Browsing NHH Brage by Subject "business analysis and performance management"
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Facing the crowd : an assessment of credit quality in crowdlending platform portfolios
(Master thesis, 2018)Crowdlending is a new form of lending, where platforms act as intermediaries between borrowers and lenders. The industry is gaining traction across Europe and the US. However, there has been little research into this ... -
Fagbokforlaget : an offshoring case study
(Master thesis, 2011)This thesis is written as part of Master’s degree of Science in Economics and Business Administration at the Norwegian School of Economics. Inspiration for this thesis came when attending a course in Outsourcing and ... -
Fish farm ecology : a conceptual framework and empirical investigation of the CSR performance of Marine Harvest ASA and Cermaq ASA
(Master thesis, 2012)The purpose of this master thesis is to give business participants, regulatory authorities, researchers and the broader community awareness of priority areas within the fish farming industry. In this sense, we have developed ... -
Future Potential for Hydro-Québec and the Québec electricity market
(Master thesis, 2010)The purpose of this thesis is to investigate what a restructuring of the Québec electricity market could mean for Hydro-Québec and the Province of Québec. The thesis is divided into four main sections. Section one ... -
Green supply chain management : a study of green supply chain management within the pulp and paper industry
(Master thesis, 2011)The objective of this thesis is to create a framework that can be used by supply chains, in particular supply chains from the pulp and paper industry, to identify internal strengths and weaknesses and external opportunities ... -
Growing by exciting : a study of the effects of perceived firm innovativeness on customer satisfaction, customer loyalty, and firm performance
(Master thesis, 2018)Today’s increasing focus on innovation in competing for the customers’ attention, has become a highly relevant research topic. Yet most research has focused on customer satisfaction as the most important antecedent of ... -
How business models in the newspaper industry are selected and innovated : a case study of two Norwegian media groups
(Master thesis, 2014)The newspaper industry is a dynamic industry and the extent of this has increased in recent years. A likely consequence of this is a need to adjust and innovate the business models applied in the industry. Through a ... -
Human capital in outsourcing decisions : an empirical study on patent data
(Master thesis, 2017)Outsourcing of knowledge activities has become more popular as the world´s economy has become increasingly knowledge-based in recent years (Parkhe, 2007). The knowledge that is held by a firm is known as the firm’s Human ... -
Impact of technology on corruption : a study of impact of e-procurement on prices of various government purchases
(Master thesis, 2017)Corruption is a challenge that can restrain a country’s development, and there have been many initiatives to address this severe global phenomenon. Given the increasing role of technology in an interconnected world, many ... -
Initial public offerings : an empirical assessment of IPO performance in the energy sector
(Master thesis, 2016)This thesis investigates Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) on the Oslo Stock Exchange the last ten years (2006-2015). The analysis focuses on short- and long-term aftermarket performance between companies in the energy ... -
Is the current management system at Statoil sufficient to prevent potential major accidents from happening at the Snorre A platform?
(Master thesis, 2013)Only small margins prevented the gas-blow out at one of Statoil's platforms, Snorre A, to develop into a major accident in 2004. The underlying reasons of the accident showed extensive improvement areas, including Statoil's ... -
Measuring incubation performance in Bergen teknologioverføring : a quantitative study on the effects of business incubation
(Master thesis, 2018)As the perceived value of innovative start-up environments has accumulated, the measurement of performance in business incubators have become a topic of increasing interest (M'Chirgui, 2012). Innovation is a key performance ... -
NHH’s Portal Project : a study on IT project management from both a managerial and technical perspective
(Master thesis, 2009)This thesis attempts to acquire insight in IT project management both from a technical and a managerial perspective. It studies the technical methods of agile software development, which are popular in software development, ... -
One step closer to the hybrid ideal : a qualitative approach
(Master thesis, 2018)Social ventures change the traditional business environment by offering competitive products and services, while solving societal problems. Consistently, such organizations aim to generate both social and economic value. ... -
Online competition : examining competition between online and dual-channel retailers in the Norwegian electronics market
(Master thesis, 2018)The purpose of this thesis is to explore competition among retailers online. Online retailing has grown significantly in recent years and is expected to keep growing. Simultaneously, traditional brick-and-mortar retailers ... -
Organizational purpose in management control systems : a case study on how two Norwegian organizations operationalize their purpose
(Master thesis, 2017)The aim of this thesis is to contribute with new insights on the concept of organizational purpose, by answering the following main research question: How does purpose influence the MCS in purpose-driven organizations? There ... -
Performance measurement and incentives : a study on performance management in a changing environment
(Master thesis, 2009)This empirical study is an examination of performance management systems in relation to the management control approach Beyond Budgeting. The study focuses on the developments of performance measurement and incentive ... -
Post IPO performance of private equity backed entities: empirical evidence of the Nordic market
(Master thesis, 2012)Initial public offering of private equity backed entities has been a remarkably popular topic among financial scholars. The allure of growth potential and sophisticated corporate structures has gain private equity backed ... -
Purchasing social responsibility : a conceptual study
(Master thesis, 2014)This paper focuses on Purchasing Social Responsibility (PSR). Suppliers play an important role in the overall corporate social responsibility (CSR) efforts of the purchasing firm. The purpose of this paper is to explore ...