This paper takes a performance-based approach to corporate governance and investigates whether compliance with the corporate governance code in Sweden equates to a lower cost of capital, measured as cost of equity, cost of debt and the weighted average of these, the WACC. The premonition is that adherence to governance codes should lower the risk profile of the firm, leading investors and creditor

Title: Managing service innovation in small-medium sized enterprises: a resource based view Date of Seminar: 3rd June 2014 Course: Master Corporate Entrepreneurship and Innovation Internship and Degree Project (Master Thesis 15 ECTS) Authors: Elida Cimic and Junjie Ren Supervisor: Joakim Winborg Keywords: Service Innovation, Small and Medium sized Enterprises, Resource Based View, Innovation Strat

Denna uppsats är skriven med syftet att undersöka Malmö stads arbete med symmetrisk och dialogisk kommunikation med sina medborgare i sociala medier. Med uppsatsen hoppas vi nyansera bilden av de organisatoriska krav som ställs på organisationer för att kunna bedriva symmetrisk tvåvägskommunikation. För att uppnå vårt syfte har vi med ett hermeneutiskt förhållningssätt utfört textanalyser av MalmöThis study intends to research the city of Malmö’s work with symmetrical and dialogical communication with its citizens in social media. With this study, we hope to nuance the image of the organizational demands put on organizations to be able to manage symmetrical two-way communication. To reach our purpose, we have with a hermeneutical approach conducted document analyses of the city of Malmö’s

Nowadays, value at risk (VaR) has developed into a standard indicator in the financial risk measuring field. The aim of this study is not only to measure the risk of the Chinese stock market using VaR methods, but also to value whether the downside risk is priced in the expected return in the market. This study estimates VaR of six indices using four approaches at both 95% and 99% confidence level

Apartheid is officially abolished in South Africa since 1994. However, it still exists in the country today. The aim of this thesis is to examine how the heritage of apartheid still affects South Africa today, 20 years after it was abolished, and to show that racism is still very much a part of daily life in South Africa although it can be more or less disguised nowadays. My focus in this thesis i

There are many different methods for pricing discretely monitored barrier options. There is a trade-off, however, between speed and accuracy. The players on the financial markets would of course ideally want a method which is both exact and returns a price instantaneously. In this thesis we start from a fast, but on the other hand somewhat less accurate, approximation formula. It will be referred

Thesis purpose: To identify relevant criteria underlying the partner selection process in a leading company in the consumer technology industry, as well as to subsequently analyse the influences which those criteria have on overall outcome. The intention is to draw valid implications for future research as well as for actors in similar market environments. Methodology: The researchers of this pa

Transportation is a necessary part of our daily lives and the environment would greatly benefit if the majority of people used sustainable transport. The current mechanisms set in place to change people’s behaviors, however, have lacked an in depth psychological understanding of how people make transport decisions. The aim of this thesis is to explore the world of psychology and behavior and to at

The demand of today for advanced manufactured parts with high precision is due to the increasing complexity of technologies. The parts are typically made by CNC (Computer Numerical Control) machines, which are expensive and comparably big. By using industrial robots that are significantly cheaper, reduced costs can be achieved, which is particularly beneficial for small and medium enterprises. Rob

Open source är idag ett vida känt begrepp och det finns numera ett open source alternativ till nästan varje mjukvara av proprietär sort. Med en växande användarbas och en kostnad som nästan alltid är obefintlig är det naturligt att företag ser open source som ett alternativ till att köpa proprietär mjukvara. Genom denna uppsats undersöker vi därför vilka egenskaper hos open source som är viktiga o