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The Effects of Related and Unrelated Variety on Firm Performance in Norway

dc.contributor.advisorTveterås, Ragnar
dc.contributor.authorMatthes, Yves
dc.coverage.spatialNorwaynb_NO
dc.date.accessioned2019-09-26T08:20:21Z
dc.date.available2019-09-26T08:20:21Z
dc.date.issued2019-06-11
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11250/2618890
dc.descriptionMaster's thesis in Business Innovationnb_NO
dc.description.abstractThis Master thesis addresses the question whether the co-location of economic sectors increases firm performances in that region. The empirical study is based on the theoretical concepts of related and unrelated variety. Using a firm level panel data set covering more than 280.000 Norwegian enterprises and a time span of 10 years, I apply random and fixed effects models. The main finding is that related variety has a positive effect on regional firm performance. On the other hand, no evidence for an effect of unrelated variety can be found. Furthermore, different industrial sectors are compared, to show that the degree of variety has a differently strong effect on different industries.nb_NO
dc.language.isoengnb_NO
dc.publisherUniversity of Stavanger, Norwaynb_NO
dc.relation.ispartofseriesMasteroppgave/UIS-HH/2019;
dc.rightsNavngivelse 4.0 Internasjonal*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.no*
dc.subjectøkonominb_NO
dc.subjectadministrasjonnb_NO
dc.subjectinnovasjonnb_NO
dc.subjectinnovationnb_NO
dc.subjectregional economicsnb_NO
dc.titleThe Effects of Related and Unrelated Variety on Firm Performance in Norwaynb_NO
dc.typeMaster thesisnb_NO
dc.subject.nsiVDP::Social science: 200::Economics: 210::Business: 213nb_NO


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