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Going where you're treated best : tax-based migration from high to low tax jurisdictions
(Master thesis, 2021)Many Western and Scandinavian have continued to raise taxes while the cost of living in their countries has continued to rise. In contrast, the amount of subsequent benefit the individual taxpayer receives continues to ... -
Good days ahead : forecasting ticket sales for Go Fjords using weather data
(Master thesis, 2020)The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether public weather data from MET Norway can be used to improve ticket sales forecasts for the travel company Go Fjords, and to demonstrate how such a forecasting model can be ... -
Good jobs, bad jobs and redistribution
(Working Paper, Working paper, 2001-08)We analyse the question of optimal taxation in a dual economy, when the government is concerned about the distribution of labour income. Income inequality is caused by the presence of sunk capital investments, which creates ... -
Good skills in bad times : cyclical skill mismatch and the long-term effects of graduating in a recession
(Discussion paper;16/2012, Working paper, 2012-08)We show that cyclical skill mismatch, defined as mismatch between the skills supplied by college graduates and skills demanded by hiring industries, is an important mechanism behind persistent career loss from graduating ... -
Google search as a measure investor attention : Its influence on stocks and IPOs in U.S.
(Master thesis, 2014)The purpose of this thesis is to investigate new method of retail investor attention by using Google Search Volume Index (SVI) in determining its effect on stocks trading activity, volatility and extend the analysis by ... -
Governance and asset specificity as facilitators and sources of innovation and value creation
(Doctoral thesis, 2007-08)Drawing on transaction cost theory and relational exchange theory, this dissertation examines the different performance effects of formal and relational governance mechanisms, project specific investments, and the interaction ... -
Governance in financial distress and bankruptcy
(Working paper;2013:1, Working paper, 2013)This chapter provides a survey of law, economics, and finance scholarship at the intersection of corporate governance and financial distress. In financial distress, both inside and outside of bankruptcy court, formal and ... -
Governance of IT sourcing relationships : an empirical investigation of the influence of contract mechanisms and behavior
(Doctoral thesis, 2006)This work is an empirical investigation of IT sourcing contracts and relationships, and on a general level, it is about the relationship between formal contract governance and relational governance of business relationships. ... -
The Governance Puzzle: Unravelling the Effects of CEO Duality on CEO Turnover in a New Era : An empirical study of the effects of CEO Duality on the sensitivity of CEO Turnover to Firm Performance for companies in the S&P 500 in the period 2017 2022
(Master thesis, 2023)This thesis examines whether combining the CEO and Chairman of Board of Directors titles in one individual influences the board's ability to remove poorly performing CEOs. We use a pooled logit regression analysis on a ... -
Governance, territoriality and local production systems in Norwegian fisheries
(Geografi i Bergen, Research report, 1999)This paper focuses upon the informal and institutional governance structures which are embedded within local production systems in Norwegian fisheries. Important issues concern the regional distribution of fish catches ... -
Governing Knowledge Sharing and Transfer in MNCs by Organizational Mechanisms Enabling Social Interaction
(Doctoral thesis, 2023-04)This dissertation aims to contribute to the understanding of how multinational companies (MNCs) use organizational mechanisms enabling social interaction to govern knowledge sharing and transfer within the company. The ... -
Governing knowledge sharing in organisations : levels of analysis, mechanisms, and research directions
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2008-07)We discuss and test recent claims that research on knowledge processes has paid insufficient attention to micro (individual) level constructs and mechanisms and to the role of formal organisation in governing knowledge ... -
The Government Pension Fund Global: How are the bets distributed, and where is the active return created?: A holdings-based analysis of The Government Pension Fund Global’s investments in equities from 2014 to 2021.
(Master thesis, 2021)The Management of the Government Pension Fund Global (hereafter the “Fund”) is a heated topic. The Fund is managed actively to outperform the benchmark and generate a positive active return. The literature is skeptical ... -
Government Pension Fund Global´s investments in petroleum equities: a response to White Paper nr. 19
(Master thesis, 2015)As Norway possesses a large petroleum wealth, there has been calls for a change regarding the Government Pension Fund Global´s (GPFG´s) investments in petroleum equities based on diversification considerations. This ... -
Governmental Accounting in Rwanda : a case study with focus on the financial statements
(Master thesis, 2011)The purpose of this thesis is to analyse the consolidated financial statements of the government of Rwanda for the year ended 31 December 2008. Two types of accounting are discussed namely, money accounts and accrual ... -
Governments' Enforcement of Corporate Bribery Laws: A Call for a Two-Track Regulatory Regime
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Grading standards, student ability and errors in college admission
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2010-06)Grades are important for admission of students in most higher education programmes. Analysing admission and student performance data at a major Norwegian business school, we find that the grading practice of teachers ... -
Graduate Trainee Programs in MNCs : an exploratory study of early breakups
(Master thesis, 2009)The purpose of this thesis is to contribute to covering the gap in the research literature on the Graduate Trainee Programs that appeared between the 1990s and today and generate a set of recommendations for companies ... -
A grammar of motives for understanding individual toursit behaviour
(Doctoral thesis, 2007-03-29)The present thesis is about tourist motivation and choice of destination and activities. The idea is to examine how, and to what degree, motivation relates to travel behaviour and subsequent toursit satisfaction, as such ...