Search for dissertations about: "Firm Profitability"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 33 swedish dissertations containing the words Firm Profitability.
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1. Firm dynamics and competition in the electricity market
Abstract : This thesis consists of four independent essays that deal with the firm dynamics and competition in the electricity market. Specifically, it addresses two important facets of firm dynamics, namely, firm performance (growth and profitability) and the change in competition intensity that Swedish electricity firms face, brought by the process of deregulation in Swedish electricity market. READ MORE
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2. Risk, uncertainty & profitability : An accounting-based study of industrial firms' financial performance
Abstract : It is often said, among practicians and theorists, that doing business is about taking risks. Thisthesis is focused on the relationship between doing business, and thereby earning a return, andthe inherent risk taking. READ MORE
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3. Economic Implications of Corporate Social Responsibility and Responsible Investments
Abstract : Paper 1 (with Catalin Starica): This study conducts an in-depth analysis of the association between a unique ten-dimensional set of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) scores and firm profitability, as measured by Return on Assets (ROA). We find that non-linear (semi or non-parametric) regression methods bring important improvements in explaining profitability relative to a classical linear approach. READ MORE
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4. Impact of international competition on Swedish manufacturing : individual and firm-level evidence from the 1990s
Abstract : This thesis consists of four papers examining the impact of international competition on Swedish manufacturing and labor market during the 1990s. By using detailed individual and firm-level information I aim to investigate how increased exposure to international trade, in terms of both export orientation and import penetration, affects technology development, profitability and wage structure. READ MORE
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5. Firm internationalization and born global firms : On the causes and consequences of export market entry
Abstract : The thesis consists of four self-contained essays on the topic of small firm internationalization. In the first essay I study the relationship between collateralizable assets and export market entry. There are often large sunk costs associated with export market entry, which firms have to finance somehow. READ MORE