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Exploring factors which contribute to making people with disabilities feel included at the workplace : a qualitative study
(Master thesis, 2014-02-11)The aim with this study is to explore potential factors that contribute to making people with disabilities feel more included at the workplace. The first step was to investigate whether people with disabilities feel ... -
Exploring how Inclusive Leadership facilitate Workplace Inclusion of People with Disabilities
(Master thesis, 2023)This study explores middle managers' role in promoting and facilitating workplace inclusion for people with disabilities through the model of inclusive leadership, in Norway. Through qualitative interviews, valuable ... -
Exploring Renewable Energy Adoption in the OECD: An Observational Panel Data Analysis of the Energy Mix Dynamics
(Master thesis, 2023)This thesis aims to develop understanding of the determinants of the energy transition by employing panel data analysis of 37 OECD countries over the time period 1990 to 2020. To control for unobserved heterogeneity, ... -
Exploring Risk-Based Portfolio Construction: Empirical Evaluation of Equal Risk Contribution and Inverse Volatility Portfolios
(Master thesis, 2023)We examine the effectiveness of risk-based portfolio construction methods, specifically Equal Risk Contribution (ERC) and Inverse Volatility (IVP), using the same data set and performance measures as in DeMiguel, Garlappi, ... -
Exploring SOI as a dynamic innovation process : A multiple case study of pilot projects in a Norwegian cooperative
(Master thesis, 2022)Previous research on sustainability and innovation has received increased attention from researchers over the past years. However, the literature on sustainableoriented innovation (SOI) still is at an early stage and ... -
Exploring the adoption of virtual reality in a business meeting context: Proposal of a conceptual framework
(Master thesis, 2022)This study explores the relatively novel topic of virtual reality (VR) technology in the context of business meetings. Accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic, businesses have increasingly opened up for remote work, and ... -
Exploring the Causal Link between Early Life Experiences and Risk-Taking Behavior: Evidence from Venture Capitalists
(Master thesis, 2023)This master thesis examines the causal relationship between early-life exposure to natural disasters and risk-taking behavior among venture capital investors. Drawing on a comprehensive literature review, we define specific ... -
Exploring the challenges of implementing a sustainable strategy : A case study
(Master thesis, 2016)Sustainability has become the defining challenge of our time and companies have started to realize the many benefits that lie within this field. However, sustainability is known for its complexity and implementing ... -
Exploring the drivers and prediction of fund flow in the Norwegian Bond Fund Market: Deploying classic statistics and machine learning methods
(Master thesis, 2023)This paper aims to analyze the drivers and predict flow of Norwegian bond funds one month in advance using machine learning models and macro variables. The study investigates a sample of 79 bond funds and a subset of medium ... -
Exploring the influence of entrepreneurial leadership on the context for creativity : the case of Åpent Bakeri
(Master thesis, 2014-02-12)BACKGROUND AND CASE SELECTION In the post-industrial society organisations are increasingly recognising ideas as their most valuable commodity and their employee’s creative potential as a huge resource. The creative ... -
Exploring the Interplay Between Digitalization and Sustainability in the Maritime Industry
(Master thesis, 2021)The following Master thesis investigates the interplay between two of the current important and pervasive trends: digitalization and sustainability. The academic literature shows how these trends impact business separately ... -
Exploring the Leverage and Profitability Relation in the Norwegian Market
(Master thesis, 2023)The Leverage-Profitability Puzzle has long been one of the most well-known empirical inconsistency in the literature on capital structure. There are few empirical studies that focus solely on the Norwegian market in relation ... -
Exploring the link between gender diversity and financial performance on Norwegian boards
(Master thesis, 2023)In recent years, gender diversity has become a much-debated topic with regards to optimal board compositions. This paper studies the relationship between gender diversity on Norwegian boards and firms’ financial performance. ... -
Exploring the relationship between ESG-scores and company performance: Insights from the Covid-19 pandemic
(Master thesis, 2023)This thesis explores the relationship between Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) scores and company performance within the S&P 500 and STOXX 600 indexes during the Covid-19 pandemic. We investigated ESG scores and ... -
Exploring the Relationship Between Management, Corporate Governance, and Agency Theory: An Empirical Examination of Their Impact on Net Asset Value Premiums or Discounts in Publicly Listed Shipping Companies
(Master thesis, 2023)This paper investigates the relationship between corporate governance and the premiums or discounts between the market capitalization and the net asset value (NAV) of publicly listed maritime shipping companies. We employ ... -
Exploring the Relationship Between the Slope of the Yield Curve, Volatility, and the Profitability of Momentum Trading Strategies in US Stocks: An Empirical Analysis
(Master thesis, 2023)This thesis explores the interplay between yield curve inversions, volatility and Momentum trading strategy performance in the US stock market. We test the theory that yield curve dynamics can predict fluctuations in ... -
Exploring the Role of the Momentum Factor in Asset Pricing Models: An Empirical Analysis of the Oslo Stoel! Exchange (OSE) from July 1989 to June 2020
(Master thesis, 2023)This thesis tests if the Fama and French five-factor model including momentum can explaining stock returns on OSE. The inclusion of momentum factor enhances model performance, with an increased adjusted R2 from 0.65 to ... -
Exploring the validity of behavioral cues perceived to indicate violence in the context of police-citizen interactions
(Master thesis, 2018)The aim of this thesis is to explore whether behavioral cues, which are thought to be predictive of violence, correspond with violent behavior in police-citizen interactions. The method applied consisted of qualitatively ... -
Extracting Sentiment of Selected Twitter Accounts and Considering Its Relationship with the S&P 500 Index
(Master thesis, 2021)Twitter is a source of streaming data. In this thesis, we examine whether and to what extent we can find a relationship between the sentiment of selected Twitter accounts and the S&P 500 index. This thesis uses data from ... -
Factors Impact on Profitability for Norwegian Private Firms
(Master thesis, 2018)This paper investigates what factors have an impact on the profitability of Norwegian private firms divided by size. Profitability is measured using Return on Assets (ROA) and Return on Equity (ROE). The factors tested ...