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Commodity prices and market institutions in Ethiopia
(PhD Thesis;2010:14, Doctoral thesis, 2010)This PhD Thesis comprises five chapters including an introduction and four separate papers. The overall objective of the thesis is to evaluate the performance of agricultural commodity markets in Ethiopia. Economists have ... -
Essays on contracts, risk coping and technology adoption in Ethiopia
(PhD Thesis;2010:18, Doctoral thesis, 2010)This dissertation consists of an introduction and four independent papers. The first two papers examine land and livestock rental contractual arrangements. The first paper provides detailed analysis of cost sharing contract ... -
Rural nonfarm employment in Ethiopia : participation, impacts and dynamics
(PhD Thesis;2010:20, Doctoral thesis, 2010)This thesis consists of four papers analyzing the different facets of rural nonfarm employment in Ethiopia. The analyses in this thesis are mainly based on panel data of more than 1400 rural household in Ethiopia. The ... -
Institutions and GMOs : shaping perspectives and organisms
(PhD Thesis;2010:35, Doctoral thesis, 2010)This thesis is written within the contemporary classical institutional economics tradition. The intention has been to provide insight into how different institutions can enable us to avoid harmful effects and generate ... -
Land policy reform and land rental markets in Ethiopia : equity, productivity and welfare implications
(PhD Thesis;2010:24, Doctoral thesis, 2010)The land holding system in most developing countries is not purely an economic affair. It is very much intertwined with people’s culture and identity. That is partly why land-related issues usually generate intense emotional ... -
Unlocking the concept of capacity in modern fisheries management
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Analyse av Futureskontrakter for Laks på Fish Pool
(Master thesis, 2010-10-11)Futureskontrakter for råvarer har eksistert veldig lenge, den første moderne futureskontrakter ble tatt i brukt i USA. Fra denne dagen har det blitt etablert mange varebørser med mange forskjellige produkter. I Norge ble ... -
Vet du hva du spiser? -Forbrukerundersøkelse om holdninger til og kunnskap om økologisk mat
(Master thesis, 2010-10-14)Økologisk produksjon bygger på naturens premisser og har et ønske om å minske belastningen på mennesker, dyr og miljø. Produksjonsformen har fokus på helheten og skal omfatte økologiske, økonomiske og sosiale sider, samt ... -
Do the poorest want credit? A case study from West Kalimantan, Indonesia
(Master thesis, 2010-10-29)The idea of microcredit being a powerful weapon against poverty has become part of the conventional wisdom in development. The more recent debate is about whether microfinance institutions are reaching the poorest or not, ... -
Managers in Norwegian Born Global companies : a study on the characteristics of the manager and their commitment to internationalization, and the performance of the firm
(Master thesis, 2010-10-29)The purpose of this study was to test a model developed by Freeman and Cavusgil (2007), which describes different characteristics among managers in the Born Global company, and the relationship between these characteristics ... -
Mer involvert - mer motivert. - Lean Management anvendt på funksjonskontrakter hos Kolo Veidekke AS
(Master thesis, 2010-10-29)Sammendrag Denne oppgaven har som hovedformål å kartlegge hvor fokuserte aktørene i funksjonskontrakter hos Kolo Veidekke AS er på å redusere ”sløsing” basert på Lean Management tankegang. Oppgaven ser også på hvilken ... -
Determinants of agricultural credit market participation and loan repayment performance in Finoteselam town, Northwestern Ethiopa
(Master thesis, 2010-11-15)Ethiopia is one of the world’s poorest nations with a per capita income of about US$157. About 44% of the population live below poverty line. Farmers often lack financial resources to make necessary investments in agriculture. ... -
Kvotering i styrerom- blinkskudd eller skivebom?
(Master thesis, 2010-11-26)Formålet med oppgaven er å sammenligne styrets roller og styreatferden før lov om kvotering ble innført med hvordan det er i dag. Kvoteringsloven trådde i kraft i 2004 og andelen kvinnelige styremedlemmer økte naturligvis ... -
Dynamisk Styring i SpareBank1 Skadeforsikring AS: En kvalitativ studie om ansattes kontroll og virksomhetens utvikling.
(Master thesis, 2010-11-26)SAMMENDRAG: På sikt er det et mål at alle selskap i SpareBank1 Gruppen (SB1G) skal følge Beyond Budgeting-prinsippene og dermed oppnå dynamisk styring. Dette studiet omhandler SpareBank1 Skadeforsikring (SB1S) som et av ... -
En sammenlignende studie av arbeidsgiverattraktivitet blant arbeidsgivere, eksisterende og potensielle arbeidstakere
(Master thesis, 2010-11-26)Sammendrag Endring i samfunn og næringsliv gjør at kampen om den kompetente arbeidskraften øker. Kapitaltilgang, fabrikkstørrelse, maskiner, eiendeler og kundefokus er ikke lenger ensartede stabile konkurransegrunnlag. ... -
Raising labour productivity to solve the paradox; labour shortage in the labour surplus economy; Malawi. (Is targeted fertilizer subsidy the solution?)
(Master thesis, 2010-11-30)Rural Malawian households are facing seasonal labour shortage problem at the peak time of their agricultural season while they are farming in a generally labour surplus economy. This problem is shared by many developing ... -
Hvitt og sort blir ikke grønt. Pris- og volumeffekter i energimarkedet ved samtidig innføring av hvite og sorte sertifikater
(Master thesis, 2010-12-01)This thesis analyses the implementation of white certificates (increased energy efficiency) in an energy market already bounded by black certificates (CO2 permits). White certificates impose a restriction on energy ... -
Investments in European Securitized Real Estate - Performance Evaluation through Factor-Mimicking Portfolios
(Master thesis, 2010-12-01)This thesis applies factor models in explaining common variations in returns within the European securitized real estate sector. The three risk factors suggested by Fama & French (1993), the market, size and B/M ratio, ... -
Nytten av å sikre delvis diversifiserte aksjeporteføljer med putopsjoner omsatt på Oslo Børs
(Master thesis, 2010-12-01)Det er i dag stort sett er enighet om at det norske aksjemarkedet er relativt effisient, noe som sammen med transaksjonskostnadene på markedet og forskning vedrørende tidsdiversifisering, indikerer at å investere i ... -
Gender and power relations. - A case study from Mozambique
(Master thesis, 2010-12-01)With this thesis I aim to contribute to the gender debate in Mozambique. I have found that resources controlled by married women in rural northern Zambézia have a positive influence on their intra-household bargaining ...