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Commodity Derivative Usage in U.S. Non-Financial Firms
(Master thesis, 2019)Financial derivatives have been studied and scrutinized in depth since the financial crises in 2007-2009. Derivatives’ effect on firms, in particular firm value, have been studied prior to, during, and post global ... -
Commodity Futures and Forecasting Commodity Currencies
(CAMP Working Paper Series;7/2016, Working paper, 2016)This paper analyzes the extent to which information in commodity futures markets is useful for out-of-sample forecasting of commodity currencies. In the earlier literature, commodity price changes are documented to be weak ... -
Commodity prices and fiscal policy design: Procyclical despite a rule
(CAMP Working Paper Series;5/2015, Working paper, 2015)We analyse if the adoption of a fiscal spending rule insulates the domestic economy from commodity price fluctuations in a resource-rich economy. To do so we develop a time-varying Dynamic Factor Model, in which we allow ... -
common consolidated corporate tax base (CCCTB)
(Master thesis, 2017)I denne utredningen har vi sett på hvordan norske selskap som inngår i et konsern med aktivitet i EU vil bli påvirket dersom EU-kommisjonens forslag til skattereform implementeres i 2021. Forslaget blir kalt Common ... -
Common Trends and Country Specific Heterogeneities in Long-Run World Energy Consumption
(CAMP Working Paper Series;01/2024, Working paper, 2024-01-11)We employ a semiparametric functional coefficient panel approach to allow an economic relationship of interest to have both country-specific heterogeneity and a common component that may be nonlinear in the covariate and ... -
Communal News Work: COVID-19 Calls for Collective Funding of Journalism
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)It is widely held that journalism, journalists and news all play important roles for democracy and an informed citizenry. News publishers have journalistic authority and are oftentimes seen as one of the most important ... -
Communicating for success: A quantitative analysis of the mediating effect of enacted complexity on the relationship between communication and team performance
(Master thesis, 2018)Building on recent theoretical and methodological developments in organizational studies focusing on organizational routines (Hærem, Pentland and Miller, 2015; Hansson, 2018), this thesis aim to explore how three aspects ... -
Communication evaluation and measurement. Skills, practices and utilization in European organizations
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the status quo of communication evaluation and measurement practices in communication departments of companies, non-profits, and other organizations across Europe. Design ... -
The communication process between a project owner and a project manager: a multiple case study of three projects in the construction industry
(Master thesis, 2020)Purpose - The purpose of this thesis is to investigate potential communication challenges that might occur between a project owner and a project manager during a construction project. As well as how the communication ... -
Community and Collective Learning
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Comovement in the Norwegian Stock Market
(Master thesis, 2019)We present the first comprehensive study of excess comovement in the Norwegian stock market, and find that stocks on the OBX index in Norway comove more than their fundamentals would suggest. The comovement is increasing ... -
Companies Ethical Commitment: an analysis of the rhetoric in CSR reports
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)This paper investigates rhetoric applied in 80 Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) reports in 2005. A taxonomy of five distinct rhetorical strategies for describing the purpose of CSR is applied; Agency (profit), Benefit ... -
Companies’ ethical commitment: an analysis of the rhetoric in CSR reports
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)This paper investigates rhetoric applied in 80 Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) reports in 2005. A taxonomy of five distinct rhetorical strategies for describing the purpose of CSR is applied; Agency (profit), Benefit ... -
A comparatiue study of machine learning models in stock price prediction
(Master thesis, 2023)This thesis predicts one-day ahead adjusted closing price estimates of four different stocks listed at the Oslo Stock Exchange. The prediction uses a rolling window approach, utilizing 60 days of historical adjusted ... -
Comparative Advantages of a Master's Degree in Business: Wage Disparities and Overeducation among Norwegian Graduates
(Master thesis, 2023)This research aims to investigate the comparative advantages of pursuing a master's degree in business ("Siviløkonom") over a bachelor's degree in terms of businessrelated proficiencies and professional outcomes among ... -
A Comparative Study in Binary Classification for Loan Eligibility Prediction
(Master thesis, 2021)In this thesis, loan eligibility prediction is explored and analyzed by investigating five different prediction models. The goal for the prediction models is to accurately predict whether a bank loan is approved ... -
A Comparative Study of Active Management in Norway and the US: Analysing Mutual Fund Performance and Fees
(Master thesis, 2023)We investigated whether the fees charged by active Norwegian global equity mutual funds can be justified, and compared it to those of US global equity mutual funds, over the period from 2012 to 2022. We aimed to explore ... -
Comparative Study of Factor-Based Strategies in the Nordic Countries
(Master thesis, 2020)This thesis examines whether an investor could generate net returns above the Morgan Stanley Country Index by applying momentum and value strategies in the Nordic countries between 1990 and 2019. We first investigate ... -
Comparative study of short-run IPO performance in a selection of Euronext countries
(Master thesis, 2022)This thesis investigates the relevance of prevalent underpricing theories on 175 IPOs occurring between 2014-2021 in the Euronext countries of Belgium, France, and the Netherlands. Across all Euronext IPOs, we observe an ... -
Comparing internal and alliance-based new product development processes: case studies in the food industry
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)Companies may simultaneously pursue different new product development (NPD) strategies. This article reports a comparative two case design study of in-house NPD projects as well as alliance based NPD projects in a food ...