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    • Administrative Breakdown: Causal Attributions in Governmental Investigative Commission Reports 

      Koht, Harald (HiO-rapport;, Doctoral thesis, 2000)
      The dissertation analyzes public investigation reports from Norway and the United States in the 19th and 20th centuries using psychological attribution theory.

    • New Public Management in Latvia: Variations in Openness to Customer Requests in Public Agencies 

      Koht, Harald (Journal of Baltic Studies;Volume 34, 2003 - Issue 2, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2003)
      The transformation of public administration in Latvia represents a commitment to continuous modernization. New Public Management (NPM) has under different names, such as ”reinventing government” been proffered as an ...

    • Perspectives on the Public Sector and Social Policy for the 21st Century 

      Koht, Harald; Young, Lawrence (HiO-rapport;, Peer reviewed; Book, 2005)
      This book provides fourteen articles by Norwegian and Latvian social scientists and social workers. Six of the articles discuss matters within public policy and public administration. Themes in these articles include: ...

    • On the Differences between Lithuanian and Norwegian Models of Social Welfare Provision 

      Guogis, Arvydas; Koht, Harald (Conference object, 2007)
      The article compares the Norwegian and Lithuanian models of welfare state provision and seeks to identify factors that may influence the choice of a particular model. This paper offers an overview of social policy in Norway ...

    • Performance and governance in microfinance institutions 

      Strøm, Øystein; Mersland, Roy (Journal of Banking & Finance;33 (4), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2009-04)
      We examine the relationship between firm performance and corporate governance in microfinance institutions (MFI) using a self-constructed global dataset on MFIs collected from third-party rating agencies. Using random ...

    • Er kvinneandel viktig for kvinners medvirkning og innflytelse i styrer? 

      Elstad, Beate; Ladegård, Gro (Magma - Tidsskrift for økonomi og ledelse;6 (7), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2010)
      I denne artikkelen studerer vi kvinners deltakelse og innflytelse i norske styrer. Vi undersøker hvorvidt det enkelte kvinnelige styremedlems deltakelse og innflytelse har sammenheng med kvinneandelen ...

    • Investing in Human Resource Planning: An International Study 

      Døving, Erik; Nordhaug, Odd (Management Revue;21 (3), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2010)
      In this paper we study drivers of firms’ human resource planning practices. This is done by analyzing two central parts of personnel planning, formal HRM strategies and analyses of competence development needs. Data ...

    • Unemployment, public pensions and capital accumulation: Assessing growth effects of alternative funding strategies 

      Thøgersen, Joachim (Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics;166 (3), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2010)
      The paper develops an overlapping-generations model that interacts with a labor market characterized by equilibrium unemployment. This structure implies that young individuals can be in two different states, employed or ...

    • Microfinance mission drift? 

      Strøm, Øystein; Mersland, Roy (World Development;38 (1), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2010-01)
      Claims have been made that microfinance institutions (MFIs) experience mission drift as they increasingly cater to customers who are better off than their original customers. We investigate mission drift using average loan ...

    • Women on corporate boards: Key influencers or tokens? 

      Ladegård, Gro; Elstad, Beate (Journal of Management and Governance;Online first, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)
      This paper investigates how the increasing ratio of women directors on corporate boards is associated with decision-making dynamics, specifically the perceived participation and influence of the women on the board. We test ...

    • Lederlegitimitet i revisjonsbransjen 

      Døving, Erik; Stikholmen, Inge-Henning (Magma - tidsskrift for økonomi og ledelse;(1), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)
      Lederlegitimitet er den anerkjennelse medarbeideren tilfører lederen og kan blant annet være et resultat av lederens måte å lede på. Vi undersøker hvordan formalisering av ledelsesprosessen bidrar til å bygge opp eller ...

    • The impact of international influence on microbanks’ performance: A global survey 

      Mersland, Roy; Randøy, Trond; Strøm, Øystein (International Business Review; 20 (2), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011-04-02)
      Microbanks serve micro-enterprises and poor people with financial services. This study examines how various aspects of international influence affect microbanks’ financial and social performance. Grounded in agency theory ...

    • The energy intensity target in China's 11th Five-Year Plan period-Local implementation and achievements in Shanxi Province 

      Zhang, Daisheng; Aunan, Kristin; Seip, Hans Martin; Vennemo, Haakon (Energy Policy;39 (7), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011-05-07)
      Facing the mounting pressure on energy security and increasing environmental concerns about air pollution and climate change, the Chinese government set a mandatory goal of 20% reduction of energy intensity in its 11th ...

    • Mikrofinans : fra helt til kjeltring 

      Mersland, Roy; Strøm, Øystein (Magma;14 (5), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011-08)
      Motivert av den senere tids kritikk av mikrofinans, blant annet slik den fremkom i en dokumentar kalt «Fanget i mikrogjeld» som ble sendt på NRK i november 2010, undersøker vi i denne artikkelen hvorvidt mikrofinanstilbyderne ...

    • Kapitaldynamikk i en overlappende generasjonsmodell med et pay-as-yougo pensjonssystem 

      Thøgersen, Joachim (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)
      Denne artikkelen presenterer en OLG modell med et ikke-fondert pensjonssystem, der aktørene har perfekt fremsyn. Tiden antas å være diskret, og individene antas å leve i to perioder. Selv i en enkel versjon av et slikt ...

    • What determines leverage in Pakistan? A panel data analysis 

      Qureshi, Muhammad Azeem; Imdadullah, Muhammad; Ahsen, Tanveer (African Journal of Business Management;6(3), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)
      Most of the chemical sector firms in Pakistan have foreign ownership or collaboration with foreign companies. It may be hypothesized that the leverage behavior of such firms is likely to be in line with the results of ...

    • Et fleksibelt inflasjonsmål i endring 

      Thøgersen, Joachim (Magma;(4), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)
      Styringsrenten er en sentral makroøkonomisk variabel, og flere forhold påvirker utviklingen av denne. To sentrale faktorer er inflasjonen og konjunktursvingingene, målt i BNP. Da Norge innførte inflasjonsmål i 2001, ble ...

    • Stock prices’ variability around earnings announcement dates at Karachi Stock Exchange 

      Qureshi, Muhammad Azeem; Abdullah, Ali; Imdadullah, Muhammad (Economics Research International;2012, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)
      The purpose of this study is to investigate how earnings announcement event affects stock returns at Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE). For this purpose we use the KSE-100 Index as our sample. We use the CAR Analysis to analyze ...

    • Does diversification affect capital structure and profitability in Pakistan? 

      Qureshi, Muhammad Azeem; Akhtar, Waqas; Imdadullah, Muhammad (Asian Social Science;8(4), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)
      Diversification has become a common strategy of corporate risk management along with availing other potential benefits. The intent of this study is to identify and analyze the nature of relationship that exists between ...

    • Group dynamics and peer-tutoring: A pedagogical tool for learning in higher education 

      Qureshi, Muhammad Azeem; Stormyhr, Even Marius (International Education Studies;5(2), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)
      The increasing diversity in students’ enrolment in higher education in Norway offers an opportunity to use collaborative learning and teamwork as a learning vehicle to exploit the synergy in the community to have formal ...