Recent doctoral theses

NHH doctoral graduates have carried out research across a range of topics within the fields of economics and business administration. The list below provides an overview of recent dissertations successfully defended by NHH PhD students.

 

2010

 

Name
Title
Department
Tor Hugo Hauge
An Empirical Analysis of a Discriminatory, Closed, Simultaneous, Multi-Object Auction"
Economics
Sturla F. Kvamsdal
Spatial Analysis in Fisheries Economies
Economics  
Lars Qvigstad Sørensen
Essays on Asset Pricing
Finance and Management Science 
Ole Hope 
Essays on Middle Management Responses to Change Initiatives
Strategy and Management
Lars Magne Nonås
Optimization topics within power markets, inventory systems with transshipments and election systems
Finance and Management Science 
David Phillip Mc Arthur    
Regional labour markets and spatial interaction mechanisms
Finance and Management Science 
Siv Skard
Communication Effects in Sponsorships: An assessment of how different communication strategies can enhance incongruent sponsorships
Strategy and Management
Eva Benedikte Danielsen Norman
Essays on Agglomerations and Economic Policy
Economics  
Olav Andreas Kvitastein
Three papers on evaluations: The "what if" in the evaluation of public programs
Strategy and Management
Hilde Fjellvær
Dual and Unitary leadership: Managing ambiguity in pluralistic organizations
Strategy and Management
Anna Birgitte Milford
Co-operatives and competition in local coffee-markets: The case of Chiapas, Mexico
Economics  

 

2009

Name

Title

Department

Linda Rud

Essays on Electricity Markets

Finance and Management Science

Leif Atle Beisland

Essays on the Value Relevance of Accounting Information

Accounting, Auditing and Law

Nils-Arne Ekerhovd

Essays on the Economics of Shared Fishery Resources

Economics

Jørn Inge Halvorsen

Essays on Economic Fluctuations in an Open Economy

Economics

Knut Peder Heen

Essays in Corporate Governance

Finance and Management Science

Lars Jacob Tynes Pedersen

Making Sense of Sensitivity: Moral Sensitivity and Problem Formulation in Business

Strategy and Management

Kristin Rogge Pran

COO Advertising of Export Products: Effects on Perceptions of product-origin typicality and Product Evaluation

Strategy and Management

Adrian Peretz

Brand Personality and the Utilitarian Brand

Strategy and Management

 

2008

Name

Title

Department

Natalia Mæhle

In Search of the Sources of Brand Personality

Strategy and Management

Birger Opstad

Merkeutvidelser. Betydningen av kompleksitet innen utvidelseskategorien og informasjonstilgjengelighet på konsumentens vurdering

Strategy and Management

Jonas Gaudernack

Cue Combination in Auditor’s Internal Control Judgments

Accounting, Auditing and Law

Birthe Kåfjord Lange

IT'S ABOUT TIME. A study of how Norwegian Managers Handle Time at Work

Strategy and Management

Trude H. Olsen

Towards a Dynamic Understanding of Competence Management during Organizational Change

Strategy and Management

Jan- Magnus Moberg

Essays on Empirical Market Microstructure

Finance and Management Science

Eric Lofquist

Measuring the Effects of Strategic Change on Safety in a High Reliability Organization

Strategy and Management

Odd Arne Nissestad

Leadership Development

Strategy and Management

Ingvild Almås

Essays on Economic Inequality

Economics

Tao Lin

Application of a Stochastic Price Modeling Method to Energy Commodities and Their Derivative Contracts

Finance and Management Science

Jan Gaute Sannarnes

Essays on Common Agency and on Regulation of a Natural Network Monopoly

Economics

Christian Venneslan

Industrial Development in Norway 1896 -1939 - in View of Historical National Accounts

Economics

Liv Bente Friestad

Design and use of Management Accounting and Control Systems in Norwegian Primary and Lower Secondary Education

Accounting, Auditing and Law

Lars Fredrik Øksendal

Essays in Norwegian Monetary History, 1869 - 1914

Economics

Kristin Linnerud

Essays on optimal regulation:Information asymmetry, adverseselection and screening

Economics

 

2007

 

Name

Title

Department

Dennis Frestad

Essays on corporate risk management and electricity swap return dynamics

Finance and Management Science

Aksel Mjøs

Corporate Finance: Capital Structure and Hybrid Capital

Finance and Management Science

Jon Martin Denstadli

Information Processing and Predictive Validity in Conjoint Experiments: The Role of Task Complexity and Individual Level Factors

Strategy and Management

Per Anders Sunde

Governance and Asset Specificity as Facilitators and Sources of Innovation and Value Creation

Strategy and Management

Helge Nordahl

An Analysis of Life and Pension Insurance Contracts

Finance and Management Science

Jiuzhou Wang

Essays on Audit Pricing

Accounting, Auditing and Law

Beate Jelstad

Beyond Money: Intrinsic Work Motivation in Profit and Nonprofit Organizations

Strategy and Management

Dag Rønningen

Essays on Technological Changes and Older Workers Labor Force Participation, and Capital Measurement

Economics

Karin Monstad<