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Packages or systems? Working capital management and financial performance among listed U.S. manufacturing firms
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)This study examines how working capital management packages (WCMPs) can lead to higher financial performance. This is done by exploring the formation, importance, and systematic interdependencies within and between WCMPs. ... -
Palm oil plantation productivity during the establishment of the Malaysian refinery sector 1970–1990
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)The Malaysian palm oil sector is an example of how a developing country can manage to establish itself as a world leader in the production and processing of an agricultural crop. This paper examines the formative period ... -
Parallel Machine Scheduling with Time Constraints on Machine Qualifications
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)This paper studies the scheduling of jobs of different families on parallel machines, where not all machines are qualified (eligible) to process all job families. Originating from semiconductor manufacturing, an important ... -
Parliamentary election news on the Norwegian stock market : Do Norwegian investors care about Parliamentary election results and election information?
(Master thesis, 2018)I have in this thesis used two different methods to look at the relationship between public available parliamentary election information and the Stock market in Norway. I’ve used the time frame between 1997 and 2017. ... -
Partial Fiscal Decentralization and Subnational Government Fiscal Discipline: Empirical Evidence from OECD Countries
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)Recent theoretical research suggests that financing sub-national governments’ expenditure out of own revenue sources is linked to more responsible budgeting, because the financial implications of spending decisions then ... -
Participatory innovation: lessons from breeding cooperatives
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)Throughout the last decades, breeding in the plant sector, husbandry and aquaculture has come under the ownership control of multinational, investor-owned firms. Breeding in these sectors is risky business, but can be ... -
Parties, Legislators, and the Origins of Proportional Representation
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)A prominent line of theories holds that proportional representation (PR) was introduced in many European democracies by a fragmented bloc of conservative parties seeking to preserve their legislative seat shares after ... -
Partisan bias, electoral volatility, and government efficiency
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)Electoral agency models suggest that government e¢ ciency is better when voters penalize poor performance, and party competition is balanced. Uncertainty in the electoral mechanism dillutes the incentive to produce e¢ ... -
Partisan conflicts and parliamentary dominance: the Norwegian political business cycle
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)The arcticle explores the political business cycle in Norway from the early 1980s onwards. It is shown that unemployment growth is related to uncertainty about likely parliamentary majorities, and to the level of political ... -
Partnering relationships in construction: a literature review
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2010)There is no unified view as to what partnering in construction actually is. Particularly the relationship dimension of the concept is unclear. The purpose of this paper is to examine the literature in order to identify the ... -
Partnering with AI: how organizations can win over skeptical managers
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Purpose: According to the authors’ research, while top-level executives look forward to the potential of artificial intelligent systems in their firms, line managers are much more skeptical. This article advises on ... -
Party Cues in Elections under Multi-Level Governance: Theory and Evidence from US States
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)In federal countries, voters’ ability to evaluate the performance of their leaders might be reduced when different levels of government shape policy outcomes. This can blur political accountability. In this article, we ... -
Party leaders and voter responses to political terrorism
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)In this article, we study the political implications of terrorism rooted in extremist political ideologies. Our data uniquely allow studying the potential role of party leader evaluations on political outcomes, including ... -
Et passende penge- og valutapolitisk regime
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Passiv identifikasjon ved revisors erstatningsansvar
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Patriotism, taxation and international mobility
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)Patriotic citizens intrinsically prefer living in their native country compared to living in the Diaspora. In this paper, we analyze the consequences of such a “patriotic lock-in” in a world with international migration ... -
Paywalls? Impact on Local News Websites? Traffic and Their Civic and Business Implications
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)In an attempt to manage a looming revenue crisis in their transition from print to digital, many local newspapers have implemented user payment (paywalls) in their online editions. This paper asks what the business and ... -
På hvilken måte kan sårbarhet være en styrke i utøvelse av lederrolen?
(Master thesis, 2018)Denne oppgaven er en avsluttende masteroppgave innen faget «Ledelse, makt og mening» på Handelskolen BI. Tematikken for oppgaven er å skrive om en lederfigur som inspirerer meg både faglig og personlig og valget falt på ... -
På hvilken måte påvirker GDPR bruk og utvikling av kunstig intelligens, og hvordan kan teknologien utnyttes?
(Bachelor thesis, 2020)EUs personvernforordning, GDPR, trådte i kraft 20. Juli 2018 og skal sikre at regler om personvern overholdes, og sørger for at data ikke misbrukes. Ny teknologi utfordrer personvernet dersom det ikke settes grenser. ...