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Sektoriell konjunkturømfintlighet i det norske arbeidsmarkedet : en empirisk analyse av sammenhengen mellom aggregert produksjon og bransjespesifikk sysselsetting
(Master thesis, 2009)Målsetningen for denne utredningen har vært å belyse bransjemessige ulikheter i norsk arbeidsliv vedrørende konjunkturfølsomhet. I den teoretiske delen redegjør vi for mulige opphav til disse forskjellene, samt presenterer ... -
Selskapsdiversifisering og aksjonærverdier : Konglomeratrabatten i Orkla
(Master thesis, 2014)Formålet med denne utredningen er å undersøke om Orklas organisasjonsstruktur som konglomerat skaper eller reduserer verdier for Orklas aksjonærer i forhold til en situasjon hvor selskapet konsentrerer seg om få kjerneområder. ... -
Selvbetjente kasser – kommet for å bli? : en kvalitativ studie av innføring av selvbetjente kasser i norske dagligvarebutikker
(Master thesis, 2018)I denne utredningen forsøker vi å kartlegge fenomenet selvbetjente kasser i det norske dagligvaremarkedet. Stadig flere norske dagligvarebutikker innfører selvbetjente kasser. Gjennom intervju med syv ledere i dagligvarebutikker ... -
Selvisk eller sjenerøs? : effekter av regulatorisk fokus i diktatorspill
(Master thesis, 2011)Denne oppgaven har hatt som formål å undersøke hvilke forhold som påvirker sjenerøsitet i diktatorspill. Særlig har fokuset vært på hvilken rolle regulatorisk fokus spiller. Relevant litteratur om altruisme, regulatorisk ... -
Sentiment Analysis in The Norwegian Housing Market: Evaluating the inferential and predictive power of sentiment scores on housing price using linear modelling and machine learning
(Master thesis, 2021)In this thesis, we investigate how information and sentiment provided through news media affect prices in the Norwegian housing market. Our analysis is based on news articles from selected Norwegian news outlets, transaction ... -
Sentiment Analysis in the Norwegian Stock Market: Predicting Stock Price Movements Using Media Sentiment
(Master thesis, 2022)A historical belief in financial economics states that stock prices react immediately to available information, making it impossible to predict changes in stock prices. However, research in the last few decades contradicts ... -
Sentiment of prospectus and IPO underpricing : how textual analysis can explain IPO Underpricing phenomenon
(Master thesis, 2018)IPO Prospectus is one of the most important and informative documents filed by issuers with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Performing textual analysis of such document allows to understand issuers’ perspective ... -
Sentralbankers egenkapitalbehov : hvilke momenter er relevante i vurderingen av sentralbankers egenkapitalbehov?
(Master thesis, 2020)Denne utredningen handler om sentralbankers egenkapitalbehov. Sentralbanker har en viktig rolle med tanke på å bidra til økonomisk stabilitet i samfunnet. En sentralbank er avhengig av faktorene likviditet, uavhengighet ... -
Separating state aid : a conceptual study to evaluate the use of accounting separation as a tool for preventing cross-subsidization in the current legal framework for state aid
(Master thesis, 2018)Issues arising from public authorities competing in markets have been somewhat overlooked, despite the OECD’s emphasis on the need for equal terms in the competition between public and private undertakings (Honoré, 2017). ... -
Service innovation, customer-perception & loyalty: an experiment how does customer-perceived service innovation affect customer loyalty?
(Master thesis, 2018)Over the past years, due to an ever-accelerating progress of innovation, service innovation has become a highly relevant research topic. Nonetheless, most research focuses on innovation from a firm perspective. Consequently, ... -
Servicekvalitet i restaurantbransjen
(Master thesis, 2006)Restaurantbransjen i Norge er en svært konkurranseutsatt bransje som i det siste har slitt med lave lønnsomhetstall og relativt høye konkurstall. Generelle studier viser at det er en sammenheng mellom lojalitet og ... -
Settlement risk in cross-border transactions : traditional and new approaches
(Master thesis, 2018)Although the wholesale payment systems operate unnoticed daily, these arrangements are crucial for our daily life. In this thesis I attempt to shed more light on the settlement risk in traditional wholesale payment systems ... -
Shadow banking : a European perspective
(Master thesis, 2014)The aim of this thesis is to examine shadow bankin g, paying particular attention to European securitisation markets, collateral intermediation, and money market funds. The term wa s introduced following the 2007 - 2008 ... -
Shale gas and Germany’s energiewende : a cost-benefit analysis for the power generation sector
(Master thesis, 2014)This paper analyzes the question of shale gas production in Germany aimed at aiding the power generation sector in its compliance with the country’s greenhouse emissions reduction goal, one of the pillars ... -
Shapley values in the context of GDPR Can Shapley Values be used as a means of interpreting black-box machine learning models while also complying with the General Data Protection Regulation?
(Master thesis, 2021)The General Data Protection Regulation implemented in 2018 by the European Union imposes strict requirements when handling personal data regarding European citizens. This is especially true when processing said data in ... -
Share purchases in Norway
(Master thesis, 2015)This thesis provides updated statistics on all share repurchase announcements and all open market share repurchase executions for firms on the main list of the Oslo Stock Exchange (OSE) in the period from 1998 to 2013. ... -
Share repurchase announcements and abnormal returns on the Oslo stock exchange : an empirical study measuring abnormal returns following share repurchase announcements in Norway
(Master thesis, 2021)This thesis examines share repurchase announcements from 2000 to 2020 on the Oslo Stock Exchange (OSE). This dissertation provides new research on share repurchases in Norway by investigating an unexamined period. The ... -
Share the spare : modelling consumer behaviour in the sharing economy
(Master thesis, 2015)The sharing economy allows consumers to share spare goods and resources through online platforms, using technology to reduce the transaction costs and efficiently match supply with demand on a global scale. Reflecting a ... -
Shareholder letters on Oslo Børs : a textual analysis of shareholders letters from companies listed on Oslo Børs
(Master thesis, 2020)This study looks at the characteristics of the shareholder letter from companies listed on Oslo Børs and the relationship between sentiment and future financial performance. Regarding the characteristics, we have ... -
Shareholder response to voluntary environmental initiatives : does committing to voluntary environmental initiatives improve company value?
(Master thesis, 2017)This thesis seeks to expand the knowledge of how environmental performance effect financial performance. More specifically, we examine shareholders’ reaction on announcement when companies commit to the RE100-initiative, ...