Master Thesis in Business Administration, School of Business and Economics, Linnaeus University, 4FE17E, 2017 Authors: Anders Maase and Niklas Möllmark Supervisor: Anna Stafsudd Second supervisor: Håkan Locking Examiner: Karin Jonnergård Title: How does the ownership structure affect the firm’s performance in a Swedish context? Background: Ownership structure has been a hot topic ever since the first firms were founded and has since been affected by law, globalization and internationalization. Sweden has previously been characterized by a high ownership concentration as a result from ‘The Swedish Model’ but today there are international pressures that instead propagate a spread type of ownership. The views differ if Sweden is to continue advocating the concentrated ownership structure or shifting towards the Anglo-American corporate governance model. Purpose: To explain if and how ownership structure affects the performance of Swedish listed firms. Method: The study has a deductive research approach and the underlying theory is based on agency theory. The quantitative research method relies on ownership, board and financial data from 2011, 2012 and 2013. Conclusion: There is no significant relationship between ownership concentration and the firm’s performance, but between ownership structure there is significant evidence that foreign and institutional ownership affects the company's performance. Thus, it is possible that Sweden moves towards an Anglo-American type of corporate governance. / Examensarbete, Civilekonomprogrammet, Ekonomihögskolan vid Linnéuniverstietet, Företagsekonomi, 4FE17E, VT-2017 Författare: Anders Maase och Niklas Möllmark Handledare: Anna Stafsudd Medbedömare: Håkan Locking Examinator: Karin Jonnergård Titel: Hur påverkar ägarstrukturen bolagets prestation i en svensk kontext? Bakgrund: Temat ägarstruktur har debatterats sedan bolagens uppkomst och har sedan dess påverkats av lagstiftning, globalisering och en ökad internationalisering. Sverige har tidigare kännetecknats av en hög ägarkoncentration till följd av den svenska modellen men idag finns det internationella påtryckningar som istället förespråkar ett spritt ägande. Åsikterna går isär om Sverige ska fortsätta förespråka den koncentrerade ägarstrukturen eller övergå mot den angloamerikanska bolagsstyrningsmodellen. Syfte: Att förklara om och i så fall hur ägarstrukturen påverkar svenska börsnoterade bolags prestation.   Metod: Studien har en deduktiv forskningsansats där den teoretiska grunden utgörs av agentteori. Den kvantitativa forskningsmetoden bygger på ägar-, styrelse- och finansiell data från åren 2011, 2012 och 2013. Slutsats: Det råder inget signifikant samband mellan ägarkoncentration och bolagets prestation men mellan ägarstruktur finns det signifikanta belägg för att utländskt och institutionellt ägande har en negativ påverkan på bolagets prestation. Därmed är det möjligt att Sverige rör sig mot en angloamerikansk typ av bolagsstyrning.

Submitted by Rafael Dallacqua (dallacquas@hotmail.com) on 2016-12-26T11:16:55Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertação_Rafael Dallacqua_Final.pdf: 531478 bytes, checksum: 3c94fb1b18f7cc58da4f26618bbabb8d (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Renata de Souza Nascimento (renata.souza@fgv.br) on 2016-12-27T14:05:24Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertação_Rafael Dallacqua_Final.pdf: 531478 bytes, checksum: 3c94fb1b18f7cc58da4f26618bbabb8d (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-12-28T11:01:19Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertação_Rafael Dallacqua_Final.pdf: 531478 bytes, checksum: 3c94fb1b18f7cc58da4f26618bbabb8d (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-12-14 / The Brazilian corporate governance model is characterized by a high concentration of ownership structure and control in the majority of the publicly traded companies, which makes the conflict between minorities and controlling shareholders the main agency problem in Brazilian companies. Several national and international papers have studied the theme and the impact of concentration of ownership on financial performance, market value and risk of the companies, using different econometric approaches having reached divergent results, despite the lack of consensus regarding the influence of concentration of ownership on the value and performance of companies. This paper aims to analyze the relation between concentration of ownership and financial performance and the market value of Brazilian companies, using a sample with balanced panel data composed by 83 non-financial publicly traded Brazilian companies in the period from 2009 to 2014. The results show that there is a statistically significant relationship between concentration of ownership and the market value of firms, given by Tobin's q and the firm value of the company. However, no statistically significant relationship was found between concentration of ownership and financial performance. / O modelo de governança corporativa brasileiro é caracterizado por uma elevada concentração de propriedade e controle na maioria das empresas de capital aberto, o que torna o conflito entre acionistas minoritários e controladores o principal problema de agência nas empresas brasileiras. Diversos trabalhos nacionais e internacionais estudaram o tema e o impacto que a concentração de propriedade tem sobre o desempenho financeiro, valor de mercado e risco das empresas, com diferentes abordagens econométricas e chegaram a resultados divergentes, de forma que não há ainda um consenso sobre a influência da concentração de propriedade sobre o valor e desempenho das empresas. O objetivo deste trabalho é analisar a relação entre concentração de propriedade e o desempenho financeiro e valor de mercado das empresas brasileiras, utilizando uma amostra com dados em painel balanceado composta por 83 empresas brasileiras não financeiras de capital aberto no período de 2009 a 2014. Os resultados mostram que existe uma relação estatisticamente significante entre concentração de propriedade e o valor de mercado das empresas, dado pelo q de Tobin e o valor da empresa. Porém, não foi encontrada relação estatisticamente significante entre concentração de propriedade e desempenho financeiro.