Thèse de doctorat : Università della Svizzera italiana, 2009 ; 2009ECO001.
The aim of this thesis project is to investigate the managerial behavior, the conflict of interest as well as the flow of information in the financial markets, in particular in the setting around equity offerings. An Initial Public Offering (IPO)s represents a fertile testing ground for these topics as this event constitutes a major structural change in the life of a company. At the time of...
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Thèse de doctorat : Université de Fribourg, 2008.
The aim of the present dissertation is to broaden the knowledge of cognitive humor processes that are the basis of humor appreciation through a multidisciplinary approach: psychological as well as cognitive-linguistic humor theories were taken into account. The focus of interest lies mainly on the incongruity-resolution step of humor processing in relation to structural properties of humorous...
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Thèse de doctorat : Università della Svizzera italiana, 2008 ; 2008ECO004.
In this thesis I have tried to identify the risks and opportunities crude oil market offers. For this purpose I tested the performance of univariate and multivariate GARCH models. The first part of the work describes univariate GARCH models and their application to commodities markets. Physical ownership of the commodity carries an associated flow of services. The net flow of these services per...
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Thèse de doctorat : Università della Svizzera italiana, 2006 ; 2006COM005.
This thesis, starting from the debate on museum’s roles and functions in modern society, raises some questions on the main issues museums have to face with the changes in contemporary society. The title of the research suggests the adoption of an alternative approach to the study and analysis of traditional museum’s activities, in fact the specific aim of this study is to present the museum...
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Thèse de doctorat : Università della Svizzera italiana, 2006 ; 2006ECO003.
Over the last two decades it has become increasingly important to promote the efficiency and improve the performance of natural monopolies operating within network industries. In line with this, different regulatory approaches have been designed aiming at preventing the abuse of monopoly power and at the same time enhancing the performance of regulated firms. The most widely adopted...
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Thèse de doctorat : Université de Fribourg, 2006.
The software industry has become a key industry in many developing countries because of the application of information technology in business, manufacturing and many other sectors. Software development produces higher value addition compared to other industries with more skilled human resources. Software project management is an interesting issue of both researchers and managers. Software...
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Thèse de doctorat : Université de Fribourg, 2006.
Total quality management (TQM) and information technology (IT) have significantly impacted on most organizations. The objective of this study is to develop a conceptual framework for studying the critical dimensions of TQM and the support of IT application to TQM that can improve the organizational performance. The study then makes managerial recommendations for linking IT and TQM in business...
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Thèse de doctorat : Università della Svizzera italiana, 2004 ; 2004ECO008.
Large-block trades have been typically handled over the counter in the upstairs market. Institutional trading raises several issues of concern, such as the fragmentation of order flow, potential liquidity shortage in the downstairs market, and implications for market efficiency. Large investors’ trades may infact produce a price impact that can adversely influence their investment decisions....
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Thèse de doctorat : Università della Svizzera italiana, 2005 ; 2005ECO004.
This study develops new realized volatility and correlation estimators which, while fully exploiting all the available information contained in tick-by-tick data, effectively correct for the bias induced by microstructure effects. Building on such high frequency measures, it also proposes new conditional volatility models able to provide accurate and easy-to-implement volatility forecasts.
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Thèse de doctorat : Università della Svizzera italiana, 2005 ; 2005ECO003.
This dissertation focuses on the economic inequality problem in Nepal, in particular, to integrate insights from other social aspects into the distribution problems of economic resources. It consists of five chapters on income and wealth distribution in Nepal. The first Chapter presents an overview of Nepal’s history, geography, economic development, policies and problems. The aim of Chapter...
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