Norges Handelshøyskole: Recent submissions
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Sustainable shipping: exploring the feasibility of investments in hydrogen-powered vessels for the short-sea sector
(Master thesis, 2020)Greenhouse gas emission from the shipping industry is increasing. At the same time there is a pressing need to reduce the anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions. The need for alternative marine fuels is a fact. In this ... -
Offshore wind and its effect on the Nordic power market : adding power generation from Sørlige Nordsjø II and Utsira Nord
(Master thesis, 2020)An increasing share of renewable energy sources, such as offshore wind power, is expected in the future power markets. Several authors have found that power prices tend to decrease and fluctuate more when integrating ... -
Towards gender parity : female directors' impact on firm policies : a study on the Norwegian boardroom gender quota
(Master thesis, 2020)After a 20-year period of frequent introductions of board gender diversity quotas in European countries, this paper examines the e ect on rm policies of the rst mover, the Norwegian quota. Looking at several performance ... -
Measuring the effect of business incubation in Oslo : an empirical study on performance, survival, and access to public subsidies
(Master thesis, 2020)This paper examines the effect of participation in a business incubation program in Oslo, Norway, measured in terms of economic performance, survival rates, and access to public subsidies. Our research involves incubated ... -
Deterring corporate crime at all costs? : the relevance and appropriateness of risking sanction-induced bankruptcy
(Master thesis, 2020)To combat the widespread affliction of corporate crime, a more effective corporate liability framework for optimal crime deterrence is required. At the core of this framework lies the trade-off between the social benefits ... -
Are avocados the blood diamonds of Mexico? : an empirical study on how increasing demand for Mexican avocados is related to cartel violence
(Master thesis, 2020)Has the increasing demand for Mexican avocados caused an escalation of violence between Mexican cartels? I theorize that the cartels enter growing licit industries to diversify their revenue stream from the drug trade. ... -
To what extent does transformational leadership impact employees’ innovative behaviors through the mediation of their prosocial motivation?
(Master thesis, 2020)The inner aim of the present research was to investigate to what extent a transformational leadership approach is able to impact employees’ innovative behaviors. In doing so, a third variable has been considered, namely ... -
Revisors profesjonelle skepsis ved vurdering av revisjonsbevis innehentet ved dataanalyser : en eksperimentell studie
(Master thesis, 2020)Revisjonsprofesjonen står overfor en stor teknologisk omveltning, der økt anvendelse av digitale verktøy står sentralt. Dette vil medføre en rekke fordeler, der økt treffsikkerhet og effektivitet i revisjonen er blant de ... -
What causes abnormal returns following stock splits? : the impact of institutional and retail ownership over time
(Master thesis, 2020)In this study we investigate to what degree the composition of ownership, retail and institutional, has an effect on the already established abnormal returns following stock splits. We look at time periods of 1 month, 3 ... -
Precursors of entrepreneurial engagement : a survey of the underlying factors that affect the workplace decision and attractiveness of startups among students in Norway
(Master thesis, 2020)Norway struggles with a low degree of innovative activity, even though it is ranked as one of the world’s best countries to establish new businesses. It is well established that startups have scarce resources in their ... -
Forecasting and trading in the crude tanker FFA market : forecasting and applying trading strategies on crude tanker forward freight agreements using neural networks and AIS-data
(Master thesis, 2020)The objective of this thesis is to forecast derivative prices of Forward Freight Agreements (FFAs) using machine learning techniques and investigate the profitability of implementing quantitative trading strategies. The ... -
Is gender equality valued by investors? : an event study of companies included in the Bloomberg gender equality index
(Master thesis, 2020)This thesis investigates whether global markets value firm commitment to gender equality in the workplace by using event study methodology. We examine whether inclusion in Bloomberg’s Gender Equality Index (GEI) yields ... -
Digitalisering i oppdrettsnæringen
(Master thesis, 2020)Laksenæringen har lenge slitt med lakselus, sykdommer og svinn, noe som har ført til kostbare behandlinger, redusert produksjon og strenge reguleringer fra myndighetene. Hensikten til denne masterutredningen har vært å ... -
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 ... -
Climate change : the transition risk : an empirical analysis of the inclusion of a Green-Minus-Brown factor in common factor models
(Master thesis, 2020)The transition towards a greener economy is highly uncertain. This thesis explores the impact of transition risk on equity prices. More specifically, we first study whether di↵erences in return between companies with ... -
Optimization and cost allocationin collaborative transportation : potential savings and decreased co2 emissions from optimized collaboration in fuel distribution in Norway
(Master thesis, 2020)The purpose of this study is to find potential savings and potential reduction in CO2 emission from an optimized collaboration in distributing fuel in Norway, from fuel depots to gas stations, compared to a non-collaborative ... -
Sentralbankers egenkapitalbehov : hvilke momenter er relevante i vurderingen av sentralbankers egenkapitalbehov?
(Master thesis, 2020)Denne utredningen handler om sentralbankers egenkapitalbehov. Sentralbanker har en viktig rolle med tanke på å bidra til økonomisk stabilitet i samfunnet. En sentralbank er avhengig av faktorene likviditet, uavhengighet ... -
Analysis of the European electricity grid scenarios : application to the Belgian renewable energies
(Master thesis, 2020)lia analysed the renewable energy (RE) capacity required in each scenario (and for other variables such as other countries’ production, etc) and then agreed on a transmission capacity for each border and each scenario. ... -
Salmon price forecasting : a comparison of univariate and multivariate forecasting methods
(Master thesis, 2020)The salmon industry is becoming an intrinsic part of the Norwegian economy. It is a commercial activity revolving mostly around a single homogenous product. Consequently, salmon farmers and other participants along the ... -
The profitability of the reverse mortgage : a profitability analysis of the Norwegian reverse mortgage from a lender’s perspective
(Master thesis, 2020)The Norwegian population is getting older, and future generations are expected to receive less pension than generations before them. However, many seniors have large savings tied up in home equity, which can be released ...