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Measuring the impact of intangible asset investment toward companies financial health and agency problem : empirical reasearch from Indonesian companies during world financial crisis period 2006-2011
(Master thesis, 2012)The thesis examines the impact of intangible investment toward company‟s health and company agency problem. The research chooses Intangible asset because of its special characteristic. Intangible asset as the asset of ... -
A methodology for developing evidence-based optimization models in humanitarian logistics
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Microfinance : are there ethical differences between different Norwegian microfinance institutions based on their ownership types?
(Master thesis, 2011)Microfinance is an exciting and interesting topic that lacks an extensive amount of research. Microfinance has been more and more commercialized over the last years, but few have written about the absolute effect of ... -
Microfinance and Life Satisfaction in Ecuador A study about financial determinants of life satisfaction among micro entrepreneurs in the informal economy
(Master thesis, 2015)This study examines if and how leverage, delayed payments, and business profit influence life satisfaction among microfinance clients in the informal economy in Ecuador. To examine this, cross-sectional data is used. A ... -
Microfinance and rating
(Master thesis, 2008)This master thesis starts by introducing the concept of microfinance. It shows that MFI rating is an important tool in achieving transparency. The study attempts to determine the relationship between social and financial ... -
Microfinance for People with Disabilities
(Chapter, 2010)Microfinance is considered an important tool in reaching the United Nations? Millennium Development Goals (Littlefield et al., 2003). Nevertheless, few people with disabilities have access to microfinance. This is in ... -
Microfinance Mission Drift?
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2010)Claims have been made that microfinance institutions (MFIs) experience mission drift as they increasingly cater to customers who are better off than their original customers. We investigate mission drift using average loan ... -
Migration for Work & Education : A case study of Nepal
(Master thesis, 2018)Migration is the process of crossing the national or international broader for the sake of getting a high paid job, education, better living standard, prosperity, settlement, and other diverse motives. This ... -
Mikrofinans: Fra helt til kjeltring?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)Motivert av den senere tids kritikk av mikrofinans, blant annet slik den fremkom i en dokumentarkalt «Fanget i mikrogjeld» som ble sendt på NRK i november 2010, undersøker vi i denne artikkelen hvorvidt mikrofinanstilbyderne ... -
Miljø i byggenæringen : miljøkompetanse, miljøholdninger og motivasjon hos byggevirksomheter i Vest-Agder og Aust-Agder
(Master thesis, 2012)Denne undersøkelsen tok sikte på å finne sammenhengen mellom miljøkompetanse, miljøholdninger og motivasjon og miljøatferd hos byggevirksomheter i Vest- Agder og Aust- Agder. Undersøkelsen avdekker at det eksisterer en ... -
Miljøøkonomiske virkemidler som drivere til fornybar energi
(Master thesis, 2023)Med bakgrunn i den imperative rollen av fornybar energi som tilnærming for å forebygge miljøødeleggelser, er kunnskap om effekter av virkemidler avgjørende. I denne studien forsøker jeg å identifisere hvorvidt implementerte ... -
Mindre komplekse selskaper og valg av revisor
(Master thesis, 2022)Revisjonsbransjen i Norge er preget av høy konkurranse og høyt prispress. I dag dominerer «de fem store» aktørene markedet i stor grad, og de små og mellomstore revisjonsselskapene opplever at det er utfordrende å beholde ... -
Mindre komplekse selskaper og valg av revisor
(Master thesis, 2022)Revisjonsbransjen i Norge er preget av høy konkurranse og høyt prispress. I dag dominerer «de fem store» aktørene markedet i stor grad, og de små og mellomstore revisjonsselskapene opplever at det er utfordrende å beholde ... -
«Mission impossible?» : Er bærekraftig utvikling forenelig med økt turisme : en undersøkelse blant norske turistdestinasjoner (Master's thesis). University of Agder, Kristiansand.
(Master thesis, 2020)Turisme har blitt et globalt og svært utbredtfenomen. Reiselivsnæringen er en av de største og raskest voksende næringene i verden.På verdensbasis er detspådd en vekst på50 prosentde neste ti årene. Økt globaliseringgir ... -
Mitigating coopetition tensions: The forgotten formation stage
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Coopetition entails tensions inherent to collaboration with competitors. This paper focuses on the coopetition formation stage and its effects on the development of tensions. We performed interviews with executives of ... -
Mitigating the risk of money laundering in cryptocurrencies: A Systematic Literature Review
(Master thesis, 2022)While blockchain technology comes with many new features and opportunities, it also risks that the technology might be used for illicit activities. In particular, money laundering has been illustrated to be facilitated by ... -
Mobility 2.0: Sustainable Business Models for the Automotive Industry : Identifying sustainable sale-of-service mobility business models, utilizing alternative powertrains and autonomous technology
(Master thesis, 2016)The aim of this study is to identify and develop sustainable mobility business models (BMs) for the automotive industry. This is a response to an analysis of the opportunities and limitations of new technology and carsharing ... -
A Model for the Evaluation of Society’s Progress Towards Cashlessness: A Comprehensive Analysis of the World and Norway
(Master thesis, 2021)The purpose of this thesis is to determine Norway as well as other countries in terms of the progress in cashless societies. When it comes to payment services, there are constantly new and better innovations that suppliers ... -
Modeling alternatives to exponential discounting
(Master thesis, 2009)One area that is often overlooked by economists and social scientists is discounting. Most economic models of intertemporal choice make use of Samuelson’s (1937) DU model which leads to an exponential discount function. ...