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A Firm’s Engagement in Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Issues and its Effect on Portfolio Returns
(2017-07-26)This thesis examines how a firm’s engagement in environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues affect portfolio returns, which in previous research have resulted in contradicting results. By using the improved Fama and ... -
A first assessment of the financial distribution by the FOM and performance in Formula 1
(2018-08-02)Formula 1 is known to be an exclusive and expensive sport where only the best of the best in motorsport is competing. There are currently ten constructors competing, but the Formula 1 faces financial difficulties where ... -
A global brand imagery context on consumers’ willingness to purchase and pay price premium: the EuroAsia telecommunication sector
(2018-07-03)Purpose – The aim of this study is to explore how societal culture and brand imageries influence consumers’ willingness to pay price premium, along with consumers purchase intentions. Design/methodology/approach – The ... -
A Good Name Is Better Than Riches - A Single Case Study of Essity
(2021-07-06)This qualitative single case study aims to examine the concept of brand awareness on social media for a corporate brand. To achieve this, the research was conducted in collaboration with the global hygiene and health ... -
A Market Study of Sea Transport between China and Northern Europe
(2004)Over the past months and years, the trade from China to northern Europe has boomed spectacularly. The fast development of foreign trade has not only pushed China’s port industry and international shipping industry ... -
A mutual path towards a sustainable future; - A multiple case study of the importance of industry-university partnerships for sustainable development and responsible leadership in business education
(2017-09-13)The world is in need of a sustainable transformation in order to meet environmental changes soon to be reaching levels of no turning back. This transformational challenge requires new structures for making business, together ... -
A new perspective on public sector innovation: Identifying significant drivers and barriers for IT innovation
(2018-08-02)There have been a lot of studies focusing on innovation in the public sector but there are few studies that has touched on innovation from a local perspective such as municipalities. Hence, this study aimed to contribute ... -
A paradigm of learning: Amongst junior consultants at Andersen Consulting
(2001)The primary objective of this paper is to investigate how management consultants, at Andersen Consulting KB learn and develop professionally through their work. We have used an interpretative research approach called ... -
A Practical Study How to Lower Costs and Time Negotiating - Licensing Deals between Small and Large Companies
(2010-11-05)Large and small companies of today struggle with technology in‐licensing. Experience is that deals like those are costly, time‐consuming and often break down during negotiations. This paper will investigate a specific ... -
A Quantitative Evaluation of Systemic Risk in the European Banking Sector
(2020-07-07)This paper proposes a cross-section analysis of systemic risk in the European banking sector. The absence of a general definition of systemic risk makes it difficult to use a single, practically relevant model. Therefore, ... -
A quantitative study of how capital structure is affected by intangible assets - The Case of Sweden
(2021-06-24)This thesis examines the effect that intangible assets have on capital structure on the Swedish market, and in doing so contributes to the existing body of research on capital structure and its determinants. The sample ... -
A Race to the Top in the Era of Artificial Intelligence - A Qualitative Study examining challenges & opportunities for small and medium sized Swedish companies in AI adoption
(2020-07-22)Background & Purpose: This study focuses on challenges to AI adoption in small- and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in Sweden, as well as solutions to these challenges. The background, and the reason for studying the ... -
A Regime Switching Model - Applied to the OMXS30 and Nikkei 225 indices
(2014-07-23)This Master of Science thesis investigates the performance of a Simple Regime Switching Model compared to the GARCH(1,1) model and rolling window approach. We also investigate how these models estimate the Value at Risk ... -
A SCENARIO ANALYSIS OF AUGMENTED REALITY IN RETAIL
(2018-08-02)The retail industry is undergoing one of the biggest transformation processes through history. In 2017, 8,053 stores were closed in the United States. This in comparison to 2008, during one of the worst financial crises ... -
A SCENARIO ANALYSIS OF PLATINUM GROUP METALS WITHIN THE TRUCKING INDUSTRY
(2020-07-22)Platinum Group Metals (PGM) are important components within the automotive industry, used for cleaning vehicles toxic gas emissions. An increasing demand of these metals have been observed, and simultaneously, mining ... -
A SECURE ENTRY IN THE SWEDISH SECURITY INDUSTRY - A study of the Swedish security industry, its players and potential acquisition subjects for Gunnebo AB
(2004)Gunnebo AB is one of Europe’s leading companies within the area of security today. Gunnebo AB is now looking to expand its Gunnebo Integrated Security division with an entry in the Swedish security industry, where it has ... -
A Strategic Direction for SKF in Japan
(2002)Industries reflect changes in the environment they evolve with the rest of the society, or cease to exist as they become obsolete. That is why companies have to reinvent themselves, in order to keep their pace with ... -
A strategic stakeholder mapping for the modular data center industry in Scandinavia: A case study of Swedish Modules AB
(2018-08-01)In these years, an overload of the physical telecommunication network has been experienced due to the exponential growth of devices connected to the Internet and the whole new set of applications and software running on ... -
A study of diffusion of Augmented Reality in the Swedish construction industry
(2019-07-09)Innovations and technologies have proven to be a crucial step for organizations to gain competitive advantage. Construction companies are often known to lack innovative processes. However, studies have lately showed that ... -
A study of growth through acquisitions: Implications for the employees
(2013-07-05)While previous research on mergers and acquisitions has been mostly focused on large to middle sized firms, this is a study of a micro company using a growth-by-acquisition strategy. In five years the company has done five ...