UiS Business school: Recent submissions
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Impact of wind and solar production on electricity prices: Quantile regression approach
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-08)We study the impact of fuel prices, emission allowances, demand, past prices, wind and solar production on hourly day-ahead electricity prices in Germany over the period from January 2015 until June 2018. Working within a ... -
Blå Hav - En inntrenger i frukt og grønt markedet i Norge
(Masteroppgave/UIS-HH/2019;, Master thesis, 2019-06)Dagligvarehandelen i Norge domineres i dag av noen få store aktører som kontrollerer tilnærmet hele bransjen og verdikjeden. Verdikjeden består av et produksjonsledd, et grossistledd og et detaljistledd samtidig som at ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Innovation in Norwegian Law Firms
(Masteroppgave/UIS-HH/2019;, Master thesis, 2019-08-02)This thesis investigates innovation activities in Norwegian corporate law firms. The research is focused on law firms as knowledge intensive business services. Innovation in law firms is at a crossroads. Many law firms ... -
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 ... -
Bruk av kunstig intelligens i revisjonsbransjen
(Masteroppgave/UIS-HH/2019;, Master thesis, 2019-06)Revisjonsprosessen er under stor endring, hvor forskning innenfor temaet viser at revisjonsbransjen er moden for å ta i bruk nye teknologiske løsninger. Målet med forskningen er å bidra til å økt forståelse for hva som ... -
Verdsettelse av Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA
(Masteroppgave/UIS-HH/2019;, Master thesis, 2019-06)Denne masteroppgaven er en fundamental verdsettelse av Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA, heretter omtalt som Norwegian. Formålet med oppgaven er å estimere markedsverdien av Norwegian per 25.02.2019 med bakgrunn i selskapets ...