Browsing Thesis by Subject "business analytics"
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Detecting Illegal Arms Trade in South Sudan : A quantitative analysis of arms trade during embargo
(Master thesis, 2021)This thesis uses an event study methodology to detect potential embargo violations in South Sudan based on chains of reactions by individual stocks. The results show that out of 87 companies included in this study, 10 ... -
Detecting Money Laundering Through Trade Flow Analysis: An Empirical Case Study on Money Laundering in the Belgium Cocaine Trade
(Master thesis, 2022)Europe has seen an increase in cocaine seizures in recent years. As the criminal landscape in South America has seen noticeable changes, there has been a shift in how cocaine enters Europe. Belgium has become the primary ... -
Determinants of equity crowdfunding success in Norway : an empirical study of how different factors affect the success of equity crowdfunding in the Norwegian market
(Master thesis, 2021)Equity crowdfunding is a new form of Fintech which has the potential to disrupt traditional models of financing in Norway. The crowdfunding platforms use an all-or-nothing strategy, meaning if the fundraising objective ... -
Development and analysis of static and dynamic pricing models for fresh fruit and vegetable retailers with food waste as a key consideration
(Master thesis, 2021)Fresh fruit and vegetable waste at retail locations is widely prevalent and often accepted as a byproduct of food retailing. To recognize this source of food waste and encourage change, the United Nations has introduced ... -
Development of intangible assets : Challenging the current accounting practices : A Quantatative Research
(Master thesis, 2021)In this thesis, we investigate how the usage and development of intangible assets depreciate the relevance of accounting. Previous research suggests that the accounts historically have been a precise tool for predicting ... -
Digging for fool’s gold : an empirical study on factors affecting initial stock performance of venture capital-backed IPOs
(Master thesis, 2019)We analyze the performance of venture-backed IPOs on the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq between 2011 and 2019. Throughout this period, a large number of venture-backed tech companies with billion-dollar valuations ... -
Digitalization, a firm’s COVID-19 vaccination? : do more digitalized firms outperform less digitalized firms during the pandemic?
(Master thesis, 2021)This paper examines how the first nine months of the COVID-19 pandemic have impacted more and less digitalized firms in Norway. Our main hypothesis is that more digitalized firms outperform their less digitalized ... -
Dissecting Poisson based prediction models in association football: A comprehensive look at methodology, assumptions, and accuracy using data from the main European Leagues (2011 – 2022)
(Master thesis, 2022)As the access to broader and better data increases, data analytics, statistical modeling, and data science generally find ever-growing interest in sports analytics, including association football. It is no secret that ... -
Distinguishing potential child insurance customers : a statistical investigation
(Master thesis, 2020)In this thesis we try to illuminate possible reasons why the launch of a more affordable child insurance product by an established Norwegian insurance company failed to live up to the company’s expectations. We use three ... -
Do Fraudulent Companies Employ Different Linguistic Features in Their Annual Reports? An Empirical Study Using Logistic Regression and Random Forest Methodologies
(Master thesis, 2022)The use of textual analysis to uncover fraudulent actions in 10-K filings is widespread. The previous studies have looked at the Management Disclosure and Analysis (MD&A) section of annual reports to predict illicit ... -
Do Investors Care About the Credibility of Green Commitments? A study of stock market reactions to corporate green bond announcements and the credibility of firms’ commitment
(Master thesis, 2021)We study stock market reactions to firms’ announcements of first-time green bond issuances in two major markets, the US and Japan. Specifically, we attempt to answer two research questions: 1) whether green bond announcements ... -
Does Corporate Governance Failure Facilitate Crime? An empirical study of companies domiciled in the US using textual data analysis
(Master thesis, 2021)This thesis aims to investigate whether corporate governance failures facilitate crime. There is an arising awareness of corporate crime and the huge consequences of corporate governance failures. Therefore, we explore ... -
Does including more female board members help corporations to reduce non-compliance? A study on California’s mandatory gender quota
(Master thesis, 2023)California enacted the law of SB826 in 2018, which mandates corporate boards to include a minimum number of female directors. I study companies’ reactions to this gender quota from the perspective of board diversity as ... -
Does increased bilateral transparency affect offshore activity? Evidence from Offshore Leaks Database
(Master thesis, 2022)Tax havens, also known as secrecy jurisdictions, facilitate tax avoidance and other forms of behaviour that cause a challenge to societies. Offshore data leaks such as Panama Papers have intended to reveal the players ... -
Does the wealth tax discourage individual savings? Evidences from Norway
(Master thesis, 2021)Wealth taxation is a widely debated topic, especially in the context of rising inequality. Empirical research covering the behavioural effects of this tax is relatively new, and the results in a Norwegian context are ... -
The effect of CEO turnover on ESG disclosure : a study of listed US firms’ ESG disclosure in the management’s discussion and analysis section of 10-K filings and CEO turnover in the period 2011-2019
(Master thesis, 2020)This paper examines the relationship between chief executive officer (CEO) turnovers and environmental, social and governance (ESG) disclosure. We find that firms led by newly appointed CEOs improve our measure of ESG ... -
The Effect of Company Quality in Explaining IPO Returns: An Empirical Study on Oslo Stock Exchange from 1998 to 2018
(Master thesis, 2022)The purpose of this thesis is to investigate the effect company quality has in explaining IPO returns. To conduct this analysis, we use a data set that consists of annual accounting data and monthly stock price data from ... -
The Effect of Moderators in Green Marketing: Stakeholder Evaluation and the Effect on Green Brand Equity and Perceived Greenwasing
(Master thesis, 2022)While transparency is widely accepted as one of the key practices to gain stakeholders' trust, prior research has surprisingly found that transparency does not always pay off. Given a company with a high perceived ... -
The effect of Time of Use in Norway : an empirical analysis of the effect of Time of Use tariff in combination with four different communication strategies on electricity consumption from a field experiment in Eastern Norway
(Master thesis, 2021)Norway has the world's second highest electricity consumption per capita (International Energy Agency, n.d.). Increased electrification of society services is expected to push peak consumption to higher levels than its ... -
Effektene av Norges Banks kvotebaserte likviditetsstyringssystem på rentedannelsen av korte norske pengemarkedsrenter : en empirisk studie av Nowa og Nibor i perioden 2008-2020
(Master thesis, 2020)Norges Bank innførte høsten 2011 et kvotebasert system for styring av bankenes reserver. I denne utredningen analyserer vi det nye systemets effekter på rentedannelsen av de korte norske pengemarkedsrentene, med fokus ...