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How have airlines used alliances to internationalise their expansion? : A case study on Norwegian Airlines and Scandinavian Airlines’ behaviour
(Master thesis, 2018)This final paper proposes a framework which reviews strategic alliances in the context of the Airlines Industry and puts in contrast the two largest Nordic airlines. Strategic alliances, in this sight, are part of the ... -
How have the health effects of COVID-19 impacted municipal bond liquidity and trading activity?
(Master thesis, 2023)This paper examines the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic’s health effects on the municipal bond market. We analyze liquidity and trading activity measures, and how they correlate with COVID-19 health variables. The goal ... -
How have two Norwegian organizations managed to enhance attitudes for change among employees to develop and use digital sustainability solutions?
(Master thesis, 2022)This master thesis aims to investigate how Mesta and Norsk Gjenvinning have enhance attitudes for change among employees in order to implement digital sustainable solutions. Through a qualitative method and a narrative ... -
How is ESG disclosure perceived in IPO context: An analysis of the Nordic market
(Master thesis, 2022)This thesis aims to investigate how ESG factors disclosed in prospectuses affect underpricing in Initial Public Offerings of companies in the Nordic market. The thesis will reduce the gap in academic literature related to ... -
How Leadership Transitions Are Coordinated in Practice: A Comparative Multiple-Case Study of Large Private Companies in Norway
(Master thesis, 2022)This study explored an expected gap between Dale’s (2014; 2015) framework and how leadership transitions are coordinated in a Norwegian context. The aim was to test Dale’s framework against existing practice and clarify ... -
How Mergers and Acquisitions Created Value During the COVID-19 Pandemic - Empirical Evidence from the U.S. TMT Industry
(Master thesis, 2023)The COVID-19 pandemic had a significant impact on the U.S. market, including merger and acquisition (M&A) activity. This thesis aims to identify potential factors influencing M&A success and also examines the long-term ... -
How much of the GPFG should NBIM actively invest in private real estate?
(Master thesis, 2018)The objective of this thesis is to assess the optimal allocation to private real estate in the Norwegian Government Pension Fund Global (GPFG) portfolio. We aim to do so by combining quantitative analysis with qualitative ... -
How priming influences elaboration and advertisement attitude : the underlying mechanism of conceptual fluency
(Master thesis, 2013-02-06)To our recollection, a theoretical gap in previous priming research, especially within contextual priming, is the failure to include fluency as the explaining mechanism behind priming effects. This is a limitation, as ... -
How private equity strategies impact the portfolio companies’ performance (Evidence from Norway)
(Master thesis, 2022)This thesis studies the impact of private equity-backing on the portfolio companies they acquire, with evidence from Norway. We are researching the two main strategies in Norway, buyout and venture capital. The impact ... -
How serial acquirers learn : A study on how deliberate learning mechanisms are affected by absorptive capacity
(Master thesis, 2016)This paper presents the underlying elements that affect a serial acquirer’s deliberate learning mechanisms. In this thesis, we took an exploratory case study approach. A total of ten serial acquirers were interviewed ... -
How sustainable investments affects financial performance: Evidence from Scandinavian ETFs
(Master thesis, 2022)We study the difference in financial performance for Scandinavian ETFs with low and high sustainability rating in the period from 2017 to 2022. We further investigate different periods of 2020 to capture the effects of the ... -
How Technology-Assisted Supplemental Work Influences Burnout and Work Engagement
(Master thesis, 2018)Organizations are continually confronted with automation, digital platforms, and other innovations that are changing the fundamental nature of work. Therefore, understanding what impact technology has on employees ... -
How to create loyalty in the sharing economy? : a study of emotions, satisfaction and commitment among Airbnb customers
(Master thesis, 2017)The sharing economy is drastically erupting traditional industries all over the world, where services such as Airbnb and Uber no longer belong to only the niche. Over a quarter of US adult internet users - or 56,5 million ... -
How to Determine the Optimal Procurement Plan, with the Objective of Maximizing the Total Profit Using a Mathematical Optimization Model : A case study for a large Norwegian furniture manufacturer
(Master thesis, 2022)The Norwegian furniture industry has a strong position in Norway and produces about 30 percent of products sold in this country, employed 5,000 people (in 2018) and there are about 450 companies registered. The companies ... -
How to price weather derivatives and model temperature? What are the effects of global warming on temperature forecasting?
(Master thesis, 2023)This thesis investigates the complex relationship between the pricing of temperature weather derivatives with its underlying temperature, with a focus on how temperature can be modeled and the consequences of global warming ... -
How to Transform Large Organizations From a Legacy Way of Organizing and Working to Be Agile and Centered Around Autonomous Teams
(Master thesis, 2023)Purpose: This thesis aims to explore how to structure an organization to be more agile in the context of digitalization and find the common success factors and challenges the organizations face to transform. Hence, this ... -
How to use an interest rate forecast in deciding upon a bond investment strategy
(Master thesis, 2019)Because of the inverse relationship between interest rates and bond prices, we have made an interest rate forecast to choose an investment strategy for bonds. In this forecast we find that the interest rate will make a ... -
How valuable is financial flexibility? Evidence from listed Norwegian companies during the Covid-19 pandemic
(Master thesis, 2021)This thesis aims to provide empirical evidence for the value of financial flexibility when a sudden and unexpected event occurs that results in a cash-flow shortfall, using the ongoing pandemic as an example. We find ... -
How were developing (low-income) countries economically affected by the covid-19 pandemic compared to industrial (high- income) countries?
(Master thesis, 2023)In this paper, I wish to investigate how developing, low-income, countries and industrial, high-income, countries have been affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. First, I will discuss the GDP growth per capita in both country ...