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Suksessfaktorer ved outsourcing av regnskapstjenester: en kvantitativ tverrsnittstudie
(Master thesis, 2020)Jeg studerer suksessfaktorer ved outsourcing av regnskap og hvordan man kan oppnå bedre praksis i forhold til implementering av regnskapsoutsourcing. Analysen baserer seg på utvikling av en teoretisk modell for empirisk ... -
Superstjerner i næringslivet - Hvilke faktorer påvirker topplederlønninger i norske allmennaksjeselskaper?
(Master thesis, 2015)Denne oppgaven undersøker norske topplederlønninger for å forstå hvorfor vi også innenfor næringslivet kan observere «superstjerner» med lønn langt over gjennomsnittet. Basert på et datasett bestående av samtlige norske ... -
Supporting immigrants' political integration through discussion and debate in public libraries
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Using Habermas’ theory of the public sphere, this article examines the potential of conversation-based programming (e.g. conversation groups and language cafes) in public libraries to bring immigrant voices into the public ... -
Supporting integration through conversation-based programming at the public library: A study of the various elements affecting the outcome of conversation-based programs at public libraries in Oslo.
(Master thesis, 2020)Samtalebaserte program har økt i popularitet ved Deichman de siste årene. Tidligere har studier sett at programmene har potensiale for å øke sosial kapital, bedre integrasjon og redusere fordommer. De observerte fordelene ... -
Supportive Services for Digital Scholarly Editors in the National Library: A Marriage of Necessity or the Necessity of a Marriage?
(Master thesis, 2014)Due to the constantly evolving nature of digital scholarly editions, this user group has some unmet needs. A supportive service in a national library can help meet these needs since they are service-centered institution ... -
Supreme audit institutions in a high-impact context: A comparative analysis of performance audit in four Nordic countries
(Financial Accountability and Management;, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-01-14)This article analyses survey data regarding the impact of supreme audit institutions’ (SAIs) performance audit on public administration in four Nordic countries. Regression analysis with pooled data from Denmark, Finland, ... -
The Surface and the Soul: Purpose and Politics of the Terrorist Mugshot
(Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2017)When terror strikes, the terrorist is more often than not portrayed in a mugshot, an ID-like photograph with references to police mugshots as well as the passport ID. This has developed into the common iconography where ... -
Sustainability and the welfare state in Green parties’ manifestos: a comparative analysis
(Master thesis, 2023)Climate change and the environmental crisis required the international communities to take action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and move towards a low-carbon society. Nonetheless, carbon mitigation policies have ... -
Sustainability-Linked Bonds An Examination of Yield Differences Between Sustainability-Linked and Conventional Bonds
(Master thesis, 2023)This thesis explores sustainability-linked bonds (SLBs), a financial instrument that directly link coupon payments to a predefined sustainability performance target, resulting in a potential penalty if the target is not ... -
Sustainable Business in Norway: The Firm or the Industry Effect?
(Sustainability;Volume 12 Issue 8, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-04-17)Explaining sources of profitability has been a major research stream in corporate finance and strategic management literature for decades. However, we have limited understanding of the sources of variations in firm profitability, ... -
Svake sosiale relasjoner og problematferd. En studie av sammenhenger mellom problematferd, sosiale relasjoner og kjønn
(Master thesis, 2019)Denne masteroppgaven omhandler sammenhenger mellom sosiale relasjoner, problematferd og kjønn. Ungdommene i utvalget er vanlige norske ungdommer: noen av dem har utfordringer, mens andre ikke har det. Målet med oppgaven ... -
Swing options in commodity markets: A multidimensional Lévy diffusion model
(Mathematical Methods of Operations Research;79(1), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013-08-29)We study valuation of swing options on commodity markets when the commodity prices are driven by multiple factors. The factors are modeled as diffusion processes driven by a multidimensional Lévy process. We set up a ... -
Sykefravær og kvalitet ved sykehjem i Oslo kommune
(Master thesis, 2017)I denne studien undersøker vi sykefravær og objektiv kvalitet ved sykehjem i Oslo kommune i tidsperioden 2014-2016. Målet er å identifisere om sykefravær påvirker tjenestekvaliteten, og om det er statistisk signifikante ... -
Sykehusledelse Transformerende atferd?
(Master thesis, 2015)Tema for oppgaven er sykehusledelse, og det har de siste årene vært stort fokus på ledelsesfunksjonen ved norske sykehus. Betydningen av ledelsesfunksjonen forventes å øke betydelig i fremtiden. Sykehuset kan ifølge ... -
Sykehussosionomens praksis ved akutt og kritisk sykdom hos barn og unge – begrunnelser, grensearbeid og kompetanser
(OsloMet Avhandling;2023 nr 12, Doctoral thesis, 2023)Sykehussosionomen vil utgjøre en del av tverrprofesjonelt samarbeid rundt den enkelte pasient basert på en biopsykososial forståelse. Sykehussosionomer jobber innenfor en kontekst der akutte og kritiske medisinske ... -
A symbiotic relationship : Norwegian diplomacy and Norwegian journalism on war and peace in Guatemala
(Conflict & communication online;10 (1), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)Der Artikel beschäftigt sich mit der norwegischen Berichterstattung über den Bürgerkrieg in Guatemala und den Friedensprozess in der Zeit von 1990 bis 1997. Der Autor hat alle Dokumente im Archiv des norwegischen ... -
Synthesizing a Talking Child Avatar to Train Interviewers Working with Maltreated Children
(Big Data and Cognitive Computing;Volume 6 / Issue 2, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-06-01)When responding to allegations of child sexual, physical, and psychological abuse, Child Protection Service (CPS) workers and police personnel need to elicit detailed and accurate accounts of the abuse to assist in ... -
A system dynamics model of capital structure policy for firm value maximization
(Systems research and behavioral science;, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-07-16)The complexity surrounding the maximization of firm value agenda demands a comprehensive causal model that effectively embeds the intertwining relationships of the variables and the policies involved. System dynamics ... -
Systematic Evaluation of GPT-3 for Zero-Shot Personality Estimation
(ACL Anthology;, Chapter; Peer reviewed; Conference object, 2023)Very large language models (LLMs) perform extremely well on a spectrum of NLP tasks in a zero-shot setting. However, little is known about their performance on human-level NLP problems which rely on understanding psychological ...