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Agency conflicts and auditing in private firms
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)We are interested in understanding how agency conflicts in private firms arise through ownership structures and family relationships. Specifically, we analyze auditors’ increase of effort and firms’ choice of auditors ... -
Agency Conflicts and Investment: Evidence from a Structural Estimation
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)We develop a dynamic capital structure model to study how agency conflicts between managers and shareholders affect the joint determination of financing and investment decisions. We show that there are two agency conflicts ... -
Agency problems and governance mechanisms in collaborative communities
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Collaborative communities—where participants collaboratively solve problems and integrate their contributions—are increasingly popular organizational forms in a wide variety of domains. As with any cooperative effort, ... -
Agglomeration and trade performance – evidence from the Norwegian salmon aquaculture industry
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Geographical concentration of industries tends to be important for firms that depend on innovation and are intensive in the use of specialized technology and labor. In this paper, we investigate the interaction between ... -
The algebra of observables in noncommutative deformation theory
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)We consider the algebra O(M) of observables and the (formally) versal morphism η : A → O(M) defined by the noncommutative deformation functor DefM of a family M = {M1, . . . , Mr} of right modules over an associative ... -
Algorithmic management in a work context
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)The rapid development of machine-learning algorithms, which underpin contemporary artificial intelligence systems, has created new opportunities for the automation of work processes and management functions. While algorithmic ... -
Algorithmic Surveillance in the Gig Economy: The Organization of Work through Lefebvrian Conceived Space
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Workplace surveillance is traditionally conceived of as a dyadic process, with an observer and an observee. In this paper, I discuss the implications of an emerging form of workplace surveillance: surveillance with an ... -
Altruism and the Dark Triad
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Background: The Dark Triad literature examining pro-social behaviours is minimal, with mixed results. Participants and procedure: This study investigates the relationships between the Dark Triad and altruistic behaviours ... -
The American Dream: Empirical Perspectives on Convenient Deviance
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)This article presents a sample of ten American dreamers who demonstrated convenient deviance. The sample is derived from publicly available sources such as autobiographies by dreamers, media coverage, and investigation ... -
An efficient Pareto approach for solving the multi-objective flexible job-shop scheduling problem with regular criteria
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)In this paper, a general local search approach for the Multi-Objective Flexible Job-shop Scheduling Problem (MOFJSP) is proposed to determine a Pareto front for any combination of regular criteria. The approach is based ... -
An empirical investigation of how information sharing affects cash flow performance through competitive capability
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Purpose This paper aims to examine how information sharing affects cash flow performance through the competitive capabilities of low cost or product quality. Design/methodology/approach In total, 159 survey responses ... -
An empirical investigation of the role of industry factors in the internationalization patterns of firms
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)Research on companies’ internationalization has mainly focused on firm-level and country-level factors in order to explain firms’ cross-border activities. With the exception of a limited number of studies emphasizing ... -
An equilibrium characterization of an all-pay auction with certain and uncertain prizes
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)In the important contribution “All pay auctions with certain and uncertain prizes” published in Minchuk and Sela (2014), the authors analyze an all pay auction with multiple prizes. The specific feature of the model is ... -
An Equilibrium Model Estimated on Pharmaceutical Data
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)The purpose of this paper is to estimate patients’ and doctors’ responses to prices when making a choice between brand name products and generics. We account for the response of pharmacies to government regulation and to ... -
An evaluation of management training and coaching
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)PURPOSE: The focus of this paper is on management training and development. The purpose has been to address how coaching can be applied to learn about leadership tools and what effect this has on management behaviour and ... -
An examination of the personality constructs underlying dimensions of creative problem-solving style
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)This study investigated the personality facets that underpin the construct of problem solving style, particularly when approaching more creative kinds of problem solving. Cattell’s Sixteen Personality Factors Questionnaire ... -
An Explanation of Negative Swap Spreads: Demand for Duration from Underfunded Pension Plans
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)The 30‐year U.S. swap spreads have been negative since September 2008. We offer a novel explanation for this persistent anomaly. Through an illustrative model, we show that underfunded pension plans optimally use swaps for ... -
An Extended Method to Measure Overall Consumer Satisfactionwith Packaging
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)There are several reasons why people find it troublesome to use and handle consumer packages. A test method for evaluating the ease of opening of such packages was presented in the “Technical Specification” (TS) [1]. The ... -
An innovation success: but who gets the revenues? Opera software in Nigeria
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)The case giving the base for this article is a very rich network case, i.e. it describes the importance and the function of direct connections for a business highly embedded into a business environment. All the important ... -
An Innovative Approach to Employee Participation in a Norwegian Retail Chain
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2010)The paper discusses practical experiences with establishing conditions for employee participation on retailing. Social dialogue and human resource management perspectives frame the discussion. These are two different systems ...