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Marc Stef­fen Rapp

Professor

Emner
Bestyrelse Økonomistyring Finansiering Værdiansættelse Benchmarking ESG

Primary research areas

Sus­tain­able Fin­ance
What obstacles hinder the chan­nel­ing of funds to sus­tain­able in­vest­ments, and what po­ten­tial mech­an­isms could fa­cil­it­ate this pro­cess? What role can cent­ral banks, com­mer­cial banks, and oth­er fin­an­cial in­sti­tu­tion play?
Cor­por­ate Gov­ernance and Cap­it­al Al­loc­a­tion
What drives cap­it­al al­loc­a­tion with­in firms, and what obstacles hinder its role in put­ting strategy into ac­tion?
Fam­ily Firms
What makes fam­ily firms unique and what are the con­sequences their be­ha­vi­or and per­form­ance?
Labor and Fin­ance
How do labor, fin­ance, and their in­ter­play con­trib­ute to firm pro­ductiv­ity, and what role does labor mar­ket reg­u­la­tion play in this re­gard?
Co-de­term­ined Boards
How do board-level em­ploy­ee rep­res­ent­at­ives in­flu­ence firm be­ha­vi­or?

I Study Ef­fi­ciency and Pro­ductiv­ity in Ser­vice of So­ci­ety

 I Study Efficiency and Productivity in Service of Society

To sustain a strong and sustainable welfare state, we need a competitive economic sector that creates value to be shared within society. Studying efficient and effective solutions is therefore essential. My ambition is to contribute to this endeavor.

Recent research projects

Cent­ral banks and green fin­ance

This re­search pro­ject ex­am­ines which cent­ral banks re­spond to pub­lic ex­pect­a­tions to ac­tiv­ate main­stream fin­ance for green pro­jects and wheth­er mar­kets re­act to cent­ral banks com­mit­ment to do so.

Per­form­ance Am­bi­tion of Fam­ily Firms

This re­search pro­ject stud­ies per­form­ance am­bi­tions of fam­ily firms. It of­ten comes with risk and due to unique situ­ation fam­ily firms might have a dif­fer­ent ap­proach to deal with the risk-re­turn.

Firms’ re­sponses to labor mar­ket reg­u­la­tion

This pro­ject stud­ies how dif­fer­ent firms re­spond to labor mar­ket reg­u­la­tions. De­signed as a long-term re­search pro­ject, Is­sues of in­terest are in­vest­ments, lever­age, cash hold­ings among oth­ers

Un­in­ten­ded Con­sequences of Value-based Man­age­ment and Con­trol Sys­tems

Many MCS are fo­cus­ing on “man­aging for value” and the lit­er­at­ure has shown that they of­ten are suc­cess­ful in that re­gard. How­ever, what are the un­in­ten­ded con­sequences of such MCS

Outside activities