Search for dissertations about: "Private Equity"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 28 swedish dissertations containing the words Private Equity.

  2. 1. Essays on Employment Protection, Private Equity and Spousal Behavior

    Author : Martin Olsson; Peter Skogman Thoursie; Lars Persson; Andrea Ichino; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; employment protection; private equity; spouses; labor supply; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : This thesis consists of four papers, summarized as follows. “Employment Protection and Sickness Absence” An exemption in the Swedish Employment Security Act in 2001 allows employers with at most ten employees to exempt two workers from the seniority rule at times of redundancies. READ MORE

  4. 2. Private equity and advisors in mergers and acquisitions

    Author : Linus Siming; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : This doctoral thesis contains three empirical research papers that center on the topics of private equity and the role of advisors in mergers and acquisitions. "Your Former Employees Matter: Private Equity Firms and Their Financial Advisors” is a study of how social networks that are formed by previous employment relations affect private equity firms’choice of financial advisors. READ MORE

  5. 3. Private equity fund investing : Investment strategies, entry order and performance

    Author : Anna Söderblom; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

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  6. 4. Essays on information asymmetry, disclosures and the financing of R&D. The case of the biotechnology industry

    Author : Hans Jeppsson; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; biotechnology; ; information asymmetry; disclosures; value-relevance; equity market timing; mispricing; adverse selection; monitoring; seasoned equity offerings; rights offerings; private placements; ; alliance;

    Abstract : Investments in research and development (R&D) are an important driver of innovation, productivity and economic growth. Despite the importance of R&D investments to society, it is commonly known that R&D activities are difficult to finance in a competitive marketplace. READ MORE

  7. 5. Steering health and social care through quasi-markets

    Author : David Isaksson; Ulrika Winblad; Paula Blomqvist; Anders Anell; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; patient choice; contracting; equity; health policy; public procurement; quasi-markets; Hälso- och sjukvårdsforskning; Health Care Research;

    Abstract : Municipalities and county councils try a multitude of different strategies when they design and steer health and social care markets to ensure that goals such as quality and equity are met. Depending on the strategies used, different problems arise. READ MORE