Essays about: "uncertainty and opportunity"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 101 essays containing the words uncertainty and opportunity.

  1. 1. Underpricing under Uncertainty: A comparative event study of the effects of Covid-19 restrictions on IPO underpricing

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Oscar Allgulander; Jonatan Tell; [2023-07-03]
    Keywords : Initial Public Offerings; IPOs; Covid-19; Underpricing; Information Asymmetry; Event Study;

    Abstract : This paper has studied underpricing of initial public offerings during the highly uncertain time of the Covid-19 pandemic. Sweden did not implement coercive strategies such as lockdowns compared to most other countries, which has given this study an unique opportunity to investigate how societal factors mitigating uncertainty have an impact on the IPO market. READ MORE

  3. 2. Constraining the Higgs width in Higgs production associated with a top quark pair

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Fysiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Teoretisk partikelfysik - Geonomgår omorganisation

    Author : Benjamin Dahlén; [2023]
    Keywords : Higgs; width; cross section; on-shell; off-shell; invariant mass; Standard model; upper bound; Physics and Astronomy;

    Abstract : In this thesis we study the width of the Higgs boson in the process pp → t ̄t 4l at LO using MadGraph5_aMC@NLO to generate the events. The contributions including the Higgs signal, continuum background and interference were considered in order to calculate the expected number of events in a broad range of four-lepton invariant masses. READ MORE

  4. 3. Climate and Conflict in Somalia : Drought as an Exacerbation of State-Based Violence

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning

    Author : Sara Lahti; [2023]
    Keywords : Climate change; drought; armed conflict; state-based violence; Somalia;

    Abstract : As the effects of climate change grow more severe, scholars and policymakers have paid increased attention to the intersection of climate and conflict. This study examines one subset of that crossing: how drought leads to the exacerbation of state-based violence. READ MORE

  5. 4. Managing Financial Uncertainty: Swedish Grocers : A qualitative study of the impact of uncertainty on manager's financial decision-making process within Swedish grocery stores. 

    University essay from Jönköping University/Internationella Handelshögskolan

    Author : Matilda Wohlin; Maja Jacobson; [2023]
    Keywords : Financial Management; Uncertainties; Grocery Stores; Decision-making;

    Abstract : Background: Grocery stores in the retail industry, which are forms of Small and medium-sized enterprises, are particularly vulnerable to changes in the economic environment. This thesis examines how grocery store managers handle their financial management decision-making process in response to uncertainty. READ MORE

  6. 5. Governing During the Pandemic : Changes in Risk Governance and Power in Sweden during the COVID-19 pandemic

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Fakulteten för humaniora och samhällsvetenskap (from 2013)

    Author : Sara Kringsberg; [2023]
    Keywords : COVID-19; Risk Governance; Policy Change; Policy Window; Crisis; Responsibility; Power; Window of Opportunity; COVID-19; riskstryning; policyförändring; makt; ansvarsfördelning; kris;

    Abstract : Background: The COVID-19 pandemic showed that disastrous events can develop in ways both new and surprising. It demonstrated that an infectious disease can easily spread over the globe in a matter of weeks. READ MORE