• Diverging assessments of learning organizations during reform implementation 

      Borge, Baard Herman; Filstad, Cathrine; Olsen, Trude Høgvold; Skogmo, Per Øyvind (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      Purpose This study aims to explore whether hierarchical position and organizational size affect perceptions of a learning organization (LO) during reform implementation. Design/methodology/approach An electronic survey ...
    • Diversification benefits of listed infrastructure 

      Knutsen, Jarand Aslak; Lien, Andreas Tveitan (Master thesis, 2017)
      According to the infrastructure investment narrative, infrastructure is less exposed to business cycles and less affected by short term events, implying a potential diversification benefit in a mixed asset portfolio. ...
    • Diversified Farming Systems: Impacts and Adaptive Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United States, Norway and China 

      Måren, Inger Elisabeth; Wiig, Heidi; McNeal, Kathryn; Wang, Sally; Zu, Sebrina; Cao, Ren; Fürst, Kathinka; Marsh, Robin (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      The COVID-19 pandemic fully exposed the vulnerability of the global agri-food system to shocks and stresses, highlighting the need for transformation and action to make it more resilient and inclusive. This paper offers a ...
    • Diversified Farming Systems: Impacts and Adaptive Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United States, Norway and China 

      Måren, Inger Elisabeth; Wiig, Heidi; Marsh, Robin; McNeal, Kathryn; Ren, Cao; Zu, Sebrina (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      The COVID-19 pandemic fully exposed the vulnerability of the global agri-food system to shocks and stresses, highlighting the need for transformation and action to make it more resilient and inclusive. This paper offers a ...
    • Divided we fall: The breakdown of gig worker solidarity in online communities 

      Schou, Peter Kalum; Bucher, Eliane (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      The‘gig economy’presents a contested new workarrangement where freelancers find work on digitalplatforms. Subsequently, previous research has investi-gated how gig workers develop solidarity and takecollective action against ...
    • Dividend changes and firm performance 

      Yu, QiongJie; Jier, Xiao (Master thesis, 2012-05-15)
      In this paper, we test the information content of dividends (ICD) hypothesis for Norwegian non-listed firms, to explore whether dividend changes have positive relationship with future earnings. After applying both linear ...
    • Dividend growth, cash flow, and discount rate news 

      Garrett, Ian; Priestley, Richard (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)
      Using a new variable based on a model of dividend smoothing, we find that dividend growth is highly predictable and that cash flow news contributes importantly to return variability. Cash flow betas derived from this ...
    • Dividend Payouts and Rollover Crises 

      Juelsrud, Ragnar Enger; Nenov, Plamen (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      We study dividend payouts when banks face coordination-based rollover crises. Banks in the model can use dividends to both risk shift and signal their available liquidity to short-term lenders, thus, influencing the lenders’ ...
    • Dividend smoothing and predictability 

      Chen, Long; Da, Zhi; Priestley, Richard (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)
      The relative predictability of returns and dividends is a central issue since it forms the paradigm to interpret asset price variation. A little studied question is how dividend smoothing, as a choice of corporate policy, ...
    • Dividends and taxes: The moderating role of agency conflicts 

      Berzins, Janis; Bøhren, Øyvind; Stacescu, Bogdan (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      We find that potential conflicts between majority and minority shareholders strongly influence how dividends respond to taxes. When the controlling shareholder has a smaller stake, the incentives to extract private benefits ...
    • DNB Eiendom : hvordan vinne kunden? 

      Hammervold, Linn; Larsen, Stine Drabløs; Nerland, Linn Kristin (Bachelor thesis, 2012-10-18)
      Denne oppgaven omhandler DNB Eiendom i Trondheim og tar for seg temaet kommunikasjon, hvor problemstillingen er som følger: “Hvordan kan DNB Eiendom øke sin oppdragsmengde gjennom bruk av riktig kommunikasjon på befaring ...
    • Do acquiring firms gain from takeovers? : empirical evidence from the Norwegian stock market 

      Grinden, Tommy; Nystad, Robert (Master thesis, 2014-02-10)
      The objective of this thesis is to study the economic effect when acquiring firms announce takeovers in the Norwegian stock market. We find that bidders experience a positive abnormal announcement return of 2.16% on ...
    • Do Acquiring Firms Gain from Takeovers? Empirical evidence from the Norwegian stock market with a focus on the payment method 

      Gravdal, Thea Marie; Kokkersvold, Eline Haugetun (Master thesis, 2019)
      The objective of this thesis is to examine the economic effect when announcing a takeover in the Norwegian stock market. The research investigates acquisition announcements between 2009 – 2018, where the goal is to see ...
    • Do Analysts' Price Targets Change Stock Prices? The Impact of Price Targets on Stocks with Different Characteristics. 

      Zelmin, Agneta Karin Elisabeth; Klamroth, Alexander (Master thesis, 2018)
      This thesis analyzes the impact of financial analysts’ price targets on stock prices. According to the efficient market hypothesis, all information should be incorporated in the stock price, meaning that financial analysts’ ...
    • Do Audit Teams Affect Audit Production and Quality? Evidence from Audit Teams’ Industry Knowledge 

      Cahan, Steven F.; Che, Limei; Knechel, W. Robert; Svanstrøm, Tobias (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      We examine how the extent and distribution of industry knowledge within an audit team affectaudit outcomes. While prior research examining the role of auditors’industry knowledge focusesmainly on auditfirms, audit offices, ...
    • Do Audit Teams Affect Audit Production and Quality? Evidence from Audit Teams’ Industry Knowledge 

      Cahan, Steven F.; Che, Limei; Knechel, W. Robert; Svanstrøm, Tobias (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      We examine how the extent and distribution of industry knowledge within an audit team affect audit outcomes. While prior research examining the role of auditors' industry knowledge focuses mainly on audit firms, audit ...
    • Do board evaluations measure board effectiveness? The case of large listed companies in Norway 

      Rasmussen, Janicke L. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)
      The purpose of this study is to assess to what extent implemented board evaluation processes in Norwegian listed companies have contribute to the board’s effectiveness. Board effectiveness has been measured by using three ...
    • Do Central Banks Respond Timely to Developments in the Global Economy? 

      Bjørnland, Hilde C; Thorsrud, Leif Anders; Zahiri, Sepideh Khayati (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Our analysis suggests; they do not! We arrive at this conclusion by showing that revisions to the published interest rate path projections from the central banks in New Zealand, Norway and Sweden can be predicted by timely ...
    • Do central banks respond timely to developments in the global economy? 

      Bjørnland, Hilde C.; Thorsrud, Leif Anders; Zahiri, Sepideh Khayati (CAMP Working Paper Series;8/2016, Working paper, 2016)
      Our analysis suggests; they do not! To arrive at this conclusion we construct a real-time data set of interest rate projections from central banks in three small open economies; New Zealand, Norway, and Sweden, and analyze ...
    • Do Central Banks Respond to Exchange Rate Movements? A Markov-Switching Structural Investigation 

      Alstadheim, Ragna; Bjørnland, Hilde C.; Maih, Junior (CAMP Working Paper Series;9/2013, Working paper, 2013)
      Do central banks respond to exchange rate movements? According to Lubik and Schorfheide (2007) who estimate structural general equilibrium models with monetary policy rules, the answer is "Yes, some do". However, their ...