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Consumers’ purchase behavior towards green beauty care products
(Master thesis, 2021)Consumers are increasingly looking for a more sustainable consumption. In the past years, a green trend has emerged in the beauty care market. However, even if consumers claim to want more green products, an attitude-behavior ... -
Consumers’ willingness to incur debt with “Buy Now Pay Later” payment options
(Master thesis, 2021)Consumers are offered more payment options than ever before, and many of them offer exceptionally flexible solutions and different ways of financing purchases with credit. Simultaneously, the increased credit use has led ... -
Consumption inequality and publicly prouided seruices from local gouemment
(Master thesis, 2022)This study aims to identify how consumption inequality has evolved and how in-kind transfers, or publicly provided services, from local governments affect the level and trend in consumption inequality. We have imputed ... -
Content marketing i norsk filmbransje
(Bachelor thesis, 2017)I denne bacheloroppgaven, utarbeidet ved Handelshøyskolen BI våren 2017, tar vi for oss det nye reklamefenomenet content marketing. I oppgaven starter vi med en introduksjon til temaet og plasserer dette i konteksten vi ... -
Contracting capabilities : how can contracting capabilities be measured and developed, and how do they impact firm performance in B2B relationships?
(Master thesis, 2014-02-12)This master thesis builds on previous research by Argyres and Mayer (2007). They argue that a firm´s ability and capacity to perform tasks related to contractual work can be defined as contracting capabilities. These ... -
Contrarian investment strategies : evidence in China stock market 2002-2011
(Master thesis, 2013-02-15)This master thesis aims to investigate the profitability of momentum and contrarian investment strategies in Chinese “A” share market listed on both the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) and the Shenzhen Stock Exchange (SZSE) ... -
The Contribution of Enterprise Risk Management to Firm Value - Empirical evidence from the North American and European Oil & Gas Sector
(Master thesis, 2023)This master thesis examines the contribution of Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) to firm value within the upstream oil and gas sector in Europe and North America. Given the industry’s high exposure to various risks, this ... -
A Contribution to the Validation of TOP: Measuring the Dark Triad of Personality at Work
(Master thesis, 2023)This study aimed to examine the psychometric properties of the Norwegian version of The Dark Triad of Personality at Work (TOP) and its associations with the Big Five, and relations to counterproductive academic behavior ... -
Control Systems for Sustainability: Exploring the patterns in Norwegian firms
(Master thesis, 2021)Sustainability is becoming of high importance for companies. Businesses increasingly commit to sustainability initiatives and report on sustainability performances. They also start to develop and embed sustainability ... -
The Controversiality of Brands Taking a Stand: Is Social Justice for Sale?
(Master thesis, 2020)In recent years, the popularity of social justice advertisements has grown, with some famous brands as adopters, such as Gillette, Audi, and Pepsi. This type of campaign exploits social causes in favor of leftist themes ... -
Coping with changing environments: the development of competent leadership
(Master thesis, 2017)The purpose of the present study is to explore how leaders learn and develop competent leadership through a qualitative examination of middle managers in a large Norwegian financial institution. This study investigates ... -
Copper Price Fluctuations and the Stock Market
(Master thesis, 2021)The aim of this study is to investigate whether the fluctuations in the copper price can add predictive power to a model forecasting stock market returns. Our findings from the in-sample test are that past fluctuations ... -
Corporate diversification strategies and their effects on firm performance - the case of Samsung's venture into healthcare
(Master thesis, 2017)The question of how and why firms diversify has been a focal point of strategy research for several decades. However, results have been contradictory, especially in regard to the diversification-performance dichotomy. ... -
The Corporate Financial Performance and Compensation of CEOs in Norwegian Listed Companies
(Master thesis, 2023)This paper investigates the impact of CEO compensation, including total compensation, variable pay, and base salary, on key firm performance indicators such as Return on Assets (ROA) and Return on Sales (ROS). Despite ... -
Corruption ; The boundary between customer relationship management and illegal corruption, bribery and trading in influence
(Master thesis, 2016)The impropriety principle is a central legal standard that should be determined by the courts in light of the prevailing ethical and moral perceptions in the society. To decide whether an advantage is undue, the preparatory ... -
Corruption risk - the effect on international competitiveness : a study of Norwegian multinational companies
(Master thesis, 2014-02-11)Corruption is a debated topic among actors in the international business environment, particularly as stringent anti-corruption legislations pose restrictions on how companies can legally operate. Corruption is by many ... -
Coskewness as a driver of excess returns, size premiums and book-to-market effects on emerging and developed markets : an empirical study on Poland and Germany
(Master thesis, 2012-05-09)If asset returns present systematic skewness, then the risk associated with it should be compensated accordingly and this compensation should be identified in the premia of the expected returns. Thus, asset pricing models ... -
The Cost of Inaction in Shipping: The Case of the European Union's Emissions Trading System and the Energy Taxation Directive
(Master thesis, 2023)This thesis examines the cost implications of sustainability inaction within the shipping industry. By employing a discounted cash flow approach and forecasting until 2050,we assess the influence of the European Union’s ... -
The Cost to Carry: Investor Uncertainty and the Currency Risk Premia
(Master thesis, 2020)This thesis explores a risk-based explanation of carry trade returns in currency markets. We propose a two-factor model that uses investor uncertainty proxied by News Implied Volatility innovations (NVIX) and the dollar ... -
Country-of-origin and brand reputation effects on brand equity. Can a strong brand name strengthen or reverse country-of-origin effects on brand equity?
(Master thesis, 2017)The concept of country-of-origin has been extensively studied with the apparition of multinational companies separating and outsourcing their operations worldwide. It has been established that country-of-origin has an ...