Essays about: "Financial Institutions"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 562 essays containing the words Financial Institutions.

1. 11. Bridging the Gap: Assessing the Integration of Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction - A Case Study on Nepal

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Ebba Ragnartz; [2023]
   Keywords : The Integrated Approach; Disaster Risk Reduction; Climate Change Adaptation; Climate Change; National Adaptation Plan;

   Abstract : There are two primary purposes of this study. One is theory development and the other is empirical. The first aim will be conducted by proposing a framework for the integrated approach between Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation. READ MORE

3. 12. Coverage initiations : an exploratory casestudy

   University essay from KTH/Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM)

   Author : Lina Ek; Maria Karlsson Osipova; [2023]
   Keywords : Commissioned equity research; Initiation report; Event study; Abnormal return; Trading volume; Uppdragsanalys; Initieringsrapport; Eventstudie; Abnormal avkastning; Handelsvolym;

   Abstract : This master thesis is exploring the influence of coverage initiation reports issued by commissioned equity research analysts on stock prices and trading volumes. Equity research actors, with their expertise and skill, are providing the market with valuable information and filling the knowledge gaps that investors may have. READ MORE

4. 13. Navigating Employee Job Satisfaction and Performance: An empirical study of FinTech adoption in a Finnish bank

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Företagsekonomi

   Author : Saher Sakr; Maiju Viitanen; [2023]
   Keywords : financial technology; fintech; technology adoption; technology acceptance; technology resistance; technology implementation; employee satisfaction; employee performance; financial institutions; traditional financial institutions; banks; banking industry; finnish banks; op bank; digitalization; digital financing; innovation in banking; artificial intelligence; blockchain; robo-advising; peer-to-peer; internet-of-things; mobile banking; online banking; theory of reasoned action; technology acceptance model; unified theory of acceptance and use of technology; motivational model;

   Abstract : While FinTech is a relatively recent subject in academic literature, it is widely acknowledged as one of the most notable innovations within the financial industry. Despite the growing interest in FinTech, there is currently a lack of comprehensive understanding regarding the exact implications it will have on established financial institutions. READ MORE

5. 14. Lessons for municipalities to steer the sustainable development of alternative housing : A case study of two co-housing projects in Helsingborg and Hamburg

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Tema teknik och social förändring

   Author : Jule Jeske; [2023]
   Keywords : co-housing; co-living; alternative housing; sharing; sustainable housing; Co-Housing; Co-Living; alternatives Wohnen; Sharing; nachhaltiges Wohnen;

   Abstract : Decades of globalisation and urbanisation are posing intersecting social, economic, and environmental pressures on urban housing markets, that are pushing conventional housing provision to its limits. Accelerated by the covid-19 pandemic, alternative approaches to housing are coming to the fore. READ MORE

6. 15. Mandating transparency on deforestation and ecosystem conversion

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Internationella miljöinstitutet

   Author : Moritz Driescher; [2023]
   Keywords : sustainability reporting; mandatory disclosure; deforestation; ecosystem conversion; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

   Abstract : The production of eggs, meat, and dairy products in the EU indirectly contributes to deforestation and ecosystem conversion (DEC) in Latin America due to extensive imports of soy for animal feed. This thesis explores under which preconditions the mandatory European Sustainability Reporting Standards for the agriculture and farming sector can increase transparency in the opaque soy supply chains and incentivize reductions of imported DEC. READ MORE