Blar i Centre for Applied Research at NHH (SNF) på tittel
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Quality and location choices under price regulation
(Working Paper, Working paper, 2002-12)In a model of spatial competition, we analyse the equilibrium outcomes in markets where the product price is exogenous. Using an extended version of the Hotelling model, we assume that firms choose their locations and the ... -
Quality competition with profit constraints
(Working paper;30/12, Working paper, 2012-09)Firms in markets such as health care and education are often profit constrained due to regulation or their non-profit status, and they are often viewed as being altruistic towards consumers. We use a spatial competition ... -
Quality incentives pay-off?
(Report, Research report, 2000-12)Intermediaries ascertain vessel quality in shipping markets. Thus, the classification societies set minimum quality requirements for trading vessels. Minimum class requirements do not differentiate between high quality and ... -
Quota enforcement in resource industries : self reporting and differentiated inspections
(Working paper, Working paper, 2010-06)Individual quotas are a dominant instrument in the management of common pool renewable resources like fisheries. However, there is concern about the basic effectiveness of quota regulation due to widespread non-compliance. ... -
R&D and strategic industrial location in international oligopolies
(Working Paper, Working paper, 2005-12)In a spatial economy where Oligopolist firms compete in R&D, it is found that geography affects the innovative behaviour of firms. Notably, international differences in market size conduce to endogenous asymmetries between ... -
R&D investment responses to R&D subsidies : a theoretical analysis and a microeconometric study
(Working paper, Working paper, 2010-08)Whereas many countries subsidize R&D in private companies through tax credits, subsidies to the Norwegian high-tech industries have traditionally been given as matching grants, i.e. the subsidies are targeted, and the firms ... -
R&D policies, trade and process innovation
(Working paper, Working paper, 2004-11)We set up a simple trade model with two countries hosting one firm each. The firms invest in cost-reducing R&D, and each government may grant R&D subsidies to the domestic firm. We show that it is optimal for a government ... -
R&D, strategic investment and multinational choice
(Working paper, Working paper, 2005-06)We analyse the influence of strategic R&D investment on the firms’ mode of foreign expansion: export versus multinational. Strategic investment allows a firm, not only to improve its own level of productive efficiency (as ... -
Raising rivals’ costs or improving efficiency? : an exploratory study of managers’ views on backward integration in the grocery market
(Working paper;2017:5, Working paper, 2017-06)Large retail grocery chains’ backward integration into distribution, procurement and production is controversial, and has received a lot of attention by both policymakers and market players. If a large retail chain for ... -
Rapportering fra pilot-studier
(Arbeidsnotat, Working paper, 2005)Bakgrunnen for dette notatet er et prosjekt finansiert av Kommunal– og regionaldepartementet. Siktemålet med prosjektet er å studere effektivitet og effektivitetsutvikling innenfor sentrale kommunale og fylkeskommunale ... -
Real cost reductions in Norwegian manufacturing and service industries
(Report, Research report, 2001-08)Økt produktivitet er typisk en konsekvens av å implementere nye produksjonsmetoder og/eller nye organisasjons-, markedsførings- og styringssystemer i en bedrift. I den senere tid har fokus i større grad vært rettet mot ... -
Realkompetansevurdering i kommuner : sluttrapport
(Rapport, Research report, 2008-09)Dette er sluttrapport fra FoU-prosjektet Realkompetansevurdering i kommuner. Rapporten dokumenterer hvordan kommunene som arbeidsgivere tilrettelegger for realkompetansevurdering og kompetanseutvikling for ufaglærte, hvordan ... -
Realopsjoner : verdsettelse av informasjons- og kommunikasjonsteknologi
(Rapport, Research report, 2005-07)Teknologi refererer seg til hvordan en organisasjon omdanner ressurser til ferdige produkter og tjenester. Informasjons- og kommunikasjonsteknologi (IKT) er en fellesbetegnelse for datateknologiske og kommunikasjonsteknologiske ... -
Recession, HR and growth
(Working paper, Working paper, 2011-07)We document how the recession in the wake of the financial crisis created a general surge in pro-change attitudes and behavior. Next, we examine variation across firms with respect to this change boost. In particular, we ... -
Recessions across industries : a survey
(Working paper, Working paper, 2010-04)This paper surveys existing knowledge about how and why industries differ with respect to the impact of recessions and credit crunches. While this question is of obvious relevance in today’s business environment the relevant ... -
Recessions and the short-term stability of the relative economic performance between firms
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Recognizing and visualizing copulas : an approach using local Gaussian approximation
(Working paper;12/12, Working paper, 2012-06)Copulas are much used to model nonlinear and non-Gaussian dependence between stochastic variables. Their functional form is determined by a few parameters, but unlike a dependence measure like the correlation, these ... -
Redistributive taxation, multinational enterprises and economic integration
(Working paper, Working paper, 2008-03)Increased activity of multinational firms exposes national corporate tax bases to cross-country profit-shifting, but also leads to rising profitability of the corporate sector. We incorporate these two effects of economic ... -
A reduction in the quota for Northeast Arctic cod and the income effect on the Norwegian fishing fleet
(Working paper, Working paper, 2006-06)The paper analyses the economic effect a change in TAC (Total Allowable Catch) will have on the Norwegian fishing industry. For the coming year ICES (International Council for the Exploration of the Sea) has recommended a ... -
Refinery optimization platform : a user’s manual : version 1.0
(Report, Research report, 2008-11)This is a manual for the Refinery Optimization Platform ROP which is a flexible platform for studying refinery production planning. The user can model the overall refining process in a multiperiodic setting, with linear ...