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Does supplying organic wines enhance a firm's brand image? An empirical approach on the Swedish red wine market
(2018-07-06)In an era of growing popularity of organic products, the term Organic remains a resonant symbol of quality in Sweden. It conveys a certain image of the brand, which is vital for a firm to build a successful brand image ... -
Does the design of CEO equity-based compensation contracts mitigate agency costs? Evidence from the U.K.
(2019-08-09)Using a sample of 185 U.K. firms over the time-period 2013 to 2017, we investigate if the degree of granted CEO equity-based compensation is positively associated with audit fees. Further, we investigate whether the ... -
Does the price on apartments in Sweden appropriately reflect the loans of the private housing cooperative?
(2017-07-28)This thesis investigates if and how the price on apartments in Sweden reflect the loans of the private housing cooperative during the time period 2007 until 2016, mainly with a fixed effects model. The result displays ... -
Does the sinner beat the saint? An empirical study of the Nordic stock market
(2019-11-27)Abstract This research paper studies the interaction between monthly returns of sin stock portfolios, where the purpose is to get an understanding of what impact an exclusion of sin stocks can have on portfolio returns ... -
Does the Subsidy of Dental Care Lead to Overtreatment?
(2013-07-01)We examine the prevalence of moral hazard on the Swedish dental market. Dentists can use their information advantage to induce demand but are constrained by patients’ ability to pay, suggesting that subsidies facilitate ... -
Does tightening lending policy put strains on the rental market? Evidence from Stockholm.
(2017-07-28)With support from 6,288 observations of rental apartments in Stockholm, gathered from the Stockholm Housing Agency, this paper uses OLS regressions and theoretical frameworks to study and conclude that the implemented ... -
Doing sustainability work in SMEs- Setting new standards, maintaining others’ - or navigating a middle way?
(2021-06-24)Sustainability work is nowadays high on the agenda for businesses to deal with, and practices for how to enact sustainability have been established and institutionalized over time. However, larger companies have set the ... -
Doing What Feels Right - The Role of Employees in Shaping Sustainability Practices
(2019-07-03)In the light of the growing concern for sustainability, pressures influence individuals’ perception of their moral responsibility which motivates action. This thesis presents a qualitative case study focusing on the role ... -
Domestic Credit Supply, income Inequality, and Current Account – in Developed and Non-developed Financial Markets
(2015-07-13)Abstract Previous research has not econometrically, for countries with non-developed financial markets, estimated the impact domestic credit supply has on income inequality or the impact income inequality has on current ... -
Don't Worry About a Thing: The Entrepreneurial Attitude
(2019-11-15)In regards to the method, two types of strategies have been considered: qualitative and quantitative. However, the lack of research in the field makes it a strong argument to choose the qualitative study. Additionally, ... -
Dressing Up for Social Media. A study on how consumers’ virtual identities are perceived by others
(2015-07-08)Abstract This study aims to provide a description of how significant others interpret and comprehend female Instagram identities that is signalling through expressive brand consumption. It contributes to several areas of ... -
Driven by Zero Emissions or Paramount Prestige? - Investigating the Coexistence of Environmental Concern and Materialism in Predicting Purchase Intentions of Premium Electric Cars
(2023-07-03)As the world embraces sustainability, markets align with the shift and undergo transformations. One of which is the luxury segment, from which the integration of sustainability challenges the theorized paradoxical relationship ... -
The Drivers of Decoupling: The Influence of Political factors on CO2 Emissions using a two-way fixed effect approach
(2023-06-29)The fight against climate change and the subsequent discussions about sustainable growth have been ongoing for decades. While multiple countries have successfully achieved sustainable growth, which is described as ... -
Driving Forces of the Investment Decision Process in a Technology Firm. A multifaceted understanding of the investment behaviour of individuals and the firm
(2015-07-13)Abstract Every company has the goal to maximize shareholder wealth by allocating funds to the most profitable investments. A company’s survival is dependent on its ability to stay competitive and maintain market share. ... -
Driving Into the Ecosystem - Service Ecosystem Loyalty in the 2022 Car Industry
(2022-08-04)This paper aims to add to the novel concept of ecosystem loyalty, specifically applied to the automobile industry. The automotive industry is shifting as part of general trends in sustainability, digitalization, servification, ... -
Dual Leadership: An Example of How Leadership Might be Shared in a Non-Profit Organisation
(2013-07-05)The concept of leadership is deeply rooted in our culture and the common understanding is that there is one leader and a group of followers; however, examples of leadership being shared in different ways have increased ... -
Dynamic Capabilities in Digital Transformation How to be Successful in Digital Transformation
(2022-08-19)Although firms on a large scale seemingly have realised the importance of becoming more digital in order to stay relevant in the future, organisations struggle to implement and scale digital initiatives outside isolated ... -
Dynamic development strategy for Tamro and Apoteket's supply chain
(2001)There is an increasing focus on supply chains in all types of businesses. This means that instead of optimising the own activities, companies work towards the best and most cost efficient solutions for the whole supply ... -
Dynamic Hedge Rations on Currency Futures
(2010-06-16)In the globalized economy many businesses are exposed to the foreign exchange risk in their daily trading activities. Exchange traded futures contracts are one of the instruments that are designed specifically to hedge ... -
Dynamics of the German housing market
(2019-10-29)This paper examines the development of German housing prices in light of the recent price increase of approximately 27% since 2010. Following an asset price approach, the actual rent-price ratio is compared to a ratio that ...