Master Thesis
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Common Ownership and Tax Avoidance
(Master thesis, 2021)There have been significant priorities among tax practitioners and policymakers about corporate tax planning. There are many ways firms can avoid tax. However, we know very little about how firms learn about different ... -
SalMar ASA : Strategisk Regnskapsanalyse og Verdsettelse
(Master thesis, 2021)Formålet med denne utredningen er å beregne et estimat på verdien av egenkapitalen til SalMar ASA per 31.12.2020. Det ble benyttet fundamental verdsettelse som fremgangsmetode å finne verdiestimatet, supplert med komparativ ... -
Effekten av «tone at the top» og risiko på revisors profesjonelle skepsis : En eksperimentell studie
(Master thesis, 2021)Profesjonell skepsis er en viktig del av revisjonen da det kan påvirke revisors dømmekraft og handlinger. Nolder og Kadous (2014) viser til ulike sosiale og situasjonelle faktorer som kan påvirke revisors profesjonelle ... -
Barnehager i inntektssystemet for kommunene : Er andelen innbyggere med høy utdanning fremdeles en driver for etterspørselen av barnehagetjenester i kommunene?
(Master thesis, 2021)SØF-rapport 02/10 Barnehager i inntektssystemet for kommunene, la grunnlaget for delkostnadsnøkkelen i inntektssystemet for barnehager. Rapporten beskrev resultater av vitenskapelige analyser blant annet av hvilke faktorer ... -
Tilsyn med offentlige anskaffelser : En eksplorativ casestudie av svenske kommuners erfaringer med et uavhengig tilsynsorgan
(Master thesis, 2021)Det pågår en debatt i Norge om hvorvidt det bør innføres et uavhengig tilsynsorgan for offentlige anskaffelser. Debatten har hovedsakelig to sider. Den ene siden mener at det er et behov for et tilsyn for å hindre juks, ... -
Co-Creation and Green Trust : Exploring the effects of co-creation on green trust and its implications for sustainable business model development
(Master thesis, 2021)Environmental sustainability is gaining rising attention, and for good reason. Consumers have realized the growing need for change and are now increasing their expectations towards companies’ sustainability efforts. As a ... -
How public bodies deal with technological uncertainty over time : An exploratory analysis through dynamic capabilities lenses
(Master thesis, 2021)The public actors are not exempt by the technological uncertainty, which increasingly affects both the private and public sector. Public organizations, and private actors, handle such uncertainty by deploying dynamic ... -
Transitioning to the New Normal : How has the transition to a virtual workplace been and how do employees handle working full-time in virtual teams?
(Master thesis, 2021)This thesis seeks to explore how virtual teams experienced the transition to a virtual workplace and how they managed working full-time under extraordinary circumstances that caused them to work virtually involuntarily. ... -
FRA REGNSKAPSFØRER TIL RÅDGIVER : En casestudie om hvordan en endring av regnskapsførers rolle kan tilrettelegges for å imøtekomme økt digitalisering i regnskapsbransjen
(Master thesis, 2021)Arbeidssituasjonen til regnskapsførere har lenge vært stabil, men den profesjonelle rollen utfordres betraktelig som følge av økt digitalisering i regnskapsbransjen. Tidligere studier har avdekket at en rolleendring fra ... -
Momentum in Nordic Stock Returns : Industry Effects and Possible Strategy Improvements
(Master thesis, 2021)This thesis documents a strong momentum effect in the Nordic stock market that does not seem to be explained by traditional risk factors or industry effects, in contrast to the findings of Moskowitz and Grinblatt (1999). ... -
Prosocially motivated innovative team behaviour and the sincerity of an organisational mission
(Master thesis, 2021)Little is known about how mission-driven organisations can facilitate innovative behaviour in prosocially motivated teams. We seek to understand how the sincerity of a firm’s prosocial mission, as it is perceived by ... -
The Functions of Leadership in Managing Paradoxical Tensions in Coopetitive Interfirm Strategies : A Qualitative Case Study from the Fintech Industry
(Master thesis, 2021)The term coopetition describes a situation where companies cooperate and compete with one another at the same time, typically to achieve innovation. However, the simultaneous pursuit of cooperation and competition between ... -
How do Alternative Asset Classes Affect Performance of Traditional Stock & Bond Portfolios? An Empirical Analysis of Strategic Asset Allocation and Risk Management through Business Cycles
(Master thesis, 2021)The main scope of this thesis is to examine how alternative asset classes affect performance of traditional stock and bond portfolios. We will employ financial engineering and quantitative analytics to construct the most ... -
Correcting Witness Reports through Machine Learning : An empirical study of machine learning applied to incident reports
(Master thesis, 2021)In this thesis we investigate the possibility of using machine learning models to correct witness testimony. Using data from the National Incident-Based Reporting System, we build a model to predict the race of offenders ... -
Bør den norske personkunden velge aktivt forvaltede fond eller indeksfond? En empirisk studie av norske aksjefond i perioden 2001 20 19
(Master thesis, 2021)I denne oppgaven undersøker vi om norske personkunder bør plassere forvaltningskapitalen sin i aktive eller passive aksjefond. Undersøkelsen omfatter fondskategorien Norge-fond over perioden 2001-2019, og vi benytter et ... -
Litigation Risk in Directors’ and Officers’ Liability Insurance : The Impact of Company-Related Risk Factors on the Insurance Premium
(Master thesis, 2021)A directors’ and officers’ (D&O) liability insurance policy prices the risk of litigation. The objective of this thesis is to investigate whether company-specific risk factors are incorporated in the pricing, and in such ... -
Economic feasibility of microalgae as a source of biodiesel : Techno-economic and sustainability analyses
(Master thesis, 2021)Microalgae receive rising attention because of their capacity to generate biofuels. Cultured either in ponds or photobioreactors, they have a high growth rate, occupy smaller cultivation land area than other biofuel-generating ... -
Empirical Evidence of Lead-Lag Relation between the Norwegian CDS and Stock Markets : Using Vector Autoregression with Exogenous Variables (VARX) and Structured Regularization for Large Vector Autoregressions with Exogenous Variables (VARX-L) Framework
(Master thesis, 2021)The master thesis studies the lead-lag relation between the Norwegian CDS and stock markets with daily observations from June 24, 2010 to May 5, 2017 of three Norwegian firms, DNB Bank ASA, Telenor ASA, and Statoil ASA. I ... -
Gender Diversity and Its Effects on Arms Embargo Violations : Prediction Probability of Embargo Violations With Company Board Diversity
(Master thesis, 2021)The research conducted in this report seeks to uncover the effects diversity in corporate board of directors have on the illegal sales of weapons to countries experiencing U.N arms embargoes. From our analysis and for the ...
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