Browsing Master theses by Title
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Having the right pedigree? A caste study of an American Mobile game developer’s transition to an indie business model.
(2022-06-23)The overall purpose of this study was to better understand the transition of a mobile games developer from a Co-Development business model to an Independent one by harnessing the framework of institutional logics. The paper ... -
Having the workplace at home: A case study exploring the boundaries between work & home during the pandemic period
(2021-06-29)Think about a morning walk before starting the working day, the number of calendars, the frequency of breaks or the clothes people wear to work; these among others are dimensions of where individuals draw the line between ... -
Health Care Systems in Sweden, France and Italy A comparsion of three European countries
(2014-07-22)This thesis describes three European countries with different types of health care systems, one Beveridge type system, Sweden, one Bismarck type system, France and one system that changed from being a Bismarck system to ... -
Hedging European options under a jump-diffusion model with transaction costs
(2014-07-23)This thesis investigates the performance of hedging strategies when the underlying asset is governed by Merton (1976)’s jump-diffusion model. We hedge a written European call option and analyse the performance through ... -
Hedging inflation in Sweden- An analysis of gold, stocks, and real estates inflation hedging capability.
(2022-06-29)The recent increase in inflation has made the discussion of inflation hedging a top priority for academics, portfolio managers and investors. In this study, we analyse which asset class out of gold, stocks, and real ... -
Hedging Strategies and the Economic Effects of Price Spikes in the Electricity Market
(2002)This thesis concerns the newly deregulated Swedish electricity market. More specifically it concerns the large sudden increases in the spot price of electricity, i.e. price spikes, and what can be done in order to minimise ... -
HELLO, HOW CAN I HELP YOU? THE FUTURE OF CUSTOMER SERVICE IN SWEDISH SERVICE COMPANIES
(2018-08-02)Continuous developments within digital services have disrupted the power balance between consumers and suppliers, and consumers have more power than ever before. As customer experience has become one of the most important ... -
High Capacity Transport Associated with Pre- and Post- Haulage in Intermodal Rail-Road Transport
(2014-12-11)Intermodal rail-road transport, known as a possible solution for developing a sustainable and efficient transport system, has received great concerns recently. This thesis develops a model for analyzing the cost and ... -
High Noon in the War for Talent - How MNC’s establish their global talents pools
(2011-07-04)Abstract Global talent management has been widely discussed in academia during the last decade and is described as one of the keys for future success. Nevertheless the methods and procedures for the best practices are ... -
High-Frequency Market Reactions to Unscheduled Stock-Speci c News- An Empirical Analysis of the Intraday Market Dynamics of the Stockholm Stock Exchange
(2022-06-29)This study examines the e ect of unscheduled stock-speci c news on stock char- acteristics of the Swedish stock market and evaluates the opportunity of con- structing a news trading strategy. It especially focuses on ... -
Higher student performance: Implementing a Digital Health Care service to Swedish universities
(2022-07-15)Fluctuations in health conditions are widespread among university students in Sweden. It is well established in literature that at least students' mental health is not completely under control. The student health care ... -
Holding on to the positive aspects of being small: A multiple case study exploring product innovation processes in knowledge-intensive companies by incorporating the variable of company growth
(2018-08-01)Innovation is essential for any organization wanting to stay competitive in the long run. (Şimşit et al, 2014). Desouza et al (2009) also point to how it is the companies with strongly built innovation processes that ... -
Home Office and Organisational Culture: Exploring the Impact of a Sudden Shift
(2021-06-28)Organisational culture is a well-established topic within research, how employees' interaction on a daily basis creates a commonality in behaviour and way of thinking. The Covid-19 pandemic forced many organisations into ... -
House Price and Fertility Decisions: Evidence from Taiwan
(2022-06-23)Given the concurrent incidence of falling birth rates and increasing house prices experienced in Taiwan over the past two decades, the current thesis examines the role of house prices on fertility-related behaviors and ... -
How a reorganization can impact organizational creativity; A qualitative single case study investigating how a reorganization impacted the ability for the employees to be creative in one Swedish apparel company
(2017-09-14)The purpose of this thesis is to investigate how a growing, and historically creative Swedish apparel company, perceive that a reorganization has impacted the organizational characteristics influencing organizational ... -
How and why are Accounting Choices Being Made? A case study concerning accounting choices of component depreciations in Swedish real estate companies
(2015-07-06)Background and problem discussion A large accounting choice is which depreciation method to use since it has a large impact on the financial statements. In K3 there is a new area, namely component depreciation, which has ... -
How are decisions made? Exploring the Strategic Decision-Making Process
(2006)In business, managers seem to make decisions and afterwards look for ways to justify the decisions. Why is business conducted this way? What is the process for decision-making? Decision-making is at the core of everything ... -
How are ideas regarding Corporate Social Responsibility translated to practice within a corporation?
(2022-06-21)The negative sustainable development has emerged as one of the biggest challenges for corporations' future operations. This emerging situation has influenced organizations worldwide to introduce programs and documents about ... -
How Building a Climate for Creativity can Promote Innovative Activities
(2015-12-15)Innovation is most commonly associated with the process of implementing useful ideas to create value-adding products, services and processes in an organization. However, what most organizations fail to recognize is the ... -
How can a trash bag fee be implemented in Gothenburg? Investigating the innovation of implementing a fee based trash bag system in Gothenburg.
(2016-09-21)This study aims to find the answer on how the innovation of implementing a trash bag fee in Gothenburg is possible. Background information was used to review effects that can be observed in municipalities of Switzerland ...