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Cooperative game theory in location-routing
(Master thesis, 2016)Horizontal collaboration in transportation is attracting increased interest from academics and practitioners. This approach can bring significant savings to the companies and help reduce their carbon footprints. Game ... -
Coordination between production and sales planning in an oil company based on Lagrangean Decomposition
(Master thesis, 2014)In our work, we study the issues between production and sales planning processes in an oil company . The planning problems involve decisions regarding procurement of crude oil, generation of components , blending ... -
Corporate advertising : en studie om hvordan ulike bedrift annonser påvirker evaluering av bedriften og dens produkt
(Master thesis, 2006)I takt med den stadig tøffere konkurranse situasjonen for bedriftene og den synkende effekten av merkevarebygging av de enkelte produktene, så har det oppstått et økt fokus på verdien av merkevarebygging av selve bedriften. ... -
Corporate Brand Positioning on the Homepages of American Investment Banks: A Critical Assessment
(Master thesis, 2022)Purpose – B2B branding has become evermore important in the online environment during the 21st century. However, there has not been unified normative guidelines for brand positioning best practices. This critical assessment ... -
Corporate cash holdings : an empirical comparison of Norwegian public and private firms
(Master thesis, 2015)Analyzing Norwegian firms, we find that public firms hold more cash and have lower operating performance, compared to private firms. These results indicate presence of agency costs in public firms, which lead to cash ... -
Corporate financial distress and reorganization : an empirical analysis of pre- and post chapter 11 leverage
(Master thesis, 2017)In this thesis our objective is to expand current knowledge on determinants of Chapter 11 outcomes. We do this by investigating pre- and post-reorganization leverage from a sample of 103 large public U.S. firms filing ... -
Corporate governance i bankenes kredittvurdering : et verktøy for vurdering av små- og mellomstore bedrifter
(Master thesis, 2012)Corporate governance er et stadig voksende forskningsområde, hvor et av hovedfeltene er styrets funksjon og sammensetning i relasjon til bedriftens fremtidige prestasjoner. Det er økende konsensus om at corporate governance ... -
Corporate Governance in Private Equity : Do Boards Really Matter? An empirical study of Norwegian private equity
(Master thesis, 2016-03-17)We examine how private equity funds affect corporate governance in Norwegian portfolio companies. We find that general partners do not prioritize the board as long as every thing is going according to plan. We also find that ... -
Corporate investment behavior : an empirical comparison of Norwegian public and private firms
(Master thesis, 2015)This thesis examines whether short-termism among Norwegian public firms distorts their investment decisions. We follow the study by Asker, Farre-Mensa and Ljungqvist (2014), using private firms as a counterfactual for ... -
Corporate restructurings and the effect of ownership concentration on bond recovery rates : an empirical study of recovery rates in the Norwegian high yield bond market
(Master thesis, 2017)This study examines the effect of ownership concentration on recovery rates for 112 defaulted high yield bonds issued by Norwegian firms. We find evidence suggesting that concentrated ownership in the hands of the firm’s ... -
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) as an extrinsic cue in consumer judgements of products
(Master thesis, 2015)This research paper combines two streams of research, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and its influence on consumers, and research on extrinsic cues as an input in consumer evaluations of products and especially food ... -
Corporate Social Responsibility : Effects of CSR in the introduction of new products and services: the role of communication channels
(Master thesis, 2010)This paper identifies the variables to why the effectiveness of CSR when introducing new products and services is different based on choice of communication channels; PR and advertising. This study was achieved by means ... -
Corporate social responsibility of companies in China oil sector : a case study of China national petroleum company
(Master thesis, 2016-09-02)CSR studies of Oil company in Asian countries remains at a relevantly vague states. Therefore, this research is conducted under the exploratory approach to explore details of the CSR of companies in China oil sector, and ... -
Corporate Spin-offs : An empirical study of shareholder value creation through corporate spin-offs on the Nordic stock exchanges
(Master thesis, 2021)In this thesis we examine short- and long-term shareholder value creation associated with Nordic corporate spin-offs from January 1, 1998 to July 31, 2021. We perform an event study on a sample of 119 spin-off announcements. ... -
Corporate Sustainability and Financial Performance: An empirical study of the moderating impact of compliance with sustainability reporting standards on the relationship between corporate sustainable performance and corporate financial performance.
(Master thesis, 2022)Identifying a link between corporate sustainability performance (CSP) and corporate financial performance (CFP) can be critical in convincing companies to be more responsible, whether in terms of correcting their own ... -
Corporate takeovertand operational efficiency : do investors believe in value creation through the transfer of operational efficiency between merging firms?
(Master thesis, 2020)In this thesis, we examine the value creation in all-cash public takeovers, the relationship between value creation and the opportunity to transfer operational efficiency, and whether this relationship is different for ... -
Correcting Witness Reports through Machine Learning : An empirical study of machine learning applied to incident reports
(Master thesis, 2021)In this thesis we investigate the possibility of using machine learning models to correct witness testimony. Using data from the National Incident-Based Reporting System, we build a model to predict the race of offenders ... -
Corruption in the arms- and defense industry : a comparative study of the largest American and European arms dealers
(Master thesis, 2019)This thesis compares American and European arms-and defense companies and their level of exposure to corruption risk. Through an empirical study, we analyze the companies’ exposure to corruption risk based on their ... -
Corruption Risk Exposure of the Norwegian Government Pension Fund Global : An empirical approach to examine corruption risk of and its implications for the Government Pension Fund Global
(Master thesis, 2021)In this thesis, we examine the bribery risk exposure of the Norwegian Government Pension Fund Global (GPFG) and analyze whether the pensions fund historically benefitted from being invested in companies with elevated bribery ... -
Cost Drivers in the European Airline Industry : An empirical analysis on factors influencing cost per flight
(Master thesis, 2023)The airline industry is fiercely competitive, with companies striving to earn good profits. One crucial factor in achieving this is reducing costs, which can be achieved through structured performance management that ...