Browsing Studentoppgaver (Business) by Subject "administrasjon"
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A Case Study of Toll Implementation in Northern Jæren
(Masteroppgave/UIS-HH/2019;, Master thesis, 2019-06-16)The purpose for this thesis is to elucidate on the effects of toll pricing schemes. The new toll implementation in Northern Jæren have been investigated to measure the effect cordon and peak-period pricing have on car use ... -
A case study: The evolution of the Norwegian subsea field development market
(Masteroppgave/UIS-HH/2018;, Master thesis, 2018-05-25)The Norwegian sector has from the 70’s been dominated by the major international oil companies. Statoil was modelled after these international giants with both upstream and downstream capability. The sector has matured and ... -
A quantitative analysis on the effect of firm and project characteristics in FHF funded R&D projects
(Master thesis, 2018-08-15)Spending more than 200 million NOK annually on innovative research and development projects, FHF is a primary provider of funds for projects in the seafood industry. Being entirely financed through a tax levied on all ... -
A study of the e-grocery market in the region of Stavanger
(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 ... -
Acquiring Capital: How useful is crowdfunding as a tool for acquiring capital for early-stage companies and entrepreneurs?
(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 ... -
An empirical analysis of Chinese foreign direct investment trends and determinants
(Masteroppgave/UIS-HH/2018;, Master thesis, 2018-06)To increase our knowledge on determinants of FDI, we will examine potential determinants for Chinese FDI and their choice of continents allocation by testing them against three theories: Dunning’s OLI paradigm, the new ... -
An evaluation of performance and levels of risk associated with investments in the cryptocurrency market
(Masteroppgave/UIS-HH/2019;, Master thesis, 2019-06-16)Bitcoin is a decentralized digital currency, invented by Satoshi Nakamoto in the wake of the financial crisis in 2008/09. Since then thousands of cryptocurrencies have been created. We evaluate Bitcoin along with Dash, ... -
An Event Study Into Dividend Payments and Possible Profitable Trading Strategies, in the Norwegian Stock Market
(Masteroppgave/UIS-HH/2018;, Master thesis, 2018-06-14)This Thesis contains a detailed event analysis where market efficiency in the event of dividend pay-outs in the Norwegian stock market is analysed. The event analysis uses two introduced main hypothesis’ in the form of ... -
An intervention to change and develop leaders’ Implicit Person Theory
(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. ... -
Are the project success factors identified 30 years ago still valid today?
(Masteroppgave/UIS-HH/2019;, Master thesis, 2019-05)Organizations are becoming more project based than just a few decades ago and project management can be instrumental in helping organizations execute designated tasks effectively and efficiently. However, the use of project ... -
Attitudes towards organic food and local food in Norway: A comparison of preferences
(Masteroppgave/UIS-HH/2020;, Master thesis, 2020-07)The main purpose of this study is to establish which attitudes that affect Norwegian consumers’ preferences for organic food and for local food. Throughout an extensive review on previous literature we found that preferences ... -
Backsourcing- bevege seg fremover ved å gå bakover?
(Masteroppgave/UIS-HH/2018;, Master thesis, 2018-05)Backsourcing som tema debatteres ofte både i en politisk og økonomisk kontekst, og spesielt etter den globale finanskrisen de siste år hvor det har blitt et større fokus på å forsøke å beholde arbeidsplasser i sitt ... -
Bitcoin and payment systems
(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 ... -
Blå Hav - En inntrenger i frukt og grønt markedet i Norge
(Masteroppgave/UIS-HH/2019;, Master thesis, 2019-06)Dagligvarehandelen i Norge domineres i dag av noen få store aktører som kontrollerer tilnærmet hele bransjen og verdikjeden. Verdikjeden består av et produksjonsledd, et grossistledd og et detaljistledd samtidig som at ... -
Brukernes forståelse av den nye tapsmodellen etter IFRS 9.
(Masteroppgave/UIS-HH/2018;, Master thesis, 2018-06)Denne masteroppgaven ser på brukernes forståelse av den nye tapsmodellen etter IFRS 9 med utgangspunkt i det konseptuelle rammeverket til International Accounting Standards Board (IASB). IFRS 9 ble laget som et svar på ... -
Building Organisational Readiness for Change - Leadership Implications
(Masteroppgave/UIS-HH/2020;, Master thesis, 2020-06-14)The purpose of this study is to investigate how organisations can build readiness for change, and whether the practise of leadership affects this process in any way. Different factors affecting organisational readiness for ... -
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 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 ...