• State-of-the-art research : reflections on a concerted Nordic-Baltic nuclear energy effort 

      Husdal, Lars; Tveit, Jesper; Vaagen, Jan S.; Ridikas, Danas (Working paper, Working paper, 2009-09)
      Quite a few hold the view that nuclear energy will have its renaissance in the not too distant future. Technology is, however, a necessary, but not sufficient condition. The needed prerequisites represent a complex issue. ...
    • A statistical analysis of the swedish import of smoked salmon from Norway 

      Lorentzen, Torbjørn (Working paper, Working paper, 2007-03)
      The analysis adresses the question of whether Sweden's membership in the EU has had any influence on the import of smoked salmon from Norway. After Sweden became a member of EU in 1995, the trade conditions changed from ...
    • Stochastic feedback policies under alternative management regimes 

      Nøstbakken, Linda (Working paper, Working paper, 2004-02)
      A discrete-time stochastic bioeconomic model is developed and used to analyse the North Sea herring fishery under alternative management regimes. The analysis focuses on how catches and harvesting policies change with the ...
    • Strategic control systems in action : managers' use of information devices in creational and institutionalising work 

      Stemsrudhagen, Jan Ivar (Working Paper, Working paper, 2002-08)
      In recent years, the number of managerial processes and information devices with a claim to strategic importance has increased significantly, while the environments in which they are working have become increasingly chaotic ...
    • Strategic informative advertising in a TV-advertising duopoly 

      Nilssen, Tore; Sørgard, Lars (Working paper, Working paper, 2000-08)
      We consider a model of strategic informative advertising where the advertising is done on TV and where the TV channels' advertising prices are endogenously determined. We discuss how these prices, and the advertising firms' ...
    • Strategic investments with spillovers, vertical integration and foreclosure in the broadband access market 

      Foros, Øystein (Working paper, Working paper, 2000-12)
      We analyze competition between two firms (ISPs) in the retail market for broadband internet connectivity. One of the firms is vertically integrated and controls the input market for local broadband access. The vertically ...
    • Strategic regulation policy in the internet 

      Foros, Øystein; Kind, Hans Jarle; Sørgard, Lars (Working Paper, Working paper, 2004-07)
      Some countries are net importers while others are net exporters of global backbone access, content and other Internet services. At the same time, input components like local access are non-traded. This paper analyzes a ...
    • Strategisk innstilling og kompetanseutvikling i norske regnskapsbyråer 

      Gooderham, Paul N.; Nordhaug, Odd (Arbeidsnotat, Working paper, 2000-01)
      Arbeidsnotatet er skrevet som del av forskningsprosjektet ”Kompetansestyring for verdiskaping”, som er finansiert av TYIN-programmet i Norges Forskningsråd og Norske Autoriserte Regnskapsføreres Forening. Det belyser ...
    • Strategisk regulering av gasstransport 

      Nese, Gjermund; Straume, Odd Rune (Arbeidsnotat, Working paper, 2005-02)
      EU retter gjennom sine gassmarkedsdirektiver stadig sterkere fokus på å øke konkurransen i det europeiske gassmarkedet. Et vesentlig aspekt for Norge som en stor gasseksportør er om økt konkurranse kan medføre at en ...
    • Strive for better yield - Yara AS 

      Espedal, Bjarne; Jordahl, Atle (Working paper, Working paper, 2008-06)
      This case study focuses on Yara International ASA. Yara is a Norwegian multinational chemical company which converts energy and nitrogen from the air into vital products for farmers and industrial customers. The company ...
    • Structural changes i Norway`s fish exports and the EEA agreement 

      Hannesson, Rögnvaldur (Working paper, Working paper; Working paper, 2000-11)
      This paper has two purposes. First, it describes the composition of Norway’s fish exports and how it has changed over the last ten years or so. A question of particular interest is whether there has been an increased ...
    • Structural conditions for business model design in new information and communication services : a case study of multi-play and MVolP in Denmark and Norway 

      Godø, Helge; Henten, Anders (Working paper, Working paper, 2008-06)
      The report analyses the structural conditions for the design of business models regarding new information and communication services. The services examined are mobile VoIP (MVoIP) and multi-play – services that already are ...
    • The structure of balanced scorecards : empirical evidence from Norway 

      Stemsrudhagen, Jan Ivar (Working paper, Working paper, 2003-06)
      This study explores the structures of performance measurement systems used in Norwegian manufacturing industry as a nominalistic phenomenon. The study builds on the premise that leaders enact their performance measurement ...
    • Styring etter finansielle indikatorer : er oljeselskapene kortsiktige? 

      Osmundsen, Petter; Sørenes, Terje; Lindbäck, Morten E.; Wigestrand, Arnstein O. (Arbeidsnotat, Working paper, 2002-06)
      Med oljeselskaper som case, beskrives noen av verdsettingsmetodene som brukes av analytikere og investeringsbanker. De finansielle indikatorene markedet benytter danner en insentivstruktur for ledelsen i selskapene. I ...
    • Størrelse og lønnsomhet i den internasjonale olje- og gassindustrien 

      Osmundsen, Petter; Mohn, Klaus; Emhjellen, Magne; Helgeland, Flemming (Arbeidsnotat, Working paper, 2002-06)
      I flere bransjer har vi sett en serie av fusjoner og oppkjøp. I den internasjonale olje- og gassindustrien har denne aktiviteten gitt oss nye selskaper som ExxonMobil og TotalFinaElf, BP og Amoco er smeltet sammen og la ...
    • Støtten til distriktsjordbruket sett i et samfunnsøkonomisk perspektiv 

      Vårdal, Erling (Arbeidsnotat, Working paper, 2003-04)
      Støtten til norsk jordbruk er høy. Spesielt høy er støtten til distriktsjordbruket. I dette arbeidsnotatet presenteres først størrelsen på distriktsstøtten. Med utgangspunkt i en utredning av Brox, Teslie og Vestøl fra ...
    • Supply function equilibria in a hydropower market 

      Skaar, Jostein (Working paper, Working paper, 2003-08)
      The purpose of this working paper is to study the implications of market power in a hydropower based electricity market within the framework of the Supply Function Equilibria (SFE) model. We start by developing the standard ...
    • Supply functions for North Sea herring 

      Nøstbakken, Linda; Bjørndal, Trond (Working Paper, Working paper; Working paper, 2002-10)
      A discrete time bioeconomic model is developed and used to derive supply curves for the open access and the optimally managed fisheries. Supply curves are estimated based on data for the North Sea herring fishery. Different ...
    • Survival, short-term and long-term performance of strategic alliances 

      Lunnan, Randi; Haugland, Sven Arne (Working Paper, Working paper, 2002-12)
      Can we predict which alliances that will terminate, and which alliances that will be successful over time? This is the core research question raised in this paper. By reviewing transaction cost economics, the resource-based ...
    • Synergies and non-discriminatory access pricing 

      Hagen, Kåre Petter; Hansen, Bjørn; Vagstad, Steinar (Working paper, Working paper, 2004-11)
      According to the new European telecom regulation, incumbent operators are required to provide access to such bottlenecks on fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory terms. We explore different interpretations of this general ...