Browsing Master of Science by Title
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Understanding Norwegian service customers motivations and barriers of service robot adoption
(Master thesis, 2022)The innovation of artificial intelligent powered service robots has rapidly revolutionized the service sector by increasing competitiveness and maximizing efficiency. Therefore, an increasing number of service organizations ... -
Understanding Uncertainties
(Master thesis, 2018)This thesis investigates the relationship between macroeconomic uncertainty and stock market volatility. The study focuses particularly on how uncertainty about the macroeconomic factor expected future GDP growth influences ... -
Understanding Underlying Gratifications Behind TikTok Use: A Strategic Marketing Perspective
(Master thesis, 2023)With TikTok taking more place in firms’ marketing efforts, many businesses launch their debut on the platform. Regardless of knowledge and experience, firms post content and buy ads hopeful to reach their initial goals. ... -
Unntak fra merverdiavgift på finansielle tjenester med særlig vekt på corporate finance-tjenester : Carnegie/ABG-dommens betydning
(Master thesis, 2013-02-08)Oppgavens metodedel gir et kortfattet bilde av rettskildetilstanden som grunnlag for problemstillingens sentrale rettsregler og utviklingen ... -
Unraveling the Impact of Firm Characteristics on Long-Run Abnormal Returns: A Study of U.S. Event Firms
(Preprint, 2023)This paper examines the effect of seven firm characteristics on abnormal returns following corporate events, including mergers and acquisitions, and initial and seasoned public equity offerings. Using data from U.S. firms ... -
Unraveling the Leverage Exchange-Traded Funds Conundrum
(Master thesis, 2023)This thesis examines Leveraged Exchange-Traded Funds to assess their ability to deliver the promised leverage, factor anomalies, behavior in different market conditions, long-term performance drivers, and pricing efficiency. ... -
Unraveling the Link between Environmental Metrics and Stock Returns: An In-Depth Analysis of Climate Risk Premiums and Climate News Hedge Portfolios
(Master thesis, 2023)This thesis examines a broad range of E(SG) scores and real environmental metrics’ cross-sectional and time-series effect on excess stock return, in the European market from December 2010 to December 2022. The objective ... -
Unveiling the Dynamics of Stock Illiquidity: Exploring Key Stock Characteristics and their Significance
(Master thesis, 2023)This paper explores the use of machine learning models to predict what characteristics affect illiquidity in stocks using historical data. The paper uses thirteen different regressions, exploring the effects of 43 ... -
Urban flooding in Oslo – Insurance claims and heavy rainfall
(Master thesis, 2022)Urban flooding events and damages to private and public buildings and infrastructure is expected to increase due to higher frequency of heavy rainfall. Even if all countries were to fulfill their declared reductions in ... -
Using artificial intelligence in economic policy forecasting
(Master thesis, 2021)We hypothesize that machine learning algorithms are better equipped at forecasting policy rates. To test this hypothesis, we gathered several machine learning algorithms and compared their forecasts of the Norwegian ... -
Using Bayesian Linear Models and Deep Neural Networks for Decomposing the Performance Effect of Promotion
(Master thesis, 2022)Price promotions can drive up short-term sales substantially. To establish whether and how a business can truly benefit from a price promotion bump, previous research has proposed multivariate linear regression models ... -
Using enterprise social media for knowledge sharing in bureaucratic settings : a case study on how power and political activities influence sensemaking processes
(Master thesis, 2015-08-07)In response to the call for more research on intra-organizational usage of enterprise social media, and the insufficient addressing of how power effect knowledge sharing in organizational life, this thesis adopts a ... -
Using process simulation to support decision makers at the AMK O&A call center in analyzing and improving organizational performance and thus reducing prehospital response time
(Master thesis, 2012-05-15)The work with this master thesis has been highly interesting and highly challenging. The fact that we have six kids altogether, including newborn triplets, has tested our personal capacities to a great extent. The thesis ... -
Using the interest rate term spread as a means to predict stock market returns
(Master thesis, 2017)We research an investment strategy; the Asset Allocation Model, incorporating the difference between long-term and short-term interest rate – the interest rate term spread – as a leading indicator for asset class allocation. ... -
Using Traffic Lights to Manage Projects: Stop or Go?
(Master thesis, 2019)Organisations are heavily relying on project-based structures in order to stay competitive in a fast-changing environment. Nevertheless, project-based structures have some potential challenges and threats that can lead ... -
Utarbeidelse av rammeverk for vurdering av granskingsrapporter : En vurdering av Deloittes granskingsrapport av Telenor
(Master thesis, 2017)Målet med denne oppgaven har vært å utarbeide et rammeverk for vurdering av granskingsrapporter ved hjelp av kriterier fra tidligere litteratur og intervjuer.. Vi har brukt en kvalitativ metode for å kunne svare på vår ... -
Utfordringer og muligheter knyttet til regulering av delingsøkonomien i Norge
(Map, 2018)Vi begynte med å ta en gjennomgang av Finansdepartementets Forslag om opplysningsplikt for formidlingsselskaper mv. og kommentere dette. Det vi så etter en grundig gjennomgang, var at staten nå ser på delingsøkonomi som ... -
Utvikling av praksis for KAM-rapporteringen over de to første årene etter standardendring.
(Master thesis, 2018)En lang debatt knyttet til svakheter ved den gamle revisjonsberetningen førte til en omarbeidelse av ISA 700 og innføring av en ny revisjonsstandard, ISA 701. Denne omarbeidelsen hadde som formål å øke informasjonsverdien ... -
Uønsket skatteplanlegging i multinasjonale selskaper : En analyse av BEPS-rammeverkets tiltakspunkt 6 og 7
(Master thesis, 2017)Denne masteroppgaven tar for seg en svært dagsaktuell utfordring knyttet til uønsket skatteplanlegging blant store multinasjonale selskaper. Da det er et stort behov for et felles internasjonalt regelsett innen skatterett, ... -
Valuation of housing attributes and the effect of tenant and landlord characteristics in the Norwegian rental market
(Master thesis, 2012-05-10)The present study uses a standard hedonic log–log framework to analyze rent variations in the Norwegian housing market. Using data from the national rental survey (Leiemarkedsundersøkelsen) as a basis, this study finds ...