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“Calling it vegetable ‘prinskorv’ actually bothers me quite a lot” - How mythologies are shaping the marketization of plant-based protein products
(2022-08-04)Mythologies are guiding consumption practices, thus, shaping how markets are perceived. However, the two concepts of market mythologies and marketization have conjointly received limited attention. In this study, the ... -
Can Consumers Have The Cookie and Eat It Too? - How consumers navigate the trade-offs between personalization and privacy, and the role of brand trust
(2024-08-13)In the digital world of today, companies continuously hunt for data to personalize recommendations. The question is whether this comes at the cost of the consumer's data privacy, where this study explores how consumers ... -
CAN INSIDERS BENEFIT FROM A PANDEMIC CRISIS? A quantitative study of the impact of COVID-19 on insider trading profitability in a Swedish setting
(2021-06-24)The COVID-19 crisis includes unprecedented stock market impacts, exceptional uncertainty and explicit concerns from authorities that insiders possess information other than the public during the dynamic circumstances brought ... -
Can instant feedback attenuate Overconfidence?
(2019-09-24)Overconfidence is one the most common behavioral biases. In this paper I make use of an online survey experiment to investigate whether overconfidence can be attenuated by providing individuals with feedback. This is ... -
Can Optimism in Press Releases Increase Abnormal Stock Returns? - An Event Study and Text-Analysis of Press Releases Issued by FinTech Companies under IFRS and US GAAP
(2019-08-08)Purpose The purpose of our study is to investigate and compare the level of optimism in press releases regarding R&D operations for FinTech companies under US GAAP and IFRS and how it affects abnormal stock returns under ... -
Can Organic Producers Compete? A study of Organic Agriculture in Sweden
(2014-07-22)This paper studies profits in the organic agricultural industry, in order to see if the increase in the demand for organic produce over the past 10 years has had any impact on the premiums achieved for organic production. ... -
Can the port of Göteborg act as a transhipment hub for the Baltic states and Russia?
(2002)The purpose of this thesis is to evaluate and analyse the most cost and service efficient routes for unitised transit cargo to and from the Baltic States and Russia Region (BSRR). We have identified the most efficient route ... -
Can Venture Capitalists in Biotechnology Time the Market?
(2014-12-15)This paper investigates the ability of venture capitalists to time market conditions when deciding between public and private financings as well as issuance of follow-on offerings, focusing on a segment of the U.S. ... -
Capacity Analysis of Rail Container Freight Shuttle Train Which factors are important for running this kind of train?
(2004)Banverket, the Swedish National Rail Administration, and the Port of Göteborg are interested in finding which factors are important for carrying the rail container freight shuttle trains. The capacity analysis is being ... -
Capital Budgeting Sophistication and Performance
(2003)This thesis investigates the relationship between capital budgeting sophistication and firm performance. Initially, the theoretical relationship is analysed. The traditional financial view, predicting a positive relationship, ... -
Capital Market Trust in Management - An empirical study on trust in management with regard to investors’ risk perception and capital market effects
(2014-09-29)Background & Problem Definition: One of the primary functions of financial accounting is to establish trust and to provide reliable, credible and useful information to its users, such as investors, in order for the capital ... -
Capital Structure in Financial Distress: A Comprehensive Study across Industries and Borders
(2019-07-02)This paper examines the effects of financial distress on the relationships between capital structure and its determinants – continuing on the famous research by Rajan and Zingales from 1995. The sample contains balance sheet ... -
Captains of Change - A qualitative study about how leadership principles is implemented and applied in the context of digital transformation
(2024-07-01)In the ever-evolving landscape of digital transformation, organizations face the challenge of effectively adapting to technological advancements. This study explores how managers implement leadership principles to navigate ... -
Capturing Corporate Strategies
(2002)Rapidly changing business environments is a challenge that most organizations of today are facing. It is often the case during times of economic difficulty that an organization enters a reactive move instead of attempting ... -
Capturing Supplier Innovation - Single Case Study of how Kongsberg Automotive can Facilitate Supplier Innovations
(2019-07-09)Background & Purpose: In today´s globalised and highly competitive markets, incumbents face rapid changes in their respective market and it has become a necessity to adapt to remain competitive. One market especially faced ... -
Capturing the Digital Era: Utilizing Digital Technologies to Strengthen Marketing and Communication -A multiple case study of eight Swedish international industrial organizations
(2021-06-28)Recent technological developments during the 21st century has enabled organizations to meet its customers in new ways, giving birth to the concept of digital marketing and communication. Digital marketing and communication ... -
Carbon Risk in the Light of the Changing EU ETS
(2009-08-21)The establishment of the EU emission trading scheme (EU ETS) has internalised climate change risk into carbon risk, to which companies are becoming increasingly exposed. Understanding the market is essential for good ... -
Carrier selection from a 3PL perspective A case study of Kuehne + Nagel alliances with carriers in Sweden
(2018-07-02)Third-party logistics (3PLs) play an important role in overall economy since companies can focus on their core business and contract 3PLs to be in charge of its logistics operation. Many 3PLs do not own all assets in the ... -
Catalysts of Change: An Activity Theory Perspective on Change Agent Selection - A qualitative study on how organizations perceive and select change agents
(2024-07-01)Employing change agents is a widespread method adopted by organizations to facilitate and execute successful change initiatives, yet the actions surrounding their selection remain underexplored in academic discourse. ... -
Causes to Financial Distress in the Swedish Construction Industry. A quantitative study identifying the main causes to financial distress in the Swedish construction industry
(2015-07-09)ABSTRACT Background The construction industry is an important industry for Sweden. The industry employs over 300 000 people and the total investments in constructions amounts yearly over 300 billion SEK. The construction ...