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Developing wind power in South Africa : a sustainable means to satisfying South Africa's energy demand
(Master thesis, 2010)The South African electricity industry is easily the largest in Africa, yet it has been unable to meet the country's energy demands, despite the country's mass-electrification programme. Power cuts since late 2007 have ... -
Development and analysis of static and dynamic pricing models for fresh fruit and vegetable retailers with food waste as a key consideration
(Master thesis, 2021)Fresh fruit and vegetable waste at retail locations is widely prevalent and often accepted as a byproduct of food retailing. To recognize this source of food waste and encourage change, the United Nations has introduced ... -
The development of Danish flexicurity and possible lessons for America
(Master thesis, 2007)An article in the Economist earlier this year mentioned interest among certain political circles in Washington in the Danish Flexicurity Model. With this in mind, the aim of this exercise is two-fold. First, to explore ... -
The development of Hong Kong as an international financial center and the prospect of constructing Shanghai as the next one : based on a comparative functional study
(Master thesis, 2010)Shanghai is a building international financial center. And, Hong Kong as a part of China has been the one of the most important international financial centers for many years. At present, it is rare to find the literatures ... -
Development of intangible assets : Challenging the current accounting practices : A Quantatative Research
(Master thesis, 2021)In this thesis, we investigate how the usage and development of intangible assets depreciate the relevance of accounting. Previous research suggests that the accounts historically have been a precise tool for predicting ... -
Development of ship financing : a study of the 2008 financial crisis
(Master thesis, 2013)This thesis looks to examine the period before and after the financial crisis of 2008 in order to identify any potential shifts in ship financing. For our period of analysis, we defined the pre period from the start of ... -
Developning the international brand architecture post-M&A : a normative framework and case study of the Telenor Group
(Master thesis, 2012-06)This thesis explores the guidelines that brand managers should follow when branding a newly merged or acquired subsidiary. It does this within the context of international brand architecture management. M&As are more ... -
Did Financial Markets React to the Overturning of Roe v. Wade? An Event Study on the U.S. Stock Market’s Response to Legislation Affecting Reproductive Rights
(Master thesis, 2022)Abortion has remained a contentious issue across the United States for the better part of the last century. On June 24th, 2022, the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade which had provided constitutional protection of ... -
Did Government Support During COVID-19 Reach the Right Companies? An empirical analysis of the targeting of the compensation scheme for companies in Norway
(Master thesis, 2022)This thesis investigates whether government support to companies during COVID-19 has reached the “right” companies. We analyse how well-targeted the compensation scheme for companies in Norway has been, in that it reached ... -
Did the Covid-19 Crisis Damage Airlines with Aggressive Growth Strategies More? : exploring the 2020 recession
(Master thesis, 2021)This thesis aims to explore how aggressive strategies affected airline companies in the covid- 19 pandemic. Using the sustainable growth model, the thesis assesses which business decisions that affect companies’ performance ... -
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 ... -
Did the tax cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 induce a valuation premium on U.S. target firms? : a study on the effects of the TCJA on target valuations in acquisition deals
(Master thesis, 2020)Our study examines the effect of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) on the valuations of U.S. target firms in acquisition deals. The TCJA was the single most extensive revision of the U.S. tax code in more than 30 years ... -
The difference in bias and inaccuracy between commissioned and traditional sell-side equity research : evidence from Nordic investment banks after MiFID II implementation
(Master thesis, 2021)This thesis investigates whether there is a difference in the bias and inaccuracy of the EPS estimates in sponsored and traditional sell-side equity research. As a result of the EU regulation MiFID II’s requirement that ... -
A Different Perspective On Volatility? An Empirical Analysis of the Effects of Volatility-Management in a Norwegian Conte.at
(Master thesis, 2022)To raise awareness of volatility-management - that is, improving portfolio performance by adjusting exposure according to volatility information, this thesis aims to provide empirical evidence on the effects of ... -
Differentiation of secondary brand benefit associations : Are preferred brands any different?
(Master thesis, 2014)The brand management literature focuses on differentiation of brand benefits. However, associative network theory has taught us that associations do not have independent meaning, but receive its content from surrounding ... -
Digging for fool’s gold : an empirical study on factors affecting initial stock performance of venture capital-backed IPOs
(Master thesis, 2019)We analyze the performance of venture-backed IPOs on the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq between 2011 and 2019. Throughout this period, a large number of venture-backed tech companies with billion-dollar valuations ... -
Digital Competition and the market for corporate control :a theoretical study on how digital competition affects the market for corporate control
(Master thesis, 2018)Mergers and acquisitions are a fundamental part of the corporate world. This is also the case for digital companies. How the competition in the digital market affects the acquisition patterns of digital companies is a ... -
Digital discrimination in the sharing economy: what’s mine is not yours : evidence from an online experiment
(Master thesis, 2017)Although the issue of racial discrimination has been studied extensively throughout the past decades, its appearance in the disruptive digital market called the sharing economy is a rather unexplored field of research. ... -
Digital innovasjon og merkeidentitet : en casestudie av selskapene Bulder Bank og Fjordkraft
(Master thesis, 2021)I denne masteroppgaven har vi gjennomført en casestudie der vi har analysert den digitale innovasjonsprosessen som selskapene Bulder Bank og Fjordkraft har gjennomført, og hvordan merkeidentiteten har blitt påvirket av den ...