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Value chains for primary goods: from wild to farmed fish
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Value creation in business-nonprofit collaboration : a case study of a danish apparel company
(Master thesis, 2016-09-05)Companies are under increasing pressure to ensure a high degree of social responsibility in their operations, throughout the value chain and around the globe. At the same time, the importance and influence of nonprofit ... -
Value creation in private equity : have Norwegian private equity companies created value in their portfolio companies?
(Master thesis, 2009)This paper investigates value creation in 31 private equity-owned companies in Norway between 1993 and 2007. Its purpose is to find evidence on increased value capturing for these companies relative to non-private ... -
Value Creation Through Active Investment in the Small and Medium Sized Exterprise Segment in Sub-Saharan Africa : Evidence from Case Study Research
(Master thesis, 2019)In Sub-Saharan Africa, the work of Impact Investors and Business Development Service Providers has been identified as a primary way of accelerating growth in the SME segment. It is believed that mentorship, governance ... -
Value creation through corporate restructuring : a case study of the spin-off of REC Solar ASA
(Master thesis, 2014)This thesis presents a detailed analysis of the spin-off in REC ASA to show how corporate reorganization can enhance the value of a firm operating in a challenging industry. The goal of the study was to determine whether ... -
Value creation through industry concentrated fund portfolios : an empirical study of the Norwegian fund market
(Master thesis, 2019)Although financial theory recommends investors to diversify their holdings across industries to reduce their overall unsystematic risk, some fund managers hold their portfolios concentrated in specific industries. This ... -
Value investing in the Scandinavian context : inspired by “Dogs of the dow”
(Master thesis, 2020)The objective of this thesis is to investigate the relevance of the high dividend-yield strategy, “Dogs of the Dow” (DoD), combined with two additional value investing strategies. All strategies are examined in a Scandinavian ... -
The value of corporate social responsibility : looking beyond the bottom line
(Master thesis, 2006)Corporate social responsibility (CSR) has developed increased prominence as an idea, as a company strategy and as a practical program in companies across the world. The literature in the CSR field has focused on whether ... -
The value of equality
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2001-09)Over the years, egalitarian philosophers have made some challenging claims about the nature of egalitarianism. They have argued that the Rawlsian leximin principle is not an egalitarian idea; that egalitarian reasoning ... -
The Value of Equity Analysts: An Empirical Study of the Informativeness of Analyst Revisions
(Master thesis, 2021)This thesis investigates the informativeness of analyst recommendation revisions and target price revisions in absence of recommendation changes. The 69 companies included in the Oslo Børs Benchmark Index (OSEBX) are ... -
The Value of ESG: Evidence from M&As: An Empirical Analysis of ESG in M&As in the OECD from 2010 to 2021
(Master thesis, 2022)This paper investigates whether acquirers are willing to pay a premium for targets with greater environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance in mergers and acquisitions (M&A). The topic is scarcely investigated, ... -
The value of interpretable machine learning in wind power prediction : an emperical study using shapley addidative explanations to interpret a complex wind power prediction model
(Master thesis, 2020)The main objective of this thesis is to evaluate if interpretable machine learning provides valuable insight into TrønderEnergi’s wind power prediction models. As we will see, interpretable machine learning provides ... -
Value of predicting environmental variation in fishery management
(Report, Research report, 2001-12)Decision-makers are often concerned with forecasts of environmental variables. In accordance with this the quality of forecasts is often discussed. The interest in forecasts also show up in much modeling activity. However, ... -
The value of tactical and strategic CSR during crises of trust : evidence from the great recession
(Master thesis, 2019)In 2017, Lins, Servaes and Tamayo found that firms’ level of CSR activities affected firm performance during the 2008, 2009 financial crisis positively. In this master’s thesis, I aim to analyze the relationship on a more ... -
The value of tax shields IS equal to the present value of tax shields
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2005-07)Fernandez (2004b) argues that the present value effect of the tax saving on debt cannot be calculated as simply the present value of the tax shields associated with interest. This contradicts standard results in the ... -
The value of timecharter optionality in the drybulk market
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Using an optimization model on a network with stochastic travel times we estimate the value of flexible worldwide redelivery compared to the more constrained Atlantic ocean option. We evaluate the value of the redelivery ... -
The Value Relevance of Accounting in R&D-Intensive Firms: A qualitative study of accounting relevance in R&D-intensive firms and what information is conisdered relevant by CFOs
(Master thesis, 2022)This master thesis aims to investigate how relevant accounting is for R&D-intensive businesses, and what information is or could be used to compensate for the reduced relevance over the years. There is a wide agreement ... -
The value relevance of financial information
(Master thesis, 2011) -
The value relevance of financial reporting on the Oslo Stock Exchange
(Working paper, Working paper, 2004-07)This paper focuses on the value relevance of accounting numbers in Norway over the period 1968–2002. This period covers a number of large, and distinct, changes in Norwegian accounting practice, which so far has culminated ... -
The value relevance of financial reporting on the Oslo Stock Exchange over the period 1964-2003
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2005)This article focuses on the value relevance of financial statements in Norway over the 40-year period from 1964 to 2003. Since Norwegian generally accepted accounting principles are based on an earnings-oriented conceptual ...