Search for dissertations about: "firm analysis"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 287 swedish dissertations containing the words firm analysis.

  2. 11. Unseen job creators and firm growth barriers : the role of capital constraints and seniority rules

    Author : Anders Bornhäll; Sven-Olov Daunfeldt; Niklas Rudholm; Dan Johansson; Marc Cowling; Örebro universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Firm growth; growth barriers; employment protection; institutions; capital constraints; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Complex Systems – Microdata Analysis;

    Abstract : The topic of this thesis is to provide a deeper understanding of how the institutional framework affects firms’ hiring decisions.The first article focuses on a group of firms, called sleeping gazelles, that do not grow despite having high profits. READ MORE

  4. 12. Bank branches and Entrepreneurship : A spatial analysis of new firm formation in Swedish regions and industries in a changing financial landscape

    Author : Cynthia Sin Tian Ho; Björn Berggren; Mikaela Backman; KTH; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; New firm formation; entrepreneurship; financing; bank branches; proximity; spatial analysis; GWR; Sweden; Business Studies; Företagsekonomi;

    Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to analyse how bank branch closure has affected the formation of new firms and to explore the varying local relationships between the accessibility of bank branches and new firm formation in 290 Swedish municipalities. In the first paper, the effect of bank branch closure is examined through spatial econometric analysis, in particular, the fixed effects and the random effects spatial panel models. READ MORE

  5. 13. Director Interlocking and Firm Ownership : Longitudinal Studies of 1- and 3-Mode Network Dynamics

    Author : Love Bohman; Christofer Edling; Wouter de Nooy; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Social network analysis; Director interlocks; Ownership; Corporate governance; 3-mode networks; Sociology; Sociologi; Sociology; sociologi;

    Abstract : This thesis is based on three empirical studies of the director interlock network among Swedish firms listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange, focusing on its consequences for firm behavior and its association with ownership structures. Director interlocks are created when directors serve on, and hence interlock, several boards. READ MORE

  6. 14. Essays on Event History Analysis and the Effects of Social Programs on Individuals and Firms

    Author : Stefano Lombardi; Johan Vikström; Oskar Nordström Skans; Conny Wunsch; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Labor Economics; Unemployment Insurance; Job Search; Monitoring and Sanctions; Policy Evaluation; Dynamic Treatment Evaluation; Duration Analysis; Firm performance; Employer-employee Match; Monte Carlo simulation; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : Essay I: This paper studies threat effects of unemployment insurance (UI) benefit sanctions on job exit rates. Using a difference-in-differences design, I exploit two reforms of the Swedish UI system that made monitoring and sanctions considerably stricter at different points in time for different jobseeker groups. READ MORE

  7. 15. Accessibility to bank branches and entrepreneurial dynamics : New firm formation and capital structure of SMEs in Sweden amidst a changing banking landscape

    Author : Cynthia Sin Tian Ho; Björn Berggren; Jonas Gabrielsson; KTH; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; New firm formation; entrepreneurship; capital structure; leverage; financing; bank branches; proximity; spatial analysis; Sweden; Startup; entreprenörskap; kapitalstruktur; finansiering; bankkontor; närhet; spatialanalys; Sverige; Business Studies; Företagsekonomi;

    Abstract : The overall objective of this thesis is to develop a better understanding of the impact of accessibility to bank branches on new firm formation and on the capital structure of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Sweden. In this thesis, the accessibility to bank branches is measured by two proxies that are weighted by two different types of population—the labour population and the firm population. READ MORE