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1. 16. Is the Glass Ceiling a Motherhood Ceiling After All?

   Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Författare :Karolina Jennings; [2019]
   Nyckelord :gender inequality; gender pay gap; child penalty; fertility; South Korea; Business and Economics;

   Sammanfattning : South Korea has the highest gender pay gap and the lowest fertility rate in the OECD (OECD Data, n.y.). Gender equity theory suggests that there is a link between high gender inequality and low fertility, as women struggle to have both a career and a family. LÄS MER

3. 17. The Effect of Board Diversity on Corporate Performance : the Case of Swedish State-Owned Enterprises as Hybrid Organizations

   Magister-uppsats, Högskolan Kristianstad/Fakulteten för ekonomi

   Författare :Fabian Moser; Valieta Shabanaj; [2019]
   Nyckelord :State-owned enterprises; hybrid organizations; corporate governance; board of directors; board diversity; corporate performance;

   Sammanfattning : This study examines how board diversity and characteristics of directors affect the financial and non-financial performance of Swedish state-owned enterprises (SOEs). SOEs are characterized by state ownership, goal complexity, governmental funding and control and are therefore typical examples of hybrid organizations that purse both commercial and political logics. LÄS MER

4. 18. Organizational and Board Characteristics’ Impact on Female Board Representation: Evidence from Swedish Publicly Listed Financial Firms

   Master-uppsats, Högskolan i Jönköping/IHH, Företagsekonomi

   Författare :Sandra Gadd; Therese Gustafsson; [2019]
   Nyckelord :Gender Diversity; Female Board Representation; Financial Industry; Board Composition; Resource Dependence Theory; Institutional Theory;

   Sammanfattning : Background - The underrepresentation of women in corporate boardrooms has been a central corporate governance issue for decades; still, improvement is made at a slow pace and varies by industry sector. On average, the Swedish financial industry displays high levels of female board representation compared to other industry sectors; however, there are large differences between the companies. LÄS MER

5. 19. What Matters in Swedish Corporate Governance?

   Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

   Författare :Axel Edholm; Ludvig Karlsson; [2018]
   Nyckelord :Corporate governance; firm performance; Agency Theory; board size; gender diversity; director ownership and dividend policy.;

   Sammanfattning : By using five measures of corporate governance, this paper sheds light on the relationship between corporate governance, firm performance and firm valuation in a sample of large Swedish firms between 2013-2016. The study is conducted on the grounds of the Agency Theory as proposed by Jensen and Meckling (1976) and influenced by corporate governance research by Bhagat and Bolton (2008). LÄS MER

7. 20. Branding Snowboarding Lifestyle : A case study of Burton Snowboards’ brand narrative of gender equity

   Master-uppsats, Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för mediestudier

   Författare :Laura Muukka; [2018]
   Nyckelord :Burton Snowboards; lifestyle; fashion; gender equity; branding;

   Sammanfattning : The purpose of this thesis was to find out how snowboarding lifestyle and gender equity are visible in Burton Snowboards’ branding on their Instagram accounts as well as in their retail stores. Thus, the research questions were “How is (snowboarding) lifestyle and gender equity visible in Burton Snowboards’ branding on their Instagram accounts and in their retail stores?” and also, “How does branding differ in the two accounts and in the four stores?” The theory part of this thesis looks into consumer theories, such as branding and marketing communication. LÄS MER