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Social Sustainability and Cost Competitiveness – beyond ‘winwins’? A Case Study of Facilitation-based Productivity Intervention in the Pakistani Garment Industry
(Master thesis, 2022)This thesis explores how a facilitation-based productivity intervention created by the International Labour Organization (ILO) might play a role in handling tensions between demands for social and environmental sustainability ... -
Socially responsible investing (SRI) mutual funds and market crises : an empirical analysis of the risk-adjusted performance of SRI funds relative to conventional funds during market crises
(Master thesis, 2020)The master thesis aims to investigate the risk-adjusted performance of socially responsible investing (SRI) funds relative to conventional funds. We study the performance in different market states from March 2003 to ... -
Solar Energy for Poverty Alleviation in China Environmental Effectiveness and Economic Impact
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Solvency II : an illustration
(Master thesis, 2006)This thesis focuses on Solvency II and the implications for life insurance. We first give an introduction to insurance and life insurance in general. Then we describe the balance sheet of a life insurance company. We also ... -
Solvency II and currency risk : an assessment of imposing solvency capital requirements from currency risk in Norway
(Master thesis, 2015)We assess the new EU directive for insurance companies, Solvency II, with regards to solvency capital requirement (SCR) from currency risk and its implications on risk management for Norwegian life insurers. The SCR is ... -
Some implications of a mandatory gender quota for firms implementing at different points in time
(Master thesis, 2016)This master’s thesis examines some of the implications of the Norwegian gender quota for firms implementing it at different points in time. It is found that firms lose between 14% and 22% of their general board ... -
Something old, something new : a hybrid approach with ARIMA and LSTM to increase portfolio stability
(Master thesis, 2020)In this thesis we seek to examine how modern forecasting approaches can improve estimations of stock pair correlations, and derived from this, contribute to making portfolios more stable. Volatility of financial markets ... -
Sosial kapital og kunnskapsdeling i barnehagen
(Master thesis, 2019)I denne oppgaven undersøker jeg sammenhengen mellom sosial kapital og kunnskapsdeling, og hvordan man kan arbeide for økt kunnskapsdeling. Undersøkelsesobjektene er tre ledergrupper i tre ulike barnehager, og gjennom ... -
Sosiale medier og skattemigrasjon : Et casestudie av Meta Platforms INCs internasjonale skatteparadis
(Master thesis, 2023)Utviklingen av digitale tjenester har bidratt til en stor mobilitet og fleksibilitet innen den globale økonomien. De internasjonale skattereglene i dagens samfunn tar i hovedsak utgangspunkt i at selskapene må ha fast ... -
Sosiale normers påvirkning på interesse for redusert kjøttkonsum : en studie av holdninger til vegetarianisme, og hvordan ulike type sosiale normer påvirker interessen for å konsumere mindre kjøtt.
(Master thesis, 2019)Denne utredningen ser på sosiale normer, holdninger til vegetarianisme og interessen for å konsumere mindre kjøtt. Hovedformålet var å utforske kombinasjonseffektene av ulike sosiale norm-dimensjoner, og hvordan disse ... -
Sources of creativity in consumer ideation : effects of providing information on company vision and market research
(Master thesis, 2016)We study the effects on creativity of providing information on (1) company vision, (2) reactive market research, and (3) proactive market research in consumer ideation of new services. We measure creativity by four ... -
South African power market : a full-cost analysis of future technology options for electricity generation
(Master thesis, 2013)The aim of this research is to facilitate informed decision making for an optimal allocation of future electricity generation resources in South Africa. Such a study is important in order to find out which technologies are ... -
SPACs : En lottokupong for fremtiden?
(Master thesis, 2022)Denne oppgaven har som formål å vurdere fremtiden til SPACs i det amerikanske kapitalmarkedet. For at SPACs skal kunne bli et reelt alternativ til tradisjonelle børsnoteringer identifiserer oppgaven at det må gjennomføres ... -
SPACs : Nyttig for det norske kapitalmarkedet?
(Master thesis, 2021)Denne oppgaven har som formål å besvare hvorvidt det er gunstig og behov for å innføre SPACs i Norge. Oppgaven finner at SPAC burde innføres, og at markedet deretter kan avgjøre om noteringsmekanismen får bli. Vi studerer ... -
SPACs and SPAC target firm characteristics : An empirical study using fundamental data
(Master thesis, 2021)The number of special purpose acquisition (SPACs) companies has boomed in the last few years and is becoming an impactful factor in the US capital market. Although the concept is from the 1990s, literature on SPACs remains ... -
SPACs off Track: An Empirical Study on Attributes Affecting the Post-Merger Performance of De-SPAC Companies
(Master thesis, 2022)Special Purpose Acquisition Companies ( acclaimed as a better alternative to theSPACs) —traditional IPO for taking a company public have been booming since 2020. This thesis—analyzes attributes affecting the post-merger ... -
SPACs – Experts on Taxation?: An empirical study of SPACs and the role of taxation in their choice of jurisdiction
(Master thesis, 2021)A Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPACs) is a listed shell company that raises money from the public markets for the purpose of acquiring a private company (Deloitte, 2020). This thesis investigates the structure ... -
SPACs: Kinder Surprise Eggs with a Bad After-taste : An Empirical Analysis of the Determinants of SPAC Mergers and DeSPAC Returns in the U.S.
(Master thesis, 2021)Special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) have received strong attention and taken a significant market share compared to traditional IPOs in the last couple of years. This thesis analyses the determinants of why ...