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IFRS 16 – til nytte eller besvær? En kvalitativ studie av hvordan selskap opplever og forholder seg til IFRS 16 internt
(Master thesis, 2021)Denne masteroppgaven undersøker hvordan selskap tilknyttet Oslo Børs opplever og forholder seg internt til den nye standarden for leieavtaler, IFRS 16. Studien baserer seg på intervju med ti respondenter fra syv ulike ... -
Norges Bank Investment Management in relation to ESG and Financial Performance : An empirical analysis on how companies part of the Norwegian Government Pension Fund Global perform on ESG relative to the rest of the market, and how ESG relates to financial performance, both at a company level and for the fund as a whole.
(Master thesis, 2021)This thesis aims to analyze how the Norwegian Government Pension Fund Global, managed by Norges Bank Investment Management’s (NBIM), performs on environmental, social, and governance (ESG), and what financial implications ... -
Transition to Marine Mining?
(Discussion paper;9/22, Working paper, 2022-03-04)This study explores possible futures of the mining industry through numerical analysis of a conceptual mineral extraction problem with two resource stocks - terrestrial and marine. The model is inspired by the manganese ... -
SPACs: Kinder Surprise Eggs with a Bad After-taste : An Empirical Analysis of the Determinants of SPAC Mergers and DeSPAC Returns in the U.S.
(Master thesis, 2021)Special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) have received strong attention and taken a significant market share compared to traditional IPOs in the last couple of years. This thesis analyses the determinants of why ... -
Analysis of Autocallable Notes Who reap the benefits? The issuer, facilitator, distributor, or the investor?
(Master thesis, 2021)Autocallable structured products are complex instruments incorporating features and conditions that make them difficult to assess for potential investors. Despite this, they have become one of the most popular structured ... -
Nyskapende og kreative strategier : En kvalitativ casestudie av hvordan nyskapende og kreative strategier oppstår og utvikles i etablerte bedrifter
(Master thesis, 2021)Formålet med denne masterutredningen er å undersøke hvordan nyskapende og kreative strategier oppstår og utvikles i etablerte bedrifter. Forskningsstrømmer innen strategifeltet har forsøkt å gi svar på hvordan nyskapende ... -
The Sustainability Liability Effect : How Consumers May Choose the Regular Product Instead of the Sustainable One
(Master thesis, 2021)This paper evaluates the potential problem of consumers believing that sustainable products with strength-related attributes are less effective compared to the competing non-sustainable products, also known as the ... -
Overskuddsflytting i Norge: En empirisk analyse av overskuddsflytting blant flernasjonale selskaper inkludert alle næringer i privat sektor og en analyse av profitabilitetsforskjeller i bygge- og anleggsnæringen
(Master thesis, 2021)I denne oppgaven undersøker jeg overskuddsflytting blant norskregistrerte flernasjonale selskaper i årene 1993 til 2012. Analysen er todelt. Første analysen belyser overskuddsflytting i alle næringer i privat sektor ... -
Lønner det seg å SPACulere?: En studie av SPACer i det amerikanske markedet og relevans for Norge
(Master thesis, 2021)Et SPAC (Eng. = Special Purpose Acquisition Company) er et selskap som opprettes og børsnoteres med intensjonen om å identifisere et målselskap, og børsnotere dette gjennom et oppkjøp. Sammenlignet med fjoråret har antall ... -
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 ...