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The Return to Risk Tradeoff in Norwegian Family Firms
(Master thesis, 2018)In this master thesis we investigate whether a tradeoff between return and risk exists for Norwegian non-listed family firms. Financial theory suggests that higher performance in terms of return on an asset comes as a ... -
The Right Tool in the Right Hands: The Role of Alternative Assets in a Long-term Institutional Portfolio
(Master thesis, 2018)We compare the investment philosophy and management style of the Norwegian Government Pension Fund Global (GPFG), Canada Pension Plan (CPP), and Australian Future Fund (FF) with focus on extracting the role of alternative ... -
The role of brand specific associations in brand extensions : the case of the Norwegian food market
(Master thesis, 2017)Brand specific associations is confirmed to be an important driver for fit in brand extension strategy. Extended consumer packaged goods that include the same brand specific associations as the parent brand are more ... -
The role of clusters, firm size, and firm relatedness in post- M&A integration: Norwegian high-technology acquisitions
(Master thesis, 2019)Based on 92 acquisitions in the Norwegian high-technology industry, this study analyzes the degree to which these targets were integrated into the acquiring firm. By connecting post-acquisition integration theory with ... -
The role of high- quality connections in high- performing teams and creativity
(Master thesis, 2019)In this thesis, we have explored how elements within the area of high- quality connection may facilitate for creativity in an organizational context. Through indepth interviews and observations, we have identified five ... -
The Role of Incidental Emotion in Cognitive Processing : an integrative approach
(Master thesis, 2016)With a between-subjects experimental design, the present study examined effects of incidental emotions on cognitive processing in a subsequent decision-making task. Rather than taking a purely valence-based approach, ... -
The role of initiating party in corporate takeovers : an information asymmetry argument
(Master thesis, 2013-02-15)This paper analyzes the role of initiating party in estimating takeover performance. We show that there are significant differences in bid-premiums and cumulative abnormal returns (CAR) depending on deal initiator. All ... -
The Role of Open-To-Learning Workshops in Reducing Sickness Absence
(Master thesis, 2018)Purpose: As absenteeism in organizations has been shown to be both socially and financially costly, exploring methods to reduce this can be beneficial. This study explored the relationship between Open-To-Learning ... -
The Role of Procedural Justice and Entitlement in a New World of AI-Controlled Recruitment Solutions
(Master thesis, 2019)Artificial intelligence (AI) is more present in today’s society than ever before, and the benefits from utilizing its many qualities in a recruitment setting have become a central topic for discussion among researchers ... -
The role of world oil price and precious metals prices shock on the exchange rate in Norway
(Master thesis, 2017)This study investigates the relationship between world oil price, four precious metal prices (gold, silver, platinum and palladium prices) and Norwegian krona- US dollar exchange rate in both long run and short run. This ... -
The Russo-Ukrainian gas conflict and its effect on EU's approach to energy security
(Master thesis, 2013-02-15)The Russo-Ukrainian gas conflict was a prolonged dispute between Russia Ukraine on issues in the gas relations between the two countries. This conflict has caused several supply disruptions in the supplies to the EU. The ... -
The Scandinavian Stand-Off: A Comparison of the Norwegian and Swedish Government Pension Funds' Investment Performance and Management
(Master thesis, 2018)This thesis examines the similarities and differences between the Swedish and the Norwegian National Pension Funds, the Swedish National Pension Funds (AP) and the Government Pension Fund Global (GPFG), respectively. We ... -
The search for effective feedback: moving beyond numbers
(Master thesis, 2018)The purpose of this exploratory study was to move towards filling a gap in literature about effective feedback, specifically, how it is defined and what elements contribute to how the giver and receiver of feedback ... -
The sharing economy – is trust essential? : the effect of profile quality and brand equity on trust and purchasing intention
(Master thesis, 2017)The sharing economy has gained popularity in the last decade and is projected to grow substantially in the future. Several brands from the sharing economy have equally high valuations as the biggest brands in the traditional ... -
The soldiers new clothes: How transfer of training may facilitate or impede organizational change in the Norwegian Armed Forces
(Master thesis, 2018)This dissertation seeks to develop the field of research on leadership development, and the reasons why long-term training transfer in some cases are problematic or even, in worst cases, non-existent. Based on the theory ... -
The speed of adjustment of capital structure and the long differencing estimator
(Master thesis, 2017)This thesis estimates the speed of adjustment (SOA) of capital structure using the long differencing estimator and finds that firms adjust back to their target leverage at a moderate pace of 20.9% per year for book ... -
The spillover effect of companies' brands in B2B relationships : the role of governance form choice
(Master thesis, 2014-02-12)In marketing literature there is a large gap in understanding the importance of brands and brand management in interorganizational relationships. This thesis aims to extend the existing B2B branding literature by analyzing ... -
The study of municipalities' investment choices : eight Norwegian municipalities' investments in financial products during 2001-2007
(Master thesis, 2014-02-12)This paper investigates the change in riskiness of eight Norwegian hydro power municipalities’ investments in complex financial products offered by Citigroup through the brokerage firm Terra Securities AS during the period ... -
The Trade-Off Between Family Ownership and Growth
(Master thesis, 2018)This paper use a large sample of non-listed Norwegian firms in order to compare differences in growth between family and non-family firms during the period 2000-2015. We use data from the Center for Corporate Governance ... -
The Transmission of U.S. Equity Shocks to Emerging Stock Markets and the Role of U.S. Monetary Policy
(Master thesis, 2018)This master thesis examines the equity return connectedness between the U.S. and 12 emerging market countries between 1994 to 2017, applying a network approach based on variance decompositions from a vector autoregressive ...