Blar i UiS Business school på emneord "økonomi"
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A Case Study of Toll Implementation in Northern Jæren
(Masteroppgave/UIS-HH/2019;, Master thesis, 2019-06-16)The purpose for this thesis is to elucidate on the effects of toll pricing schemes. The new toll implementation in Northern Jæren have been investigated to measure the effect cordon and peak-period pricing have on car use ... -
A case study: The evolution of the Norwegian subsea field development market
(Masteroppgave/UIS-HH/2018;, Master thesis, 2018-05-25)The Norwegian sector has from the 70’s been dominated by the major international oil companies. Statoil was modelled after these international giants with both upstream and downstream capability. The sector has matured and ... -
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 ... -
A quantitative analysis on the effect of firm and project characteristics in FHF funded R&D projects
(Master thesis, 2018-08-15)Spending more than 200 million NOK annually on innovative research and development projects, FHF is a primary provider of funds for projects in the seafood industry. Being entirely financed through a tax levied on all ... -
A study of the e-grocery market in the region of Stavanger
(Masteroppgave/UIS-HH/2018;, Master thesis, 2018-06-15)The recent years there have been an increased interest in ordering groceries online because people prefer easier alternatives. For the companies, the only activities that are added for operating an online store compared ... -
Acquiring Capital: How useful is crowdfunding as a tool for acquiring capital for early-stage companies and entrepreneurs?
(Masteroppgave/UIS-HH/2018;, Master thesis, 2018-06-14)Crowdfunding is a new and growing phenomenon within the field of economics. As a new relatively new method for raising funds, limited literature exist on the subject, and the underlying mechanisms and its impact on traditional ... -
An empirical analysis of Chinese foreign direct investment trends and determinants
(Masteroppgave/UIS-HH/2018;, Master thesis, 2018-06)To increase our knowledge on determinants of FDI, we will examine potential determinants for Chinese FDI and their choice of continents allocation by testing them against three theories: Dunning’s OLI paradigm, the new ... -
An evaluation of performance and levels of risk associated with investments in the cryptocurrency market
(Masteroppgave/UIS-HH/2019;, Master thesis, 2019-06-16)Bitcoin is a decentralized digital currency, invented by Satoshi Nakamoto in the wake of the financial crisis in 2008/09. Since then thousands of cryptocurrencies have been created. We evaluate Bitcoin along with Dash, ... -
An Event Study Into Dividend Payments and Possible Profitable Trading Strategies, in the Norwegian Stock Market
(Masteroppgave/UIS-HH/2018;, Master thesis, 2018-06-14)This Thesis contains a detailed event analysis where market efficiency in the event of dividend pay-outs in the Norwegian stock market is analysed. The event analysis uses two introduced main hypothesis’ in the form of ... -
An intervention to change and develop leaders’ Implicit Person Theory
(Masteroppgave/UIS-HH/2018;, Master thesis, 2018-06-15)This master thesis starts by presenting implicit person theories and discussing the differences between entity and incremental theories. Further, it demonstrates how IPT influences leaders’ performance. ... -
Aquaculture subsidies in the European Union: Evolution, impact and future potential for growth
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-06)Through its structural funds the European Union (EU) has invested €1.17 billion in the aquaculture sector over the period 2000–2014. In addition, the EU plans to spend a further €1.72 billion on the sector over the period ... -
Are the project success factors identified 30 years ago still valid today?
(Masteroppgave/UIS-HH/2019;, Master thesis, 2019-05)Organizations are becoming more project based than just a few decades ago and project management can be instrumental in helping organizations execute designated tasks effectively and efficiently. However, the use of project ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ...