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    • What is the extent to which mobile payment systems are changing the banking industry in Norway? 

      Muzondo, Tatenda Vincent (Masteroppgave/UIS-HH/2018;, Master thesis, 2018-06-14)
      Disruptive innovation has gained popularity over the past two decades. Globally, the banking sector having been affected by the financial depression in 2008 and has started implementing innovation in its systems. In Norway, ...

    • U.S. Corporations are Sitting on Piles of Cash. What is the Situation in Norway? Which Determinants Might Explain the Causes of Norwegian Cash Holding? 

      Førlandsås, Grethe; Strømberg, Maren (Masteroppgave/UIS-HH/2018;, Master thesis, 2018-06-14)
      In the past three decades cash holding for U.S. firms have more than doubled. The goal of this thesis is to examine if the cash phenomenon in the U.S. is also existent in Norway. We investigate publicly traded firms in ...

    • Acquiring Capital: How useful is crowdfunding as a tool for acquiring capital for early-stage companies and entrepreneurs? 

      Falleth, Sebastian (Masteroppgave/UIS-HH/2018;, Master thesis, 2018-06-14)
      Crowdfunding is a new and growing phenomenon within the field of economics. As a new relatively new method for raising funds, limited literature exist on the subject, and the underlying mechanisms and its impact on traditional ...

    • Bitcoin and payment systems 

      Ydstebø, Espen; Sandvoll, Vegard Fosse (Masteroppgave/UIS-HH/2018;, Master thesis, 2018-06-15)
      We study the relationship between Bitcoin and traditional payment systems and the financial sector. The payment systems we will do the study with are Visa, MasterCard, Western Union, American Express and PayPal. We study ...

    • Employees' Consciousness Around Meaningful Work 

      Talat Mohammad, Momin (Masteroppgave/UIS-HH/2018;, Master thesis, 2018-06-15)
      This study aims to investigate employees’ consciousness around meaningful work via a quantitative research methodology, to try and find out if employees are conscious about the work having a meaning and if certain employee ...

    • Regnskapsmessig behandling av leieavtaler etter internasjonale regnskapsregler 

      Paust-Andersen, Erik (Masteroppgave/UIS-HH/2018;, Master thesis, 2018-06-15)
      Denne masteroppgaven omhandler regnskapsmessig behandling av leieavtaler for leietakere. Formålet med oppgaven har vært å undersøke hvorvidt ny regnskapsstandard for leieavtaler leder til et bedre beslutningsgrunnlag ...

    • Stavanger Forum - en samfunnsøkonomisk analyse 

      Cam, Øzgur; Risa, Gaute (Masteroppgave/UIS-HH/2018;, Master thesis, 2018-06-15)
      Formålet med denne oppgaven er å belyse de regionale økonomiske ringvirkningene av driften til Stavanger Forum. Rammeverket er forankret i et samfunnsøkonomisk perspektiv, og problemstillingen formulert er: «Er driften av ...

    • Gir IFRS et mer beslutningsrelevant regnskap? 

      Abrahamsen, Edvarda; Tjemsland, Hans Kristian (Masteroppgave/UIS-HH/2018;, Master thesis, 2018-06-15)
      Utredningen tar for seg sammenhengen mellom markedspris for selskap listet på Oslo børs og underliggende årsregnskap. Utredningen skal forsøke å gi svar på hvorvidt det er mulig å spore en større sammenheng etter innføringen ...

    • The Importance of Leadership in the Grocery Sector 

      Løyning, Kenneth Reidar Sandane (Masteroppgave/UIS-HH/2018;, Master thesis, 2018-06-15)
      Transactional leadership, passive leadership behaviors and especially transformational leadership have received great scholarly attention over the years, and the aim of this thesis is to uncover the effects these leadership ...

    • Does Norges Bank's trading in the foreign exchange market on behalf of the government affect the NOK exchange rate? 

      Løberg, Oddbjørn Larsen (Masteroppgave/UIS-HH/2018;, Master thesis, 2018-06-15)
      This thesis attempts to find a connection between the Central Bank of Norway’s trading in the foreign exchange market and the NOK-EUR exchange rate. The central bank is designated to handle currency transactions related ...

    • Forretningsmulighet for et forvaltningsselskap 

      Fiskå, Tor-Kristian; Nag, Fredrik (Masteroppgave/UIS-HH/2018;, Master thesis, 2018-06-15)
      Gjennom problemstillingen: «Hvordan designe opsjonsavtale knyttet til boligselskapers takflate med hensikt å produsere solenergi, og hvilke organisasjonsmessige implikasjoner vil dette ha?» er oppgavens formål å gi Bate ...

    • Empirical investigation of the relationship between Google search volume index and mutual fund performance and flows: evidence from Norway 

      Igeh, Sofia Aarstad; Wijerathne, Iddamalgodage (Masteroppgave/UIS-HH/2018;, Master thesis, 2018-06-15)
      We investigate the relationship between Google search volume index (SVI) and Norwegian mutual fund performance and flows. We use abnormal SVI (ASVI) and relative fund flows as measures of investor attention. The aim of ...

    • Norske børsnoterte selskapers bruk av alternative resultatmål. Etterlever de ESMAs retningslinjer? 

      Meling, Eivind Kristoffer (Masteroppgave/UIS-HH/2018;, Master thesis, 2018-06-15)
      Alle børsnoterte selskaper må presentere årsrapporter som følger strenge regler og standarder. De siste 20 årene har tilleggsrapportering blitt en ny måte å rapportere verdiene til et selskap. Alternative resultatmål har ...

    • An intervention to change and develop leaders’ Implicit Person Theory 

      Biktjoern, Danielle Eich; Isaevskaya, Alina (Masteroppgave/UIS-HH/2018;, Master thesis, 2018-06-15)
      This master thesis starts by presenting implicit person theories and discussing the differences between entity and incremental theories. Further, it demonstrates how IPT influences leaders’ performance. ...

    • Revisjonsbevis generert fra Big Data og Big Data Analytics 

      Vårin, Bjørnø; Nordhus, Malin (Masteroppgave/UIS-HH/2018;, Master thesis, 2018-06-15)
      Ved inntoget av Big Data og Big Data Analytics i revisjonsmetodikken endres arten av revisjons-bevis og nye utfordringer rundt påliteligheten av revisjonsbevis oppstår (Appelbaum, Kogan & Miklos, 2017, s.8). Formålet med ...

    • A study of the e-grocery market in the region of Stavanger 

      Olsen, Nina Sofie (Masteroppgave/UIS-HH/2018;, Master thesis, 2018-06-15)
      The recent years there have been an increased interest in ordering groceries online because people prefer easier alternatives. For the companies, the only activities that are added for operating an online store compared ...

    • Educational Quality in Business Schools 

      Svendsen, Julie Øyen; Ravndal, Ingrid Elisabeth (Masteroppgave/UIS-HH/2018;, Master thesis, 2018-06-15)
      In recent times, educational quality in higher education has once again been brought up and discussed, and several areas for improvement have been recognized. Also, the question of whether differences between educational ...

    • Efficiency of e-grocery: Challenges and suggestions 

      Do, Van Chuyen; Omdahl, Kristian (Masteroppgave/UIS-HH/2018;, Master thesis, 2018-06-15)
      Buying food online has been an emerging trend in the later years. There is a high demand from customers on this service. However, the e-grocers are losing money and goes out of business. The reason for that is low margins ...

    • The Effect of Relation When Taking Risk on Behalf of Others - An Experimental Study 

      Middelthon, Benedicte (Masteroppgave/UIS-HH/2018;, Master thesis, 2018-06-15)
      Existing research within the field of taking risk on behalf of others have mainly focused on differences between the risk level individuals choose for themselves, relative to the risk level taken on behalf of others. In ...

    • Informed trading in hybrid bond markets 

      Valseth, Siri (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-07)
      I study the impact of pretrade transparency on trading activity in an environment where dealers, informed and uninformed alike, can choose between an electronic limit order book (LOB) and an over-the-counter (OTC) market. ...