Browsing Master theses by Title
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Publicly Disclosing Vulnerable Neighborhoods, The Costs and Consequences - Evidence from the Big City Areas of Sweden
(2023-06-29)In recent years, the police’s listing of “vulnerable neighborhoods” in Sweden has become a highly debated topic. Intense attention has been directed toward such areas, and the social consequences of the lists have been ... -
Pursuing Value from IT-investments through IT-governance for SMEs: A supply-side perspective
(2016-09-20)Background and problem: Investments in Information Technology (IT) are not only assets but also enablers of capabilities for organizations, such as enhanced performance through alignment between strategy and IT. Small and ... -
Pursuit of Excess Returns: Deciphering Performance in European Buyout Funds A Detailed Exploration of Relative Returns and Their Determinants
(2023-06-29)This paper investigates the relative performance of European buyout funds compared to public markets. Using a sample of mature buyout funds, obtained from European limited partners, with vintages between 1995 and 2013, ... -
Pyramidal ownership in Swedish public companies – implications for top executive compensation
(2011-07-21)The correlation between pyramidal structures along with family ownership and executive compensation has been studied in Swedish public companies between the years 2001-2007. The results show that no difference in executive ... -
Q-factor Investment Approach: Evidence from the Swedish Equity Market
(2021-06-30)Four easily measured factors: market, size, investment, and pro tability together con- stitute the empirical q-factor model. The combination of factors have previously shown to largely capture the cross-sectional variation ... -
Quality Responsibility for Online Digital Music Distributors
(2010-06-02)Today, the transactions of music has significantly changed in the way that the transaction objects have e become more intangible as they are no longer transacted along with a physical carrier such as a record. Moreover ... -
Quantifying the Impact of Potential Brexit Scenarios Utilising a Double-Logarithmic Gravity Equation
(2017-06-29)Purpose. The purpose of this research report was to project if the Brexit would negatively impact the export quantities of passenger cars from Germany to the UK. The automotive industry is highly interconnected and ... -
Quantitative tactical asset allocation: Using the VIX to exploit bull and bear market movements in a Mean-Variance portfolio
(2020-07-08)The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) Volatility Index (VIX) is known as being an indicator of fear, often referred to as the fear index. Low volatility indicates tranquility in the market, whereas high volatility ... -
Racing for a Successful Collaboration in a Temporary International Large-Scale Event. The case of the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Falun 2015
(2015-07-10)ABSTRACT Throughout the world there has been an increased attention for international large-scale sports events, but there is still little knowledge of how they operate. The particular relationship as well as the ... -
Radical Networks, A case study on the value of social network and social capital in an international event firm
(2014-12-12)The social dimension is the essence of the event industry, not only for the participants but also as a managerial aspect. The value of social networks and social capital has shown to be a key resource for large parts of ... -
Rail Quality Based Index
(2015-07-13)The aim of this thesis is to establish an integrated rail quality based index to evaluate different freight wagons’ performance. All materials are collected through literature reviews and interviews. The Rail Quality Based ... -
Raising the Pulse: The effect of image interactive technology on customer pleasure and arousal in physical retail stores
(2014-12-05)The importance of our research is based in the perspective that the hedonic components of the shopping experience are vital to the continued competitive success of brick-and-mortar stores. With the increasing availability ... -
Rather Unique? A case study of the development company Ullersbro AB
(2016-09-21)Title. Rather unique? -A case study of the development company Ullersbro AB Authors. Jin Bergsten (1991.07.01) and Johanna Fröjd (1989.11.30) Supervisor. Rögnvaldur Saemundsson, Senior lecturer, Docent, Institute of ... -
Real option valuation in high-tech firm
(2000)In traditional financial theory, the discounted cash flow model (or NPV) operates as the basic framework for most analyses. In doing valuation analysis, the conventional view is that the net present value (NPV) of a project ... -
Real Optionality in Gold Operations. An investigation of Gold Exposure, Asymmetries and Excess Returns
(2015-07-13)This thesis examines the gold beta exposure and the usage of real options for 52 listed gold companies in North America between 1997 and 2014. Building on prior research we develop a model that includes a larger set of ... -
Real – time Information and Travel Behavior
(2019-07-04)This research study was conducted to explore the possible relationship between real-time information and travel behavior of urban citizens. The study was performed through an exploratory-triangulation research method using ... -
Reciprocity in Conduct
(2002)In today's HRM research, an organizational perspective of competence development dominates. We were eager to alter this by approaching the concept from an individual stance. The aim of our study is to investigate how the ... -
Recognition of Supplier and Customer Relationships in Business Combination: A quantitative study of American acquisitions
(2016-09-15)While insights from business relationship literature indicate that relationships with suppliers and customers are key value drivers in many companies, there is little insight as to how their value is reflected in firms’ ... -
Recognizing Intangible Assets -A Study About Employee Satisfaction and Stock Returns
(2013-07-02)Valuating intangible assets is an art and making sure that they are correctly valued is crucial for the valuation process for any investor. This is of increasing importance, because companies today have a large part of ... -
The recruitment process to corporate boards - A qualitative study investigating female underrepresentation
(2023-06-29)This research put emphasis on the election committee and its role in the recruitment process for corporate boards. Particularly, it investigates the cause of female underrepresentation in the boardroom of corporations ...