The textile and clothing industry, driven by a linear economic model, significantly impacts the environment, underscoring the urgent need for sustainable reforms within this sector. The circular economy (CE) offers a solution by promoting resource reuse and recycling to minimise raw material extraction and waste. A key component of the CE is extending product lifespans through repair, which helps

The new deforestation-free products regulation (EUDR) is driving significant change in agricultural commodities. From traceability requirements to deforestation-free production, this policy will force supply chains to adapt and ensure that products entering the EU market are free of deforestation. In the palm oil sector, the supply chains in producing countries will have structural difficulties in

Biodiversity depletion directly impacts businesses and society by influencing ecosystem services. Despite the growing recognition of biodiversity loss as a significant crisis, many companies have not yet sufficiently integrated broader nature considerations into their strategies. The Science-Based Targets Network (SBTN) aims to facilitate nature including biodiversity target setting within corpora

Accessible housing for the aging population is important, but large-scale reliable information on accessibility problems in ordinary housing is lacking. This study aimed to describe the prevalence of environmental barriers and analyze potential accessibility problems in the Swedish housing stock and to evaluate the validity and representativeness of housing data collected in a citizen science proj

This thesis aims to investigate if there is an existing relationship between board gender diversity and cost of capital for public firms in Sweden. The study has a quantitative approach and is based on 1306 public Swedish companies during the time period 2019-2023. The study found that more women on the board is negatively associated with cost of capital, which indicates that more diverse boards c

Purpose: This study aims to determine if a greenium exists for bank-issued green bonds compared to their brown counterparts and to examine the impact of green policies on the European bond market. Methodology: This study takes on a deductive scientific approach along with an econometric approach for which OLS regression models are estimated. The regressions use yield to maturity (YTM) as the dep

Seminar Date: 2024-05-29 Course: BUSN79 - Degree Project in Accounting and Finance Authors: William Gustafsson and Jacob Linder Examiner: Anna Glenngård Five key words: CEO letters, sentiment analysis, agency theory, firm performance, Tobin's Q. Purpose: Discern with the help of a new machine learning model whether the sentiment expressed in CEO letters can offer meaningful insights into

Title: Estimating the Impact of ESG scores on Firm Value and Cost of Capital - A Quantitative Study Across European Firms Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) scores on firm value and cost of capital across various market capitalizations, with a focus on small, mid, and large cap companies in the European Union. Methodology:

This thesis explores the effectiveness of internal whistleblowing mechanisms in a German company, focusing on their establishment, maintenance, and the influence of institutional pressures. This qualitative study employs a single case study methodology, gathering empirical data through semi-structured interviews with employees and compliance experts at a large German agricultural company. By analy

This paper seeks to further explore the determinants that lead Nordic firms to raise capital through foreign debt issuance rather than domestic debt. Specifically, this study mainly analyzes the firm-specific and bond-specific factors that tend to influence firms to issue bonds in foreign markets. This paper uses quantitative data collection with a Deductive Research Approach. Both Linear Probabil

Abstract Title: Beyond the Numbers - A Study on the Effect of Managerial Judgment on Operational Risk Hand-In Date: 24th May 2024 Seminar Date: 30th May, 2024 Course: BUSN79 - Degree Project in Accounting and Finance Authors: Christian Brams & Felix Walter Persson Advisor: Elin Funck Five Keywords: Managerial judgment, Operational risk, Heuristics, Decision-Making Process, Economic- and

Existing literature has yet to cover the enabling factors of how firms manage international growth while bootstrapping. This study contributes to the literature by delving into the intricate relationship between bootstrapping, scalability, and international growth in the context of financially independent firms aiming to achieve a multinational status. The study sheds light on how entrepreneurs ma

This thesis investigates the applicability and legitimacy of the relative valuation method within the Software-as-a-Service industry by comparing the implied enterprise values of SaaS companies in transactions to values estimated using peer group valuation multiples. To achieve this, a sample of 66 Nordic M&A and private placement transactions completed between 2020 and 2024 were selected for

This study examines the influence of organizational culture on Management Control Systems (MCS) in international startups. It uses a qualitative case study of a startup in the sharing economy sector, which is presented under the pseudonym CompanyX. The research aims to understand how cultural values influence MCS design and effectiveness, specifically through examining what CompanyX refers to as K

The interplay between ESG scores and stock performance continues to captivate investors and researchers alike, yet consensus remains elusive, highlighting the need for further academic endeavour. This thesis investigates the impact of a company's ESG score on its stock performance in terms of expected returns. Specifically, it examines disparities in this relationship between two case countrie

This thesis investigates the dynamics of crowdfunding especially in the green technology sector, by examining how the differences in national and cultural contexts influence investor contribution. A comparison is made between the UK and Germany under cultural, economic, and regulatory factors using crowdfunding campaigns of 60 green tech companies, split equally between the two countries. Findings

This study aims to explore how firm decision-makers view the role of external Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) investment in relation to sustainable value creation (SVC) and competitive advantage. To investigate this novel and broad topic, the study develops a tentative framework for how CDR could potentially create competitive advantage through SVC. Consequently, the paper utilized a qualitative mult