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Assessing Consumer Preferences for Circularity in Mobile Phones: A Discrete Choice Experiment with Attribute Framing
(Master thesis, 2023)Although much research has been done on the circular economy, only a few studies have utilized discrete choice experiments to estimate consumers’ preferences toward circularity in their purchase decisions. I employ a ... -
Assessing press releases as a data source for spatial research
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Describing the distribution and development of socio-economic activities in space is frequently limited due to data availability, as official statistical data sources are often restricted to specific topics and geographical ... -
Assessing the influence of additive manufacturing and digital inventories on an Oil & Gas company's inventory management strategy
(Master thesis, 2023)The oil and gas (O&G) industry is increasingly considering using additive manufactured (AM) for spare part management. As O&G companies seek to align their inventory management (IM) strategies, adopting digital inventories ... -
Asset creation team rationalities and strategic discourses: Evidences from India
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)External stakeholder management is important for managing an infrastructure asset throughout its life cycle. There is a dearth of research exploring the asset creation team’s rationalities invoking the strategies used for ... -
Attention to oil prices and its impact on the oil, gold and stock markets and their covariance
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)This paper studies the impact of investor attention to oil prices on returns, volatility, and covariances of three exchange traded funds representing oil, gold, and the stock market. For this purpose, we suggest a new ... -
Attitudes towards organic food and local food in Norway: A comparison of preferences
(Masteroppgave/UIS-HH/2020;, Master thesis, 2020-07)The main purpose of this study is to establish which attitudes that affect Norwegian consumers’ preferences for organic food and for local food. Throughout an extensive review on previous literature we found that preferences ... -
Attribute non-attendance in environmental discrete choice experiments: The impact of including an employment attribute
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-07)This paper utilizes data from a split-sample discrete choice experiment to investigate the impact of including an employment attribute on stated preferences for protecting the coastal zone of Arctic Norway. The econometric ... -
Auction versus direct sale: the effect of buyers and sellers on prices
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-11-27)This study examines the question of selling agricultural commodities by auction or directly. Hedonic price analysis using transaction data from the sale of frozen cod in Norway shows that buyer–seller matches explain 32.4 ... -
Audit Data Analytics in Norway: A Qualitative Study of Audit Practices
(Master thesis, 2021)This thesis explores the use and application of audit data analytics (ADA) in contemporary audit engagements. Our findings are derived from qualitative research methods based on semi-structured interviews with a small ... -
Audit Data Analytics in Norway: A Qualitative Study of Audit Practices
(Master thesis, 2021)This thesis explores the use and application of audit data analytics (ADA) in contemporary audit engagements. Our findings are derived from qualitative research methods based on semi-structured interviews with a small ... -
Auksjon eller kontrakt? Råfisklagets omsetning av fryst hvitfisk
(Nofima rapportserie;, Research report, 2019-06)Denne rapporten presenterer resultater fra analyse av Råfisklagets omsetning av ombordfryst torsk, hyse og sei for perioden 2009–2017. Resultatene viser at omsetning gjennom auksjon går ned og at salg på kontrakt øker. I ... -
Authoritarianism, Populism, and the Global Retreat of Democracy: A Curated Discussion
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)To the surprise of many in the West, the fall of the USSR in 1991 did not lead to the adoption of liberal democratic government around the world and the much anticipated “end of history.” In fact, authoritarianism has made ... -
Backsourcing- bevege seg fremover ved å gå bakover?
(Masteroppgave/UIS-HH/2018;, Master thesis, 2018-05)Backsourcing som tema debatteres ofte både i en politisk og økonomisk kontekst, og spesielt etter den globale finanskrisen de siste år hvor det har blitt et større fokus på å forsøke å beholde arbeidsplasser i sitt ... -
Balanced Scorecards: A Relational Contract Approach
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Reward systems based on balanced scorecards often connect pay to an index, i.e. a weighted sum of multiple performance measures. We show that such an index contract may indeed be optimal if performance measures are ... -
The balancing act: How do moral norms and anticipated pride drive food waste/reduction behaviour?
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Food waste is a serious problem that impacts the environment and sustainability by increasing greenhouse gas emissions from landfills. Food waste also represents a social challenge because it raises serious concerns about ... -
Beating the Casino: Conceptualizing an Anchoring-based Third Route to Regional Development
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)The development of new industries in peripheral regions has gained renewed attention recently. Yet, the processes through which peripheral regions can mobilize external resources and capabilities, and turn them into locally ... -
Bedre internkontroll bak bardisken Better internal control behind the bar counter
(Master thesis, 2022)Utelivsbransjen er en bransje med mangfold, høyt tempo og små marginer. Det er enkelt å tre inn i bransjen, men veien ut kan være like kort. Stadig strengere restriksjoner og krav fra myndighetene påfører en presset bransje ... -
Behandling av helseopplysninger i helse- og omsorgssektoren – hva anses som «nødvendig» etter GDPR art. 9 nr. 2 bokstav h?
(Master thesis, 2023)«Nødvendig» er et begrep som går igjen i personvernlovgivningen. Nødvendighetsvurderingen er helt grunnleggende for å fastsette forholdsmessigheten av databehandlingen, samt for å overholde prinsippet om dataminimering, ... -
Beliefs about learning : Social background, gender, and classroom environment
(PhD thesis UiS;, Doctoral thesis, 2023)Background: Increasing students’ learning and their completion of high school has been a policy challenge for many years. This thesis investigates how the psychological mechanism of growth mindset is related to educational ...