Search for dissertations about: "board of directors"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 23 swedish dissertations containing the words board of directors.

  2. 6. In (re)search of corporate governance models between markets and hierarchies : The governance of franchising

    Author : Martin Ludvigsson Wallette; Christopher von Koch; Andreas Stephan; Rozenn Perrigot; Linnéuniversitetet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Corporate governance; franchising; review; conceptual model; ownership; retailing; financial performance; business model; Business administration; Företagsekonomi;

    Abstract : The research project started with the purpose of understanding the importance of corporate governance in franchising. The dissertation includes four articles all of which describe the governance of franchising.The first article is a review study using a strategy of systematic search to produce a systematic review. READ MORE

  4. 7. Board Characteristics in Initial Public Offerings

    Author : Anna Thorsell; Barbara Cornelius; Lars Lindbergh; Jonas Gabrielsson; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Corporate governance; Board of directors; initiatl public offerings; institutional theory; underpricing; aftermarket performance; Business studies; Företagsekonomi; företagsekonomi; Business Studies;

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  5. 8. The Practice of Newspaper Ownership: Fifty Years of Control and Influence in the Swedish Local Press

    Author : Jonas Ohlsson; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; newspaper ownership; control; influence; the press; ownership concentration; board of directors; foundation ownership; principal-agent; political parallelism; Sweden;

    Abstract : This dissertation deals with a perennial theme in both public and academic debate: how ownership is exercised in the news media. It does so by exploring the main agency through which ownership control is expected to be exerted in the individual media firm: the board of directors. READ MORE

  6. 9. Governance for Innovation – Board Leadership and Value Creation in Entrepreneurial Firms

    Author : Daniel Yar Hamidi; Jonas Gabrielsson; Svante Andersson; Susanne Durst; Högskolan i Halmstad; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; governance; board of director; chairperson; board leadership; entrepreneurial firm; innovation; value creation; SME;

    Abstract : This dissertation has identified, developed and empirically tested concepts associated with the capacity of chairpersonship to promote innovation in entrepreneurial small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). A multi-methodological approach is applied in five studies, comprising a systematic literature review, three empirical studies and a concluding conceptual paper. READ MORE

  7. 10. Financial Reporting and Corporate Governance: Essays on the contracting role of accounting and the effects of monitoring mechanisms

    Author : Niuosha Samani; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; monitoring; compensation; contracts; accounting performance; earnings quality; ownership structure; board of directors; governance regulations;

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