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Country risk, country risk indices, and valuation of FDI : a real options approach
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2001-03)Country risk and in particular political risk may constitute a large part of the total risk investors face when investing in emerging markets. It is not a straightforward task to quantify and include these types of risks ... -
Covert Translation, Language Contact, Variation and Change
(Journal article, 2006)The paper reports on a project which applies the model of translation evaluation designed by the present author to the question of whether the English language in its role as a global lingua franca changes textual norms ... -
COVID-19 and Gender Differences: How did the Compensation Scheme for Businesses affect gender differences in Norway?
(Master thesis, 2022)In this thesis, we study the Compensation Scheme for Businesses that applied in Norway during the COVID-19 pandemic. Specifically, we investigate whether there is a difference in received grant amount between businesses ... -
COVID-19 and Government Aid: An Economy on Life Support? An exploratory study of the effects of deferred tax payments in Norway during COVID-19
(Master thesis, 2022)The number of bankruptcies in the Norwegian economy dropped substantially during the COVID-19 pandemic. We investigate to what extent the arrangement for deferred payments of tax and duty claims contributed to keeping ... -
COVID-19 response measures the effect of national non-pharmaceutical intervention on hospitalizations : an empirical study of governments response to the COVID-19 pandemic
(Master thesis, 2021)Throughout this thesis we will analyze the reaction in the growth rate of COVID-19 related hospitalizations following the implementation of Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions (NPIs), in order to estimate their effectiveness. ... -
COVID-19 restrictions effect on volatility: How did government interventions affect global stock market volatility?
(Master thesis, 2022)Our thesis seeks to investigate whether or not government lockdowns attempting to stop the spread of COVID-19 affected volatility in global stock markets. To investigate this relationship, we utilize a sample of 64 ... -
COVID-19 Vaccination Rates and Political Party Affiliation in Norway - An Empirical Analysis of Voting Patterns and Vaccine Rejection
(Master thesis, 2022)Vaccines are widely accepted as one of the most effective means in combating contagious diseases due to their health- and economic benefits both on individual- and societal levels. As politicisation of vaccines has proven ... -
Cracking the hype of land-based salmon farming stocks : investments in land-based compared to conventional salmon farming stocks
(Master thesis, 2020)The purpose of this thesis is to explore the differences in how investors value land-based compared to conventional salmon farming stocks, and how investors’ sensitivities vary between the two industries. This study ... -
Crash risk in the Nordic Stock Market - a cross-sectional analysis
(Discussion paper;5/23, Working paper, 2023-04-28)This paper takes the viewpoint of an investor that can invest in the Nordic countries Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland. The four markets are treated as one integrated market. In the analysis we investigate whether there ... -
Creaming - and the depletion of resources: A Bayesian data analysis
(Discussion paper;16/17, Working paper, 2017-11-16)This paper considers sampling in proportion to size from a partly unknown distribution. The applied context is the exploration for undiscovered resources, like oil accumulations in different deposits, where the most promising ... -
Creating a corporate culture in a multinational corporation : the case of Statoil
(Master thesis, 2006)• The purpose of this dissertation is to look at the creation of corporate culture through the use of corporate trainee programs. • Statoil is the company used as the example. • The study was done through qualitative ... -
Creating a Demand-Based Ticket Model for Eliteserien: How revenue management could save the Norwegian league's attendance rates
(Master thesis, 2022)Dynamic pricing has been a pricing strategy used by many industries with shifting demands. However, sports have just recently started implementing such a strategy. From pricing experiments in the American baseball league ... -
Creating a National Champion: International Competition and Unbundling in Rail Transportation
(Discussion paper;18/15, Working paper, 2015-04-10)This article investigates the incentives to unbundle operations and infrastructure in the railway industry in a two-country model with international network effects from the viewpoint of national governments. The analysis ... -
Creating shared value: concept clarifications and a practical framework : a guide to unleash the power of “creating shared value” in practice
(Master thesis, 2019)Due to rising social and environmental pressures, the interest in business concepts that tackle these pressures has rapidly increased over the past decade. Specifically, the concept of Creating Shared Value promises that ... -
The creative consumer : exploring consumer behavior from a creativity perspective
(Ph.D. thesis, Doctoral thesis, 2010)This research focuses on consumer creativity and uses frameworks from creativity theory to understand consumer behavior. Because this ... -
Creative SMC in a Norwegian ICT company : managerial interaction with sources of realised strategies
(Report, Research report, 2002-08)In recent years, telecommunications have represented one of the world's most dynamic industries. This report describes a study of the Strategic Management Control (SMC) of a software supplier in this sector. Over the ... -
Creative thinking in negotiations : what is the challenge?
(Master thesis, 2005)This paper presents the attempt to explore theoretically the nature of creativity in negotiation process in order to find out what is the biggest challenge for creativity there. Negotiation process as a context for ... -
Creativity in customer care teams : differences between top and bottom performing teams
(Master thesis, 2015)The purpose of this research is to explain the differences in the Net Promoter Score of top and bottom performing teams under the light of their creative environment. To understand how creativity can be influenced in a ... -
Credit Default Swap : betingelser, prising og kontrakter : en redegjørelse for teori og praksis
(Master thesis, 2006)Denne utredningen omhandler Credit Default Swap (CDS). Det har blitt lagt vekt på en forklarende og teoretisk gjennomgang av utviklingen til prisingsmodeller. De kraftige kredittkrisene som kom på tidlig 80-tallet i Latin ...