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Contracts and incentives in labour markets : six essays
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The Contractual Pillar of Maritime Decarbonisation: A study on the challenges and potential of improving energy efficiency in shipping through contractual means
(Master thesis, 2022)Climate change has grown into an increasingly important concern for the shipping industry, but the contractual infrastructure of bulk shipping has not fully evolved to reflect this. As a result, this thesis examines the ... -
Contradictory formalisations in a management control system
(Report;2016:10, Research report, 2016-12)The formalisations that exist in an organisation are thought to have a substantial influence on how employees interpret the organisation’s Management Control System (MCS) (Malmi & Brown, 2008). Previously, researchers ... -
Contradictory formalisations in a management control system : a case study on how different degrees and types of formalisations in a management control system are interpreted by the employees
(Master thesis, 2016)The formalisations that exist in an organisation are thought to have a substantial influence on how employees interpret the organisation’s Management Control System (MCS) (Malmi & Brown, 2008). Previously, researchers ... -
Contrarian Factors in Frontier Markets
(Master thesis, 2016)The objective behind this thesis is to test whether certain contrarian factors can predict longterm stock returns in frontier markets. We do this by measuring simple, observable variables and their effect on returns 1 ... -
The contribution of foreign entrants to employment and productivity growth
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2006-08)We compare employment and productivity dynamics in foreign and domestic entrants, exitors, survivors and acquisitions in Norwegian manufacturing from 1979- 2000. All types of foreign plants are on average more productive ... -
Contributions to rich vehicle routing problems
(Doctoral thesis, 2018-01) -
Contributions to the Methodology and Practice of Optimization Problems with Multiple Preferences
(Doctoral thesis, 2022-06) -
Contributions to the normative theory of taxation
(Doctoral thesis, 1987) -
Control benefits and CEO discipline in automatic bankruptcy auctions
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2002-11)In Sweden, a bankruptcy filing automatically terminates CEO employment and places the firm in an open auction. This has prompted warnings of strong shareholder risk-shifting incentives to delay filing ("go for broke"). ... -
A control theory of financial structure : outside equity control and the priority and maturity structure of debt
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2000-12)Firms' financial structures typically consist of debt claims of different priority and maturity, and outside equity with control rights. The present paper develops a simple control theory of financial structure in which ... -
Controllerens rolle og bruk av styringsverktøy : en studie av hvordan controllerens rolle i organisasjonen og bruk av forskjellige styringsverktøy bidrar til å skape verdi
(Rapport;2012:5, Research report, 2012-08)Denne utredningen er en casestudie av et norsk selskaps virksomhet både i og utenfor Norge. Målet med utredningen har vært å bli bedre kjent med controlleres rolle i organisasjonen og deres holdninger til forskjellige ... -
Controllerens rolle og budsjett som styringsverktøy : en studie av controllerens rolle, og hvordan en bedrift bruker og nyttiggjør seg av ulike styringsverktøy sett fra et produsent- og bruksperspektiv
(Master thesis, 2012)Målet ved denne utredningen er å se på bruk og nytte av budsjett som styringsverktøy. Dette undersøkes fra både controllerne og mellomlederne sitt perspektiv. Eventuelle ulike oppfatninger mellom produsent og bruker av ... -
Convergence between the Baltic and the Nordic economies: Some reflections based on new data for the Baltic countries
(DP SAM;05/2024, Working paper, 2024-04-18)This short paper uses recent estimates of GDP per capita for the Baltic countries for the 1919-2020(22) period to test for convergence between the Baltic and the Nordic economies. Drawing from the methodology used in Bernard ... -
Convolant ltd. : a case study into a footloose born global classic entrepreneurial company
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A convolution estimator for the density of nonlinear regression observations
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2007-11)The problem of estimating an unknown density function has been widely studied. In this paper we present a convolution estimator for the density of the responses in a nonlinear regression model. The rate of convergence for ... -
COO advertising of export products : effects on perceptions of product-origin typicality and product evaluation
(Doctoral thesis, 2009)COO labels increasingly appear on food products as a response to the growing consumer demand for safety, traceability and authenticity. However, little research has been done to examine the effect of these labels. COO ... -
Cooperation in knowledge-intensive firms
(Working paper, Working paper, 2008-05)The extent to which a knowledge-intensive firm should induce cooperation between its employees is analyzed in a model of relational contracting between a firm (principal) and its employees (two agents). The agents can ... -
Cooperation in knowledge-intensive firms
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2007-07)The extent to which a knowledge-intensive firm should induce cooperation between its employees is analyzed in a model of relational contracting between a firm (principal) and its employees (two agents). The agents can ...