Search for dissertations about: "accounting"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 739 swedish dissertations containing the word accounting.

  2. 16. Accounting in the field of governance

    Author : Sabina Du Rietz; Bino Catasús; Gustav Johed; Kalle Kraus; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; accounting; corporate; governance; field; investors; trade unions; accountability; technology; Business Administration; företagsekonomi;

    Abstract : Corporate governance phenomena have traditionally been, and are still, studied foremost as relationships between principals and agents. Studies of how accounting plays out in corporate governance settings rather share the interest in hierarchical influence than challenge it. READ MORE

  4. 17. Accounting, Stock Markets and Everyday Life

    Author : Gustav Johed; Jan-Erik Gröjer; Bino Catasús; David Cooper; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : Business studies; Accounting; Actor Network Theory; Annual General Meetings; Private Investors; Sociology of Translation; Företagsekonomi;

    Abstract : The backdrop of this dissertation is one ubiquitous element of everyday life: the stock market. Traditionally, accounting and stock markets are logically coordinate entities and this thesis analyzes how accounting supports private investors in their role as shareholders – as investors in shares and owners of companies. READ MORE

  5. 18. Value-based management - positioning of claimed merits and analysis of application

    Author : Peter W Jönsson; Företagsekonomiska institutionen; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; adoption; management process aspects; objective; performance measurement; strategic planning; remuneration; MVA; EVA; TBR; CFROI; Accounting; TSR; measurement aspects; management accounting constructs; Value-based management; management accounting; Redovisning;

    Abstract : Value-based management has attracted considerable interest among organizations and academics in recent years. Responding to calls for case-based research, this thesis describes, analyses and conceptualizes value-based management as a management accounting construct. While previous research has focused on the measures (eg. READ MORE

  6. 19. Accounting for Accountability : Theoretical and Empirical Explorations of a Multifaceted Concept

    Author : Jessica Janina Hornbach; Anna-Carin Nordvall; Frank G. H. Hartmann; Timur Uman; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; accountability; stress; reporting behavior; performance evaluation; rationalization; neurobiology; experimental research; Business Studies; Företagsekonomi;

    Abstract : This dissertation extends our understanding of accountability in the accounting literature, where discourses revolve around diverse manifestations of accountability. While accountability is often conceptualized as a management control tool, accountability also seems to operate through inter- and intra-personal mechanisms. READ MORE

  7. 20. Accounting for cooperation : case study of swedish vertical supply relationships

    Author : Zita Ambrutyte; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP;

    Abstract : During the last decades a combination of business trends has caused companies to rely increasingly on relationships with other firms. Despite the popularity of inter-organizational relationships, evidence shows that many inter-organizational relationships fall short of meeting the expectations of their participants or fall for other reasons. READ MORE