Browsing Master's theses in Business Administration (2014-) by Issue Date
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Bibliometric Citation Analysis of Cultural Intelligence
(Master thesis, 2017)Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to identify the most influential contributions to cultural intelligence by a bibliometric citation analysis using HistCite, VOSviewer and CiteNetExplorer, in order to provide an ... -
The role of information technology to facilitate the movement of containers: the experience of Yara North America and their container operation
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A Re-Examination of Performance of Optimized Portfolios
(Master thesis, 2017)DeMiguel, Garlappi, and Uppal (2009) conducted a study demonstrating that meanvariance optimized portfolios do not consistently outperform the naive diversi cation strategy in out-of-sample tests. This caused a heated ... -
Perceptions of Crowdfunding Campaigns and Performance : An Empirical Analysis
(Master thesis, 2017)Crowdfunding gives entrepreneurs and others, opportunities to get financial contributions to their projects as well as acknowledgements and insight to consumers’ preferences. This thesis focuses on reward-based crowdfunding ... -
Analyzing Factors influencing Market Entry by Foreign Service Firms into developing Markets
(Master thesis, 2017)The purpose of this research is to analyze factors impacting the market entry of international service companies operating in Cambodia. Eight international service firms operating in the service sector in Cambodia have ... -
Managing Overtime in China : Determinants of Overtime Culture in a Labor Intensive Manufacturing Facility in Guangdong, China : A Case Study
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Should microfinance institutions hire staff from the same socioeconomic status as their clients?
(Master thesis, 2017)Firms require staff to perform their operations. As such, the staff are considered an important resource in the achievement of any firm’s objectives. This is particularly the case with firms whose activities require staff ... -
Beyond budgeting since inception: what is the status?
(Master thesis, 2017)The Beyond Budgeting idea as developed by Hope and Fraser (1997) has been in existence for almost twenty years, yet, the research community still has divergent views on whether the concept is a better management accounting ... -
Religious diversity and entrepreneurial intentions : A macro-level analysis
(Master thesis, 2017)Globally increase of diverse societies lead for a growing body of research to investigate how it affect for the economic behaviour of individuals. Religious diversity is one of the category of cultural diversity which might ... -
Hvordan påvirkes boligprisen av endringer i byggekostnad, boligmasse og befolkning? : En empirisk studie av boligprisens påvirkning fra endringer i byggekostnad, boligmasse og befolkning i Oslo og Akershus fra 2007 til 2016
(Master thesis, 2017)Jeg har i denne oppgaven undersøkt boligprisens påvirkning fra endringer i byggekostnad, boligmasse og befolkning i perioden 2007–2016. Jeg har benyttet en kvantitativ tilnærming, og undersøkt variablenes påvirkning med ... -
Deltakelse i en traineeordning : Case: Trainee Sør
(Master thesis, 2017)Formålet med denne studien er å finne effektene av deltakelse i en traineeordning. Et traineeprogram har som formål å øke kompetansen til deltakerne rett etter studiet slik at de blir bedre rustet for videre arbeidsliv. ... -
Påvirkninger på roro-markedet og effektiv bruk av sjøveien : En studie om effekten ulike hendelser har på roro-markedet, sjøveiens betydning og hvordan vi kan øke bruk av sjøveien
(Master thesis, 2017)During the last few years, Kristiansand Port has had a decline in its roro-traffic which is the definition of wheeled cargo carried by vessels designed for such. In this thesis, we explain what happenings might have caused ... -
Optimized portfolios versus Naive Diversification : could the superior performance of optimized portfolios be attributed to established factor premiums?
(Master thesis, 2017)Since the publication of the study by DeMiguel, Garlappi & Uppal (2009), where theydemonstrate that none of the 14 mean-variance optimization strategies outperform thenaive diversification, several studies claim to defend ... -
Beyond Budgeting og lønnsomhet : Har virksomheter som følger Beyond Budgeting filosofien bedre lønnsomhet enn konkurrentene?
(Master thesis, 2017)Formålet med denne oppgaven er å se om Beyond Budgeting virksomheter har en bedre lønnsomhet enn utvalgte konkurrenter. Oppgaven tar utgangspunkt i 7 norske virksomheter som følger filosofien og ser på hvordan den ... -
Can Norwegian Mutual Fund Managers Pick Stocks?
(Master thesis, 2017)This thesis examines the performance and persistence of Norwegian mutual funds using a comprehensive dataset (surviving and non-surviving funds) over the period 1983-2015. We examine the performance of Norwegian mutual ... -
Strategic solutions for cyclical industries to reduce the risks of industrial downturns : Case of the oil service industry in Southern Norway
(Master thesis, 2017)Cyclical industries are exposed to unpredictable industrial downturns caused by fluctuations in market conditions. Changing prices for natural resources used for industrial production are among the driving forces that ... -
Visibility Graph Analysis of Real-Life and GARCH-Simulated Financial Time-Series
(Master thesis, 2017)In this thesis, we will use the natural and horizontal visibility graph algorithms to look at financial time-series. We will apply the two algorithms to time-series generated from thirteen sets of simulations with the help ... -
The Role of Education and Gender in Cultural Intelligence
(Master thesis, 2017)The aim of this thesis is to identify how education and gender influences an individual’s level of cultural intelligence. This is a relatively young field that is growing, as the world is getting smaller. Initially, the ... -
Regnskapsmanipulasjon – Et spill med tall : En empirisk studie om hvordan selskapsspesifikke indikatorer og ekstern revisors uavhengighet påvirker nivået av regnskapsmanipulasjon hos børsnoterte selskaper
(Master thesis, 2017)Det siste århundre har vi vært vitne til en serie av regnskapsskandaler på tvers av USA og Europa. Store regnskapsskandaler som Enron i USA, Pharmalat i Italia og Finance Credit i Norge har vist at de økonomiske konsekvensene ... -
Timing the US Stock Market Using Moving Averages and Momentum Rules: An Extensive Study
(Master thesis, 2017)In this thesis we investigate the performance of moving average and momentum strategies by simulating returns, both in-sample and out-of-sample, while simultaneously taking into account important market frictions. We do ...