Essays about: "Multivariate regression"

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  1. 16. Cultural Distance’s Effect on Short-Term Acquisition Performance - Evidence from Swedish Acquirers

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Alia Rezai; Ludwig Lindau; Vilhelm Thorstenson; [2023]
    Keywords : Cultural distance; Masculinity; Uncertainty Avoidance; Short-term acquisition performance; Cumulative average abnormal returns; Cross-border acquisitions; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This quantitative study aims to investigate whether cultural distance has any significant effect on short-term acquisition performance, measured as abnormal returns for Swedish cross-border acquisitions. This study adds to previous literature through filling the gap where there has been a lack of a sample of Swedish acquirers, using a multi-measurement approach, and having a broad sample of acquisitions conducted in Europe between the years 2000-2022. READ MORE

  3. 17. Mandatory CSR reporting and the effect on debt financing: A study on private Swedish firms

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för redovisning och finansiering

    Author : Lan Anh Nguyen; Filip Sandin; [2023]
    Keywords : Corporate social responsibility; CSR reporting; mandatory reporting; information asymmetry; Regression discontinuity;

    Abstract : The topic of CSR has become increasingly important in the last decades, however the empirical evidence on both the economic effects of CSR reporting on the cost of debt and on private firms are limited and inconclusive. In this thesis, we address the gap in this novel area of literature. READ MORE

  4. 18. Can I say no? A quantitative study on the association between participation in household decision-making and married women’s ability to refuse sex in Mali

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Internationell kvinno- och mödrahälsovård och migration

    Author : Saskia Tommos; [2023]
    Keywords : safer sex negotiation; household decision making;

    Abstract : Introduction: Women’s household decision autonomy is a significant part of women’s empowerment and has, in previous studies, been shown to affect the possibility of negotiating for safe sex practices. Women in sub-Saharan Africa face difficulties in refusing sex from their partners due to stigmatization, which puts them at risk for both unwanted pregnancies and STIs. READ MORE

  5. 19. Data Analysis for Predictive Maintenance of a Straightening Machine in the Steel Industry

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Elektronik

    Author : Paul Barron; [2023]
    Keywords : Condition Monitoring; Features; Clustering;

    Abstract : The availability of industrial machinery is crucial to any business operating in the manufacturingsector. Mechanical failures halt production and unplanned downtime canbe disruptive and costly. Small failures can compound to serious failures which exponentiallyincreases downtime and repair costs. READ MORE

  6. 20. Machine learning for detecting financial crime from transactional behaviour

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Signaler och system

    Author : Markus Englund; [2023]
    Keywords : machine learning; deep learning; financial crime; time series; time series classification; XGBoost; maskininlärning; djupinlärning; finansiell brottslighet; tidsserier; klassificering av tidsserier; XGBoost;

    Abstract : Banks and other financial institutions are to a certain extent obligated to ensure that their services are not utilized for any type of financial crime. This thesis investigates the possibility of analyzing bank customers' transactional behaviour with machine learning to detect if they are involved in financial crime. READ MORE