Master of Science: Recent submissions
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Do values, attitudes, and social norms play a role in younger Norwegian consumers’ intention towards fish consumption?
(Master thesis, 2021)Generation Z and millennials, have listed environmental consciousness as their top personal concerns. However, the theory shows that there is a gap between consumers' attitude and behavior related to behaving environmentally ... -
Post-acquisition performance of family owned firms and the effect of separating concentrated decision-making and risk- bearing functions: Evidence from Norway
(Master thesis, 2021)This thesis examines the financial performance of family firms transition to nonfamily firms and the effect of having an active family ownership. The analysis is based on Norwegian unlisted firms in the period of 2000-2018, ... -
The impact of emerging technologies on efficiency and sustainability in last mile home deliveries - An exploratory study of e-commerce home deliveries in Norway
(Master thesis, 2021)Last mile logistics is considered to be the least efficient part of the home delivery process and has the most pressing sustainability concerns. The rise of e-commerce and the growing trend of online shopping has made this ... -
Is Your Voice Enough, Alexa? Assessing the Role of Digital Assistant Personality, Modality, and Product Involvement on Consumer Evaluations.
(Master thesis, 2021)This study dives into the relatively unexplored topic of digital assistants and the new phenomena of voice shopping. Specifically, we were interested in the different characteristics of said assistants on purchase intention. ... -
How can Organizations Navigate a Black Swan Event? A Case Study of the Covid-19 Pandemics Impact on Norwegian Restaurants and Universities. Exploring Planning, Marketing, Collaboration, Leadership and the Impact on Firms Future Prospects.
(Master thesis, 2021)Black Swans are unpredictable events and there is no way to predict what kind of impact they will have. However, we know they will have a greater impact on the affected community than a “normal” crisis. It is uncertain ... -
What is the relationship between ESG Performance and Financial Constraints? Evidence from Europe
(Master thesis, 2021)The importance of the ESG and firm behavior connection has evolved rapidly in recent years. The introduction of EU’s Green Deal in 2020 la- beled Europe as a particularly interesting area for further research. Prior academic ... -
Supply Chain Risk Management in the construction industry: A case study of Statsbygg’s Life Science Project in Oslo, Norway
(Master thesis, 2021)Large-scale construction projects involve numerous contractors, actors, large investments and budgets. They often span over many years to complete and are known for high fragmentation, low productivity, conflicts and cost ... -
Covid-19 and Climate change: An Application of Protection Motivation Theory on how Competing Threats are Evaluated
(Master thesis, 2021)Research within the field of threat evaluation has investigated several aspects of how individuals evaluate and choose to cope with a threat, resulting in useful findings for the field of research. However, there is ... -
Theoretical and empirical analysis of volatility selling strategies
(Master thesis, 2021)Investing in the nancial markets bears various types of risks. One of the common risks that most practitioners always seek to hedge against is the risk of abrupt shifts in the price of an asset. One generic tool serving ... -
Realized Volatility Modeling of S&P 500 Index Members and the Impact of Temporal Variations in the Mean Levels
(Master thesis, 2021)Using a daily panel dataset including almost all the stocks in the S&P 500 dating back to 1985, we document strong similarities in the risk dynamics across stocks. The similarities in risk dynamics are exploited by ... -
Employee stock options and company performance on the Oslo Stock Exchange
(Master thesis, 2021)This paper investigates the usage of employee stock options for the largest companies listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange in the period 2009 to 2019, and the effect granting employee stock options has on long-term performance. ... -
Innovasjonspartnerskap - En alternativ anskaffelsesprosedyre for innovative offentlige anskaffelser, med særlig fokus på anskaffelser innenfor helse- og omsorgssektoren
(Master thesis, 2021)Regjeringens mål er å ha en innovativ og effektiv offentlig sektor.1 I årene som kommer vil Norge møte store samfunnsutfordringer.2 Dette gjelder særlig innenfor helse- og omsorgssektoren, hvor antall eldre vil øke ... -
New Technology-Based Firms’ search for smart investment ties
(Master thesis, 2021)Previous research has taught us a lot about professional investors, how they select investment objectives, how they add value to startups, and the risk factors associated with raising capital from different investors. ... -
Global Value Chains In a New Global Reality: Analytical Issues and Empirical Illustrations
(Master thesis, 2021)Global value chains are inherently dynamic, continuously adapting in line with current micro and macro conditions. We live in a metapolitical world where global value chains are put under pressure, and where they might ... -
The Rise of Social Expectations in Sports: How the Notion of Fairness Can Affect Sports Sponsorships
(Master thesis, 2021)Sports sponsorship is a worldwide acknowledged concept for brands to obtain customer-based brand equity. Thus, a marketing activity with highly lucrative potential, exposing the brand to a wide audience and making it ... -
The influence of scanning mobile apps on consumer behavior regarding cosmetic products
(Master thesis, 2021)Due to rising concerns about overconsumption, consumers are more aware of the negative impact of their purchase habits on the environment and on their health and are concerned about the ingredient lists of their ... -
Price discrimination in the FX market and the prediction of corporate markups
(Master thesis, 2021)This paper explores price discrimination in the foreign exchange market and the explanation of corporate markups by studying currency trades of Scandinavian corporations. The study takes advantage of unique data, including ... -
High Household Debt and the Transmission of Monetary Policy: A Canadian Case Study
(Master thesis, 2021)This thesis investigates whether the transmission of monetary policy in Canada is affected by the level of household indebtedness. The answer to this has remained distinctly unclear in the literature across countries. ... -
Should the Timing of Covid-19 Restrictions be Determined by Country Characteristics? A Global Cross-Country Analysis
(Master thesis, 2021)The Covid-19 pandemic was declared on 11 March 2020 by the World Health Organization. Previous studies on viral diseases have suggested that the socioeconomic factors of countries can provide an explanation for which ... -
The effect of generalized trust and altruism on tax avoidance in Norway
(Master thesis, 2021)The popularity of research on the relationship between corporate tax avoidance and social concepts has steadily increased and been more emphasized. Prior research on the relationship between social capital and tax avoidance ...