Browsing Master of Science by Title
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The Networks Role in a Tech Incubator A Case Study of StartupLab
(Master thesis, 2018)This study sets out to analyze the mechanisms that are applied in the underlying construct of a technology business incubator to facilitate a network for it members. By assessing the network facilitation through the ... -
The Norwegian government pension fund global : "the cost of ethical exclusions"
(Master thesis, 2017)Our thesis contributes to the literature on SRI by measuring the financial impact of ethical exclusion for the GPFG. We do this by creating a portfolio of excluded companies from the GPFG, and measure its performance ... -
The Norwegian housing market : will house prices in Akershus and east and west of Oslo respond differently to financial variables?
(Master thesis, 2013-02-11)The Housing market in Oslo and Akershus areas experience some of the most expensive house prices in Norway. But within the neighbourhoods and regions there are local differences in prices. The first and main part of the ... -
The Norwegian mutual fund market : an empirical analysis of the relationship between fund flows and fund performance
(Master thesis, 2017)In this paper, we study the motivation behind flows of capital from investors going into and out of active Norwegian mutual funds, and investigate whether fund flows could partly explain the widespread evidence of ... -
The Norwegian Police - Experiencing Change Through Reform
(Master thesis, 2019)During the past three years, the Norwegian police has undergone a reform process, similar to police organizations in other countries. The proximity reform (nærpolitireformen) has introduced multiple change initiatives ... -
The Norwegian textile and apparel industry : the emergence of a new ethics law
(Master thesis, 2017)To this date, the majority of textile and apparel companies worldwide have strict secrecy around their suppliers and production facilities, and consumers have few rights in terms of access to and knowledge of how goods ... -
The Overwhelmed Consumer: How Information Overload Affects Customer Participation
(Master thesis, 2019)Advancements of information technology in recent years provides the consumers with endless information on every imaginable subject. As a consequence, information overload experienced by consumers has been acknowledged ... -
The Perception of Customer Misbehavior in the Norwegian Retail Sector
(Master thesis, 2019)Customer misbehavior signifies behaviors within the exchange setting that violates the generally accepted norms of conduct in consumption situations, and has become a serious problem faced by many service oriented ... -
The performance of the owner segments at Oslo Stock Exchange
(Master thesis, 2018)Actively managed mutual funds and other large asset managers frequently claim to deliver returns that are above the market average. The sum of these claims may at first glance appear to be incredible, as they require the ... -
The political dynamics of bureaucratic turnover: Evidence from Norwegian municipalities
(Master thesis, 2018)An emerging literature shows that bureaucrats in countries with strong meritocratic traditions are exceedingly influenced by political factors. Agentprincipal theories predicts that if bureaucrats have policy preferences ... -
The potentials of last mile logistics by the use of cargo bikes in the city center of Oslo : a case study of dhl express
(Master thesis, 2017)For logistics companies, the last mile is considered the most expensive yet least efficient and most polluting part of the entire supply chain, accounting for 13 to 75 percent of the total costs. The last mile often ... -
The power of high-quality connections in knowledge work : a qualitative study of knowledge sharing practices in oil exploration and management consulting
(Master thesis, 2014-02-21)In response to a lack of practice-based approaches to knowledge sharing, and the call for bringing human actors, their actions and interactions to the centre stage of organizational research, this thesis adopts a ... -
The power of nudging ; Using reverse logistics to improve recycling behaviour in household waste management while taking the intention-action gap into account
(Master thesis, 2016)Reverse logistics plays an important role in keeping resources in the supply chain for as long as possible through the creation of a circular waste management system. In household waste management, the success of such a ... -
The practical use of CSR and sponsorship in Norway
(Master thesis, 2015-08-07)The current research investigates the evolution of sponsorships and corporate social responsibility (CSR) in Norway. A qualitative approach of grounded theory has been used, and the research has a total of eight respondents ... -
The real effects of Norway's wealth tax policy
(Master thesis, 2017)Norway is one of the few countries in the world that still has taxation on wealth. Even though the tax is incremental in size, the policy is much debated in the media and there are strong conflicting opinions on the ... -
The Real Price of Patents
(Master thesis, 2018)In this thesis we seek to determine whether there exists a potential alteration or supplementation to the patent system of today. We propose the establishment of an International Organization with the sole purpose of ... -
The Reconfiguration of the Pharmaceutical Business Model
(Master thesis, 2018)Technological innovations are transforming business models across multiple industries, and are radically changing the way firms create and appropriate value. The pharmaceutical industry has been dominated by large companies ... -
The relation between currency momentum and hedge fund returns
(Master thesis, 2019)In this thesis we are developing our own time series momentum factor to help explain the returns of currency trading hedge funds. We are also including both a time series momentum factor and cross-sectional momentum ... -
The relation between oil price and exchange rate : evidence from Norway
(Master thesis, 2017)This paper investigates if changes in the Crude Brent oil price can predict changes in the nominal Norwegian Krone – U.S. Dollar exchange rate using daily, weekly, monthly, and quarterly datasets. The predictability ...