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How financial constraints affect cash holdings : evidence from Norwegian firms
(Master thesis, 2015)This paper examines the cash holding and how it is determined by financial constraints of corporate Norway using a comprehensive dataset that covers both private and public firms from 1995 to 2012. I find that aggregate ... -
How good are Norwegian fund managers at overweighting and underweighting stocks?
(Master thesis, 2024)The thesis investigates the stock-picking abilities of Norwegian fund managers, focusing on whether their overweight and underweight portfolios contribute to excess return. We find that the main driver of excess return in ... -
How green are we thinking : the influence of levels of processing on consumers evaluations of green products
(Master thesis, 2019)As a result of a growing wave of more environmental awareness and a rise in environmental concerns, companies have started to incorporate green marketing strategies to meet consumers demands and expectations for sustainable ... -
How has IT impacted the B2B sales process?
(Master thesis, 2017)B2B sales role plays a major role in driving the economy, and this industry has been experiencing major changes over the year with the advances in technology which allow for more cost savings and driving for more efficient ... -
How has the changing demand for downloadable music influenced the strategic business models of firms?
(Master thesis, 2009)The purpose of this thesis is to identify the new strategic business models that companies use in the changing competitive landscape of the music market. Companies that develop and distribute physical music formats, such ... -
How has the EU ship recycling regulation affected European shipbreaking?
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How has the Russia-Ukraine conflict “Pushed” or “Pulled” Renewable Energy Deployment in the EU? A qualitative study focusing on mapping the EUs renewable energy landscape in the light of the consequences from the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
(Master thesis, 2023)In this thesis, we have conducted a qualitative study to investigate how consequences from - and the subsequent responses to - the Russia-Ukraine conflict have impacted key areas and factors that influence the renewable ... -
How Leadership Dynamics Differs in High- and Low- Performing Firms in a Sustainable Innovation Context : A Qualitative Case Study from the Health Tech Sector
(Master thesis, 2022)Leadership is essential to achieving sustainable innovation, yet research to date on innovation tends to focus on individual leaders, while innovation leadership appears to be a collective and dynamic process. While ... -
How middle-men can undermine anti-corruption reforms
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2004-12)The anti-corruption reform in the Tanzanian tax bureaucracy in the mid-1990s was apparently a short-lived success. In the wake of the reform, a number of “tax experts” established themselves in the market, many of them ... -
How much does anticipation matter? Evidence from anticipated regulation and land prices.
(SAM;9/2016, Working paper, 2016-05-23)Land prices across administrative boundaries can be useful for estimating the causal effects of local policy. Market anticipation about potential boundary changes can confound identification, so studies often avoid markets ... -
How public bodies deal with technological uncertainty over time : An exploratory analysis through dynamic capabilities lenses
(Master thesis, 2021)The public actors are not exempt by the technological uncertainty, which increasingly affects both the private and public sector. Public organizations, and private actors, handle such uncertainty by deploying dynamic ... -
How should Norwegians prepare for doing business with Japan?
(Master thesis, 2006)This thesis examines the differences between Norwegian and Japanese culture, and how these differences might impact business relations between companies from the two countries. We also look at the language barrier as a ... -
How Strong are Ethnic Preferences?
(SAM;26/2015, Working paper, 2015-11-13)Ethnic divisions have been shown to adversely affect economic performance and political stability, especially in Africa, but the underlying reasons remain contested, with multiple mechanisms potentially playing a role. We ... -
How suitable is the Fama-French ve-factor model for describing German and Norwegian stock returns?
(Master thesis, 2016)In this thesis we investigate the suitability of the Fama and French (2015a) ve-factor model for describing German and Norwegian average monthly stock returns in the period from 1991 to 2015. We do this by estimating ... -
How the "open innovation" concept might be used to improve profitability in the service industry
(Master thesis, 2012)Innovation drives economic growth and profitability. History reveals that innovation leading to technological advances occurs when knowledge is shared. Research shows that some innovative companies that produce goods have ... -
How the European Union functions in 23 languages
(Journal article, 2013)This article takes a look at how the EU functions in 23 languages. It places EU legal translation within a broad structural context. First, a general introduction to the EU environment is briefly proposed, with an eye to ... -
How the European Union’s renewable energy directives impact the global energy industry : evidence from global stock markets
(Master thesis, 2019)This thesis investigates the impact of renewable energy regulations imposed by the European Union on the energy industry. By employing an event study methodology on three directives dating from 2007 to 2018; The Renewable ... -
How the Lab meets the Field in the midst of Young Entrepreneurs : A study of how experimental evidence on entrepreneurial traits materialise in real life
(Master thesis, 2014)Researchers finding answers to economic questions have in the last decades increasingly been using experimental methods to do so. The link between the laboratory evidence and how this is extrapolated to the outside world ... -
How time preferences differ : evidence from 45 countries
(Discussion paper;2011:18, Working paper, 2011-10)We present results from the first large-scale international survey on time discounting, conducted in 45 countries. Cross-country variation cannot simply be explained by economic variables such as interest rates or ... -
How to become a Food Waste-Fighter?: An exploratory study into food waste-reducing business practices in the food service industry.
(Master thesis, 2016)By the end of this century, global food production must increase by 70 per cent to feed the world’s growing population. Currently, we waste one-third of all food produced for human consumption. This is major problem, ...