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    • Budsjettdisiplin i sykehus : holdninger og handlingsintensjoner, lojalitet og forpliktelse 

      Rostrup, Eli (Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-IØL/2010;, Master thesis, 2010)
      Manglende budsjettdisiplin er en av de foreslåtte forklaringene til økonomiske utfordringer i sykehussektoren. Hensikten med denne studien er å belyse og forklare fenomenet budsjettdisiplin, forstått som evne og vilje ...

    • Business Model Configuration in Financial Advisor Sector. The case of polish SME. 

      Adome, Teja (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 

      Podlipaeva, Yulia (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. 

      Sjursen, Marie (Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-HH/2011;, Master thesis, 2011)

    • Børsnoteringer og påfølgende kursstabilisering 

      Ims, Lucas Alexander (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 mutual fund managers beat the market? 

      Gola, Catherine Anna (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 policy and financial risk predict stock markets? 

      Helseth, Marius Aleksander Emblem; Krakstad, Svein Olav; Molnar, Peter; Norlin, Karl-Martin (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Since higher risk should be rewarded with higher expected returns, more risky time periods are expected to predict rising stock markets. This paper focuses on implied volatility as a measure of financial risk and economic ...

    • Capturing and identifying Customer Value in a B2B environment: A case from Norwegian Oil and Gas Asset Integrity Service Providers 

      Raza, Jawad (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 ...

    • Catch, Stock Elasticity, and an Implicit Index of Fishing Effort 

      Ekerhovd, Nils-Arne; Gordon, Daniel (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 ...

    • Changes in health and health behavior associated with retirement 

      Syse, Astri; Veenstra, Marijke; Furunes, Trude; Mykletun, Reidar J.; Solem, Per Erik (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-12)
      Objectives: While poor health contributes to early work exits, it is less clear how early work exits affect health. This study therefore examines changes in health associated with retirement. Method: Survey data from ...

    • Climate change policies in Norway: preferences for plan A versus plan B 

      Risa, Arne Vidar; Gellein, Marie Larsen (Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-HH/2013;, Master thesis, 2013)
      This contingent valuation study provides rare willingness-to-pay (WTP) estimates for climate policies in Norway. The highly controversial topic climate change policy, associated with massive costs, emphasizes the importance ...

    • Co-creation and customer involvement in product development in the service industry. A case study of two service firms. 

      Olafsen, Ida Cecilie (Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-HH/2017;, Master thesis, 2017)
      Dagens bedrifter har måttet vri seg fra en produktsentrert tilnærming til en kundesentrert tilnærming (Coyles & Gokey, 2005). Kundene er hva bedriftene lever av og fokuset må dermed ligge på dem. For at kundene skal ønske ...

    • Connectedness of energy markets around the world during the COVID-19 pandemic 

      Akyildirim, Erdinc; Cepni, Oguzhan; Molnar, Peter; Uddin, Gazi Salah (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      This paper studies the connectedness among energy equity indices of oil-exporting and oil-importing countries around the world. For each country, we construct time-varying measures of how much shocks this country transmits ...

    • Consumption patterns for salmon and herring in Russia, with focus on factors influencing the total consumption frequency 

      Birkeland, Kjersti Sirnes (Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-IØL/2009, Master thesis, 2009)
      The thesis is a quantitative and descriptive study, aiming to increase the knowledge about consumption of salmon and herring in Moscow and St.Petersburg. Data collected for Norwegian Seafood Export Council (NSEC), have ...

    • Contagion during the financial crisis of 2007-2008 

      Wanigasuriya, Hemalee (Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-HH/2013;, Master thesis, 2013-07-14)
      The global financial crisis in recent times has created a deep appreciation for the strong connectivity between the world economies. First regarded as a domestic shock, the subprime mortgage crisis in the United States ...

    • Corporate identities behaviour under the larger merger 

      Frantzen, Anna (Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-HH/2014;, Master thesis, 2014-05-08)
      Under temavalget for oppgaven jeg har prøvd å satse på å jobbe med noe som ikke bare fanger min interesse, men er også høyt relevant for dagens trender i arbeidslivet. Da det er nettopp anvendelse av teori kunnskaper en ...

    • Corporate reputation in mergers and acquisitions 

      Brandtzæg, Emilie (Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-HH/2014;, Master thesis, 2014-06-15)
      The purpose of this master thesis is to uncover the role of corporate reputation as an intangible asset towards a sustainable competitive advantage in mergers and acquisitions. Identifying corporate reputation as an ...

    • Corporate Social Responsibility gjennom hundre år : en case studie av Lyse energi as 

      Vestvik, Ruth Vihovde (Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-IØL/2010;, Master thesis, 2010)
      Virksomheter i dag måles ikke bare etter deres økonomiske bunnlinje, men også etter deres opptreden i forhold til samfunnet. Virksomheters samfunnsansvar (Corporate Social Responsibility) er dermed et fenomen som har ...

    • Currency hedging for emerging market value portfolios 

      Bergesen, Ole; Bø-Rygg, Osmund (Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-HH/2013;, Master thesis, 2013-07-15)
      In this thesis we study currency hedging from the perspective of a developed market (DM) value investor who invests in emerging markets (EM). We construct emerging market equity portfolios sorted on P/E, P/B, and both ...

    • Currency hedging in the Norwegian seafood industry 

      Helland, Fredrik; Bjerkelund, Simen (Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-HH/2016;, Master thesis, 2016-06-14)
      This paper examines the effect of currency hedging on the financial results, stock prices and firm value on ten seafood companies listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange. Running Monte Carlo simulations on a firm’s financial ...