Search for dissertations about: "accounting firms"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 50 swedish dissertations containing the words accounting firms.

  2. 16. Essays on Disclosure Practices in Sweden - Causes and Effects

    Author : Anders H Adrem; Företagsekonomiska institutionen; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Earnings Forecasts; Financial Analysts; Annual Report; Strategy; Voluntary Disclosure; Accounting; Investor Relations; Redovisning;

    Abstract : This doctoral thesis examines the causes and effects of corporate disclosure practices. The thesis consists of four independent but related essays that collectively make up a country study for Sweden. READ MORE

  4. 17. Essays on Corporate Growth and Corporate Credit Risk

    Author : Mehmet Caglar Kaya; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Gazelle Growth; Entrepreneurship; Acquisition; Competition; Venture Capital Finance; Policy; Credit Risk; Credit Default Swap; CDS Spread; Stock Illiquidity; Information Asymmetry; Market Interconnectedness; Capital Structure; Leverage; Credit Ratings; Accounting;

    Abstract : This doctoral dissertation contributes to research on financial economics. It consists of an overall introduction and three independent papers. The first paper, “A Theory of Gazelle Growth: Competition, Venture Capital Finance, and Policy,” examines how young fast-growing small firms, called gazelles, develop. READ MORE

  5. 18. Essays on behavioral determinants of earnings quality

    Author : Savvas Papadopoulos; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Företagsledare; Redovisning; Accounting; Executives;

    Abstract : The neoclassical economic view of the firm - upon which most of the empirical financial accounting research is based - assumes that managers are rational wealth optimizers. Therefore, managers are considered homogeneous and selfless inputs into the production process, and this implies that different managers are perfect substitutes for one another. READ MORE

  6. 19. Realizing a fast growth strategy - A case study of the evolution of management control systems in a fast growing firm

    Author : Kent Thorén; KTH; []
    Keywords : Management Control; Entrepreneurship; Accounting; Business; Organization; Growth; Change;

    Abstract : Growth has received considerable interest from researchersduring the past two decades. Some of this research focuses onorganizational issues as firms grow, proposing that thisprocess involves considerable formalization of structures,pro-cedures and systems. READ MORE

  7. 20. Open book accounting and resource interdependencies : The case of capital equipment sales

    Author : Christoph Schneider; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : Over the past few decades, firms have arguably become more dependent on each other. On average, purchased products and services account for more than 50 % of the total cost of large firms. In addition, they have become more complex, requiring closer co-operations between buyers and suppliers. READ MORE