Sökning: "Affinity bias"

Hittade 4 uppsatser innehållade orden Affinity bias.

  1. 1. And the similar shall lead: the role of the affinity bias in the Italian Venture Capital investment decisions

    D-uppsats, Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

    Författare :Marco Parente; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Venture Capital; Behavioural Finance; Affinity bias;

    Sammanfattning : This paper analyses the role of the affinity bias in the Italian Venture Capital (VC) ecosystem. The background idea is that, when seeking for investment opportunities, VC funds' partners may be subject to psychological biases and unintentionally prioritise founders who share with them cultural and genetic features. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Deal or no deal: A qualitative study examining how the entrepreneur's gender affects business angels' willingness to invest during the initial interaction

    C-uppsats, Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för företagande och ledning

    Författare :Emma Dubo; Isabelle Norberg; [2022]
    Nyckelord :Business angel; Equity financing; Gender; Self-disclosure; Signaling;

    Sammanfattning : Securing external equity financing from business angels (BAs) has been considered to be more difficult for female entrepreneurs in comparison to men and the underlying mechanisms for the disparity have been discussed. Some scholars argue that structural dissimilarities serve as one of the possible explanations, while others argue that female founders experience discrimination. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Diatom distribution in the lower Save river, Mozambique : Taxonomy, salinity gradient and taphonomy

    Master-uppsats, Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi

    Författare :Marie Christiansson; [2016]
    Nyckelord :Diatoms; Quaternary geology; micropaleontology; taphonomy; taxonomy; siliceous microfossils;

    Sammanfattning : In this study diatom distribution within the lower Save River, Mozambique, has been identified from surface sediments, surface water, mangrove cortex and buried sediments. Sandy units, bracketing a geographically extensive clay layer, have been dated with optical stimulated luminescence (OSL). LÄS MER

  5. 4. Learning to target advertisements at Spotify

    Master-uppsats, KTH/Skolan för datavetenskap och kommunikation (CSC)

    Författare :Matteo Poletti; [2015]
    Nyckelord :targeting advertisement machine learning;

    Sammanfattning : The goal of this thesis work is to develop a methodology to optimize advertisement targeting inside the Spotify platform. By understanding the relevance of advertisements to users, the advertisement efficacy can be improved leading to an overall reduced advertisement load, to a better user experience, and to an increased advertisement revenue. LÄS MER