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The impact of job satisfaction on perceived desirability of leaving : a study in cable manufacturing organizations in Sri Lanka
2011
Masteroppgave i økonomi og administrasjon - Universitetet i Agder 2011 The job satisfaction level is a key determinant for the employees’ leaving or retention decisions. The satisfied employees have a tendency to stay in the organization while the dissatisfied employees have a greater tendency to leave the organization. The research study on impact of job satisfaction on perceived desirability of leaving was conducted by selecting the executive level employees in cable manufacturing industry in Sri Lanka. The main objective of this study was to examine the impact of job satisfaction on perceived desirability of leaving. This was split into three sub objectives as; to examine the type of rel…
The Black-Litterman model
2013
Masteroppgave i økonomi og administrasjon - Universitetet i Agder 2013 The Markowitz model has two problematic tendencies; unintuitive portfolios and portfolios with high transaction costs. The Black-Litterman model was made as an improvement of the Markowitz model. It uses a Bayesian approach to combine the views of the investor with the equilibrium portfolio. The main purpose of the model is to create intuitive portfolios and limit the transaction costs. With the computer power available today, the implementation of mathematical models are an important issue. Using the programming language R, I will in this thesis look at possible ways of implementing the Black-Litterman model. Todays inv…
The performance of Value-at-Risk models on the OBX index
2013
Masteroppgave i økonomi og administrasjon - Universitetet i Agder 2013 The measuring of risk has become one of the main fields in finance during the last two decades. Value-at-Risk (VaR) has become one of the most important risk measures and is widely used for numerous applications. This thesis compares different approaches to VaR based on traditional methods such as Historical Simulation, Moving Average and Exponentially Weighted Moving Average as well as advanced approaches based on GARCH models. Comparison is done on the OBX index return data, which is the main benchmark index on the Oslo Stock Exchange. The performance of the different VaR models is evaluated with out of sample backtest…
Work rhythm, flow and success in a project : a case study research
2013
Masteroppgave i økonomi og administrasjon - Universitetet i Agder 2013 Organisations and individuals are shaped and influenced by their environment and interaction with others in a conscious or unconscious manner. Due to increased competitiveness, organisations need to be aware of elements in their environment and how these can affect operations and outcomes. Rhythms in organisations and the employee’s work rhythms are considered to influence flow and the achieved level of success in organisations. This thesis aims to investigate factors setting the work rhythms for organisations and individuals, and to study whether work rhythms influence flow and level of success. Our research question wa…
A study of active ownership through board representation by norwegian private equity actors in the norwegian population of portfolio company investme…
2013
Masteroppgave i økonomi og administrasjon - Universitetet i Agder 2013 This thesis focuses on the indirect drivers of value creation in private equity, through a study of corporate governance mechanisms employed by the major Norwegian PE actors in a population of Norwegian portfolio company investments. More specifically, it focuses on board representation by PE actors in the venture capital and buyout portfolio company investments. For this study, data pertaining to debt/equity, return on assets and portfolio company size has been collected for the current active population of portfolio company investments for the period (t-1) (one year before PE investment) as well as for (t+1) (one year …
Bybanens påvirkning på boligpriser i Bergen
2013
Masteroppgave i økonomi og administrasjon - Universitetet i Agder 2013 Denne masteroppgaven tar sikte på å undersøke hvilken betydning bybanen i Bergen har hatt på boligprisutviklingen i de nærliggende områdene rundt banens første trasé, Byparken – Nesttun. Innledningsvis presenteres bakgrunnsinformasjon om Bergen, dens bosetningsmønster og arbeidsplasser, samt transportsystemet generelt og bybanen spesielt. Videre følger et kapittel hvor det gis en grunnleggende innføring i økonomisk teori og begreper som benyttes videre i oppgaven. Først presenteres modellen for det urbane tomtemarkedet av Alonso–Muth–Mills og deretter utledes den hedonistiske prisfunksjonen, som beskriver sammenhengen me…
The effects of IMF lending arrangements : a study of the intentions of thInternational Monetary Fund, and the macroeconomic effects of their lending …
2013
Masteroppgave i økonomi og administrasjon - Universitetet i Agder 2013 The International Monetary Fund (IMF or the Fund) has been acting as an international lender of last resort, mainly supporting emerging and developing countries the last decades. After various crises hit the world economy in the second half of the 1990s, intensive criticism against the IMF has emerged, related to the macroeconomic effects of their lending arrangements. This thesis contributes to the debate on how the IMF’s lending arrangements affect their member countries in terms of macroeconomic outcomes, with emphasize on balance of payments, economic growth, and inflation. I will present a literature review, and bas…
Can nudging reduce default rates? : a field experiment testing the effect of nudging on young adult´s propensity to default on cell phone bills
2013
Masteroppgave i økonomi og administrasjon - Universitetet i Agder 2013 Can altering the context in which people make their decisions be an effective method for reducing default rates? This thesis reports the results of an experiment that tested the effect of so-called «nudging» on young adults’ decision-making process concerning bill payments. Based on theories of judgment and decision-making, text messages were sent out to 2500 randomized treatment and control subjects aged 18-30, pulled from One Call’s (Network Norway AS) customer base. Incoming payments were then recorded to determine whether the messages had influenced customers’ decision to pay their bill within due. The results provid…
Vektlegging av kvalitative kriterier ved anskaffelse av en prosjektleder
2013
Masteroppgave i økonomi og administrasjon - Universitetet i Agder 2013 Oppgaven min tok for seg temaet anskaffelse av en prosjektleder til et komplekst prosjekt. Prosjektet skulle være bestilt av en offentlig oppdragsgiver. Offentlige anskaffelser utgjør om lag 300 milliarder av Norges årlige statsbudsjett. Når offentlige midler blir benyttet til anskaffelser er det en forutsetning at midlene blir benyttet effektivt og hensiktsmessig. Oppgaven retter seg inn mot anskaffelser av en prosjektleder isolert sett. Dette vil si at jeg kun studerer anskaffelsesprosessene av en prosjektleder, og ikke andre elementer som skal leveres til det aktuelle prosjektet. Et sentralt spørsmål når det gjelder v…
Hvilke faktorer har påvirket boligprisutviklingen i Norge i perioden 1967-2012?
2014
Masteroppgave i økonomi og administrasjon – Universitetet i Agder 2014 Hensikten med denne oppgaven var å se på hvilke faktorer som har påvirket boligprisutviklingen i perioden 1967-2012. Vi har funnet åtte ulike faktorer som vi antar kan ha vært med på å påvirke prisen. Oppgaven baserer seg på generell etterspørselsteori, boligmarkedets virkemåte og den historiske utviklingen til boligprisen. På bakgrunn av teorien ble det fremstilt åtte ulikehypoteser. Hvor hver av hypotesene tar for seg en variabel. Med utgangspunkt i denne teorien har vi utledet ulike regresjonsmodeller. Vi gjennomførte deulike regresjonsanalysene hvor vi fant ut at den dobbellogaritmiske regresjonen passet best for vår…