Browsing ODA Open Digital Archive by Author "Qureshi, Muhammad Azeem"
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Are European Renewable Energy Equities Experiencing an Asset Price Bubble, and When Should Monetary Policy Respond? An empirical study of European equity markets.
Østby, Peder Braarød; Grøttum, Fredrik (Master thesis, 2021)The purpose of this thesis is to identify whether European renewable energy equities are experiencing an asset price bubble, and when monetary policy should respond. Dillian (2020) speculated in the possibility of a stock ... -
Capital Structure Decisions in Energy Companies Listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange
Braskerud, Anders; Jarbo, Hilde Mette (Master thesis, 2018)In this thesis, we have analyzed which factors that may affect the capital structure choices of the oil and gas companies listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange, which historically have paid a huge contribution to the Norwegian ... -
Do ESG Endeavors Assist Firms in Achieving Superior Financial Performance? A Case of 100 Best Corporate Citizens
Qureshi, Muhammad Azeem; Akbar, Minhas; Akbar, Ahsan; Poulova, Petra (Sage Open;volume 11, issue 2, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-06-11)Increasing interest in sustainability performance (environmental, social, and governance pillar performance [ESGP]) and corporate financial performance (CFP) is noteworthy. However, we do not find any all-inclusive study ... -
Do investors penalize the firms disclosing higher environmental performance? A cross cultural evidence
Qureshi, Muhammad Azeem; Ahsan, Tanveer (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Climate change discourse integrates 3Ps – people, planet, and profit. However, we do not find any empirical study that integrates 3Ps. Therefore, using a large global panel dataset from 46 countries, this study intends to ... -
Does country-level eco-innovation help reduce corporate CO2 emissions? Evidence from Europe
Qureshi, Muhammad Azeem; Ahsan, Tanveer; Gull, Ammar Ali (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Climate change and CO2 emissions intertwine corporations and society in current political, social, environmental, and economic debates, specifically in Europe. The climate action plan formulated by the European Commission ... -
Does diversification affect capital structure and profitability in Pakistan?
Qureshi, Muhammad Azeem; Akhtar, Waqas; Imdadullah, Muhammad (Asian Social Science;8(4), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)Diversification has become a common strategy of corporate risk management along with availing other potential benefits. The intent of this study is to identify and analyze the nature of relationship that exists between ... -
Earnings announcements and stock market returns. An event study of the Nordic market.
Saldic, Jasmina; Vinæs, Julie (Master thesis, 2017)We have examined the effects of quarterly earnings announcements on stock returns, in the Nordic market. Our main objective, is to test market efficiency using the event study methodology. Earlier research has found ... -
ESG and the cost of capital, Does disclosure of ESG performance affect the cost of equity and cost of debt?
Amenya, Christopher Toft; Fon, Joakim (Master thesis, 2022)This thesis investigates how the disclosure of ESG performance affect the cost of capital, segregated into the cost of equity and cost of debt to find the appreciation of two distinct providers of the capital – the ... -
Financial materiality of ESG disclosure and stock price informativeness
Torgersen, Kamilla; Oveland, Knut Olav (Master thesis, 2023)This study explores the association between sustainable (ESG) disclosure and the stock price informativeness of Norwegian companies, operating in the Consumer Staples and Consumer Discretionary sectors. Additionally, it ... -
Group dynamics and peer-tutoring: A pedagogical tool for learning in higher education
Qureshi, Muhammad Azeem; Stormyhr, Even Marius (International Education Studies;5(2), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)The increasing diversity in students’ enrolment in higher education in Norway offers an opportunity to use collaborative learning and teamwork as a learning vehicle to exploit the synergy in the community to have formal ... -
How do oil prices and investments impact the dynamics of firm value?
Khan, Aima; Qureshi, Muhammad Azeem; Davidsen, Pål I. (System Dynamics Review;Volume 36, Issue 1, January/March 2020, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-06-16)The purpose of this study is twofold: (i) to analyze the impact of investment policy decision on the firm value given the uncertain oil and gas prices and (ii) to propose policies that enhance firm value. The study develops ... -
How ESG performance affects the corporate financial performance. An empirical study of the energy sector
Loftsgarden, Cecilie (Master thesis, 2020)This thesis investigates the relationship between environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance, corporate financial performance (CFP), and firm value by focusing on the energy sector. For this purpose, the ... -
How uncertainty can determine corporate ESG performance?
Bin-Feng, Chai; Mirza, Sultan Sikandar; Ahsan, Tanveer; Qureshi, Muhammad Azeem (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Using Sino-Securities Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) ratings data, we examine how environmental uncertainty affects the ESG performance of Chinese A-share non-financial listed firms from 2008 to 2020. Our ... -
Hvilke sosiale og økonomiske virkninger kan X-Games ha for Oslo?
Hussain, Mujtaba; Mahmood, Osman (Master thesis, 2016)Mange byer retter stadig fokus mot å tiltrekke seg store internasjonale idrettsarrangementer, som skaper anerkjennelse og synliggjør byens egenskaper. I februar 2016 fikk Oslo mulighet til å arrangere X-Games. Målet med ... -
The impact of ESG performance on Corporate Financial Performance - A quantitative study on companies in the Consumer Staples Industry
Heggen, Henrik; Monsen, Sunniva (Master thesis, 2020)This study investigates the influence of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) performance on Corporate Financial Performance (CFP) in the Consumer Staples industry. We use two different dependent variables for financial ... -
The impact of Islamic banking model and Islamic financial development on bank performance: Evidence from dual banking economies
Ahsan, Tanveer; Qureshi, Muhammad Azeem (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Purpose The purpose of this study is to develop an Islamic Banking Index representing the Islamic banking model and to investigate its impact on the performance of Islamic and conventional banks. This study also analyzes ... -
The impact of sustainability (environmental, social, and governance) disclosure and board diversity on firm value: The moderating role of industry sensitivity
Qureshi, Muhammad Azeem; Kirkerud, Sina; Theresa, Kim; Ahsan, Tanveer (Business Strategy and the Environment (BSE);Volume 29, Issue 3, March 2020, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-12-26)Using a large panel dataset comprising 812 listed European firms, this study investigates whether sustainability disclosure (Environmental, Social, and Governance) and female representation on boards affect firm value. We ... -
Inclusive or Elusive Housing? Homeownership among Muslims in Norway
Qureshi, Muhammad Azeem (Journal of Muslims in Europe;Volume 9, issue 3, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-09-18)Norway has a unique political focus on homeownership as a key to welfare and happiness. “Eierlinja” in Norwegian housing policy aims for a very high rate of homeownership leading to social integration of the communities ... -
Innenfra-ut- eller utenfra-inn-perspektiv? Hvilket strategisk perspektiv forklarte mest av variasjonen i lønnsomhet for norske selskaper i perioden 2008 til 2016?
Tyseng, Marius; Urdal, Marius (Master thesis, 2018)Formålet med denne studien er å undersøke om det er et strategisk innenfra-ut- eller utenfra-inn-perspektiv som forklarer mest av variasjonen i lønnsomhet. Vi undersøker spesifikt de norske forholdene og bruker regnskapsdata ... -
Is Bankruptcy Risk Tied to Corporate Life-Cycle? Evidence from Pakistan
Akbar, Ahsan; Akbar, Minhas; Tang, Wenjin; Qureshi, Muhammad Azeem (Sustainability;Volume 11, Issue 3, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-01-28)In this paper we analyze the relationship between bankruptcy risk and the corporate life cycle in Pakistan from 2005 to 2014. For this purpose, we run a Hierarchical Linear Mixed Model (HLM) for a sample of 301 non-financial ...