Sosial distansering har vært myndighetenes fremste tiltak mot smittespredning under koronapandemien (covid-19). Å distansere seg fra andre mennesker er spesielt utfordrende i butikker hvor kundestrømmen styres etter forretningsmessige prinsipper, og ikke ut fra et smittevernhensyn. Denne artikkelen belyser hvilke utfordringer et normalt bevegelsesmønster i butikker byr på med hensyn til sosial ...

The same type of industries, located in different nations, may perform differently in global markets. This comparative case study of the Icelandic and Norwegian mackerel industries explores whether national resources, capabilities, and institutional environments can help elucidate performance differences in exporting a common natural resource. To gain insight into the phenomenon, the present study ...

Prior research suggests inconsistent relationships between individuals’ personality traits, time perspective, and specific behavior. In a large representative sample of Norwegian consumers (<i>N</i> = 810), we investigated the relationships between the Big Five personality traits, domain-specific consideration of future consequences (CFC), and consumption of functional foods. Structural equation ...

Etter Sovjetunionens oppløsning i 1991 gikk Europa inn i en relativt fredelig og stabil periode. På 2010-tallet endret dette seg da Russland gjenopptok sine stormakts­ambisjoner. Forholdet til Vesten kjølnet, særlig etter Russlands invasjon av Krim i 2014. Også Norges bilaterale forhold til Russland er blitt forverret.<p><p> Sør-Varanger, med Kirkenes som administrasjonssenter, er den eneste ...

Max Weber claims in his well-known book, The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, that the emergence of capitalism had its roots in the Protestant work ethic. Becker and Woessmann’s seminal 2009 paper finds that the more likely relationship between Protestantism and economic prosperity runs via literacy. They claim that Protestants unintendedly acquired literacy skills that functioned as ...

In fisheries, only the strategic business unit (SBU) of a firm that exploits a common-property natural resource can yield a resource rent. Hence, we discuss issues in isolating the economic return of the catch business unit (CBU) of a fishing vessel firm based on public accounting data. Furthermore, if detailed data on the CBU are available, some of its profit may stem from financing activities. ...

When the first Norwegian commercial catch of snow crabs was taken in the Barents Sea in 2012, an unexpected opportunity arose to create a new, profitable natural resource-based industry. However, hidden under the surface were massive biological, technological, and institutional uncertainties. This study first explores what motivated the entrepreneurs to invest in an industry exposed to extreme ...

We model bioeconomic interrelations between a commercial fishery and an aquaculture industry by using a dynamical systems theory approach. The biomass follows a logistic growth where the pollution emerging from aquaculture is accounted for by means of a retardation term. We investigate the existence and stability of the equilibrium states of this model as a function of the growth-retardation parameter ...

Consumers are constantly searching for new experiences that provide more than just a product or a service. A cup of coffee is not just a cup of coffee. The atmosphere surrounding the coffee experience is a matter of ever greater importance to consumers. Along with an increased demand for experiences, the lecture hall has also become a setting where students expect to be entertained and engaged. This ...

We consider incentives for organizing competitions in multiple rounds, focusing on situations where there is heterogeneity among the contestants ex ante, which discourages effort in a single contest. Heterogeneity evolves across rounds depending upon the outcomes of previous rounds. We present conditions under which balance in such a competition can be created, by determining the number of rounds ...