It is acknowledged that the primary objective of any company should be the creation of shareholder-value. However, it is also recognised that there are other stakeholders, with their own financial and/or non-financial objectives, which could impact on a company's overall financial performance. Management should therefore identify stakeholder-groups which could impact on the company and formulate a model in addressing their objectives. This study integrates elements from the theory of shareholder-value, the agency-theory, the theory of property rights and different stakeholder orientation-models to develop the approach of responsible stakeholder-management in the creation of shareholder-value. Stakeholders can be grouped into economic, social and environmental components. The concept of sustainable development has exploded in recent years. Three main elements of sustainable development were identified, namely economic, social and environmental development, referred to as "Triple Bottom Line (TBL)". Several organisations have started focussing on the concept of sustainability by guiding the development of sustainability policies. However, the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) has become the de facto global standard for reporting on sustainable development. The concept of TBL, and how the three elements of sustainability could contribute to the maximisation of shareholder-value, is discussed. The results of the empirical study, where the financial performance and shareholder-growth of companies listed on the JSE and which adopted and reported on the GRI-guidelines, were compared to a group of companies in the same index grouping of the JSE that had not formally adopted and reported on the guidelines, identified a clear trend that those reporting on their sustainability policies had had a much better growth in five of the six financial measures used than the comparative group. / Thesis (M.Com. (Accounting))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2008.

It is acknowledged that the primary objective of any company should be the creation of shareholder-value. However, it is also recognised that there are other stakeholders, with their own financial and/or non-financial objectives, which could impact on a company's overall financial performance. Management should therefore identify stakeholder-groups which could impact on the company and formulate a model in addressing their objectives. This study integrates elements from the theory of shareholder-value, the agency-theory, the theory of property rights and different stakeholder orientation-models to develop the approach of responsible stakeholder-management in the creation of shareholder-value. Stakeholders can be grouped into economic, social and environmental components. The concept of sustainable development has exploded in recent years. Three main elements of sustainable development were identified, namely economic, social and environmental development, referred to as "Triple Bottom Line (TBL)". Several organisations have started focussing on the concept of sustainability by guiding the development of sustainability policies. However, the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) has become the de facto global standard for reporting on sustainable development. The concept of TBL, and how the three elements of sustainability could contribute to the maximisation of shareholder-value, is discussed. The results of the empirical study, where the financial performance and shareholder-growth of companies listed on the JSE and which adopted and reported on the GRI-guidelines, were compared to a group of companies in the same index grouping of the JSE that had not formally adopted and reported on the guidelines, identified a clear trend that those reporting on their sustainability policies had had a much better growth in five of the six financial measures used than the comparative group. / Thesis (M.Com. (Accounting))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2008.

Syfte: Denna studie syftar till att kartlägga i vilken utsträckning företag på en svensk marknad arbetar med CSR och även att identifiera ett eventuellt samband mellan hållbarhetsarbetets utsträckning och lönsamhet i form av EPS och DuPont. Dessa lönsamhetsmått representerar dels ett investeringsperspektiv, dels ett internt företagsperspektiv. Metod: En kvantitativ studie har gjorts på Stockholmsbörsens Large Cap med en indelning av företagen på en hållbarhetsskala. Datan har analyseratstillsammans med lönsamhetsmåtten EPS och DuPont genomkorstabulering samt en statistisk analys. Slutsats: Denna studie finner att det finns ett engagemang för CSR inom LargeCap och det finns ett negativt samband mellan CSR-arbete och EPS.Studien finner inget samband mellan CSR-arbete och DuPont. Det finns en obalans i prioriteringen av TBL där det ekonomiska perspektivet är det främsta.

[pt] O presente trabalho analisa o movimento recente nos preços de eurobonds emitidos por empresas brasileiras e a sua relação com a evolução do risco soberano brasileiro. Com o objetivo de verificar possíveis assimetrias na reação dos preços desses títulos a novas informações sobre as empresas emissoras em diferentes níveis do CDS associado à dívida soberana brasileira, testamos o comportamento dos preços dos eurobonds à divulgação de informações indicadoras dos fundamentos específicos das firmas emissoras de dívida, a saber: (i) alterações do rating atribuído por agências especializadas e (ii) anúncio do lucro por ação trimestral das empresas de capital aberto. Em linha com a literatura sobre o assunto, encontramos evidências de uma relação importante entre risco soberano e corporativo para o caso brasileiro. / [en] The present work analyzes the recent movement in the prices of Eurobonds issued by Brazilian companies and its relationship with the evolution of Brazilian sovereign risk. To identify possible asymmetries in the price reaction of these securities to new information regarding the debt issuers at different levels of the CDS associated with Brazilian sovereign debt, we tested the behavior of eurobonds prices to the disclosure of information about the specific fundamentals of issuers (i) changes in the rating attributed by specialized rating agencies and (ii) announcement of the quarterly earnings per share of publicly traded companies. In line with the literature on the subject, we find evidence of an important relationship between sovereign and corporate risk for the Brazilian case.

Submitted by Maicon Juliano Schmidt (maicons) on 2015-07-07T14:27:39Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Valeria Siebel.pdf: 545042 bytes, checksum: c4346d8576188fae938dc28a7dc561bf (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2015-07-07T14:27:39Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Valeria Siebel.pdf: 545042 bytes, checksum: c4346d8576188fae938dc28a7dc561bf (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-01-31 / Nenhuma / Esta é uma pesquisa sobre value-relevance. A despeito da existência de outros estudos deste tipo em finanças corporativas, os resultados são inconclusivos e instigam debates na academia e fora dela. Muitos autores sustentam que a contabilidade, por estar desenhada para uma economia do tipo industrial, não estaria mais apta a contribuir de forma relevante na determinação dos preços das ações. Trabalhos conduzidos por outros autores em diversos mercados não apontam direções únicas, alguns mostrando perda de relevância do valor patrimonial da ação (VPA) e/ou do lucro por ação (LPA) na determinação do preço dos ativos, outros mostrando situação diversa (COLLINS, MAYDEW e WEISS, 1997; BROWN, LO e LYS, 1999; LEV e ZAROWIN, 1999; TRABUCHO, 2007; ZANINI, CANIBANO e ZANI, 2010). Com o objetivo de contribuir para esta discussão, este estudo analisou as variáveis contábeis tradicionais LPA e VPA na determinação dos preços das ações nos últimos 22 anos, abarcando amostra com empresas listadas nas bolsas de valores em alguns países da América Latina: Argentina, Brasil, Chile, Colômbia, México e Peru. O modelo para as análises foi o Modelo de Ohlson (1995), já utilizado em inúmeros outros trabalhos. A técnica estatística utilizada foi a análise de regressão múltipla, com dados em painel padronizados, que proporcionaram a comparação direta dos resultados entre os países e a eliminação do efeito escala. Os resultados apontaram para alguma perda de relevância do VPA no Brasil, perda da relevância do LPA na Argentina e no Chile e aumento da relevância do LPA no Peru. Outro resultado importante foi o de que o VPA parece perder relevância no seu poder explicativo em momentos de crises econômicas, situação em que os resultados de curto prazo, espelhados no lucro das empresas, parecem ser mais importantes para os investidores. / This is a study about value relevance. Despite the existence of other such studies in corporate finance, the results are inconclusive and instigate debates in academia and beyond. Many authors argue that accounting, being designed for an industrial economy, would no longer be able to contribute significantly in the determination of stock prices. Studies conducted by other authors in several markets do not indicate unic directions, showing some loss of relevance for book value (BV) and / or earnings per share (EPS) in determining asset prices, others showing different situation (COLLINS, MAYDEW and WEISS, 1997; BROWN, LO and LYS, 1999; LEV and ZAROWIN, 1999; TRABUCHO, 2007; ZANINI, CANIBANO and ZANI, 2010). Aiming to contribute to this discussion, this study analyzed the traditional accounting variables EPS and BV in the determination of stock prices over the past 22 years, in a sample of companies listed on stock exchanges in some Latin American countries: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru. The model for the analysis was the Ohlson Model (1995), already used in many other works. The statistical technique used was multiple regression analysis with panel data standarized, which provided a direct comparison of results between countries and the elimination of the scale effect. The results showed some loss of relevance of BV in Brazil, loss of relevance of EPS in Argentina and Chile, and increased relevance of EPS in Peru. Another important result was that the BV seems to lose relevance in its explanatory power in times of economic crises, in which the short-term results, based in corporate profits seem to bemore important for investors.

長期性資料(longitudinal data)，是指對同一個觀察個體(subject)或實驗單位(experiment unit)，在不同時間點上重複觀察或測量一個或多個變數。雖然觀察個體之間互相獨立，但就同一個個體而言，不同時間的觀察或測量常常是有相關性的。且觀察的個體之間可能由於一些無法測量的環境因素造成個體之間有差異，因此在傳統橫斷面分析中，假設其有相同迴歸係數的邊際模型可能不合理。隨機效果模型可以解決長期資料分析的相關，並假設每個個體的迴歸係數不同；此模型不但可以說明橫斷面資料的cohort效果，也可直接解釋長期資料的age效果；更可以區分個體之間與個體之內的變異。 本研究以1995年至2000年台灣11個產業中的100家公司之每股盈餘與各財務比率，作為實證分析的資料；分別配適每股盈餘與時間、產業別、時間產業別交互作用及財務比率及排除每股盈餘有異常值後之邊際效果模型(一般迴歸分析)及隨機效果模型，並比較其參數估計之異同。實證結果顯示，一般迴歸分析與假設誤差不相關且等變異下的隨機效果模型參數估計相似，但後者能區分變異為個體之間(between-subjects)與個體之內(within-subject)的變異。而假設誤差不相關且不等變異與假設誤差服從AR(1)且不等變異下的隨機效果模型估計相近。實證結果並顯示，在排除異常值後的模型參數估計，一般迴歸分析不論是估計值及顯著性大多沒有很大差別；而隨機效果模型的估計在排除異常值前後較有差別。特別是現金流量比率(CFR)原本為不顯著變數，在排除異常值後的模型配適全部變顯著性變數。 / The defining characteristic of a longitudinal study is that individuals are measured repeatedly through time. Although it is independent between subjects, the set of observations on one subject tends to be inter-correlated. Because there is some natural heterogeneity due to unmeasured factors between subjects, it is not corrected to assume they have the same regression coefficients. A random effect model is a reasonable description about the different regression coefficients, and it can resolve the inter-correlation of the observations on one subject. The major advantages of the random effect model are its capacity to separate what in the context of population studies are called cohort and age effects, and it can distinguish the variations between subjects and within subjects. This study describes the marginal model and random effect model, and shows their difference by real data analysis. We apply these models to the earnings per share (EPS) and other financial ratios of one hundred companies in Taiwan, which are distributed in eleven industries. The results show that the parameter estimates of the marginal model and random effect model are similar when error structure is independent and of equal variance. Furthermore, the latter can distinguish the variations between subjects and within subjects. However, the residual analysis reveals that the error structure may not be constant. Therefore, we consider heteroscedasticity error in random effect model. We also assume that error follows an autoregressive process (e.g. AR(1) model), which leads to the optimum among our results in terms of residual analysis. There are some observations that appear to be outlying from the majority of data. The results show little difference in the marginal models no matter whether those outliers are included. However, we obtain different results in the random effect models. Especially, the variable of “cash flow ratio” becomes significant once those potential outliers have been excluded, while it is not significant when all cases are fitted in the model.

Research questions: Do surprising disclosures of earnings per share determine price reactions in the corresponding direction as the aspect of the surprise?Is the effect of quarterly reports detectable in the stock price immediately following the date of information disclosure? Purpose: The purpose of the study was to examine the connection between stock prices and quarterly reports among the 30 most actively traded stocks on the Stockholm Stock Exchange. Method: The study was conducted with a deductive approach based on previous research and theories to answer the research questions. Stock data from the 30 most actively traded stocks on the Stockholm Stock Exchange was collected and compared with quarterly reports from the corresponding companies. Conclusion: The research findings confirm corresponding direction between stock price reactions and the aspect of earnings per share surprise. A connection between quarterly reports and stock price was discovered immediately following the date of information disclosure. However, the evidence was unable to be proven statistically and could therefore not be generalized. / Forskningsfrågor: Leder oförväntad EPS (vinst per aktie) till avvikelser i aktiekursen i motsvarande riktning?Är effekten av kvartalsrapporter möjlig att upptäcka i aktiepriset omedelbart efter offentliggörandet av rapporten? Syfte: Syftet med studien är att studera sambandet mellan aktiepriser och kvartalsrapporter hos börsnoterade företag vars aktier tillhör de 30 mest omsatta på Stockholmsbörsen. Metod: Studien grundas på ett deduktivt tillvägagångssätt som baseras på tidigare forskning och teorier i syfte att besvara forskningsfrågorna. Aktiedata från de 30 mest omsatta aktierna på Stockholmsbörsen insamlades och jämfördes med kvartalsrapporter för dem motsvarande företagen. Slutsats: Studien bevisar att oförväntad EPS leder till avvikelser i aktiekursen i motsvarande riktning. Ett samband mellan kvartalsrapporter och aktiepriser upptäcktes omedelbart efter offentliggörandet av rapporten som dock var ej statistiskt signifikant och därmed inte generaliserbar.

This research examines at the effect of corporate social responsibility (CSR) expenditure in two state commercial banks and few other financial institutions that are listed on the CSE in Sri Lanka. The independent variable in this analysis is CSR expenditure, whereas the dependent variable is financial performance. Market- and accounting-based performance metrics (ROA, ROE and EPS) are used to assess the financial performance of the financial institutions. The study's control variables were firm age, firm size, and GDP growth rate. For a duration of Eight years, the researchers gathered secondary data on the financial institutions from 2015 to 2022 by using audited annual reports, which included 13 financial institutions as a sample. The study findings reveal that CSR has a statistically significant impact on financial performance. The correlation analysis demonstrated a statistically significant relationship between CSR expenditure and ROA, ROE, and EPS. The correlation coefficient showed that all of the suggested hypotheses were significant and acceptable. The findings from the regression analysis revealed that CSR expenditure has an impact on the financial institution's ROA, ROE, and EPS. The results and implications can assist Sri Lankan financial institutions in designing their CSR projects to maximize value for the organization, resulting in a win-win situation. In addition, investing in CSR as a non-profit endeavor might help financial institutions meet their social responsibility obligations while also enhancing future intangible revenues and preparing them for market competitiveness. In contrast, CSR investments may improve community development, diversity promotion, and quality of life while treating social challenges including poverty, healthcare, education, and environmental sustainability.

On the surface, Sweden and Denmark are two similar countries, but behind the closed boardroom doors, things look different. These two countries have chosen different approaches to achieving their goals and the diversification within the boards differs markedly. As a result, the study tries to emphasize the differences, and see if it is possible to distinguish different gender effects. The purpose of the study is to investigate the possible effects of gender quotas in corporate governance and the impact women does have on reducing risk in a corporate governance context as well as their connection to R&D investments based on a performance measure of earnings per share. The study has chosen a deductive approach with regards to a cross-sectional design to make it possible to make various comparisons between the collected variables. The hypotheses of the study have been formulated with help of the theories: tokenism, institutional theory, social role theory, resource mobilization theory, resource-based theory, economic growth theory and the theory of the firm. The study finds gender effects for Denmark however cannot conclude if this is an effect of women on the board of directors or a tokenism problem arising due to males’ dominance causing women to be pushed away or men having a different risk appetite. For Sweden no gender effects can be concluded neither for the 3-year or the year-to-year results. This suggests that Swedish companies board of directors have achieved great synergy effects due to institutional and social pressures, however a tokenism problem cannot be ruled out. / Sverige och Danmark är till ytan två lika länder men bakom de stängda styrelsedörrarna så ser det annorlunda ut. Dessa två länder har valt olika tillvägagångssätt för att uppnå sina mål och diversifieringen inom styrelserna skiljer sig markant. Till följd detta försöker studien betona skillnaderna, samt se om det går att urskilja olika könseffekter. Syftet med studien är att undersöka de möjliga effekterna av könskvotering i bolagsstyrning och vilken inverkan kvinnor har på att minska risken i ett bolagsstyrningssammanhang, samt deras koppling till forskning och utvecklings investeringar baserat på prestationsmått på vinst per aktie. Studien har valt ett deduktivt tillvägagångssätt med avseende på en tvärsnittsdesign för att göra det möjligt att göra olika jämförelser mellan de insamlade variablerna. Studiens hypoteser har formulerats med hjälp av teorierna: tokenism, institutionell teori, social rollteori, resursmobiliseringsteori, resursbaserad teori, ekonomisk tillväxtteori och företagets teori. Studien finner könseffekter för Danmark men kan inte dra slutsatsen om detta är en effekt av kvinnor i styrelsen eller ett tokenismproblem som uppstår på grund av mäns dominans som gör att kvinnor trängs undan eller att män möjligen har en annan riskaptit. För Sverige kan inga könseffekter konstateras varken för 3-års- eller årsresultatet. Detta tyder på att den svenska styrelsen har uppnått stora synergieffekter på grund av institutionella och sociala påtryckningar, men ett tokenismproblem kan inte uteslutas.

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