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The effect of market fear on mutual fund performance
(Master thesis, 2023)This study investigates the impact of market fear on mutual fund performance by analyzing a dataset of Norwegian funds spanning from 2000 to 2022. Our research reveals that mutual funds tend to underperform during periods ... -
The Impact of Abnormal Accruals on Earnings Surprise and the Performance of Firms Listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange
(Master thesis, 2023)This study examines the effect of abnormal accruals on market valuation of earnings surprises and the reversal implications of abnormal working capital accruals for firms listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange. We hypothesize ... -
Unveiling the Dynamics of Stock Illiquidity: Exploring Key Stock Characteristics and their Significance
(Master thesis, 2023)This paper explores the use of machine learning models to predict what characteristics affect illiquidity in stocks using historical data. The paper uses thirteen different regressions, exploring the effects of 43 ... -
Forskningsfronten på megaprosjekter: Hvor står vi?
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The consumption expenditure response to unemployment: Evidence from Norwegian households
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)This paper examines heterogeneity in household income and consumption responses to unemployment, using granular administrative tax data from Norway. On average, unemployment results in a significant, lasting income reduction, ... -
Measurement and Evaluation in the Digital Age: Challenges and Opportunities for Corporate Communication
(Chapter, 2023)Digital technologies offer significant advances for the measurement and evaluation (M&E) of corporate communication, as they allow for real time and automated data collection and anal-ysis and bring new predictive capabilities. ... -
Measurement and Evaluation: Framework, Methods, and Critique
(Chapter, 2022)Measurement and evaluation (M&E) is the cornerstone of strategic communication: Whether and how the purposeful use of communication contributes to realizing the mission, strategy or particular objectives of an organization, ... -
Entrepreneurial identity and response strategies in the informal economy
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)While entrepreneurs generally confront many challenges in running their businesses, those in the informal economy must do so in a state of constant environmental change outside the boundaries and support of formal institutions. ... -
Modeling Corporate CDS Spreads Using Markov Switching Regressions
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)This paper investigates the determinants of the European iTraxx corporate CDS index considering a large set of explanatory variables within a Markov switching model framework. The influence of financial and economic variables ... -
Virtual team-cooperation from home-office: a quantitative diary study of the impact of daily transformational- and passive-avoidant leadership – and the moderating role of task interdependence
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)During the Covid-19 pandemic, most of the workforce moved from office setting to home-office and virtual teamwork. Whereas the relationship between leadership and team cooperation in physical settings is well documented – ... -
The role of parents, teachers, and pupils in IQ test scores: Correlates of the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) from 74 countries
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)This study reports the associations between the intelligence of over half a million 15-year-olds in 74 countries, assessed by the 2018 Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) and their socio-economic and ... -
Complexity and multinationals
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Research Summary The multinational corporation (MNC) is a typical example of a complex organization. In this essay, we employ an established body of literature on complexity in organizations to explore and discuss the ... -
Fully Autonomous Programming with Large Language Models
(Chapter, 2023)Current approaches to program synthesis with Large Language Models (LLMs) exhibit a “near miss syndrome”: they tend to generate programs that semantically resemble the correct answer (as measured by text similarity metrics ... -
What we do in the shadows – how expert workers reclaim control in digitalized and centralized organizations through ‘stealth work’
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Organizations often depend on experts to carry out complex tasks that require specialized or tacit knowledge. Yet, organizations often want to increase their control over how tasks are performed and thus reduce the autonomy ... -
The dynamics of union-management collaboration during postmerger integration
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Collaboration between unions and management may facilitate postmerger integration, however collaboration can also be time-consuming and challenging. Using a qualitative case study, we examined union–management collaboration ... -
Measuring individual differences in active smelling to evaluate products – The ENFAS-Instrument
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Consumers evaluate products with all their senses but exhibit considerable variability in the extent to which they actively use and rely on a specific sense. We know little about the variability in consumers’ propensity ... -
An Exploratory Literature Study on Sharing and Energy Use of Language Models for Source Code
(Chapter, 2023)Large language models trained on source code can support a variety of software development tasks, such as code recommendation and program repair. Large amounts of data for training such models benefit the models’ performance. ... -
Reference points in sequential bargaining: theory and experiment
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)We introduce loss aversion in an infinite-horizon, alternating-offers model. When outside options serve as reference points, the equilibrium of our model follows that of the standard Rubinstein bargaining model, i.e., ... -
Unlocking the potential: How can parcel lockers drive efficiency and environmental friendliness in E-commerce?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)This paper analyses the efficiency and carbon footprint of different last-mile delivery solutions, including parcel lockers, pick-up points, and home deliveries. A Decision Support Tool (DST) is developed, utilizing real ... -
Long-term post traumatic growth after moral-and victim-traumas among Norwegian UN military peacekeepers: the impact of emotional distress and leadership. Journal of Military Studies.
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)This study investigated the relationship between traumatic experiences during peacekeeping operations in Lebanon (UNIFIL) between 1978 – 1998 and post traumatic growth (PTG), recalled and measured 17-38 years after, in a ...