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50 år av tillväxt och investeringar - En studie om företags tillväxtmönster och vikten av immateriella tillgångar
(2020-07-09)Bakgrund och problem: Företag måste växa för att behålla sin konkurrenskraft. Studier pekar på att företagens omsättning bör växa snabbare än BNP i syfte att finnas kvar på marknaden, annars löper de stor risk att bli ... -
61% av marknaden, 27% av de disciplinära åtgärderna från Revisorsnämnden -De stora revisionsbyråerna är att föredra!
(2011-06-17)Bakgrund och problem: Under 2000-talet har revisionsyrket varit ifrågasatt från många håll. Diskussionerna har berört dels revisorernas möjligheter till etiskt resonemang, dels deras oberoende i sin yrkesutövning. I Sverige ... -
A born Global Firm and Challenges when Establishing on Complex Markets
(2015-10-02)Background and problem: World conditions are constantly changing and companies are forced to adapt in order to maintain competiveness. In order to achieve growth, firms commonly need to internationalize faster and in a ... -
A Comparison Between Small Newly Registered and Small Mature Limited Companies' Decision to Appoint an Auditor Voluntarily -a Quantitative Study
(2013-06-14)Background and problem discussion: Since the law of audit exemption was introduced 2010, some companies have appointed an auditor voluntarily. These companies must balance the costs and benefits of auditing; various ... -
A First Step
(2014-06-05)The augmentation of cross-border acquisitions was the characteristic of the fifth wave of acquisitions in Europe. With a more globalized world many researchers claim that the crossborder acquisitions will continue to ... -
A Geographic Sourcing Area Evaluation Model - Facilitating tool for strategic decision making
(2013-07-01)International sourcing is growing in importance. As businesses around the world have become global, the intense competition drives cost cutting within purchasing. Rising up as the world’s number one sourcing market with ... -
A group's acquisition of a family business -Change in the Management Control Systems at an operative level
(2014-09-24)Background and problem: Changes in the ownership structure and growth are two examples of variables that can change the management control systems. There are literatures that carefully describe how the controlling elements ... -
A management perspective on how to encourage sustainability through incentives and employee motivation - A qualitative study of five companies within the Swedish energy industry
(2020-07-01)Previous research shows that there is a leap between executives’ and employees’ view on sustainability issues. However, for a company to succeed in today’s economy, sustainability commitment is a prerequisite. Therefore, ... -
A Must or a Will? A study of the motives behind fashion retailers’ engagement in welfare projects in Bangladesh
(2022-02-16)Fashion retailers operate in an industry characterized by outsourced production in countries with poor living and working conditions. The low control that consequently follows, is a challenge for fashion retailers to ... -
A new approach for IT audit? : Testing the theory of technology debt in an IT audit setting
(2014-06-11)Background and problem: The amounts companies spend in IT investments have increased greatly the last couple of decades. To control IT the companies perform IT audits. This is a complicated and expensive procedure which ... -
A Real Options Approach to Nuclear Waste Disposal in Sweden
(2004)This report is concerned with an investigation of how the real options approach can be useful for managerial decisions regarding the phase-out of nuclear power generation in Sweden. The problem of interest is the optimal ... -
A shift in the balance of power - the transformation from bank loans to corporate bonds
(2012-11-30)Since the financial crisis in 2008, there has been an ongoing discussion in media concerning the need for alternative funding sources. Corporate bonds are the primary alternative to bank loans and many corporations currently ... -
A Spider on the Web? - Important Factors when Coordinating Environmental Management in Product Chains
(2011-06-27)Description of the Problem: A local environmentally good decision can have a large negative impact elsewhere in the product chain, therefore companies need to have an environmental supply chain management approach and ... -
A study about the use of reward systems and employee motivation in a call centre
(2015-07-09)Background The purpose of using reward systems is to motivate and encourage actions needed for goal achievement, thereby increasing the results of an organization. Often, the use of reward systems is a crucial part of ... -
A Study of Investment Decisions of Rental Flat Companies in Gothenburg - It is all about the inertia!
(2016-05-09)A study of rental flat companies in Gothenburg where undertaken in order to see if the current economic climate is taken into account when they make investment decisions. The present housing deficit along with an economic ... -
A study of policy makers' view upon the link between sustainability and management accounting
(2015-06-30)The aim of this study is to provide empirical evidence of policy makers’ view upon the link between sustainability and management accounting. The study is based on a case study of nine different policy makers and performed ...