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Doing well while doing what? An empirical analysis of exclusionary screening of the Norwegian Pension Fund Global on excluded companies’ returns from 2005 to 2022
(Master thesis, 2022)This thesis investigates whether the excluded companies from the Norwegian Government Pension Fund Global (“GPFG” - “The Fund”) investment universe delivers superior excess returns (alpha). The ethical-based exclusionary ... -
Domestic vs Cross-Border M&A in the Nordics : An empirical study of value creation, distribution, and the cross-border effect on shareholders wealth
(Master thesis, 2023)This thesis investigates cross-border wealth effects in Nordic mergers and acquisitions (M&As), utilizing short-run event study methodology on a sample of 276 transactions from 2003 to 2023. This investigation is performed ... -
Domino´s Pizza sitt oppkjøp av Dolly Dimple´s : hvordan ble de viktigste ressursene Domino´s Pizza tilegnet seg fra oppkjøpet av Dolly Dimple´s Norge AS, ivaretatt gjennom integrasjonsprosessen?
(Master thesis, 2017)Denne utredningen har som formål å se på hvordan Domino´s Pizza klarer å ta med seg de viktigste ressursene fra oppkjøpet av Dolly Dimple´s inn i egen organisasjon. Her fokuserer jeg på ressursene nettverk av lokaler, ... -
Don’t put all your eggs in one basket – spread them around! Diversification using alternative assets and the benefits of hand- picking parameters for portfolio models
(Master thesis, 2022)After the global financial crisis, alternative assets have become increasingly popular as an investment option due to their potential to generate higher returns and abilities to diversify portfolios. This thesis studies ... -
Drivere av lojalitet : en teoretisk og praktisk tilnærming
(Master thesis, 2007)I denne utredningen ønsker vi å videreutvikle Rusbults (1980a) investeringsmodell for å bedre kunne fange opp de ulike driverne for lojalitet til et merke. I tillegg til tilfredshet, størrelse på investeringer og kvalitet ... -
Drivkreftene bak opplagsutviklingen til en landsdekkende norsk tabloidavis : en økonometrisk tidsserieanalyse av Verdens Gang fra 1978 til 2009
(Master thesis, 2011)I denne utredningen studeres årsakene bak opplagsutviklingen til VG fra 1978 til 2009. Dette gjøres ved å gjennomføre en økonometrisk analyse av tidsseriedata. Forfatterne finner at i underkant av 60 % av opplagsutviklingen ... -
Dry bulk shipping and business cycles
(Master thesis, 2010)This thesis studies short- and long-term relationships between freight rates in dry bulk shipping and business cycles. The analysis combines a theoretical specification of the market with an econometric approach to study ... -
Dual Citizenship and the Directive on Administrative Cooperation(DAC6) of the European Union : An empirical study on dual citizenship as a method of regulatory arbitrage
(Master thesis, 2021)The DAC6 directive was introduced by the EU in the year 2018 with a policy objective to increase the effectiveness in tackling cross-border tax avoidance and evasion. Dual citizenship is one of the methods of achieving ... -
Duration of Norwegian Cartels : What influenced the duration of the legal Norwegian cartels in the period 1957-1991?
(Master thesis, 2016-09-02)In this thesis I study the duration of cartels using data on 191 legal manufacturing cartels that was registered in the Norwegian Cartel Registry between 1957 and 1991. I find that the Norwegian manufacturing cartels ... -
Dynamic complementarities in infant health
(Master thesis, 2017)A large literature documents that early-life shocks may substantially affect health and labor market outcomes. However, we do not know much about how different shocks interact. In theoretical work, the idea of dynamic ... -
The Dynamics in Financial Markets During the Russia- Ukraine War : A quantitative analysis of stock prices in the oil and gas industry
(Master thesis, 2022)This thesis analyses the impact of statements regarding Russian petroleum during the Russia- Ukraine war on stock prices of oil and gas companies in Europe. In addition, the paper analyses differences in this impact on ... -
Dyrevelferd og lønnsomhet
(Master thesis, 2022)I de siste årene har oppmerksomheten rundt dyrevelferd i norsk landbruk økt. Allikevel er det ikke gjennomført studier i Norge som undersøker om god dyrevelferd er lønnsomt for bøndene. Dette kan knyttes til utfordringer ... -
E&P-selskaper : er E&P-selskaper notert på Oslo Børs overpriset i et internasjonalt perspektiv?
(Master thesis, 2006)Denne siviløkonomutredningen har til hensikt å indikere det relative prisingsforholdet mellom E&P-selskaper (Exploartion and Production) notert på Oslo Børs og utenlandske børser. Verdsettelse av denne typen selskaper ... -
E-verkets bane eller e-verk på banen? : kompetanseutfordringer i kraftbransjen i Norge
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Early phase knowledge transfer in a multinational enterprise : a qualitative case study of a Norwegian MNE
(Master thesis, 2020)The purpose of this paper is to investigate the challenges faced by multinational enterprises (MNEs) in the early phase of developing cognitive social capital and subsequent knowledge transfer capabilities. Previous ... -
Earnings management environment : with the case of Troms Kraft
(Master thesis, 2012)In this paper I examine the topic of earnings management and use a case example. In the first part of the paper I review theory on two closely related topics - earnings management and fraud - and present and discuss ... -
Earnings management i norske private foretak
(Master thesis, 2012)Temaet i denne masterutredningen er earnings management i norske private foretak. Earnings management er et svært aktuelt felt innenfor regnskapsforskning. Mesteparten av tidligere forskning er utført på børsnoterte ... -
Earnings management og pensjonsforutsetninger : har veiledning og medias søkelys medført mindre earnings management i pensjonsforutsetningene?
(Master thesis, 2017)I doktoravhandlingen til Finn Kinserdal fra 2006 om regnskapsføring av ytelsespensjoner, avdekket han earnings management i pensjonsforutsetninger for norske børsnoterte selskaper. Funn fra avhandlingen var at selskaper ... -
Earnouts - Bridging the Gap : Informational asymmetry and negotiation duration in earnout transactions
(Master thesis, 2021)In this thesis, we look into earnout provisions. We contribute to answering two questions: when earnouts are employed and why they are not more common. By considering asymmetric information in new ways, we augment the ... -
Eat the Rich : The Aftermath of the Meme Stock Craze: An Empirical Analysis
(Master thesis, 2022)Recently, the r/wallstreetbets subreddit has sent shock waves through the financial industry. The subreddit has been the subject of widespread discussion regarding the unintuitive price actions caused by the platform ...