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Does a master’s degree at BI generate added value for a bachelor’s graduate?
No full textMasteroppgave(MSc) in Master of Science in Business, Finance - Handelshøyskolen BI, 2021The aim of our master thesis is to investigate whether taking a master’s degree at
BI Norwegian Business School generates added value in terms of lifetime salary
earnings for a bachelor graduate. In addition, we plan to interpret and examine the
main contributing factors that give the student the added value from attending the
master’s degree at BI.
By performing an empirical study and creating our own tailor-made NPV model
that is well-suited to a BI student, we found out that attending a master’s degree
contributes to an added value by generating a positive NPV of NOK 3.5 million.
We also analyze the importance of the key variables contributing to the added
value by formulating a regression model to study the impact of different factors
on educational returns (i.e. salary). Consequently, we found out that ‘Master
program’, ‘Age’, ‘Male’, ‘Grade’, ‘EFCAB’ and ‘TESLO’ are the most
significant variables that explain the added value to the starting salary of BI
graduates.
Simultaneously, we acknowledge that there is a concern of endogeneity in our
analyses and that this could lead to a bias in our results, meaning that the key
dependent variable ‘salary’ and the independent variable “Master program” could
be influenced by other unobservable endogenous variables such as human capital.
This could impact not only the student’s decision whether he/she should attend a
master’s program, but also impact his/her starting salary at a later stage. Despite
this concern, we believe our findings and results give valuable insights into the
valuation of a master’s degree.
In conclusion, our thesis suggests that pursuing a master’s degree at BI is a
profitable and worthy long-term investment for students and therefore, we
recommend that bachelor students should invest their time and effort in a 2-year
master’s program for lifetime value creation
A review of scientific and grey literature on medicine shortages and the need for a research agenda in Operations and Supply Chain Management
No full textHigh-income countries are facing a significant and worsening drug shortage problem. This position paper argues that operations and supply chain management (OSCM) could (and perhaps should) be used more widely to help address this issue: 1) the problem has significant societal impacts, 2) it poses complex questions for stakeholders and finding answers is challenging due to the complex and dynamic nature of drug supply chains, 3) OSCM scholars are well positioned to provide answers, and 4) the problem introduces fundamentally new research directions for OSCM. To substantiate this, we carried out a review of key stakeholder reports from six European countries and a systematic review of academic literature. These show that there is no real agreement among stakeholders about what causes the shortages and that there are few academic studies that examine this. We also show that stakeholders have suggested many different government measures – ranging from ‘reshoring production’ to revising procurement policies and increasing stock levels – but that there is little research that provides evidence on their comparative cost-effectiveness. Based on our findings, we discuss three promising research directions to which our discipline could contribute.publishedVersio
A value for bi-cooperative games
No full textBi-cooperative games were introduced by Bilbao et al. as a generalization of TU cooperative games, in which each player can participate positively, negatively, or not at all. In this paper, we propose a definition of a share of the worth obtained by some players after they decided on their participation in the game. It turns out that the cost allocation rule does not look for a given player to her contribution at the opposite participation option to the one she chooses. The relevance of the value is discussed on several examples.Bi-cooperative games ;Value ;Efficiency
The development of high field magnets utilizing Bi-2212 wind & react insert coils
No full textWind & react Bi-2212 inserts have been manufactured and tested inside a wide-bore NbTi-Nb3Sn magnet providing a background field up to 20T at 4.2K. A pair of six-layer concentric coils both achieved critical currents of 350 A (JE = 200 A/mm2) in a 20T background field. A thicker 14-layer insert made from 119m of round wire had a critical quench current IQ of 287A (JE = 162 A/mm2) at the same field and contributed to a combined central field of 22.5 T. This is a record for a fully superconducting magnet at 4.2 K. The 14-layer coil, equipped with an external protective shunt, was used for an extensive series of quench measurements and endured >150 quenches without damage. Minimum quench energies were found to be in the range of 200-500mJ in background fields of 15-20T when the coil carried 70-95% of its critical quench current
Ordering of organic molecules on templated surfaces
No full textThis thesis describes the controlled growth of molecular nanostructures using modified metallic and semiconductor surfaces. The Ag/Si(lll)-(root3 x root3),the Sn/Cu(100) surface alloy system and the Bi/Si(100) nanolines and (2xn) surfaces were all investigated as suitable substrates for the controlled growth of pentacene, (C22H14) or trimesic acid, (C6H3(COOH)3) organic molecules. The following techniques were used in this study; Scanning Tunnelling Microscopy (STM), Low Energy Electron Diffraction (LEED), Normal Incident X-Ray Standing Waves (NIXSW) and Temperature Programmed Desorption (TPD).
The room temperature growth and ordering of trimesic acid on the AgfSi(ll1)-(root3 x root3) surface was investigated. An oblique unit cell was determined and a model proposed for the highly ordered close-packed domains.
The discovery of a new submonolayer phase on Sn/Cu(100) and the re-examined known phase are discussed. New models for these reconstructions are proposed. Adsorption of trimesic acid at room temperature on the clean substrate the lowest Sn coverage phase were studied. Two new Sn coverage dependent structures were discovered and bonding schemes in upright and flat orientations are discussed.
BifSi(100)-(2xn) surface was exploited as a template for the ordered growth of pentacene, which exhibited orientation specific adsorption. The Bi/Si(100)-(2xn) single domain surface created on vicinal silicon was used to test the suitable of Daresbury 4.2 beamline for NIXSW Imaging experiments and the quality of the results are discussed
Business Intelligence with Power BI
No full textopenL’obiettivo di questa tesi è analizzare e sperimentare l’utilizzo di strumenti di Business Intelligence, con particolare attenzione a Power BI e Power Automate, all’interno dell’infrastruttura aziendale di Wintech S.p.A. Il lavoro si concentra su una serie di mini-progetti finalizzati a valutare l’efficacia di questi strumenti nell’elaborazione, rappresentazione e distribuzione dei dati aziendali. Dopo un’analisi comparativa tra le principali soluzioni di BI presenti sul mercato, l’attenzione si è rivolta allo studio delle fonti dati aziendali, alla creazione di report interattivi personalizzati e alla gestione dei permessi di accesso. Ulteriori obiettivi hanno riguardato l’automazione dei flussi informativi, la localizzazione linguistica dei report e l’integrazione con ambienti web e strumenti della suite Microsoft 365. L’elaborazione di un proof of concept per il management aziendale ha permesso di evidenziare le potenzialità di Power BI come supporto al processo decisionale, sottolineandone flessibilità, scalabilità e capacità di adattamento a esigenze differenti.The objective of this thesis is to analyze and explore the use of Business Intelligence tools, with particular focus on Power BI and Power Automate, within the corporate infrastructure of Wintech S.p.A. The work is structured around a series of mini-projects aimed at evaluating the effectiveness of these tools in processing, visualizing, and distributing business data. After a comparative analysis of the main BI solutions available on the market, attention was given to the study of company data sources, the creation of customized interactive reports, and the management of user access permissions. Additional goals included the automation of information flows, the linguistic localization of reports, and the integration with web environments and Microsoft 365 tools. The development of a proof of concept for company management demonstrated the potential of Power BI as a decision-support tool, highlighting its flexibility, scalability, and adaptability to various business needs
Intrapreneurial Behaviour at BI Norwegian Business School : A Qualitative Study on the Success of BI2020 Pilot Program
No full textMasteroppgave(MSc) in Master of Science in Leadership and Organizational Psychology - Handelshøyskolen BI, 2019The purpose of this research study was to investigate and shed light on
intrapreneurial behaviour at BI Norwegian Business School. This thesis examines
in what ways the participants of the BI2020 pilot program experienced it as
successful. Three objectives will serve basis for evaluating the successfulness; 1)
Employee engagement and experimentation, 2) Evaluation and continuation and
3) Dissemination of pilot results and organisational learning. The sample consists
of ten employees, each responsible for their own pilot project. The analysis
reveals two overarching themes; employee-driven intrapreneurship within “the
hub” and employee-driven intrapreneurship outside “the hub”, where “the hub”
refers to the context provided by the pilot program. The findings reveal that the
participants experienced objective one as successfully achieved, while objective
two and three were not successfully achieved. The participants were generally
satisfied with the pilot program and the context it provided for engaging in
intrapreneurial behaviour. However, when expanding out of “the hub”, challenges
related to incentives, status differences and the organisational system arose. The
concept of “corporate immune system” is valuable for understanding why it was
difficult to continue with intrapreneurial behaviour after the pilot program, and
why it is generally difficult to engage in intrapreneurial behaviour related to
pedagogical development at BI
A characterization of Bi-Lipschitz embeddable metric spaces in terms of local Bi-Lipschitz embeddability
No full textWe characterize uniformly perfect, complete, doubling metric spaces which embed bi-Lipschitzly into Euclidean space. Our result applies in particular to spaces of Grushin type equipped with Carnot-Carath ́eodory distance. Hence we obtain the first example of a sub-Riemannian manifold admitting such a bi-Lipschitz embedding. Our techniques involve a passage from local to global information, building on work of Christ and McShane. A new feature of our proof is the verification of the co-Lipschitz condition. This verification splits into a large scale case and a local case. These cases are distinguished by a relative distance map which is associated to a Whitey-type decomposition of an open subset Ω of the space. We prove that if the Whitney cubes embed uniformly bi-Lipschitzly into a fixed Euclidean space, and if the complement of Ω also embeds, then so does the full space.Item withdrawn by Alexis Thompson ([email protected]) on 2011-04-18T17:51:05Z
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Cost Savings and Energy Reduction: Bi-Level Lighting Retrofits in Multifamily Buildings
No full textCommunity Environmental Center implements Bi- Level Lighting fixtures as a component of cost-effective multifamily retrofits. These systems achieve substantial energy savings by automatically reducing lighting levels when common areas are unoccupied. Because there is a lack of empirical evidence documenting the performance of these systems, this paper uses electric consumption data collected from buildings before and after retrofits were performed, and analyzes the cost and consumption savings achieved through installation of Bi-Level Lighting systems. The results of this report demonstrate that common areas that are currently not making use of Bi-Level lighting systems would achieve significant financial and environmental benefits from Bi-Level focused retrofits. This project concludes that building codes should be updated to reflect improvements in Bi-Level Lighting technologies, and that government-sponsored energy efficiency programs should explicitly encourage or mandate Bi-Level Lighting installation components of subsidized retrofit projects
BI Norwegian Business School
No full textMasteroppgave(MSc) in Master of Science in Business, Sustainable Finance - Handelshøyskolen BI, 2023The main goal of this paper is to investigate if determining factors of clean energy stock performance in Europe have been influenced by the Paris Agreement. The analysis consist of three models in the time period before the Paris Agreement, and three models in the time period after the Paris Agreement. The models consist of variables related to the stock- and energy market and climate factors as well as a European clean energy index. To conduct our analysis we utilize a LA-VAR and a VAR framework. Using the results from this we examine the Granger causality, impulse responses and variance decomposition. The main findings of this paper are the shift in Granger causality before and after the Paris Agreement. We find that the stock market factors Granger-causes the clean energy index prior to the Paris Agreement, but not following the Agreement. On the other hand, we find that the climate- and energy factors do not Granger-cause the clean energy index prior to the Paris Agreement, but Granger-causes in the period following the Paris Agreement. This indicates that the Paris Agreement have influenced determining factors of clean energy stock performance in Europe
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