Winners of The Malmsten Award for Best Master's Thesis 2024
On 13 June, the graduation ceremony was held for the School's master's programmes. In connection with this, the winners of The Malmsten Award for Best Mater's Thesis were also presented.
This prize is awarded annually for the best thesis within each of the nine master’s programmes at the School of Business, Economics and Law. In addition to the honor, the authors receive 10,000 SEK each. The prize is awarded by the Richard C. Malmsten Memorial Foundation.
The recipients were presented during the graduation ceremony held at the Gothenburg Concert Hall in the presence of students, family members, programme directors, and staff from the Graduate School.
The best master's theses 2024
Master of Science in Accounting and Financial Management
Lovisa Aronsson & Moa Persson: Navigating Sustainability: Unveiling the Role of Controllers in Organizations. A qualitative interview study of three global organizations
Master of Science in Economics
Federico Bruschi: Fiscal Competition among Italian Municipalities: Evidence from the Property Tax
Master of Science in Finance
Ludvig Johansson & Alva Mentor: The Impact of Board Gender Diversity on Dividend Policies: Evidence from Swedish Listed Firms
Master of Science in Innovation and Industrial Management
Luca Svevo Viking Lundgren & Virginia Viganò: The Interplay between Sustainability and Financial Performance: A Mixed-Methods Analysis in the Automotive Industry
Master of Science in International Business and Trade
Zlata Zapolskaia & Tilde Thorsén: The Role of Innovation Ecosystems in Influencing an MNCs' Adoption to Emerging Industries: A qualitative case study of local market contexts
Master of Science in Knowledge-based Entrepreneurship
Jonathan Zepeda Villela: Strategizing for retention: An exploratory cross-sectional case study of switching barriers within service-based knowledge intensive entrepreneurial firms´ retention strategies in B2B
Master of Science in Logistics and Transport Management
Isak Lund & Manru Wang: Low Emission Zones: The stakeholders’ perspectives of the economic impacts
Master of Science in Management
Maya Drossel & Felix Löfgren Hallbeck: Generative AI, the new colleague? – a sociomateriality perspective on the human-AI relationship
Master of Science in Marketing and Consumption
Despoina Mavroudi: Unpacking purchase intentions: How does repairability labeling drive consumer choices?
