Browsing NHH Brage 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 ... -
The Effect of Social Distancing Measures on Intensive Care Occupancy: Evidence on COVID-19 in Scandinavia
Juranek, Steffen; Zoutman, Floris T. (Discussion paper;2/20, Working paper, 2020-04-29)Understanding the effectiveness of social distancing on the spread of COVID-19 is crucial to justify economically costly social distancing measures. We present a case study focusing on the three Scandinavian countries. ... -
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 ... -
Kvinner i toppledelsen – påvirkes norske børsnoterte selskapers verdi og lønnsomhet? : en empirisk analyse av norske børsnoterte selskaper i perioden 2008- 2016
Viung, Mats Johnsen; Lægreid, Raymond (Master thesis, 2020)Et relativt nytt forskningsområde i global sammenheng er hvilken effekt kvinner i toppledelsen har på selskapsprestasjoner. I norsk sammenheng foreligger det begrenset forskning på området, og denne masterutredningen har ... -
Labor Market Effects of COVID-19 in Sweden and its Neighbors: Evidence from Novel Administrative Data
Juranek, Steffen; Paetzold, Jörg; Winner, Hannes; Zoutman, Floris T. (Discussion paper;8/20, Working paper, 2020-07-24)This paper studies the labor market effects of non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. We focus on the Nordic countries which showed one of the highest variations in NPIs despite having ... -
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 ... -
Predicting patent litigation : a comprehensive comparison of machine learning algorithm performance in predicting patent litigation
Follesø, Henrik Størksen; Kaminski, Maria (Master thesis, 2020)Patents are designed to act as an incentive for innovation by awarding exclusive property rights to the inventor. And as such, patents are one of the main driving forces behind innovation, and ultimately economic growth ... -
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 ... -
Royalty Taxation under Profit Shifting and Competition for FDI
Juranek, Steffen; Schindler, Dirk; Schneider, Andrea (Discussion paper;11/20, Working paper, 2020-09-09)Multinational corporations increasingly use royalty payments for intellectual property rights to shift profits globally. This threatens not only the tax base of countries worldwide, it also affects the nature of competition ... -
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 ... -
Software vulnerabilities and bug bounty programs
Bienz, Carsten; Juranek, Steffen (Discussion paper;4/20, Working paper, 2020-05-12)Many software developers employ bug bounty programs that award a prize for the detection of bugs in their software. We analyze, in a model with asymmetric information, under which conditions a bug bounty program is beneficial ...