Oldenburg, Univ., Diss., 2001.

Zugl.: Zürich, Universiẗat, Diss., 1998.

Esse trabalho se propôs a conhecer as justificativas para utilização da integração vertical no setor agroindustrial diante da presença de movimentos recentes e contrários de desverticalização a essa estratégia. A principal motivação do estudo partiu da busca pela compreensão da relação entre a estratégia de integração vertical e o fenômeno denominado financeirização que tem exercido, entre outros fatores, influência em decisões relacionadas à imobilização de capital. O método selecionado para o trabalho foi o estudo de casos múltiplos, sendo que devido às dificuldades de acesso às empresas selecionadas optou-se por desenvolver apenas dois casos, mas que representam as maiores agroindústrias instaladas no Brasil. Os principais resultados foram agrupados em cinco partes: relacionados à discussão teórica, destacando-se a percepção de influência da financeirização em ambas as estratégias (integração vertical e desverticalização) existindo alguma incidência maior do fenômeno em mercados que se comportam de forma desverticalizada; relativos ao comportamento setorial, no qual foram constatados argumentos históricos e características específicas do setor agroindustrial que justificam a manutenção de negócios no segmento de fertilizantes como forma de otimizar as operações no segmento de grãos; descrição das razões para a estratégia segundo a perspectiva do ambiente de operações; justificativas para a verticalização segundo a perspectiva do ambiente de negócios; e uma síntese conclusiva. Percebeu-se no estudo, entre outras conclusões, que a estratégia, caso não esteja sujeita ao fenômeno da financeirização, pelo menos atende aos seus requisitos, sendo que a forma como ela ocorre e os resultados (financeiros e operacionais) decorrentes garantem os aspectos demandados pelo movimento Shareholder Value. Enfim, ao final do estudo são relatadas as principais limitações do trabalho, assim como algumas propostas de continuação do mesmo. / This work searched to know the justifications for use of the vertical integration in the agro-industrial sector in presence of recent and contrary movements of deverticalisation about this strategy. The main motivation of the study was the search for the understanding of the relationship between the vertical integration strategy and the called phenomenon financialization that has exerted, among others factors, influence in decisions related to the capital immobilization. The method selected for the work was the study of multiple cases and because great difficulty to access the selected companies it was opted to developing only two cases, but that they represent the greaters agro-industries installed in Brazil. The main results had been grouped in five parts: related to the theoretical quarrel, being distinguished it perception of influence of the financialization in both the strategies (vertical integration and de-verticalisation) existing some bigger incidence of the phenomenon in markets with de-verticalisation form; relative to the sectorial behavior, which historical arguments and of business-oriented the agro-industrial sector had been evidenced specific characteristic that justify the maintenance in the fertilizer segment as form to optimize the operations in the segment of grains; description of the reasons for the according to perspective from strategy in the operations environment; justifications for the according to perspective from verticalisation in the business-oriented environment; and a conclusive synthesis. One perceived in the study, among others conclusions, is that the strategy, in case that it is not subjects to the phenomenon of the financialization, at least takes care of to its requirements, being that the form as it occurs and the results (financial and operational) decurrent guarantee the aspects demanded for the Shareholder Value movement. At last, to the end of the study the main limitations of the work are told, as well as some proposals of its continuation.

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The Aviation Industry in South Africa is considered to be a budding industry with an expected growth rate of 14% for each of the next three years. Considering that, plenty investment and expansion possibilities are probably available in this industry. Nonetheless, given the current economic situation, challenges may exist that necessitates the development of a decision framework. The aim of this framework should thus be to assist with informed decision-making; whether to invest in, or utilize opportunities that may occur within a given prospective “high” growth situation. In the light of all of this, a specific aviation entity desires to exploit possible business opportunities that may occur. Provided the relative high growth situation in the Aviation Industry, as mentioned above, the entity has a specific need for a decision tool which could determine whether to invest in new projects or not. In order to meet this need, a decision framework has been developed during this study. Considering the emphasis currently placed on wealth creation in the business environment, it is considered appropriate to utilize the value-based management approach in this study, with specific reference to capital budgeting techniques in developing a decision framework. Data for the study has been obtained from the participating aviation entity, who was considering investment in a specific project, given the previously referred to prospective high growth situation in the Aviation Industry. The decision framework or model was developed using Microsoft Excel as the development platform. Based on the input data, as received from the aviation entity, the results from the decision model indicated that the considered project was indeed financially viable. / MBA, North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2015

The Aviation Industry in South Africa is considered to be a budding industry with an expected growth rate of 14% for each of the next three years. Considering that, plenty investment and expansion possibilities are probably available in this industry. Nonetheless, given the current economic situation, challenges may exist that necessitates the development of a decision framework. The aim of this framework should thus be to assist with informed decision-making; whether to invest in, or utilize opportunities that may occur within a given prospective “high” growth situation. In the light of all of this, a specific aviation entity desires to exploit possible business opportunities that may occur. Provided the relative high growth situation in the Aviation Industry, as mentioned above, the entity has a specific need for a decision tool which could determine whether to invest in new projects or not. In order to meet this need, a decision framework has been developed during this study. Considering the emphasis currently placed on wealth creation in the business environment, it is considered appropriate to utilize the value-based management approach in this study, with specific reference to capital budgeting techniques in developing a decision framework. Data for the study has been obtained from the participating aviation entity, who was considering investment in a specific project, given the previously referred to prospective high growth situation in the Aviation Industry. The decision framework or model was developed using Microsoft Excel as the development platform. Based on the input data, as received from the aviation entity, the results from the decision model indicated that the considered project was indeed financially viable. / MBA, North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2015

Master of Science / Department of Agricultural Economics / Ted C. Schroeder / This study focuses on the effects of food safety recalls on a firm’s shareholder value. In this study, the effects of six recalls are studied using the event study method. Three models were used involving the daily stock returns for each recall, the daily prices from the S&P 500 and the S&P 500-Packaged Foods and Meats prices. Each of these models was used to determine the abnormal returns for the individual recalls during a determined event window. The four companies responsible for the recalls are all large, highly-diversified food production companies. Overall, the results from this study show there is short-term effect on shareholder values for the companies included in this study. This is an important topic that was widely studied in the late 1990’s and early part of the 2000’s. There have not been any notable studies in this area in the past decade which is why this study is useful. Results of this study are comparable to those mentioned in the literature review section.

Syftet med studien är att undersöka ifall det finns ett samband mellan företagens aktielikviditet och deras utdelningspolicy samt hur detta eventuella samband förefaller. Det undersöks utifrån forskningsfrågan “Hur påverkar aktielikviditet den eventuella utdelningen hos svenska aktiebolag?”. Aktielikviditet är ett begrepp som beskriver hur likvid en aktie är, det vill säga hur ofta den säljs och köps på börsen (Banerjee et al. 2007). En aktie med hög aktielikviditet är därför lättare att sälja än en aktie med låg aktielikviditet (ibid). Inom tidigare forskning har aktielikviditet undersökts och huruvida detta påverkar företags utdelningspolicy på den amerikanska respektive kinesiska marknaden och påvisat att det finns ett samband mellan dessa (Banerjee et al. 2007; Jiang et al. 2017). Deras samband var däremot tvärtemot varandra (ibid), varför det är intressant att undersöka hur sambandet förefaller på den svenska marknaden.   Hur likvid en aktie är påverkar aktieägarnas likviditetsbehov, då de lättare kan sälja en aktie med hög aktielikviditet och på så sätt skapa sig en “hemmagjord” utdelning (Banerjee et al. 2007). Tvärtom har en aktieägare som innehar mindre likvida aktier svårare att sälja dessa och är därmed i större behov av en generös utdelningspolicy för att tillfredsställa sitt likviditetsbehov (ibid). En generös utdelningspolicy är konsekvent med teorin Shareholder Value Maximization (Bento et al. 2016), vilken är central i denna studie. Teorin handlar om att företag kontinuerligt ska sträva efter att maximera värdet för aktieägarna (ibid).    Forskningsfrågan har undersökts utifrån en kvantitativ ansats med tvärsnittsdata i en multipel regressionsanalys. Inför undersökningen konstruerades antagandet att börsnoterade aktiebolag på den svenska marknaden är mer benägna att betala utdelning när de har låg aktielikviditet jämfört med hög aktielikviditet. Antagandet utformades med utgångspunkt i tidigare forskning. Studiens empiri kunde bekräfta detta antagande, även om sambandet var svagt. Det samband som återfanns kunde kopplas samman med relevanta teorier som signaleringshypotesen och Shareholder Value Maximization och därigenom visa att aktielikviditet har en betydelse för aktieägare och företags utdelningspolicys. / This paper aims to investigate whether there is a relationship between stock liquidity and companies’ dividend policy and if there is, how this relationship appears. Stock liquidity shows how liquid a stock is which means how often it is traded on the Stock market (Banerjee et al. 2007). A stock with high liquidity is easier to sell than a stock with low liquidity because the more liquid a stock is, the higher the demand (ibid). Previous research on the American and Chinese markets has found a connection between stock liquidity and dividend policies (Banerjee et al. 2007; Jiang et al. 2017), though this connection has appeared differently in each research project. This makes the subject interesting to investigate further and on other markets such as the Swedish market.   Stock liquidity has an impact on stockholders’ liquidity needs because owners of more liquid shares can sell their shares to create “homemade” dividends (Banerjee et al. 2007). Therefore, shareholders of less liquid stocks must rely heavily on dividends to satisfy their liquidity needs and has a larger interest in a generous dividend policy (ibid). A generous dividend policy is consistent with the theory Shareholder Value Maximization (Bento et al. 2016), which is a central part of this paper. The theory expresses that a company's main goal should always imply maximizing the value for their shareholders (ibid).   To answer this essay´s research question “How does stock liquidity impact the eventual dividend within companies listed on the Swedish stock market?”, this paper uses a quantitative approach with cross-sectional data in a multiple regression analysis. An assumption on the outcome of the analysis was deduced from earlier research. The assumption was that Swedish companies with low stock liquidity would be less inclined to initiate dividends than companies with high stock liquidity. This paper could confirm the assumption earlier described, but the conjunction was rather weak. The relationship found between stock liquidity and dividend policy could relate to theories such as Shareholder Value Maximization and the Signalling hypothesis. Therefore, this paper could confirm that stock liquidity has an impact on stockholders and companies´ dividend policies.

This thesis examines the influence of institutional investors in the activities of large, publicly traded gold mining companies. As key sources of financing and dominant shareholders in company stocks, institutional investors have pushed for the maximisation of shareholder value as company goal. I examine the financial and operational realignments implemented by firms and their implications for production, growth and geography in the commodity boom and bust cycle of 2003-2015. I argue that the bid to deliver shareholder value manifested in highly fragmented, but interlinked, sites of accumulation: sharp swings in stocks and dividend payments that diverged from their actual basis in production, alongside increasing claims to future profitability through spatial restructuring. I theorise the process as contradictory-laden and crisis-prone as mineral extraction came to be mediated by the yield requirements, investment motives and risk tolerance of institutional investors. The thesis contributes to key debates on financialisation and mineral extraction within geography, political ecology and the financialisation literature.