Essays about: "thesis on corporate governance"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 149 essays containing the words thesis on corporate governance.

1. 1. Corporate impunity and the ‘accountability gap’ in Sub-Saharan Africa: is the successful prosecution of corporate involvement in atrocity crimes within reach?

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten; Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

   Author : Joseph Keogh; [2022]
   Keywords : International criminal law; corporate criminal liability; transnational corporations; atrocity crime; corporate impunity; Africa; Global North; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : Although transnational corporations (hereinafter TNCs) often far outmatch States in terms of resources and influence over the direction of the world economy, they are generally unaccounted for when operating outside the territories in which they are incorporated (hereinafter ‘home States’). This thesis will look specifically at those TNCs that rely on natural resource extraction as their main source of profit. READ MORE

3. 2. International shareholder activism in Sweden : A study of BlackRocks’s influence in their Swedish holdings

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Mary Chan; Malin Pettersson; [2022]
   Keywords : Corporate Governance; Nomination Committee; Shareholder Activism; BlackRock; Institutional Investor.;

   Abstract : The objective of this study was to gain increased knowledge regarding BlackRock’s ability to influence their Swedish owned companies. The scope of this thesis has been to study eight companies where BlackRock have holdings. READ MORE

4. 3. Too Big to be Passive

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för redovisning och finansiering

   Author : Jonny Jin; Cornelia Rathsman; [2022]
   Keywords : Institutional investors; Passive investments; Corporate Governance; Shareholder Value; Incentives;

   Abstract : This thesis draws upon 12 in-depth interviews, with senior managers and investment professionals from 7 leading institutional investors in Sweden, to explore how they reason and work with corporate governance in their passive investments. Using Foucault's theory of disciplinary power as a theoretical framework, we found that institutional self-discipline complements earlier research in the area, mainly as a tool for explaining their incentives to engage in ownership. READ MORE

5. 4. CEO Compensation and the Relationship with Company Growth : An Analysis of Swedish Listed OMX Stockholm Companies

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Företagsekonomi

   Author : Albin Nordlund; Mathias Pettersson Sango; [2022]
   Keywords : CEO; compensation; salary; bonus; other compensation; total compensation; growth; pension benefits; motivation theory; agency theory; financial performance measures; Hofstede s cultural dimensions; corporate governance; performance indicators; listed companies.;

   Abstract : As time progresses and compensation increases for CEOs, the need for information will be required to debate whether it is rational for CEOs to receive more pay in various forms. According to agency theory, CEOs have an intrinsic need to act in their self-interests, while the shareholder requires value creation and implements various safeguards to ensure that the CEOs do what they are expected to do. READ MORE

6. 5. The EU mandatory human rights due diligence legislations and FTA in Vietnam context – A useful toolbox or a set of decorative items

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

   Author : Van Huan Nguyen; [2022]
   Keywords : Mandatory human rights due diligence; corporate sustainability due diligence; business and human rights; free trade agreement; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : The EU is establishing its leadership in setting global rules and standards for sustainable development over the world through legal instruments with transformational effects on third countries. On the one hand, the EU is the leading region in the development of mHRDD legislations which has been hardened for the last decades and is now evolving to become CSDD, generating extraterritorial effects for human rights enjoyments through global value chains. READ MORE