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Hotelling Under Injected Pressure : An empirical study on the price responsiveness of waterflooding in US oil production
(Master thesis, 2023)Harold Hotelling's (1931) canonical model of exhaustible resource extraction, featuring resource-owners that maximize profits by trading off extraction today versus extraction in the future, is widely cited in the ... -
Hotellkonsept er viktig, men økt kundeverdi koster mer enn det smaker : Hvilke faktorer kan forklare lønnsomheten i norske hoteller?
(Master thesis, 2022)Til tross for sterk vekst, har lønnsomheten i hotellbransjen lenge vært under gjennomsnittet sammenliknet med annet norsk næringsliv. Med økende strøm- og råvarepriser, samt ettervirkninger av koronapandemien, er det ... -
Hotellprising : by versus distrikt
(Master thesis, 2008)I vår masteroppgåve har vi sett nærare på kva prisingsprosess og –metode hotell nyttar for hotellrom. Vi har tatt føre oss hotell i Bergen og Sogn og Fjordane og samanlikna hotella i dei ulike områda. Vi vil i første ... -
House Prices - On a Kite, or in Free Flight? An empirical analysis of fundamental price in the Norwegian housing market, and its interaction with actual price.
(Master thesis, 2022)In the past few decades, there has been a considerable increase in real house prices in Norway. It is therefore important to understand what this increase is based upon. In this study, we analyse the relationship between ... -
How accurate are individual forecasters? : an assessment of the Survey of Professional Forecasters
(Master thesis, 2012)This master thesis addresses the forecast accuracy of individual inflation forecasts from the Survey of Professional Forecasters. Based on a variety of accuracy statistics, there are five main findings to report of. First, ... -
How Analysts Value ESG: An Empirical Analysis of the Impact of ESG Performance on the Price Target Bias
(Master thesis, 2021)This thesis examines how firm ESG performance and ESG reporting affect the price target bias, a normalized and directional measure of how analysts' price targets predict the market price. To examine this relationship, ... -
How and When does strategic CSR work? : Experimenting the Impact of Brand Equity and Persuasive Story on Consumer Response to Imitated CSR Initiatives
(Master thesis, 2014)TOMS is a shoe company that gives away a pair for each pair you buy. In light of their success, the imitator BOBS entered offering similar shoe design and the same buy one give one initiative. Corporate Social responsibility ... -
How and why Ebay failed and Alibaba/TAOBAO had success in the Chinese market?
(Master thesis, 2016)This Master thesis is about the American multinational internet C2C corporation eBay and its failure in the Chinese market. As a successful multinational enterprise with much international market share, eBay experienced a ... -
How business models in the newspaper industry are selected and innovated : a case study of two Norwegian media groups
(Master thesis, 2014)The newspaper industry is a dynamic industry and the extent of this has increased in recent years. A likely consequence of this is a need to adjust and innovate the business models applied in the industry. Through a ... -
How can corruption affect corporate behaviour? : a two-stage game theory model approach
(Master thesis, 2020)This paper rationalizes the behaviour of decision makers within several countries where such behaviour is mainly non-existent or illegal. In particular, we study the Telecom Corruption Scandal in 2012 and build a two-stage ... -
How can Retailers Take Responsibility? : Responsible Business Model Innovation in the Retail Industry a quantitative approach
(Master thesis, 2016-03-17)This master thesis is one of a series of papers and reports published by the Center for Service Innovation (CSI). CSI is a coordinated effort by NHH to focus on the innovation challenges facing the service sector and ... -
How can service organizations improve the customer orientation of frontline employees? : a cross cultural study
(Master thesis, 2013)Frontline employees, the employees with customer contact, are the face of service organizations and play a critical role in determining customer satisfaction. Service quality is greatly improved when these employees are ... -
How complementor partners add value to e-tailers?
(Master thesis, 2014)The emerging technology and concept of web 2.0 impact the value creation model of E-tailers nowadays. The past decade has seen the rapid development of complementors in the e-tailing market. To explore the way how ... -
How culture influences the effect of CSR communication on corporate attractiveness: a cross-cultural study
(Master thesis, 2015)Building on previous research into the positive effects of CSR communication on corporate attractiveness, our study investigates if there are differences in this effect caused by culture. To test this relationship, students ... -
How did the inflation targeting policy of Norges Bank impact the 2008 financial crisis?
(Master thesis, 2010)The present thesis analyzes the impact of the Norwegian inflation targeting regime on the 2008 financial crisis. A series of macroeconomic indicators are used to evaluate the usefulness of inflation as a proxy for economic ... -
How did the oil price influence the freight rates for VLCC crude oil tankers between 2005 and 2015?
(Master thesis, 2016)The subject of this thesis is “How did the oil price influence the freight rates for VLCC crude oil tankers between 2005 and 2015?” The oil price is important for the development of world economic activity, as oil is a ... -
How dividends influence valuation : do investors appreciate cash dividends?
(Master thesis, 2012)This paper explores the relationship between cash dividends and value for American firms. It follows Fama and French “Taxes, Financing Decisions and Firm Value” (1998). Fama and French found that dividends convey information ... -
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 ... -
How do different evaluation methods affect outcomes in procurement?
(Master thesis, 2020)This thesis uses simulation and regression analysis to investigate how different evaluation methods affect outcomes in procurement. In order to simulate the data, we have made our own algorithm in R Studio to answer our ... -
How do microeconomic determinants constitute the freight rate of individual contracts in the VLCC spot market?
(Master thesis, 2020)In this paper, we build a hedonic price model to explain the variation in freight rates in individual contracts using microeconomic data of the VLCC market. Using XGBoost and SHAP values to investigate the importance and ...