Browsing UiS Brage by Subject "økonomi"
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Budgeting and alternative solutions in Archer - the well company
(Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-HH/2016;, Master thesis, 2016-05-20)This thesis is based on criticism against traditional budgeting and explores an alternative solution within the oil service company Archer. It is limited to theory from Beyond Budgeting and covers the Norwegian legal ... -
Building Organisational Readiness for Change - Leadership Implications
(Masteroppgave/UIS-HH/2020;, Master thesis, 2020-06-14)The purpose of this study is to investigate how organisations can build readiness for change, and whether the practise of leadership affects this process in any way. Different factors affecting organisational readiness for ... -
Business Model Configuration in Financial Advisor Sector. The case of polish SME.
(Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-HH/2016;, Master thesis, 2016-06)This study examined a proper business model for financial advisor sector in polish SME. It analyzed the research question “How to build a proper business model for SME, operating in Polish Financial Advisor Sector?” and ... -
Buy versus Rent of cargo carrying units in the Wireline segment at Schlumberger Norway
(Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-HH/2016;, Master thesis, 2016-07-13)In today's economy with dramatically low energy prices, it is extremely important to make all the processes efficient and lean inside an organization in order to eliminate unnecessary costs. Schlumberger supplies its ... -
Bør sentralbanken ta mer hensyn til boligprisene? En studie av det norske boligmarkedet.
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Børsnoteringer og påfølgende kursstabilisering
(Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-HH/2011;, Master thesis, 2011)Kursstabilisering innebærer transaksjoner som har som formål å påvirke markedsprisen på finansielle instrumenter i bestemte situasjoner, med dette for å begrense prisvolatilitet og andre signifikante kursfall, som ikke kan ... -
Can a Nudge Perform a Miracle? A quasi-experimental field study on employees’ stated and revealed preferences towards plastic recycling at Haukeland university hospital
(Masteroppgave/UIS-HH/2019;, Master thesis, 2019-06-15)Plastic pollution has become a major global problem and recycling is one step to take to solve the issue. A lot of research on nudge theory have focused on consumers, but very few have investigated the effect of nudges on ... -
Can mutual fund managers beat the market?
(Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-HH/2011;, Master thesis, 2011)The purpose of this thesis is to analyze and understand whether fund managers have superior abilities when it comes to investing and managing capital in the stock market. The analysis is conducted on the basis of 55 Norwegian ... -
Can social comparison feedback affect indicators of eco-friendly travel choices? Insights from two online experiments
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-01)Two online experiments explored the effects of social comparison feedback on indicators of eco-friendly travel choices. It was tested whether the chosen indicators are sensitive to the information conveyed, and if this ... -
Can technical trading strategies in the European natural gas market outperform a buy and hold strategy?
(Masteroppgave/UIS-HH/2019;, Master thesis, 2019-06-16)Technical analysis is the study of past market history to determine future direction and is a common tool for investors to include in a strategy when trading stocks, futures, and other financial assets. Studies have shown ... -
Can uncertainty predict stock markets? A cross country analysis.
(Masteroppgave/UIS-HH/2019;, Master thesis, 2019-07-15)Economic intuition suggests that uncertainty could predict stock markets. We consider two uncertainty measures: implied volatility and economic policy uncertainty (EPU). It is wellknown implied volatility is negatively ... -
Can urban farming in southwestern Norway be profitable?
(Masteroppgave/UIS-HH/2019;, Master thesis, 2019-06)Abstract: Commercial urban farming is a common phenomenon in developed countries, and urban actors find numerous ways to utilize vacant land for food-production purposes. One of the limitations of farming in urban ... -
Capacity utilization under credit constraints: A firm-level study of Latin American manufacturing
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-08)In developing countries, the credit market usually is underdeveloped. Low access to credit affects firms' production decisions and restrains them from optimizing inputs to achieve the maximum output. This article examines ... -
Capturing and identifying Customer Value in a B2B environment: A case from Norwegian Oil and Gas Asset Integrity Service Providers
(Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-HH/2017;, Master thesis, 2017-05-22)Without suitable business model and strategies, companies have tough time surviving and sustaining in any market. Customer value is a corner stone in most businesses. Customer needs are dynamic, changing from time to time ... -
A case study of the expectations for public procurement and the relationship between price and quality
(Masteroppgave/UIS-HH/2020;, Master thesis, 2020-04)The government spends 500 billion NOK on Public procurement each year. This amounts to 16 % of the total gross revenue. Both the government and the public have great focus on this money to be spent in an economically ... -
A case study of the expectations for public procurement and the relationship between price and quality
(Masteroppgave/UIS-HH/2020;, Master thesis, 2020-09)The government spends 500 billion NOK on Public procurement each year. This amounts to 16 % of the total gross revenue. Both the government and the public have great focus on this money to be spent in an economically ... -
Catch, Stock Elasticity, and an Implicit Index of Fishing Effort
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013-12)Economists are interested in the relationship between fishing effort and stock size, and the impact on catch levels. The interest lies in the stock elasticity where it is thought that for pelagic fish species it is close ... -
Certify or not? The effect of the MSC certification on the ex-vessel prices for Atlantic cod in Norway
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023-07)There is strong evidence that ecolabeled seafood commands a price premium in the retail market in Northern European countries. At the same time, there is significant uncertainty as to whether these markups are passed on ... -
Change readiness: Trust in change agents and its influence on the five change beliefs
(Masteroppgave/UIS-HH/2020;, Master thesis, 2020-06-22)This dissertation has examined the topics of change readiness and trust in change agents. The purpose of the dissertation was to examine how the five change beliefs and trust in change agents work together to create readiness ... -
Charting the path toward a greener world: A review of facilitating and inhibiting factors for carbon neutrality
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)The carbon neutrality (CN) literature has witnessed a mushrooming growth but also limited attempts to systematize the mass of evidence running in multiple directions. The consequent accumulation of fragmented insights can ...