Search for dissertations about: "Banker"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 18 swedish dissertations containing the word Banker.

  2. 6. Shaping Risk Management in Banks

    Author : Vikash Kumar Sinha; Mats Engwall; Håkan Kullvén; Torkel Strömsten; Marika Arena; Andrea Mennicken; KTH; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; internal audit; risk management; risk culture; Basel models; operational risk; liquidity risk; internrevision; riskhantering; riskkultur; Baselmodellerna; operativ risk; likviditetsrisk; Industriell ekonomi och organisation; Industrial Economics and Management; Business Studies; Företagsekonomi;

    Abstract : The recent financial crisis of 2007-08 was a watershed moment in the history of banking. The unprecedented event led to severe scrutiny by standard setters and regulators on how the business of banking is run. As a result of this strict scrutiny, a wide variety of reforms aimed at the second line of defense (risk management) ensued globally. READ MORE

  4. 7. Essays on Financial Technology and SME Finance : A Tale of Two Effects of the Global Financial Crisis: Financing SMEs and Innovative Financing

    Author : Ed Saiedi; Anders Broström; Ali Mohammadi; Felipe Ruiz Lopez; Tom Vanacker; KTH; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Corporate Finance; Entrepreneurial Finance; Global Financial Crisis; Financial Innovation; Small and Medium Enterprises; Industriell ekonomi och organisation; Industrial Economics and Management;

    Abstract : The financial crisis of 2008-2009 took place exactly half a century after the publication of the seminal Modigliani and Miller (M&M) theorem, often called the capital structure irrelevance principle. This timing is curious since the crisis has highlighted the significance of deviations from assumptions of this theorem, i.e. READ MORE

  5. 8. Opportunities and challenges of mobile payment services : The perspective of service providers

    Author : Tatjana Apanasevic; Jan Markendahl; Niklas Arvidsson; Mark de Reuver; KTH; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Mobile payments; Mobile ticketing; Business model; STOF; Service provider; Payment services provider; Mobila betalningstjänster; Mobil biljettjänster; Affärsmodeller; STOF; Tjänsteleverantör; Leverantörer av betalningstjänster; Företagsekonomi; Business Studies; SRA - ICT; SRA - Informations- och kommunikationsteknik;

    Abstract :  Mobile payments are transforming the payments industry. These services open up the opportunity for non-banking actors to enter the market. In order to embrace this challenge, banks, traditional payments market players, are forced to launch mobile payments. READ MORE

  6. 9. Accessibility to bank branches and entrepreneurial dynamics : New firm formation and capital structure of SMEs in Sweden amidst a changing banking landscape

    Author : Cynthia Sin Tian Ho; Björn Berggren; Jonas Gabrielsson; KTH; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; New firm formation; entrepreneurship; capital structure; leverage; financing; bank branches; proximity; spatial analysis; Sweden; Startup; entreprenörskap; kapitalstruktur; finansiering; bankkontor; närhet; spatialanalys; Sverige; Business Studies; Företagsekonomi;

    Abstract : The overall objective of this thesis is to develop a better understanding of the impact of accessibility to bank branches on new firm formation and on the capital structure of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Sweden. In this thesis, the accessibility to bank branches is measured by two proxies that are weighted by two different types of population—the labour population and the firm population. READ MORE

  7. 10. Expectations in the internationalization process – The case of two Swedish banks’ foreign activities 1995-2010

    Author : Annoch Hadjikhani; Peter Thilenius; Peter Ekman; Steve Thompson; Mälardalens högskola; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Expectation; bank; commitment; knowledge; internationalization; process; case; industriell ekonomi och organisation; Industrial Economics and Organisations; Business Studies;

    Abstract : Studies of banks’ internationalization are few, particularly of Swedish banks’ and studies holding a process view of internationalization. This is surprising considering the fact that banks’ have an incredibly important role in our societies. Furthermore, the Swedish banks have until recently been restricted from internationalizing. READ MORE