Search for dissertations about: "dissertation on school financial management"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 swedish dissertations containing the words dissertation on school financial management.
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1. Essays on financial market anomalies and Investment strategies
Abstract : This dissertation consists of three papers on momentum strategy and the comovement of stock returns.Momentum Crash Management studies the fat-tailed distribution of momentum strategy’s return and the predictability of momentum crashes. Momentum strategy has both high average returns, and Sharpe ratios. READ MORE
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2. Optimization of Financial Decisions using a new Stochastic Programming Method
Abstract : The topics of this dissertation are the development of a new Stochastic Programming method and the application of Stochastic Programming in finance. Stochastic Programming is an area within Operations Research that has grown considerably over the last ten years. READ MORE
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3. Adopting Information Systems Perspectives from Small Organizations
Abstract : Why do organizations adopt information systems? Is it just because of financial reasons, of concerns for efficiency? Or is it due to external pressures, such as competitor pressure, that an organization adopts an information system?And, how does the adoption take place? Is it a linear process, or is the process one of conflicts? Does a specific person govern this process, or do we have multiple parties involved? What happens if these conflicts occur among those involved? How does the organization move on and achieve a successful information system adoption?By investigating two organizations, one international academic journal and one South American manufacturing company, this thesis aims to investigate the whys and hows of information system adoption, and aims to contribute to the discourse on information system adoptions in small organizations – an often underrepresented segment in information system adoption literature.By adopting different theoretical lenses throughout the five research papers included, this body of work suggests that even when seemingly simple, information system adoptions can become rather complex. READ MORE
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4. Entrepreneurial exit
Abstract : While popular management literature discusses ‘exit’ as a successful outcome of entrepreneurship, empirical research have frequently considered exit as a negative outcome. This dissertation suggests that exit may be the outcome of both failing and successful venturing. READ MORE
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5. How changes in managers’ sensemaking influence a strategic change : strategizing in a private equity context
Abstract : The study builds on the belief that change has become a normal state of affairs in business life, and that one highly contemporary actor the private equity firm has evolved to become specialized in change through repetitively changing its portfolio firms in its quest to generate value. The quest of reshaping a portfolio firm in order to optimize its strategic position, profitability, and financial structure in order to generate value has consequently been this study’s starting point. READ MORE
