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The Predicted Usage Model (PUM)
(Master thesis, 2023)This predictive analytics project explores how machine learning can contribute to increased customer usage of NTB’s foreign news articles. The result of this research is the Predicted Usage Model (PUM) – a regression model ... -
Predicting Default Loans using Machine Learning
(Master thesis, 2023)This thesis aims to determine whether machine learning algorithms effectively predict default loans and which machine learning algorithms are better performers than others. The research started by gathering information ... -
Predicting Private Equity Fund Returns
(Master thesis, 2022)This thesis investigates the potential of a Private Equity fund performance forecasting model, to assist Private Equity investors in their investment decision making process. Fund performance is measured by the fund’s ... -
Predicting Real Estate Price Variations using Machine Learning and Google Trends
(Master thesis, 2021)The goal of this paper is to create a modern model via the use of machine learning (such as support vector regression, regression tree and neural networks) and google trends to predict real estate price variations. The ... -
Predicting Stock Market Dynamics with Google Trends
(Master thesis, 2019)We investigate investor attention measured by search volume index (SVI) data from Google Trends, and its impact on returns. Moreover, we examine the features of SVI as both an explanatory variable at time zero and its ... -
Predicting Takeover Targets in the US Technology Industry
(Master thesis, 2019)This thesis explores which factors affect takeover prediction in the US technology industry and whether abnormal returns are achievable with an investment portfolio based on takeover probabilities. With a sample consisting ... -
Predicting the Macroeconomic Effects of Reducing Petroleum Activity in Norway: A Scenario Evaluation Approach
(Master thesis, 2022)In the late nineteen sixties Norway discovered large oil and gas reserves on the continental shelf. This changed the economy profoundly and Norway quickly became a resource-exporting economy. Today, around fifty years after ... -
Preparing for the crises of tomorrow: The role of balance between cognitive styles : A quantitative study of the explanatory power of balance between cognitive styles on task performance in a simulated crisis management setting
(Master thesis, 2022)In this thesis we sought to explore the extent to which balance between cognitive styles explains variation in task performance in a simulated crisis management setting. We conducted a quantitative study with a sample ... -
Preparing for the future: How to organize warehouse operations to secure a profitable e-commerce sales channel?
(Master thesis, 2016)The background and current setting of the topic and theme of this thesis is how a traditional logistics actor can profitably reconfigure warehouse operations with the purpose of preparing for increased e-commerce activities. ... -
Presenteeism : a systematized review
(Master thesis, 2017)Background: A growing body of literature on presenteeism is emerging from various academic fields. However, the diversity in concepts, definitions, and measures applied results in a conceptual confusion. The aim of this ... -
Prestasjoner i organisasjoner
(Master thesis, 2022)I denne oppgaven er problemstillingen “hvordan blåse liv i medarbeidersamtalen?”. Problemstillingen er besvart gjennom kvalitativ forskningsmetode i form av et aksjonsforskningsprosjekt gjennomført i to organisasjoner. For ... -
Prestasjonslønn til glede eller besvær?
(Master thesis, 2022)Hensikten med denne studien var å undersøke om individuell prestasjonslønn virket motiverende for den enkelte ansatte, i en bedrift hvor arbeidsoppgavene er relativt enkle og rutinepregede. Vi ønsket å se om opplevd god ... -
Preventive Measures Against The Nordic Resistance Movement
(Master thesis, 2017)The Nordic Resistance Movement, declaring themselves as national socialists, displaying values closely related to those of the World War II Nazi regime, are rapidly expanding in Scandinavia, with Sweden as their base of ... -
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 ... -
Price Movements and Trading Volume Around Ex-Dividend Day in a Market with a High Degree of Foreign Ownership: Evidence from Norway
(Master thesis, 2018)This paper investigates the presence of an ex-dividend price anomaly in a market heavily influenced by foreign investors, the Oslo Stock Exchange, post the implementation of the 2006 tax reform that equalized taxes on ... -
The Price of Time: Evaluating Trade-Offs between Remuneration and Flexibility
(Master thesis, 2023)The sudden shift to remote work may have psychological implications on employees' work engagement and well-being. Many organizations are uncertain of whether to keep traditional offices, transitioning to remote work, or ... -
The Price of Virtuous Mergers and Acquisitions
(Master thesis, 2023)By using ESG scores from three different data providers (Bloomberg, Refinitiv and Sustainalytics) this thesis aims to investigate their respective impacts on deal premia in M&A activities. The sample construction is based ... -
Pricing American-Style Options by Monte Carlo Simulation
(Master thesis, 2018)We replicate (in some parts) and extend Tompaidis and Yang’s (2014) analysis by comparing the performance of Ordinary Least-Squares (OLS) Regression to Tikhonov Regularization and Classification & Regression Trees (CART), ... -
Pricing of carbon emission allowances An assessment of the pricing relationships and the adequacy of EU ETS as a climate policy tool
(Master thesis, 2020)The purpose of this study is to shed light on the pricing mechanisms within the EU Emissions Trading System and evaluate the link between the prices of emission allowances and the prices of fundamental drivers of greenhouse ... -
The Primary Issuance of Norwegian High-Yield Corporate Bonds During Financial Turmoil Spotlight on the COVID-19 Crisis
(Master thesis, 2022)In this thesis, we study different factors that might have caused the massive increase in the primary issuance of Norwegian high-yield corporate bonds during the most recent financial turmoil, the COVID-19 crisis during ...