Essays about: "the role of statistics in business"

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  1. 11. Sales Forecasting by Assembly of Multiple Machine Learning Methods : A stacking approach to supervised machine learning

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för matematik och matematisk statistik

    Author : Anton Falk; Daniel Holmgren; [2021]
    Keywords : machine learning; statistical learning; statistics; random forest; xgboost; sarima; stacking; support vector regression; svr; linear regression; sales; sales forcasting; forecasting; time series;

    Abstract : Today, digitalization is a key factor for businesses to enhance growth and gain advantages and insight in their operations. Both in planning operations and understanding customers the digitalization processes today have key roles, and companies are spending more and more resources in this fields to gain critical insights and enhance growth. READ MORE

  3. 12. Despotic Leadership and Job Satisfaction: Mediating role of Emotional Exhaustion

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för ekonomi

    Author : Muhammad Tufail khan; Hamza Zafar; [2021]
    Keywords : Despotic leadership; Social Exchange theory; Job satisfaction; Emotional Exhaustion;

    Abstract : Purpose: Leadership is one of the very important as well as decisive factors in business environment. Following the Blau’s social exchange theory, this study discussed to analyze the despotic leadership effect on employees' job satisfaction in the Pakistani context. READ MORE

  4. 13. The impact of Working from Home on productivity during COVID-19 : A Survey with IT Project Managers

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Handelshögskolan (from 2013)

    Author : Esra Thorstensson; [2021]
    Keywords : Working from home; WFH; Productivity; COVID-19; pandemic; Project managers; Project coordinators; remote work; hybrid working;

    Abstract : The world has been affected by the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic and many companies and organizations have adopted different type of strategies in terms of the workplace in all sectors around the world. Working from home practice has gained prominence as a part of quarantine measures to curb the spread of the disease since the beginning of the outbreak. READ MORE

  5. 14. Machine Learning Based Intraday Calibration of End of Day Implied Volatility Surfaces

    University essay from KTH/Matematisk statistik

    Author : Christopher Herron; André Zachrisson; [2020]
    Keywords : Applied Mathematics; Machine Learning; Statistics; Gaussian Process; Neural Network; Options; Volatility; Implied Volatility Surface; Black Scholes; Tillämpad matematik; Maskininlärning; Statistik; Gaussisk Process; Neurala Nätverk; Optioner; Volatilitet; Implicit Volatilitetsyta; Black Scholes;

    Abstract : The implied volatility surface plays an important role for Front office and Risk Management functions at Nasdaq and other financial institutions which require mark-to-market of derivative books intraday in order to properly value their instruments and measure risk in trading activities. Based on the aforementioned business needs, being able to calibrate an end of day implied volatility surface based on new market information is a sought after trait. READ MORE

  6. 15. Environmental protection as a driver for employee satisfaction and retention : A quantitative study on the Swedish cosmetics industry

    University essay from Mälardalens högskola/Akademin för ekonomi, samhälle och teknik

    Author : Anna Maria Messerschmidt; Ida Kvist; [2020]
    Keywords : employee retention; employee satisfaction; cosmetics industry; CSR;

    Abstract : Date: 2020-06-09 Level: Bachelor Thesis in Business Administration, 15 ECTS Institution: School of Business, Society and Engineering, Mälardalen University Authors: Ida Kvist (93/03/23), Anna Messerschmidt (95/06/14) Title: Environmental protection as a driver for employee satisfaction and retention Tutor: Ali Farashah Keywords: employee retention, employee satisfaction, cosmetics industry, CSR Research question: How are the employee satisfaction and retention within the cosmetics industry impacted by the company’s external CSR actions regarding environmental sustainability? Purpose: The relationship between CSR and internal stakeholders has often been neglected in previous studies. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to investigate whether a company’s CSR strategy can positively influence employee satisfaction and retention. READ MORE