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Sustainable Food and Social Mechanisms : How social mechanisms influence adoption of sustainable food in a Norwegian student context.
(Master thesis, 2023)The purpose of this dissertation is to discover how social mechanisms influence adoption of sustainable food. The background for this is the identified growing market trends in relation to sustainable products and food. ... -
Sustainable food consumption in Latin America : how to meet the sustainable development goals
(Master thesis, 2020)This study first examines existing literature on agricultural consumption and production and how sustainability can be driven by consumer behavior. The thesis also explains the main differences between plant and animal-based ... -
Sustainable investment : factors influencing the adoption of a sustainable investment strategy : examining how different factors influence the adoption of sustainable investment strategies.
(Master thesis, 2021)With the growth of ESG investing across the finance industry, this paper seeks to explore how different factors influence the adoption of a sustainable investment strategy, with a predominant focus on large asset managers. ... -
Sustainable investment flows during crisis periods : Effects of Russian-Ukrainian war on SRI flows
(Master thesis, 2023)The thesis focuses on political and military crises, specifically the Russian-Ukrainian war, to research the war’s effect on monetary Net Flow in European mutual funds. We found that there are statistically significant ... -
Sustainable products and conceptual processing fluency: Investigating dynamics among implicit attitudes, explicit attitudes, and buying intent for sustainable products through priming paradigm
(Master thesis, 2021)In today’s information-dense environment, people struggle to filter through the abundance of content from social media, emails, newsletters, and advertisements, while companies battle for the slightest chance of getting ... -
Sustainable shipping: exploring the feasibility of investments in hydrogen-powered vessels for the short-sea sector
(Master thesis, 2020)Greenhouse gas emission from the shipping industry is increasing. At the same time there is a pressing need to reduce the anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions. The need for alternative marine fuels is a fact. In this ... -
Sustainable Supply Chain Management in the Face of Climate Change : Estimating the Impact of Temperature and Precipitation Changes on Brazilian Soybean Yield
(Master thesis, 2023)While climate change is known to pose a variety of highly relevant economic risks, there are still many probable implications and economic fields with a lack of available data and research. This thesis explores the ... -
Svin, svin!? : en studie av norske helsemyndigheters risikokommunikasjon under "svineinfluensa”-pandemien i 2009
(Master thesis, 2011)Formålet med denne utredningen er å bidra til økt forståelse av risikokommunikasjon som fenomen og hva som kjennetegner god risikokommunikasjon. Utredningen er gjennomført som en utforskende, kvalitativ casestudie av norske ... -
Switching behavior in the Norwegian electricity retail market : the effect of Nord Pool spot prices on how households switch electricity retailers
(Master thesis, 2018)This paper has examined the relationship between Nord Pool spot prices on the Norwegian electricity market and the switching rate of residential consumers. Our research question was an attempt to find whether the electricity ... -
Switching options in tanker shipping markets: a new approach to product tanker valuation
(Master thesis, 2015)The thesis investigates the value of a switching option for an LR2 product tanker, which can switch between dirty and clean freight markets, using a real option valuation model based on a stochastic freight rate differential ... -
Synchronization of price changes within firms and industries : a micro-level analysis using PPI data
(Master thesis, 2020)Macroeconomic and monetary policy rely heavily on the assumption of price rigidity in the short run. In the literature there is broad consensus on the existence of such rigidities, but their origins remain to be fully ... -
Synthesizing Minds and Machines : An Empirical Study of the Impact of Human-AI Co-Creation on Creativity and the Moderating Role of Competence
(Master thesis, 2023)This paper adds to the recent interest in the relationship between creativity and AI by studying if co-creating with AI positively affects creative outputs. Aiming to extend previous findings on human-AI co-creation as a ... -
Systemrisiko : en analyse av kreditt-over-BNP-gap som indikator
(Master thesis, 2011)Formålet med denne utredning er å kalkulere en god indikator for nivået av systemrisiko i den norske økonomien. Et høyt nivå av systemrisiko i den finansielle sektor bygges opp over tid og kan medføre økt risiko for ... -
Systemviktige finansinstitusjoner - bankdrift med støttehjul? : en kvantitativ analyse basert på det norske bankmarkedet i perioden 2009 til 2013
(Master thesis, 2014)I kjølvannet av finanskrisen har mye fokus blitt viet til systemviktige bankers rolle i banksektoren, og hvordan myndighetene forholder seg til disse. Oppgaven er inspirert av empirisk forskning på systemviktige ... -
Særkravene i boliglånsforskriften : en empirisk analyse av hvordan den geografiske differensieringen i boliglånsforskriften har påvirket markedet for brukte leiligheter i Oslo
(Master thesis, 2018)i har i denne oppgaven studert hvilken effekt særkravene for Oslo i den reviderte boliglånsforskriften av 1. januar 2017 har hatt på markedet for brukte leiligheter i Oslo. De Oslo-spesifikke kravene består av at ... -
En taksonomi av styringssystem i større norske bedrifter : et eksplorativt og kvantitativt studie av konfigurasjoner
(Master thesis, 2012)Det er blitt gjort lite empirisk forskning på styringssystem som en Management Control System Package (MCSP). Det er etterlyst slik forskning, fordi enkeltdeler av styringssystem antas å ikke fungere isolert sett, men at ... -
A Tale of Two Investors: Exploring Differences in Trading Behavior around Macroeconomic Announcements : A study of institutional and retail investors in the US market
(Master thesis, 2022)We study whether the trading behaviour of institutional and retail investors differs on the days surrounding key macroeconomic announcements, and the impact of this difference on equity premiums earned. Through analysis ... -
Talegjenkjenning i norske bedrifter: En casestudie av effekter og muligheter talegjenkjenning gir norske bedrifter
(Master thesis, 2022)Denne masterutredningen studerer hvilke effekter og muligheter talegjenkjenning gir for norske bedrifter. Utredningen består av et casestudie og et dokumentstudie, hvor vi gjennom en kvalitativ tilnærming har tilegnet ... -
Talking with angels : towards a holistic perspective on angel investors’ decision-making processes
(Master thesis, 2019)There is a general impression in Norway that most entrepreneurs struggle to secure funding from venture capital providers, such as angel investors. Worse still, most angel research has failed to be of practical use, ... -
Tapsavsetninger - overgangen fra IAS 39 til IFRS 9 : hvilken effekt har endringene knyttet til tapsavsetninger etter IFRS 9 på norske banker, og vil endringene føre til mer beslutningsnyttig informasjon for brukerne av regnskapet?
(Master thesis, 2017)Formålet med denne masteroppgaven har vært å belyse forventede endringer i tapsavsetninger hos norske banker ved implementeringen av IFRS 9. Det har vært rettet en del kritikk mot gjeldende standard IAS 39, og oppgavens ...