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How do cultural and institutional factors influence the entry mode decision of a multinational firm? A case study of a Norwegian MN
(Master thesis, 2019)This Master Thesis investigates how cultural and institutional factors affect the entry mode choice of a multinational firm. Previous research has found equivocal results regarding the effect of these factors on the entry ... -
How do Different Types of Job Crafting Relate to Job Performance? Examining the Role of Occupational SelfEfficacy, Intrinsic Motivation, and Role Overload
(Master thesis, 2019)This study looks into the relationship between distinct job crafting forms and leaderrated performance, as well as job crafting’s predictive relationship to occupational self-efficacy, intrinsic motivation and role ... -
How do domestic factors influence some small Norwegian entrepreneurial firms’ choice to primarily operate in international markets, rather than their domestic market from inception?
(Bachelor thesis, 2021)The emergence of born globals (BGs), defined as firms that from, or near founding obtain a substantial portion of total revenue from sales in international markets, has increased during the past three decades. The ... -
How do Empowering Leadership Relate to Task Adaptivity and Task Proactivity? Examining the Role of Change-Related Self-Efficacy, Felt Responsibility, Emotional Engagement, and Proactive Personality
(Master thesis, 2020)In this thesis, we intended to contribute to the literature by looking at the importance of leader behavior on performance variables. Particularly, the paper investigated how empowering leadership influences employees’ ... -
How do enterprises in the production sector use the Net Present Value method when conducting project appraisal?
(Master thesis, 2022)For the purpose of gaining an overview of the investment analysis performed in the production sector, we conducted a mixed-methods study in which we analyzed the present value analyses of relevant companies and collected ... -
How do female CEOs affect the corporate capital structure in Norwegian private firms
(Master thesis, 2020)The effect of managerial characteristics on corporate financing policies has gained a growing attention during the last years. Thus, this thesis aims at investigating how the gender of the CEO affects the corporate capital ... -
How do job demands have an impact on in-role performance through work engagement?
(Master thesis, 2021)The purpose of this research is to examine how job demands (loneliness, technological problems, and job insecurity) have an impact on in-role performance through work engagement (vigor, dedication, and absorption) in ... -
How do long-run performance and underpricing of IPOs differ from private equity-backed, venture capital-backed and non-private equity-backed companies?
(Master thesis, 2022)This paper investigates initial returns from the first-day, first-week, and firstmonth closing price to capture the underpricing of an initial public offering during two different market cycles, namely hot- and cold-issue ... -
How do M&As drive performance of acquiring tech firms? Evidence from the US
(Master thesis, 2019)In our study, we aim at understanding what drives acquirer in tech M&As. We examine a sample of 3,813 M&A transactions by US publicly-traded technological firms from 1991 to 2019. Since bidders1 and deals characteristics ... -
How do oil price shocks affect private equity investments? A thesis investigating private equity in the Nordic oil and gas sector
(Master thesis, 2017)In this thesis, we explore the relative performance of private equity owned portfolio companies in the Nordic oil and gas sector, during the recent oil price shocks. Our research has identified the drivers of performance ... -
How do organizations implement diversity?
(Master thesis, 2015-08-07)As the world increasingly becomes globalized, the society becomes diversified. This change leads to the organizational challenge as to how manage a divers workforce? To face the challenge of managing diversity organizations ... -
How do payment methods and other deal characteristics affect abnormal returns? - A comparison of “high-tech” versus “non-high-tech” industries in the European M&A market.
(Master thesis, 2019)This master thesis investigates whether payment method affects the target company’s cumulative abnormal return (CAR), if the premium paid is larger for cash-financed acquisitions, and if Research and Development (R&D) ... -
How do serial acquirer managers legitimize more extensive integrations?
(Master thesis, 2017)This paper investigates which factors that influence the legitimization of more extensive integrations by the managers of serial acquirers. A more extensive integration is characterized by a more comprehensive nature ... -
How do vertical alliances influence the business model of a Norwegian MNE operating in a knowledge-intensive industry?
(Master thesis, 2022)MNEs increasingly face difficult decisions regarding incorporating different ways to manage vertical alliances and adapt their business model. It is well established that firms must coordinate activities in technologically ... -
How does a fall in oil prices affect firm performance across industries in an oil exporting country like Norway?
(Master thesis, 2017)The purpose of this thesis is to get insight into how the Norwegian economy is affected by changes in oil prices, with emphasis on the 2014 oil bust. We also study if this effect differs between Norwegian industries. We ... -
How does carbon emissions impact stock prices: Evidence from the UK stock market
(Master thesis, 2022)We investigate the relationship between stock returns and firm’s carbon emissions for the cross-section of UK companies, and test whether a carbon risk premium exists. We obtain emission data, monthly stock return data, ... -
How Does CEO Turnover Affect Performance in Energy Companies?
(Master thesis, 2020)In this paper, we investigate the impact of CEO turnovers on company performance in the energy industry. In the first part, we perform an event study for various event windows where we estimate the abnormal returns from ... -
How does diuidend taxation change ownership structure?
(Master thesis, 2023)This master thesis aims to explain how dividend taxation changes ownership structure in privately held Norwegian firms. While previous studies have focused on changes in dividend policy, our thesis looks at how changes ... -
How does dynamic pricing affect customer perceived fairness across product necessities?
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How does ESG affect the financial performance of oil and gas companies relative to traditional firm characteristics? - An empirical examination of oil and gas companies in Europe
(Master thesis, 2021)This thesis investigates potential indicators of financial performance on European oil and gas companies. With the use of panel data regressions, it seeks to detect potential significant effects of traditional firm ...