Short studies

February 19, 2024

Corporate Purpose in Financial Communication

This CRiFC study examines the extent to which corporate purpose is addressed in the letters to shareholders of the DAX 40 companies.

January 17, 2024

Diversity in the annual report

This short study examines how DAX 40 companies deal with diversity aspects in their annual reports, which dimensions are mentioned and to what extent key figures on these dimensions are also communicated.

January 27, 2023

Virtual annual general meetings before and during the Covid 19 pandemic

This brief study examines the invitations to the Annual General Meetings of DAX companies from 2018-2022 with regard to the format (virtual or face-to-face) as well as the rationale for the respective format and the voting options (proxy and/or postal vote).

November 22, 2022

YouTube as a source of information for the new “Generation Share”

This brief study examines the extent to which finfluencers on YouTube serve the demands of the share generation for capital market-related information.

November 12, 2021

The Instagram communication of neo-brokers

The short study investigates, how neo-brokers address their young target group on the social media platform Instagram.

July 21, 2021

Declarations of Compliance 2020/2021 with the German Corporate Governance Code.

Which sections and recommendations of the Deutsche Corporate Governance Kodex do companies listed in the DAX or MDAX deviate from particularly frequently?

June 11, 2021

Academic education of Investor Relations Officers

This brief study examines the type and discipline of academic training for IR managers at DAX30 companies.

August 12, 2020

The importance of private investors for investor relations

The short study examines the question: How important is communication with private investors on IR websites of DAX and MDAX companies?

June 9, 2020

The equity stories of DAX and MDAX companies

The short study analyzes to what extent DAX and MDAX companies present their equity story on their IR websites?

March 3, 2020

Competencies in the professional field of investor relations and financial communication

The brief study explores the question: What competencies are required in the field of investor relations and financial communications from the perspective of employers?