Browsing Faculty of Social Sciences by Subject "economics"

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    • A Guide to a supplier development program for developing countries in Africa, with oil and gas resources 

      Ohrstrand, Therese; Hodne, Stina (Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-HH/2015;, Master thesis, 2015-06-11)
      In this thesis, we will create a guide to a supplier development program (SDP) for developing countries in Africa with oil and gas resources, and look at various participants’ incentives and contributions. Many African ...

    • Increasing sales by reducing procrastination 

      Gjedrem, William Gilje (Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-HH/2012;, Master thesis, 2012)
      In this paper I analyze whether an intervention program increases productivity and sales, by reducing potential procrastination problems that employees face at work. The intervention was introduced to stores in a large ...

    • Investment and revenue cap under incentive regulation: The case study of the Norwegian electricity distributors 

      Zhang, Dengjun; Xie, Jinghua (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-11)
      Electricity distribution operators are regulated as monopolies around the world. Incentive regulation is further applied to relate their allowed revenues (revenue cap) to cost efficiency and investment. Incentive regulation ...

    • Migration and intergroup conflict 

      Hausken, Kjell (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2000-12)
      Two groups in conflict produce and appropriate internally generated consumable output in a two-stage game assuming equal within-group sharing and endogenous group sizes. It is shown how agents leave groups with high ...

    • Production, safety, fighting, and risk 

      Hausken, Kjell (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)
      Two agents make a trade off between production and safety investment, fighting for joint production. Ceteris paribus, if agent 1 has a higher unit cost of production, lower emphasis on safety causes more fighting and higher ...

    • The demand for education in Norway: An empirical analysis of education expenditures 

      Tytingvåg, Sindre (Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-HH/2015;, Master thesis, 2015-06-15)
      The complex development of a country’s economic situation with various components affecting it in many different ways may lead to important changes as a result of a shift in one or more important factors. Allocation of ...