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Nowadays, value at risk (VaR) has developed into a standard indicator in the financial risk measuring field. The aim of this study is not only to measure the risk of the Chinese stock market using VaR methods, but also to value whether the downside risk is priced in the expected return in the market. This study estimates VaR of six indices using four approaches at both 95% and 99% confidence level
Apartheid is officially abolished in South Africa since 1994. However, it still exists in the country today. The aim of this thesis is to examine how the heritage of apartheid still affects South Africa today, 20 years after it was abolished, and to show that racism is still very much a part of daily life in South Africa although it can be more or less disguised nowadays. My focus in this thesis i
There are many different methods for pricing discretely monitored barrier options. There is a trade-off, however, between speed and accuracy. The players on the financial markets would of course ideally want a method which is both exact and returns a price instantaneously. In this thesis we start from a fast, but on the other hand somewhat less accurate, approximation formula. It will be referred
Thesis purpose: To identify relevant criteria underlying the partner selection process in a leading company in the consumer technology industry, as well as to subsequently analyse the influences which those criteria have on overall outcome. The intention is to draw valid implications for future research as well as for actors in similar market environments. Methodology: The researchers of this pa
Transportation is a necessary part of our daily lives and the environment would greatly benefit if the majority of people used sustainable transport. The current mechanisms set in place to change people’s behaviors, however, have lacked an in depth psychological understanding of how people make transport decisions. The aim of this thesis is to explore the world of psychology and behavior and to at
The demand of today for advanced manufactured parts with high precision is due to the increasing complexity of technologies. The parts are typically made by CNC (Computer Numerical Control) machines, which are expensive and comparably big. By using industrial robots that are significantly cheaper, reduced costs can be achieved, which is particularly beneficial for small and medium enterprises. Rob
Open source är idag ett vida känt begrepp och det finns numera ett open source alternativ till nästan varje mjukvara av proprietär sort. Med en växande användarbas och en kostnad som nästan alltid är obefintlig är det naturligt att företag ser open source som ett alternativ till att köpa proprietär mjukvara. Genom denna uppsats undersöker vi därför vilka egenskaper hos open source som är viktiga o
