Search for dissertations about: "financial studies studies"

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2. 1. Financial Advisory Services : Exploring relationships between consumers and financial advisors

   Author : Inga-Lill Söderberg; Kent Eriksson; Misse Wester; Mats Edenius; KTH; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; financial advice; conusmer finance; financial services; financial decisioin making; risk perception; relationship; working alliance;

   Abstract : The need for more knowledge about different aspects of financial advisory services has been highlighted by scholars of many disciplines, and calls for more in-depth studies of this practice have been put forward. The purpose of this thesis is to answer this call and, thereby, enhance knowledge about financial advisory services and the provision and receipt of advice occurring in a face-to-face encounter between a professional advisor and a consumer. READ MORE

4. 2. Essays of Financial Performance and Capital Structure

   Author : Lars Lindbergh; Lars G. Hassel; Michael B. Adams; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Business studies; financial accounting; financial statements; financial performance; capital structure; tax allowances; comparative studies; Företagsekonomi; Business studies; Företagsekonomi;

   Abstract : This thesis consists of an introductory chapter and four self-contained essays on financial performance and capital structure. Essay I assesses the strength of strategic inputs into profitability among firms within several sub-sectors within the industrial service sector in the U.S. and Sweden. READ MORE

5. 3. Essays on Financial Risks and the Subprime Crisis

   Author : Emanuel Alfranseder; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; GARCH; Spillover; Contagion; Financial Distress; Financial Constraints; Financial Crisis; Equity Premium; Doubt; Pessimism; ; Investment; Capital Structure; Bankruptcy Risk;

   Abstract : This thesis covers the impact of the financial crisis of 2007-2009, the non-linearity in the impact of bankruptcy risk on leverage and the effect of pessimism and doubt on the equity premium. It consists of four self-contained essays. READ MORE

6. 4. Playing Activists and Dancing Anarchists : Men and Masculinities in Cultural Performances in Contemporary Sweden

   Author : Dirk Gindt; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; cultural performances; theatrical event; theatricality; gender; men; masculinities; hegemonic masculinity; political demonstrations; prime minister Göran Persson; Sweden; Theatre; Teatervetenskap; Gender studies; Genus;

   Abstract : Playing Activists and Dancing Anarchists is a Ph.D. dissertation that aims to analyse men and masculinities in political demonstrations and similar manifestations by conceptualising and analytically approaching such cultural performances as theatrical events. READ MORE

7. 5. AND ... AND ... AND ... : Reiterating Financial Derivation

   Author : Thomas Bay; Pierre Guillet de Monthoux; Bo Hedberg; Rolland Munro; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Financial derivation; derivatives; options; futures; risk; finance; economy; gambling; reiteration; deconstruction; deterritorialisation; experimentation; Business studies; Företagsekonomi; företagsekonomi; Business Administration;

   Abstract : This essay is an attempt at examining the general logic of derivation, the organisational geno-practice of financial derivationówhat I have called: reiterative derivation. I will endeavour to reiterate, to repeat otherwise, to displace the derivative distinction which apart from providing the financial markets with ever new business opportunities, makes financial instruments like options and futures the potential turning point, the crisis, the utmost risk, the pure possibility, of any economic reality. READ MORE