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Ulf H. Olsson

Handelshøyskolen BI Institutt for Samfunnsøkonomi

 

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Position
Professor at the Department of Economics  

Short CV

Degrees:
Dr. Scient (statistical methods), Agricultural University of Norway
Cand Scient (mathematics), University of Oslo

Previous positions:
Associate professor BI

Senior lecturer NHH

Assistant professor AUN

Lecturer BI

 

Research
My research interests are as follows: 

  • Structural Equation Modeling
  • Statistical modeling 
  • Psychometrics
  • Econometrics
  • Marketing Research 

 

Publications

            Work in progress:

  1. Management orientation and export performance The case of Norwegian IT companies (2002) with Carl A. Solberg. 
  1. Modeling driving forces and results from implementing environmental actions in European manufacturing sector (2002) with Marie-Paule Kestemont and Bjarne Ytterhus.
  2. Satisfying oneself or pleasing others: The impact of satisfaction and social influence on loyal consumption; with Svein Ottar Olsen.
  3. The popularity of Maximum Likelihood Estimation in application of Structural Equation modeling in Marketing: Is it warranted? (2002) with Sigurd V. Troye and Tron Foss.
  4. Changing the Country Image by Sponsoring a Major Event: A Quasi-Experiment. (2002) with Geir Gripsrud and Erik B. Nes.
  5. Can Estimation Methods in Structural Equation Modeling Influence Decision Making in Marketing? (2002) with Thor W. Andreassen, and Bengt G. Lorentzen
  6. How does the 4th order moment affect Theoretic Fit for the ADF estimator under structural misspecification (2002) with Tron Foss
  7. On regression models with missing explanatory variables: Comparing estimation methods (2002) with Magne Aarset and Tron Foss
  8. The role of Degrees of Freedom in Assessing Model Fit: Relative versus Absolute Parsimony (2002) with Einar Breivik and Karl G. Jøreskog.
  9. The role of Fit assessment in Structural Equation Modeling: Can Fit Be Compared Across Estimation Methods? (2002) with Sigurd V. Troye and Tron Foss
  10. The Traveling Research Project: A Multi Trait and Multilevel Approach; with Ragnhild Silkoset and Inge-Jan Henjesand.
  11. The Effects of Unilateral and Bilateral Governance in Interfirm Relationships; with Kenneth Whatne; Jan Heide and Harald Biong.

 

 

INTERNATIONALLY REFEREED PUBLICATIONS Journals:

 

  1. “Hotel Guest Satisfaction among Business Travelers ”, with Gundersen M., Heide M; Hotel and Restaurant Administration Quarterly, April 1996. pp. 72 – 81.
  2. Theoretical Fit and Empirical Fit: The performance of Maximum Likelihood versus Generalized Least Squares in Structural equation Models", with Troye S.V. and Howell R.D, Multivariate Behavioral Research, 34,1,31-59, 1999
  3. “The Performance of ML, GLS, and WLS Estimation in Structural Equation Modeling under Conditions of Misspecification and Non-Normality”, with Foss T.,Troye S.V. and Howell R.D; Structural Equation Modeling, 7(4), 557-595, 2000
  4. “Analyzing Data Sets with Missing Data: An Empirical Evaluation of Imputing Methods and Likelihood-based Methods”, with Myrtveit, I. and Stensrud E; IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering. Vol. 27, No. 11, November 2001.
  5. “The Effect Of Alternative Multientity Scaling Formats on The Consistency of Country-Of-Origin Attitudes.", with Olsen S.O ;Journal of International Business Studies, 33, 1 149 – 167, 2002
  6. “Does the ADF fit function decrease when the kurtosis increases?”, with Tron Foss and Sigurd V. Troye (2003).  British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology, November 2003, pp. 1-15.
  7. “Two forms of  the Maximum Likelihood Fit Function: Do They Approximate a Non-Central Chi-Square Statistic in General?”, with Tron Foss (2003); Forthcoming in Sociological Methods and Research.
  8. Consequences of Ambivalence on Satisfaction and Loyalty (2003) with S.Olsen and J. Wilcox . Forthcoming  in Psychology and Marketing (2nd  round).

 

Books:

 

  1. “Adding Variables to Improve Fit: The effect of Model Size on Assessment in LISREL”; with E. Breivik Structural Equation Modeling: Present and Future. A Festschrift in honor of Karl G. Jøreskog. Eds. Cudeck, R., du Toit, S. and Sørbom D. Scientific Software International (2001).

 

Conference Proceedings:

 

  1. “Assessing the Benefits of Imputing ERP Projects with Missing Data”, with Myrtveit, I. and Stensrud E. Proceedings of the 7th Software Metrics symposium,  4-6 April, pp 78 – 84 (2001).

 

  1. “The Performance of maximum Likelihood and Generalized Least Squares under Model Misspecification,” with Roy D. Howell. Academy of Marketing Science, June 1996.
  2. “Risk importance and relevance as explanatory mechanism for use of information sources: A comparison between products and services” with Einar Breivik, Sigurd V. Troye and Torvald Øgaard. 26th EMAC Conference Proceedings. Vol.3
  3. “Dimensions of Product intangibility and their impact on product evaluation”, with Einar Breivik and Sigurd V. Troye; Advances in Consumer Research, Vol 26, 264-264, 1999
  4. Do the Test Statistics for ML and NWLS Follow a Non-central Chi-square

Distribution under Model Misspecification? (with Tron Foss, Einar Breivik

and Sigurd V. Troye) Presented at IMPS 2003 Sardina

Italy July 2003

 

PRESENTATIONS AT SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCES:

 

  1. “Estimation Triangulation in Structural Equation Modeling: Test of Alternative Models of Satisfaction in a Service Setting” with Einar Breivik and Sigurd V. Troye. American Marketing Association, Chicago, July1998.
  2. Does Estimation Methods in Structural Equation Modeling Impact Theory Development in Marketing? with Tor Wallin Andreassen and Kenneth Whatne (1997). Academy of Marketing Science, June 1997 Kuala-Lumpur,  Malaysia.
  3. “The Performance of Alternate Estimation Methods in Structural Equation Modeling under Conditions of Misspecification and Non-Normalitry”, with Tron Foss, Einar Breivik and Sigurd V. Troye. The Joint Annual Meeting of The Psychometric Society and The Classification Society of North America, 17 – 21 June 1998.
  4. “Three approaches for assessing Performance in Structural Equation Modeling: Evidence from simulated data and an application on three models of customer satisfaction”, with S.V. Troye, E. Breivik and Tron Foss. The tenth Annual Advanced Research Technique Forum, 13 – 16. June, 1999, Santa Fe, USA  
  5. Management orientation and export performance The case of Norwegian IT companies, with Carl A. Solberg. The 25th annual EIBA Conference Manchester, UK. December 1999
  6. On regression models with missing explanatory variables: Comparing LAD and OLS; with Magne Aarset and Tron Foss; 22nd Biennial Conference of the Society for Multivariate Analysis in the Behavioral Sciences; London, July 17-19 2000
  7. Adding Variable to Improve Fit: The effect of model size for assessing fit in structural equation models; with Einar Breivik. Factor analysis and structural equation modeling: Perspectives and Visions. An international Symposium Honoring the Research of Karl G. Jøreskog; University of Uppsala 2000. 
  8. Adding Variable to Improve Fit: The effect of model size for assessing fit in LISREL; with Einar Breivik. International Symposium on Structural Equation Modeling”, Chicago, 13-15 December 2000.

 

 

Working papers, dissertations, books and unpublished work:

 

  1. Master of Science thesis in mathematics “Differensialer i analyse og algebra” University of Oslo 1981
  2. Doctoral thesis “Effekten av feilspesifisering og estimeringsmetode på empirisk og teoretisk tilpasning. En sammenligning av Maximum Likelihood og Generalized Least Squares i LISREL. Agricultural University of Norway
  3. Does WLS reward the researcher for using non-norma data? with Tron Foss and Sigurd V. Troye; Discussion paper NR.11/1999; Dep. of Economics (1999)
  4. Does Estimation Methods in Structural Equation Modeling Impact Theory Development in Marketing? with Tor Wallin Andreassen and Kenneth Whatne (1997). Working Paper series NiM: WP 97-03.
  5. Modeling Driving Forces And Results from Implementing Environmental Actions in Norwegian Manufactoring And Service Sectors; with Bjarne E. Ytterhus; No19/2000; Centre for Environmental Studies; NSM.
  6. Convergence and stability of alternative estimators in misspecified covariance structures. Discussion paper; Agricultural University of Norway, Dep. of Economics and Social Sciences; D-26/1994
  7. "Matematikk for økonomi og samfunnsfag" (with Bjørnestad, Søyland and Tolcsiner). Høyskoleforlaget,1994-1996-1998.
  8. "Markedsanalyse"  (with Geir Gripsrud). Høyskoleforlaget,1998
  9. Statistikk for økonomi og samfunnsfag" (with Bjørnestad, Søyland og Evensmo). Høyskoleforlaget,1997
  10. Chapter 13: Lisrel som teoritester, in ”Teori- og forskningsevaluering: Et kritisk realistisk perspektiv” by Sigurd V. Troye. TANO 1994

 

Teaching

 

Ph.D. Courses in statistics at BI and NHH

Courses in Multivariate Statistics at Master of Science and Graduate Studies

Course in Marketing Research Under Graduate

Course in Econometrics Under Graduate

Course in Business Research Methods Under Graduate

 

 

For students
Course material for the following courses is available:

Links
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Contact
Address:
Norwegian School of Management (BI)
Department of Economics
Elias Smiths vei 15, P.O. Box 580, 1301 Sandvika
Norway
Telephone: 47 67 55 7397
Telefax: 47 67 55 7675
E-mail: ulf.h.olsson@bi.no

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