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    • Goodwill impairment losses, economic impairment, earnings management and corporate governance 

      Stenheim, Tonny; Madsen, Dag Øivind (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016)
      This paper investigates the association between goodwill impairment losses and proxies of economic impairment, earnings management incentives and corporate governance mechanisms. The results demonstrate significant ...
    • Governance and digital transformation in schools with 1:1 tablet coverage 

      Tømte, Cathrine Edelhard; Smedsrud, Jørgen (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      There is an increasing trend of 1:1 coverage of tablets in schools in Scandinavia. Several studies have reported on pedagogical possibilities and challenges, but less is reported about how this change is perceived and ...
    • Governance and Ethics in Temporary Organizations: The Mediating Role of Corporate Governance 

      Müller, Ralf; Turner, Rodney J.; Andersen, Erling S.; Shao, Jingting; Kvalnes, Øyvind (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)
      The impact of multilevel level governance on the frequency of ethical issues in temporary organizations (TOs) is investigated. A structural equation model, based on a global survey, showed that behavior control, as a ...
    • Governance and governmentality in projects: Profiles and relationships with success 

      Müller, Ralf; Zhai, Li; Wang, Anyu (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      This study investigates the role of governance and governmentality in project and organizational success. Results from 121 responses to a worldwide survey provided for profiling of different governance and governmentality ...
    • Governance costs in foreign direct investments: a MNC headquarters challenge 

      Tomassen, Sverre; Benito, Gabriel R. G.; Lunnan, Randi (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)
      According to transaction cost and internalization theories of multinational enterprises, companies make foreign direct investments (FDI) when the combined costs of operations and governance are lower for FDI than for market ...
    • Governance structure and firm performance in private family firms 

      Che, Limei; Langli, John Christian (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)
      Although a large proportion of firms are family owned and most family firms are private, our understanding of private family firms is limited. Using confidential information on family relationship between board members, ...
    • Governance, governmentality and project performance: The role of sovereignty 

      Müller, Ralf Josef (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Considerable confusion prevails in the mutual positioning and relationship of concepts like management, leadership, governance and governmentality in projects. This article first develops a framework to distinguish these ...
    • Governing strategy and knowledge: tools and methodologies 

      Bagnoli, Carlo; Roberts, Hanno (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)
    • Government procurement and financial statement certification: Evidence from private firms in emerging economies 

      Hope, Ole-Kristian; Jiang, Shushu; Vyas, Dushyantkumar (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      In this paper, we examine the monitoring role of government customers in emerging markets, a setting where public procurement is significant but the procurement institutions are weak. In these countries, financial statement ...
    • Government transparency and firm-level operational efficiency 

      Hope, Ole-Kristian; Jiang, Shushu; Vyas, Dushyantkumar (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      We examine the informational role of governments in the private sector in emerging economies. Using a large sample of private firms, we show that governments’ ability and willingness to collect and disseminate economic ...
    • Governmental goals and the international strategies of state-owned multinational enterprises: A conceptual discussion 

      Rygh, Asmund; Benito, Gabriel R.G. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      State owned multinational enterprises (SOMNEs) have received extensive attention in recent research in international business and corporate governance, which demonstrates effects of state ownership on a range of international ...
    • The great game of business: Advancing knowledge on gamification in business contexts 

      Wünderlich, Nancy V.; Gustafsson, Anders; Hamari, Juho; Parvinen, Petri; Haff, André (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      Gamification is a rather significant trend in recent years. It builds on the emotional and involving qualities of gaming but may not entail a full-fledged game. Gamification exists in a large number of industries; retail, ...
    • Green Innovation in Recycling, - A Preliminary Analysis of Reversed Logistics in Norway. 

      Flygansvær, Bente Merete; Dahlstrøm, Robert; Nygaard, Arne (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018)
      Abstract There has been an exponential growth of new electronic products in the global consumer market. New electronic consumer products generate a growing need for new methods, processes and entrepreneurship in recycling. ...
    • Green innovation value chain analysis of PV solar power 

      Olson, Erik L. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)
      Governments around the world have employed a variety of generous subsidies to help promote and develop clean energy technologies in the hope that they will widely replace dirtier carbon-based power sources. Unfortunately ...
    • Green innovation value chain frame of comparisons: market and public policy implications 

      Olson, Erik L. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)
      The green innovation value-chain (GIVC) is a framework that compares the relative attractiveness of a green technology with conventional competitors(s) along stakeholder links representing the manufacturer, distributor, ...
    • Greenhouse gas emissions per unit of value a corporate guide to voluntary climate action 

      Randers, Jørgen (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)
      How much must I reduce my greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions if I want to do my fair share to contribute towards the global effort to keep global warming below a 2 °C rise in average temperature over preindustrial times? This ...
    • Group lending with endogenous group size 

      Bourjade, Sylvain; Schindele, Ibolya (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)
      This paper focuses on the size of the borrower group in group lending. We show that, when social ties in a community enhance borrowers incentives to exert e¤ort, a pro t-maximizing nancier chooses a group of limited size. ...
    • Grønn vekst i Norge mot 2050 

      Randers, Jørgen (Journal article, 2019)
      Det er ikke én som må gjøre alt. Alle må gjøre litt. Individuelle initiativ er ikke nok. Her kreves kollektiv respons. Her er det ikke nok å gjøre sitt beste. Her må man gjøre det som trengs.
    • Guanxi, structural hole and closure 

      Reve, Torger; Lu, Ren (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)
      Purpose — Understanding China’s economic success requires insights into its peculiar guanxi-based market. Many scholars are confused how to apply western network theories to the Chinese guanxi-based market. This paper ...
    • Happy analysts 

      Hope, Ole-Kristian; Li, Congcong; Lin, An-Ping; Rabier, MaryJane (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      This paper is thefirst to investigate the role of work-life balance infinancial analysts’performance andcareer advancement. Using a large sample of Glassdoor reviews byfinancial analysts, wefind a significantnon-linear ...