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Generalizing across generations, or not?
(Master thesis, 2019)Millennials are the ‘new shiny thing’ - everyone seems to want a piece of the largest consumer segment in history. However, alarmingly for sports businesses, Millennials do not seem to be consuming sport. TV viewership ... -
Building information modeling in the norwegian construction industry: a comparison of different contractual models
(Master thesis, 2019)The adoption of building information modeling (BIM) among construction firms, can contribute to resolving many of the issues inherent in today's construction industry. However, despite a proliferation in BIM adoption ... -
Mutual fund size and fund performance
(Master thesis, 2019)This thesis studies the relationship between size and performance for 67 equity mutual funds in Norway, using a 14 years dataset free of survivorship bias from January 2005 to December 2018. We construct three portfolios ... -
Commodity derivative usage in u.s. non-financial firms
(Master thesis, 2019)Financial derivatives have been studied and scrutinized in depth since the financial crises in 2007-2009. Derivatives’ effect on firms, in particular firm value, have been studied prior to, during, and post global ... -
What happens to firm performance and financing when bank branches close?
(Master thesis, 2019)The thesis study how bank branch closures affect firm performance and financing, with a special focus on rural areas in Norway and the savings bank branches role in these areas. To analyze the topic, we use a ... -
Gender diversity and its impact on firms’ financial performance
(Master thesis, 2019)In this research, we examine if there exists a link between board gender diversity and financial performance, hereunder what is believed to be the very worst of financial performance – bankruptcies. After the gender ... -
Important mechanisms to succeed with facilitating a continuous learning culture and change processes within hospitals
(Master thesis, 2019)This paper examines the implementation of new initiatives within the healthcare sector. Our motivation for the study is the positive impact a successful new initiative can have on patient treatment and thereby affect ... -
Avgiftsrettslige utfordringer knyttet til nye kontorløsninger
(Master thesis, 2019)Oppgavens formål er å redegjøre for avgiftsrettslige utfordringer knyttet til nye kontorløsninger. Dette gjør vi for å skape en bedre forståelse av regelverket og problemstillinger som møter co-workingaktører. På bakgrunn ... -
Idrettslag oppfører idrettsanlegg. en konsekvensutredning i et merverdiavgiftsperspektiv.
(Master thesis, 2019)I min masteroppgave ønsker jeg å drøfte hvilke avgiftsmessige konsekvenser som kan oppstå når et idrettslag oppfører idrettsanlegg. Avslutningsvis vil jeg kort drøfte alternative organiseringsformer. Innledningsvis ... -
An estimate of the financial value added of the norwegian petroleum fund mechanism
(Master thesis, 2019)Swedish National Debt Office (SNDO) is responsible for managing Sweden’s central government debt. Since the mid-1970s, SNDO has issued bonds in foreign currency in addition to Swedish Krona (SEK) debt, thereby incurring ... -
Can a trading strategy based on predictions from a nonlinear support vector machine
(Master thesis, 2019)In this empirical research, we compare the forecasting performance of a supervised Support Vector Machine technique to a passive buy-and-hold strategy on the S&P500 index. By introducing two investment strategies, we ... -
An estimate of the financial value added of the norwegian petroleum fund mechanism
(Master thesis, 2019)In this thesis, we quantify the financial valued added from re-allocating oil and gas resources into a globally diversified financial portfolio. We do this by introducing an alternative approach to management of the oil ... -
Intrapreneurial behaviour at bi norwegian business school
(Master thesis, 2019)The purpose of this research study was to investigate and shed light on intrapreneurial behaviour at BI Norwegian Business School. This thesis examines in what ways the participants of the BI2020 pilot program experienced ... -
Finansielle restruktureringer i selskaper med store økonomiske utfordringer, belyst ved utvalgte selskaper i offshoreservicenæringen
(Master thesis, 2019)Forskningsoppgavens tema er privat finansiell restrukturering i offshoreservicenæringen. I 2014 var det en markant nedgang i markedene for denne næringen. Dette ga merkbare ettervirkninger for mange av selskapsgruppene ... -
Developing a typology of misbehaving customers: an observational study of airport travelers
(Master thesis, 2019)The customer is King, or at least that is what we are told. But some Kings choose to misbehave and take advantage over service recoveries, service providers, and organizations. Customer misbehavior can be found as a broad ... -
The effects of financial crime on firm performance: evidence from norway
(Master thesis, 2019)The purpose of this thesis is to investigate the effect of criminal activity, namely corruption, on firm performance for Norwegian firms. We investigate whether the announcement and conviction of corruption has affected ... -
How did banks´ reliance on short-term funding affect their performance during the 2008 financial crisis?
(Master thesis, 2019)This thesis investigates the relationship between short-term funding and bank performance during the 2008 financial crisis. The research is conducted by running cross-sectional regressions on the 50 largest banks in the ... -
Predicting stock market dynamics with google trends
(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 ... -
Collaboration in a best value project : a case study of best value approach (bva) in the norwegian construction industry
(Master thesis, 2019)The procurement of construction services is a large part of the investments in the public sector, and therefore affects both the society and project participants within the construction industry. Despite that, construction ... -
The CO-evolution in the norwegian EV market
(Master thesis, 2019)Norway has a comprehensive EV incentive program that has shaped the growth in the Norwegian EV market. Co-evolutionary outcomes, such as aggregated volume, modern EV technology and innovation can bring great success, but ...