indirect bankruptcy costs; Direct bankruptcy costs; Capital structure; Bankruptcy procedures; Financing decision; Empirical corporate finance;

   Abstract : We estimate direct and indirect bankruptcy costs for 23 traded Swedish firms with completed bankruptcy procedures. We estimate direct costs of bankruptcy to on average 0.81-5.48% of enterprise value prior to financial distress and indirect costs of bankruptcy to on average 58-79%. READ MORE

4. 18. Does quantity matter? : An investigation of the quantity of information in risk reports  effect on the financial performance of EU banks

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Företagsekonomi

   Author : Jesper Holm; Emelie Bergström; [2014]
   Keywords : Financial performance; risk disclosure; quantity of information; regulatory requirements; voluntary disclosure;

   Abstract : Banks within Europe have a major role in the European financial system. The financial collapse in 2008 made regulators well aware of the importance of corporate transparency to allow stakeholders to assess the banks health and maintain a stable market. READ MORE

5. 19. Credit Rating - An essential tool for SwedishReal Estate Companies on a growing CapitalMarket for Real Estate Bonds?

   University essay from KTH/Fastigheter och byggande

   Author : Oscar Hägglund; Hampus Ållemark; [2014]
   Keywords : Capital market; corporate bonds; financial system; credit rating; real estate financing; shadow rating; investment grade; credit risk; Kapitalmarknaden; företagsobligationer; fastighetsobligationer; kreditvärdering; kreditrating; fastighetsfinansiering; skuggrating; investment grade; kreditrisk;

   Abstract : The capital market, with financial instruments such as corporate bonds, has over the last years emerged as an alternative financing source for Swedish real estate companies. A seemingly unexplored market which given the real estate companies the possibility to diversify their loan stock and limit their exposure towards the bank. READ MORE

6. 20. Capital and Knowledge  Constraints : Swedish SMEs’ Internationalization to China

   University essay from IHH, Företagsekonomi

   Author : Fredrik Bergkuist; Andreas Andersson; Sebastian Glovéus; [2013]
   Keywords : China; Internationalization; Corporate Finance; Knowledge; SME; Small and medium sized enterprises; Sweden; Constraints; Gap;

   Abstract : SMEs are established as an important cornerstone for the Swedish economy, due to the amount of people they employ and the economic activity they present. Due to a changing world SMEs are faced with new competition from foreign firms. In order to counter the new environment, an option for the firms is to move abroad, to internationalize. READ MORE