Browsing Master's theses in Business by Title
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Can a Nudge Perform a Miracle? A quasi-experimental field study on employees’ stated and revealed preferences towards plastic recycling at Haukeland university hospital
(Masteroppgave/UIS-HH/2019;, Master thesis, 2019-06-15)Plastic pollution has become a major global problem and recycling is one step to take to solve the issue. A lot of research on nudge theory have focused on consumers, but very few have investigated the effect of nudges on ... -
Can Google Trends predict gold returns and its implied volatility?
(Masteroppgave/UIS-HH/2019;, Master thesis, 2019-06)We investigate the impact of investor attention and economic uncertainty on gold price changes and their volatility. We use Google searches for “gold” as a measure of investor attention, considering searches originated in ... -
Can technical trading strategies in the European natural gas market outperform a buy and hold strategy?
(Masteroppgave/UIS-HH/2019;, Master thesis, 2019-06-16)Technical analysis is the study of past market history to determine future direction and is a common tool for investors to include in a strategy when trading stocks, futures, and other financial assets. Studies have shown ... -
Can uncertainty predict stock markets? A cross country analysis.
(Masteroppgave/UIS-HH/2019;, Master thesis, 2019-07-15)Economic intuition suggests that uncertainty could predict stock markets. We consider two uncertainty measures: implied volatility and economic policy uncertainty (EPU). It is wellknown implied volatility is negatively ... -
Can urban farming in southwestern Norway be profitable?
(Masteroppgave/UIS-HH/2019;, Master thesis, 2019-06)Abstract: Commercial urban farming is a common phenomenon in developed countries, and urban actors find numerous ways to utilize vacant land for food-production purposes. One of the limitations of farming in urban ... -
Climate Risk in Norwegian Aquaculture
(Masteroppgave/UIS-HH/2018;, Master thesis, 2018-06)Climate change poses significant challenges on a global scale, and financial impacts could be caused both directly through natural disaster and indirectly through a transition to a lower- carbon economy. Climate change and ... -
Cointegration and Pairs Trading in Major Cryptocurrencies
(Masteroppgave/UIS-HH/2019;, Master thesis, 2019-06-16)Abstract This paper applies cointegration tests to identify cryptocurrency pairs which can be used in pairs trading strategies. The aim of this research is twofold. First, I want to examine cointegration in a system of ... -
Comparative Analysis of Technology and Conventional Mutual Funds’ Performance during Financial Crisis and Non-crisis Periods
(Masteroppgave/UIS-HH/2019;, Master thesis, 2019-06-16)Within the last couple of decades, technology has completely changed our way of living; i.e. the way we think, travel, work and conduct daily routines. In this thesis we will examine the performance of technology- and ... -
Comparative analysis of textual-content in corporate financial disclosures and implications on future stock return
(Masteroppgave/UIS-HH/2018;, Master thesis, 2018-07-19)The objective of this thesis is to investigate the extent to which year-over-year changes in textual-content and structure in quarterly and annual financial disclosures across companies listed at Norwegian Stock Exchange ... -
Cryptic bubbles by behavioural biases?
(Masteroppgave/UIS-HH/2018;, Master thesis, 2018-06)The subject for this is elaborates around the new economic phenomenon of cryptocurrencies. The main objective will be to shed light on whether the market of cryptocurrencies is in fact an economic market bubble or not. The ... -
Dataanalyser i revisjonens planleggingsfase og revisjonsrisikomodell
(Masteroppgave/UIS-HH/2018;, Master thesis, 2018-08)Formålet med denne masteroppgaven er å undersøke hvilke implikasjoner bruk av dataanalyse, også kalt Big Data Analytics, har på revisors fremgangsmåte i planleggingsfasen, risikovurderingen av et revisjonsoppdrag og ... -
Den norske befolkningens holdninger og preferanser tilknyttet kriminalitet
(Masteroppgave/UIS-HH/2018;, Master thesis, 2018-07-15)Hensikten med denne oppgaven er å undersøke og analysere holdninger og preferanser knyttet til kriminalitet i Norge, ved å se på fire ulike politiske partier som representerer norsk politikk, og derav den norske ... -
Dependence of Profitability on Time, Sector & Region across Aquaculture Value Chains in Norway
(Masteroppgave/UIS-HHUiS/2019;, Master thesis, 2019-07-08)About 71% of earth is covered in water and 96.5% of this water is held by the oceans. (USGS, 2019). However, according to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) estimates that only about 2% of this ... -
Dialogue and effectiveness
(Masteroppgave/UIS-HH/2018;, Master thesis, 2018-05-25)Due to the development and demands of globalisation and the need to quickly adapt to changes, companies have been forced to change their organisational structures. Organisation in teams is seen as a powerful tool for high ... -
Did the removal of numerical ratings and the introduction of performance development, result in a shift in motivation?
(Masteroppgave/UIS-HH/2019;, Master thesis, 2019-05-27)The purpose of this study was to determine whether the changes Secreta made to its performance management system had the desired effect. Our research comprised an attempt to answer the following question: Are there any ... -
Do SRI investors consider the ESG effects in their investments?
(Masteroppgave/UIS-HH/2019;, Master thesis, 2019-07)In this master thesis we explore the relationship between morally driven companies and their financial returns. To assess the morality of the company, we have used scores based on a company’s environmental, social and ... -
Does Ex-dividend Day Significantly Affect Norwegian Stock Performance?
(Masteroppgave/UIS-HH/2018;, Master thesis, 2018-06)This study analyses the effect of ex-dividend day on Norwegian stock performance. Previous research of different theories and from different markets are obtained to clarify the topic and give us the tools to answer the ... -
Does Norges Bank's trading in the foreign exchange market on behalf of the government affect the NOK exchange rate?
(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 ... -
Dulting mot bærekraftige transportvalg - en studie om oppfordring til mer bruk av kollektivtransport gjennom ulike dultemekanismer
(Masteroppgave/UIS-HH/2019;, Master thesis, 2019-06-17)Det er en stadig befolkningsøkning på Nord-Jæren, samtidig vedvarer den globale klimatrusselen. Norge har forpliktet seg gjennom Parisavtalen til å redusere klimagassutslippet og det ønskes derfor at en større del av ... -
Educational Quality in Business Schools
(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 ...