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Leadership, Communication and Network Characteristic Effects in Retailing; A Whole Social Network Analysis of Sustainable Performance in a Shopping Mall
(Master thesis, 2020)The increased focus on sustainable development within the retail industry, has forced shopping malls to focus on and address sustainability issues in their operations. As the retail industry requires changes and critical ... -
Leaders´ experiences of working from home and its´ influence on their personal well-being: A qualitative study of leaders´ well-being
(Master thesis, 2022)The purpose of this thesis is to examine what characterizes leaders’ experiences regarding working from home, and how they experienced it was influencing their well-being. To examine this, a qualitative approach was applied ... -
Leader’s Personal Need for Structure and the Subordinate’s Perceived Autonomy in a Digital Transformation Process: The Moderating Roles of Leader’s Trust in Subordinates and Digital Self-Efficacy
(Master thesis, 2020)Digital transformations challenge traditional leadership models, and new leadership practices are required to manage digital change successfully. The goal of this study was to research the relationship between leader ... -
Leader’s Social Presence and Work Engagement in Virtual Teams: The Moderating Role of Media Richness
(Master thesis, 2021)The increase of research on remote working and virtual teams in recent decades has been undeniable as the world has been changing into a more virtual one. The Covid-19 pandemic has also forced organizations into virtual ... -
Leading through change: a qualitative study of culture and leadership’s impact on the implementation of “nærpolitireformen”
(Master thesis, 2019)Public organizations may change gradually through continuous small evolutionary changes or adjustments, through conscious changes made by political and administrative leaders, as a result of external shocks - or through a ... -
Lean at Hospitals
(Master thesis, 2019)Hospitals are facing a huge paradox; although the system retain immense competence, the business is not developing as expected (Lord, 2019). Medical advancements have been remarkable, but more than 30% of allocated funds ... -
Lending for Sustainability
(Master thesis, 2021)This thesis aims to investigate the relationship between shareholder wealth and sustainable loans, which are new instruments to nance ESG-friendly activities in the context of a growing public consciousness about ... -
Line managers’ role in HR on employees’ affective commitment to the organization
(Master thesis, 2022)The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between the employees' perception of their line manager’s enactment of HR practices and their leadership behavior on one side, considering the employees’ ... -
The link between emotional experiences and risky decisionmaking
(Master thesis, 2020)Several studies have investigated the topic of emotional experiences and information processing in relation to decision-making (LeDoux, 1994; Panno, Lauriola & Figner, 2012). With a between-subjects experimental design, ... -
Liquidity Frictions in Convertible Bond Arbitrage: Evidence from the US
(Master thesis, 2021)We study Over-The-Counter (OTC) market frictions in the convertible bond arbitrage strategy. using noise and intermediary risk factors, in the US. We analyze two hedge fund indices, the convertible arbitrage indices of ... -
lmproving the EU SFDR Paris-Aligned Benchmark for Net-Zero portfolio construction
(Master thesis, 2023)In this paper, we show that without the analysis of firm-specific emission reduction behaviour, asset managers run the risk of long-term underperformance due to exposure to climate-related risk. We do this by applying and ... -
Local Economic Structures and their Impact on MPs Engagement in Environmental Debates: A Case Study of Rogaland
(Master thesis, 2023)This study examines whether Members of Parliament (MPs) from Rogaland, Norway, are influenced by the local economic structure in their home constituency during parliamentary debates on environmental issues. By analysing ... -
Looking at the European market: Does the greenium exist? And if so, do it apply uniformly across different industries?
(Master thesis, 2023)The green bond market has emerged as a significant funding source to address the challenges posed by climate change. Researchers have identified a phenomenon known as the "green premium" or "greenium". Green bonds trade ... -
Looking through the glass ceiling : women and power : leadership in Norwegian firms
(Master thesis, 2013-02-15)This paper examines two important factors that describe female leadership in Norwegian firms. First, the main determinants of having a female CEO, and, second, the impact a female CEO has on firm performance. In other ... -
Low global interest rates and secular stagnation
(Master thesis, 2016)Countries globally are currently facing low, or even negative, real interest rates. Even at this level economies are not able to reach satisfactory growth. Potential reasons are a changing savings-investment structure ... -
The low volatility effect in the Norwegian stock market
(Master thesis, 2021)In this paper we seek to investigate whether the low volatility puzzle is present in Norwegian stock market during the period January 1980 - December 2019. By examining the relationship of total volatility and returns ... -
M&A on Scandinavian market : evidence of factors for shareholder value creation from acquirer's perspective
(Master thesis, 2017)The purpose of this study is comprehensive analysis of drivers of M&A performance by bidders executing acquisitions in Nordic region. Considering mixed results on acquiring companies’ value creation for shareholders in ... -
Machine Learning: Superior to Traditional Statistical Models in Forecasting Macroeconomic Time-Series?
(Master thesis, 2021)This thesis investigates machine learning's potential to forecast the Norwegian GDP, unemployment rate, and in ation on monthly or quarterly, and annual terms. We compare machine learning techniques such as penalised ... -
Macroeconomic Drivers for M&A Activity: Evidence from Norway
(Master thesis, 2021)This paper investigates whether certain quantitative macroeconomic factors are drivers for takeover activity in Norway, and if so, what effects these variables have on the number of takeovers. Three macroeconomic variables ... -
Macroeconomic effects on Private Equity funds’ exit determinations
(Master thesis, 2022)This thesis studies the external and internal exit determinants of European, Canadian and American private equity funds, using a data set of 32.881 investments completed between 1990 and 2021. The most common exits are ...