Browsing Master Thesis by Subject "natural resources"
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Saling through shipping equity : analysis of factors of success and failure
(Master thesis, 2015)The thesis offers a holistic success and failure factor analysis into the largely untapped area of the shipping equity. The sample is comprised of 59 dry bulk and crude oil tanker companies, representing a wide set ... -
Shipping and private equity
(Master thesis, 2016-09-02)In the aftermath of the financial crisis of 2007-2008 many shipping companies had to find new sources of financing since traditional bank lending, historically shipping’s most important form of financing, had dried o ... -
Strategic responses of petroleum companies to the oil price drop of 2014 : a multiple-case study on how investment and divestment behavior is shaped by internal and external firm factors
(Master thesis, 2017)The drop in oil prices in 2014 induced various strategic responses among international oil and gas companies. This master thesis explores how petroleum companies responded to the oil price slump in terms of investments ... -
Sustainability reporting within the shipping industry - An exploratory study of the ten largest container shipping companies
(Master thesis, 2015)The shipping industry is one of the driving forces of the global economy, and sustainability issues are of key importance to the future of our world. Therefore, this thesis will combine them and look at ... -
The adverse effects of the Norwegian electric vehicle incentive scheme with emphasis on congestion and public funding
(Master thesis, 2017)Norway is one of the countries in the world with the highest market share of electric vehicles per capita. Much of this is due to a comprehensive incentive scheme to facilitate the purchase and use of electric vehicles. ... -
The Norwegian live fish carrier fleet: Is there a mismatch between capacity, utilization & investments?
(Master thesis, 2016)The Live Fish Carrier Industry is a specialized shipping segment in Norway, transporting and processing live salmon. The underlying driver for the segment is the production of salmon in aquaculture. With an absence of ... -
The relationship of fund outflows and negative performance in socially responsible mutual funds : empirical evidence from Norway, Sweden, and Denmark
(Master thesis, 2017)This study compares the sensitivity of money flows toward past performance between Socially Responsible (SR) and conventional mutual funds in Norway, Sweden, and Denmark from 2007 to 2016. The data is analyzed using ... -
Von Thünen on the Bybanen : A Spatial Model of the Commute in Bergen
(Master thesis, 2015)The spatial model presented in this thesis explains the existing structure of Bergen and foresees how the city could evolve with the development of the light rails network (Bybanen). Many researches and policies were aimed ... -
Wind power deployment in the Swedish-Norwegian tradable electricity certificate market
(Master thesis, 2015)This thesis examines the market-based common Swedish-Norwegian tradable electricity certificate support scheme for investments in new electricity generating capacity from renewable energy sources, with a particular focus ... -
Økonomisk bærekraft i Nortura SA - det grønne skiftet : en casestudie av Nortura sin overgang til utslippsnøytral kjøtt og eggproduksjon
(Master thesis, 2018)Nortura SA er Norges ledende selskap innen kjøtt- og eggproduksjon. I et samfunn der mer kvalitetsbevisste forbrukere og større fokus på klimaproblematikk er en økende trend, er overgangen til en mer klimavennlig produksjon ...