Search for dissertations about: "Shareholder value"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 11 swedish dissertations containing the words Shareholder value.

  2. 1. Hedging shareholder value in an IT dependent business society : the framework BRITS

    Author : Christer Magnusson; Detmar W Straub; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; data- och systemvetenskap; Computer and Systems Sciences;

    Abstract : Business Requirements on IT Security (BRITS) is a framework that can assist IT dependent companies to hedge losses due to IT-perils financially. Using BRITS can help these companies to hedge IT perils in the same professional way as consequences of traditional perils like fire, flood, robbery are hedged and thereby secure shareholders' investments. READ MORE

  4. 2. Tracing the drivers of B2B brand strength and value

    Author : Niklas Bondesson; Företagsekonomiska institutionen; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; industrial branding; Brand equity; business-to-business; consumer behaviour; brand image; brand strength; customer loyalty.; brand value;

    Abstract : By building a strong brand that is favourably perceived by target customers, a firm can establish a competitive advantage that enables greater revenues and profitability. This is at least what the branding literature always has assumed, and something few marketing and brand managers seem to disagree with. READ MORE

  5. 3. Tax Avoidance, Dividend Signaling and Shareholder Taxation in an Open Economy

    Author : Richard Löfqvist; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economics; Tax avoidance; Dividends; Asymmetric information; Personal Taxes; Capital Taxes; Nationalekonomi; Economics; Nationalekonomi; nationalekonomi; Economics;

    Abstract : Essay 1: The first essay contains an approach to calculate the avoidance from the income tax and the consumption tax using National Accountings data. Using Swedish data from 1994, the empirical findings indicate avoidance from both these taxes. Cross-border shopping appears to be small, 656 million SEK or 0. READ MORE

  6. 4. An institutional analysis of cross-border hostile takeovers : shareholder value, short-termism and regulatory arbitrage on the Swedish stock market during the sixth takeover wave

    Author : Sophie Nachemson-Ekwall; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : Taking a sociological perspective on the market for corporate control this thesis calls into question financial capitalism with its preference for clear shareholder-value governance of the corporation. The institutional setting chosen to show this is Sweden, with its particularly shareholder friendly governance regime and its very active takeover market. READ MORE

  7. 5. Corporate governance and controlling shareholders

    Author : Anete Pajuste; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : The classical corporation, as described by Berle and Means (1932), was characterized by ownership that is dispersed between many small shareholders, yet control was concentrated in the hands of managers. This ownership structure created the conflict of interest between managers and dispersed shareholders. More recent empirical work (see, e.g. READ MORE