• Consumers’ willingness to incur debt with “Buy Now Pay Later” payment options 

  Grøtan, Ida Helene; Hjorthol, Mari Anette (Master thesis, 2021)

  Consumers are offered more payment options than ever before, and many of them offer exceptionally flexible solutions and different ways of financing purchases with credit. Simultaneously, the increased credit use has led ...

• How valuable is financial flexibility? Evidence from listed Norwegian companies during the Covid-19 pandemic 

  Ghanavatian, Farhad; Heien, Andreas (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 valuable is financial flexibility? Evidence from listed Norwegian companies during the Covid-19 pandemic 

  Ghanavatian, Farhad; Heien, Andreas (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 ...

• Do Sustainable Mutual Funds Offer Protection in Times of Market Instability? 

  Rauland, Anette Eriksen; Shalak, Alexandra (Master thesis, 2021)

  Our thesis examines the nancial performance of open-ended mutual funds with a Morningstar Sustainability rating from January 2015 to December 2020. We use four di erent factor models to investigate whether the hypothesis ...

• The Role of Information Asymmetry in Private Placements - Evidence from Norway 

  Gulliksen, Hedda Formo; Hestad, Kamilla (Master thesis, 2021)

  This thesis examines private placements on the Oslo Stock Ex- change. We study the issuing rm's announcement statements, post-issue rm performance, and the market reaction to disclose the role of asymmetric information ...

• ACHIEVING HIGH ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENT DURING VIRTUAL ONBOARDING 

  Sandvik, Birgitte Bendiksen; Tømran, Julie Mjølid (Master thesis, 2021)

  The world as we knew it changed dramatically during the year 2020 when the Covid-19 pandemic hit. Organizations were forced to change their ways of working and many relocated their employees to home-office. Virtual ...

• Which changes to the anti-avoidance rule have impacted the precedent effects of ConocoPhillips III as a result of the legislation? 

  Westby, Oda Finnanger; Hansen, Zahra (Master thesis, 2021)

  This master thesis has aimed to gain an understanding of how the enactment of the general anti-avoidance rule in the Tax Act has affected Norwegian taxpayers. To do so, we have dissected elements from Rt-2014-227, ...

• Machine Learning: Superior to Traditional Statistical Models in Forecasting Macroeconomic Time-Series? 

  Dorenberg, Helene Sophie; Moen, Margrethe Kristine (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 ...

• Investigation of the influencing factors of primary care physicians' intention to adopt new technologies for medical appointment management 

  Steinhoff, Pia Magdalene (Master thesis, 2021)

  Long patient waiting times are a major concern within primary health care clinics, causing lower patient dissatisfaction and health care quality. Within several other industries, mobile queuing systems that use real-time ...

• Globalization and Diversity: How leader’s cultural intelligence amplifies perceived group inclusion, team creativity, and team performance in multicultural teams 

  Øvre, Steffen; Christensen, Magnus Hallerud (Master thesis, 2021)

  This thesis examines the relationship between cultural intelligence (CQ) in leaders and perceived group inclusion (PGI) among employees in diverse teams. Further, it explores if virtual teams (VT) have a moderating effect ...

• Energizing the “Zoom-bie” Experience: Understanding virtual meetings through the influence of speaking times on perceived meeting satisfaction 

  Jakobsson, Ingrid Bronken; Brock, Tucker Woodham (Master thesis, 2021)

  In this study, our objective was three-fold. Firstly, we wanted to better understand virtual meetings through the influence of meeting participation (i.e., meeting energy and meeting engagement) on perceived meeting ...

• Er reglene om generell tilbudsplikt og tilhørende bestemmelser i verdipapirhandelloven kapittel 6 fornuftig utformet? - En kvalitativ analyse basert på sentrale markedsaktørers erfaringer 

  Danielsen, Simon; Tosterud, Dag Lermo (Master thesis, 2021)

  Denne masteroppgaven omhandler en vurdering av dagens regler om generell tilbudsplikt og tilhørende bestemmelser i verdipapirhandelloven kapittel 6, med særlig utgangspunkt i oppkjøp og oppkapitaliseringer. Tilbudsplikt ...

• Revitalization Through the Use of Art? A Comparative Study of Collaborative Strategies for Enhanced Luxury Brand Image 

  Landmark-Rosen, Amanda; Børresen, Marte Solheim (Master thesis, 2021)

  Luxury brand managers should obtain knowledge and understanding on the impact of collaborative strategies as one accommodates revitalization as a critical phase in a brands’ life cycle. Within the concept of luxury, an ...

• Effects of distraction and anonymity on privacy trade-offs in facial recognition surveillance 

  Quevedo, Candace Louise Bergado; Tuan, Do Viet (Master thesis, 2021)

  Despite the recent development of facial recognition technology (FRT) using AI, its implementation and applications are still controversial in countries. Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, FRT could be an effective crisis exit ...

• To what extent can machine learning algorithms predict long-term stock price directions on Oslo Børs and Nasdaq Stockholm? 

  Myrseth, Christian Eskil; Navestad, Martin (Master thesis, 2021)

  This study aims to examine what value Machine Learning algorithms give when trading from a long-term perspective. Historically, it has been hard to consistently gain an excess return from investing in the stock market. ...

• Determinants of Cash Holdings and the Effect of the 2008 Financial Crisis: An Empirical Investigation of Norwegian Listed Firms 

  Ulset, Andreas Henriksen; Sørensen, Thomas Selde (Master thesis, 2021)

  In this paper we examine which determinants affect the cash holdings for Norwegian firms listed on Oslo Stock Exchange between 2001 and 2018, and if the effect of the determinants changed during the 2008 financial crisis. ...

• Does observation of employees affect the quality of Leader Member Exchange (LMX)-relationships? 

  Fagermo, Jonas Hjemaas; Sæther, Even (Master thesis, 2021)

  This study seeks to explore the relationship between observation of employees and leader-member exchange theory (LMX). Hence, exploring whether observation of employees affects the quality of relation shared between an ...

• What are the consequences of externalities and ignorance in online platforms? An economic investigation of current practices and potential remedies. 

  Ødegård, Lars Eric Tveit; Mørkeseth, Elise (Master thesis, 2021)

  The pace at which online platforms have become an integral part of our everyday life is nothing short of impressive. Many of such platforms have experienced high growth in recent years which highlights the economic value ...

• CSP for climate adaptation of the built environment: A multiple case study of pilot projects within SFI Klima 2050 

  Alhasan, Fatmi; Bernts, Cathrine (Master thesis, 2021)

  The objective of this master thesis is to enhance pre-existing literature on crosssector partnership (CSP), by providing empirical evidence of CSP. Our goal is to explore the characteristics of CSP in an empirical context ...

• Scientific, Smart & Safe: Sensor Technology as a Marketing Tool to Increase Restaurant Visits During COVID-19 

  Hamza, Megi; Bellavista, Anthea (Master thesis, 2021)

  Inspired by the possibilities of novel IoT sensor technology, this master’s thesis tests a new way to encourage customer visits to restaurants at the time of the COVID-19 pandemic. Inspired by recent advances in sensor ...

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