Thesis (M.B.A.)--University of Hong Kong, 1982.

Thesis (M.B.A.)--University of Hong Kong, 1982. / Also available in print.

Hårdare krav ställs på leveranssäkerheten i de svenska elnätet. Kraven har ställts som följd av att flertal stormar och oväder har orsakat väldigt långa avbrott historiskt sett i Sverige. Det är nu olagligt att ha ett avbrott längre än 24 timmar. För att nå upp till kraven som ställs på leveranssäkerhet behöver nätföretag investera i sina befintliga nät. Generellt sett sker investering i att byta ut luftledning mot jordkabel. Fortum äger en 12 kV-linje i ett område lokaliserat nordöst om Charlottenberg som är drabbad av avbrott och har hög genomsnittlig ålder. Ett mer tillförlitligt elnät måste upprättas. I den här rapporten ges ett nätförslag som skulle leda till en förbättrad leveranssäkerhet och ökad tillförlitlighet. / Swedish legislation regarding network reliability has changed after the historic storm named Gudrun. It is now a violation to have interruptions in the distribution of electricity lasting longer than 24 hours. To reach needed reliability in the network, companies that distribute electricity need to invest in their existing grids. The general investment performed is exchanging overhead-lines to underground cables. Fortum is the owner of a 12 kV rural power-line, located northeast of Charlottenberg, Sweden. This power-line has interruptions and an overall high age. A more reliable network has to be planned. In this report, an alternative network is proposed, that would lead to improved reliability in the network.

This master thesis deals with causes and some of the main instituonal answers to the financial crisis of 2007-2009. The thesis also ppresents a brief historical overview of US financial crisis. The main aim of the first chapter is to decide whether the US historical crisis have something in common. The answer is that the past crisis really share something and the difference is rather in historical circumstances. The second chapter is dedicated to some of the financial crisis causes such as Community Reinvestment Act,Gramm Leach Bliley Act, Commodity Futures Modernization Act and also to the role of moral hazard. This thesis is of a firm belief that the only aspect that can be blamed is the phenomenon of moral hazard. The last chapter is focused on the main instituonal answers to the crisis. Dodd-Frank Act, Volcker rule, reorganization of derivative market, some of the changes in rating agencies regulation and also BASEL III consequences for capital requirements are all under the radar.

This thesis explains how ETF (Exchange Traded Fund) works and contains a comparative analysis of selected mutual funds (distributed in Czech Republic) net returns with comparable ETF funds investing into same equity category -- USA, World, European and emerging markets equities. The objective of the thesis is to find out if ETF funds can offer better net returns to the investor than common mutual funds.

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This research investigates the association between neighborhood institutions and the reinvestment decision of households after a disaster. The research employs GIS techniques and data containing appraised housing values, the neighborhood coalition boundaries, the HOA boundaries, building damage data, and building permit data from August 2017 to August 2018. This dissertation performed various methods of analysis. For the first, a literature review was conducted. Possible predictors of institutional, physical/geographical, demographic, and economic factors were discussed. A broad literature review of housing recovery, local government, and emergency recovery studies were investigated. Second, hierarchical linear modeling (HLM) was performed to determine the interaction effect of neighborhood institution type on the relationship between appraised housing value, disaster damage, and building permit. Given the data's nested structure, the submissions of building permit by households were affected by neighborhood characteristics (i.e., the type of neighborhood institution and degree of statutory control) at the jurisdictional level. For this study, Level 1 represented the household level, and Level 2 represented the jurisdictional level. Third, a chi-square analysis was performed to examine households' perceptions of neighborhood institutions and local government incentive programs. The findings suggest that neighborhood institutions play an important role in local disaster resiliency. It is also important to nurture neighborhood institutions to build a resilient community-based recovery system.

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