• Towards a model of economic crisis, social trust & corruption 

  Nguyen, Jessica; Dinh, Tue (Master thesis, 2019)

  In this paper, we uncover the relationships between social trust, corruption and economic crisis. Our study is a combination of both theory and quantitative analysis. Our theoretical foundation is a collection of numerous ...

• Hva skjer med produktiviteten i kassepunktet når kundene gjør jobben?: en empirisk studie av produktivitetseffekten ved innføring av selvbetjente kasser i MENY-butikker 

  Nøkleby, Henrik; Søreng, Christian (Master thesis, 2019)

  Denne masterutredningen søker å finne hvilken effekt innføring av selvbetjente kasser har på produktiviteten i kassepunktet. Analysen er basert på tre år med kvitteringsdata fra ni MENY-butikker på Østlandet. Produktiviteten ...

• The effect from accrual earnings management in private equity trade : a study of the Norwegian private equity market’s investments and divestments 

  Hjeltnes, Ola K.; Sjøsaasen, Marius L. (Master thesis, 2019)

  Our paper looks at account manipulation in private companies purchased and sold by private equity funds. We use a proxy for discretionary accrual earnings management to measure the degree of manipulation in accounting data, ...

• Management accounting tools in large norwegian entities : a quantitative study of how management accounting tools are used and their effect on profitability 

  Berg, John Olav B.; Osestad-Røvik, Ole Eivind (Master thesis, 2019)

  In the last years, there has been a growing interest in the topic of management account tools. Although, research today is mainly argumentative, or focus on specific industries. Thereby, there is a need to conduct a ...

• Public procurement and firm performance : the effects of public procurement on firm performance in Norway 

  Jin, Yi (Master thesis, 2019)

  This master thesis sheds light on whether there is positive relationship between public procurement and firm performance in Norway. Two hypotheses are proposed. Hypothesis 1 is that there exists a positive relationship ...

• Priselastisiteter for kollektivtransport i Bergensområdet : utført i samarbeid med Skyss 

  Rykkje, Ørjan; Rykkje, Håkon Andreas (Master thesis, 2019)

  Denne utredningen har hatt som formål å estimere priselastisitetene for kollektivtransport i Bergensområdet og er utført i samarbeid med Skyss. Målet har vært å utarbeide gode estimater for hvordan prisendringer på ...

• Fremtidens formuesforvaltning: en kvalitativ studie av formuesforvaltningsbransjen i Norge 

  Haavi, Øydis; Wictorsen, Anine (Master thesis, 2019)

  I denne masteroppgaven analyserer vi formuesforvaltningsbransjen i Norge basert på en kvalitativ metode med semistrukturerte intervjuer. Mer presist adresserer vi både hovedutfordringene denne bransjen står overfor og ...

• Strategisk regnskapsanalyse og verdsettelse: Aker BP 

  Falnes, Magnus Gysland; Nilsen, Øyvind (Master thesis, 2019)

  Denne masterutredningen omhandler en strategisk regnskapsanalyse, samt en fundamental- og komparativ verdivurdering av Aker BP ASA. Målet med utredningen har vært å undersøke underliggende faktorer i selskap og bransje, ...

• Intergovernmental transfers in brazil : corruption and deforestation 

  Lim, Wei Ze; Håvarstein, Erik (Master thesis, 2019)

  This paper investigates the effect of additional governmental transfers on several different measures of deforestation for the years between 1997 and 2016. We use comprehensive datasets from the MapBiomas database for our ...

• Hva nordiske hotellkjeder gjør for å holde seg konkurransedyktige i markedet med Online Travel Agencies : en casestudie av tre av Norges største hotellkjeder 

  Sagebø, Marita; Vabø, Vilde Sol (Master thesis, 2019)

  Formålet med denne studien har vært å bidra til innsikt om hva hotellkjeder og hoteller kan gjøre for å holde seg konkurransedyktige i markedet med Online Travel Agencies (OTAs). OTAene tilbyr forbrukere en enkel og ...

• Mirror, mirror on the wall : a study of AR-powered magic mirror technology and its influence on consumer experiences and attitudes 

  Ulriksen, Vilde Dyrnes (Master thesis, 2019)

  Augmented Reality (AR) has been growing in popularity in recent years, and is becoming increasingly realistic. Several companies have started to use AR for the virtual testing of products, particularly within the beauty ...

• To what extent does prosocial motivation prevent employees from leaving an organization? : a moderated mediation analysis of prosocial motivation, job satisfaction, mission breach and turnover in a Norwegian mission-driven company. 

  Terpin, Veronika (Master thesis, 2019)

  In this study, my goal was to investigate whether and how employees’ trait-like prosocial motivation affects their decision to leave the organization. I wanted to examine such relationship by considering the effect of ...

• The profitability premium : the effect of arbitrage activity on abnormal trading profits 

  Vu, Trang Quynh; Moldovan, Sanda (Master thesis, 2019)

  Inspired by the Novy-Marx (2013) paper, the purpose of this thesis is to investigate the profitability premium and the effect of arbitrage activity on its abnormal trading profits over the period from June 1964 to December ...

• Estimering av en finanspolitisk regel for Norge i perioden 1980-2018 : hvordan har finanspolitiske sjokk fra regelen påvirket norsk økonomi? 

  Jordheim, Anders Sundve; Kjørnes, Torbjørn (Master thesis, 2019)

  Formålet med denne masteravhandlingen er å studere norsk finanspolitikk og dens effekt på et utvalg makroøkonomiske størrelser i perioden 1980-2018. Dette gjøres ved å estimere en finanspolitisk regel for Norge som vi ...

• Gender diversity among top executives and firm financial performance : empirical evidence from Norwegian-listed firms 2010-2016 

  Matic, Isabella; Bognæs, Tor Erlend (Master thesis, 2019)

  There exists a gender gap in top executive positions today. Research has shown that gender diversity may have a positive impact on firm financial performance. This thesis aims to investigate the relationship between gender ...

• Antecedents for green purchase intention : moderating effect of masculinity-femininity on the relationship between antecedents and green purchase intention 

  Tarannum, Iffat; Kovalev, Timofei (Master thesis, 2019)

  At present, green consumer behavior is an emerging topic for both academia and business. According to various scholars, individual factors, including motivation, environmental concern, attitudes, personal values, etc. as ...

• Do maritime anti-corruption efforts affect economics? An analysis of waiting time in the Suez Canal 

  Øiestad, Sofie (Master thesis, 2019)

  The purpose of this study was to investigate whether becoming member of the Maritime Anti-Corruption Network (MACN) comes with a monetary penalty in terms of longer waiting times for entering the Suez Canal. This thesis ...

• Transparency and its relation to sustainability performance : aA textual mining approach to sustainability performance of mutual funds and disclosure in underlying companies 

  Bergsland, Dag Håvard G.; Hansen, Thomas (Master thesis, 2019)

  Over the last decade, sustainability has truly moved from niche to mainstream when it comes to attracting attention among investors and policymakers. The number of funds investing under environmental, social and governance ...

• How green are we thinking : the influence of levels of processing on consumers evaluations of green products 

  Heigl, Isabella Rosa Katharina; Antunes, Leonor Silva Rodrigues Pais (Master thesis, 2019)

  As a result of a growing wave of more environmental awareness and a rise in environmental concerns, companies have started to incorporate green marketing strategies to meet consumers demands and expectations for sustainable ...

• Study on portfolio selection with skewness at Oslo Stock Exchange 

  Alexandersen, Isak; Luong, Kim Huu (Master thesis, 2019)

  In this paper we investigate the statistical measure of skewness in a portfolio management setting at Oslo Stock Exchange (OSE). Our analysis follows earlier research on the topic of non-normal investor preferences which ...

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