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Budsjettet relatert til dynamisk styring : en casestudie av SpareBank 1 Gruppen AS
(Rapport, Research report, 2010-08)Utredningen tar for seg problemstillingen: ”Hvordan forholder budsjettet seg til dynamisk styring i teori og praksis?” Utredningen er en casestudie av SpareBank 1 Gruppen AS. I 2009 innførte konsernet et nytt styringssystem, ... -
Budsjettrevolusjonen lar vente på seg : norske bedrifter kritiserer budsjettet, men er ennå ikke klare for budsjettløs styring
(Rapport, Research report, 2010-08)Målet for denne utredningen har vært å utrede potensialet for Beyond Budgeting i Norge. For å si noe om potensialet for at Beyond Budgeting skal spre seg i Norge, har vi kartlagt nåværende utbredelse av budsjetter og andre ... -
Building conditions in Norwegian local governments : trends and determinants
(Working paper;2017:13, Working paper, 2017-10)In light of evidence of low levels of maintenance of public buildings, we investigate trends and determinants of public building conditions in Norwegian local governments. On average, the condition of Norwegian local public ... -
Bundling in the television market : who will benefit the most from á-la-carte channel choice in the Norwegian television market?
(Working paper;19/13, Working paper, 2013-08)Bundling of television channels has been heavily criticized by consumers, but is still observed in most television markets. In this paper I investigate the consequences of unbundling the Norwegian market, especially from ... -
Business cycles, commodity prices and shipping freight rates : some evidence from the pre-WWI period
(Report, Research report, 2002-12)The empirical analysis shows that cycles in economic activity are major determinants of the short-run behaviour of shipping freight rates in the years between 1850 and WWI. Consistent with economic theory there is a striking ... -
Business models for media firms : does competition matter for how they raise revenue?
(Working paper, Working paper, 2008-08)The purpose of this article is to analyze how competitive forces may influence how media firms like TV channels raise revenue. A media firm can either be financed by advertising revenue, by direct payment from the viewers ... -
Business Region Bergen : bakgrunnsnotat for indikatorer
(Arbeidsnotat, Working paper, 2009)SNF har på oppdrag av Business Region Bergen (BRB) utarbeidet et sett med indikatorer for relevante økonomiske og strukturelle forhold innen BRB. For en del indikatorer er det ikke tilgang på kommunedata, og indikatorene ... -
Buy-back programs for fishing vessels in Norway
(Working paper, Working paper, 2004-03)In Norway, buy-back programs have been in force since 1979. Grants have been given to scrap fishing vessels or to sell them out of the country. These programs have been most successful for the purse seine fleet. Since the ... -
Buying influence : aid fungibility in a strategic perspective
(Working Paper, Working paper, 2002-01)I study equilibria of non-cooperative budgetary games between an aid donor and a recipient when there is conflict over the preferred allocation of the combined budgets of the two parties. I show that final outcomes are the ... -
Buying power in UK retail chains : a residual supply approach
(Working paper, Working paper, 2006-11)The development of supermarket chains has led to substantial concentration in food supply chains, and has raised concerns not only that these companies can exploit oligopoly power, but also oligopsony power. In this paper, ... -
Bør FoU-støtte rettes mot små eller store foretak?
(;2011:37, Working paper, 2011-12)”Innovation, Path Dependency, and Policy”, som utkom på Oxford University Press i 2009 uttrykker Jan Fagerberg, David Mowery og Bart Verspagens bekymring for at norsk forskningspolitikk ikke i tilstrekkelig grad understøtter ... -
Bør kommuner kjøpe helseforsikring
(Arbeidsnotat, Working paper, 2006-12)Private helseforsikringer har så langt hatt et relativt beskjedent omfang i Norge, også sammenliknet med våre skandinaviske naboland. Den viktigste årsaken til at relativt få tegner private forsikringer mot sykdom, er ... -
Bør Norge delta i EUs kvotesystem for utslipp av klimagasser?
(Rapport, Research report, 2004-03)Både Norge og EU har vedtatt å innføre kvotesystemer for utslipp av klimagasser fra 2005. Norge må da ta stilling til om vi skal adoptere EU sitt kvotesystem, noe som gir muligheter for kvotehandel mellom Norge og EU, eller ... -
Børsprising og -avkastning for norske IKT-selskaper
(Rapport, Research report, 2004-11)Det er ingen signifikant forskjell i underprisingen av børsintroduksjoner mellom IKT-selskaper og andre selskaper på Oslo Børs. Likevel er gjennomsnittlig underprising av IKT-selskaper mindre enn halvparten av den ... -
Can a warmer climate save northern agriculture?
(Working Paper, Working paper, 2004-05)Agriculture at high latitudes is expected to be the main beneficiary of a man-made climate change. A numerical model, using Norway as a case, is employed to analyze the impacts of a warmer climate on northern agriculture. ... -
Can exclusive territories limit strategic location downstream?
(Working Paper, Working paper, 2001-04)Research on spatial price discrimination demonstrates that strategic (off center) location choices by downstream firms can increase downstream profit and reduce both the profit of an upstream monopoly and social welfare. ... -
Can land reform be an effective approach to alleviate poverty and inequality in Nepal?
(Working paper, Working paper, 2009-09)Land is the main source of income and consumption for the Nepalese people. This study analyses the economic relationship between access to land and poverty in Nepal by establishing the link between land and consumption as ... -
Can perceptual measures of customers profitability replace more objective ones?
(Working Paper, Working paper; Working paper, 2001-05)Business performance is closely related to decisions. When making decisions, managers need reliable information concerning the decision situation, e.g. the profitability of orders, the profitability of customers, credit ... -
Capacity adjustment and drivers of investment in a fishery with tradable output quotas
(Working paper, Working paper, 2009-03)In this study, I analyse what drives investment and capital development, and hence the development of fishing capacity in a well-managed fishery. An empirical analysis of drivers of firm-level investment in the Norwegian ... -
Capacity and compliance in quota regulated industries
(Working paper, Working paper, 2010-10)Production quotas can restore efficiency in industries characterized by production externalities, such as resource industries and industries with environmental regulations. However, with imperfect quota enforcement, firms ...