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    • Climate change and productivity in the aquaculture industry 

      Lorentzen, Torbjørn; Hannesson, Rögnvaldur (Report, Research report, 2006-01)
      It is anticipated that global warming will increase the future temperature in the waters off Norway. The objective of this report is to analyse the potential economic effect a general increase in sea temperature can have ...
    • Climate policy and the international steam coal demand 

      Mæstad, Ottar (Report, Research report, 2003-11)
      This paper analyses the impact of climate policies on the international steam coal demand, focussing particularly on Western Europe and Japan. Steam coal consumption is heavily concentrated on a few industry sectors (power ...
    • Commitment i team 

      Dreier, Birthe Brenne; Eggen, Kaja Winsnes (Rapport;2014:4, Research report, 2014-09)
      I denne masterutredningen utforskes forløperne til commitment til teamarbeid. Det handler om hvordan commitment etableres og utvikles i team, noe som er et hittil lite utforsket område. Det faktum at det er en positiv ...
    • Commodity taxation and international trade in imperfect markets 

      Haufler, Andreas; Schjelderup, Guttorm; Stähler, Frank (Report, Research report, 2000-12)
      This paper studies non-cooperative commodity taxation in a trade model with imperfect competition and trade costs. Nationally optimal tax policy simultaneously tries to correct the domestic distortion from imperfect ...
    • Company versus country branding : "Same, same but different" 

      Kleppe, Ingeborg Astrid; Mossberg, Lena Larsson (Report, Research report, 2002-10)
      The aim of this study is to investigate whether countries can be branded like companies. Company brands are managed according to clear ownership and top-down control of brand management. In contrast, countries are governed ...
    • Comparative evaluation of the fisheries policies in Denmark, Iceland and Norway : multispecies and stochastic issues 

      Agnarsson, Sveinn; Arnason, Ragnar; Johannsdottir, Karen; Ravn-Jonsen, Lars; Sandal, Leif Kristoffer; Steinshamn, Stein Ivar; Vestergaard, Niels (Report, Research report, 2008-01)
      In this report the fisheries policies in Denmark, Iceland and Norway are subject to evaluation in a comparative perspective with particular emphasis on multi-species interaction and uncertainty. The actual harvest and ...
    • Comparing pharmaceutical prices in Europe : a comparison of prescription drug prices in Norway with nine Western European countries 

      Brekke, Kurt Richard; Holmås, Tor Helge; Straume, Odd Rune (Report;2011:11, Research report, 2011-10)
      In this report we compare prices of pharmaceuticals between Norway and the following nine Western European countries: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, Sweden and United Kingdom. We use ...
    • Competing for foreign direct investments : a real options approach 

      Panteghini, Paolo M.; Schjelderup, Guttorm (Report, Research report, 2003-10)
      This paper uses the Bad News Principle to study how the ability of multinationals to shift profits by transfer pricing affects both the timing of foreign direct investment decisions and government tax policy. A main finding ...
    • Competition and collusion with exhaustible resources : the case of the crude oil market 

      Holte, Martin Bech (Report, Research report, 2003-06)
      In this thesis I analyze the dynamics of competition and collusion in exhaustible resource markets, with a special focus on the market for crude oil. Theoretical models with perfect competition, monopoly, and Cournot duopoly ...
    • Competition in the Bergen taxi market : model simulations 

      Cai, Hong (Report;2011:14, Research report, 2011-11)
      By building up simulation models using WEBGPSS language, this report provides an investigation on the taxi business in Bergen, Norway, in the perspective of a large market participant, Norgestaxi. The author gives suggestions ...
    • Congestion management in the Nordic power market : nodal pricing versus zonal pricing 

      Bjørndal, Endre; Bjørndal, Mette; Gribkovskaia, Victoria (Report;2012:15, Research report, 2013-05)
      In the Nordic day-ahead electricity market zonal pricing or market splitting is used for relieving congestion between a predetermined set of price areas. This congestion management method represents an aggregation of ...
    • Contradictory formalisations in a management control system 

      Gooderham, Martin O.; Skulberg, Oskar Jensen (Report;2016:10, Research report, 2016-12)
      The formalisations that exist in an organisation are thought to have a substantial influence on how employees interpret the organisation’s Management Control System (MCS) (Malmi & Brown, 2008). Previously, researchers ...
    • Controllerens rolle og bruk av styringsverktøy : en studie av hvordan controllerens rolle i organisasjonen og bruk av forskjellige styringsverktøy bidrar til å skape verdi 

      Tjørve, Christian; Bekkelund, Einar (Rapport;2012:5, Research report, 2012-08)
      Denne utredningen er en casestudie av et norsk selskaps virksomhet både i og utenfor Norge. Målet med utredningen har vært å bli bedre kjent med controlleres rolle i organisasjonen og deres holdninger til forskjellige ...
    • 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 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 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-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 ...
    • 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 ...