Student papers: Recent submissions
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Exploring the Interplay Between Digitalization and Sustainability in the Maritime Industry
(Master thesis, 2021)The following Master thesis investigates the interplay between two of the current important and pervasive trends: digitalization and sustainability. The academic literature shows how these trends impact business separately ... -
Do Marketing Professionals Care about the Pareto Principle?
(Master thesis, 2021)The purpose of this thesis is to explore whether and how marketing practitioners use the Pareto Principle by studying the thesis statement: “The Pareto Principle: The opportunities and consequences for FMCG brands of ... -
The relationship between digitalization and profitability A cross-sectional study of firms in the Norwegian shipping industry
(Master thesis, 2021)In this paper, we study the relationship between profitability and the level of digitalization of firms in the Norwegian shipping industry. We found the digitalization level by using a Likert scale on a survey sent to ... -
The Effect of a Pandemic and Lacking Live Sporting Event Attendance on Perceived Sponsorship Value
(Master thesis, 2021)Sponsorship as marketing communication measures increased rapidly in popularity over the last three decades before the turn of the millennium, together with a more sophisticated marketing industry (Meenaghan, 1998). After ... -
Economic Determinants of Legal Outcomes in Norwegian Public Compulsory Buyouts
(Master thesis, 2021)In this thesis, we ask what the economic determinants are for whether minority shareholders choose to reject the offer in a public compulsory buyout, and for the outcome in court. We have collected and constructed a ... -
An investigation in Norwegian seafood air cargo operations
(Master thesis, 2021)Seafood is the third largest export product in Norway, after oil and gas. Sea fishing and aquaculture activities produced approximately 930 thousand tons of seafood for the industry in 2019. Markets outside Europe require ... -
Rekonstruksjonslovens fremtid
(Master thesis, 2021)De norske gjeldsforhandlingsreglene har vært kjent for å være lite fleksible. Mange selskaper i økonomiske problemer har derfor i praksis vært nødt til å forhandle frem frivillige løsninger med sine kreditorer utenfor ... -
Climbing the ladder of knowledge about drug shortages through business analytics
(Master thesis, 2021)Despite techonological tranformations and innovations, the global supply of drugs has faced increasing difficulties to meet its demand. The resulting deviations have lead to an exponential increase in the number of annualy ... -
A study of Adaptive Performance: Facilitating for adaptive behavior through Transformational Leadership and Psychological Safety during Covid-19
(Master thesis, 2021)In order to better understand the promotion of adaptive behavior during Covid-19, the following research investigates the relationship between transformational leadership and subscales of adaptive performance, as well ... -
Performance of mutual funds during the Covid-19 pandemic compared to the 2008 financial crisis
(Master thesis, 2021)Throughout this thesis we have investigated the American and Norwegian mutual funds’ performance by employing Jensen’s alpha (1968), Fama and French’s Threefactor model (1993), Carhart’s Four-factor model (1997), Fama ... -
COVID-19: How has the pandemic influenced consumers' sustainable attitudes and behaviors? Navn:
(Master thesis, 2021)The COVID-19 pandemic has been a great strain on the whole world. Millions of people have died worldwide, and Norway has also been affected. The outbreak of COVID-19 has led to fear among people all over the world, and ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Predicting Real Estate Price Variations using Machine Learning and Google Trends
(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 ... -
The Involuntary Use of Home Office and Perceived Work- Related Social Isolation During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Implications for Work Engagement and Burnout in the Norwegian Banking Sector Navn:
(Master thesis, 2021)The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has led to dramatic changes in people's everyday life and organizations have experienced a radical shift to follow the government's restrictions. Restrictions aiming to segregate ... -
Government Effectiveness as a Factor Explaining Listings in Developing Countries
(Master thesis, 2021)In this paper, we investigate the e↵ect government e↵ectiveness has on the number of listed firms worldwide from 2000 to 2016. We find that government e↵ectiveness has a positive and significant e↵ect on listings. A ... -
Dynamics of Firm Profits and Market Power since 1955: A Divergent Relationship
(Master thesis, 2021)The central purpose of this paper is to take a step towards uncovering the determinants and persistence of profitability. To this end, the paper will employ various measures of profitability, derived from De Loecker, ... -
The influence of verbal elements displayed on packaging: a study on chocolate bars
(Master thesis, 2021)Problem: Packaging plays an important role in consumers' purchase decisions. Brands use packaging as a marketing and communication tool, to differentiate themselves from the competition. In this way, consumers choose ... -
Graduates Working Virtually: Its Effects on Newcomer Socialization
(Master thesis, 2021)Covid-19 has accelerated the trends of digital socialization. The differences between traditional and digital socialization are enough to influence the socialization process for graduate newcomers. Researchers have yet ... -
The Role of Human Resource Management in Creating Sustainable Organizations
(Master thesis, 2021)Sustainability is a thoroughly discussed topic in research. The UN define sustainability based on three pillars: environment, finance and society (Bansal & Des Jardine, 2014; Ehnert et al, 2016). So far, most organizations ...