• Cooperative and non-cooperative management of the northeast atlantic cod fishery 

      Bjørndal, Trond; Lindroos, Marko (Working paper, Working paper, 2010-06)
      The fishery for Northeast Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) in the Barents Sea is one of the most valuable fisheries in the North Atlantic. After the introduction of Extended Fisheries Jurisdiction, cod is a shared stock between ...
    • Cooperative and non-cooperative R&D policy in an economic union 

      Haaland, Jan Ingvald Meidell; Kind, Hans Jarle (Working paper, Working paper, 2003-11)
      Should R&D policies within an economic union be centralized or decentralized to each individual country? Do non-cooperative policies - typically implying policy competition between countries - always give rise to too high ...
    • Cooperative equilibria in fisheries : how many players? 

      Hannesson, Rögnvaldur (Working paper, Working paper, 2007-04)
      This paper investigates conditions under which fisheries agreements between states are self-enforcing. Cooperative solutions can be self-enforcing if parties to the agreement punish those who depart from the cooperative ...
    • The coordinating role of budgetary participation : rationalistic and institutional perspectives 

      Modell, Sven; Lee, Alina (Working paper, Working paper, 2000-03)
      This paper investigates the role of budgetary participation in resolving interdepartmental coordination problems, which has received little empirical attention in the budgetary literature. Both qualitative and quantitative ...
    • Coordination of refinery production and sales planning 

      Bredström, David; Rönnqvist, Mikael (Report, Research report, 2008-11)
      Coordination of activities in the supply chain is important in order improve the overall performance. The best approach is to use integrated planning of such activities. However, in many cases it is not possible to use ...
    • Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) : a participatory approach to implementing CSR in a cluster 

      Høivik, Heidi von Weltzien; Shankar, Deepthi (Report, Research report, 2010-12)
      This report is focused on why and how a participatory approach to implement Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in a cluster would be beneficial for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) in the Norwegian Center of ...
    • Corporate tax systems, multinational enterprises and economic integration 

      Kind, Hans Jarle; Midelfart, Karen Helene; Schjelderup, Guttorm (Working paper, Working paper, 2001-02)
      This paper addresses the outcome of international tax competition in the presence of multinationals that use transfer pricing for strategic purposes as well as to reduce their tax burden. We examine how economic integration ...
    • Corporate versus contractual knowledge transfer : the case of mobile communication services 

      Ulset, Svein (Report, Research report, 2002-12)
      In the paper a combined governance-capability model for knowledge transfer is developed with the purpose of critically examining the prophecy of consolidation of the mobile network industry. According to this prophecy, ...
    • Cost allocation and pricing in a supply chain : an application for Aumann-Shapley prices 

      Bjørndal, Mette; Jörnsten, Kurt (Working paper, Working paper, 2004-11)
      We consider the problem of choosing among different distribution channels for combinations of different products, and how to price, or share the costs under the various alternatives, in an efficient and fair way. The problem ...
    • Cost estimates and investment decisions 

      Emhjellen, Kjetil; Emhjellen, Magne; Osmundsen, Petter (Report, Research report, 2001-08)
      When evaluating new investment projects, oil companies traditionally use the discounted cashflow method. This method requires expected cashflows in the numerator and a risk adjusted required rate of return in the denominator ...
    • Cost overruns and cost estimation in the North Sea 

      Emhjellen, Magne; Emhjellen, Kjetil; Osmundsen, Petter (Working Paper, Working paper, 2001-10)
      Recently, a Norwegian government report on the cost overruns of projects in the North Sea was presented (NOU 1999:11). It concluded that there was a 25% increase in development costs from project sanction (POD, Plan for ...
    • Cost structure and capacity in the Norwegian pelagic fisheries 

      Nøstbakken, Linda (Working paper, Working paper, 2004-11)
      The parameters of the short-run cost function are estimated for three vessel types taking part in the Norwegian pelagic fisheries: purse seine vessels, trawlers, and coastal vessels. The generalised translog functional ...
    • Cost-effectiveness of Fondaparinux vs Enoxaparin as venous thromboembolism prophylaxis in Norway 

      Bjorvatn, Afsane; Kristiansen, Frode (Report, Research report, 2003-05)
      Patients undergoing major orthopaedic surgery face considerable risk of venous thromboembolic complications (VTE), which may be fatal, unless they receive prophylactic treatment. Fondaparinux (Arixtra®) is a new antithrombotic ...
    • Country and destination image : similar or different image objects 

      Kleppe, Ingeborg Astrid; Mossberg, Lena Larsson (Working Paper, Working paper, 2001-12)
      Country Image and Destination Image research exist as two parallel research tracks with almost no cross-references although the concepts refers to almost the same area of applied marketing, namely export products to ...
    • Creative SMC in a Norwegian ICT company : managerial interaction with sources of realised strategies 

      Stemsrudhagen, Jan Ivar (Report, Research report, 2002-08)
      In recent years, telecommunications have represented one of the world's most dynamic industries. This report describes a study of the Strategic Management Control (SMC) of a software supplier in this sector. Over the ...
    • Crisis, restructuring and growth : a macroeconomic perspective 

      Almås, Ingvild; Doppelhofer, Gernot; Haatvedt, Jens Christian; Klovland, Jan Tore; Molnár, Krisztina; Thøgersen, Øystein (Report, Research report, 2010-04)
      This report surveys the major aspects of financial crises and the restructuring and growth process of economies in the aftermath of crises, and discusses possible directions for future research in this area. The first ...
    • Critical factors in transnational oil companies localisation decisions : clusters and portfolio optimisation 

      Kind, Hans Jarle; Osmundsen, Petter; Tveterås, Ragnar (Working Paper, Working paper, 2001-10)
      Enhanced understanding of the factors determining transnational companies’ localisation decisions is important for regulators and other stakeholders concerned about maintaining current activity levels in a petroleum producing ...
    • Current materiality guidance for auditors 

      McKee, Thomas E.; Eilifsen, Aasmund (Working paper, Working paper, 2000-09)
      Auditors have to make materiality judgments on every audit. This is a difficult process, as both quantitative and qualitative factors have to be evaluated. Additionally, there is no formal guidance for how to implement the ...
    • Customer ignorance, price cap regulation and rent-seeking in mobile roaming 

      Ambjørnsen, Terje; Foros, Øystein; Wasenden, Ole-Christian B. (Working paper, Working paper, 2009-03)
      Mobile phone usage when travelling abroad is expensive. In contrast to domestic voice call prices, entry of new firms does not put a downward wholesale and retail price pressure on mobile usage abroad. The network connection ...
    • Customer poaching with differentiated products and switching costs 

      Gabrielsen, Tommy Staahl (Working paper, Working paper, 2003-06)
      We consider a dynamic two-period model where two firms offer products that are differentiated a la Hotelling. Consumers purchase products in a first period, and in a second period consumers are locked-in to their first-period ...