This paper explores the present status and future options of a Norwegian management consultancy company, AFF, with respect to serving Norwegian multinational enterprises (MNEs). The case of AFF is also employed to illustrate ...

We examine how a downstream merger affects input prices and, in turn, the profitability of a such a merger under Cournot competition with differentiated products. Input suppliers can be interpreted as ordinary upstream ...

I denne utredningen ønsker vi å videreutvikle Rusbults (1980a) investeringsmodell for å bedre kunne fange opp de ulike driverne for lojalitet til et merke. I tillegg til tilfredshet, størrelse på investeringer og kvalitet ...

This report is concerned with the drivers of service development on future networks. As telecommunication networks are being transformed into next generation networks, the communication and media landscapes are being ...

I denne utredningen studeres årsakene bak opplagsutviklingen til VG fra 1978 til 2009. Dette gjøres ved å gjennomføre en økonometrisk analyse av tidsseriedata. Forfatterne finner at i underkant av 60 % av opplagsutviklingen ...

This thesis is about different leadership models in pluralistic organizations such as hospitals, universities, cultural organizations and newspapers, the kind of competing logics leaders meet in such organizations, and ...

The dual income tax provides the self-employed entrepreneur with huge incentives to participate in tax minimizing income shifting to have more of his income taxed as capital income. The Norwegian split model is designed ...

A monopolist typically defers entry into an industry as both price uncertainty and the level of risk aversion increase. By contrast, the presence of a rival typically hastens entry under risk neutrality. Here, we examine ...

In order for professional service firms, more specifically management consultancies, to fulfill the needs of domestic client firms that have internationalized, the ability to meet new demands and provide new services becomes ...