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The Strategic Role of Chief Financial Officers in the Transition to Circular Business Models : Striking a Balance between Strategic Leadership and Financial Performance
(Master thesis, 2023)The following study investigates which sociodemographic characteristics of CFOs are beneficial for the transition to circular business models in their companies. The theoretical base for this study is Upper Echelons ... -
OPTIMISING MACHINE LEARNING TECHNIQUES: AUTOFLEX - AN AUTOML APPROACH
(Master thesis, 2023)Automated Machine Learning (AutoML) has emerged as a promising solution to tackle the challenges of algorithm selection, hyperparameter optimisation, feature engineering, scalability, and interpretability in ML tasks. This ... -
The effect of Artificial Intelligence and products recommendation on purchase intention: a study of the cosmetics field
(Master thesis, 2023)Rapid development and adoption of Artificial Intelligence challenge managers to exploit this transforming technology to enhance the customer experience and therefore their sales. This study aims to explore the effect of ... -
The impact of R&D grants on firms' access to external equity financing: Euidence from the Norwegian industry.
(Master thesis, 2023)We examine the impact of government support on a firm’s access to external equity financing. Using data on grant applications to SkatteFUNN between 2012 and 2022, we find grants to have a positive impact on the growth of ... -
A study on opt-out choices and how it is framing gender differences in the decision to compete for promotion
(Master thesis, 2023)This master thesis aims to investigate how an opt-out choice may frame genders. By making a vignette with four scenarios I will research how the society, more specifically, how the respondents view men and women when they ... -
Short Interest as a Predictor of Stock Return: An Empirical Analysis
(Master thesis, 2023)This thesis presents an empirical analysis of the portfolio returns generated by short interest investment strategies and evaluates the performance using the Fama-French five-factor model. We compare the results obtained ... -
The ESG disclosure and the stock price crash risk -evidence from China
(Master thesis, 2023)With the continuous improvement of China’s ESG information disclosure system, the quality of ESG information disclosure will have an important impact on the stock price crash risk. However, there is no literature in China ... -
A study of illiquidity Noise on International Sovereign Bonds
(Master thesis, 2023)This research aims to measure illiquidity noise in the international sovereign bond market, by analyzing the level of noise in our selected countries during normal times and especially during crises. The research will also ... -
(Mandatory) ESG Disclosure and the Impact on Firm Value of Publicly Listed Companies on the Western Stock Market
(Master thesis, 2023)This thesis examines the impact of ESG transparency (ESG disclosure) on firm value in European and United States (US) equities, using Tobin's Q as the evaluation measure. The study utilizes Bloomberg's ESG disclosure score ... -
Frequent types of undertaken piuots and their external triggering factors: A multi-case study of software startups in Vietnam
(Master thesis, 2023)Software startups are companies positioning software as their primary value proposition, whose distinctive characteristics include an innovation focus, lack of resources, high uncertainty and time pressure, and rapid ... -
Humane Orientation, Work–Family Conflict, and Positive Spillover Across Cultures
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Although cross-national work–family research has made great strides in recent decades, knowledge accumulation on the impact of culture on the work–family interface has been hampered by a limited geographical and cultural ... -
The Finance Uncertainty Multiplier
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)We show how real and financial frictions amplify, prolong and propagate thenegative impact of uncertainty shocks. We first use a novel instrumentation strategy toaddress endogeneity in estimating the impact of uncertainty ... -
Medier, makt og myter. Krigen på bakken, krigen i mediene og krigen om mytene
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)I en hommage til krigskorrespondenter, skrev jeg i Morgenbladet 1.4.2022 bl.a. I krig kan pressen spille ulike roller: støtte, starte eller stanse. ... Et sterkt eksempel på journalisters rolle i å stanse kriger, er ... -
Plausible futures for the Norwegian offshore energy sector: Business as usual, harvest or rebuild?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)The global energy transition from fossil to low-carbon energy challenges the future of the Norwegian petroleum sector, a major factor in the country's economy, now facing financial climate risk and long-term declining ... -
Measuring Agreement Using Guessing Models and Knowledge Coefficients
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Several measures of agreement, such as the Perreault–Leigh coefficient, the AC1 , and the recent coefficient of van Oest, are based on explicit models of how judges make their ratings. To handle such measures of agreement ... -
Investigating and Prosecuting White-Collar and Corporate Crime: Challenges and Barriers for National Police Agencies
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Many countries have established national authorities to investigate and prosecute serious and complex white-collar and corporate crime incidents. This article reviews research literature regarding external challenges and ... -
The Dark Versus Bright Side of a Smiley: A Preregistered Replication of Experiment 3 in Glikson et al. (2018) “The Dark Side of a Smiley”
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)The present paper reports an independent and better powered (N = 847 vs. N = 85) replication of Experiment 3 in Glikson et al. (2018). The authors of the original study reported support for their proposition that due to ... -
Produserer Alta kommune kandidater til sykehjemsplasser?
(Master thesis, 2023)«Med måten vi i dag driver korttidsplassene på, så produserer vi flere sykehjemspasienter enn nødvendig» (sitat fra et av dybdeintervjuene vi gjennomførte) Er det virkelig slik at Alta kommune «produserer» sykehjemspasienter ... -
Hvordan hjelpe hjelperen? Systemer for ivaretakelse ved emosjonell eksponering
(Master thesis, 2023)Å hjelpe mennesker, kan være svært meningsfullt. I valget av yrkesvei, er det ofte et genuint ønske om å være til nytte for andre, som ligger til grunn. For å kunne være en god hjelper, må man ha evnen til å sette seg inn ... -
Kartlegging av 2-åringer gjennom observasjon i barnehagen
(Master thesis, 2023)Vi ønsket i dette prosjektet å finne ut i hvilken grad observasjon av 2 åringer i barnehagen i forkant av 2 års kontroll i helsestasjonen, ville gi oss bedre kunnskap om barnets samspillskompetanse, språklige og psykomotoriske ...