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e-Scape
(Bachelor thesis, 2012-10-18)Formålet med denne bacheloroppgaven er å bearbeide den valgte problemstillingen. Denne oppgaven vil med hjelp fra undersøkelser, analyser og teori kartlegge veien til markedet for bedriften e-Scape AS. Blant annet skal ... -
E-scooter – convenience versus environment: a green innovation value chain analysis of transportation in urban areas
(Master thesis, 2020)Abstract The need for more sustainable transport methods have been highlighted due to challenges such as traffic congestion, greenhouse gas emissions and pollution in urban areas. The shared electric scooters have become ... -
Early indicators of self-esteem in teenagers: Findings from a nationally representative sample
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)This study explored a longitudinal data set of 3096 British sixteen year olds with data collected in 1970, 1980, and 1986. It examined how parental social status at birth; intelligence, locus of control and behavioural ... -
Early-career and positive-deviant leaders in practice - A qualitative study of Sales Executives at CHG-MERIDIAN
(Master thesis, 2020)Given the general importance of leadership in today’s rapidly changing business world, our thesis aims to investigate early-career success in the framework of a case study at a company that operates in the sales and ... -
Earnings management during CEO turnovers
(Master thesis, 2016)This thesis addresses the question of whether CEO changes in Norwegian publicly listed firms leads to earnings management efforts by accruals. We further explore the characteristics around the CEO change and specifics ... -
Earnings management og IPOs : en empirisk studie av det norske aksjemarkedet
(Master thesis, 2014-02-17)Oppgaven tar utgangspunkt i 312 børsnoteringer (IPOs) på Oslo Børs i perioden 1995 – 2011, og undersøker hvorvidt selskapene bevisst styrer sine regnskapsmessige resultater i denne forbindelse. Selskaper som noteres på ... -
Earnings Management Priorities of Private Family Firms
(CCGR Working Paper;3/2010, Working paper, 2010)We compare earnings management priorities of private family and private non-family firms. Our study is made possible by the availability of a new and unique database on family relationships between CEOs, board members and ... -
Econometric vs artmap prediction of economic choice
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)Forecasting economic behaviour is an important problem with practical implications for a number of scienti c disciplines, including microeconomics, macroeconomics, marketing and economic psychology. The ability to ... -
Economic and Political Foundations of Local Tax Structures: An Empirical Investigation of Flemish Municipalities’ Tax Mix
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)Building on the revenue structure theory developed by Hettich and Winer (1984, 1988, 1999), this paper is the first to investigate the economic and political determinants of local tax mix choices. We thereby use panel data ... -
Economic and social leader-member exchange relationships
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)This exploratory study investigated the link between economic and social leader-member exchange relationships and follower work performance and organizational citizenship behavior. Instead of viewing exchange relationships ... -
Economic consequences of the German occupation of Norway, 1940-1945
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)Since the liberation of German occupation 1940-45 an important national narrative has been the far-reaching exploitation and destruction of the Norwegian economy by the occupant. The scholarly basis for this narrative was ... -
Economic Integration, Corporate Tax Incidence and Fiscal Compensation
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)Higher corporate taxes are often argued to depress wages (a tax incidence effect), while higher wages may require compensation via lower corporate tax rates (a fiscal compensation effect). Yet, existing empirical evidence ... -
Economically Linked Firms: An Opportunity for Abnormal Returns has Disappeared, but the Predictability Remain
(Master thesis, 2018)In this master thesis, we investigate whether a customer-momentum strategy, which previously has been shown to yield high abnormal returns performs equally well today. We also examine if there is evidence for bi-directional ... -
Editor, executive and entrepreneur: strategic paradoxes in the digital age
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)To survive in today’s increasingly complex business environments, firms must embrace strategic paradoxes: contradictory yet interrelated objectives that persist over time. This can be one of toughest of all leadership ... -
Editorial: a new dawn for qualitative service research
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Abstract Purpose The purpose of this study is to highlight the role of qualitative research in service research. This study discusses what qualitative research is, what role it has in service research and what interest, ... -
Educated mothers, healthy infants: the impact of a school reform on the birth weight of Norwegian infants 1967-2005
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)Birth weight is an important predictor of health and success in later life. Little is known about the effect of mothers’ education on birth weight. A few causal analyses have been done, but they show conflicting results. ... -
Educational achievement and traits emotional stability and agreeableness as predictors of the occurrence of backache in adulthood
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)This study investigated the associations between psychological as well as social factors in childhood and adulthood and the occurrence of adulthood back pain in a longitudinal birth cohort study. The analytic sample comprises ... -
Effect of directness of exposure and trauma type on Mental Health Literacy of PTSD
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Background: Research has demonstrated that Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is one of the most widely recognized mental disorders (Furnham & Lousley, 2012), but recognition is affected by trauma type (Merritt et al., ... -
The effect of family business on firm performance
(Master thesis, 2020)This paper investigates whether family ownership and the degree of involvement from the shareholders influence firm performance, primarily looking at family firms. Family firms are unique in their low amount of owners ... -
The Effect of Functional, Symbolic and Experiential Framings on Attitudes Towards Luxury Fashion Products: A Comparative Study
(Master thesis, 2020)The purpose of this research is to investigate how different value framings, namely functional, symbolic and experiential ones, influence Italian customers’ attitudes within the fashion luxury category.Moreover, the role ...