Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Chicago, Graduate School of Business, August 2000. / Includes bibliographical references. Also available on the Internet.

The Australian financial system has changed dramatically in recent years, creating both threats and opportunities for value adding activities. Many large corporations have set up a separate treasury division or department to handle their financing requirements. This thesis derives the rationale for a separate treasury function from theory of the firm. A framework has been developed by drawing upon both the old theory of the firm (transaction cost economics) and the new theory of the firm (agency theory) to determine the appropriate governance structure to manage financial arrangements. (For complete abstract open document)

Thesis (M. Phil.)--University of Hong Kong, 2010. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 73-77). Also available in print.

Thesis (doctoral)--Universität zu Köln, 2008. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-306).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--UCLA, 2006. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Chicago, Dept. of Economics, June 2000. / Includes bibliographical references. Also available on the Internet.

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Financial risk tolerance, an investor’s appetite for financial risk, is an extremely important aspect that needs to be considered when constructing investment portfolios. Evidence as to how risk tolerance should be measured is mixed, with each method having its own strengths and weaknesses. It can be determined both objectively and subjectively, depending on the method used, and can be influenced by a variety of demographic characteristics. Debate as to how certain demographic factors influence risk tolerance is widespread, providing support for further study in this field, particularly from a South African perspective. The purpose of this study was to investigate to what extent demographic factors influenced an individual’s willingness to take on levels of financial risk. The study used an existing, but adapted, subjective questionnaire to determine the risk tolerance levels of a sample of respondents. Respondents were categorised at an aggregate level as either being below or above average risk tolerant. A Binary Logistic model was used to analyse the effect of the independent demographic variables on risk tolerance and it was found that age and gender were significantly related to risk tolerance, whilst there was mixed evidence as to the relationship between risk tolerance and race as well as income. The findings from the study provide new evidence from a wider South African sample and could be used by financial advisors to improve their understanding of risk tolerance and its demographic determinants, as well as companies wishing to align their employees’ risk profiles with the overall company risk profile, as examples. / Thesis (M.Com.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 2011.

Thesis (M.Comm. (Hons.)) -- University of Western Sydney, 2002. / "An empirical study of the project finance risk pricing decision made by Australian project leaders in terms of project finance risk weighting and degree of self-insight" Bibliography : leaves 98-105.

Submitted by Elba Lopes (elba.lopes@fecap.br) on 2016-03-15T18:38:28Z No. of bitstreams: 2 Joao_Burke.pdf: 1956451 bytes, checksum: adadb62fea074a2e87b02a52a5f2328a (MD5) license_rdf: 23148 bytes, checksum: 9da0b6dfac957114c6a7714714b86306 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-03-15T18:38:28Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 Joao_Burke.pdf: 1956451 bytes, checksum: adadb62fea074a2e87b02a52a5f2328a (MD5) license_rdf: 23148 bytes, checksum: 9da0b6dfac957114c6a7714714b86306 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-08-18 / The purpose of this thesis is to study the perception and the mitigation of diversifiable risks by angelinvestors in their investments in startups. Such theme is relevant in the entrepreneurship context in Brazil, and in the theoretical body of knowledge on Entrepreneurship and Corporate Finances. Angel investment is growing in Brazil, although only a few studies about risks in such context are found. In order to reach such goals, this thesis presents a chart of risks and relevant mitigation procedures, and proposes relevant classification in accordance with the angel investment phases and prominent risk dominion, as well as an exploratory study with three experienced Brazilian angels, following a semi-structured script whose empirical findings are framed into the relevant theories. Adopted data analysis technique is content analysis.In terms of results, based on fragments extracted from the interviews, angels are mostly concerned with operational risks, followed by market, financial and technological ones. In what refers to the 38 mechanisms of risk mitigation gathered in this thesis, answers point the majority of risk mitigation strategies organized in this thesis isreflected in the experience of the interviewed angels, since 26 mitigation mechanisms are endorsed by three or two of the interviewed angels. Additionally, another 10 mitigation mechanisms out of the 38 are endorsed by one of the interviewed angels; only two out of the mentioned 38 mitigation mechanisms are not adopted by any of the interviewed angels. / O objetivo desse trabalho ?? estudar a percep????o e a mitiga????o de riscos diversific??veis por investidores-anjos em seus investimentos em startups. Tal tem??tica tem relev??ncia no contexto do empreendedorismo no Brasil e no corpo te??rico sobre o empreendedorismo e finan??as. O volume de investimentos de tal natureza cresce no Brasil e, n??o obstante, h?? poucos estudos que versam sobre riscos neste contexto. Visando a atingir tais objetivos, realiza-se quadro resumo de riscos e 38 mecanismos correspondentes de mitiga????o apontados pela literatura, com proposta de classifica????o conforme fases do investimento-anjo e dom??nio de risco preponderante, bem como se efetua estudo explorat??rio com tr??s investidores-anjos brasileiros experientes, seguindo roteiro semiestruturado,cujos dados emp??ricos s??o cruzados com as teorias pertinentes. A t??cnica de an??lise de dados utilizada ?? a an??lise de conte??do. No que se refere aos resultados obtidos, conclui-se que fragmentos dos discursos dos entrevistados revelaram preocupa????es mais frequentemente relacionada aos riscos do dom??nio operacional, seguidos de riscos de mercado, financeiros e tecnol??gicos. No que tange aos 38 mecanismos de mitiga????o agrupados no presente trabalho, as respostas dos anjos apontam que a maioria das estrat??gias de mitiga????o colacionadas neste trabalho ?? corroboradapela pr??ticados anjos entrevistados, pois 26estrat??gias s??o endossadas por tr??s ou dois dos entrevistados. Complementarmente, 10 das 38 formas de mitiga????o s??o endossadas por um dos anjos entrevistados; apenas duas das 38 formas de mitiga????o n??o encontram apelo junto aos entrevistados.