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Purpose: The purpose of this thesis is to define factors which influence audit fees. Methodology: I have used the deductive approach to find out the results. Theoretical perspectives: I have used factors found in previous studies to discuss about and build my own hypotheses. Empirical foundation: I have used data from 2010 annual reports of Swedish listed non-financial firms in NASDAQ OMX Stock
Sammanfattning Titel: Hur kan en före detta monopolist överleva på en konkurrensutsatt marknad? - En fallstudie av Apoteket AB Seminariedatum: 2013-01-18 Ämne/kurs: FEKH19, Examensarbete kandidatnivå, 15 hp Författare: Britta Ek Thomas, Emma Järvefelt, Ulrika von Celsing Larsson Handledare: Ola Mattisson Nyckelord: Apoteksmarknaden, Omreglering, Dynamiska kapabiliteter, Förändringsprocess, KSummary Title: How is it possible for a previous monopolist to survive when exposed to competition? - A case study of Apoteket AB Seminar date: 2013-01-18 Course: FEKH19, Strategic Management, Degree Project Undergraduate Level, 15 Swedish University Credit Points Authors: Britta Ek Thomas, Emma Järvefelt, Ulrika von Celsing Larsson Advisor: Ola Mattisson Key words: Pharmacy market, Deregula
This dissertation investigates how different regions are financially integrated with the US capital markets and how the level of integration has changed over time. The research has been conducted by using an event study methodology to examine the impact on domestic stock prices following foreign cross-listings on US stock exchanges. A sample of 556 ADR programs initiated by companies from 38 count
The “peer to peer” (P2P) is a technology of downloading and filesharing between online - Internet - users by the mean of specified software. Since June 1999, the Napster software has made the happiness of millions of individuals who used it to obtain and share free audio files Mp3. Rapidly, the major recording companies have prosecuted the Napster Company and managed to force it to close down. The
The role of environmental permits as a driver for environmental improvements has been a topic of debate for a while. Many permitting regulations were designed in the 1970's and have not been updated since then. Consequently, they have acted mostly as a driver for the adoption of pollution control technologies. Some experts now see that appropriately designed and implemented environmental permi
The energy industry in Europe has been exposed to major changes since the early 1990s. What effects this changing market scene has had on the companies active in the energy industry is an interesting research area. We aimed in this thesis to investigate what were the determinants behind firms engaging in M&A transactions, between the years 1995 and 2005, based on theories and hypotheses that a
The innovative efforts of the pharmaceutical sector have provided society with numerous new remedies and medicines. Innovation is considered to be of key importance to the sector. The aim of the thesis is to analyse how the relevant legal frameworks should be developed to account for the innovative need of the sector. In order to develop these frameworks it is important to understand the underlyin
Abstract Title: RFID goes bananas - Change management for implementing RFID technology Authors: Viktor Hebrand and Fredrik Swahn Tutors: Per Magnus Andersson, Associate professor Department of Business Administration, Lund University Daniel Hellström, Assistant professor Packaging Logistics, Department of Design Science, Lund Uni-versity Robert Davstedt, Project Manager Nowaste Logistics A
Purpose: We attempt to fill a void in the research field of determinants of non-executive director compensation of the most actively traded companies in Sweden. Methodology: We are using a deductive and quantitative approach with a multiple regression to analyze our data and through that, serve our purpose. Theoretical perspective: Agency theory, Optimal Contracting theory, Stewardship theory, Man
Illustration of a purchase process beyond Europe's borders. BM Impex is a construction company that specializes in developing and improving the flow of prefabricated materials, from drawing to the fitting in place. By looking at suppliers internationally, you can reduce the cost of the purchases, which in turn increases the more price competition in the industry. llustration of the purchasing
Our ever-changing world has to a great extent created a need of efficient financial risk-management programs for financial institutions and corporations operating in a demanding international environment. These changes have however also increased the types of financial tools and derivatives used to handle the multifold macroeconomic exposures. Companies have therefore diversified opportunities to
This chapter analyses the roles and activities of multinational companies (MNCs) in an entrepreneurial ecosystem (EE) and local start-up incubation. Drawing from literature regarding EEs and incubation policy, we present an example of a type of intervention under-theorized to date: incubation efforts stemming from MNCs rather than government or universities. Presenting the case of Microsoft Innova
The purpose of this paper is to examine which cultural value that most often appear within the regional level of culture policy. These values are cultures intrinsic value and instrumentality. My materiel will consist of strategy documents in the form of regional culture plans, which works as planning documents to achieve certain goals. To investigate which value that appear the most, have I develo
Namnlös Reading list for Organising Sustainability (SMMV26), 7,5 credits The reading list was approved by the Board of the Department of Service Studies 2020-01-29, last revised 2023-10-25. The reading list is valid from 2024-03-20. Aagaard, Annabeth, & Ritzén, Sofia. (2020). The critical aspects of co-creating and co-capturing sustainable value in service business models. Creativity and Innovatio
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The study conducts research on lean product development (PD) methodology and presents a case study of its practical application into a specific one-of-a-kind development of large power transformers. The demonstrated framework is the result of a 5-year intensive research that led to an extensive transformation of a traditional PD environment into a highly efficient process according to lean princip
Innovation is arguably one of the present-day buzzwords pervading economic, social as well as cultural life. The innovation concept however is highly ambiguous. Nevertheless most (positivistic) innovation studies employ seemingly “clear-cut” notions of innovation circumventing its highly elusive nature. These “clear-cut” innovation concepts are built on pre-conceived ontological assumptions. Inter
The borderless world is providing new opportunities for conducting business, both within Europe and between continents. Sustainable competition will be harder to attain and competition will become fiercer, day-by-day. The Austrian school of strategy emphasizes change, continuous innovation, and entrepreneurial discovery as sources of supernormal profits. An important assumption is that these super
We examine the moral hazard effects of bank recapitalizations by assessing the impact of the U.S. TARP program on market discipline exerted by subordinated debt-holders using a sample of 123 bank holding companies over the period 2004-2013. Predicted distress risk has a consistently positive and significant effect on sub-debt spreads, suggesting the presence of market discipline. A higher bailout
This study examines how globalization of corporate governance practices influence the risk of European CEOs being dismissed. We argue that the harsh monitoring of the American corporate governance system spills over to the rest of the world as a result of this globalization. We focus on direct and indirect American influence on the dismissal performance sensitivity among the 250 largest European p
Popular Abstract in Swedish Denna rapport handlar om hur framväxten av strategiskt betydelsefull kompetens kan föstås. Studien har tre teoretiska utgångspunkter hämtade ur resursbaserad strategiteori, strategisk human resource management samt organisatorisk inlärning. Genom en empirisk fallstudie av det snabbväxande högteknologiföretaget Axis Communications utvecklas en analyrsram genom vilken fraThe purpose of this thesis is to introduce the concept of distinctive competence in a multi-theoretical setting, consisting of the resource-based view, strategic human resource management and organizational learning, in order to develop a theoretical framework for better understanding of the dynamic side of distinctive competence. The empirical part of the study consists of an in-depth case study
