Search for dissertations about: "three essay"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 274 swedish dissertations containing the words three essay.

  2. 21. Essays on corporate finance and governance

    Author : Johan Molin; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : This dissertation contains four essays on various topics in the fields of corporate finance and corporate governance. The first essay, entitled Corporate Governance and Ownership, presents an overview of the causes and consequences of, and possible remedies for, the separation of ownership and control in corporations. READ MORE

  4. 22. Human enhancement and technological uncertainty : Essays on the promise and peril of emerging technology

    Author : Karim Jebari; Sven-Ove Hansson; Sarah Chan; KTH; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Filosofi; Philosophy;

    Abstract : Essay I explores brain machine interface (BMI) technologies. These make direct communication between the brain and a machine possible by means of electrical stimuli. This essay reviews the existing and emerging technologies in this field and offers an inquiry into the ethical problems that are likely to emerge. READ MORE

  5. 23. A Study of Localisation Economies and the Transport Sector

    Author : Johan Klaesson; Jönköping University; []
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : This thesis consists of five individual essays, and a common introduction, sharing the general idea that the location of economic activities matters. Four of the essays explicitly introduce a transport sector that has impacts on the location and economic efficiency of other activities. READ MORE

  6. 24. Essays on Corporate Finance and Asset Pricing

    Author : Jon Frank; Mikael Bask; Lars Forsberg; Dušan Isakov; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Corporate Finance; Asset Pricing; Founding family firms; Firm performance; Firm financing; Firm investments; Stock returns; Stock-bond correlation;

    Abstract : Essay 1 (with Mattias Hamberg): We study the performance of family firms with large controlling owners using unique hand-collected Swedish data; and consistent with previous studies, we find that founding family firms perform significantly better than other firms. The data allows us to also identify firms with long term non-founding owners (LTNFOs). READ MORE

  7. 25. Issues of incompleteness, outliers and asymptotics in high dimensional data

    Author : Peter S. Karlsson; Thomas Holgersson; Ghazi Shukur; Åke E. Andersson; Jönköping University; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Business and economics; Ekonomi;

    Abstract : This thesis consists of four individual essays and an introduction chapter. The essays are in the field of multivariate statistical analysis of High dimensional data. The first essay presents the issue of estimating the inverse covariance matrix alone and when it is used within the Mahalanobis distance in High-dimensional data. READ MORE