Norges Handelshøyskole: Recent submissions
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Initial public offerings : an empirical study of the significance of relative pricing and initial demand for the aftermarket performance
(Master thesis, 2014)This thesis investigates initial public offerings (IPOs) on the Oslo Stock Exchange in the years 2009-2014. The analysis focuses on the short-term aftermarket performance, and how this may be affected by the initial demand ... -
Urban water shuttle : en konseptutredning om miljøvennlig sjøtransport
(Master thesis, 2014)Denne masteroppgaven fokuserer på hvordan fremtidige kollektivtransport- og miljøutfordringer kan løses. Maritime CleanTech har startet utviklingen av et konsept som heter Urban Water Shuttle. Næringsklyngen kaller konseptet ... -
Revisiting 'mothers and sons' preference formation and the female labor force in Switzerland
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013-01)This paper analyzes the interrelation between men's gender role attitudes and female labor supply decision. Following Fernández, Fogli, and Olivetti (2004), I argue that the recent increases in the female labor market ... -
Just Luck: An Experimental Study of Risk-Taking and Fairness
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)Choices involving risk significantly affect the distribution of income and wealth in society. This paper reports the results of the first experiment, to our knowledge, to study fairness views about risktaking, specifically ... -
En lønnsomhetsvurdering av tiltak mot lakselus
(Master thesis, 2014)Lakseoppdrettsnæringen har lenge slitt med høye lusenivåer og bruker store summer hvert år for å bekjempe lakselus. Det finnes flere ulike tiltak næringen kan ta i bruk. Denne masterutredningen belyser lønnsomheten til to ... -
Strategisk regnskapsanalyse og verdsettelse av SalMar ASA
(Master thesis, 2014)Vi har i denne masterutredningen foretatt en fundamental verdivurdering av oppdrettsselskapet SalMar. Målet med oppgaven er å komme frem til et verdiestimat på SalMar sin egenkapital som gjenspeiler underliggende verdier ... -
Skatteplanlegging i multinasjonale selskap : en analyse av Statkraft og implikasjoner av den nye norske fradragsbegrensningsregelen
(Master thesis, 2014)I denne oppgaven analyserer vi hvordan multinasjonale selskap kan redusere sine kostnader gjennom skatteplanlegging. Vi bruker teori og empiri for å belyse mulighetsområdene. Deretter ser vi i hvilken grad skatteplanle ... -
Beyond the local mean-variance analysis in continuous time. The problem of non-normality
(Discussion paper;11/15, Working paper, 2015-02-23)The paper investigates the effects of deviations from normality on the estimates of risk premiums and the real equilibrium, short-term interest rate in the conventional rational expectations equilibrium model of Lucas ... -
Trade crisis? What trade crisis?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)We investigate the 2008–2009 trade collapse using microdata from a small open economy, Belgium. Belgian exports and imports mostly fell because of smaller quantities sold and unit prices charged rather than fewer firms, ... -
Toward a Management Control System for Service Innovation Activities
(Doctoral thesis, 2010)The doctoral project reported in this thesis was carried out as an integral part of the larger TIPVIS project (Service Innovation Research Project in the Norwegian Graphic Arts Industry). This project aimed to improve ... -
Comparing Implementations of Estimation Methods for Spatial Econometrics
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-01)Recent advances in the implementation of spatial econometrics model estimation tech- niques have made it desirable to compare results, which should correspond between im- plementations across software applications for ... -
Spatial Data Analysis with R-INLA with Some Extensions
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-01)The integrated nested Laplace approximation (INLA) provides an interesting way of approximating the posterior marginals of a wide range of Bayesian hierarchical models. This approximation is based on conducting a Laplace ... -
Software for Spatial Statistics
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)We give an overview of the papers published in this special issue on spatial statistics, of the Journal of Statistical Software. 21 papers address issues covering visualization (micromaps, links to Google Maps or Google ... -
Avbyråkratiseringens utfordringer : en kvalitativ casestudie gjennomført i to norske departement
(Master thesis, 2014)Denne masteroppgaven handler om statlige departementers bruk av flatere strukturer i form av teamorganisering og prosjektarbeid, og hvilke utfordringer dette medfører for mellomledere i slike organisasjoner. For dette ... -
Strategisk regnskapsanalyse og verdivurdering av Vizrt
(Master thesis, 2014)Denne oppgaven har hatt som mål å verdsette aksjen til selskapet Vizrt. Oppgaven begynner med en strategisk analyse av bransjen og selskapet for å få en bedre forståelse av styrker, svakheter, muligheter og trusler. Her ... -
Effekter av lederatferd : en studie av mellomstore regnskapsbedrifter i Norge
(Master thesis, 2014)Formålet med denne utredningen har vært å undersøke effekter av lederatferd. Vi har tatt utgangspunkt i tre typer lederatferd. Disse tre typene er relasjonsorientert, oppgaveorientert og endringsorientert lederatferd. ... -
Trapped or spurred by the home region? The effects of potential social capital on involvement in foreign markets for goods and technology
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)Drawing on social capital theory and the international business literature, we argue that domestic geography, in terms of localized potential social capital, facilitates individual firms’ awareness of business opportunities, ... -
Peak price hours in the Nordic power market winter 2009/2010: effects of pricing, demand elasticity and transmission capacities
(Discussion paper;09/15, Working paper, 2015-02-13)The Nordic electricity market experienced extremely high prices during the winter 2009/2010. Using real data from the peak price hours the zonal solution from the Nordic market is replicated and compared to the nodal price ... -
Keep searching and you'll find: what do we know about variety creation through firms' search activities for innovation?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)This paper critically reviews and synthesizes the contributions found in theoretical and empirical studies of firm level innovation search processes. It explores the advantages and disadvantages of local and non-local ... -
The drivers of services on next-generation networks
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)This paper is concerned with the drivers of service development on future telecommunication networks. As these networks are being transformed into next-generation networks, new and different services are being developed ...