Sökning: "decreasing returns to scale"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 9 uppsatser innehållade orden decreasing returns to scale.

  1. 1. Unleashing Profitability: Unraveling the Labor-R&D Nexus in SaaS Tech Firms : An Analysis of the Profitability Dynamics in SaaS Tech Firms through Stochastic Frontier

    Magister-uppsats, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för industriell ekonomi

    Författare :prashant Atla; Noräs Salman; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Employee growth; SaaS Industries; Profitability; Technical efficiency; Stochastic Frontier Analysis; Marginal Product of Labor; Panel data Models;

    Sammanfattning : Background: High-tech's rapid growth and prioritization of expansion over profitability can lead to vulnerability in economic downturns. The SaaS market, a part of the high-tech industry, offers affordable and flexible software solutions but is also susceptible to market volatility. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Skill, Scale and Investor Return in Established and Emerging Markets - An empirical study of equity mutual fund performance between markets with contrasting characteristics

    Kandidat-uppsats,

    Författare :Olle Fröling; Olle Wingstrand; [2022-06-29]
    Nyckelord :Equity Mutual Funds; Decreasing Returns to Scale; Alpha; Fund Skill; Fama-French Five-Factor Model; Nordic Equity Funds; Asian Equity Funds; Fixed Effects;

    Sammanfattning : In this report we empirically analyze the effects of returns to scale for equity mutual funds in the Nordic and Asian regions. We also investigate whether or not funds generate alpha (i.e., have skill). LÄS MER

  4. 3. The returns of Hedge Funds- A comparative study of performance

    Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Författare :Nils Dominguez Berndtsson; [2018]
    Nyckelord :Hedge Funds; risk-adjusted returns; excess returns; decreasing returns to scale; Berk and Green model; Business and Economics;

    Sammanfattning : In this thesis we test the performance of hedge funds against several fund specific variables, mainly fund size. As a measure of the hedge funds performance we employ both excess and risk-adjusted returns. The first part the thesis employs unbalanced panel regressions where hedge funds excess returns are run on several fund specific variables. LÄS MER

  5. 4. DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYS – EFFICIENCY ANALYSIS ON 17 MIDDLE-SIZED HOSPITALS IN SWEDEN

    Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Författare :Reza Javid Gholam; [2018]
    Nyckelord :Data Envelopment Analysis; MCDEA; Hospital efficiency; Swedish healthcare system; Business and Economics;

    Sammanfattning : Rising costs of healthcare in most OECD-countries have contributed to a quest for research into the field of healthcare costs and efficiency, something that has not been free of controversies. As a result of that, healthcare financers as well as providers have become more inclined to measure performance and compare themselves to others with the same responsibilities. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Assessment of financial risk in renewable biodiesel firms

    Uppsats för yrkesexamina på avancerad nivå, Umeå universitet/Företagsekonomi

    Författare :Tobias Vahlström; Adnan Cavka; [2015]
    Nyckelord :renewable biodiesel; financial risk;

    Sammanfattning : Energy consumption in the transport sector is expected to increase substantially over the coming decades. The uncertainty in the forecasts are relatively high regarding the size of the increase but reports from the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) points to an increase of 56 percent between 2010 and 2040 (IEO2013, 2013, p. 9). LÄS MER