Search for dissertations about: "personal Finance"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 19 swedish dissertations containing the words personal Finance.

2. 1. Zero magic : Shifting the Valuation Convention

   Author : Simon Goldin; Manuel Borja-Villel; Kungl. Konsthögskolan; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Goldin Senneby; Simon Goldin; Jakob Sennebt; Malin Nilsson; Théo Bourgeron; artistic research; magic trick; patent; finance; financial markets; short selling; value; valuation; Fine Art; Fri Konst; Goldin Senneby; Simon Goldin; Jakob Senneby; Malin Nilsson; Théo Bourgeron; Art; Artistic research; Magic; Trick; Patent; Finance; Financial markets; Short selling; Value; Valuation; Secrets;

   Abstract : Zero Magic is a trick for the financial markets, which has the capacity to undermine the perceived value of a publicly traded company and profit from this. Short selling is a way of profiting from loss: Making money if and when a target company loses in value. READ MORE

4. 2. Essays in empirical finance

   Author : Jieying Li; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

   Abstract : “Going Online? The Motive of Firms to Borrow from the Crowd” investigates firms’ motivation to seek crowdlending using a novel Swedish dataset. Firms that borrow from the crowd have higher growth rates and external financing demand, but lower tangibility and fewer available assets to pledge as collateral, compared with firms that borrow from banks. READ MORE

5. 3. Essays in empirical corporate finance

   Author : Joakim Bång; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

   Abstract : In the first of the three chapters in this thesis, the effects of overlapping board directorships on executive compensation are analyzed. In particular the possibility of more or less explicit agreements to reciprocally increase compensation levels, or the possibility that the personal relationships of board members and CEOs determine compensation levels are examined, with suggestive results. READ MORE

6. 4. Visualizing Financial Futures

   Author : Susanna Heyman; Henrik Artman; Inga-Lill Söderberg; Mario Romero Vega; Jenny Säve-Söderbergh; KTH; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Human-computer interaction; personal finance; fintech; behavioral economics; retirement saving; persuasive technology; financial literacy; data visualization; graph perception; external cognition; distributed cognition; Människa-datorinteraktion; Human-computer Interaction;

   Abstract : Research on financial decision aids, systems designed to help people make financial decisions, is sparse. Previous research has often focused on the theoretical soundness of the advice that the systems provide. READ MORE

7. 5. Financing Small Businesses - Developing our Understanding of Financial Bootstrapping Behavior

   Author : Joakim Winborg; Företagsekonomiska institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Commercial and industrial economics; Finansiering; Financial science; Small business manager; Small business; Social capital; Social contracting; Resource acquisition; Relationship-oriented financial bootstrapping; Finance; Financial bootstrapping; Industriell ekonomi; Social economics; Social ekonomi;

   Abstract : The overall aim of this composite thesis, consisting of five articles, is to develop concepts for furthering the understanding of small business managers´ handling of finance. The main contribution is the development of a conceptual understanding of so-called financial bootstrapping behavior in small businesses (referring to the use of methods for minimizing and/or eliminating the need for financial means for resource acquisition). READ MORE