Browsing Student papers by Subject "business"
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Skattemessige tilpasningsmuligheter for boligutviklere ved bruk av borettslagsmodellen ; Er det nødvendig med en revisjon av gjeldende rett?
(Master thesis, 2016)Oppgaven omhandler skattemessige tilpasningsmuligheter for boligutviklere ved bruk av borettslagsmodellen. Som følge av enkelte lovendringer de senere årene blir borettslagsandeler igjen sett på som en attraktiv eierform. ... -
Small change, a lot of opinion. corporate rebranding from a stakeholder perspective
(Master thesis, 2019)In light of the recent rebranding of the Norwegian oil giant Equinor, this study investigates the differences in opinions on a high-profile rebranding, and how these can be explained through psychological theories on ... -
Socially Responsible Investing: The Robustness of the Materiality Anomaly
(Master thesis, 2020)In this paper we investigate the nancial performance implications of rms' commitment to sustainability e orts. We evaluate three possible explanations for the abnormal returns identi ed in portfolios constructed on ... -
Statistical Arbitrage Trading using an unsupervised machine learning approach: is liquidity a predictor of profitability?
(Master thesis, 2021)We test a statistical arbitrage trading strategy, pairs trading, using daily closing prices covering the period 2000 – 2019. Stocks are clustered using an unsupervised machine learning approach and cointegrated stocks ... -
Strategies in declining industries
(Master thesis, 2017)An increasing pace in globalization and technological innovation has changed industry landscapes in different sectors. In fact, a growing number of industries are characterized by rapid decline. While there has been much ... -
A study of artificial intelligence in relation to organizational change
(Master thesis, 2020)The pace of change in the evolving business environment has never been higher, and as a part of the broader automation movement, artificial intelligence (AI) will have a fundamental impact on the way we do business. This ... -
The cost of raising equity for firms listed on Oslo stock exchange
(Master thesis, 2014-02-12)This thesis examines the direct cost of raising equity for firms listed on Oslo stock exchange in the period 2006-2011. US research indicates a cost of raising equity about 4-5% of the total amount issued. According to our ... -
The effect of internet usage on voter turnout in the European Union
(Master thesis, 2018)This master thesis investigates the effect of internet usage on voter turnout in the European Union over the sample period from 1990 to 2016. The methodology applies is both ordinary least squares (OLS) estimation and ... -
The effect of political stability and confidence in economic policy on cross-border fixed income portfolio allocation
(Master thesis, 2019)This thesis investigates the extent of home bias in bond portfolios in 20 countries, in the time period 2001 to 2016. In additional to traditional drivers of portfolio optimization, we consider the impact of the financial ... -
The effect on firm performance when a dilution of family control occurs in family firms
(Master thesis, 2016)This paper investigates how Norwegian family firm’s performance is affected by a dilution of family ownership control. Family firms hold unique firm characteristics and we explore if these characteristics change together ... -
The effectiveness of forward guidance on the Norwegian yield curve: Is this in accordance with findings in the data?
(Master thesis, 2018)Inspired by previous research, we are going to perform an empirical analysis to test the effectiveness of forward guidance in Norway on market expectations using high-frequency data and an event-study approach. Further, ... -
The European Central Bank's announcement effect on stock returns in Europe
(Master thesis, 2018)This study investigates how the European Central Bank has influenced European stock markets on the scheduled announcement of monetary policy decisions. Our findings conclude that the European Central Bank does not have ... -
The Evolution of Born Globals’ Internationalization Strategy ; the case of Opera Software
(Master thesis, 2016)Firm internationalization has for long been viewed as a gradual process, wherein firms expand internationally in an incremental stepwise manner. In the last couple of decades however, evidence of a more rapid ... -
The foreign exchange market : can order flow improve a currency carry trade?
(Master thesis, 2013-02-05)The objective of this master thesis is to examine if a currency carry trade can be improved by accounting for order flow. We construct a carry trade strategy by pairing the three highest interest rate currencies to the ... -
The impact of intellectual capital on firms’ competitive advantage: An empirical study of listed integrated oil companies
(Master thesis, 2016)The aim of the thesis is to examine the relationship between intellectual capital and competitive advantages/disadvantages within firms. A sustained competitive advantage is defined as sustained superior performance ... -
The influence of digitalization on the buyer-supplier relationships in the construction industry
(Master thesis, 2018)Purpose - The paper aims at investigating how inter-organizational relationship in construction industry changes under the influence of IT; whether the companies involved will improve and prolong the relationship to ... -
The Right Tool in the Right Hands: The Role of Alternative Assets in a Long-term Institutional Portfolio
(Master thesis, 2018)We compare the investment philosophy and management style of the Norwegian Government Pension Fund Global (GPFG), Canada Pension Plan (CPP), and Australian Future Fund (FF) with focus on extracting the role of alternative ... -
The role of initiating party in corporate takeovers : an information asymmetry argument
(Master thesis, 2013-02-15)This paper analyzes the role of initiating party in estimating takeover performance. We show that there are significant differences in bid-premiums and cumulative abnormal returns (CAR) depending on deal initiator. All ... -
The study of municipalities' investment choices : eight Norwegian municipalities' investments in financial products during 2001-2007
(Master thesis, 2014-02-12)This paper investigates the change in riskiness of eight Norwegian hydro power municipalities’ investments in complex financial products offered by Citigroup through the brokerage firm Terra Securities AS during the period ... -
Transportation lot sizing in the cement industry
(Master thesis, 2012-04-26)In this thesis a mathematical formulation of a new transportation lot sizing model is presented. The model is developed in three separate steps, starting with the development of a single level capacitated multi-terminal ...