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Futures market hedging efficiency in a new futures exchange: Effects of trade partner diversification
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-12)This paper uses transaction data to examine hedging efficiency in a new futures exchange; the Fish Pool salmon futures exchange in Norway. The paper utilizes data on firm level exporter/importer transaction prices to ... -
Dependence of Profitability on Time, Sector & Region across Aquaculture Value Chains in Norway
(Masteroppgave/UIS-HHUiS/2019;, Master thesis, 2019-07-08)About 71% of earth is covered in water and 96.5% of this water is held by the oceans. (USGS, 2019). However, according to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) estimates that only about 2% of this ... -
Hva gjør at en jobb oppleves som en bullshit job?
(Masteroppgave/UIS-HH/2019;, Master thesis, 2019-07-28)David Graeber hevder at majoriteten av dagens arbeidsmarked er preget av meningsløse bullshit jobs. I hvor stor grad samfunnet består av disse har vært et hett diskusjonstema de siste årene, spesielt med tanke på at det ... -
Evidence for essential unidimensionality of AUDIT and measurement invariance across gender, age and education. Results from the WIRUS study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-09)Globally, alcohol use is among the most important risk factors related to burden of disease, and commonly emerges among the ten most important factors. Also, alcohol use disorders are major contributors to global burden ... -
Divergent Organizational Change in Hospitals: Exploring how hospital leaders and employees can contribute to successful outcomes.
(PhD thesis UiS;492, Doctoral thesis, 2020-02)This thesis consists of three papers that aim to increase our understanding of how divergent changes to organizational structures and management systems in hospitals may be handled by leaders and employees in order to ... -
Learning through urban labour pools: Collected worker experiences and innovation in services
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-11)Knowledge-intensive services firms (KIS) depend on the skills and networks of employees, and tend to cluster in large-city regions. This raises the fundamental question of whether KIS ‘learn through urban labour pools’ in ... -
Where do we go from here? The future of B2B governance research.
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-02)Purpose This paper aims to identify promising areas for future business to business (B2B) governance research. Design/methodology/approach This paper uses a theoretical approach. Findings Most governance research in marketing ... -
Områdesamarbeid i norsk havbruk
(Nofima rapportserie;, Research report, 2019-11)Rapporten beskriver funn fra områdesamarbeid i norsk havbruk i FHF-prosjektet "Havbruksforvaltning 2030". I denne studien er områdesamarbeid definert som "Samarbeid mellom to eller flere næringsaktører i havbruk innenfor ... -
A model system to evaluate the economic performance of two different dietary feeding strategies in farmed Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.)
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-07)This paper evaluates the feed cost differences in salmon farming based on two energy dense feed strategies: one resembles the industrial preference of using high-fat diets (LP:low protein-to-lipid ratio) whereas in the ... -
Responsible for responsibility? A study of digital e-health startups
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-09)Responsible innovation (RI) has received increased attention from policymakers and academics as a solution to grand challenges and is viewed as the main driver for innovation. The United Nations has suggested 17 Sustainable ... -
Learning through urban labour pools: Collected worker experiences and innovation in services
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-07)Knowledge-intensive services firms (KIS) depend on the skills and networks of employees, and tend to cluster in large-city regions. This raises the fundamental question of whether KIS ‘learn through urban labour pools’ in ... -
Eco-labels and product longevity: The case of whitefish in UK grocery retailing
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-08)In recent years, eco-labeling has become an increasingly used tool to signal sustainable sourcing of (sea-) food. While the literature has focused on price premiums associated with the labels, it is noted in this paper ... -
The Forward Premium in the Nord Pool Power Market
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-03)This article investigates the forward premium of futures contracts in the Nordic power market for the time period from January 2004 to December 2013. We find that futures prices are biased predictors of the subsequent spot ... -
Contextualizing the role of universities to regional development: introduction to the special issue
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-03)Universities are increasingly expected to provide contributions to regional innovation and economic development processes. Despite much work on how universities can contribute to regional growth processes, there is much ... -
Job displacement and crime: Evidence from Norwegian register data
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-10)We estimate the job displacement effect on criminal behavior for young adult Norwegian men separated from their plant of employment during a mass layoff. Displaced workers experience a 20 percent increase in criminal charge ... -
Forventningsgapene knyttet til revisors fastsettelse av vesentlighetsgrensen
(Masteroppgave/UIS-HH/2019;, Master thesis, 2019-06)Formålet med denne oppgaven har vært å undersøke hvilken kjennskap brukerne og regnskapsførerne har til vesentlighetsgrensen, for å studere om det foreligger et gap mellom deres forventning til revisors fastsatte ... -
Goodwill Impairment, Earnings Management, and Law System. The influence of earnings management and law system on goodwill impairment
(Masteroppgave/UIS-HH/2019;, Master thesis, 2019-06)This study is conducted in order to investigate the impact that the quality of a national legal system has on accounting/business decisions and to better understand the management’s opportunistic behaviors. The research ... -
Verdivurdering av Jotun AS
(Masteroppgave/UIS-HH/2019;, Master thesis, 2019-06)Formålet med oppgaven er å gjennomføre en verdivurdering for å identifisere egenkapitalverdien til Jotunkonsernet per 31.12.2018. Fundamental verdivurdering er benyttet som hovedteknikk med komparativ verdivurdering som ... -
Verdsettelse av XXL ASA
(Masteroppgave/UIS-HH/2019;, Master thesis, 2019-06-17)Sammendrag Formålet med denne oppgaven er å estimere egenkapitalstørrelsen, herunder pris pr. aksje i XXL ASA, pr. verdsettelsesdato 31.12.18. Vi har benyttet oss av fundamental verdsettelse som hovedteknikk og supplert ... -
Størrelse og lønnsomhet i fiskeflåten i Norge
(Masteroppgave/UIS-HH/2019;, Master thesis, 2019-06-17)Selskap i markedsøkonomien varierer i størrelse, lønnsomhet, og overlevelse. Hva er faktorene som avgjør disse observerte variablene? Hvordan virksomheten driver har alltid vært et populært tema for forskning i privat og ...
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