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Exploring the Leverage and Profitability Relation in the Norwegian Market
(Master thesis, 2023)The Leverage-Profitability Puzzle has long been one of the most well-known empirical inconsistency in the literature on capital structure. There are few empirical studies that focus solely on the Norwegian market in relation ... -
Exploring the link between gender diversity and financial performance on Norwegian boards
(Master thesis, 2023)In recent years, gender diversity has become a much-debated topic with regards to optimal board compositions. This paper studies the relationship between gender diversity on Norwegian boards and firms’ financial performance. ... -
Exploring the relationship between ESG-scores and company performance: Insights from the Covid-19 pandemic
(Master thesis, 2023)This thesis explores the relationship between Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) scores and company performance within the S&P 500 and STOXX 600 indexes during the Covid-19 pandemic. We investigated ESG scores and ... -
Exploring the Relationship Between Management, Corporate Governance, and Agency Theory: An Empirical Examination of Their Impact on Net Asset Value Premiums or Discounts in Publicly Listed Shipping Companies
(Master thesis, 2023)This paper investigates the relationship between corporate governance and the premiums or discounts between the market capitalization and the net asset value (NAV) of publicly listed maritime shipping companies. We employ ... -
Exploring the Relationship Between the Slope of the Yield Curve, Volatility, and the Profitability of Momentum Trading Strategies in US Stocks: An Empirical Analysis
(Master thesis, 2023)This thesis explores the interplay between yield curve inversions, volatility and Momentum trading strategy performance in the US stock market. We test the theory that yield curve dynamics can predict fluctuations in ... -
Exploring the Role of the Momentum Factor in Asset Pricing Models: An Empirical Analysis of the Oslo Stoel! Exchange (OSE) from July 1989 to June 2020
(Master thesis, 2023)This thesis tests if the Fama and French five-factor model including momentum can explaining stock returns on OSE. The inclusion of momentum factor enhances model performance, with an increased adjusted R2 from 0.65 to ... -
Exploring the validity of behavioral cues perceived to indicate violence in the context of police-citizen interactions
(Master thesis, 2018)The aim of this thesis is to explore whether behavioral cues, which are thought to be predictive of violence, correspond with violent behavior in police-citizen interactions. The method applied consisted of qualitatively ... -
Extracting Sentiment of Selected Twitter Accounts and Considering Its Relationship with the S&P 500 Index
(Master thesis, 2021)Twitter is a source of streaming data. In this thesis, we examine whether and to what extent we can find a relationship between the sentiment of selected Twitter accounts and the S&P 500 index. This thesis uses data from ... -
Eyr Medical
(Bachelor thesis, 2017)Eyr Medical initierte i januar 2017 prosjektet «Content Marketing», med et mål om å øke brukerengasjement ved en økning av antall videokonsultasjoner gjennom applikasjonen innen juni 2017. Selskapet er et nyetablert ... -
Ezinne Athletics
(Bachelor thesis, 2017)I denne oppgaven har vi tatt for oss organisasjonen Ezinne Athletics, som per dags dato er en veldedig organisasjon som har som mål å få økt antallet av jenter med minoritetsbakgrunn i friidretten, da det tilbudet som ... -
Facebook truet av transformativ teknologi
(Bachelor thesis, 2022)Denne oppgaven tar for seg problemstillingen: «Hvilken innvirkning har utviklingen av blokkjede-teknologi for makten Facebook/Meta innehar, sett i lys av forbrukere sine holdninger og preferanser?». Problemstillingen ... -
Factors Impact on Profitability for Norwegian Private Firms
(Master thesis, 2018)This paper investigates what factors have an impact on the profitability of Norwegian private firms divided by size. Profitability is measured using Return on Assets (ROA) and Return on Equity (ROE). The factors tested ... -
Factors influencing advertising effectiveness and purchase intention on Instagram
(Master thesis, 2017)Instagram has emerged as an important social media and advertising platform, but little or no research has been done to investigate how the users perceive various Instagram advertisement. The current research relies on ... -
Factors that influence Tech IPO underpricing and their applicability in pricing decision
(Master thesis, 2018)The aim of this thesis was to identify the main factors impacting underpricing in the Tech industry and analyse their applicability in IPO pricing decisions. The main factors that were examined: Number of Underwriters, ... -
Failing to succeed : How can an accelerator facilitate learning from failure?
(Master thesis, 2018)This master thesis aims at exploring how accelerator programs can facilitate learning from failure. Failure, defined as deviance from desired results, has seen a shift in its surrounding literature. Instead of perceiving ... -
A Fair Day's Pay for a Fair Day's Work? The Mediating Role of Justice Perceptions in Compensation and Exchange Relationships
(Master thesis, 2021)This study explores the dynamic between compensation and employee-organization relationships amongst hairdressing professionals. We investigate the relationships between the pay administration (fixed or variable) and the ... -
Faktorer for valg av innkjøpsmetode av dagligvarer
(Bachelor thesis, 2022)Oppgaven handler om hvilke faktorer som er avgjørende når en forbruker skal bestemme seg for innkjøpsmetode av dagligvarer. Problemstillingen blir altså: «Hvilke faktorer påvirker forbrukernes valg av innkjøpsmetode for ... -
Faktorer som kan påvirke grad av arbeidsnarkomani
(Bachelor thesis, 2022)Hensikten med denne studien er å finne ut av hvordan spesifikke faktorer kan påvirke graden av arbeidsnarkomani. Vi ønsket å se nærmere på hvilke konsekvenser arbeidsnarkomani har for jobb-hjem balansen, da det også har ... -
Fallgruver i byggeprosjekter
(Bachelor thesis, 2014-09-10)Denne rapporten tar utgangspunkt i bruprosjektet Tverrforbindelsen for å illustrere hvilke fallgruver det er vanlig å møte på og hvordan disse kan håndteres på en god måte. Tverrforbindelsen ble planlagt og bygget i årene ... -
Fallgruver i prosjekt innen landbasert oppdrettsanlegg
(Bachelor thesis, 2022)Denne bacheloroppgaven tar for seg tematikken rundt hvilke fallgruver prosjekter innen landbaserte oppdrettsanlegg står overfor. Bakgrunnen for oppgaven baserer seg på et individuelt engasjement om å lære mer om en ...