Handelshögskolans masterprogram ges på engelska och har studenter en lång rad länder. Ända sedan starten 1997 har programmen stöttats av Stiftelsen Richard C Malmstens minne, bland annat med detta uppsatspris. Årets diplomeringsceremoni hölls på Konserthuset i Göteborg och priset delades ut av Johan Malmsten, ordförande i Stiftelsen Richard C. Malmstens minne.
Mottagare av The Richard C. Malmsten Award for Best Theses 2022
Accounting and Financial Management: Niclas Leksell och Marcus Silkisberg: “SPAC Post-Merger Performance in the New Regime - An Agency Perspective”
Economics: Sebastian Shaqiri : “Evaluating the Effect of School Closures on Societal Transmission of Covid-19: Evidence from Lower Secondary School Closures in Sweden”
Finance: Raihan Hasan och Otilia Esping: “Parametric portfolio policies with ESG - There is no cost”
Innovation and Industrial Management: Nima Karlsson and Eric Svensson: ”From rags to riches - an explorative study of the technological influence within modern retail investor behavior”.
International Business and Trade: Mette Barten och Aron Holmgren: “Inward FDI and Innovation in the Context of a Least Developed Country - A single case study on the innovation system of Kigali, Rwanda”
Knowledge-based Entrepreneurship: Aziz Sukkar och Rabih Darwish: “Innovation Diffusion from the Service-Dominant Logic: The case of the Metaverse”
Logistics and Transport Management: Anna Ström och Anna Watsfeldt: “Value gains from increased visibility in the supply chain - A case study on Volvo Penta’s service market of spare parts”
Management: Christina Norderyd och Miriam Volgger: “Power of Togetherness – Open Innovation through the Lens of Institutional Logics”
Marketing and Consumption: Amanda Hassel, Linnea Jonsson och Johan Strömfeldt: “AI Second that Emotion - Using Natural Language Processing to Study the Impact of Non-Stereotyped Video Advertising on Consumers’ Emotions & Online Consumer Engagement”
