Sökning: "comparative corporate governance"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 31 uppsatser innehållade orden comparative corporate governance.

  1. 1. Mastering the shift: exploring external CEO successions in a comparative case study

    Master-uppsats, Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Författare :Nils Karlflo; [2023-06-29]
    Nyckelord :Actor-Network Theory; ANT; actors; negotiations; Sociology of translation; Management; Corporate Governance; CEO successions; CEO retirements; CEO departure; chief executive officer; boards; chairman of the board; externalizing; owner-led; owner-steered; owner-led companies; process theory; translation theory; family successions;

    Sammanfattning : This paper critically examines the claim made by previous research that explains CEO successions as a result of a linear process, influenced by isolated factors of causality succeeding one another. Thus, it seeks to provide a more nuanced understanding of the process of CEO successions, acknowledges the complexity, ambiguity, and unpredictability in its nature. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Comparison of High ESG Portfolio Performance in Germany and Switzerland

    Master-uppsats, Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Författare :Nino Shakulashvili; Saud Talic; [2023-06-29]
    Nyckelord :ESG; Portfolio Performance; Fama French; Carhart; Risk Factors; Value; Size; Momentum; Germany; Switzerland;

    Sammanfattning : This study focuses on the relationship between stock return performance and sustainability, the latter taking the form of the Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) framework. The paper provides a comparative setting in which stocks of companies headquartered in Germany and Switzerland are examined. LÄS MER

  4. 3. GOVERNANCE BEYOND BORDERS The Extraterritorial Reach of OECD National Contact Points for Responsible Business Conduct

    Master-uppsats, Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Författare :Mirja Sund; [2023-06-20]
    Nyckelord :Business and human rights; Non-judicial mechanisms; Extraterritoriality; OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises; OECD National Contact Points;

    Sammanfattning : As increasingly powerful actors in a globalised world, multinational corporations are often able to evade responsibility for human rights violations and other misconduct occurring in their own operations or supply chains. Since courts face limitations when attempting to exert jurisdiction outside of their state territories, state-based non-judicial mechanisms such as the OECD National Contact Points (NCPs) have been established to fill this gap by mediating between corporations and victims of corporate human rights abuses with the aim of providing remedy to the latter. LÄS MER

  5. 4. What Difference Does It Make? : Comparative Panel Data Analysis of the Relationship Between CSR Initiatives and Board Composition in Sweden and the United States

    Master-uppsats, Umeå universitet/Handelshögskolan vid Umeå universitet (USBE); Umeå universitet/Företagsekonomi

    Författare :Kristina Björling; Viktor Hansson; [2023]
    Nyckelord :CSR; ESG; Corporate Governance; Gender Diversity; Board Independence; CEO Duality; Inclusion; Board Compositions; Agency Theory; Resource Dependence Theory; Critical Mass Theory; Hofstede’s National Cultural Theory.;

    Sammanfattning : More companies have responded to the call for action, increasing their attention to the 17 Sustainable Development Goals. Corporate governance structures have proven to have an effect on how well companies are able to facilitate a sustainable trajectory, all influenced by values and norms. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Data Privacy Laws & Social Media Governance : A comparative analysis of Tik Tok & Meta/Facebook using EU, US, and China’s Data Privacy Laws

    Kandidat-uppsats, Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

    Författare :Robin V. L. Aitken; [2023]
    Nyckelord :data privacy laws; liberalism; new constructivism; realism; social media governance;

    Sammanfattning : This academic investigation examines the intersection between International Relations (IR), data privacy laws, and social media governance. The case studies are of Tik Tok & Facebook/Meta where we begin the research by taking a comparative analysis of the US congressional hearings of Mark Zuckerberg (CEO of Facebook/Meta) in 2018 and Shou Zi Chew (CEO of Tik Tok) in 2023. LÄS MER