Blar i Master of Science på tittel
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Sustainability-Oriented Innovation: Why are some companies lagging behind? A comparative case study
(Master thesis, 2022)Sustainability is arguably the biggest trend in business today and represents one of the greatest challenges humanity has ever faced. Consequently, companies are faced with mounting pressure from multiple stakeholders ... -
Sustainable Corporate Governance in the Nordic Region: Does Board Diversity Matter?
(Master thesis, 2022)Over recent years, the Nordic region has been exposed to several regulatory changes regarding political and social concerns of sustainable corporate governance and diversity in decision-making positions. Special attention ... -
Sustainable Initiatives for E-Commerce Returns
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Sustainable Purchasing & Supply Management (PSM) in the Fashion Industry : An exploratory study of PSMs impact on achieving the Sustainable Development Goals
(Master thesis, 2022)Sustainable practices across fashion supply chains have gained an increased importance over the past few years. As the fashion industry is the second most damaging economic sector, many brands strive for incorporation of ... -
Sykehus i nettverk – samarbeid og kompetanseutvikling i offentlig sektor
(Master thesis, 2021)Bærum Sykehus har opparbeidet solid kompetanse innen screening for tarmkreft ved at de har ledet et pilotprosjekt siden 2012. Det er besluttet at det skal innføres et nasjonalt screeningprogram for tarmkreft. Problemstillingen ... -
Systematic risk and liquidity : an empirical study comparing Norwegian equity certificates before and after the regulation in 2009
(Master thesis, 2014-02-12)In 2009, the Norwegian savings banks industry was subject to a regulation change, which resulted in a modification of the instrument issued by these banks. Thus, in this empirical study we compare the systematic risk and ... -
Systematic risk and secured debt
(Master thesis, 2017)Unsecured debt has gained little attention in the academic literature. The existing literature considers all debt as secured. However, firms use different types of debt in different situations. Thus, the different debt ... -
Tailoring the Consumer Connection: The Role of Personalized Packaging and Gender in Influencing FMCG Purchase Intentions Across Product Categories
(Master thesis, 2023)Inspired by the increased use of personalized packaging as a marketing tool within the fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) market, this thesis examines the impact of personalized packaging communication on consumer purchase ... -
Taking advantage of mutual synergies: A multiple case-study of CVCs and High-Growth Start-ups
(Master thesis, 2019)This thesis explores how Corporate Venture Capital (CVC) firms and high-growth start-ups cooperate to attain mutual synergies. Specifically, how start-ups become scale-ups, and corporations obtain competitive advantages ... -
Talking the talk : an empirical investigation into the economic effects of strategy disclosure
(Master thesis, 2017)What is the economic value of strategy? Although the extant literature in strategic management has explored many different theories of the firm, the research field has centered on an underlying consensus that strategy ... -
Target Firms of SPACs – Are They Set up to Fail? An empirical study of firms’ features and their unconventional choice of merging with a SPAC
(Master thesis, 2022)We study the determinants of why target firms choose to merge with SPACs, despite severe underperformance for the common stocks. The SPAC asset class has experienced extraordinary growth in the latest years, suggesting ... -
Task characteristics as a mediator of the LMX-OCB relationship
(Master thesis, 2013-02-06)The current study investigated the extent to which certain characteristics with job tasks mediate the relationship between leader-member-exchange (LMX) and organizational citizenship behavior (OCB). Data were collected ... -
Tax holidays og lavskattlandvurderingen
(Master thesis, 2019)Lavskattland ble først introdusert i norsk skatterett i forbindelse med skattlegging av norsk-kontrollerte utenlandske selskaper hjemmehørende i lavskattland. Reglene som omhandler beskatning av deltakere i slike selskaper ... -
Teacher quality and high school completion : Evidence from Norwegian register data
(Master thesis, 2017)Students assigned to high value-added teachers benefit in the long term. They are more likely to attend college, get higher income, and less likely to have children as teenagers (Chetty, Friedman, & Rockoff, 2011). ... -
Technology Diffusion in Multi-Layered Markets: Networks of Interactions in Telecommunications
(Master thesis, 2020)Telecommunications operators function in complex, multi-layered environments of actors, who interdependently co-create value. This study examines telecommunications operators’ efforts to diffuse 5G-technology through ... -
Temporary Employment Legislation and Capital Structure
(Master thesis, 2016)In this paper, we examine the effect of changes in temporary employment legislation on leverage for Norwegian firms in the period 1997-2013. Adopting a difference-indifferences research design, in which we use labor ... -
Testing for predictive power of price/rent ratio for determining house prices in OECD countries
(Master thesis, 2018)We study the predictability of price and rent changes by rent-to-price ratio for 20 OECD countries over the period 1970 to 2017. To investigate the relationship we used Vector Error-Correction Model (VECM) and ... -
Testing the Efficiency of the Housing Market in Oslo and Stavanger
(Master thesis, 2016)Our research tests the efficiency hypothesis on data from the housing market in Oslo and Stavanger, covering the period 2002-2014. We utilize the Case-Shiller time structure test on a repeated sales house price index and ... -
The Announcement Effect of Shareholder Activism: Evidence from the Government Pension Fund Global
(Master thesis, 2019)In this thesis, we study the effects of shareholder activism announcement on company stock returns. We focus on an announcement in the Government Pension Fund Global, on the 23rd of November 2004. We perform an event ... -
The application of blockchain technology for supply chain visibility - A case study of the fish farming industry
(Master thesis, 2019)The fish farming industry is one of the fastest growing industries in Norway, and is stated to be the “new oil” and one of the most important industries for the future. Blockchain is one of the biggest buzzwords in the ...