Master Thesis: Recent submissions
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Bærekraft anno 2021 : En studie av EU-taksonomiens påvirkning på norsk forvaltning av bærekraftsfond
(Master thesis, 2021)Masteroppgaven har som formål å besvare problemstillingen: Hvordan har EU-taksonomien påvirket norsk fondsforvaltning, hvordan vil den påvirke forvaltningen fremover, og i hvilken grad vil taksonomietterlevelse påvirke ... -
A Survey Experiment on Future Knowledge Workers : Consequences of Falsely Promising a People-Centric Workplace : Employee Preferences and Concerns About Employer Brand Integrity: A Study of Future Knowledge Workers
(Master thesis, 2021)Decades of empirical research has documented that job satisfaction and employee engagement are important factors at the workplace, which in turn are positively associated with organizational performance. In short, organizations ... -
The Three Musketeers of Portfolio Allocation: Risk, Return, and Machine Learning: A data-driven approach to portfolio allocation using machine learning and Markowitz in the Norwegian equity market
(Master thesis, 2021)The portfolio selection problem is one of the most discussed topics in financial literature. Harry Markowitz (1952) is recognized as the first to formalize the risk-reward trade-off methodology used in portfolio selection. ... -
Do Earnouts Sweeten the SPAC Deal? An empirical study on the effect earnouts have on SPAC deals
(Master thesis, 2021)The purpose of this research is to explore contractual agreements related to Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs). Even though this backdoor to the public market has been around for decades, the SPAC market has ... -
Initial Public Offerings at Nordic Multilateral Trading Facilities during Covid-19 : An empirical study of IPOs at Nordic MTF markets during Covid-19 and its performance compared to peers.
(Master thesis, 2021)This thesis contributes to the IPO literature on Nordic MTF markets from the 1st of January 2011 to the 17th of November 2021. The thesis will emphasize the impact the Covid-19 pandemic has played on the IPO performance ... -
Estimating the Liquidity Premium in the Norwegian High Yield Bond Market : An Empirical Analysis of the Norwegian High Yield Bond Market and Its Liquidity Premium in the Period 2009 - 2021
(Master thesis, 2021)We estimate the liquidity in the Norwegian High Yield Bond Market (Norwegian HY) using transaction data from January 01, 2009, to October 05, 2021. We aim to quantify how much investors, on average, require as compensation ... -
Do investors reward gender diversity? An event study of the MSCI World Women’s Leadership Index
(Master thesis, 2021)The aim of this thesis is to study how global markets value companies that exhibit a commitment towards gender diversity among their board of directors and among the leadership positions. We investigate how stock returns ... -
Do R&D Subsidies Cause Better Access to External Financing? Empirical Evidence from the Research Council of Norway’s Grant Programs
(Master thesis, 2021)Public funding of R&D has become a popular policy instrument to alleviate financial constraints for innovation and entrepreneurship. This master’s thesis analyses whether public R&D subsidies lead to better access to ... -
Freight pricing and climate change: The case of grain cargoes in the Paraná River
(Master thesis, 2021)Climate change is affecting the shipping industry in Paraná River in Argentina. Lower levels of precipitation cause the water levels to decrease, which limits the amount of cargo a ship can load. Accurate predictions of ... -
Impact of hull cleaning and crew performance on bunker consumption: Classification and optimization of underwater hull cleaning intervals under data uncertainty
(Master thesis, 2021)This thesis investigates the impact of underwater hull cleaning and crew performance on bunker consumption using noon reports. Biofouling imposes increased resistance on oceangoing vessels over time, and hull cleanings ... -
Morgendagens aksjeportefølje : En empirisk analyse av hvorvidt selskapers bærekraftsegenskaper påvirker deres aksjeavkastning og risikofaktorer
(Master thesis, 2021)Masteroppgaven undersøker hvorvidt bedrifters bærekraftsegenskaper påvirker selskapers aksjeavkastning og risikofaktorer i etterkant av covid-19-utbruddet. Studiens datagrunnlag strekker seg fra andre kvartal 2020 til og ... -
Sentiment Analysis in The Norwegian Housing Market: Evaluating the inferential and predictive power of sentiment scores on housing price using linear modelling and machine learning
(Master thesis, 2021)In this thesis, we investigate how information and sentiment provided through news media affect prices in the Norwegian housing market. Our analysis is based on news articles from selected Norwegian news outlets, transaction ... -
Verdikapring i økosystemer : Et eksplorativt rammeverk
(Master thesis, 2021)Denne masteroppgaven undersøker problemstillingen: Hvordan kan aktører i et økosystem oppnå en sterkere posisjon for verdikapring? Basert på forskningslitteratur har vi identifisert to faktorer, kompleksitet og gjensidig ... -
Tilbud og etterspørsel etter elektrisitet i Norge : En estimering av priselastisiteter i det norske kraftmarkedet
(Master thesis, 2021)Formålet med denne utredningen er å estimere priselastisiteter for tilbud og etterspørsel etter strøm i Norge. Ut ifra dette undersøker vi hvordan pris og omsatt mengde påvirkes av skift i markedet, og presenterer ... -
The Initial Market Choice : An empirical study of firm characteristics that influence the choice of market in Norway
(Master thesis, 2021)There is a broad consensus in the literature that firms primarily list on junior markets due to the more stringent listing requirements on main markets. However, 83 out of the 143 firms that listed on the Norwegian junior ... -
Institusjonalisering av virksomhetsstyring for bærekraft: En casestudie av en norsk næringslivsorganisasjon for klima
(Master thesis, 2021)Social and environmental accounting (SEA) fremheves som viktig for den bærekraftige utviklingen i næringslivet. Tidligere forskning innen SEA-litteraturen har hovedsakelig fokusert på ekstern rapportering, mens intern ... -
The Value of Equity Analysts: An Empirical Study of the Informativeness of Analyst Revisions
(Master thesis, 2021)This thesis investigates the informativeness of analyst recommendation revisions and target price revisions in absence of recommendation changes. The 69 companies included in the Oslo Børs Benchmark Index (OSEBX) are ... -
Strategisk regnskapsanalyse og verdsettelse av Entra ASA
(Master thesis, 2021)I denne masterutredningen er det gjennomført en strategisk regnskapsanalyse og verdivurdering av Entra ASA, hvor formålet var å estimere verdien på egenkapitalen til Entra ASA per 31.12.2021. Fundamental verdsettelse ... -
Kontekst og belønning: Casestudie av egnet avlønningsmodell for en norsk lagervirksomhet
(Master thesis, 2021)Formålet med oppgaven er å gi en anbefaling om egnet avlønningsmodell for en norsk lagervirksomhet. Problemstillingen er delt inn i to forskningsspørsmål, som fokuserer på henholdsvis incentiveffekter (hvordan jobben ... -
Miljøvennlige fergeløsninger i Nordland fylke: Kostnader, utslippsreduksjoner og ringvirkninger av elektrifisering og hydrogenifisering av fergesambandene i Nordland fylke
(Master thesis, 2021)Utgangspunktet for oppgaven er kravet om lav- og nullutslippsløsninger i alle norske fergeanbud fra 2023, og konsekvensene av dette for de 27 fergesambandene i Nordland. Oppgaven har beregnet kostnader og utslippsreduksjoner ...