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Weathering the global financial crisis : results from Australia, Canada and Norway
(Master thesis, 2012-05-11)This thesis examines how some countries have performed above average during the global financial crisis. In order to study this Australia, Canada, and Norway have been selected. We investigate whether the industry structure ... -
Weighting Schemes and Incomplete Data: A Generalized Bayesian Framework for Chance-Corrected Interrater Agreement
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Van Oest (2019) developed a framework to assess interrater agreement for nominal categories and complete data. We generalize this framework to all four situations of nominal or ordinal categories and complete or incomplete ... -
Western leadership development and Chinese managers : Exploring the need for contextualization
(Academic article, 2011)This paper explores if, and how, Chinese managers perceive Western theories of leadership and leadership development as useful in their business environment. Based on a text analysis approach analyzing term papers of ... -
We’re only in it for the money? Developing sustainable literacy through management accounting curriculum
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)This article addresses how and why introductory management accounting courses could contribute to sustainable literacy. Drawing on pragmatic constructivism we develop a course design. We base our discussions on teaching ... -
What Are Norwegian Leaders Doing To Prevent Sexual Harassment In Their Organization?
(Master thesis, 2019)Experiencing sexual harassment (SH) can affect the victim in both human and organizational terms. In Norway, leaders are obligated to prevent SH from taking place at their workplace. Despite this, the prevalence of SH ... -
What are possible growth strategies the Norwegian apple industry can adopt to increase sales of Norwegian apples
(Master thesis, 2023)This master thesis explores the decrease in consume of Norwegian apples and investigates alternative strategies to boost growth by increasing sales. Through a comprehensive case study, we aimed to identify potential ... -
What are the characteristics of repatriation knowledge sharing practices? : Exploring the barriers and opportunities for sharing knowledge
(Master thesis, 2017)This thesis explores the characteristics of repatriation knowledge sharing, focusing on identifying the barriers and opportunities for sharing knowledge in a repatriation context. The findings presented is based on ... -
What are the consequences of externalities and ignorance in online platforms? An economic investigation of current practices and potential remedies.
(Master thesis, 2021)The pace at which online platforms have become an integral part of our everyday life is nothing short of impressive. Many of such platforms have experienced high growth in recent years which highlights the economic value ... -
What are the effects of Large Scale Asset Purchases on asset prices in the US?
(Master thesis, 2016)In this thesis we research the effects of the Federal Reserve’s Large Scale Asset Purchase programs on asset prices in the United States, mainly stock prices and long term interest rates. First, an event study is employed ... -
What are the impacts of government spending on the Norwegian economy?
(Master thesis, 2020)To analyse the effects of government spending, we use a structural vector autoregressive (SVAR) model. The recursive approach relies on the Cholesky ordering and is applied to identify a government spending shock. We ... -
What are the key determinants of adopting IFRS or simplified IFRS for private Norwegian firms?
(Master thesis, 2023)This master thesis researches the determinants of voluntary adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) or simplified IFRS by private Norwegian firms. We hypothesize that Ownership structure, Choice of ... -
What are the major drivers behind listing volume fluctuations in Norway and Sweden?
(Master thesis, 2017)This thesis investigates potential drivers behind fluctuations in listing volume in Norway and Sweden between 2000 and 2016. The paper replicates findings in previous literature by investigating whether aggregate capital ... -
What are, if any, the explanatory financial factors of bankruptcy in Norwegian startups?
(Master thesis, 2020)In this paper, we investigate startups that have survived the first crucial years, but which then went bankrupt during the following years. The intention behind this focus is to acknowledge why some startups do not cross ... -
What Can We Learn from #StopHateForProfit Boycott Regarding Corporate Social Irresponsibility and Corporate Social Responsibility?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)In July 2020 more than 1,100 companies paused their paid advertising on Facebook to demand clear and unequivocal actions to stop its platform from being used to spread and amplify racism and hate. This Business-to-Business ... -
What characterizes targets acquired by private equity firms compared to strategic buyers, and how does this affect takeover premiums? Evidence from European transactions
(Master thesis, 2018)This master thesis investigates differences in target characteristics and takeover premiums in acquisitions performed by private equity firms and strategic buyers. We use a dataset of 67 takeovers of listed European ... -
What Do We Value Most In Schools? An Empirical Study of Stakeholders’ Preference Rankings of School Attributes
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Objectives A key question in education policy as well as individuals’ school choice involves the characteristics of schools we value most. It is thereby important to understand any heterogeneity in parents’, teachers’, ... -
What does the yield curve tell us about the exchange rate predictability in Norway?
(Master thesis, 2016)This research paper examines if information of the term structure of interest rates can predict exchange rate movements in Norway. We look at the Norwegian kroner relative to the US dollar from a period of August 2001 ... -
What drives oil prices? Emerging versus developed economies
(CAMP Working Paper Series;2/2012, Working paper, 2012)We analyze the importance of demand from emerging and developed economies as drivers of the real price of oil over the last two decades. Using a factor-augmented vector autoregressive (FAVAR) model that allows us to ... -
What drives performance in the Nordic private equity market?
(Master thesis, 2017)In this thesis, we study the performance of Nordic private equity buyout and venture funds between 2005 to 2016 using a dataset from Preqin. We have defined the Nordic to include Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden. By ... -
What drives sound symbolism? Different acoustic cues underlie sound-size and sound-shape mappings
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Sound symbolism refers to the non-arbitrary mappings that exist between phonetic properties of speech sounds and their meaning. Despite there being an extensive literature on the topic, the acoustic features and psychological ...