Norges Handelshøyskole: Recent submissions
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Etablerte aktørers oppfattelse av og respons på disruptiv innovasjon : trussel eller mulighet? : en casestudie av to nordiske bankers adopsjon av equity crowdfunding
(Master thesis, 2016)Dagens teknologiske utvikling byr på nye muligheter, men også utfordringer for etablerte aktørers virksomhet. Dette gjelder blant annet for finanssektoren hvor banker i økende grad blir utfordret av mindre FinTech-aktører ... -
Cargill Aqua Nutrition Norway : en casestudie om verdiskapingspotensialetav et leverandørstyrt varelager
(Master thesis, 2017)Denne oppgaven er en casestudie av fôrprodusenten Cargill Aqua Nutrition Norway (CQN). I dennestudienundersøkesdeot m styring av varelageret il kundeneo g optimering av transportløsningekr an bidra til å øke verdiskapi ... -
Market entry in the German pharmaceutical market : a framework for business intelligence measures
(Master thesis, 2018)Pharmaceutical companies today are under great pressure to successfully launch new specialty drugs, high-tech products for small patient populations with cost intensive R&D and complex mechanisms of effect. At the same ... -
Virksomhetsstyring i Aker Solutions : et casestudie om tilrettelegging for dynamiske spenninger gjennom balansert bruk av styringssystemet
(Master thesis, 2017)Formålet med denne utredningen er å utforske hvordan virksomheter kan tilrettelegge for dynamiske spenninger gjennom balansert bruk av styringssystemet. Som en respons på økt usikkerhet og hyppige endringer i virksomheters ... -
Hvordan gjennomfører foretak oppkjøp? : et studie av to norske foretak
(Master thesis, 2017)Vi har studert to foretak som har benyttet oppkjøp som vekststrategi. Begge foretakene har gjennomført en rekke oppkjøp, og vi har sett hvordan de velger oppkjøpskandidat, gjennomfører integrasjonsprosessen, og hvordan ... -
Handling financial risks in crude oil imports: Taking into account crude oil prices as well as country and transportation risks
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Financial risks related to crude oil imports are certainly affected by crude oil price uncertainty. Our question is: How important is it to take also physical risks, such as the crude oil exporters’ political risks and ... -
Ecological and cultural factors underlying the global distribution of prejudice
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Prejudiced attitudes and political nationalism vary widely around the world, but there has been little research on what predicts this variation. Here we examine the ecological and cultural factors underlying the worldwide ... -
Motiver for å delta i eventer: betydningen av deltakernes rolle
(Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2019)I dette kapitlet ser vi på hvordan ulike motiver påvirker eventdeltakelse blant deltakere med ulike roller – rolle som kun publikum, kun frivillig, kun utøver eller kombinasjoner av disse. Resultatene fra en forstudie og ... -
Herding in Smart-Beta Investment Products
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)We highlight herding of investors as one major risk factor that is typically ignored in statistical approaches to portfolio modelling and risk management. Our survey focuses on smart-beta investing where such methods and ... -
Women directors, firm performance, and firm risk: A causal perspective
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Norway was the first of ten countries to legislate gender quotas for boards of publicly traded firms. There is considerable debate and mixed evidence concerning the implications of female board representation. In this paper, ... -
Hedging ship price risk using freight derivatives in the drybulk market
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)We show that a fixed-maturity time-weighted Forward Freight Agreement (FFA) portfolio should be used to proxy the expected future earnings of a vessel. We investigate the corresponding hedging efficiency when using a ... -
Mémoire transculturelle et discours multimodaux sur la migration - une analyse exploratoire de l’exemple de la « Jungle » de Calais
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Abstract: Recent trends in patterns of mobility, and specifically the spatial exclusion of exiles into detention centers and camps, point to an urgent need to re-examine different forms of narratives on migration and exile, ... -
Competitiveness, gender and handedness: a large-sample intercultural study
(DP SAM;02/2020, Working paper, 2020-01)We conduct a large-scale intercultural experiment to elicit competitiveness and ask whether individual and gender differences in competitiveness are partially determined by nature. We use being a “lefty” (i.e., having ... -
Entitled to Leave: the impact of Unenployment Insurance Eligibility on Employment Duration and Job Quality
(DP SAM;01/2020, Working paper, 2020-01-13)Entitlement conditions are a little explored dimension of unemployment insurance (UI) schemes. In this paper, we provide a comprehensive evaluation of a reform that softened the minimum employment record condition to qualify ... -
Having a Daughter Reduces Male Violence Against a Partner
(DP SAM;24/2019, Working paper, 2019-12-28)In a global sample of around 310,000 couples, men whose firstborn child is a girl (instead of a boy) are 10 percent less likely to strangle their partner each year. The probability that they kick, punch, or slap her also ... -
On the approximation of Lévy driven Volterra processes and their integrals
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Volterra processes appear in several applications ranging from turbulence to energy finance where they are used in the modelling of e.g.temperatures and wind and the related financial derivatives. Volterra processes are ... -
Problem-driven scenario generation: an analytical approach for stochastic programs with tail risk measure
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Scenario generation is the construction of a discrete random vector to represent parameters of uncertain values in a stochastic program. Most approaches to scenario generation are distribution-driven, that is, they attempt ... -
Shipping and Globalization in the Post-War Era: Contexts, Companies, Connections
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Conclusion - Shipping and Globalization in the Post-War Era
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The Declining Role of Western Europe in Shipping and Shipbuilding, 1900–2000
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