UiS Business school: Recent submissions
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Returns to migration after job loss—The importance of job match
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-03)Loss of specific human capital is often identified as a mechanism through which displaced workers might experience permanent drops in earnings after job loss. Research has shown that displaced workers who migrate out of ... -
Temporality of agency in regional development
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-07)The temporality of agency plays a fundamental role in regional development but has received little attention in economic geography and regional studies. This paper zooms in on two aspects of temporality: the temporality ... -
Past, present, and future of green product innovation
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-07)Firms are under constant pressure from various governmental and nongovernmental agencies to switch from conventional environmentally polluting products to green product innovations (GPIs). However, the relevant research ... -
External shocks and enterprises' dynamic capabilities in a time of regional distress
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-08)We study if dynamic capabilities alleviate enterprises' revenue losses after an external shock. Contextually, we study Norwegian enterprises before and after the price decline of crude oil in 2014, which strongly affected ... -
Commodity prices and robust environmental regulation: Evidence from deforestation in Brazil
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-04)Increasing international agricultural commodity prices create pressure on tropical forests. We study the effectiveness of three regulatory policies implemented by Brazil in reducing this pressure: blacklisting of municipalities, ... -
Store sales evaluation and prediction using spatial panel data models of sales components
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-05)This paper sets out a general framework for store sales evaluation and prediction. The sales of a retail chain with multiple stores are first decomposed into five components, and then each component is explained by store, ... -
Effort Provision in a Game of Luck
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-05)In some jobs, the correlation between effort and output is almost zero. For instance, money managers are primarily paid for luck. Using a controlled lab experiment, we examined under which conditions workers are willing ... -
Validation and Adjustment of the Patient Experience Questionnaire (PEQ): A Regional Hospital Study in Norway
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-07)This paper assesses the psychometric qualities of the Patient Experience Questionnaire (PEQ), thereby validating a patient-oriented measurement model in a hospital environment, and modifies the model based on empirical ... -
Serving the industry or undermining the regulatory system? The use of special purpose licenses in Norwegian salmon aquaculture
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-05)Aquaculture governance can be challenging as a number of stakeholders have different objectives and visions for the industry. A license is an important tool in ensuring an orderly development of an industry, providing ... -
Green process innovation: Where we are and where we are going
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-05)Environmental pollution has worsened in the past few decades, and increasing pressure is being put on firms by different regulatory bodies, customer groups, NGOs and other media outlets to adopt green process innovations ... -
Green apparel buying behaviour: A Stimulus–Organism–Behaviour–Consequence (SOBC) perspective on sustainability-oriented consumption in Japan
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-05)The green apparel literature has previously examined the disparity between consumers' positive purchase intentions and their actual purchase behaviour. This dichotomous behaviour represents the critical ‘intention–behaviour ... -
Does Assimilation Shape the Economic Value of Immigrant Diversity?
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-04)A growing literature has shown that greater diversity among immigrants offers material benefits in terms of higher wages and productivity. One limitation of existing work is that it has considered immigrants from a given ... -
Perish or prosper: Trade patterns for highly perishable seafood products
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-05)In recent years trade with highly perishable agricultural products like fresh fish, berries, and cut flowers has increased substantially. The perishability of these products appears to challenge conventional wisdom when ... -
Use of the Hospital Survey of Patient Safety Culture in Norwegian hospitals: A systematic review
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-06)This review aims to provide an overview of empirical studies using the HSOPSC in Norway and to develop recommendations for further research on patient safety culture. Oria, an online catalogue of scientific databases, was ... -
SkatteFUNN - En vurdering av statsstøtte til foretak i vansker
(Masteroppgave/UIS-HH/2020;, Master thesis, 2021-01)Etter gjeldende regelverk kan ikke foretak i vansker motta statsstøtte, og de er dermed ekskludert fra å delta i SkatteFUNN-ordningen. Det er fordi staten ikke skal kunne redde selskap som ikke er konkurransedyktige fra ... -
Extended valence theory perspective on consumers' e-waste recycling intentions in Japan
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-05)The gravity of the electronic waste (e-waste) crisis can be attributed to consumers' low participation in ensuring the proper disposal of such materials. Motivating consumers to recycle e-waste requires a deeper understanding ... -
Does enterprise social media use promote employee creativity and well-being?
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-04)Despite the increased use of Enterprise Social Media (ESM) worldwide, its adverse impact on firms’ employees, such as exhaustion, has not been researched sufficiently. This is a critical gap in the literature since employees’ ... -
Fishing methods for Atlantic cod and haddock: Quality and price versus costs
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-10)This study explores trade-offs between fish quality, fishing efficiency, costs and profitability across three different vessel groups in the Norwegian groundfish fishery, that is, vessels fishing with bottom trawls, longlines ... -
Doctoral graduates’ transition to industry: networks as a mechanism? Cases from Norway, Sweden and the UK
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-04)Increased public investment in PhD education to drive innovation has led to a recent rapid growth in the number of PhD graduates. Academic labour markets have not developed at the same pace. An ever-larger share of the ... -
Competition in a fish auction: The case of Atlantic cod in Northern Norway
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-11)This study investigates the role of bidder numbers in fish auctions, a neglected area of past research and one that is of key importance for optimal use of limited marine resources. The study of a Norwegian auction for ...