• The power of nudging applied to sustainable fashion consumption 

      Østensen, Katrine; Padovan, Elena (Master thesis, 2022)
      Previous research indicates a growing attitude towards buying sustainable products. This has led to an increased focus among several fashion brands to make it easier for their consumers to buy environmentally friendly ...
    • The Power of Sentiment and Attention: Twitter and Google Trends as predictors of stock returns 

      Nielsen, Adrian Nygård; Hansson, Herman (Master thesis, 2023)
      This thesis examines the impact of Twitter sentiment and Google Trends-derived investor attention on stock returns of Apple, Amazon, Microsoft, and Tesla. Spanning from January 1, 2018, to February 1, 2023, we extracted ...
    • PR-kampanje for Rosenborg Ballklub 

      Overskott, Sigurd; Engh, Dorthe (Bachelor thesis, 2017)
      Denne oppgaven er en avsluttende bacheloroppgave i kampanjeplanlegging, tilknyttet PR-og Markedskommunikasjonsstudiet ved Handelshøyskolen BI – Campus Trondheim. Vår kampanje er utarbeidet i samarbeid med Rosenborg Ballklub. ...
    • Pre-såkornordningen - et nytt bidrag til gründerbedrifters kamp for å overleve «dødens dal» 

      Mathisen, Simen; Jelmert, Nikolai Diesch (Bachelor thesis, 2018)
      I Norge eksisterer det et finansieringsgap som gjør at det ikke er nok risikovillig kapital for å finansiere alle de gode gründerideene som egentlig burde ha “livets rett”. Tidligere har staten opprettet såkornfondene ...
    • Predictability of Bond Risk Premia 

      Tønsberg, Emil Martin Szmigiel; Johansen, Henrik Kragerud (Master thesis, 2018)
      The notion of time-varying risk premia has great implications from an economic standpoint. We study the predictability of bond risk premia in the US, Australia, Canada, Switzerland, Germany, UK, and Japan, and whether ...
    • The Predictability of Future IPO Volume Through Initial Returns, a Study of the European Market 

      Palmer, Karoline; Solheim, Einar Andreas Weimodet (Master thesis, 2020)
      IPO volume is highly autocorrelated in the European market, unlike initial returns. We find more companies tend to go public the following quarter after periods of high initial returns, as well as some characteristics ...
    • Predictability of Stock Returns: An application of presentvalue state-space models to the German Stock Market 

      Lux, Yannik (Master thesis, 2019)
      In my thesis, I introduce a state-space representation of the present-value model to analyze predictability in the aggregated German stock market. The proposed model uses the information contained in annualized price-dividend ...
    • The Predicted Usage Model (PUM) 

      Aas, Erlend; Bye-Ribaut, Dominique Daniel; Røe, Anita (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 

      Habibi, Alexander Noreddin (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 

      Starman, Jurij (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 

      Begaud, Bradley (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 

      Skei, Emil Breivikås; Strøm, Jon Velure (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 

      Voll, Enok Andreas; Høivik, Vegard (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 

      Tavanger, Martin Armand; Nilsen, Morten (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 

      Esfandiari, Roya; Kuipers, Kristine (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? 

      Pran, Adrian Beckman; Aaseth, Adrian Bakken (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 

      Eng, Ingvild Nathali Hirdes (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 

      Faanes, Brita; Fure, Jetmund; Sjögren, Karin Ilse Anna Maria (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? 

      Kristthorsdottir, Sigridur Kristin; Jacobsen, Lise; Fagerberg, Linn Iren (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 

      Langseth, Magne; Løland, Stian (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 ...