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Accounting for nonprofit organizations: a case study of British Red Cross
(Master thesis, 2010)Accounting for Nonprofit organizations (NPOs) has become an interesting and promising topic, which is different from commercial accounting in many ways: The objective of NPOs is to provide services for public benefits, not ... -
An accounting-based profitability analysis of deploying offshore wind at Sørlige Nordsjø II: A new North Sea adventure or a renewable energy fallacy?
(Master thesis, 2022)Offshore wind has received a great amount of attention the last decade, with industry initiatives underpinning development across nations. European offshore wind auction strike prices have decreased drastically, indicating ... -
ACERGY : strategisk regnskapsanalyse og verdsettelse
(Master thesis, 2010)Vi har i denne masterutredningen hatt som utgangspunkt å bedømme hvorvidt Acergy sin aksje er riktig priset i markedet. Dette har vi gjennomført ved å foreta en fundamental verdsettelse av selskapet basert på ... -
Acquiring Targets Picked by Private Equity : The Effect of Competitor Identity on Corporate Merger Gains
(Master thesis, 2021)This paper examines the e↵ect of private equity competition on corporate takeovers. I find that corporate acquirers who compete with financial sponsors outperform those who compete exclusively with other corporate ... -
An acquisition in the Nordic ferry market: rivalry or coordination on capacity?
(Working paper, Working paper, 2000-12)The purpose of this article is to test the effect of Color Line’s acquisition of Larvik Line in September 1996. We formulate theoretical predictions for the changes in sales, capacity and capacity utilisation following an ... -
Acquisition of competences in the workplace : human resource development in Statoil
(Report, Research report, 2001-04)This report investigates learning within and across units in a large, dispersed organization. Three firm-specific competences were identified as relevant outcomes of learning: Intraorganizational competence, intraunit ... -
Acquisition of competences in the workplace : human resource development in Statoil
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The acquisition of Roxar by Emerson : the good child of the good parent?
(Master thesis, 2011)The aim of the master thesis is to analyze the case of Roxar‘s acquisition by Emerson and to perform the discussion about how a change of ownership has transformed the company and whether this transformation has created ... -
Acquisitions in the electricity sector : active vs. passive owners
(Working Paper, Working paper, 2002-06)The starting point of this paper is a mixed oligopoly market consisting of n privately owned profit maximizing firm. Motivated by the trend of mergers and acquisitions in the liberalized electricity markets, and by the ... -
Active Fund Performance : A meta analysis on active fund performance , the value of active funds in crisis and the active share measurement
(Master thesis, 2021)I present in this meta-analysis a comprehensive analysis of active fund management. The master thesis is done using both the ‘conventional view’ of active fund management based upon research by Carhart (1997) complemented ... -
Active Mutual Fund Performance: Pandemic vs Financial Crisis : A study of Norwegian active mutual funds’ ability to create excess return during uncertain times.
(Master thesis, 2022)The covid-19 pandemic had significant effect on economies and markets all over the world. Therefore, there is high interest in findings around the matter. There is, however, limited research of fund performance during ... -
Active share i norsk fondsforvaltning : en empirisk analyse
(Master thesis, 2011)I en amerikansk undersøkelse fra 2007 introduserte professorene Cremers og Petajisto et nytt mål på risiko, active share. Active share defineres som den delen av porteføljen som avviker fra referanseporteføljen. Professorene ... -
Active versus passive investing in emerging markets : an empirical study of the relationship between mutual fund performance and the degree of active fund management in emerging markets
(Master thesis, 2019)The debate whether active funds add value compared to passive funds has mostly been limited to developed markets. In this study, we use a panel dataset to investigate whether emerging markets mutual funds’ performance ... -
Activist Hedge Funds : The Characteristics and Determinants of Abnormal Returns in Activist Hedge Fund Targets – an Event Study
(Master thesis, 2014)This thesis is a comprehensive study of the activist hedge fund phenomenon, with particular emphasis on target firm and return characteristics. The utilized sample include 3065 activist interventions in U.S. publicly ... -
Ad-avoidance technology : who should welcome It?
(Working paper;17/12, Working paper, 2012-06)The business model of many commercial TV-networks is to interrupt TV programs with advertising breaks. In this paper we investigate consequences of the fact that ad-averse viewers today can adopt technology which enables ... -
Adam Smith and modern economics
(Discussion paper;13/2014, Working paper, 2014-04)In his Wealth of Nations (1776) Adam Smith created an agenda for the study of the economy that is reflected in the structure of modern economics. This paper describes Smith’s contributions to four central areas of economic ... -
Adapt or withdraw? :evidence on technological changes and early retirement using matched worker-firm data
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2007-08)Older workers typically possess older vintages of skills than younger workers, and they may suffer more from technological change. Experienced workers never the less have accumulated human capital that make them suitable ... -
Adaptive regulation with flow and stock externalities
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 1998-01)In confronting a consumer good whose production process is associated with both flow and stock externalities, a corrective tax is introduced to restore efficiency. The objective is to maximize social welfare over time when ... -
Addressing femininity in green consumption : an experimental study on how degrees of feminine communication affect purchase intention for green products
(Master thesis, 2019)The purpose of this study is to investigate how different degrees of feminine communication can have an impact on purchase intention for green products and whether this can be mediated by perceived effectiveness. The ... -
Addressing gender differences in green consumption : does communication of effectiveness make a difference?
(Master thesis, 2018)Purpose: Existing literature has established that, to consumers, there are several drivers and barriers behind the adoption of environmentally friendly products. We explore gender differences in perceived environmental ...