Browsing Master theses by Title
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Value Creation through Smartphones- An Ethnographic Study about Consumer Value and Social Interaction through Smartphones
(2012-07-12)Smartphones are currently conquering the mobile market in an explosive fashion. They have become a part of our everyday lives and increased the availability, frequency and rapidness of our communication with the surrounding ... -
Value gains from increased visibility in the supply chain - A case study on Volvo Penta’s service market of spare parts
(2022-08-04)The complexity of supply chains worldwide has increased tremendously, with more global chains as well as increased demand for higher customer service levels. Technical enablers can to some extent ease this complexity and ... -
Value Proposition in Oversea Study Agency industry - A case study of Huashi oversea study agency
(2020-10-12)Background and purpose: With globalization development, education cooperation and competition among countries are becoming more and more frequent, which makes many students want to go abroad for further study to learn more ... -
Value Relevance Effects of R&D Capitalization in US Companies
(2017-08-08)During the last few decades, investments in intangible knowledge have grown in importance. Along with this development, there has been an ongoing discussion on how to best treat such investments in the financial reports. ... -
Value relevance of fair value estimates - The impact of ownership structures and increased disclosures
(2019-08-08)This study investigates the effects ownership structures and actions by regulatory bodies (in the form of increased disclosures) have on investors’ perceptions of fair value estimates. By taking a value relevance approach, ... -
Value Relevance of R&D Advances in the US Biotechnology Industry
(2020-07-08)We investigate the value relevance of non-financial information in the US biotechnology industry by studying the stock market reactions to announcements of drug development outcomes for a sample period of 10 years (from ... -
Value-adding sevices in Roro-shipping
(2002)Increasing demands in logistics and transportation is a driving force behind the demand for value-adding transport services. However, concerning rorotransportation it is not always clear what kind of extra services the ... -
Venture after venture: cultivating serial entrepreneurial drive
(2023-07-20)Given the significant economic impact of new businesses, serial entrepreneurs are a force to be reckoned with, creating numerous enterprises in succession and continually implementing new ideas that boost economic prosperity. ... -
Venture capital and the hazard of exit: The role of corporate funds
(2017-07-25)We study how corporate venture capital investments affect the hazard of exit outcomes in start-up companies. The presence of corporate venture capital in a syndicate of venture capitalists raises the likelihood of exit. ... -
Venture Capital flows to fintech innovators in Africa: How governmental policy and actions affect the ecosystem and capital sources
(2021-07-06)This master’s thesis explores aspects of the current state of fintech and venture capital within Africa as an emerging market, bringing to light the policies and actions of the different governments that contribute to ... -
Victim Blaming and the Swedish Consent Law - A Swedish vignette experiment investigating the effectiveness of the Law of Consent on normative attitudes towards victim blaming
(2021-09-13)and economical burdens on the victim, especially when the victim is a woman. This study contributes to an expanding literature on social norms, the law, and economics, focusing on the expressive effect of the law as one ... -
Video Consumption Online - The relationship between the sender and receiver of video clips
(2020-06-23)Videos online has become an immense part of people’s internet consumption, and is bound to become even greater in the next few years. To discover what is affecting the spread of these videos, this study aims to investigate ... -
Viral Marketing - A study on influencers’ behaviour through their pronoun use on Twitter
(2014-12-05)Viral marketing has been defined as the task of triggering word-of-mouth (WoM) and in order for it to acquire traction it is crucial to identify and understand the behaviour of influencers i.e. well-connected individuals. ... -
Virtual Avatars, Virtual Influencers & Authenticity
(2020-06-23)Virtual avatars and the subgenre virtual influencers are growing in the contemporary digital society. With this growing phenomenon of virtual avatars and virtual influencers, the questions arise what is real, what feels ... -
Virtual Power Plant Auctions in the Western Denmark Electricity Market: An Econometric Analysis
(2014-07-22)In July 2006, two of Denmark’s largest energy companies, Elsam A/S and DONG A/S, merged to form DONG Energy A/S. In the years directly leading up to this merger, Elsam had been accused of abusing its dominant position in ... -
Visualization of IPRs in the Creative Industry - a model based on two case studies
(2007-07-19)The creative industry is an important part of the growing knowledge based economy seen today. In the past ten years this industry has become more and more acknowledged and the major role it is playing in this new context ... -
Volatility Forecasting in Bull & Bear Markets
(2012-07-25)This thesis considers the performance of variance forecasting in bull and bear markets. Three asset indices, the DAX, the Standard & Poor’s 500 and the CurrencyShares Euro Trust, are split into bull and bear periods whereby ... -
VOLUNTARY DISCLOSURE OF HUMAN CAPITAL An Explorative Study of Voluntary Disclosure Practices in Swedish Annual Reports
(2004)This thesis concerns the increasing importance and amount of voluntary disclosures. As intangible assets play an even more important role in companies’ value-creating process then ever before, it has become more important ... -
VOLUNTEER HORSEPOWER
(2003)Over the last decade there has been an emerging trend to arrange and stage events. To most events, outside help in the form of volunteer work is necessary. Volunteerism in combination with motivation has not received ... -
Volvo 3P The New Generation’s Seat Project
(2004)Truck seats are one of the most important components of the truck and the place where the drivers spend most of their time. Today there are an abundance of seats and the divisions within Volvo 3P use different suppliers ...