• Predation or spillovers? : foreign entry and domestic welfare 

      Bjorvatn, Kjetil (Working paper, Working paper, 2000-09)
      This paper analyses the effects of foreign entry on domestic welfare. Foreign entry may increase competition in the local market and thereby improve domestic consumer surplus. It may also lead to spillover effects, which ...
    • Will cross-ownership reestablish market power in the nordic power market? 

      Amundsen, Eirik Schrøder; Bergman, Lars (Working paper, Working paper, 2000-10)
      The integration of the power markets in Norway and Sweden in 1996 significantly constrained the major power companies' ability to exercise market power within their national borders. In recent years, however, mergers and ...
    • Knowledge, informal rules and localised competitiveness : a study of a local milieu in the Norwegian fish processing industry 

      Jakobsen, Stig-Erik (Working paper, Working paper, 2000-10)
      The article analyses competitiveness in a local milieu in the Norwegian fish processing industry. It presents an contextual understanding of economic practice using an intensive research design when discussing localised ...
    • Et klyngeperspektiv på lønnsomhet og videreforedling i fiskerinæringa i Hordaland 

      Aarset, Bernt (Arbeidsnotat, Working paper; Working paper, 2000-10)
      Klynger eksisterer på forskjellige geografiske nivå og omfatter forskjellige kombinasjoner av virksomhet. Klynger inngår i et system der det er et kontinuerlig søk etter nye løsninger. Klyngetankegangen er basert på at en ...
    • Foreign direct investment in non-metropolitian Norway : an analysis of strategies, objectives and autonomy 

      Jakobsen, Stig-Erik; Rusten, Grete (Working paper, Working paper, 2000-10)
      The internationalisation of the western economy in recent years implies cross-border investments and an increasing number of firms with production in more than one country. The exploitation of natural resources has ...
    • The fishmeal market : an integrated part of the vegetable oilmeal market? 

      Tveterås, Sigbjørn (Working paper, Working paper; Working paper, 2000-10)
      In this report the concept and implications of market integration is discussed in some detail with an application to the fishmeal and soymeal market. Both are important inputs in the animal and aquaculture feed market. ...
    • Fish wars on the high seas : erecting economic barriers to entry 

      McKelvey, Robert W.; Sandal, Leif Kristoffer; Steinshamn, Stein Ivar (Working paper, Working paper; Working paper, 2000-10)
      The 1993 U.N. Straddling Stock Agreement prescribes a multi-national organizational structure for management of an exploited marine fish stock, one whose range straddles both “Extended Economic Zones” (EEZs) and high seas ...
    • The economic structure of harvesting for three vessel types in the Norwegian spring-spawning herring fishery 

      Bjørndal, Trond; Gordon, Daniel V. (Working paper, Working paper; Working paper, 2000-10)
      Norwegian spring-spawning herring (Clupea harengus) is the largest fish stock in the North Atlantic and is harvested by many nations. The introduction of new technology in the 1960’s caused a substantial increase in the ...
    • Regionalisert næringsutvikling 

      Vatne, Eirik (Arbeidsnotat, Working paper, 2000-10)
      Dette notatet har som målsetting å vise hvordan endrete parametre for konkurranse vil påvirke den regionale fordeling av arbeidsplasser i Norge. Notatet er skrevet i en populær form. Det legges vekt på å vise hvordan ...
    • Lønnsomheten i norsk skipsfart 

      Birkeland, Sigbjørn; Eide, Torfin (Arbeidsnotat, Working paper, 2000-11)
      Denne utredningen undersøker avkastningen til den norske skipsfartsnæringen i perioden 1992 til 1999, ved hjelp av innrapporterte regnskapstall til Oslo Børs. Vi har to hovedfunn. Det første er at skipsfartsnæringen sett ...
    • Vertical coordination and chain power in the distribution of food products 

      Ness, Håvard; Haugland, Sven Arne (Working paper, Working paper, 2000-11)
      During the last decade, the retail of consumer goods has changed dramatically in Norway and in the Nordic countries. In particular, the trade once dominated by independent merchants usually controlling small corporate ...
    • 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 ...
    • FDI in LDCs : facts, theory and empirical evidence 

      Bjorvatn, Kjetil (Working paper, Working paper, 2000-11)
      One of the most striking signs of globalization is the strong growth in foreign direct investment (FDI) during the last two decades, and particularly since the second half of the 1980s. The present paper describes recent ...
    • Entry in telecommunication : customer loyalty, price sensitivity and access prices 

      Lommerud, Kjell Erik; Sørgard, Lars (Working paper, Working paper, 2000-11)
      Telecommunications is an industry characterised by heavy investments in infrastructure. Historically, one firm has typically been granted a national monopoly. Recently, competition has been opened up. Entrants have been ...
    • Implementing accountable management reforms in public sector : the difficult travel from intentions to effects 

      Pettersen, Inger Johanne (Working paper, Working paper, 2000-11)
      Over the last decade a number of management accounting practices and techniques have appeared to improve the quality and reliability of management accounting information in public sector. The aim of this paper is to gain ...
    • "Linking products, industries and place" : synergy effects from the interaction of tourism and other local industries in Lofoten and Hardanger 

      Holmefjord, Kari (Arbeidsnotat, Working paper, 2000-12)
      The overall theme of this working paper is how businesses within all industries in a region can make use of characteristics and special resources at their location to increase their long-term profit. The more specific topic ...
    • Næringsutvikling, stedsutvikling og omstilling 

      Jakobsen, Stig-Erik; Alvheim, Sturla; Hansen, Jens Christian; Kvitastein, Olav Andreas (Arbeidsnotat, Working paper, 2000-12)
      Arbeidsnotatet er en underveisrapporten fra SNFs evaluering av den statlig støttede omstillingsinnsatsen i Bremanger, Vaksdal, Odda, Dalane (med Sokndal) og Glåmdal. Formålet med underveisrapporten er å etablere en ...
    • Divisionalization in contests 

      Huck, Steffan; Konrad, Kai A.; Müller, Wieland (Working paper, Working paper, 2000-12)
      To be represented by more than one contestant in a contest has advatages and disadvantages. This paper determines the conditions under which it is favorable to send several agents into the contest.
    • Aspects of the political economy of foreign aid 

      Hagen, Rune Jansen (Working paper, Working paper, 2000-12)
      The interaction of external financing with economic reforms in developing countries has been at the forefront of the policy debate for the last 15-20 years. In this paper, a simple model in which an aid donor faces either ...
    • An acquisition in the Nordic ferry market: rivalry or coordination on capacity? 

      Steen, Frode; Sørgard, Lars (Working paper, Working paper, 2000-12)
      The purpose of this article is to test the effect of Color Line’s acquisition of Larvik Line in September 1996. We formulate theoretical predictions for the changes in sales, capacity and capacity utilisation following an ...