• Decentralization and reliance on the controllability principle in the public sector : an exploratory study 

      Modell, Sven; Lee, Alina (Working paper, Working paper, 2000-03)
      Despite the growing devolution of budgetary responsibility in public sector organizations, little attention has been paid to the key notion of the controllability principle in this context. This paper explores the relationship ...
    • The difference that geography makes to the acquisition of service expertise : some evidence from Norway 

      Rusten, Grete; Gammelsæter, Hallgeir; Bryson, John R. (Working Paper, Working paper, 2002-11)
      This paper begins by identifying the logic driving the evolving geography of business service networks in Norway. The paper explores the ways in which Norwegian SMEs access external knowledge provided by management ...
    • Evaluation of the Norwegian R&D tax credit scheme 

      Cappelen, Ådne; Fjærli, Erik; Foyn, Frank; Hægeland, Torbjørn; Møen, Jarle; Raknerud, Arvid; Rybalka, Marina (Working paper, Working paper, 2010-08)
      We find that the Norwegian R&D tax credit scheme introduced in 2002 mainly works as intended. The scheme is cost-effective and it is used by a large number of firms. It stimulates these firms to invest more in R&D, and, ...
    • Management, technology and regulation : the hydro-power sector in Norway 

      Rusten, Grete; Sunnevåg, Kjell J. (Working paper, Working paper, 2003-06)
      This article is a theoretical and empirical discussion about regional effects of foreign direct ownership, and the connection with firm strategies, technological innovation, and regulatory change. Empirical evidence is ...
    • The capital constraining effects of the norwegian wealth tax 

      Edson, Chris (Working paper;41/12, Working paper, 2012-10)
      This paper investigates if the Norwegian wealth tax imposes capital constraints on small privately held businesses. A panel of 31,428 Norwegian firms from 2005 to 2009 is used to estimate two models of capital constraints. ...