Made available in DSpace on 2010-04-20T20:51:36Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 3 57859.pdf.jpg: 20237 bytes, checksum: bb85eb8c91e7be27a3f4611b6701be16 (MD5) 57859.pdf: 727631 bytes, checksum: 98a170021910c110e303412ad65d935e (MD5) 57859.pdf.txt: 221562 bytes, checksum: c50817d38d6be63fb738495f92abb5bb (MD5) Previous issue date: 2006-07-18T00:00:00Z / A questão do posicionamento de marcas é central ao processo de gerenciamento de marketing, pois produtos e serviços são adquiridos em grande parte em função da imagem que constroem na mente dos consumidores e clientes. Este trabalho busca explorar as relações existentes entre posicionamento de marca, preferências dos indivíduos e comportamento de compra através do tempo. Mais especificamente, ele se propõe a examinar as relações entre distância de uma marca ao ponto ideal num mapa perceptual e sua participação de mercado, e o quanto mudanças nessa distância através do tempo são acompanhadas de ganhos ou perdas de participação de mercado. Nessa tarefa são utilizadas técnicas de análise multivariada como o escalonamento multidimensional, a fim de elaborar os mapas perceptuais, e o mapeamento de preferências, a fim de localizar pontos ideiais nos mapas elaboradas. Também é utilizada a técnica de análise procrusteana, no processo de comparação de diferentes mapas perceptuais. Uma vez determinadas as distâncias das marcas ao ponto ideal e suas variações entre dois momentos no tempo, tais medidas são correlacionadas às participações de mercado das marcas, e suas variações. Os resultados obtidos no estudo empírico indicam que a variável 'distância ao ponto ideal no mapa perceptual' é boa candidata a um indicador de participação de mercado, presente e futura. No entanto, esta distância não se mostra um bom indicador das variações na participação de mercado propriamente ditas. Outro resultado interessante diz respeito ao conceito de equilíbrio entre a ordenação das marcas em função das distâncias ao ponto ideal e ordenação das marcas em função da participação de mercado, sugerindo que quando existe uma discordância nestas ordens, as participações de mercado das mrcas tendem a mudar na direção de reduzir este desequilíbrio. / The matter of brand positioning is central to the process of marketing management, as products and services are purchased a great deal due to the image they build in consumers and clients minds. This work aims to explore the relationships that exist between brand positioning, subject’s preferences and buying behavior across a period of time. More specifically, it proposes itself to examine the relationships between distance of a brand to the ideal point in a perceptual map and its market share, and to what extent changes in the distance of the brand to the ideal point are followed by gains or losses in market share. In this task, multivariate analysis techniques are employed, such as multidimensional scaling, in order to build the perceptual maps, and preference mapping, in order to determine the location of ideal points in the maps. Procrustean analysis is also employed in the process of comparing individual maps to each other. Once determined the distances of brands to the ideal point and its changes across two points in time, these measures are compared to the market share of these brands, and its changes. The results from the empirical study indicate that the variable “distance to the ideal point in a perceptual map” is a good indicator of market share, present and future. However, this distance does not represent a good indicator of the market share changes themselves. Another interesting result relates to the concept of equilibrium between ordering of brands according to distances to the ideal point, and ordering of brands according to market share, suggesting that, when there is disagreement between these two orderings, the market share of the brands tend to shift towards a reduction of this disequilibrium.

The study examined the impact of earnings announcements on the share price of selected mining companies using the most recent data from the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. This study covered a period from 1 January 2011; to 31 December 2015. Using the classical event study methodology, the speed of reaction of the market to annual earnings information releases for a sample of 27 companies listed on the exchange is tested. Over the sample period, the Abnormal Returns (AR), Average Abnormal Returns (AAR) and Cumulative Average Abnormal Returns (CAAR) were calculated. The AR, AAR and CAAR show positive results obtained during the earnings announcement period. The returns yielded from these results are significantly different from zero. / Financial Accounting / M. Phil. (Accounting Sciences)

Corporate governance has been a hot bed for scholars from diverse disciplines. Managers whose interests are not congruent with that of shareholders‟ do not have the incentive to maximize shareholder value. Agency theory implicitly assumes corporations as arenas of the principal-agent conflict. On the other hand, organizational perspectives maintain that firms differ in their adopted corporate governance level depending on the environmental contingencies in which they operate. This study develops a contingency framework by synthesizing agency theory and organization theory. The aims of this study are to examine the effect of firm level contingencies on corporate governance and examine the moderating impact of firm level contingencies on the relationship between corporate governance and firm financial performance in the Ethiopian non-financial share companies. Data were collected from public and private sources for 42 companies covering the period 2009-2013. For the first time overall corporate governance index is constructed from board structure, ownership structure, and disclosure and transparency. By specifying fixed effect regression models the study accounts for the presence of unobserved firm heterogeneity. Moreover, a moderation fixed effect model is specified for the corporate governance-performance relationship. Results show that firms choose their corporate governance in response to contexts in which they operate. High-risk firms have good corporate governance. Corporate governance is enhanced if the largest owner is government or bank. Findings show not only the positive influence of corporate governance on financial performance but also the positive effect of corporate governance on financial performance is enhanced where there are high agency problems. Firm growth, firm level risk and identity of the largest shareholder moderate the relationship between corporate governance and firm financial performance. The study contributes to the literature by providing evidence that firms endogenously choose their corporate governance and the effect of corporate governance on performance depends on firm level contingencies. For practice, the positive link between corporate governance and financial performance informs us that instituting and enforcing corporate governance should be taken seriously. Areas that require priority include the legal frameworks and their enforcement, additional corporate governance standards, strong financial market particularly a stock market. Future research can build on the limitations of the study. For instance, researchers can increase the sample size, compare industries or perform cross-country studies. / Business Management / DBL

Shares with and without par value in the companies limited by shares Dividing share capital into shares with par value is a traditional approach which has been applied in company law in the Anglo-Saxon and the Continental legal systems. This rule is regarded as a part of the capital formation and maintenance rules which gradually developed mainly in the 19th century in connection with the aim to ensure the protection of creditors and shareholders. Par value originally served as an indicator of the amount which a shareholder was liable to contribute to the company as consideration in exchange for its share. At the same time it served as an indicator of the shareholder's liability. At the end of the 19th century in the United States, there was growing criticism against par value ascribed to shares, which eventually led to the establishment of the concept of no-par value. The removal of the traditional approach and the establishment of the concept of no-par value has become a certain trend or phenomenon, spreading into other jurisdictions in the 20th century, e.g. Australia, Singapore, New Zealand, Hong Kong. The aim of this thesis is to evaluate the future of the rule according to which share capital is divided into shares with a fixed nominal value, or more precisely, to evaluate the sustainability...

Esta dissertação estuda os mecanismos disponibilizados pelo artigo 264 da Lei das Sociedades Anônimas para proteção adicional dos interesses e dos direitos dos acionistas minoritários na incorporação de companhia controlada. Para tanto, são abordados os dispositivos legais, os posicionamentos doutrinários e as interpretações da jurisprudência administrativa e judicial sobre o assunto no Brasil. O primeiro capítulo do estudo analisa o conceito e a natureza jurídica da incorporação, a substituição de ações e de direitos dos acionistas na operação, o procedimento de incorporação, e a relação de controle existente entre as companhias incorporadora e incorporada. O segundo capítulo analisa a evolução histórica das disposições do artigo 264, partindo do Projeto de Lei que lhe deu origem até o texto do dispositivo atualmente vigente. O terceiro capítulo analisa a proteção adicional oferecida ao acionista minoritário pelo caput do artigo 264, atrelada à relação de substituição de ações adotada na operação. O quarto capítulo analisa a proteção adicional conferida ao acionista minoritário pelo §3º do artigo 264, vinculada ao direito de recesso na operação. Ao final, a conclusão arremata as principais discussões identificadas ao longo do estudo. / This thesis studies the mechanisms provided by Article 264 of the Brazilian Corporations Law for additional protection of the interests and rights of minority shareholders in the merger of a subsidiary corporation into its parent corporation. To this end, we discuss the legal provisions, the legal literature and the interpretations of administrative and judicial case law on the subject in Brazil. The first chapter of the study analyzes the concept and the legal nature of a merger, the substitution of shares and rights of the shareholders in the transaction, the merger procedure, and the control relationship that exists between the parent corporation and its subsidiary. The second chapter analyzes the historical development of the provisions of Article 264, from the bill from which it originated to the text of the provision currently in force. The third chapter analyzes the additional protection granted to minority shareholders by the chapeau of Article 264, regarding the share exchange ratio adopted in the transaction. The fourth chapter analyzes the additional protection afforded to minority shareholders by paragraph 3 of Article 264, relating to the right to withdraw from the transaction. Finally, the conclusion finalizes the main discussions identified throughout the study.

Le rachat d'actions est devenu au fil des années une opération financière répondue au même titre que la distribution de dividende. Toutefois, le rachat reste une opération complexe dont la recherche peine à apprécier les motivations et les conséquences. En effet, la décision de rachat est à la fois une décision d'investissement, de distribution, de structure de capital et un moyen de modifier la structure de l'actionnariat. Cette recherche se penche sur les motivations des opérations de rachat d'actions annoncées sur le marché français et analyses leurs conséquences et impacts sur le cours de l'action, les conflits d'agence et la structure de l'actionnariat. / The share repurchase has become in recent years an increasingly important instrument for distributing cash to shareholders. However, the repurchase is a complex operation whose research has difficulties to appreciate its motivations and consequences. Indeed, the decision to repurchase is an investment, payout, and capital structure decision and also the way to change the ownership structure. This research examines the motivations of buyback program of French market and analyzes their implications and impacts in stock price, agency conflicts and ownership structure.

Syfte: Tidigare forskning visar på en positiv abnormal avkastning på företagets aktiekurs vid återköp av aktier. Få studier har vidare undersökt om denna avkastning skiljer sig beroende på frekvensen av återköp. Området kring återköp av aktier är relativt outforskat i Sverige och sedan återköp blev tillåtet år 2000 har det varit en finanskris. Denna studie syftar därmed till att fylla ut forskningsgapet i Sverige med att studera återköp och dess påverkan på avkastningen på den svenska aktiemarknaden, med hänsyn till återköpsfrekvens. Studien är avgränsad till lågkonjunkturen mellan åren 2010-2014 för att se eventuell skillnad från tiden före finanskrisen. Metod: För att besvara studiens syfte har en eventstudie genomförts. Aktiekursdata för de företag som genomfört återköpsprogram under de studerade åren har samlats in från Nasdaq OMX Stockholm. Av dessa aktiekursdata har kumulativ abnormal avkastning beräknats för att jämföras mellan grupper och andra studier samt genomföra t-test och envägs-ANOVA. Studiens data består av 68 återköpsprogram fördelat på 41 företag som har delats in i frekvensbaserade grupper på ”1”, ”2-3” och ”4-5” stycken återköpsprogram. Resultat & slutsats: Studiens resultat stödjer den tidigare forskningen om att återköp ger en positiv abnormal avkastning. Resultatet stödjer även signaleringsteorin om att återköp signalerar undervärdering vilket leder till att investerare pressar upp aktiepriset. Resultatet visar däremot inget stöd till de studier som har visat på att återköpsfrekvensen ska ha betydelse för avkastningen eller att avkastningen skulle ha varit högre under lågkonjunktur. På grund av få och motsägande forskning kring detta behövs det mer forskning som kan förtydliga frekvensen och lågkonjunkturens påverkan på avkastningen. Examensarbetets bidrag: Det är intressant ur företagsekonomisk synpunkt att se vilken effekt återköp får på aktiepriset när företag funderar på att utnyttja bemyndigande om återköpsprogram. Denna studie visar att företag i Sverige kan förvänta sig en positiv abnormal avkastning vid annonsering av ett återköpsprogram, i likhet med andra miljöer. Studien visar även att frekvensens och lågkonjunkturens betydelse fortfarande är oviss. Förslag till fortsatt forskning: Eftersom studien endast har undersökt den kortsiktiga avkastningen vid återköp av aktier vore mer forskning kring den långsiktiga avkastningen intressant. Studien har inte heller studerat egenskaper hos företagen som gör återköp. Eventuella skillnader mellan företag som gör enstaka respektive frekventa återköp vore intressant att se. / Aim: Previous research has indicated that share repurchases result in a positive abnormal return on company's share price but only a few studies have examined further if return on share price differs depending on frequency of share repurchases. In Sweden share repurchases are quite unresearched field of study and after share repurchases became legal in 2000 there has been a financial crisis. This study aims to fulfil the research gap in Sweden and examine share repurchases' effect to return on share prices depending on frequency of share repurchase on Swedish stock market. Time period of the study has narrowed down to recession between years 2010-2014 to see eventual difference from time before recession. Method: To fulfil the aim of the study event study methodology has been used. The share data for companies that have repurchased shares in chosen time period has been collected from Nasdaq OMX Stockholm. Based on share data cumulative abnormal returns for every share repurchase group have been calculated to compare groups and different time periods. Cumulative abnormal returns are even used to accomplish t-test and one-way ANOVA. Data of the study consist of 68 share repurchase programs that were announced by 41 companies. Those 68 repurchase programs were distributed to three frequency based groups that were ”1”, ”2-3” and ”4-5” share repurchase programs. Result & Conclusions: Results of the study are consistent with the previous research about share repurchases resulting in a positive abnormal return. The results are also consistent with the previous research about repurchases signaling an undervalued stock which leads to an increase in interests from the investors. On the contrary this study is not consistent with the previous research about repurchase frequency and recession's impact to return. Because there are only a few studies about repurchasing frequency and recession's impact to return and the results of studies are contradictory, more research needs to be done. Contribution of the thesis: It is interesting to see which kind of effect share repurchases result in share price when company is utilizing authorization of share repurchase program. This study indicates that a company in Sweden can predict a positive abnormal return by announcing about repurchase program. The study indicates even that repurchase frequency and recession's impact to return are still uncertain. Suggestions for future research: As this study has only examined share repurchases' short-term effect to return on share price, it would be interesting to research long-term effect to return on share price. Also characteristics of companies that repurchase shares and eventual differences between companies that repurchase shares frequent and infrequent would be interesting to see.

Today, the capital structure is an established research area in economics. Capital structure refers to the relationship between equity and liabilities, which through history has been explored through many different aspects. Capital structure is influenced by several factors and the results is ambiguous as to which of these factors are related to capital structure and which can explain the capital structure. The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between the share price and capital structure as well as investigate which control variable is correlating with capital structure. The study is of quantitative form, where data was collected between 2009-2017 from the 15 largest companies, set at market value, from Large Cap and Mid Cap listings from Nasdaq Stockholm. The result of the study shows that the share price and capital structure have a positive relationship for both lists, also share price could explain variations in the capital structure. The control variables result differ significantly depending on the list and variables. Profitability is the variable that explains the capital structure best, especially on the Large Cap list. Company size has no connection with the capital structure, and the explanation rate is reasonably comparable to share price as a single independent variable. Firm age has no connection with the capital structure and only affects the explanation negatively. / Idag är kapitalstruktur ett etablerat forskningsområde inom företagsekonomi. Kapitalstruktur avser förhållandet mellan eget kapital och skulder vilket har genom tiden utforskats ur mängder av aspekter. Utformningen av kapitalstrukturen påverkas av flera faktorer och idag är empirin tvetydig angående vilka av dessa faktorer som har samband med kapitalstrukturen och vilka som är kan förklara kapitalstrukturen. Syftet med denna studie är att undersöka sambandet mellan aktiekursen och kapitalstrukturen samt undersöka vilka kontrollvariabler som korrelerar kapitalstrukturen. Studien är av kvantitativ form och data samlades in mellan 2009–2017 från de 15 största företagen, sett till börsvärde, från Large Cap och Mid Cap listorna från Nasdaq Stockholm. Resultatet från studien visar att aktiekursen och kapitalstrukturen har ett positivt samband för båda listorna och att aktiekursen kan förklara variationer i kapitalstrukturen. Kontrollvariablerna skiljer sig i resultatet markant beroende på lista och variabel. Lönsamhet är den kontrollvariabeln som förklarar kapitalstrukturen bäst bland kontrollvariablerna, speciellt på Large Cap listan. Företagsstorlek har inget samband med kapitalstrukturen och ökar förklaringsgraden någorlunda jämförelsevis med aktiekurs som ensam oberoende variabel. Företagsålder har inget samband med kapitalstrukturen och påverkar förklaringsgraden endast negativt.

Made available in DSpace on 2015-05-07T14:27:25Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 arquivototal.pdf: 634500 bytes, checksum: 474eb66a93a2a951672440cc5f70a3e7 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010-11-12 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / We can say that the real state and the stock markets have increasingly grown and taken unimaginable proportions in a globalization process and economic growth. In this context the investor needs to comprehend how businesses are done in this specific market, as well as if there is any or what are the protection norms for his future investment. In order to guarantee protection for the investor, Brazilian State created the Real State Stock Exchange Comission, which represents a regulatory agency for the sector which surveys an regulates everything concerned to the stock market and yet plays a sanctioning role when illicit conducts are perpetrated in these matters. There is a specific auto-regulatory system that concerns to this market with its own rules and following procedures. In the present work we studied the rules and requisites that are concerned to the companies that open their shares in the stock market exchange and the investors who seek for these shares. We assure that the relationship between the investor and the company that wishes to open its capital has a contract based nature. Thus, as a contractual relationship, we understand in this work that not only the real state stock market auto-regulation rules, but the rules and principles of the brazilian contractual and civil law should be also applied in these matters. This whole conception brings up the importance of the theme as the related judicial conflicts emerge and both set of rules can be used to solve them as well. Even if the contractual relationship between the investor and the companies has international patterns, either the real state auto-regulation rules or the brazilian civil law, rules and principles can be used to solve their conflicts in the judiciary level. Finally, this research stands for the investor who seeks to achieve the proper legal protection as his investment can now be seen as a real contract with all its terms, principles and characteristic rules. / Podemos dizer que os mercados de valores mobiliários e de capitais cresceram e tomaram proporções inimagináveis dentro do processo de globalização e crescimento econômico. Nesse contexto, necessário que o investidor entenda como se realizam as negociações nesse mercado específico, assim como se existem e quais são as formas de proteção de seu futuro investimento. O Estado, para garantir segurança ao Investidor, no Brasil, criou a Comissão de Valores Mobiliários, que funciona como agência reguladora, fiscalizando e regulando tudo o que ocorre no mercado de capitais, e ainda atua de forma sancionadora, aplicando punições, quando ocorrem ilícitos nesse mercado. Existe uma auto-regulação desse mercado específico, com regras e requisitos a serem seguidos. No presente trabalho, estudamos as regras e requisitos que dizem respeito às Empresas que abrem o capital e os investidores quando estão em busca de investimento. Afirmamos que a relação existente entre investidor e a empresa que abre o capital, é de um contrato. Dessa forma, por ser uma relação contratual, defendemos no presente trabalho que devem ser aplicadas as regras e princípios que regem o direito contratual civil brasileiro, e não apenas a auto-regulação do Mercado de Capitais. Isso porque, quando houver, na prática, conflitos a serem resolvidos, o Judiciário, além da legislação específica desse mercado, poderá se utilizar da principiologia e de regras norteadoras dos contratos no direito civil, mesmo que as relações entre investidor e empresa que abrem o capital sejam de caráter internacional. Esta pesquisa serve para amparar o investidor, que poderá ter a seu favor as regras e princípios norteadores das relações contratuais, já que seu investimento também é caracterizado como um contrato.

Esta dissertação estuda os mecanismos disponibilizados pelo artigo 264 da Lei das Sociedades Anônimas para proteção adicional dos interesses e dos direitos dos acionistas minoritários na incorporação de companhia controlada. Para tanto, são abordados os dispositivos legais, os posicionamentos doutrinários e as interpretações da jurisprudência administrativa e judicial sobre o assunto no Brasil. O primeiro capítulo do estudo analisa o conceito e a natureza jurídica da incorporação, a substituição de ações e de direitos dos acionistas na operação, o procedimento de incorporação, e a relação de controle existente entre as companhias incorporadora e incorporada. O segundo capítulo analisa a evolução histórica das disposições do artigo 264, partindo do Projeto de Lei que lhe deu origem até o texto do dispositivo atualmente vigente. O terceiro capítulo analisa a proteção adicional oferecida ao acionista minoritário pelo caput do artigo 264, atrelada à relação de substituição de ações adotada na operação. O quarto capítulo analisa a proteção adicional conferida ao acionista minoritário pelo §3º do artigo 264, vinculada ao direito de recesso na operação. Ao final, a conclusão arremata as principais discussões identificadas ao longo do estudo. / This thesis studies the mechanisms provided by Article 264 of the Brazilian Corporations Law for additional protection of the interests and rights of minority shareholders in the merger of a subsidiary corporation into its parent corporation. To this end, we discuss the legal provisions, the legal literature and the interpretations of administrative and judicial case law on the subject in Brazil. The first chapter of the study analyzes the concept and the legal nature of a merger, the substitution of shares and rights of the shareholders in the transaction, the merger procedure, and the control relationship that exists between the parent corporation and its subsidiary. The second chapter analyzes the historical development of the provisions of Article 264, from the bill from which it originated to the text of the provision currently in force. The third chapter analyzes the additional protection granted to minority shareholders by the chapeau of Article 264, regarding the share exchange ratio adopted in the transaction. The fourth chapter analyzes the additional protection afforded to minority shareholders by paragraph 3 of Article 264, relating to the right to withdraw from the transaction. Finally, the conclusion finalizes the main discussions identified throughout the study.