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Oberoende: att vara eller icke vara: En uppsats om styrelseoberoende
Linnaeus University, School of Business and Economics, Department of Management Accounting and Logistics.
Linnaeus University, School of Business and Economics, Department of Management Accounting and Logistics.
2022 (Swedish)Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Master (One Year)), 20 credits / 30 HE creditsStudent thesis
Abstract [sv]

Examensarbete Civilekonomprogrammet, VT22 Ekonomihögskolan vid Linnéuniversitetet i Växjö Författare: Erika Hjalmarsson och Karin Löfgren Handledare: Anna Stafsudd

Examinator: Christopher von KochTitel: “Oberoende: att vara eller icke vara - en uppsats om styrelseoberoende”

Bakgrund: Den svenska bolagsstyrningen har länge präglats av hög ägarkoncentration, med kontrollägare som har en aktiv roll i styrelsearbetet. På senare tid har dock utländska investerares vikt inom svensk bolagsstyrning ökat och Sverige har behövt möta de utländska kraven. Som resultat togs det fram en uppförandekod, Svensk Kod för Bolagsstyrning, där bland annat kriterier för styrelseoberoende finns. Trots att denna kod har en följ-eller-förklara-princip finns det orsak att tro att vissa bolag inte bedömer sina ledamöter i enlighet med Kodens kriterier.

Syfte: Uppsatsens syfte är att erhålla en fördjupad förståelse för styrelseoberoende.

Metod: En deduktiv forskningsansats har tillämpats i den här uppsatsen och den teoretiska referensramen bygger på agentteorin, resursberoendeteorin, institutionell teori samt legitimitetsteorin. Teorierna leder sedan fram till faktorer som kan tänkas ha en relation till huruvida bolag bedömer beroende ledamöter som oberoende trots att de enligt Kodens kriterier är beroende. Faktorerna har sedan satts samman i en teoretisk modell som testats i en kvantitativ och kvalitativ undersökning. Uppsatsen undersöker börsnoterade bolag år 2020 och datainsamlingen är kommer främst från årsredovisningar.

Slutsats: Det kan konstateras att det finns orsak att anta bolag bedömer sina styrelseledamöter olika samt att de bedömer de som oberoende i stället för beroende. Det kan även konstateras, med grund i agentteorin, att bolag bedömer sina beroende ledamöter som oberoende för att skapa effektivitet. Med detta konstaterat ger även det empiriska resultatet svar på att bolagen har en positiv inställning till oberoende.

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Master Thesis in Business Administration, VT22School of Business and Economics at Linnaeus UniversityTitle: “Independent: to be or not to be - an essay on board independence” Authors: Erika Hjalmarsson och Karin LöfgrenSupervisor: Anna StafsuddExaminer: Christopher von Koch

Background: Swedish corporate governance has long been characterized by a high concentration of ownership, with controlling shareholders playing an active role in boards. In recent times the importance of foreign investors in Swedish corporate governance has increased and Sweden has had to meet foreign requirements. As a result, a code of conduct, the Swedish Code of Corporate Governance, was developed, which includes criteria for board independence. Although this Code has a follow-or-explain principle, there is reason to believe that some companies do not rate their members in accordance with the Code's criteria.

Purpose: The purpose of the essay is to obtain an in-depth understanding of board independence.

Method: A deductive approach has been applied in this essay and the theoretical frame of reference is based on the agent theory, the resource dependency theory, institutional theory and the legitimacy theory. The theories then lead to factors that may be related to whether companies consider dependent members to be independent, even though they are dependent according to the Code's criteria. The factors have then been put together in a theoretical model that has been tested in a quantitative and qualitative study. The essay examines listed companies in Sweden and the data collection is mainly from annual reports.

Conclusions: It can be stated that there is reason to assume that companies assess their board members differently and that they describe them as independent instead of dependent. It can also be stated, based on the agent theory, that assesses its dependent members as independent in order to create efficiency. With this stated, the empirical result also provides an answer that the companies have a positive attitude towards independence.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2022. , p. 177
Keywords [sv]
Oberoende, Styrelseoberoende, Bolagsstyrning, Bolagsstyrningskod
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Business Administration
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URN: urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-115552OAI: oai:DiVA.org:lnu-115552DiVA, id: diva2:1684322
Subject / course
Business Administration - Organization Leadership
Educational program
Business Administration and Economics Programme, 240 credits
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Available from: 2022-07-26 Created: 2022-07-24 Last updated: 2022-07-26Bibliographically approved

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