Thesis: Recent submissions
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Has Norway’s oil riches hampered education? : oil activity and its relative effects on the educational attainment of affiliated municipalities
(Master thesis, 2018)This thesis aims to uncover if communities affected by oil activity have suffered a reduction in their share of higher educational attainment, compared to other municipalities. Using data on oil production and investments ... -
Entrepreneurship education beyond university campuses : examining the results of an independent entrepreneurship education programme – and its implications for how we educate the future entrepreneurs we need
(Master thesis, 2018)There has been an enormous growth in the number of entrepreneurship education (EE) programmes offered in universities, colleges and business schools globally over the last five decades, and the trend is accelerating ... -
United in the fight against a-krim : a case study of an interorganizational collaboration between Norwegian public entities
(Master thesis, 2018)In this master’s thesis we study the interorganizational collaboration (IoC) between Norwegian public entities in the fight against labor crime, or arbeidslivskriminalitet in Norwegian, further referred to as a-krim. The ... -
Online competition : examining competition between online and dual-channel retailers in the Norwegian electronics market
(Master thesis, 2018)The purpose of this thesis is to explore competition among retailers online. Online retailing has grown significantly in recent years and is expected to keep growing. Simultaneously, traditional brick-and-mortar retailers ... -
AIS data and the price of oil : a study of predictive feasability
(Master thesis, 2018)Compared to the oil market, physical movement of oil-carrying vessels is very precise and reflects the real production rates more timely than official reports. In this paper, we examine whether detailed information on ... -
Innvirkningen av Robotic Process Automation på motivasjon på en arbeidsplass : en kvalitativ studie av implementering og bruk av RPA
(Master thesis, 2018)Helt siden 1959 har stadig flere industrielle roboter blitt introdusert over hele verden (Argote & Goodman, 1985). Bruken av dem har nærmest utviklet seg til en nødvendighet for å sikre markedsaktørenes konkurranseevne. ... -
Environmental sustainability practices in European ports : an analysis of environmental management system tools, sustainability instruments and green practices, improving environmental performance of European cruise ports
(Master thesis, 2018)The main subject of this Thesis is the environmental sustainability management tools used to improve environmental performance of European ports. In the first part the problem of environmental impacts from port operations ... -
Investigating quality minus junk : the role of shorting, market beta, firm size and value in the quality minus junk anomaly
(Master thesis, 2018)The quality factor of Asness, Frazzini and Pedersen (2013) combines several quality dimensions, identified in previous literature, into one strategy which presents an asset pricing puzzle of quality being positively ... -
Innstramming av rentebegrensningsregelen fra 1. januar 2016 : en teoretisk og empirisk analyse av selskapers tilpasning etter endringen
(Master thesis, 2018)Som følge av å operere på tvers av landegrenser, opererer selskaper også ofte i ulike skattejurisdiksjoner. Ved å konstruere en kapitalstruktur som utnytter forskjellene i skatterater kan selskapene redusere sin totale ... -
Hvordan rekruttere og beholde mannlige sykepleiere i offentlig helsevesen?
(Master thesis, 2018)Høyere levealder og økende antall omsorgstrengende eldre i Norge vil føre til større behov for omsorgstjenester. Sykepleiere er den største yrkesgruppen i omsorgstjenestene, men andel menn blant sykepleiere er lav. ... -
The effect of strategic orientation on the commercial exploitation of digitalisation : a study on digitalisation in Norwegian companies
(Master thesis, 2018)Digitalisation is a heavily debated topic within the business community. However, there is little empirical research on digitalisation, and accordingly practitioners define best practice. This thesis seeks to theorise ... -
Statlige utviklingsfond og investeringer gjennom tredjepartsland : en analyse av Norfunds bruk av Mauritius
(Master thesis, 2018)Fondet Norfund er et norsk bistandspolitisk verktøy som skal bidra til utvikling gjennom investeringer i privat sektor i utviklingsland. Siden fondets oppstart har det i økende grad benyttet seg av ”Offshore Financial ... -
Did the Soy Moratorium reduce deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon? : a counterfactual analysis of the impact of the Soy Moratorium on deforestation in the Amazon Biome
(Master thesis, 2018)This paper investigates the impact of the Soy Moratorium (SoyM) on deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon biome. We study 39 municipalities in Mato Grosso that are divided by the natural biome border between the Amazon ... -
Lønnsomhet i private barnehager : effektene av størrelse, tilskuddsnivå og Stortingets nye bemanningsnorm
(Master thesis, 2018)I denne utredningen analyserer vi lønnsomheten i private barnehager i Norge, og hvordan lønnsomheten kan bli påvirket av Stortingets nylig vedtatte bemanningsnorm. Hver private barnehage får tilskudd per barn tilsvarende ... -
Mobilbetaling: holdninger til sikkerhet og bekvemmelighet blant norske millennials
(Master thesis, 2018)Det norske markedet for digitale mobilbetalingsløsninger har hittil vært begrenset til hovedsakelig vennebetalinger. Endringer i lovverk og nytt datadirektiv legger nå til rette for at tredjepartsaktører kan tre inn i ... -
Effekten av irrelevant informasjon og erfaring i en mislighetsrisikovurdering : en eksperimentell studie
(Master thesis, 2018)Å bestemme hvilken informasjon et revisjonsteam skal beholde eller forkaste i en risikovurdering er et kritisk moment. Fremtiden vil gi oss tilgang på enda mer informasjon og dette gjør at vi i større grad må være i stand ... -
Can European unicorns defend the high valuations? : a challenge of the post-money valuation approach
(Master thesis, 2018)We apply a DCF-based R-model on a sample of 12 European unicorns to show that postmoney valuations overstate the fair value of VC-backed companies. At best, the initial result suggests that the majority of the sample is ... -
Revisors profesjonelle skepsis og vurdering av revisjonsbevis : en eksperimentell studie om bruk av dataanalyse i revisjon og revisjonsmetodikkens påvirkning
(Master thesis, 2018)En stadig økende bruk av teknologi og dataanalyse i revisjon medfører at revisorenes arbeidsmetoder er i endring (IAASB, 2016). I takt med utviklingen oppstår også nye problemstillinger som må svares på. Et viktig spørsmål ... -
Proximity in bank-borrower relationships : are small and newly established firms hit harder by bank branch closures?
(Master thesis, 2018)In this thesis, we use an empirical approach to provide evidence on the topic of relationship lending, by analysing if small and newly established firms are hit harder by a regional bank withdrawal. We use comprehensive ... -
Optimal risk sharing : expected utility theory versus the dual theory of choice under risk
(Master thesis, 2018)An introduction to the dual theory of choice under risk is given. Optimal risk sharing under both expected utility theory and the dual theory of choice under risk is reviewed. Central results to insurance in pure demand ...