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The Profitability of Swedish M&A Deals: Does Acquisition Yield Abnormal Returns to Shareholders?
(2018-07-04)Adapting a modern perspective, this study investigates whether M&A activity in Sweden is value creating or value destroying for shareholders. We study the effect of Swedish M&A announcements from an acquirer perspective. ... -
The Pursuit of Knowing Instead of Assuming -A study of Value-Based Advertising
(2011-07-06)ABSTRACT: A traditional advertising deal is paid for in advance and the price is typically based on space and reach. Value-based advertising, as the word implies, means that the advertiser, instead of paying in advance, ... -
The Pursuit of Preferences: A Hedonic Real Estate Appraisal
(2016-09-21)This study modifies the hedonic Builder’s Model through assigning specific variable distributions, in an attempt to appraise individual real estates. Using data from six different submarkets surrounding Gothenburg, we ... -
The Quest for Accurate Inventory Records - A case study of the scrap management process at a Swedish manufacturing company in the automotive industry
(2020-06-17)Inventory record inaccuracy (IRI) occurs when the inventory system records and the physical inventory level do not align which can result in reduced operational efficiency and increased operational cost. Every situation ... -
“The quest to attract female video game employees” Employer branding: Factors limiting women to initiate a career in the video game industry
(2018-07-03)The purpose of this study is to identify and discuss factors that limits women from initiating a career in the video game industry. In order to achieve this purpose, four focus groups were conducted, consisting of two ... -
THE REAL ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF MONETARY POLICY: CONSIDERING ASSET PRICES AND HOUSEHOLD DEBT
(2019-10-21)Cycles in economic activity and assets pricing are a recurrent theme in economics. Throughout the twentieth century there has been a debate regarding the role of monetary policy in the creation and prevention of real ... -
The rebirth of the Collateralized Loan Obligations - A case study of the dynamics in the European Collateralized Loan Obligation
(2013-07-02)Collateralized Loan Obligations (CLOs) have gone through being a main source of leveraged finance funding in the beginning of the 21st century to completely diminish in 2009. Now together with a changing market, the CLO ... -
The Recognition of Identifiable Intangible Assets in a Business Combination. The influence of enforcement
(2015-07-06)Background and discussion of the problem: In 2005, the EU mandated all listed firms to report their consolidated financial statement in accordance with IFRS. By doing so, it was claimed that the comparability of the ... -
The Recycling Barge - A research investigating recycling behaviours in Älvstaden
(2019-07-02)Title: The Recycling Barge. A research investigating recycling behaviours in Älvstaden. Thesis Degree: Master’s degree in Logistics and Transport Management Authors: Minda Langmoen and Louise Thörn Supervisor: Johan ... -
The Relation Between Productivity Measures And Financial Information
(2003)The principal purpose of this thesis is to examine the existence of the relation between technical efficiency and financial information based on published annual reports. Also, the effect of annual changes in productivity ... -
The Relationship between Herding and Skill – A Study of the Swedish Mutual Fund Industry
(2019-07-02)The aim of the present thesis is to examine the presence of herding behavior among Swedish fund managers. It is further investigated whether herding is a sign of sophistication, or strictly a behavioral phenomenon. Strong ... -
The relationship between innovation and creative climate: A quantitative study on the effects of creative climate dimensions on individual innovation behaviour
(2020-10-15)The aim of the research is to define which type of statistical relationship exist between the independent variables of creative climate and the dependent variable of innovation output on the individual level, and therefore ... -
The relationship between management control systems and strategy: Multiple institutional logics in practice
(2017-08-10)Background and problem: SKF AB, one of the world's largest roller bearing manufacturing companies, has considered the introduction of a payment factory. This constitutes a potential strategic change and a good opportunity ... -
The relationship between social capital and saving in Tanzania
(2021-08-04)It is generally agreed that the poor in the developing world would bene t from increased saving (Dupas & Robinson, 2013b; Karlan et al., 2017; Steinert et al., 2018), and in this paper we investigate how social capital ... -
The Reliability of Fair Value in Investment Property. a study on Swedish real estate companies
(2015-07-07)Background and discussion: Since 2005 all listed companies in Europe have to present their financial reports according to the International Financial Reporting Standards regulation. For listed real estate companies the new ... -
The Riksbank and International Interest Rate Dynamics
(2019-10-21)Based on the case of Sweden, this thesis studies the relationship between the nominal interest rate in a small open economy and the interest rates of the country's trading partners. Cross-country interest rate differentials ... -
The rise of China: Competing or complementary to DAC aid flows in Africa?
(2016-09-09)This study investigates if the relationship between bilateral DAC aid and Chinese aid allocation is better described as competing aid flows, or if Chinese aid has been mainly a complement to DAC aid in Africa between the ... -
The Rise of China: Competing or Complementary to DAC Aid Flows in Africa?
(2016-10-03)First and foremost, I am very grateful to my supervisor, Ann-Sofie Isaksson (IA). Thank you for your comments, valuable input, encouragement and all support throughout the whole process. Thank you also Arne Bigsten, for ... -
The Rise of the Machines: A study of the Developing Acceptance of Collaborative Robots
(2017-09-05)The constant increase of complexity within the international business (IB) environment is pushing multinational corporations to find new and innovative ways to remain competitive. Collaborative robots (cobots), defined as ... -
THE ROAD TO PROFESSIONALISM A qualitative study on the institutionalization of eSports
(2017-07-05)ESports as an industry is a rapidly growing digital sport, with a multitude of different disciplines. While it is a vastly growing industry, it has as of yet seen limited academic attention. In this study, the development ...