Norges Handelshøyskole: Recent submissions
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The patenting gender gap in Europe : geographical patterns and educational gender gaps
(Master thesis, 2020)With a focus on Europe, the present thesis empirically investigates the geographical patterns of the patent gender gap as well as the linkage between the patent gender gap and the education gender gap potentially explaining ... -
LNG inventory routing problem under uncertain weather
(Master thesis, 2020)The inventory routing problem (IRP) in Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) is one of the representative maritime IRP. In this problem, how to hedge the risk of uncertain voyage time brought by uncertain weather has long been a ... -
Morningstar ratings and Norwegian mutual fund performance : an empirical study of the Morningstar rating system as a predictor of performance for mutual funds investing primarily in Norwegian equity
(Master thesis, 2020)This thesis examines the Morningstar rating system as a predictor of mutual fund performance for mutual funds investing primarily in Norwegian equity. The predictive abilities are examined using a data set free of ... -
The stock market effect of Cybercriminals : an empirical study of the price effects on US listed companies targeted by a data breach
(Master thesis, 2020)This study investigates the effect of a data breach with more than 30 000 records stolen on publicly US listed companies' share price. Utilizing the market model, we examine abnormal returns after an announcement of a ... -
Fundamental verdsettelse av Kolonial.no
(Master thesis, 2020)Formålet med denne oppgaven er å estimere egenkapitalverdien til Kolonial per 31.12.2019. Hovedteknikken som benyttes er fundamental verdsettelse, supplert med en scenarioanalyse. Fundamental verdsettelse omfatter ... -
Impact assessment of electric vehicles incentives on EV adoption and road traffic : the cases of Norway and the Netherlands
(Master thesis, 2020)The increase in air pollution is a critical issue both at local and global level, as it endangers people’ health and accelerates climate change. The United Nations claimed that to keep global warming at 1.5°C, carbon ... -
Transforming data into profit : building a transformer neural network to predict Golden Ocean stock price based on forward freight agreements
(Master thesis, 2020)The purpose of this study is to investigate the predictive relationship between Forward Freight Agreements (FFA) and the Golden Ocean Group stock price, using a Transformer Neural Network. Under the assumptions that the ... -
Sammenhengen mellom rentepåslag og konjunkturutviklingen i Norge : en empirisk analyse av konjunktursvingningers effekt på rentepåslag i bankenes utlånsrenter og Nibor i perioden 2002-2020
(Master thesis, 2020)Denne masterutredningen ser på hvordan konjunktursvingninger reflekterer rentepåslagene til bankenes utlånsrenter til bedrifter og husholdninger, samt pengemarkedsrenten Nibor i perioden 2002-2020. Påslagene i utlånsrentene ... -
The importance of multi-homing : merger implications in the digital newspaper market
(Master thesis, 2020)In this paper we analyse the choice of consumer prices and qualities and welfare implications from a merger in the digital newspaper market. In this market, the digital newspapers sell access to consumers and the attention ... -
Forskjeller i interne styringspakker – kan det føre til asymmetri i barnehagesektoren? : en kvalitativ studie av interne styringspakker i barnehager i Elverum kommune.
(Master thesis, 2020)Denne masterutredningen ser på den interne styringen hos ulike barnehageaktører, både private og kommunale, for å se om det eksisterer store variasjoner i driften på barnehagene som kan lede til muligheten for private ... -
Oppdragsansvarlig revisors overgang til en revisjonsklient : reduseres gjenværende revisors profesjonelle skepsis? : en eksperimentell studie
(Master thesis, 2020)Det er ikke uvanlig at revisorer i løpet av karrieren velger å slutte i revisjonsselskapet for å starte i en stilling hos en revisjonsklient. Denne praksisen kalles «Auditor Revolving Door» (ARD). En slik overgang kan ... -
Assessing the profitability of hybrid microgrids for rural electrification : a multi stage and financial model
(Master thesis, 2020)Electricity access expansion is currently one of the main issues in the global agenda, considering the benefits that electrification brings to human society. A lot has been achieved in the past years, however, rural areas ... -
Sustainability in times of crisis : an empirical look into the relationship between financial and CSR performance during times of crises
(Master thesis, 2020)From Financial Crisis to Environmental Disasters to protests, corporations are facing numerous crisis that they must navigate through. As a result, corporations may find it hard to justify the need to invest into sustainable ... -
Å varsle resesjoner i norsk økonomi : rentenes terminstruktur som ledende indikator
(Master thesis, 2020)I denne utredningen undersøker vi om den norske terminstrukturen kan brukes som en ledende indikator for resesjoner i norsk økonomi. Hvis en slik sammenheng eksisterer, vil det gi verdifull informasjon til myndigheter, ... -
Digitalization in healthcare : a multiple case study of a change undergone in the Norwegian public health sector
(Master thesis, 2020)This study looks at organizational change in a digitalization context and has the purpose of providing insight on how and why an digitalization effort might vary within departments in the same organization. This is done ... -
Norsk Hydro ASA : kvalitativ strategianalyse
(Master thesis, 2020)Denne masterutredningen har foretatt en strategisk gjennomgang av aluminiumsselskapet Norsk Hydro ASA (‘Hydro’). Hovedformålene med oppgaven er å utforske Hydros opprinnelse og historie sett fra et finansielt perspektiv, ... -
Performance of Nordic public family firms : comparable analysis of Nordic public family firm’s performance against the Fama and french five-factor model
(Master thesis, 2020)This thesis examines the stock market performance of family firms in the Nordic region. Specifically, we investigate whether an investor would have earned higher returns by investing in Nordic family firms than being ... -
20 år med fleksibel inflasjonsstyring : hvordan har fleksibel inflasjonsstyring påvirket inflasjon, konjunkturer og finansiell stabilitet?
(Master thesis, 2020)Våren 2021 er det 20 år siden Norge formelt innførte fleksibel inflasjonsstyring. Målet for pengepolitikken ble endret til å sikte mot en lav og stabil inflasjon på 2,5 prosent for å sikre en stabil pengeverdi. Denne ... -
Er budsjettet utdatert i Plantasjen?
(Master thesis, 2020)Formålet med oppgaven er å vurdere om budsjettet til Plantasjen er utdatert som styringsverktøy på grunn av deres digitale utvikling. Budsjettet er kritisert for å sette en stopper for dynamisk styring. Vi har undersøkt ... -
Persistence of mutual funds returns : do Norwegian portfolio managers consistently beat market benchmarks?
(Master thesis, 2020)We conduct a study on 99 actively managed Norwegian mutual funds from 1996 to 2019 to investigate whether funds deliver returns in excess of passive benchmarks and if the funds' performance persists over time. We use the ...