RAMM KOMMUNIKASJON

HANS HENRIK RAMM (see CV)
Petroleum Strategy Advisor
* Cluster Strategy
* Petroleum Tax
* Licensing Policies
* Regulatory Regime
* Business-Government Interface
* Intellectual (Knowledge) Capital
* Innovation Theory
* Behind The News - Commentary and Analysis
* Weekly Friday Commentaries at Offshore.no

THE NEED FOR INNOVATION IN THE OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY - AND THE CHALLENGES TO BE OVERCOME.
Presentation at the PGS Ramform Sovereign Christening Seminar (Ålesund 12 March 2008). (Language: English).
GOVERNMENT'S OWNERSHIP AND GOVERNANCE POLICY
Article in Minerva (February 2008). (Language: Norwegian).
OIL COMPANIES AT THE NCS: HOW WILL THE PICTURE DEVELOP? INCLUDING SUGGESTIONS FOR A STRATEGY TO IMPROVE DIVERSITY.
Presentation for the Stavanger Chamber of Commerce and Industry (January 2008, updated February 2008). (Language: English).
BACKTRACKING OUR OWN FOOTSTEPS: WHY TAX SYSTEM CONTRIBUTES
Presentation at the Norwegian Petroleum Society's Petroleum Tax Conference (October 2007). (Language: English). Presentation prepared after the conference to clarify points offered in verbal discussion. Covers materiality and the consequences of not sheltering knowledge returns (opportunity costs of using organization) in Special Tax base.
STATOIL/HYDRO MERGER: EFFECTS ON THE OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE INDUSTRY
Items for Panel Discussion at the Norwegian Petroleum Society's Offshore Operations and Maintenance Conference (October 2007). (Language: Norwegian).
FROM 2007 TO 2009. SPECIAL BTN POST-ELECTION EDITION. ANALYSIS OF LOCAL ELECTION AND OUTLOOK FOR 2009 NATIONAL ELECTION, WITH DISCUSSION OF GOVERNMENT ALTERNATIVES
BTN Commentary with access restricted to subscribers. Others may request a copy by mailing btn@getmail.no (October 2007). (Language: English).
STATOIL/HYDRO MERGER: EFFECTS ON DIVERSITY AND INNOVATION IN THE NORWEGIAN PETROLEUM CLUSTER (AND SUGGESTIONS ABOUT HOW TO MITIGATE THEM)
Presentation at the Norwegian Petroleum Society's Solstrand Economic Conference (September 2007). (Language: English).
THE NORWEGIAN PETROLEUM INDUSTRY - DEVELOPMENT OR EROSION?
Paper presented at the Annual Safety Forum Conference of the Petroleum Safety Authority (PTIL), with comments on HSE aspects and risk assessment (June 2007). (Language: Norwegian).
THE STATOIL/HYDRO MERGER - CONSEQUENCES FOR DIVERSITY, COMPETITION, INNOVATION, AND VALUE CREATION AT THE NCS
Presentation for the Norwegian Society of Engineers and Technologists (NITO) (April 2007). (Language: Norwegian).
THE NORWEGIAN PETROLEUM CLUSTER'S DEVELOPMENT IN VIEW OF THE GLOBAL ENERGY OUTLOOK
Presentation for the Young Conservatives in Middle Norway (March 2007). (Language: Norwegian).
NORWAY FOR STATOIL?
Article in Minerva (February 2007). (Language: Norwegian).
THE MEGA-MERGER AND DIVERSITY AT THE NCS
Presentation at the Offshore Strategy Conference February 2007. (Language: Norwegian).
NORWEGIAN COMPETENCE IN A GLOBAL MARKET - POWER HUB OR BRANCH OFFICE?
Presentation at the Norwegian Petroleum Society's Field Development Conference (January 2007). (Language: Norwegian).
KNOWLEDGE ABOUT KNOWLEDGE
Report prepared for the Norwegian Oil Industry Association (OLF) and The Norwegian Society of Chartered Technical and Scientific Professionals (Tekna), on the Norwegian petroleum cluster as an environment for creating knowledge capital from human capital, how fiscal and other framework conditions may influence the building of knowledge capital, the long-term perspectives for the petroleum cluster, what Norwegian society can learn from the experiences in the petroleum cluster, and the importance of gaining more knowledge about the functionality of knowledge for increased value creation (November 2006). (Language: Norwegian).
TAX IN A KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY
Article in Minerva #2 2006. (Language: Norwegian).
FUTURE PERSPECTIVES FOR THE NCS
Paper presented at the Modification Conference, Stavanger 28 March 2006. (Language: Norwegian).
COMPLETELY GREEN IS GREEN ENOUGH
Commentary in Ukeavisen Ledelse, March 2006. (Language: Norwegian).
THE FUTURE OF THE "ACTION RULE"
Commentary in Ukeavisen Ledelse 11. november 2005. (Language: Norwegian).
ASSETS AND LIABILITIES FOR THE SUPPLY INDUSTRY IN FRONT OF 2005 ELECTIONS
- and a draft for a revised strategy for the Offshore Section of the Federation of Norwegian Manufacturing Industries (TBL).
Presentation at the Offshore Strategy Conference, Stavanger 7 February 2005. (Language: Norwegian).
(knowledge, technology, R&D, competitiveness, internationalisation, value creation, ownership, cluster functions, oil price, first use, asset forum, petroleum tax, best practise, reputation).
HOW CAN KNOWLEDGE CAPITAL BECOME BETTER ACCEPTED IN NORWAY?
Presentation for the Norwegian Petroleum Technology Conference 2005, the Society of Petroleum Engineers and the Offshore Media Group, Stavanger, 26 January 2005. (Language: English).
TODAY'S SITUATION IN OUR PETROLEUM ECONOMY
Presentation for the Technology Management Conference, The Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, 23 April 2004. (Language: Norwegian).
2003 FOR GOOD OR WORSE - WHAT HAPPENS IN 2004?
Paper and presentation at the Offshore Strategy Conference, Stavanger 11 February 2004. (Language: Norwegian).
(Kon-Kraft, petroleum tax, intellectual capital, materiality, costs, activity, northern areas, fishermen, new entrants, internationalisation, ownership. best practise, reputation).
WHAT KIND OF CAPITAL IS KNOWLEDGE?
Presentation for the Stavanger Business Association, Stavanger, 12 November 2003. (Language: Norwegian).
PETROLEUM TAX AND INNOVATION THEORY - DO WE REALLY WANT TO BE AVERAGE?
Presentation at the the Norwegian Petroleum Society (NPF) Petroleum Tax Conference, Oslo, 11 November 2003. (Language: English).
COMPETENCE AND VALUE CREATION AT THE NORWEGIAN CONTINENTAL SHELF.
An Analysis of the Knowledge Capital in the Norwegian Petroleum Cluster.
Co-author (together with Stig Ellingsen and Tore Sandvold) of report from the Administrative Research Fund (AFF) of The Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration (NHH). September 2003. (Language: Norwegian).
INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY, INTELLECTUAL CAPITAL AND THE PETROLEUM INDUSTRY IN A NEW INNOVATION ECONOMY.
Consequences for Firm Behaviour, Innovation, Value Creation and Framework Conditions on the Norwegian Continental Shelf
Paper presented at the PetroBank User Group Meeting, Petrodata AS, Haugesund 10 September 2003.
(Language: English).
2002 FOR GOOD OR WORSE - WHAT HAPPENS IN 2003?
Paper at the Offshore Strategy Conference, Stavanger 10 February 2003. (Language: Norwegian).
(Petroleum tax, access to acreage, restructuring, popular identification with the industry, public image).
POSSIBLE RELATIONS BETWEEN SUPPLY INDUSTRY PROFITABILITY, INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE AND PETROLEUM TAX
Working Paper for Kon-Kraft's Working Group for the Petroleum Industry's Value Creation and Financial Opportunities ("Capital Project"),
enclosed to the Working Group's report of November 2002 (scroll down to page 75). (Language: Norwegian).
USE OF NATURAL GAS IN NORWAY: A PARLIAMENTARY REPORT THAT WAS NOT SUBMITTED
Paper presented at Norwegian Petroleum Society's Natural Gas Conference, Oslo 30 October 2002. (Language: Norwegian).
CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES AND CHALLENGES FOR THE NORWEGIAN PETROLEUM INDUSTRY.
THE ROLE OF KON-KRAFT IN THIS CONTEXT.
Working Paper for Kon-Kraft seminar 10 October 2002. (Language: Norwegian).
CHANGING THE RULES OF THE GAME TO CREATE MORE VALUE - PETROLEUM TAX AND KNOWLEDGE RENT
Paper presented at Offshore Northern Seas Conference 28 August 2002, Stavanger. (Language: English). See also the Conference program.
THE PETROLEUM CLUSTER: KNOWING HOW TO DO IT
Article in Petoro Perspective Autumn 2002, Petoro AS (scroll to page 36). (Language: English). Also available in Norwegian version).
THE MECHANISMS THAT COULD UNDERMINE THE PETROLEUM CLUSTER
Paper and presentation at the Offshore Strategy Conference, Stavanger 12 February 2002. (Language: Norwegian).
Animated presentation, webcast and graphics available from the Conference web site.
USE OF NATURAL GAS IN NORWAY
Paper at Norsk Hydro's gas seminar, Bergen 8 November 2001. (Language: Norwegian).
TAX IN A KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY
Article in Horisont #2/2001, Confederation of Norwegian Business and Industry (NHO). (Language: Norwegian).
INDUSTRIAL EFFECTS OF THE OFFSHORE ACTIVITIES
Paper presented for a Venezuelan government delegation at a Ministry of Petroleum and Energy seminar 18 June 2001. (Language: English).
SUNSET CANCELLED - TIME FOR LONG TERM PLANNING
Paper presented at the Offshore Strategy Conference, Stavanger 12 February 2001. (Language: Norwegian).
GAS MARKETS AND GAS TRANSPORT
Statement at hearing in Parliament's Standing Committee on Energy 25 Jan 2001. (Language: Norwegian).
ALLOCATION CRITERIA FOR E&P LICENSING
Customer: Ministry of Petroleum and Energy (2000). Enclosure to Parliamentary Report No. 39 (1999-2000) On the Oil and Gas Activity .
(Language of Parliamentary Report: Norwegian. Language of RK report: English.)
EVALUATION OF FINANCE MINISTRY'S PETROLEUM TAX STUDY
Customer: Aker Maritime ASA (2000). (Language: Norwegian.) Go to this page or download as a Word document.
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This page last updated 7 December 2007.