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Religion and governance in microfinance institutions: evidence from the global microfinance industry
2014
Masteroppgave i økonomi og administrasjon – Universitetet i Agder 2014 This thesis sought to study the influence of religion on corporate governance in Microfinance Institutions. The study uses secondary data on a sample of rated Christian and secular MFIs compiled in rating reports by rating agencies to compare the governance differences and similarities between Christian and secular MFIs. The research uses the random effects General Least Squares and logistic regression models alongside other univariate statistical methods to test for the effect of religious affiliation on corporate governance. The overall findings indicate that Christian MFIs are significantly less-regulated by banking a…
Endring av organisasjonsstruktur : konsekvenser for bygg- og anleggsprosjekter
2015
Masteroppgave økonomi og administrasjon- Universitetet i Agder, 2015 Denne masteroppgaven er en kvalitativ studie som tar for seg forskningsspørsmålet "Hvordan blir prosjekter i en bygg- og anleggsorganisasjon påvirket av å gå fra matriseorganisasjonsstruktur til linjeorganisasjonsstruktur?". Jernbaneverket har vært benyttet som caseorganisasjon ettersom de i 2014 endret sin organisasjonsstruktur på dette viset. Målet for oppgaven har vært å forstå hvilken betydning organisasjonsstruktur har på gjennomføring av prosjekt, og hvilke konsekvenser en endring har. Dette da organisasjoner i dag har begynt å vende tilbake til den tradisjonelle linjeorganisasjonen. Problemstillingen er særlig gjeld…
Strategiimplementering i offentlig sektor
2017
Masteroppgave økonomi og administrasjon BE501 - Universitetet i Agder 2017 Denne oppgaven omhandler strategiimplementering i offentlig sektor. Vi ønsker å teste suksessfaktorer ved implementering fra privat sektor, i offentlig sektor. Oppgavens formål er å svare på følgende problemstilling: “Hvilke suksessfaktorer er avgjørende for å oppnå en tilfredsstillende strategiimplementering i offentlig sektor?” For å komme et steg nærmere svaret på problemstillingen, har vi sett på aktuell teori. Mintzberg og hans skoleretninger er sentrale i teorikapittelet. I tillegg har vi basert oss på modellene til Kotter og Hill og Jones som begge omhandler strategiimplementering. Vi har også sett på forskjel…
Cross-functional teams in Digital transformation projects What are the benefits and challenges of using cross-functional project teams in digital tra…
2020
Master thesis in Business Administration (BE501)
Perceived flexibility: The impact of flexible work and work-home interaction on life satisfactionA quantitative study of the relationships between pe…
2020
Master´s thesis in Business Administration (BE 501) The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of perceived flexibility and work-home interaction on life satisfaction. The lack of previous research, on the direct connections between the variables, perceived flexibility, and life satisfaction, resulted in the purpose of this study. Work-home interaction has indications of connection to both perceived flexibility and life satisfaction (Hill et al., 2001: Clark, 2000: Vodanovich et al., 2006), and was of that reason presented as a possible mediator. Based on this, hypotheses regarding the relationship between the variables were created.In order to test the seven hypotheses, the method …
Does optimized portfolios outperform the naive diversification: Implications from joint tests Can optimized trading strategies significa ntly outperf…
2020
Master´s thesis in Business Administration (BE501) This thesis expands upon the debate surrounding the paper of DeMiguel, Garlappi &Uppal (2009). We investigate the performance of optimized strategies compared to the naive 1/N rule while controlling for data-snooping. Using the Sharpe ratio and theFFC4 alpha as performance measures, we investigate 10 basic portfolio strategies with datasets from the US and Norwegian markets. We attempt to answer two weaknesses of previous studies on the topic by accounting for data-snooping using White’s RealityCheck (WRC) and the Superior Predictive Ability (SPA) test. In addition, we include the alpha measure in order to account for the established factor…
The EU-U.S. Open Skies Agreement: An Empirical Analysis of the Effects on Competition
2020
Master\´s thesis in Business Administration (BE501)
The “dark side” of projectification : The impact of project work on the employees’ emotions. What are the negative aspects of project work and its ef…
2018
Master's thesis Business Administration BE501 - University of Agder 2018 In this thesis, we explore the “dark side” of projectification. Working on projects have become an increasing trend and preferred way of working in most types of businesses and industries. This transition is described as being among the most significant changes in modern organisations. Critical studies, focused on the subject have emphasised some noteworthy, but perhaps blocked existential consequences for individuals involved in project work. This thesis, therefore, aims to add to this field of research and uncover the negative aspects of project work and its effects on the individual project worker’s emotions in a pr…
Is the superior performance of optimized strategies caused by data mining bias?
2020
Master thesis in Business Administration (BE501)
”To be or not to be” successful in a merger between performing arts organizations : a case study of Kilden Performing Arts Centre
2016
Master thesis Business Administration BE501 - University of Agder 2016 Thousands of organizations are merging every year, even though the consensus among scholars is that most, or at least a large part of them fail. And after decades of research into mergers there is no clear consensus as to what it would take to have a successful merger, all though many agree on a handful of success factors being important. Even though there is a vast amount of research on mergers in general, I have found almost nothing about mergers in the performing arts industry. My thesis is looking into this industry, and what it takes to merge successfully here compared to other industries. I try to give an answer to…