Department of Economics and Business Administration: Recent submissions
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Open innovation at the root of entrepreneurial strategy: A case from the Norwegian oil industry
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013-04)This article aims to extend the discussion about entrepreneurial strategies of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) by including the concept of open innovation. How can SMEs overcome the challenges of resource scarcity ... -
Innovation, Space, and Diversity
(PhD thesis UiS;327, Doctoral thesis, 2017-01-20)Background This PhD thesis aims at combining different perspectives from the literature on organizational theory, innovation, and economic geography and addresses how firms1 communicate and connect within the contexts ... -
Informational cascades, herding bias, and food taste evaluations
(Journal article, 2013-12)Herding behavior is observed when consumers simply replicate the behavior of others instead of making their own elaborate decision. This study contains two experiments in which participants are asked to evaluate how good ... -
Women-owned family businesses in transitional economies: key influences on firm innovativeness and sustainability
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014-03)This research presents an examination of familial influence on strategic entrepreneurial behaviors within a transitional economic context. Utilizing a large sample of women-led family businesses, the study investigates the ... -
Organizing product innovation: hierarchy, market or triple-helix networks?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014-10)This paper assesses the extent to which the organization of the innovation effort in firms, as well as the geographical scale at which this effort is pursued, affects the capacity to benefit from product innovations. Three ... -
Vertical integration and value-relevance: Empirical evidence from oil and gas producers
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016-12)Oil and gas exploration companies (E and Ps) exhibit large variations in earnings due to volatile oil and gas prices. Furthermore, their primary asset, oil and gas reserves, is accumulated through highly risky exploration ... -
Who’s a major? A novel approach to peer group selection: Empirical evidence from oil and gas companies
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016-12)This study presents a novel approach to selecting comparable companies in equity valuation. While valuation multiples is probably the most common valuation method in practice, discounted cash flow and residual income ... -
Foreign workers and international partners as channels to international markets in core, intermediate and peripheral regions
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016-11)Past contributions stress that international ties in the form of foreign workers and international collaboration enable firms to be present in international markets by providing access to diverse knowledge, and professional ... -
Feedback and Performance: Experiments in Behavioral Economics
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Firm Size, Commodity Price, and Interdependence Between Firm-Level stock prices
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016-08)This study aims to investigate the interdependence between stock prices of salmon firms listed at Oslo Stock Exchange and to evaluate how this correlation is affected by firm size and salmon commodity price. Technically, ... -
HRM-politikk og lean i en endringsprosess
(Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-HH/2014;, Master thesis, 2014-10)Oppgaven analyserer hvordanTine Meieriet Jæren har brukt HRM-politikk og lean-konsept i en krevende igangsettingsfase av nytt meieri. Det nye meieriet ble planlagt for å erstatte fire mindre meierier på Jæren. Anlegget ... -
Effekten av prisen null: Et laboratoriumeksperiment
(Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-HH/2016;, Master thesis, 2016-06-14)Denne oppgaven skal undersøke om det er eksperimentelle bevis for at en prisnedgang til prisen null har en større etterspørselseffekt, enn etterspørselen i en tilsvarende prisnedgang til positive priser i Norge, ved bruk ... -
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 ... -
A qualitative study regarding the importance of marketing communication for international expansion among Norwegian entrepreneurial companies
(Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-HH/2016;, Master thesis, 2016-06)According to EU’s Innovation Union Scoreboard from 2015, Norway is a moderate innovator performing below the EU average for most dimensions and most indicators of innovation. Furthermore, according to research conducted ... -
Are fundamentals behind the price rise or speculative factors - if so, are there any portents of a housing bubble in Norway today?
(Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-HH/2016;, Master thesis, 2016-07)Norway has gone through a period of very high growth and skyrocketing housing prices. The run-up in housing prices has happened due to fundamental factors low unemployment, increasing population, disposable income, high ... -
Does a Change in Performance Pay have an Effect on Workers’ Productivity? - An empirical analysis of a change in performance pay in Company X.
(Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-HH/2016;, Master thesis, 2016-05)This thesis investigates whether a change in performance payment (PP) have an effect on workers’ productivity. During the period 2009 to 2015, dealer stores affiliated Company X experienced several PP changes. Some dealer ... -
Effektivitet i lederteam – en studie av hvordan mangfold påvirker
(Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-HH/2016;, Master thesis, 2016-06)Arbeidslivet i dag er stadig mer preget av kompleksitet og spesialisering, og det har blitt vanlig å organisere ledelse i lederteam for å oppnå best mulig resultater. Lederteam er ofte satt sammen av mennesker med ulike ... -
A Critical Assessment of Outsourcing in the Oil & Gas Industry
(Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-HH/2016;, Master thesis, 2016-05-20)Outsourcing is a well-debated phenomenon and it seems there is a quite common opinion for a company to be successful; it has to follow the trend of outsourcing. Outsourcing is something most industries practice, and certainly ... -
A comparision of employees’ perceived job situation among team members in virtual versus face-to-face teams
(Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-HH/2016;, Master thesis, 2016-05-17)The globalization and increased competition, in combination with pressure to quickly adapt and find good solutions in complex situations, has forced companies to change organizational structures. To organize in team, is ... -
Nedbemanning of survivor syndrome - En casestudie av Aker Solutions
(Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-HH/2016;, Master thesis, 2016-05-20)Bakgrunnen for denne masteroppgaven har vært å se på hvordan ansatte som er igjen i en bedrift blir påvirket av at kollegaer mister jobben. Gjennom samarbeid med Aker Solutions er det sett på om de overlevende blir rammet ...