Dissertations / Theses: 'Equine Business'

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Hoagland, Leanne K. "A business plan and strategy for Big Sky Shires & Equine Services." Thesis, Manhattan, Kan. : Kansas State University, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/491.

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Lord, Robyn. "Overcoming Long-Standing Belief Systems in Business| A Qualitative Study of the Equine Industry." Thesis, University of South Florida, 2019. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10977178.

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Change management is a highly researched topic. With industry changing at record speed, it is inevitable that corporations will engage in a change management endeavor. As humans innately resist change at first exposure, corporations strive to acquire knowledge in adoption. It may not be enough to understand status quo proponents, but rather their underlying long-standing belief systems which may be affecting how they view change. What makes an employee resist corporate change? Most studies conclude that humans will resist innately. This research dives into the unique environment of the equine industry to uncover how long-standing belief systems contribute to adoption or resistance.

The motivation for this research began with a fascination with long-standing belief systems within the equine industry. The unique environment of the equine industry is steeped in centuries of tradition, and while housing long-standing belief systems that are time-tested and passed down from generation to generation, in most cases, without awareness. The industry is currently experiencing a phenomenon that has never taken place: a change is occurring that is positioning two equine factions, natural and traditional, against each other in opposing viewpoints. Some view this change as the start of a paradigm shift; others view it as a fad. The nature of natural horsemanship is now up for debate.

The study was conducted by using qualitative data collection in a semi-structured format. Forty-one (41) equine leaders in natural and traditional hoof care and horsemanship were recorded in over 30 hours of data. The interview model included not only the industry leaders proposing or resisting change but also the professionals in the industry working in the field, experiencing the conflict first hand.

The research presented revealed an interesting finding. Although 61 codes were identified, a specific area within the study revealed a “hybrid” group of codes amongst the traditional horsemen in hoof care and horsemanship. Leaders who are advocating for the status quo showed levels of natural adoption that was unexpected. The research pivoted to the areas of traditional resistors and traditional adopters.

The main objective is to decipher why some members of the industry are adopting while others are resisting. As adoption is the main objective for change management, uncovering the reasons for resisting seemed to dictate the data more prevalently. From this research, it can be deduced that there is significant evidence to support the findings that people who resist change may have these characteristics or traits in their belief system: Strong traditional beliefs such as culture and history, honor-driven, strong religious ties, defensive by nature, communicate well, believe safe, minimal adaptation (innovation), and consider themselves to be trustworthy and responsible, are people-oriented and outgoing. According to this research, people with those traits and characteristics are more apt to resist change and may be a potential problem when instituting change in an organization. This research points towards the significant evidence to support the findings that people who resist change may have these characteristics or traits in their belief system: Frustration in industry or a sense of apathy, open-mindedness or flexibility, vulnerability, communicate well, family ties, controlling and shows hero tendencies.

Not many other industries can report that it has remained unchanged over time, even in the face of industrial revolution, war, and domestication. However, in the past 20 years, the equine industry has been divided through a new belief system that is challenging these time-tested traditions and beliefs regarding hoof care and horsemanship. The natural horse viewpoint has created an opposing faction to the traditional belief system that governed horse care and welfare since the dawn of time. The qualitative data that was gathered for this research allows for the synthesis of the proposed paradigm shift and opposing force analysis. Although not a true paradigm shift to date, these two factions, natural and traditional, are dividing the industry in two. Not a more perfect scenario could be present to study long-standing belief systems in relation to adoption and resistance to change. The Hybrid Adaptation Model was formed from the qualitative data provided by 41 industry experts through the grounded theory method. This model can be used to navigate through the change management process. This research revealed a theory that adaptation must occur prior to adoption and partial adoption may cause a “hybrid” sector.

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Lord, Robyn. "Understanding Long-Standing Belief Systems in Business: A Qualitative Study of the Equine Industry." Scholar Commons, 2018. https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/7544.

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Change management is a highly researched topic. With industry changing at record speed, it is inevitable that corporations will engage in a change management endeavor. As humans innately resist change at first exposure, corporations strive to acquire knowledge in adoption. It may not be enough to understand status quo proponents, but rather their underlying long-standing belief systems which may be affecting how they view change. What makes an employee resist corporate change? Most studies conclude that humans will resist innately. This research dives into the unique environment of the equine industry to uncover how long-standing belief systems contribute to adoption or resistance. The motivation for this research began with a fascination with long-standing belief systems within the equine industry. The unique environment of the equine industry is steeped in centuries of tradition, and while housing long-standing belief systems that are time-tested and passed down from generation to generation, in most cases, without awareness. The industry is currently experiencing a phenomenon that has never taken place: a change is occurring that is positioning two equine factions, natural and traditional, against each other in opposing viewpoints. Some view this change as the start of a paradigm shift; others view it as a fad. The nature of natural horsemanship is now up for debate. The study was conducted by using qualitative data collection in a semi-structured format. Forty-one (41) equine leaders in natural and traditional hoof care and horsemanship were recorded in over 30 hours of data. The interview model included not only the industry leaders proposing or resisting change but also the professionals in the industry working in the field, experiencing the conflict first hand. The research presented revealed an interesting finding. Although 61 codes were identified, a specific area within the study revealed a “hybrid” group of codes amongst the traditional horsemen in hoof care and horsemanship. Leaders who are advocating for the status quo showed levels of natural adoption that was unexpected. The research pivoted to the areas of traditional resistors and traditional adopters. The main objective is to decipher why some members of the industry are adopting while others are resisting. As adoption is the main objective for change management, uncovering the reasons for resisting seemed to dictate the data more prevalently. From this research, it can be deduced that there is significant evidence to support the findings that people who resist change may have these characteristics or traits in their belief system: Strong traditional beliefs such as culture and history, honor-driven, strong religious ties, defensive by nature, communicate well, believe safe, minimal adaptation (innovation), and consider themselves to be trustworthy and responsible, are people-oriented and outgoing. According to this research, people with those traits and characteristics are more apt to resist change and may be a potential problem when instituting change in an organization. This research points towards the significant evidence to support the findings that people who resist change may have these characteristics or traits in their belief system: Frustration in industry or a sense of apathy, open-mindedness or flexibility, vulnerability, communicate well, family ties, controlling and shows hero tendencies. Not many other industries can report that it has remained unchanged over time, even in the face of industrial revolution, war, and domestication. However, in the past 20 years, the equine industry has been divided through a new belief system that is challenging these time-tested traditions and beliefs regarding hoof care and horsemanship. The natural horse viewpoint has created an opposing faction to the traditional belief system that governed horse care and welfare since the dawn of time. The qualitative data that was gathered for this research allows for the synthesis of the proposed paradigm shift and opposing force analysis. Although not a true paradigm shift to date, these two factions, natural and traditional, are dividing the industry in two. Not a more perfect scenario could be present to study long-standing belief systems in relation to adoption and resistance to change. The Hybrid Adaptation Model was formed from the qualitative data provided by 41 industry experts through the grounded theory method. This model can be used to navigate through the change management process. This research revealed a theory that adaptation must occur prior to adoption and partial adoption may cause a “hybrid” sector.

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Benson, Deborah Clare. "An exploration of the core dynamics of business leadership through the metaphor of equine herd leadership." Thesis, Edinburgh Napier University, 2012. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/5697.

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This cross-disciplinary qualitative research identifies the hidden dynamics, mechanisms and structures forming the core process of leadership, employing an equine-herd metaphor to exclude the complexities generated by the workplace environment. To determine the equine metaphor's suitability, the research commenced with a literature review of accepted academic leadership and followership theories for humans and animals. Thereafter, this original research employed a qualitative methodology of twenty-six semi-structured interviews, eliciting peoples' experiences and interpretations of workplace leadership, and in parallel, equine specialists' observations and interpretations of equine leadership. Over forty hours of interviewing, reflects a combined total of over five hundred year's workplace experience and over three hundred years of equestrian experience. Employing a phenomenological approach, these observations and reflections are interpreted through code and theme based template analysis of the interview transcripts. The 'raw' interview tape-recordings are then analysed by identifying notable expressions, emotions and emphasis, to identify underlying stories. These emergent stories and template data are subsequently 're-storied' as two separate narratives for human leadership and equine leadership, providing a vehicle for comparing and contrasting the leadership process interviewees described. The resultant information was viewed through the lens of critical realism, to seek the underlying dynamics, mechanisms and structures driving the leadership:followership process. The contribution to practice is a new understanding of how the leadership process actually works. Furthermore, striking similarities between human and animal leadership processes introduce the possibility of parallel evolution of leadership in equines, humans and many other socially-grouping species. The results also suggest that organisations led by one individual, (appointed outwith their team), followed by an essentially linear subordinate hierarchy is an un-natural leadership process and potentially flawed. Far from leadership being something leaders do to followers, this research suggests that leading is something followers permit and empower leaders to do. Simplified, the process identified in natural leadership is as follows: 1) A confident, experienced socially-dominant individual has a vision or need and decides to take action. 2) They become a leader only when a quorum of other socially-dominant individuals choose to follow them. 3) When the quorum of social dominants start to follow, it triggers consensus focussed decision-making by the remaining team. The process is effectively 'team appointed' leaders being 'primus inter pares' (first amongst equals in the socially dominant group) with the strongest dynamic being the choice to follow not the choice to lead. This dynamic operates within a non-linear social structure, based on a mechanism of dyadic relationships, to form the leadership process that delivers effective leadership outcomes. This research, combined with previous scientific studies also overturns the myth that aggression-based 'alpha-male' dominance drives leadership in nature - in fact it normally represents crisis leadership, or dysfuctional behaviour more typically observed in captivity. It generates dysfunctional behaviours potentially detrimental to team performance - in humans, generating negative business outcomes. This cross-disciplinary research brings together the business and scientific worlds to provide new insights into leadership and, in defining the core process, provides a contextual framework to enhance understanding of existing leadership theories and assist organisations in reviewing and improving their leadership processes.

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Aguado, Ramos Juan Gerardo, Huamani Mariella Huamani, Atencia Alessia Mía Corinna López, Castillo Carla Gianella Victoria Ortega, and Boza Augusto Hans Sifuentes. "App de conexión para ganado vacuno y equino - Agroxapp." Bachelor's thesis, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC), 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10757/656929.

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AGROXAPP es un proyecto de que ofrece un modelo de negocio innovador dentro del mercado peruano, el cual trata de un aplicativo móvil que busca conectar empresarios y criadores de ganado vacuno y equino con profesionales veterinarios que ofrecen diversos servicios para el cuidado de sus animales. Puesto que estos empresarios buscan conectar con profesionales de confianza para entregarles a sus animales, es que se busca crear una comunidad de confianza entre ambos y de esta manera mantener una relación estable y de apoyo entre ambas partes. Realizada la evaluación del mercado y sus preferencias, esta app busca ofrecer diversos servicios además de ser el medio de conexión entre ganaderos y veterinarios, es por ello que contará con opciones como la creación de un espacio para que los empresarios ganaderos puedan intercambiar experiencias e inquietudes comunes, convirtiéndose en una especie de comunidad de apoyo mutuo, un blog en el cual se busca entregar contenido de valor para este sector que abarque diversos temas importantes, el propósito es, mientras avance el tiempo y el desarrollo del proyecto, ir entregando y ofreciendo opciones diversas de acuerdo a las nuevas necesidades que se vayan descubriendo en el camino. Es así como esta propuesta inicial de servicios tiene la posibilidad de variar y aumentar conforme se descubran nuevas funcionalidades demandadas por nuestros usuarios objetivos. El modelo de negocio ha sido validado a través de diversos experimentos como entrevistas, encuestas, concierge, entre otros más. Además, se ha desarrollado la planificación y presupuestación de aspectos de ventas, marketing, operaciones, finanzas y recursos humanos necesarios para empezar la propuesta de negocio. Asimismo, con ello se puede corroborar que es un modelo de negocio rentable y con potencial en el mercado.
AGROXAPP is a project that offers an innovative business model within the Peruvian market, which is a mobile application that seeks to connect entrepreneurs and breeders of cattle and horses with veterinary professionals who offer various services for the care of their animals. Since these entrepreneurs seek to connect with trusted professionals to deliver their animals, they seek to create a community of trust between them and in this way maintain a stable and supportive relationship between both parties. After evaluating the market and its preferences, this app seeks to offer various services in addition to being the means of connection between farmers and veterinarians, which is why it will have options such as creating a space for livestock entrepreneurs to exchange experiences and concerns common, becoming a kind of community of mutual support, a blog in which it is sought to deliver valuable content for this sector that covers various important topics, the purpose is, as time progresses and the development of the project, to deliver and offer diverse options according to the new needs that are discovered along the way. This is how this initial service proposal has the possibility of varying and increasing as new functionalities demanded by our target users are discovered. The business model has been validated through various experiments such as interviews, surveys, and concierge, among others. In addition, the planning and budgeting of aspects of sales, marketing, operations, finance and human resources necessary to start the business proposal has been developed. Likewise, this can confirm that it is a profitable business model with potential in the market.
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Werchiniski, Lauren. "The importance of market risk disclosure as related to the interest rates, changes In foreign currency exchange rates, changes in commodity prices, and changes in equity prices /." Access full text, 2004. http://library.wagner.edu/theses/business/2004/thesis_bus_2004_werch_impor.pdf.

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Pienaar, Nico. "The role relationship benefits have on customer equity in the business-to-business environment." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/41987.

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This study aims to extend previous research studies investigating drivers of customer equity in a business-to-business environment. The study also aims to address the role of relationship benefits on customer equity in a business-tobusiness environment beyond psychological, functional and social benefits. Furthermore the study focuses on the importance of building relationships influencing customer equity in organisations operating in a business-to-business environment. The study is based on two phases. Phase one consisted of face-to-face interviews with experienced professional individuals from three different industries. These industries covered financial services, utility services and property development within a South African demographic. The data gathered from these interviews was combined with literature to understand the drivers of customer equity and the role that relationship benefits play on customer equity. Data was also gathered from a 146 questionnaires and statistically processed. Significant findings made in the study reflect the importance of customer equity within business-to-business environments. Further focusing on the importance for organisations to build long-term relationships with their customers. this will finally explain the significant impact that relationship benefits have on customer equity beyond psychological, functional and social benefits for organisations in business-to-business environments. The study recognises that the individual customers and the organisation on its own will both benefit from developed customer equity, highlighting the fact that not one driver of customer equity is exclusive to the next. Contributions made for academic purposes include hypothesised variable on customer equity, with the main aim on relationships. This study will be beneficial for various departments in organisations that interact with customers and want to improve their customer relations, specifically organisations operating in a business-to-business environment.
Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2013.
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Jansson, Max. "Capital and business structure within small/family businesses : A case study on Liquid Leisure." Thesis, Internationella Handelshögskolan, Högskolan i Jönköping, IHH, Företagsekonomi, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-27278.

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This is a case study on a water sports facility named Liquid Leisure which is owned by Stuart Marston. The aim of this case study is to get a deeper understanding of Liquid Leisure’s capital and business structure and how it affects Liquid Leisure when trying to raise capital. It will also look at potential knowledge gaps within Liquid Leisure and how these potential gaps have formed Liquid Leisure as a company. There are a significant number of research that point out that small/family businesses operates in different ways compared to large businesses. Because of these deviations it is important to know how small/family businesses think to get an understanding of their advantages and disadvantages. This research will provide a deeper understanding of Liquid Leisure as a small/family businesses and how they address corporate governance, bootstrapping and the agency problem. It will also give an understanding of the advantages and disadvantages facing Liquid Leisure when raising debt and equity. These aspects have been compared to the complexity in the characteristics of small/family businesses. This will later be compared to Stuart Marston’s views and how Liquid Leisure is being operated. The results shows that Liquid Leisure has some characteristics in common with other small/family businesses but that Stuart’s behaviour create some complications for Liquid Leisure.

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Biedenbach, Galina. "Brand building in the business-to-business context : The brand equity perspective." Doctoral thesis, Umeå universitet, Företagsekonomi, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-60749.

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The main purpose of this doctoral dissertation is to investigate factors affecting B2B brand building by applying the brand equity perspective in the professional services context. Three peer-reviewed and published articles and one book chapter examine different aspects related to the enhancement of brand equity and brand building in the B2B context. The first paper entitled “Brand equity in the business-to-business context: Examining the structural composition” (Biedenbach 2012) investigates the structural composition of brand equity and the interrelationships between the dimensions of brand equity in the B2B context. By specifying the multidimensional model, which can be utilized for measuring and managing B2B brand equity, the paper provides initial knowledge on how the companies can build a strong B2B brand across four dimensions of brand equity. The second paper entitled “B2B brand equity: Investigating the impact of contextual factors” (Biedenbach 2010) examines the impact of contextual factors in the organizational decision making process on the formation of B2B brand equity. The book chapter expands knowledge on B2B brand building by portraying how such characteristics of customers as relative size of their company and its industry sector can affect B2B brand building. The third paper entitled “The impact of customer experience on brand equity in a business-to-business services setting” (Biedenbach and Marell 2010) investigates the impact of customer experience on brand equity in the professional services setting. The study clarifies how customer experience can be utilized for building a strong B2B brand. The fourth paper entitled “Brand equity in the professional service context: Analyzing the impact of employee role behavior and customer-employee rapport” (Biedenbach, Bengtsson, and Wincent 2011) examines whether factors related to customers’ perception of employees’ role behavior in terms of customer perceived role ambiguity, role overload, and customer-employee rapport influence the development of brand equity in the professional service context. The paper advances knowledge on B2B brand building by considering the potential role of the company employees and consequences that their behavior can lead to in this process. To conclude, the doctoral dissertation demonstrates that the brand equity perspective can serve as a valuable foundation for theoretically understanding and practically managing B2B brand building.

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Gui, Zhaoyu. "Developing a private equity business in China." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/39527.

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Thesis (M.B.A.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 2007.
Includes bibliographical references (leaf 70).
The private equity business, a good complement to the public equity market and the debt market, has been playing an increasing role in China. However, there is no universal formula for doing this business. As an art rather than a science, it varies from country to country. After two decades of reform and open-door policy, Chinese enterprises are essentially the same as the ones in developed countries. The major difference lies in the different developmental stages and business environments such as the dominant governmental role in China, the lack of business leaders and the immaturity of financial market. This different business environment drives a different market structure including more venture investments than buy outs, more late-stage and pre-IPO investments than early stage, and more investment in private sectors than state-owned enterprises. As a result, the excess of investment capital focuses on the small market of late-stage investments with a high potential of IPO.
(cont.) Given the current business environment, I suggest three key investment strategies. First, bring the value to the companies in a competitive industry by providing business model upgrades, market knowledge, and disruptive technologies. Second, originate deals by helping the government to achieve its public goal of restructuring industry resources and accelerating Chinese enterprise globalization and modernization in regulated industries. Third, seek any possible investment opportunities provided by the immature financial market.
by Zhaoyu (Jeffrey) Gui.
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Wayman, John. "Equity issue pre-announcements." Connect to resource, 1995. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view.cgi?acc%5Fnum=osu1261318131.

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Poongam, Karan. "Equity premium in business cycle model in Thailand." Bangkok, Thailand : Faculty of Economics, Thammasat University, 2004. http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/56680613.html.

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Stierna, Sofia, and Louise Lönnqvist. "Brand Building : Differences between how business-to-business companies and business-to-consumer companies build their brands." Thesis, Högskolan i Halmstad, Sektionen för ekonomi och teknik (SET), 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-26028.

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Abstract Title: Brand Building – Differences between how business-to-business companies and business-to-consumer companies build their brands. Authors: Louise Lönnqvist and Sofia Stierna Supervisor: Svante Andersson Level: Master thesis, Independent project in business administration (30 credits), Spring 2014 Keywords: Brand, Brand Building, Brand Equity, Business-to-business, Business-to- consumer. Research questions: Q1: How can the brand building process differ between business-to- business companies and business-to-consumer companies? Q2: How can brand equity differ between business-to-business companies and business-to-consumer companies? Purpose: The purpose with this study is to investigate the differences between how business- to-business and business-to-consumer companies build their brands. First the differences in the brand building process are going to be investigated. Furthermore, this leads to an investigation in how brand equity differs between business-to-business companies and business-to-consumer companies. Theoretical framework: The theoretical framework starts with an explanation about what a brand is and an explanation of the differences between business-to-business companies and business-to-consumer companies. Furthermore, relevant theories about the brand building process and brand equity are discussed. Methodology: A qualitative method and abductive approach were used in order to answer the research questions. Personal interviews were conducted with three business-to-business companies and three business-to-consumer companies in order to get a view over the brand building. Empirical data: The empirical findings from the six interviews based on the theory are presented. Analysis: The analysis is based on the theoretical framework together with the empirical data. Conclusion: We have come up with the conclusion that all companies have their own brand building process and it does not matter if it is a business-to-business company or a business- to-consumer company, no major difference have been found. It is not important exactly how the brand building process looks like and which stages that are included, the key is that companies work with brand building in some way, although more studies are required in order to confirm the results. Furthermore, the two brand equity factors external brand loyalty and perceived quality are more important for business-to-business companies and the business-to-consumer prefer a combination of all the factors.

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Lärkefjord, Vivianne Cecilia Jennifer. "Rural Development, Equine Businesses in Vaggeryd’s Municipality : Empirical Analysis and Outlook." Thesis, Jönköping University, JIBS, Economics, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-12013.

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Vaggeryd is a rural municipality and wants to develop its rural areas. Therefore Vaggeryd’s municipality wants to become a cluster region within the equus industries and hence become an equine municipality where equestrians can live and run their businesses as well as providing for equine activities and competitions. The reason why it is interesting to create a cluster region is because it comes with benefits for the companies and it helps developing the regional economy (Enright, 1998; Porter, 2000). “Clusters lower barriers to new business formation that improve the environment for productivity.” (Porter, 1998a). One investment made in 2005 in the direction of becoming an equine municipality was the start up of an Advanced Vocational Education [KY] in the region, named Horse Entrepreneur.

All 23 students in this programme, year 2005 and 2006, were interviewed and it turned out that all of them wanted to start up own businesses within 10 years, but only three planned to establish their companies in Vaggeryd. Most of the students planned to move back to their home municipality. Eight students in total could, however imagine themselves establishing in Vaggeryd. The students thought that this kind of education is very important for equestrians who want to start up businesses.

The students believed that Vaggeryd’s municipality will become a good and functional equine municipality and referred to the highway E4 (which runs through the municipality), the race track and the veterinary clinic. More farms with large lands are what the students think the municipality council should invest in to attract equine companies as well as to become an equine friendly municipality.

From the cluster analysis a similar result was found. It showed that there is no agglomeration in the four investigated industries over Sweden, namely horse breeding, horse competitions, managing race tracks and gallops courses and riding educational services and horse rents. This means that the places where the entrepreneurs choose to set up their businesses are less important; hence they can likewise set up in Vaggeryd.

However a trend was expected. The districts where most of the equine businesses in Sweden take place are rural areas close to populated regions, so called semi-urban areas.

There are no cities in Vaggeryd’s municipality only two towns, Vaggeryd and Skillingaryd. The conclusion drawn is that if Vaggeryd wants to become an equine municipality it must invest (Enright, 1998; Malmberg, 2002). For example creating job opportunities, and building farms on areas with large lands. These investments are needed to attract inhabitants and business people to their municipality before the equine companies can flourish. Investments make this type of clusters attractive (Enright, 1998; Malmberg, 2002).

The cluster data revealed that there are no equine activities in Vaggeryd’s municipality today; however it has the possibility to become an equine municipality due to suitable condition, for example land plots with lakes and the closeness to highway E4.

Vaggeryd should focus on facilitating business activities and providing with updated networks in order for companies to gain from being clustered, according to the cluster theory advocated by von Hippel (1988) and Hakansson (1987). Vaggeryd suits for equine businesses which are trading goods and services with other businesses, hence which are not dependent on a location close to cities, according to Karlsson (2008) in the field of clustering in smaller regions.

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Kilpatrick, Brett Alan. "The role relationship benefits have on brand equity in the business to business, services environment." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/30612.

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A review of the literature reveals that companies‟ brands and their management have dominated the marketing of goods and services to consumers but the idea of measuring brand equity has been slow to take hold in business to business (B2B) marketing. On-going relationships between businesses and their industrial customers are receiving renewed interest in marketing and the building of strong customer relationships has been suggested as means of gaining a competitive advantage particularly for service businesses. The importance of benefits recieved through relationships indicates that customer value is not linked to the the product or service received, but is also derived from the benefits recieved from relationships with the organisation. The study seeks to determine the importance relationships have on the brand equity of organisations that operate in a B2B services environment. This is achieved by focusing on the drivers of brand equity in a B2B services environment, consisting of price, product quality, service quality and relationship benefits.The findings offer important insightas to the drivers of brand equity in the B2B services industry. The results indicate that the benefits a buying organisation receives from having a relationship with the organisation providing the service is significant to improving itsbrand equity . The other drivers that significantly influence the brand equity of the orgnsiations providing the service is the quality of the product or service it provides followed by the price.The research involved a two phase approach. Phase one involved face-to-face interviews with five Learning and development professionals from various industries in South Africa, namely Financial Services, Manufacturing, Telecommunications and Retail sectors. The data gathered from the interviews, together with the reviewed literature was used to develop an instrument that was used to measure the importance relationship benefits have on brand equity in the B2B services environment . One hundred and twenty one questionairres were processed. The data was subjected to inferential and multivariate statisical analysis.This research provides both an academic contribution to the relationship marketing field as well as a practical implication for marketing managers within B2B service organisations. The main contribution for academic purposes involves confirmation from hypothesised relationships. This research is of specific value to managers who are responsible for increasing brand equity within their organisations. With a more dedicated focus on improving the benefits the buying organisation receives from the organisation providing the service will allow managers to improve their brand equity.
Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2012.
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Martins, Daniela Portugal Craveiro. "Brand equity within business networks : the case of Innoenergy." Master's thesis, Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/17292.

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Mestrado em Marketing
Esta investigação visa estudar o valor da marca dentro das redes de negócios através do caso da KIC InnoEnergy, uma entidade europeia que promove a inovação na área da energia sustentável. Com base em conceitos como redes de negócios, brand equity e comportamento de compra organizacional, pretende-se avaliar o valor da marca da empresa na sua rede, bem como entender as necessidades do seu ecossistema e o que mais valorizam. Os dados foram recolhidos através de métodos qualitativos e a amostra incluiu alguns dos stakeholders. Concluiu-se que a InnoEnergy tem um forte valor de marca entre o ecossistema das start-ups, bem como entre os seus parceiros, enquanto a educação é a linha de negócios em que as associações da marca precisam de ser mais trabalhadas. Concluiu-se também que as semelhanças entre Knowledge and Innovation Communities (KIC) podem ser prejudiciais para a saliência da marca no seu ecossistema. De uma perspectiva teórica, sugere-se a inclusão de um novo bloco na adaptação do modelo de Keller para business-to-business, que teria o nome de "network". Futura investigação deve centrar-se em cada relação com os diferentes atores e linhas de negócio, o papel da marca neste contexto e as consequências práticas das semelhanças em termos de branding das diferentes KICs.
This research aims to study brand equity within business networks through InnoEnergy's case, a European entity that promotes innovation in the sustainable energy field. Based on concepts such as business networks, brand equity and organizational buying behavior, it is intended to evaluate the brand equity of the company in its network as well as to understand the needs of its ecosystem and what they value the most. To this end, data was collected through qualitative methods and the sample included some of the stakeholders. It was concluded that InnoEnergy has strong brand equity among the start-up's ecosystem, as well as among its partners, whereas Education is the business line in which the associations need to strengthen the most. It was also concluded that the similarities between Knowledge and Innovation Communities can be harmful to the salience of the brand in its ecosystem. From a theoretical perspective, it is suggested the inclusion of a new block in the Keller's model adaptation to business-to-business, called "networks". Further research should focus on each relationship with the different actors and business lines, the role of branding in this context and the practical consequences of the similarities between KICs branding.
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Zucchi, York Arnim Vigoni. "Factors affecting the equity-split decisions at business start-up in South Africa." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/25225.

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The issue of the division of equity is one that founders of joint ventures inevitably face during the start-up phase of business development. Whilst this is an issue of great importance in that it shapes the capital structure of the business (Roberts and Zender, 2008) and impacts on the future productivity of founder members (Holstrom, 1982), it is an area that has received little systematic attention in academic literature. Hellman and Wasserman (2011) conducted a large scale study of equity splits in start-up’s and noted that the three factors of (1) the value of the idea, (2) past entrepreneurial experience and (3) capital contribution played a significant role in determining the division of equity. This study employs a qualitative research methodology to investigate the process of equity negotiation with the aim of identifying further factors that may guide decisions in equity negotiation. The key findings of the research are that the dynamics of the interpersonal relationships that exist between founder members appear to influence equity negotiations, in that preserving goodwill in these relationships was a factor that motivated founder members to lean towards equal equity splits. The two phenomena that are associated with a need to preserve goodwill within the relationship are the existence of a relationship prior to entering into business, and the business venture being based on a shared idea.Copyright
Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2011.
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O'Malley, Siobhan. "The business case for equal opportunities : equality, equity and egalitarianism." Thesis, Cranfield University, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/1826/3617.

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The research project reported in this thesis concerned the business case for equal opportunity in the workplace. The project comprised three distinct but related studies: 1. Study I was a qualitative investigation into which variables employees perceived to be associated with equal opportunity in the workplace. The over-arching fmding was that participants had a low awareness of equal opportunity and perceived general fairness (organisational egalitarianism) to be more important than equal opportunity per se. Job attitude outcome variables ofjob satisfaction, organisational commitment, intention to leave and perceived performance were proposed. 2. Study 2 qualitatively explored the issues associated with the business case for equal opportunity as perceived by equality practitioners. Results detailed perceptions of equal opportunity climate, employer motivations and the problems associated with translating equal opportunity policy into practice. 3. Study 3 sought to quantitatively measure the impact of equal opportunity and organisational egalitarianism on the job attitude outcome variables identified by studies I and 2. A questionnaire, the Social Atmosphere at Work Survey, was constructed and piloted to measure the perceived equal opportunity climate, the outcome variables and an individual difference construct, equity sensitivity. Results indicated that equal opportunity significantly contributed to job satisfaction, organisational commitment, intention to leave and perceived workgroup, effectiveness. Organisational egalitarianism however proved a stronger predictor of these outcome variables than perceived equal opportunity level, as suggested by the qualitative results. Equity sensitivity did not significantly moderate any of these relationships.

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Danilovich, Natalia Nikolaevna. "Measuring Brand Equity : Methods of Evaluation and Effects on Business." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2008. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-10842.

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The purpose of the research is to explore what brand equity is, examine different approaches to brand evaluation and study the current situation on the high tech market. The subject of the research is the value of brand as measure of efficiency of company's performance.

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Schoeman, Wilhelmus Hendrikus. "Antecedents and consequences of brand equity and brand value of business to business environments within the Gauteng province / Willie Schoeman." Thesis, North-West University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/9831.

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Branding and consciously aiming for a certain brand identity has been practised for over four centuries. Irrespective of whether it is a business to consumer or business to business environment, marketing and branding are aimed at increasing volume, and therefore revenue, but is also about adding some additional measure of value to the products or services on offer. Brand management practices have existed for decades, but brand equity as a central business concept for many organizations has only really emerged in the past twenty years. Even though there is huge interest in branding with a definite predominance of branding in consumer or business to consumer (B2C) markets, literature indicates that branding, brand equity and brand value in business to business (B2B) environments are handled and experienced differently to the extent that it has received little attention from academics. Therefore the question is firstly to determine the differentiating factors/elements in B2C and B2B environments and; secondly what corresponding factors/elements are there in B2C and B2B environments. The practical application of branding in business to business environment is consequently investigated to assess to what extent businesses are able to create brand value and brand equity. Larger businesses increasingly exhibits trends in recognising the importance of branding and brand names, while small and medium-sized business fare poorest when it comes to harnessing the potential of branding. Yet in the face of a changing business landscape, brought about by the current economic recession sparked by the U.S. subprime crisis of 2007, these businesses are beginning to realise the importance of having a strong brand name in order to achieve not only a sustainable competitive advantage, but also in a quest to remain ahead of the competition. Even though the valuation of brand equity and brand value is discussed, the actual calculation of such valuations does not fall within the scope of this study.
Thesis (MBA)--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2013.

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Brogren, Gustav, and Johan Nyström. "Betaestimering på Private Equity investeringar." Thesis, Stockholm University, School of Business, 2006. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-6476.

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En av de allra centralaste aspekterna vid investerings- och finansieringsbeslut handlar om den risk som en investering innebär och den avkastning som marknaden kräver. Som kapitalplacerare vill man veta risken i en potentiell investering för att kunna beräkna det avkastningskrav man måste erhålla, och om investeringen motsvarar ens egen riskexponering. Investeringsbeslut på olika marknader innebär att olika typer av risker tas i beaktande och resulterar därigenom i att avkastningskraven skiljer sig åt mellan marknaderna. Området för den här undersökningen ligger i risker och avkastning på Private Equity marknaden där skillnader existerar jämfört med investeringar i börsbolag. Förespråkare för Private Equity industrin menar att Private Equity innebär möjligheter till betydligt högre avkastning än investeringar som görs i noterade instrument och då främst i jämförelse med aktier. Samtidigt som de högre avkastningarna lyfts fram som karakteristika så pratar man om att Private Equity även kan ses som en ny tillgångsklass som har sin egna risk- och avkastningsprofil. Det är vid dessa skillnader och främst gällande riskmåttet beta vår studie tar vid. När en portfölj teoretiskt konstrueras så används betavärden och avkastningar från historiska börskurser för att risken och den förväntade avkastningen skall fås fram. Den vanligaste metoden för att skatta avkastningskravet på en investering i ett noterat bolag är CAPM modellen. Modellen innebär att den som tar en högre risk skall belönas och att denna risk utgörs av investeringens känslighet gentemot marknaden multiplicerat med marknadens riskpremie. Men när kapital skall investeras i onoterade bolag som Private Equity uppstår det problem med användningen av den metoden, eftersom inga börskurser finns att ta del av. Studiens problem är att undersöka och klargöra hur risken och avkastningen ser ut på den svenska Privat Equity marknaden. Risken uppskattas genom att estimera betat för portföljebolagen i Private Equity fondera med en justerad CAPM modell. Syftet är vidare att synliggöra och beskriva skillnaderna i risk/avkastning mellan tillgångsklasserna Private Equity och börsnoterat. Framkomna resultat visar att betat för Private Equity i genomsnitt ligger på 3,85 mot den noterade marknadens beta på 1. Detta innebär att Private Equity besitter betydligt högre risk än aktiemarknaden, vilket vi anser orimligt. Resultaten förklaras i hög utsträckning av de höga avkastningskrav som Private Equity fonderna kräver på sina investeringar. Undersökningen visar på förväntade avkastningskrav runt 10 % för aktiemarknaden samtidigt som Private Equity har i genomsnitt nästan dubbelt så höga avkastningskrav. Att skillnaderna är så stora mellan tillgångsslagen finner vi i orealistiskt satta avkastningskrav från Private Equity.

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Arvidsson, Alexander, and Ferdinand Lindeberg. "Finansiell utveckling efter equity crowdfunding." Thesis, Högskolan i Skövde, Institutionen för handel och företagande, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:his:diva-16028.

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Crowdfunding innebär att företag söker kapital från allmänheten via internet. Det finns olika typer av crowdfunding och i den här studien har vi analyserat equity crowdfunding, vilket innebär att investerare får en ägarandel av företaget i utbyte mot att de investerar i det. Vi har följt upp 24 svenska företag efter att de har samlat in kapital genom equity crowdfunding via plattformen FundedByMe. Resultaten av studien visar att 19 av företagen överlevde. Dessa 19 företag har legat till grund för studiens observationer. Genom att pröva två hypoteser där olika faktorer som rör kapitalanskaffningen har satts i relation till företagens finansiella utveckling, visar det sig att företagens finansiella utveckling ej har något samband med varken hur många som investerar i företaget, eller hur stor andel av företagets aktier som emitteras till externa intressenter. Dessa resultat säger emot tidigare studier på området som har visat att dessa samband existerar. Det här kan möjligtvis vara en konsekvens av studiens begränsade urvalsram, vilket kan vara en anledning till att hypotesprövningen i de flesta fall ej har varit statistiskt signifikant. Företagen i studien har haft mellan 19 och 398 investerare. Då tidigare studier har visat att högt antal investerare har ett positivt samband med omsättningstillväxt är det ett rimligt antagande att tendenser till detta samband bör gå att finna i den här studien, men här tycks omsättningstillväxtens utveckling snarare vara slumpmässig och fluktuerande. Även vinsttillväxten tenderar att utvecklas slumpmässigt, förutom två år efter att företagen har sökt kapital genom equity crowdfunding, då ett positivt samband mellan vinsttillväxt och andel av företagets aktier som emitteras till externa intressenter, med statistisk signifikans, visas. Resultaten analyseras med utgångspunkt i behavioral finance och flockbeteende.
Crowdfunding refers to the endeavors of companies raising capital from the public via the internet. There are different types of crowdfundig, and this study focuses on equity crowdfunding, which means that investors receive equity in the form of company shares in exchange for investing in the company. We have analyzed 24 companies post funding through equity crowdfunding via the crowdfunding platform FundedByMe. The results of the study show that 19 of the companies survived. These 19 companies make up all of the study's observations. Through the testing of two hypotheses where different factors concerning the raising of capital are put in relation to the financial growth of the companies, results show that no relationship between number of investors and sales growth exist, nor does any relationship between profit growth and portion of company stock issued to external stakeholders through the equity crowdfunding campaign exist. These results are conflicting with previous studies that have shown that such relationships exist. This could possibly be due to the study's limited sampling size, which could be an explanation as to why no statistical significance for the testing of the hypotheses was found in most cases. The number of investors for each company in this study ranged between 19 and 398. Due to the fact that previous research has shown a positive relationship between number of investors and sales growth, it is a reasonable assumption that tendencies towards this relationship are to be found in this study as well. Instead, the development of sales growth tends to be rather random and fluctuating. This is also true for profit growth, except for two years after the raising of capital, where a positive and statistically significant relationship between profit growth and portion of company stock issued to external stakeholders can be found.The results are analyzed based on the theory of behavioral finance and herding.

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Alm, Emelie, and Elin Berglund. "The eternal triangle for external equity financing : Interaction between the entrepreneur, Business Incubator, and equity investor." Thesis, Internationella Handelshögskolan, Högskolan i Jönköping, IHH, Redovisning och finansiering, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-13119.

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Entrepreneurial activity brings benefits to Sweden in terms of job opportunities as well as other national advantages. This put pressure on the government to create a dynamic environment for business creation. Business Incubator is one example of a partly governmental owned organization operating to help entrepreneurs starting their business by providing mentoring and education. A crucial factor when starting a business is to gather enough seed-capital. However, many entrepreneurs lack the capital to finance the start-up from own savings or loans constituting a gap between supply and demand of financing. Instead the entrepreneurs need to look for alternative equity sources of capital. Therefore, the aim of the report is to focus on the interaction between the entrepreneur, Business Incubator and equity investor. The purpose of the report is to analyze the availability and attractiveness of equity financing for start-ups participating in a Business Incubator. The method used in order to fulfill the purpose is a mixed research approach, meaning that the findings are based on both quantitative- as well as qualitative data. A survey aimed at Business Incubator entrepreneurs contributes the quantitative findings while four in-depth interviews contribute with the qualitative findings. These two kinds of data are compared and analyzed in order to reflect the availability and attractiveness of equity, using a multidimensional aspect. The findings show that all sources of equity for Business Incubator entrepreneurs are represented, meaning that there are many opportunities for finding equity financing. For this study, however, Business Angel financing is the most common. The Business Incubators attract equity investors via their personal networks and there is therefore no “one way” to finance a start-up, instead everything is dependent on the persons involved in the process and their motivations and creativeness. Even though equity financing is the least desired source of equity for entrepreneurs it is sometimes inevitable. Furthermore, the Business Incubator mediates between the entrepreneur and the equity investor and a well functioning interaction and collaboration provide advantages to all parties but also national welfare and economic growth.

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Elliott, William Bonnell. "Essays on equity issues." Diss., The University of Arizona, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/288921.

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In Chapter One of this dissertation we present evidence consistent with the hypothesis that firms select a price range for their shares that appeals to a particular ownership clientele. We find a statistically significant relationship between three proxies for the ownership clientele and firms' share prices. We also find that firms with larger investors, as measured by the dollar investment of the average shareholder, have higher share prices. Because it is costly for firms to attract a different ownership clientele, they take actions, such as stock splits, which keep their share prices within a particular range. We show that firms are more likely to split, the further their share price deviates from it's optimal range. Chapter Two examines the role of the underwriter's reputation and certification in seasoned equity offerings. Our findings indicate that the portfolio of securities underwritten by high-quality underwriters outperforms the portfolio of securities underwritten by low-quality underwriters. However, we also find that portfolios formed solely on the basis of publicly available information match or better the performance of the portfolio of securities underwritten by high-quality underwriters. The implication of this latter result is that investors do not need underwriters to identify high-quality firms when buying SEO's. This finding adds to the puzzle of why public firms that issue equity use underwriters.

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Logan, Twila Mae. "Cross-sectional analysis of the pricing of private equity placements." Connect to resource, 1995. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view.cgi?acc%5Fnum=osu1262712392.

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Alvestad, Sveinung, and Dan Erik Harlem Glover. "Risk factor analysis across business segments in the US equity market." Thesis, Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet, Institutt for industriell økonomi og teknologiledelse, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:no:ntnu:diva-20910.

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This report examines whether the excess total return to shareholders could be projected by common accounting and market ratios using regression analysis. Our four most important results indicate that; 1) growth stocks outperformed value stocks from 2002 to 2011, 2) size premium of small stocks was valid before the financial crisis in 2008, 3) companies are penalized by having relatively high cash reserves, and, 4) companies with high degree of leverage do not yield a risk premium in normal financial times, but are instead more influenced by such risks in financial recessions. We also show that differences between industry segments are present, and that some ratios could be more predictive when investigating separate segments. Finally, an investment strategy is constructed based on the result of our analysis. We showed that a positive risk-reward return could be earned by using only public information and the preceding year’s cross-sectional regression estimates.

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Quaderer, Sascha Robin. "Anlageverhalten von Schweizer Business Angels-empirische Untersuchung ausgewählter Investoren /." Bamberg : Difo-Druck, 2008. http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&doc_number=016419987&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA.

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Miyambo, Hasani Ronny. "South African listed private equity index." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/5860.

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Thesis (MBA (Business Management))--University of Stellenbosch, 2007.
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Private equity has been dominating the news recently both as an asset class and a tool to facilitate market efficiency in South Africa. Many private equity funds have had good returns in recent times. However, many pension funds still shun away from this asset class, mainly due to lack of understanding of the risk inherent in this asset class, and in its potential overall risk diversifying characteristics. Regulation 28 of the Pension Fund Act, prescribes maximum allocation of five percent to unlisted assets and that includes private equity as an asset class. One of the reasons why investors don't understand this asset class is the lack of comparable data relative to the listed asset classes such as listed equities and listed bonds. From these asset classes, people get data on a daily basis and they are able to understand the daily prices and values of their portfolio. They can also try to value the individual stocks within their portfolio by using variables such as price earnings ratio and dividend yields, as that information is freely available. This research tries to use the listed private equity companies to establish a Private Equity Index. The criteria used are the same as the ones used by Bilo, Christophers, Degosciu and Zimmennann (2004) when they created a Listed Private Equity Index (LPE), which is made up of 114 global listed private equity companies mainly from Europe and North America. The South African Index was created from six companies, and even though the sample looks small, the results were good enough to justify further studies on the same line and to encourage more listings of these types of companies. The Index was then analysed using modem portfolio analysis and optimisation tools to understand the risk and return characteristics of this asset class and how it behaves when blended with other asset classes. The results suggest that this asset class is under allocated and there is a need to create a more representable index even on an IRR basis.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Privaataandele het onlangs die nuus oorheers, beide as 'n bateklas sowel as 'n instrument om die markdoeltreffendheid in Suid-Afrika te fasiliteer. Talle privaataandeelfondse het onlangs goeie opbrengste opgelewer. Baie pensioenfondse skram egter steeds weg van hierdie bateklas, hoofsaaklik weens 'n kennisgebrek van die risiko wat inherent is aan die bateklas en die potensiele risikoverskansing wat die bateklas bied. Regulasie 28 van die Pensioenfondswet vereis dat 'n maksimumtoewysing van vyf persent in ongenoteerde bates bele mag word en dit sluit privaataandele as 'n bateklas in. Een van die redes hoekom beleggers nie hierdie bateklas verstaan nie, is weens 'n gebrek aan vergelykbare data met die genoteerde bateklasse soos genoteerde aandele en genoteerde verbande. Uit hierdie bateklasse verkry mense inligting op 'n daaglikse basis en is hulle in staat om die daaglikse pryse en waardes van hul portefeuljes te verstaan. Hulle kan ook probeer om die afsonderlike gevolge binne hul portefeuljes te begryp deur veranderlikes soos prys inkomsteverhouding en dividendopbrengste te evalueer, soos wat die inligting beskikbaar raak. Hierdie navorsing poog om genoteerde privaataandeelmaatskappye te gebruik om 'n privaataandeelindeks daar te stel. Die maatstawwe wat gebruik word, is dieselfde as die wat Bilo, Christopbers, Degosciu en Zimmennann (2004) gebruik het toe bulle 'n Genoteerde Privaataandeel-indeks (GPA) daargestel bet, waarin 114 genoteerde privaataandeelmaatskappye wereldwyd uit hoofsaaklik Europa en Noord-Amerika gebruik is. Die Suid-Afrikaanse Indeks is saamgestel uit ses maatskappye en hoewel die steekproef klein blyk te wees, was die eindresultaat voldoende bevredigend om verdere navorsing volgens dieselfde riglyne te regverdig en om die notering van meer sulke maatskappye aan te moedig. Die indeks is vervolgens ontleed aan die hand van moderne portefeulje-ontledings tegnieke om die risiko en opbrengste van hierdie bateklas te verstaan en hoe dit reageer wanneer dit met ander bateklasse vermeng word. Die resultate dui daarop dat hierdie bateklas onvoldoende onderskryf is, maar dat daar 'n nodigheid bestaan om 'n meer verteenwoordigende indeks selfs op 'n interne opbrengskoers grondslag daar te stel.

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Edeen, Erik, Magnus Kassle, and Pawel Wyszynski. "Private Equity : Portföljbolagsstudie." Thesis, Uppsala University, Department of Business Studies, 2007. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-8865.

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Private equity-investeringar innebär kapitalsatsningar i onoterade företag med ett aktivt och tidsbegränsat ägarengagemang. Detta kan indelas beroende på tidpunkten och kapitalbehovet för investeringen och benämns: affärsänglar, venture capital och buyout. Det finns en allmän uppfattning att dessa bolag agerar som affärspirater, vilka suger ut tillgångarna i företag för att sedan sälja av det utan att tänka på konsekvenserna. Det finns en ovetskap om vad som egentligen tillför värde och på vilket sätt detta sker. På uppdrag av Svenska Riskkapitalföreningen skrivs därför denna uppsats. Syftet är att studera riskkapitalinvesteringar med avseende på hur portföljbolagen utvecklas beträffande tillväxt i omsättning och antal anställda, efter det att ett private equity-bolag blivit delägare. Undersökningen har genomförts genom en kvantitativ ansats där enkäter och bokslutsdata analyserats. Då denna del är den första av två inom en 20-poängsuppsats där teori och metod behandlas, kommer empiri, analys och slutsats behandlas i nästa del.

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Stephens, Clifford Paul 1961. "Essays on corporate equity transactions." Diss., The University of Arizona, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/290611.

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This dissertation examines various corporate equity transactions. Unlike Dutch auction repurchases and tender offers, open-market repurchase programs do not precommit firms to acquire a specified number of shares. In chapter one, we find that during the three years following the announcement firms on average acquire 74 to 82 percent of the shares they originally targeted. Further, we report evidence of managers exploiting the inherent flexibility of open-market repurchase programs; actual repurchases are negatively related with prior stock returns and positively related to the firm's cash flows. Chapter two continues the examination open-market repurchase programs. Heterogeneity among the impounded capital gains and effective capital gains tax rates of investors result in an upward sloping supply curve for firms attempting to repurchase their shares in the open-market. Cross-sectional differences in the excess returns observed around the announcement of open-market repurchase programs are positively related to investors' cost basis and negatively related to their impounded capital gains. Additionally, these relationships appear robust to differing tax regimes; however, the Tax Reform Act of 1986 did appear to decrease the tax shelter value of capital losses. Finally, chapter three examines seasoned equity offers, intuitively the other side of the coin from share repurchases. Specifically, seasoned equity offers by electric utilities are analyzed to exploit the regulated environment of the electric utility industry. Unlike the announcement of a seasoned equity offer by an industrial firm, a similar offering and announcement by a public utility is relatively predictable; no new information is provided by the announcement and should not effect stock price. Equity offers by electric utilities should not surprise investors and it is anomalous to observe any price effects, much less to differentially explain these effects by systematic differences in regulation. Empirical results for the time period 1972 through 1984 indicate that the excess returns observed around the announcement of a seasoned equity issue by an electric utility are largely a result of the inadequate or delayed response by regulators being impounded into the equity price. In effect, our results show that old shareholders are temporarily required to subsidize the return on the new equity.

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Shin, Hyun-Han. "The Securities and Exchange Commission and Equity Issues /." The Ohio State University, 1995. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487928649988513.

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Kristiansson, Otto, and Viktor Jansson. "Private Equity – efterbörsintroduktion : En studie om operationellvärdeskapande." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Företagsekonomiska institutionen, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-408176.

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Denna studie undersöker om Private Equity som ägandeform påverkar operationell prestation förderas portföljbolag efter att de börsintroduceras. Studien är gjord på börsintroduktionergenomförda mellan 2006–2015 på handelsplatserna Nasdaq Stockholm och Nasdaq First North.Studiens urval delas upp i två portföljer bestående av 21 PE-backade bolag respektive 51 bolag somej varit ägda av ett PE-backade bolag. Dessa jämförs under ett eventfönster på fyra år. För att mätaoperationell prestation används prestationsmåtten: operating return on assets, EBITDA-marginalsamt försäljningstillväxt. En industrijustering genomförs baserad på tvåsiffriga SIC-koder. För atttesta skillnader används icke-parametriska Wilcoxon tester. Studien finner skillnader i operationellprestation mellan portföljerna men någon övergripande fördel eller nackdel kan ej urskiljas för PE-backade bolag efter börsintroduktion.

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Elvin, Lottie, and Alexander Pettersson. "Equity Crowdfunding i Sverige : Finansieringskälla eller marknadsföringsverktyg?" Thesis, Umeå universitet, Företagsekonomi, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-138132.

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Entrepreneurs have a hard time raising enough capital to be able to reach their targeted growth. The access to external capital is limited because of factors like a lack of cash flow, information and other assets. There is a gap between supply and demand that the traditional financing methods do not fill. Crowdfunding is a financing method where a collective pool their assets together to contribute to certain businesses’ continued growth. Crowdfunding has seen a significant growth over the past years, where the latest category is equity crowdfunding. This qualitative study sets out to examine why Swedish entrepreneurs use equity crowdfunding to raise capital and what factors are behind a successful campaign in Sweden. The purpose of the study is to add to the relatively unexplored field that is equity crowdfunding in Sweden by using existing theories regarding entrepreneurship and crowdfunding. The goal is that the result will be of help to entrepreneurs that are planning to raise capital. To achieve this, seven semi-structured interviews have been conducted, summarized and analyzed to finally lead to a conclusion. To gain different perspectives of the subject, all three parties involved in equity crowdfunding have been heard. Five of the respondents are entrepreneurs whom have gone through a successful round of equity crowdfunding, one respondent is from a crowdfunding platform and one is an investor. The study showed that there are a number of reasons why entrepreneurs choose equity crowdfunding as their method to raise capital. The method is available to companies in earlier stages than other, traditional, methods are. Other than gaining the capital that comes from a successful campaign the company will gain plenty of attention, mainly from its investors whom have a tendency to act as ambassadors for the company. These ambassadors generate a large marketing effect through their social networks. The main factors behind a successful campaign have proven to be active communication, the ability to present the business in a pedagogic matter, a substantial social network and the support of friends and family in the early stages.

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Mičudová, Soňa. "Business Valuation of the company Le Montmartre." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2010. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-113700.

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The goal of the diploma thesis is to evaluate company Le Montmartre located in London to know the value of the company when Le Montmartre will be contained from four food shops. It is important to know the value of the company because Le Montmartre business development will take a lot of owner's energy and personal time, so the future value of the business will be a good motivation for him.. This diploma thesis is divided into 2 sections, theoretical and practical. Practical part involved company's introduction, product portfolio, strategic analysis and finance analysis. Company was evaluated by Free cash flow to firm within two phases. Le Montmartre is analysed and evaluated like two separated entities. Le Montmartre is a patisserie and boulangerie and Le Montmartre as a catering company. The value of Le Montmartre as patisserie and boulangerie is estimated on 2 675 295 pounds and Le Montmartre as catering company on 3 739 700 pounds. Company was evaluated on 31.12.2011 in real prices.

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Klier, Daniel O. "Managing diversified portfolios what multi-business firms can learn from private equity." Heidelberg Physica-Verl, 2008. http://d-nb.info/991528158/04.

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Alpalhão, Ana Margarida Machado. "Equity research - Galp Energia SGPS SA : valuation of the power business unit." Master's thesis, Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/20710.

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Este projeto consiste num relatório de avaliação da empresa GALP Energia S.G.P.S., S.A., com especial foco na unidade de negócio de eletricidade e a contribuição dos seus projetos solares mais recentes para o preço-alvo de 2020YE. O relatório segue o formato recomendado pelo CFA Institute, uma vez que, grande parte do mesmo, foi submetido para o CFA Institute Research Challenge de 2020. A GALP é a principal Empresa Integrada de Petróleo em Portugal. Opera em toda a cadeia de valor do combustível fóssil, desde a extração do mesmo, o seu transporte e refinação, e por fim a comercialização dos diferentes subprodutos. Foi aplicada a abordagem de Soma das Partes para avaliar a GALP, aplicando o FCFF DCF a cada unidade de negócio, de forma a refletir todas as idiossincrasias de cada unidade. O resultado gerou um preço-alvo de 12,1€/sh. Foram também utilizados outros métodos para complementar a avaliação, como o FCFF DCF para a empresa como um todo, o FCFE DCF, o APV e o DDM. Foi ainda realizada uma análise complementar à contribuição dos projetos mais recentes da GALP em energia solar, para o preço-alvo inicial de 12,1€/sh, uma vez que o nosso relatório inicial não considerou esses projetos porque apenas foram anunciados após a conclusão do relatório inicial. Ao adicionar os investimentos mais recentes da GALP em projetos de energia solar, a minha recomendação de investimento fornece informações mais precisas e atualizadas aos investidores e às suas decisões de investimento. Este capítulo reforça a nossa recomendação de compra.
This project is an Equity Research of GALP Energia S.G.P.S., S.A., with a special focus on the value added by the power business unit's most recent solar projects to the initial 2020YE price target. The report follows the CFA Institute format, as a significant portion of it was submitted for the 2020 CFA Institute Research Challenge. Only public information released until January, 2nd 2020 was considered. GALP is the leading Portuguese Integrated Oil Company. It operates throughout the whole fossil fuel value chain, from extracting fossil fuel, to transporting and refining it, and then commercializing the different by-products. It was applied a Sum-of-the-Parts approach to value GALP, where a FCFF DCF was applied to each business unit, reflecting all the idiosyncrasies of each unit. The result yielded a final price target of 12.1€/sh. Other methods were also used to support the valuation, such as a FCFF DCF for the company as a whole, FCFE DCF, the APV and the DDM. A complementary analysis to the contribution of GALP's most recent projects in solar energy to the initial price target of 12.1€/sh was carried out, since our initial report didn't incorporate these projects, as they were announced after the initial report was concluded. By adding GALP's most recent investments in solar energy projects, I believe our investment recommendation provides more accurate and updated information to investors and to their investment decision. It is also of importance to highlight that this chapter further supports our buy recommendation.
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Vogel, Rickard, and Christian Rasmussen. "Private Equity : En studie med fokus på värdeskapande." Thesis, Stockholm University, School of Business, 2006. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-6569.

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Iliev, Radoslav. "Stock market correlations and cross-equity holdings." Honors in the Major Thesis, University of Central Florida, 2012. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETH/id/569.

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The objective of this research is to find how world stock markets correlate with each other and what causes that correlation. Multiple dependent variables that may have a high impact on correlations are tested, with a particular focus on cross-equity holdings. All the variables but one tested significant at the accepted 90% confidence level. The model showed a negative relationship between equity holdings and stock market correlation. The results may inspire further research with more in depth analysis of international equity holdings and investor behavior in world stock markets.
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Swärd, Jesper, and Carina Toresson. "Private Equity : Skapas bestående värde?" Thesis, Uppsala University, Department of Business Studies, 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-9426.

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I Sverige pågår idag en samhällsdebatt angående huruvida private equity–industrin bidrar till den ekonomiska utvecklingen genom att skapa långsiktigt starka och lönsamma bolag eller om de förstör värde genom nedskärningar och bolagsuppdelningar. Med private equity menas riskkapitalbolag som investerar i onoterade företag, så kallade portföljbolag, med avsikten att tillföra värde inför en avyttring några år senare, vanligen 3-5 år. Syftet med denna studie är att studera värdeutvecklingen på ett antal av dessa svenska portföljbolag, från riskkapitalbolagens avyttring till och med två år efter försäljningen. I studien har nyckeltal med fokus på lönsamhet, tillväxt och kapitalstruktur tagits fram för portföljbolagen. Utvecklingen för dessa nyckeltal har senare jämförts med utvecklingen för motsvarande nyckeltal hos en referensgrupp av liknande onoterade bolag som inte tidigare varit ägda av riskkapitalbolag. Resultatet visar att portföljbolagen i många avseenden har utvecklats bättre än jämförelsebolagen under den studerade tidsperioden. Detta skulle kunna förklaras av aktivt ägande med uttalat lönsamhetsfokus men kan även ha andra förklaringar, varför fortsatta studier i ämnet rekommenderas.

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Scott, Julie Lenée. "Hatching the equity nest egg : the role of a university incubator in creating successful startup firms /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/7556.

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Simeoni, Isabella, and Matilda Näsman. "Branding Swedish Business Schools : A qualitative study on how Customer-based brand equity creates value for a Swedish Business School's Brand." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Företagsekonomi, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-104323.

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In this current day and age, developing brands is increasingly important. Universities have started to realise the potential benefits that exists from having a strong brand and have therefore started to invest resources in branding. Even though research within this field is present, not much have been conducted on the Swedish market. Comparing to research that is out there, the Swedish Higher Education industry differs, as most Universities and Business Schools in Sweden are public authorities. This research aims to contribute with additional insights for Swedish Business Schools by studying brand equity and understanding how the brand is perceived both from the perspective of the University and that of the students. In order to reach the purpose stated, we developed our own figure based on previous acknowledged theories. The components that we chose to include were brand awareness, brand image, points of parity (POP), points of difference (POD), reputation and self-image. We interviewed 12 students currently enrolled at Umeå School of Business and Economics as well as one representative of the Business School. After thoroughly analysing the results we could conclude that brand awareness currently creates less value to the brand, in comparison to brand image. Looking at the differences in the perception of the Business School brand some components differed more than others. The Business School and the students perceived the overall position of the Business School as well as the general reputation the same. The brand image, as well as POP and POD, was perceived differently between the two. This research also found some managerial implications. Since brand image currently creates more value than brand awareness, Business Schools have a possibility to differentiate by focusing more on brand awareness. We also found that benefits of the Business School, specifically experiential benefits should be marketed towards prospective students.

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Ray, Rina. "Three essays on the primary equity market." [Bloomington, Ind.] : Indiana University, 2007. http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:3277977.

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Thesis (Ph.D.)--Indiana University, Kelley School of Business, 2007.
Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 68-09, Section: A, page: 4005. Advisers: Gregory F. Udell; Xiaoyun Yu. Title from dissertation home page (viewed May 5, 2008).

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Leote, João Diogo Lourenço. "Equity research da Volkswagen (VW) : business valuation and analysis of the implied strategy." Master's thesis, Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/7665.

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Sendo a VW uma das maiores empresas do sector automóvel torna-se interessante a análise da mesma.O grupo obtém resultados consistentes e num sector que tem sido afetado pela crise econômica. O objetivo deste projeto é apresentar um estudo sobre o Grupo VW na forma de um Equity Research, usando métodos apreendidos durante o mestrado e explanados no capítulo de Revisão da Literatura, que são o FCFF e a uma avaliação com múltiplos. Concluiu-se que a empresa está subvalorizada. Dada a valorização de ações, o preço delas na bolsa de valores e o seu potencial, minha recomendação é para manter o investimento nas mesmas.
Being VW one of the biggest companies of the automotive sector it becomes interesting to study it because it is over-preforming in a sector that has been badly affected by the economic crisis. The purpose of this project work is to present a study on VW Group in the form of an Equity Research, using methods learnt during the master and scrutinized in the chapter of Literature Review, which are the FCFF and Relative Valuation. It was concluded that the company is undervalued. Given the shares valuation, the price of them in the stock exchange and its' potential, my recommendation is to hold.

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Bolf, David. "Private Equity jako alternativní forma investování." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta podnikatelská, 2014. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-224443.

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The diploma thesis deals with the different ways of investment in Private Equity. The work is focused on investment decision making, investment process and due diligence. In the analytical part, the author evaluates the results of the questionnaire, which focuses on the factors of investment decision. Factors that investment decisions are divided into three categories examined by the author.

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Edeen, Erik, Magnus Kassle, and Pawel Wyszynski. "Private Equity : En empirisk studie." Thesis, Uppsala University, Department of Business Studies, 2007. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-8864.

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Efter att ha studerat och författat en teoretisk grund kring ”Private Equity – En portföljbolagsstudie” som första delen av två inom en 20-poängsuppsats skrivs denna magisteruppsats som en påbyggnad där en empirisk studie, analys och slutsats genomförs.

Private equity-investeringar blir en allt vanligare form för kapitalanskaffning hos entreprenörer och företag. Denna form av investeringar sker i onoterade företag där investeraren håller ett aktivt och tidsbegränsat ägarengagemang. Denna uppsats skrivs på uppdrag av Svenska Riskkapitalföreningen, och syftet är att studera riskkapitalinvesteringar med avseende på hur portföljbolagen utvecklas beträffande tillväxt i sysselsättning och omsättning, efter det att ett private equity-bolag blivit delägare. Undersökningen bygger på kvantitativt insamlande av data där analysen grundats på enkäter och bokslutsdata.

Två hypoteser har ställts upp och besvarats. Dessa antar att den årliga genomsnittliga mediantillväxten i sysselsättning respektive omsättning är högre i portföljbolagen, i alla faser, under ett riskkapitalbolags innehavsperiod jämfört med referensgrupperna efter det att en private equity-investering genomförts.

Resultatet för portföljbolagsstudien visar att tillväxten i både sysselsättning och omsättning är högre i bolag med någon form av riskkapital än för referensgrupperna. Därmed verifieras hypoteserna.

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Schafer, Nina. "Brand equity : an approcah to value based brand management." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/50290.

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Thesis (MBA)--Stellenbosch University, 2005.
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Brands are getting more and more valuable. In this age of cross-border mergers and acquisitions. the value of brands is a key detenninant of a company value and stock market capitalization. For the consumer a brand also plays a significant role. It is seen as a sign of quality, helping them make their purchasing decisions. Yet brand loyalty and established customer relationships can no longer be taken for granted or assumed to last forever in an environment of increased competition. Brand loyalty is vitally dependent on how the relationship between the brand and the consumer is nurtured and specifically developed: A strong brand brings with it the opportunity to raise the proftle of a product and the company that sells it, setting them apart from rivals in the marketplace. A strong brand even allows companies to command a price premium for their products. In this way the value of a brand or brand equity becomes a company's most important asset. But the questions are: How much is the brand actually worth? And how can a brand's value be boosted? The term brand equity originated as a business-financial concept, and consists in "[the] net present value of all future net surpluses over his cash input that the owner of a brand can earn". Such financially oriented measurement of brand equity is a suitable approach for expressing it as a monetary value as required for purposes of financial statements, licensing agreements or acquisition decisions. There is a wide variety of brand valuation models available to detennine a monetary value on brand equity, but in some cases these models are controversial. and the value of their resu1ts as an objective statement may be limited. The consumer oriented perspective on brand equity sets itself apart from the financial approach by focusing on the judgments made by consumers, with a view to improving the effectiveness and efficiency of marketing measures and also brand management on a longterm basis. This behavioural approach endeavours to reach a qualitative explanation of the factors driving brand equity and to determine psychological constructs of brand strength by means of operational measurement. The underlying study project illustrates some of the most common brand valuation models, shows their respective advantages and disadvantages and explores the different approaches to brand equity. Methods to increase brand equity by putting it in the focus ofa Value Based Brand Management explain its drivers and individual brand processes. This approach to a successful brand management is fmally compared with the current brand management process of the FMCG brand NNEA. Recommendations on how this international brand could be managed more efficiently with respect to brand equity conclude this study project.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Handelsmerke raak al hoe meer waardevol. In hierdie eeu van oorgrens-samesmeltings en oornames, is die waarde van 'n handelsmerk 'n sleutelfaktor om 'n maatskappy se waarde en aandelebeurs-kapitalisering te bepaal. Handelsmerke speel ook 'n belangrike rol in die lewe van verbruikers. Dit word beskou as 'n simbool van kwaliteit, 'n hulpmiddel om aankopebesluite te vergemaklik. Nietemin kan lojaliteit teenoor 'n handelsmerk en gevestigede klienteverhoudings nie as vanselfsprekend aanvaar word, of aanvaar word dat dit vir altyd sal aanhou, in 'n omgewing waar kompetisie toeneem nie. Lojaliteit teenoor 'n handelsmerk is in essensie afhanklik van hoe die verhouding tussen die handelsmerk en die verbruiker opgepas en spesifiek ontwikkel word: 'n gevestigde handelsmerk skep die geleentheid om die profiel van 'n produk, asook die relevante maatskappy se profiel, te verhoog - en derhalwe hulle te onderskei van mededingers in die mark. 'n Sterk handelsmerk bring selfs mee dat 'n prys-premie vir produkte gehef kan word. Op die manier word die handelsmerkwaarde of handelsmerk-ekwiteit 'n maatskappy se grootste bate. Maar die vraag is: hoeveel is 'n handelsmerk eintlik werd? Asook, hoe kan 'n handelsmerk se waarde vermeerder word? Die term handelsmerk-ekwiteit het sy oorsprong as 'n besigheidfinansiele konsep en is gewortel in "[die] netto huidige waarde van aIle toekomstige netto surplusse oor die kapitale-insette wat die eienaar van die handelsmerk kan verdien". Bogenoemde finansieel - georienteerde maatstaf van handelsmerk-ekwiteit, is 'n geskikte benadering om dit in monetere waarde uit te druk, soos benodig vir finansiele state, lisensiering-ooreenkomste of oorname besluite. Daar is 'n wye verskeidenheid handelsmerk waardasie modelle beskikbaar om die monetere waarde van handelsmerk-ekwiteit te bepaal, maar in sommige gevalle is die modelle kontroversieel, wat daartoe lei dat die waarde van hulle resultate, as 'n objektiewe waarneming, beperk kan wees. Die verbruiker- georienteerde benadering tot handelsmerk-ekwiteit onderskei homself van die finansiele benadering deur te fokus op die besluite wat gemaak word deur verbruikers, met die oog daarop om bemarkingsmaatstawwe, asook die bestuur van 'n handelsmerk, meer effektief en doeltreffend te maak op 'n langtermyn basis. Hierdie gedragswetenskaplike benadering poog om 'n kwalitatiewe verklaring te gee vir die faktore wat handelsmerkekwiteit dryf en om 'n psigologiese struktuur te gee aan die impak wat 'n handelsmerk het via 'n operasionele maatstaf. Die onderliggende projek iIIustreer die mees aanvaarde waardasie-modelle, asook hulle onderskeie voordele en nadele en ondersoek die verskillende benaderings tot handelsmerkekwiteit. Metodes om handelsmerk-ekwiteit te vermeerder deur dit te benader aan die hand van Waarde-gebaseerde Handelsmerk Bestuur (Value Based Brand Management) gee insig ten opsigte van sy drywers en individuele handelsmerkprosesse. Hierdie benadering tot suksesvolle handelsmerkbestuur word ten slotte vergelyk met die huidige handelsmerkbestuur-prosesse wat deur die FMCG handelsmerk NIVEA gevolg word. Aanbevelings aangaande meer effektiewe bestuur van hierdie internasionale handelsmerk aan die hand van handelsmerk-ekwiteit, sluit hierdie projek af.

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Johansson, Henrik, Alicia Vollberg, and Jacob Karlegatt. "Betydelser av equity crowdfunding." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för organisation och entreprenörskap (OE), 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-76354.

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Equity crowdfunding är ett relativt outforskat fenomen, men trots detta finns det viss forskning på ämnet. Den forskning som tidigare har gjorts är utifrån ett traditionellt synsätt på organisationer. Vi ville med hjälp av en kvalitativ studie undersöka och skapa förståelse för vilka andra värden och betydelser än ekonomiskt kapital som aktörer förknippar med equity crowdfunding. Vi hade en viss förförståelse och ville med hjälp av denna skapa en djupare förståelse. Därför valde vi att intervjua fem aktörer som alla har en koppling till bolag som genomfört en equity crowdfunding-kampanj. Med hjälp av ostrukturerade intervjuer lät vi respondenterna tala fritt om sina erfarenheter och utifrån detta kunde vi sedan bilda vår teoretiska referensram. De teman som vi funnit utifrån vår empiri är symboler, identitet, gränser, makt, socialt kapital samt humankapital.

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Lowinski, Felix. "Consulting for equity : analysis of an innovative compensation scheme in the consulting industry." Lohmar u.a. Eul, 2006. http://deposit.ddb.de/cgi-bin/dokserv?id=2795205&prov=M&dokv̲ar=1&doke̲xt=htm.

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Dorau, Nils B. [Verfasser]. "Private Equity: A People’s Business? Three Essays on the Human Element in a Maturing Private Equity Industry / Nils B. Dorau." Berlin : epubli, 2021. http://d-nb.info/1227151357/34.

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Chastenet, de Gery Brune Marie Therese. "Mejorar el trabajo en equipo entre los áreas de INVEX." Thesis, Universidad de las Américas Puebla, 2011. http://catarina.udlap.mx/u_dl_a/tales/documentos/bce/chastenet_d_bm/.

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