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Do Norwegian SMEs manage to create additional value in the transition toward sustainability?
(Master thesis, 2023)Companies' aggregated harm and benefits within ESG aspects, both externally to society and internally in firms have become increasingly important in recent years. Small and medium-sized firms (SMEs) make up for 90% of the ... -
Do Norwegian SMEs manage to create additional value in the transition toward sustainability?
(Master thesis, 2023)Companies' aggregated harm and benefits within ESG aspects, both externally to society and internally in firms have become increasingly important in recent years. Small and medium-sized firms (SMEs) make up for 90% of the ... -
Do powerful CEOs determine microfinance performance?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)Recently, microfinance has been coming under public and media attacks. The microcredit crisis following from microfinance-induced suicides in 2010 in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh indicates that weak corporate governance ... -
Do social enterprises walk the talk? Assessing microfinance performances with mission statements
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Does a Female Leadership Influence Staff Satisfaction in Microfinance Institutions?
(Master thesis, 2018)The purpose of this study was to obtain a better understanding of whether or not a female CEO influences staff satisfaction in MFIs. The microfinance industry has faced rapid growth and stiffer competition in recent decades, ... -
Does It Pay to be Green? A Study of the Global Microfinance Industry
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)This article examines whether it pays to be green in the microfinance industry. Environmental issues are important for all businesses around the world, and thus many microfinance institutions (MFIs) started embracing them ... -
DOES OPTIMIZED PORTFOLIOS ADD ANY VALUE? : A empirical study conducted to examine the performance of various optimized portfolios using the naive diversification rule as benchmark
(Master thesis, 2019)DeMiguel, Garlappi, and Uppal (2009)conducted a study where they demonstrated that none of several optimized portfolios consistently outperform the naive allocation rule, initiating a heated debate in the academic community. ... -
Does optimized portfolios outperform the naive diversification: Implications from joint tests Can optimized trading strategies significa ntly outperform the naive diversification when correcting for data-snooping
(Master thesis, 2020)This thesis expands upon the debate surrounding the paper of DeMiguel, Garlappi &Uppal (2009). We investigate the performance of optimized strategies compared to the naive 1/N rule while controlling for data-snooping. ... -
Domestic vs foreign : a comparison of financial performance of domestic and foreign banks in Pakistan
(Master thesis, 2012)This study examines the relationship between ownership and financial performance of domestic and foreign banks of Pakistan during 2001-2010. The ownership is divided into domestic banks and foreign banks. To measure the ... -
Donation Crowdfunding : Principles and Donor Behaviour
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Drifts- og vedlikeholdskostnader i Offentlig-Privat Samarbeid: Incentivenes påvirkning En casestudie av to norske OPS-prosjekter i vegsektoren
(Master thesis, 2015)Temaet for avhandlingen er OPS-prosjekter i norsk vegsektor. Fokuset rettes mot incentivenes påvirkning på drifts- og vedlikeholdskostnader i OPS-modellen. Prosjektene som analyseres er E39 Klett – Bårdshaug og E18 ... -
Drivers for SMEs participation in entrepreneurial ecosystems: evidence from the health tech ecosystem in Northern Finland
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Purpose – The entrepreneurial ecosystem (EE) literature is dominated by conceptual studies with insufficient theoretical foundations and empirical evidence on the micro-level. This study aims to explore the largely overlooked ... -
Driving green growth in pelagic fish capture businesses in the North-East Atlantic A case study developing a sustainable balanced scorecard
(Master thesis, 2023)Management innovation within sustainability has become increasingly relevant with heightened international focus, demand for sustainable development, and green growth. Still, some industries are falling behind. Typically, ... -
Driving green growth in pelagic fish capture businesses in the North-East Atlantic - A case study developing a sustainable balanced scorecard
(Master thesis, 2023)Management innovation within sustainability has become increasingly relevant with heightened international focus, demand for sustainable development, and green growth. Still, some industries are falling behind. Typically, ... -
Dynamic Asset Allocation Strategies Based on Volatility and Turbulence Performance comparison 1973-2014
(Master thesis, 2015)The main purpose of this thesis is to evaluate the performance of the dynamic turbulence targeting asset allocation strategy, and then match it up against the volatility targeting strategy, which is the dynamic benchmark, ... -
Dynamic Asset Allocation Strategies Based on Volatility, Unexpected Volatility and Financial Turbulence
(Master thesis, 2015)This master thesis looks at unexpected volatility- and financial turbulence’s predictive ability, and exploit these measures of financial risk, together with volatility, to create three dynamic asset allocation strategies, ... -
Dynamics and Limits of Regulatory Privatization: Reorganizing audit oversight in Russia
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019) -
Dynamics and Limits of Regulatory Privatization: Reorganizing audit oversight in Russia
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Dynamikken i digitalisering av revisjon : Hvilke faktorer påvirker mulighetene til digitalisering av revisjon –En eksplorativ studie
(Master thesis, 2019)Formålet med denne masteroppgaven har vært å se nærmere på hvilke faktorer som påvirker revisors evne til å digitalisere revisjonspraksis. Til tross mye fokus på hvordan digitale virkemidler kan benyttes i regnskap og ...