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Service innovation challenges at the policy, industry, and firm level : a qualitative enquiry into the service innovation system
(Arbeidsnotat, Working paper, 2010-03)This report documents the results of an exploratory inquiry into the challenges of service innovation in Norway. It is based on 45 interviews conducted with 63 representatives of the Norwegian innovation system for service ... -
Shadow of trouble : the effect of pre-recession characteristics on the severity of recession impact
(Working paper, Working paper, 2011-06)The recent financial crisis has heightened the need to understand why some firms are more severely affected by recessions than others and how different firm and industry characteristics affect firms’ vulnerability to such ... -
Shared fish stocks and high seas issues
(Working paper, Working paper, 2005-06)This paper gives an overview of the economics of the management of shared fish stocks. First the relatively simple case of transboundary fish stocks is considered, and then the more complex case of straddling fish stocks ... -
Sharing the herring : fish migrations, strategic advantage, and climate change
(Working paper, Working paper, 2004-06)This paper analyzes the strategic options of Norway and other countries for which the stock of Norwegian spring spawning herring may be accessible. A cooperative solution would make all parties better off. In a cooperative ... -
Sharing the Northeast Arctic cod : possible effects of climate change
(Working paper, Working paper, 2004-10)The Northeast Arctic cod inhabits the exclusive economic zones of Norway and Russia and migrates extensively between these zones. The stock is shared evenly between the two countries, with a small allocation to third ... -
Shipowning and foreign direct investment
(Working paper, Working paper, 2000-05)The working paper discusses some aspects of the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) of Norwegian shipowning companies. Initially, some aspects of the legal environment and Norwegian shipping FDI are surveyed. This is followed ... -
Should auctioneers supply early information for prospective bidders?
(Working Paper, Working paper, 2001-06)Consider an auction in wich potential bidders must sink an entry investment before learning their values (Levin and Smith, 1994). Suppose the auction designer can make the bidders learn their value before entry (as in ... -
Should utility-reducing media advertising be taxed?
(Working paper, Working paper, 2009-03)Empirical evidence suggests that people dislike ads in media products like TV programs. In such situations standard economic theory prescribes that the advertising volume can be optimally reduced by levying a tax on ads. ... -
A simplified feedback approach to optimal resource management
(Working Paper, Working paper, 2001-09)Optimal exploitation of a renewable capital stock is derived as a feedback rule for a general dynamic optimisation problem with a single resource. By a feedback rule is meant that optimal exploitation is given as an explicit ... -
Simulating the impacts of trade restrictions : an application to the European salmon trade
(Working Paper, Working paper; Working paper, 2003-03)During the last decade there has been a number of conflicts in relation to the trade of salmon in the EU. A current agreement between Norway and the EU includes a voluntary minimum import price agreement for exporters. A ... -
Skill formation among vocational rehabilitation clients : public policy vs private incentives
(Working Paper, Working paper, 2002-04)In this paper we analyse individual vocational rehabilitation clients’ decisions to enter active training or not. Although the Government pays the direct costs of training, the composition of the total costs of training ... -
Skjev eller bare hard? Økonomisk seleksjon i utider
(Arbeidsnotat;52/13, Working paper, 2013-12)Økonomisk seleksjon foregår ved at bedrifter konkurrerer seg i mellom i et marked. Konkurransen mellom dem – konkurransekreftene – danner en seleksjonsmekanisme som bestemmer hvilke selskaper som overleverer og vokser, og ... -
Slotting allowances and buy-back clauses
(Working paper, Working paper, 2005-02)In this paper we investigate some of the most frequent arguments for the use of slotting allowances. It has been claimed that slotting allowances can be profitability used to increase retail profits at the cost of increasing ... -
Slotting allowances to coordinate manufacturers’ retail sales effort
(Working paper, Working paper, 2007-07)Slotting allowances are fees paid by manufacturers to get access to retailers’ shelf space. Although the main attention towards slotting allowances has been within the grocery industry, slotting allowances have also been ... -
Small family, smart family? : family size and the IQ scores of young men
(Working paper, Working paper, 2007-08)How do families influence the ability of children? Cognitive skills have been shown to be a strong predictor of educational attainment and future labor market success; as a result, understanding the determinants of cognitive ... -
Small firm accountancy practices as business advisors : a dynamic capabilities view of the scope of their services
(Working Paper, Working paper, 2005-11)We propose that differences in the scope of services accountancy practices provide can be accounted for by differences in their dynamic capabilities. In order to test this we analyze 254 Norwegian small firm accountancy ... -
Small firm accountants as business advisers : accounting for the differences in their provision of business advisory services in Norway and Scotland
(Working paper, Working paper, 2004-04)The European business scene is dominated by the SME sector. One important characteristic of smaller SMEs is that they rarely have the resources to conduct accounting duties in-house. Consequently they often seek external ... -
Small firms and business advisory services : variations in small firms' use of authorized accountants
(Working Paper, Working paper, 2002-11)The paper takes as its starting point the relatively high failure rate of small firms. It is argued that this might be lowered if small firms had improved access to external sources of business advice. It is further argued ... -
Små dytt for store valg : rapport fra et forskningsprosjekt om nudging for økt rekruttering til lærerutdanningen
(Arbeidsnotat;2017:2, Working paper, 2017-02)Bakgrunnen for prosjektet er at en betydelig andel av de som har lærerutdanning som førstevalg og får et tilbud om studieplass, aldri møter til studiestart. Kunnskapsdepartementet ønsket sammen med fem utdanningsinstitusjoner ... -
The SMS bandwagon in Norway : what made the market?
(Working paper, Working paper, 2004-06)Short Message Service (SMS) has been an overwhelming success in Europe, substantially larger than in the United States. In relative terms Norway represents one of the largest SMS markets in the world. The aim of the paper ...