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What drives the Rebound Effect in transportation? An evaluation based on a Traveling Purchaser Problem
(Master thesis, 2022)Limiting climate change is one of the most important challenges of the 21st century. Focusing on the transport sector, encouraging the use of more energy-efficient transport modes, and improving the performance of vehicles ... -
The Effect of Company Quality in Explaining IPO Returns: An Empirical Study on Oslo Stock Exchange from 1998 to 2018
(Master thesis, 2022)The purpose of this thesis is to investigate the effect company quality has in explaining IPO returns. To conduct this analysis, we use a data set that consists of annual accounting data and monthly stock price data from ... -
Green Stocks and How to Find Them: Identifying environmentally sustainable IPO firms using textual analysis and assessing their profitability
(Master thesis, 2022)Sustainable investing has seen exponential growth among investors in recent years. To this end, ESG ratings are the tool used by investors to gauge environmental sustainability in firms. Recently listed firms lack ESG ... -
Leadership Development Programs in Hydro’s Aluminium Metal division: An exploratory case study on the strengths and weaknesses of Leadership Development Programs
(Master thesis, 2022)The following thesis is a qualitative single case study based on 10 semi-structured interviews of leaders on three different hierarchical levels in a business section of Norsk Hydro ASA called Aluminium Metal. The purpose ... -
Is greenwashing relevant information for investors? An event study of corporate greenwashing and stock market reactions
(Master thesis, 2022)The understandings and frequencies of climate change adversities have increased dramatically in the last decades. As a result, firms are under pressure from stakeholders to improve their environmental performance. However, ... -
Is Augmented Reality the future of business? A qualitative study on factors affecting the potential for mass adoption of augmented reality in business processes.
(Master thesis, 2022)Augmented Reality (AR) is one of the emerging technologies of the Fourth Industrial Revolution that might bring radical shifts to the way we live and interact with the world around us. This thesis examines the benefits ... -
Visualisering av Big Data i revisjon: En eksperimentell studie
(Master thesis, 2022)Revisjonsbransjen har et økende fokus på innovative metoder for å analysere data. Det er konsensus om at bruk av stadig større og mer komplekse datamaterialer vil være sentralt for morgendagens digitale revisjon. Denne ... -
NEXIT: A Norwegian Decoupling Scenario in the European Power Market Implications of removing interconnector capacity
(Master thesis, 2022)This thesis investigates the consequences of "NEXIT", the decoupling of Norway from the European electricity market, as a contribution to the current electricity market debate in Norway. Impacts on prices, social surplus, ... -
Skaper høyere grad av aktiv forvaltning meravkastning i fond med høy/lav ESG score?
(Master thesis, 2022)I denne masteroppgaven går vi dypere inn på hvordan aksjefond sin eksponering mot bærekraftige aksjer i sammenheng med deres grad av aktiv forvaltning påvirker fondsprestasjonen gjennom problemstillingen: «Skaper høyere ... -
Judging Corporate Ostriches? A Study of Consumers’ Attitude Towards the Chain Liability and Green Characteristics of a Focal Firm during Sustainability Crises
(Master thesis, 2022)When sustainability crises occur, and these are revealed to the consumers, scandals may arise, triggering reactions among the consumers. Even though the crisis may happen far away, both geographically and organizationally, ... -
The Impact of Crisis Communication Sentiment on COVID-19 Social and Economic Outcomes: A Textual Analysis of US-state Governor Press Releases
(Master thesis, 2022)The global spread of COVID-19 has caused unprecedented social and economic disruption the world over, forcing political leaders to act quickly and enact public policy that mitigated the impact of the virus. Despite early ... -
Collective employee narratives and responses to subtractive change
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Prising av boliger En studie av prisingsstrategier blant bolig entreprenører
(Master thesis, 2022)Formålet med denne utredningen var å undersøke hvordan boligbyggere går frem for å prise sine boligbyggeprosjekter, og hvorvidt det finnes forskjeller mellom metodene som ulike aktører anvender. For å kunne besvare ... -
Predicting the impact of academic articles on marketing research: Using machine learning to predict highly cited marketing articles
(Master thesis, 2022)The citation count of an academic article is of great importance to researchers and readers. Due to the large increase in the publication of academic articles every year, it may be difficult to recognize the articles ... -
The Impact of Machine Learning and Aggregated Data on Corporate Insurance Modelling: An Empirical Study on the Prospective Gains of Machine Learning Techniques Using New Data Sources In the Insurance Industry
(Master thesis, 2022)This thesis investigates the potential applicability of machine learning techniques m predictive modelling on corporate insurance customers. The focus is on predicting a binary classification of claim occurrences and a ... -
A Different Perspective On Volatility? An Empirical Analysis of the Effects of Volatility-Management in a Norwegian Conte.at
(Master thesis, 2022)To raise awareness of volatility-management - that is, improving portfolio performance by adjusting exposure according to volatility information, this thesis aims to provide empirical evidence on the effects of ... -
Volatility Managed Short Duration Premium
(Master thesis, 2022)This thesis investigates if the short duration premium of the equity duration strategy can be improved by managing its volatility. Based on estimates by Gonçalves (2021), we replicate equity duration sorted portfolios ... -
Willingness to Pay for Sustainable Funds: Does Reverse Labelling and Moral Appeals Increase Demand for Sustainable Investments?
(Master thesis, 2022)This thesis seeks to determine if there is a willingness to pay for sustainable funds and if it is possible to influence the willingness to pay through a reverse label- and a moral treatment. The study also investigates ... -
Essays on empirical corporate finance
(Doctoral thesis, 2022-09)This dissertation consists of three essays on empirical corporate finance. It is submitted to the Department of Finance at the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH), in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the ... -
Dynamics of First-Time Patenting Firms
(SAM DP;11/2022, Working paper, 2022-08)This paper investigates firm dynamics in the period before, during, and after an event consisting of a first published patent application. The analysis is based on patent data from the Norwegian Industrial Property Office ...