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Teoretisk og numerisk prising av korrelasjonsavhengige kredittderivater
(Master thesis, 2007)Denne utredningen tar sikte på å studere og sammenligne ulike teoretiske modeller for prising av kredittderivater der underliggende aktivum er en portefølje av aktiva. Historiske data viser oss at konkurser har en tendens ... -
Teori og “best practice” for “customer co-creation” ved tjenesteinnovasjon
(Master thesis, 2013)Denne utredningen tar for seg teori og best practice for customer co-creation, samskaping, ved tjenesteinnovasjon på idegenereringsstadiet. Tross viktigheten av customer co-creation har metoder og forutsetninger kun fått ... -
Testing the developed world: Global CAPM vs. Local CAPM
(Master thesis, 2009)The purpose of this paper is to assess the extent to which the developed world is integrated that the pricing difference between using the local CAPM and the global CAPM is not relevant. This paper has analysed the twenty ... -
Testing the weak-form efficiency of the Turkish stock market ISE
(Master thesis, 2012)This study examines the Turkish Stock Market, Istanbul Stock Exchange (ISE) to determine whether it is weak-form efficient. For this purpose, daily observations of the closing prices of ISE100 index have been tested for ... -
The accrual anomaly in Norway and Sweden
(Master thesis, 2017)This Master’s thesis extends the existing literature on the accrual anomaly, first documented by Sloan (1996), by investigating its existence in the Norwegian and Swedish stock markets. First, we look at whether the ... -
The adoption of blockchain technology in norwegian corporations
(Master thesis, 2018)Blockchain was launched as a social experiment by Satoshi Nakamoto in 2009, when the person or persons behind the pseudonym launched an online currency named Bitcoin. What started out as a decentralized alternative to ... -
The adverse effects of the Norwegian electric vehicle incentive scheme with emphasis on congestion and public funding
(Master thesis, 2017)Norway is one of the countries in the world with the highest market share of electric vehicles per capita. Much of this is due to a comprehensive incentive scheme to facilitate the purchase and use of electric vehicles. ... -
The Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive : and its Impact on Norwegian Private Equity
(Master thesis, 2011)The financial crisis, together with more or less related events such as the fall of Lehman Brothers and the Bernard Madoff fraud got the ball rolling at the European Commission about introducing a European Directive which ... -
The analysis of sustainable forest management in Latvia and Finland
(Master thesis, 2013)One of the most discussed questions in past decades has been the climate change issue. This has affected policies within industrial sector and the economic by itself. Forest deforestation counts for one fifth of the total ... -
The balancing act of ticket pricing in subsidized performing arts : increasing self-sufficiency in the Norwegian national opera & ballet
(Master thesis, 2017)This master thesis aims to find out how to increase the self-sufficiency of performing arts institutions without making the performing arts a good for the elite. Generally, large opera houses will never be able to carry ... -
The boardroom quota: Spillover effects on the corporate executive committee: An event study of Norway’s boardroom quota and its spillover effects on the gender wage gap and female representation in the corporate executive committee
(Master thesis, 2016)In 2006, Norway introduced a boardroom quota requiring a minimum of 40 percent of each gender in the boardroom of public limited liability companies (ASA). Companies were given until January 2008 to comply. This paper ... -
The Capitalist-Entrepreneur
(Master thesis, 2014)This thesis presents and investigates a theory of entrepreneurship based on the Austrian School of Economics. By using a different theoretical framework than that of conventional economics we deduce a holistic theory of ... -
The car of tomorrow : an assessment of alternative fuel vehicle technology and the use of policy instruments to facilitate the implementation
(Master thesis, 2009)This master’s thesis assesses different alternative fuels and fuel vehicles in a European context in short and medium term. We apply a contextualised GREET model to determine the energy usage, emissions and technological ... -
The causal impact og proximity on firms : evidence from large infrastucture projects in Norway
(Master thesis, 2014)The objective of this thesis is to uncover the main motivations for, and hindrances against, student volunteer work, and to understand what it is that gives satisfaction from participation for the students. In order to ... -
The challenges encountered by the managers of exploratory units in structurally ambidextrous organizations : a comparative case study
(Master thesis, 2018)In this comparative case study, we explore the challenges encountered by the managers of exploratory units in three structurally ambidextrous companies, and how these challenges are handled. We review existing literature ... -
The chemical tanker market : does free competition cause for optimal use of vessels and the lowest possible environmental footprint?
(Master thesis, 2013)In this thesis, I have assessed the impact free competition has on the productivity, costs and environmental footprint of the chemical tanker freight market. My impression is, after an extensive dialogue with participants ... -
The cluttered battlefield of financial restructurings : an inquiry into the resolution of financial distress between 2013 and 2017 for firms raising funds in norwegian capital markets
(Master thesis, 2017)Following the 2014 oil price plunge, a large number of offshore firms have suffered from financial distress. Significantly lower revenues, combined with high debt levels has impaired oil-related industries’ debt-servicing ... -
The coffee bar experience : a strategic analysis of the coffee bar market in Oslo
(Master thesis, 2014)This thesis is written as a part of the Master of Science degree at the Norwegian School of Economics within the main profile of Strategy and Management. As a “coffee enthusiast” and former contestant in the Norwegian ... -
The complexity of readability : the effect of industry complexity on annual report readability
(Master thesis, 2019)We challenge the empirical relationship between annual report readability and subsequent stock return volatility, used to validate readability measures’ ability to reflect the effective communication of valuation-relevant ... -
The consequences of involvement in foreign bribery cases : an empirical study of the profitability of firms sanctioned for FCPA violations
(Master thesis, 2018)Since the turn of the century, U.S. authorities have sanctioned more than a hundred firms for foreign bribery. The fines and other monetary penalties resulting from these cases have exceeded ten billion U.S. dollars in ...