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Do international non governmental organizations have a corporate social responsibility?
(Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-IMKS/2011;, Master thesis, 2011)The assumption that International Non Governmental Organizations (INGOs) are actors without social, economic, or political impact is becoming increasingly untenable. With an average of 270 million people affected by natural ... -
Do Investors Value Green Initiatives? A Study of the ISO 14001 Certification and the Issuance of Green Bonds
(Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-HH/2016;, Master thesis, 2016-06)The aim of this thesis is to explain the impact on stock prices for publicly traded firms from certifying to the ISO 14001 standard. Through the event study methodology, we study 28 firms listed in Norway or Sweden who ... -
Do low-quality leader-member relationships matter for subordinates? Evidence from three samples on the validity of the Norwegian LMX scale
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-06)Theories on the relations between leaders and subordinates have been of interest to researchers for decades; however, these theories have received less attention in the Nordic countries. The aim of this study is twofold: ... -
Do National Development Factors Affect Cryptocurrency Adoption?
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)The adoption of cryptocurrencies is uneven across businesses, industries, and countries. Different forces drive cryptocurrency adoption (CA) dependent on the national level of development. We empirically assess the ... -
Do political risks harm development of oil fields?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-01-11)We examine the impact of political risks and financial development on investments in the petroleum industry utilizing a unique dataset of investments in individual oil and gas fields around the world. We find that the ... -
Do President Trump's tweets affect financial markets?
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-08)Frequent tweets of the former president of the United States, Donald Trump, provide a unique opportunity to study how financial markets respond to his statements. To do this, we utilize a precise timestamp of each tweet ... -
Do private investors understand diversification, and do they take advantage of diversification benefits in practice?
(Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-HH/2011;, Master thesis, 2011)We found our Master thesis to be the optimal opportunity to examine the important phenomenon of diversification, but from a different angle than what earlier researchers have done. Diversification is a useful technique for ... -
Do procrastination, self-control biases and social security payment has an effect on pension savings?
(Master thesis, 2023)This thesis will identify the similarities and differences between the United States and Norway retirement savings. The thesis also seeks to answer whether self-control, procrastination behavior biases, and expectations ... -
Do public comments matter? Exploring narrow openings in closed policy subsystems: Nuclear waste governance in St. Louis Superfund sites
(Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-IMS/2020;, Master thesis, 2020-08)The St. Louis region was home to the earliest large-scale processing of uranium for the U.S. nuclear weapons program and is facing ongoing efforts to clean up the resulting waste under the Superfund contaminated site ... -
Do school libraries in Norwegian primary schools facilitate increased reading proficiency in the EFL Classroom?
(Master thesis, 2023)Abstract This study aims to investigate whether school libraries in Norwegian primary schools facilitate reading in the EFL classroom. In recent years, digital tools in Norwegian schools have becoming increasingly popular, ... -
Do scientific capabilities in specific domains matter for technological diversification in European regions?
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Do scientific capabilities in regions translate into technological leadership? This is one of the most pressing questions in academic and policy circles. This paper analyzes the matching of scientific and technological ... -
Do SRI investors consider the ESG effects in their investments?
(Masteroppgave/UIS-HH/2019;, Master thesis, 2019-07)In this master thesis we explore the relationship between morally driven companies and their financial returns. To assess the morality of the company, we have used scores based on a company’s environmental, social and ... -
Do synthesis centers synthesize? A semantic analysis of topical diversity in research
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-09)Synthesis centers are a form of scientific organization that catalyzes and supports research that integrates diverse theories, methods and data across spatial or temporal scales to increase the generality, parsimony, ... -
Do Teachers Matter? Students’ Perceptions of Classroom Interactions and Student Engagement
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)The current study examined the associations between students’ perceptions of classroom interactions and students’emotional and behavioral engagement. Given the nested structure of the data, multilevel analyses were employed ... -
Do we need the "laws" of filmmakingnto craft a good film.
(Bachelor thesis, 2022)This paper takes a look at "STAY", "Lost Highway", and my own film"FILM". It analyses how they have broken the "laws" of filmmaking, and what effect that has had on the films. -
Do we need the users' voice? : An empirical research example comparing views of service providers and ex-prisoners : Implications for practice
(Chapter, 2021)User involvement in service development is seen as important to the credibility of these interventions but involving prisoners or ex-prisoners in this process can be problematic because of the vulnerability of this group ... -
Do You Get the Picture? A Meta-Analysis of the Effect of Graphics on Reading Comprehension
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-01)Although convergent research demonstrates that well-designed graphics can facilitate readers’ understanding of text, there are select situations where graphics have been shown to have no effect on learners’ overall text ... -
Do you read me? Associations between perceived teacher emotional support, reader self‑concept, and reading achievement
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)The aim of the current study was to examine the associations among perceived teacher emotional support, reader self-concept, and reading achievement in a sample of children (n = 2888) at the end of first grade. Structural ... -
Doctoral graduates’ transition to industry: networks as a mechanism? Cases from Norway, Sweden and the UK
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-04)Increased public investment in PhD education to drive innovation has led to a recent rapid growth in the number of PhD graduates. Academic labour markets have not developed at the same pace. An ever-larger share of the ... -
Document Verification System on iOS with Face ID/Touch ID
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-ISØP/2019;, Master thesis, 2019-06-15)The level of digitalization in today’s society has contributed to both the private and public sector in several ways. Modern technologies allow for automated processes, electronic communication, cloud storage, and much ...