Browsing by Author "Juranek, Steffen"
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Analyzing the efficacy of the pharmaceutical patent system
Brown, Scott; Andersson, Martine (Master thesis, 2019)The purpose of this thesis is to provide insight into the complexities of the pharmaceutical industry and the subsequent role that patent protection influences both consumer markets and business operations. The methods ... -
China catching up in EV-related technologies : evidence from patent quality analysis
Carrozzo, Margherita (Master thesis, 2019)Developing countries technologically catching up with leading countries within sectoral systems exhibit a set of common patterns, besides a series of case-specific behaviours. The attention that China has increasingly ... -
Creating a National Champion: International Competition and Unbundling in Rail Transportation
Juranek, Steffen (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 ... -
Digital transformasjon i et stort internasjonalt selskap : en kvalitativ eksplorerende studie om endringer medført av en digitaliseringsstrategi
Gjerde, Justina; Lunde, Solveig Tveter (Master thesis, 2018)Digitalisering påvirker organisasjoner i stor grad, og DNV GL gjennomgår en digital transformasjon der de har investert tid og ressurser på digitalisering for å henge med i konkurransen. I denne masterutredningen har vi ... -
Forbrukslån i Norge : en analyse av markedet for forbrukslån og kundene som benytter seg av det
Daltveit, Vegard; Larsen, Christoffer (Master thesis, 2017)Vår utredning baserer seg på et ønske om å få innsikt i forbrukslånsbransjen. I arbeidet med oppgaven har vi lagt mye vekt på å få et så helhetlig bilde av bransjen som mulig. Forbrukslån er et kontroversielt produkt som ... -
Human capital in outsourcing decisions : an empirical study on patent data
Eikaas, Carina Langfjord; Ekre, Njål Engen (Master thesis, 2017)Outsourcing of knowledge activities has become more popular as the world´s economy has become increasingly knowledge-based in recent years (Parkhe, 2007). The knowledge that is held by a firm is known as the firm’s Human ... -
Investing in legal advice – What determines the costs of enforcing intellectual property rights?
Juranek, Steffen (Discussion paper;20/15, Working paper, 2015-08-28)This paper studies the determinants of investment in legal advice by plaintiffs in patent litigation. A hand-collected sample of US patent litigation cases is used to identify the empirical factors that determine the ... -
Machine learning in bankruptcy prediction : utilizing machine learning for improved bankruptcy predictions in the Norwegian market with an emphasis on financial, management and sector statements
Meese, Eystein Nordby; Viken, Torbjørn (Master thesis, 2019)In this thesis, we create a new multi-year model for predicting bankruptcies in the Norwegian market. Our emphasis is on utilizing all parts of the financial statements and related information, rather than previously ... -
Measuring incubation performance in Bergen teknologioverføring : a quantitative study on the effects of business incubation
Styve, Josefin; Stubberud, Preben (Master thesis, 2018)As the perceived value of innovative start-up environments has accumulated, the measurement of performance in business incubators have become a topic of increasing interest (M'Chirgui, 2012). Innovation is a key performance ... -
NPEs’ patent acquisitions : empirical analysis of patent data
Nilsen, Magne; Paudel, Prakash Raj (Master thesis, 2018)Patent trolls, or NPEs, act as intermediaries in the markets for technology and behave opportunistically to earn profit through patent litigation and licensing. Some researchers claim that NPEs harm the economy and ... -
On the economic geography of dual distribution - The case of McDonald’s in Germany
Freiwald, Nisa E.; Juranek, Steffen; Walz, Uwe (Discussion paper;14/19, Working paper, 2019-10-29)We analyze the allocation of ownership in a franchise system by focusing on location-specific characteristics of the outlets. This study uses a comprehensive data set on McDonald’s restaurants in Germany to investigate the ... -
Patent trolls, litigation and the market for innovation
Haus, Axel; Juranek, Steffen (Discussion papers;24/14, Working paper, 2014-06)We examine the role of non-practicing entities (NPEs), often called patent trolls, in patent litigation. We present a theoretical model that predicts that cases with NPE patentees resolve faster. We test this prediction ... -
Putting the brakes on consumer loans : how lenders can reduce default on consumer loans in Norway
Bergsvik, Bjørnar; Kierulf, Otto (Master thesis, 2018)In this thesis, we provide a method for lenders to reduce defaults on consumer loans in the Norwegian market. Using a dataset of 10 836 loans provided by a Norwegian consumer bank, we compare the characteristics of the ... -
SkatteFUNN and corporate croups : how changes in the SkatteFUNN scheme affects group structure and firms’ operational expenses
Eilertsen, Karoline Sofie Høgli; Selås, Maria Grjotheim (Master thesis, 2019)In this thesis, we have chosen to study the Norwegian R&D tax incentive; SkatteFUNN. The aim of the thesis was to see whether corporate groups optimizes from the scheme by making structural changes with changes in the ... -
Taxing Royalty Payments
Juranek, Steffen; Schindler, Dirk; Schjelderup, Guttorm (Discussion paper;16/16, Working paper, 2016-09-16)The digital economy is characterized by the use of intellectual property such as software, patents and trademarks. The pricing of such intangibles is widely used to shift profits to low-tax countries. We analyze the role ... -
The effects of tax reform on the capital structure of Listed firms in Norway : an empirical study
Lilland, Johan Fredric; Årnes, André Seyffarth (Master thesis, 2017)The goal of this thesis is to determine how changes in the corporate tax rate affect the capital structures of Norwegian firms, and how such effects can be explained by established economic theories. We have applied ... -
What determines the post IPO exit process for private equity investors? : an empirical analysis of private equity divestment strategies
Strann, André; Skogsholm, Stian (Master thesis, 2016)The objective of this thesis is to investigate what determines the post IPO exit process for private equity (PE) investors, through an empirical approach. Our sample data for the analysis consists of 466 private equity ...