Course/Level: 2FE16E, Undergraduate, Bachelor Thesis Authors: Anton Karlsson, Christian Hagberg & Sebastian Johansson Supervisor: Mosad Zineldin Examiner: Martin Amsteus Title: The relationship between CSR and financial performance – A quantitative study examining the Stockholm OMX stock exchange Purpose: Examine the relationship between Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and financial perfo...

The current study examined the longitudinal impact of ERP adoption on firm performance by matching 63 firms identified by Hayes et al. [J. Inf. Syst. 15 (2001) 3] with peer firms that had not adopted ERP systems. Results indicate that return on assets (ROA), return on investment (ROI), and asset turnover (ATO) were significantly better over a 3-year period for adopters, as compared to nonadopte...

The bottom-line financial impact of supply chain management has been of continuing interest. Building on the operations strategy literature, Fisher’s (1997) conceptual framework, a survey of 259 U.S. and European manufacturing firms, and secondary financial data, we investigate the relationship between supply chain fit (i.e., strategic consistencies between the products’ supply and demand uncer...

The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of capital structure decisions on firms’ profitability in manufacturing sector in Turkey. The data used in this research corresponds to the financial statements of manufacturing companies collected between 2005 and 2011. Regression analysis was employed by using financial ratios obtained from financial statements of firms within the scope of a...

Financial structure is a combination of debt and equity and regards as one of the most important issues in banking industry. The purpose of financial structure decision is to create an appropriate combination of financing resources to minimize the cost of capital and thus maximize the company's market value. This study investigates the impacts of banks financial structure on their Returns (ROA ...

in modern economics, intellectual capital is described as an intangible asset which can be used as a source of sustainable competitive advantage. however, intellectual capital components have to interact in themselves to create value. the paper seeks to examine the impact of intellectual capital on firms’ market value and financial performance. the efficiency of the value added by corporate int...