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Understanding determinants of government and consumer behavior relative to product safety : an application of the theory of planned behavior to China and the United States
(Master thesis, 2008)The following thesis applies Icek Ajzen's Theory of Planned Behavior to explain consumer and government response to safety of Chinese-made products sold in China and the United States. The thesis relies on secondary data ... -
Understanding opportunity discovery and sustainable advantage : the role of transaction costs and property rights
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2008-07)To add insight in new value creation, opportunity discovery should be integrated with strategic management theory. Based on the resource-based view and the economics of property rights we build a framework that ... -
Understanding private equity performance : a review of dynamics driving fund performance
(Master thesis, 2015)In recent years, more papers on private equity performance have emerged, casting light over a market that earlier was characterised by privacy and secrecy. Early studies mostly use VentureXpert as a data provider, however, ... -
Understanding responsible artificial intelligence : a case study on the considerations to made and how they can be addressed
(Master thesis, 2019)The aim of this thesis is to contribute with new insights on the concept of responsible artificial intelligence (RAI), by answering the following main research question: How can we understand responsible artificial ... -
Understanding risk appetite : what is it, what pressures shape it and how is it institutionalized
(Master thesis, 2016)The purpose of this thesis is to understand the concept of risk appetite in terms of what it is, what institutional pressures influence it, and how it is institutionalized in an organization. We try to understand what ... -
Understanding risk appetite : what is it, what pressures shape it and how is it institutionalized
(Report;2016:9, Research report, 2016-10)The purpose of this thesis is to understand the concept of risk appetite in terms of what it is, what institutional pressures influence it, and how it is institutionalized in an organization. We try to understand what risk ... -
Understanding terminology in texts
(Journal article, 2008)In this article we focus on the process of understanding terms in texts. We explain how a method for terminological analysis of specialised texts has been set up in order to develop ontologically-underpinned terminological ... -
Understanding the Decline in Private Sector Unionization: A Skill-based Approach
(DP SAM;07/2021, Working paper, 2021-03)Private-sector unionization rates have fallen precipitously in the United States over the past half century, from 25% in 1973 to only 7% in 2018. We take a skill-based approach to studying this decline, using data from the ... -
Understanding the guarantees of origin and their impacts on the electricity value chain : a comparative case study of Norway and Germany
(Master thesis, 2019)The Renewable Energy Directive 2001/77/EC (2001) introduced a system of Guarantees of Origin (GOs) to be able to track the renewable electricity consumption in Europe. By purchasing a GO which is an electronic certificate, ... -
Understanding the integrated approach to conflict management
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2007-07)The purpose of this paper is to examine the integrative approach to conflicts. Integration is an active search for information about facts and interests - motivated by a willingness to find mutually satisfactory ... -
Understanding the integrative approach to conflict management
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2010)The purpose of this paper is to examine the integrative approach to conflicts. Integration is an active search for information about facts and interests - motivated by a willingness to find mutually satisfactory agreements ... -
Understanding the integrative approach to conflict management
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2010)Purpose – Integration is an active search for information about facts and interests – motivated by a willingness to find mutually satisfactory agreements – and is usually necessary for creating high quality settlements ... -
Understanding the marginal distributions and correlations of link travel speeds in road networks
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Link travel speeds in road networks are essential data for a variety of research problems in logistics, transportation, and traffic management. Real-world link travel speeds are stochastic, and highly dependent on speeds ... -
Understanding the production and consumption of design expertise by small medium-sized firms : some evidence from Norway
(Working paper, Working paper, 2005-06)This paper explores the ways in which industrial design services are organised, produced, and consumed by Norwegian small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). This includes exploring the geographies of this performance in ... -
Understanding the relationship between Enterprise Resource Planning systems and ‘Beyond Budgeting’
(Report;2014:3, Research report, 2014-09)Today, several companies are implementing Beyond Budgeting (BB) in order to become more flexible. At the same time, most companies also invest heavily in Enterprise Resource Planning systems (ERPs) because of a need for a ... -
Understanding the stochastics of nodal prices : price processes in a constrained network
(Working paper, Working paper, 2004-11)Network congestion in competitive electricity markets may be managed by geographically differentiated nodal prices. The stochastics of an unconstrained equilibrium price reflect the underlying fundamentals of demand and ... -
Undersøkelse av internprispraksis i Norge : benyttes internprising som et effektivt styringsverktøy?
(Master thesis, 2009)Denne utredningen har undersøkt internprispraksis i Norge, og drøftet praksis opp mot internprisingteorien. 109 bedrifter svarte på vår undersøkelse, og foretakene er godt spredt både bransjemessig og i størrelse. Denne ... -
Undervurderes risikoen i forbrukslånsbranjen? : en gjennomgang av bransjens risikofaktorer og påvirkning av nye IFRS 9-regler
(Master thesis, 2017)Den siste tiden har vi sett en forholdsvis kraftig vekst i forbrukslånsbransjen. Dette har ført til økt oppmerksomhet fra medier og politikere, som er bekymret for konsekvensene. Hovedmålet med denne utredningen har vært ... -
Underwriters put : evidence from the Norwegian, Swedish and Danish market
(Master thesis, 2011)Rights issues are a common way to raise equity in the Scandinavian market (Norway, Sweden and Denmark). We have investigated underwritten rights issues in the Scandinavian countries for the period 2002-2010. Our full sample ... -
Unemployment clusters across European regions and countries
(Working paper, Working paper, 2000-03)European regions experienced a polarisation of their unemployment rates between 1986 and 1996. Regions with high or low initial unemployment saw little change, while regions with intermediate unemployment moved towards ...