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In family firms altruistic effects can arise in order to preserve the ownership of the firm within the family. The family firm may chose to carry or take measures against these effects. Regardless, it will lead to different agent costs. Therefore, the aims of the study were to …
The purpose of this thesis is to examine how the competitiveness of family firms is affected by governance mechanisms. The thesis addresses four governance mechanisms: inefficient labor markets, inefficient capital markets, self control and altruism. We have conducted an …
Multiple Faces of Family Discourse in a Big Four Auditing Firm
… of labor lead to specific forms of exploitation. Second, we point out that family discourse facilitates adaptation of young professionals to their work contexts. We argue that this discourse has influences on non-work spheres of life as well.
företagarnas perspektiv
… relationship between corporate governance and the auditor's role in Swedish family firms with the definitions micro, small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) and how this relationship is affected by the firms strategy. The study is based on a survey sent out to 3000 Swedish …
en fallstudie av en riskkapitalbolagsdriven förändringsprocess
… to the ownership model that has characterized the Swedish economy for decades. Family ownership has been widely regarded as the most beneficial and responsible ownership model in Sweden. Venture capital firms and private equity firms have been looked upon with suspicion. But is …
Och deras internationaliseringsprocess
… is a Swedish SME sized snack manufacturer. Being a small, medium sized, family-owned business with branches throughout the world, they make an interesting company for a case study. The case study I have conducted focuses on the internationalisation process of this family owned …
-Nytt läge på en konkurrensutsatt marknad
… their own stories and experiences of how it is to live with a diagnosis in the family and for all families there are different diagnosis. Some of the families have had the diagnosis confirmed, and some are living with overlapping diagnosis, everything dependent on the symptoms …
Utifrån föräldrars berättelser
… their own stories and experiences of how it is to live with a diagnosis in the family and for all families there are different diagnosis. Some of the families have had the diagnosis confirmed, and some are living with overlapping diagnosis, everything dependent on the symptoms …
Familjeföretag och anlitandet av extern ekonomisk kompetens
Forskningen om familjeföretag är relativt omfattande. Men det finns fortfarande många frågor som är obesvarade. En viktig fråga som berör familjeföretags utveckling är viljan att ta in extern kompetens inom ekonomiområdet. Det kan röra sig om tjänster såsom ekonomichef …
En jämförande studie mellan familjeföretag och icke-familjeföretag med avseende på prestation
Syftet med denna studie är att ta reda på huruvida det föreligger en skillnad i företagsprestation mellan familjeföretag och icke-familjeföretag. För att göra detta har en kvantitativ metod tillämpats. Undersökningsåren är 2003-2011 och företagen som har undersökts har varit små …
en pilotstudie i Sverige och Tyskland
… system revealed several challenges to be tackled by all actors, from the small family firm to the bigger organisations. Whereas the initiative comes from the customer himself, from the horticultural sector ?s point of view, a refusal of the new packing is a hard decision to …
En studie av plastbranschens mikroföretagare
Småföretagen kan ses som en viktig del av samhällsekonomin i Sverige då de utgör 98 procent av Sveriges företag. Deras överlevnad kan därför vara betydelsefull, bl.a. som arbetsgivare. Men vilka är då dessa småföretagare: är det möjligt att se dem som jämförbara homogena grupper …
Expatriation in the Context of Sweden
… is found to be problematic due to the rigid distinction between home-life and family-life and closed loop socialization. Expatriation process should be customized according to the cultural saliencies. Swedish national culture should be compared with the expats? national culture …
… in the UK is one; the age at the time the interviews were held is another. The family and friends along with religion, the Somali language and the social surroundings in the living area all have influence in the Somali young people’s experiences of forming a life as well as an …
