Blar i Thesis på emneord "economics and business administration"
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A delicate balance? : a study of work-life conflicts, work-life enrichment, and worklife balance among management consultants in Norway
(Master thesis, 2016)The purpose of this study is to identify the relationship among work-life balance, work-life enrichment, and work-life conflict by looking into the status, condition, and experiences of management consultants in Norway. ... -
Adopting robotics in downstream financial services : a study investigating bank customers' readiness, and potential barriers to adopt robotics technology
(Master thesis, 2016)The financial sector is experiencing great challenges as the world enters the fourth industrial revolution. Changing customer preferences and new companies venturing into the financial sector are forcing banks to shift ... -
Competitive aspects of the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation’s (NRK) radio services : advertising and diversity in a two-sided radio market
(Master thesis, 2016)There has been an ongoing debate in Norway on how the state-owned, commercial-free broadcaster, NRK, influences commercial agents in different media markets. Up to this point, little research has been done on NRK’s impact ... -
Consumer ethnocentrism: a research synthesis and meta-analysis of its sociopsychological antecedents and outcomes
(Master thesis, 2017)The goal of this thesis is to identify the socio-psychological antecedents and main outcomes of consumer ethnocentrism, and to quantify the relationship of consumer ethnocentrism and these related constructs. For this, ... -
Default in the Nordic high-yield bond market : a study on original issue high-yield bonds
(Master thesis, 2016)In this thesis, we analyze the determining factors of default in the Nordic high-yield bond market. The study is carried out on 627 original issue bonds in the period 2006 to 2014. Binary logit models are used to identify ... -
Economic growth and income convergence : impact of European integration
(Master thesis, 2010)This thesis analyzes and explains international patterns of income growth among European countries and evaluates influence of European integration on income convergence among its member states. In the first part of the ... -
Empirical studies of Nord Pool’s financial market : unbiasedness, risk premiums & hedging
(Master thesis, 2010)The theme of this thesis is empirical studies of Nord Pool’s financial market. Future contract with maturity of one, four and twelve weeks and its underlying spot prices were studied between 1995 to 2009. The volatility ... -
Environmental speed limits : do temporary speed limits improve air quality?
(Master thesis, 2017)In 2004, Oslo introduced a policy that involved a temporary reduction in the maximum speed limit of 20 km/h (80 – 60 km/h) during the winter. The aim of this policy was to improve local air quality in order to reduce the ... -
How and why Ebay failed and Alibaba/TAOBAO had success in the Chinese market?
(Master thesis, 2016)This Master thesis is about the American multinational internet C2C corporation eBay and its failure in the Chinese market. As a successful multinational enterprise with much international market share, eBay experienced a ... -
Insider trading and information flows : a cause for concern? : an empirical analysis of the Norwegian market
(Master thesis, 2014)This paper examines the returns to the aggregate portfolio of insider trades in Norway and the connection between insider trading and the asset management industry during the period January 2008 until July 2012. I find ... -
Real options : duopolistic competition under asymmetric information
(Master thesis, 2016)The real options approach to investment decisions has gained widespread popularity over the past decades for the ability to highlight the value of flexibility under uncertainty. Theory has been evolving rapidly, much of ... -
Retail food supply chain restructuring and product waste : an optimisation approach for minimising costs in three- and four-stage retail food supply chains
(Master thesis, 2016)In this thesis, mixed-integer linear programming models for optimising product distribution in three- and a four-stage retail food supply chains (SC) are formulated, and use of the models are exemplified in a case study ... -
The expansion of the Panama canal : a study of consequences in the container shipping industry
(Master thesis, 2014)The Panama Canal has become a constraining factor on trade across the Pacific and Atlantic Ocean, and the expansion of the Canal is expected to have a positive influence on world trade. Our research investigates the ... -
The history facet of luxury brands: does it matter how the history of luxury brands are created?
(Master thesis, 2017)The discourse about luxury brands is dominated by a few authors, such as Kapferer and Bastien, who clearly state that if a luxury brand doesn’t have history, it has to invent one. Further, Kapferer and Bastien presents ... -
The impact of CO2 tax : a simulation analysis for the Norwegian petroleum sector
(Master thesis, 2015)In the late March, Norway submitted its climate target to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, where it stated its commitment to a target of at least 40 percent of emission reduction by 2030 compared to the 1990 ... -
Understanding changes in performance of an oil-sector joint venture in an unstable context : the impact of control-collaboration mechanisms and inter-firm diversity dimensions
(Master thesis, 2016)The purpose of this thesis is to understand the variations on the performance of an oil-sector International Joint Venture (IJV) when facing changes in political and legal contexts that affected its equity structure. The ... -
Valuation in emerging markets : how to adjust the cost of capital for country risk
(Master thesis, 2006)In this paper, we conduct valuations on four Argentine companies, all registered on the Buenos Aires Stock Exchange. Our goal is to investigate how to best calculate the relevant cost of capital in emerging markets. We ... -
What determines the post IPO exit process for private equity investors? : an empirical analysis of private equity divestment strategies
(Master thesis, 2016)The objective of this thesis is to investigate what determines the post IPO exit process for private equity (PE) investors, through an empirical approach. Our sample data for the analysis consists of 466 private equity ... -
Why don’t similar e-commerce companies choose similar logistics distribution system? : a case study of two e-commerce companies in China based on transaction cost theory
(Master thesis, 2016)During the last decade, the importance of “last mile delivery” has become increasingly prominent due to the booming development of e-commerce. Logistics services have become the bottleneck of the development of e-commerce ...