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Critical factors and challenges for building and managing marketing and distribution channels in rural, emerging markets - A case study on the Greenway cookstove company in rural India
(Master thesis, 2016)There are 2.7 billion people in today s world that do not have access to clean cooking facilities, leading to immense human and environmental costs in many developing countries. Cleaner, improved biomass cookstoves (ICS) ... -
Critical incident technique and action learning to enable organizational learning
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)This paper focuses on a two-year program with a Norwegian public sector project-based construction company, where action learning groups and critical incident technique were combined to enhance organizational learning. ... -
A critical look at the methodology of quantitative studies on entrepreneurial competencies and business success
(Master thesis, 2018)The entrepreneurial competencies of owner-managers of small or medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are seen as causes for the survival and success of their SMEs. There is a research literature of quantitative studies providing ... -
The critical role of sensei in developing lean leaders
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)The aim of this paper is to illustrate how lean training initiatives developed through the intervention and support of a sensei can contribute to the development of lean leadership traits in team managers. The study is ... -
Critical Success Factors for Implementation of Modular Design: A case study concerning EFD Induction's efforts to develop a common product platform
(Master thesis, 2012)Increasing globalization leads to tougher competition than ever. Organizations previously sheltered in specialized niche markets, today face newfound competition from international actors. For many MNCs the optimal response ... -
Critical success factors for offshore field development projects - A study of contracts on the Norwegian Continental Shelf awarded to South Korean yards
(Master thesis, 2017)This study examines Norwegian oil companies offshoring EPC-contracts on the Norwegian Continental Shelf to South Korean yards. Delays and cost overruns have stirred a public debate about this offshoring practice, yet ... -
Cross-boundary relationships: The object, the social, and the health professional
(Doktoravhandlinger ved NTNU, 1503-8181; 2008:268, Doctoral thesis, 2008)This thesis is about how health professionals at hospitals collaborate across professional boundaries. Societal and political reforms demand for more transparency and efficiency in health care work, yet history tells us ... -
Cross-Cultural Knowledge Transfer within Multinational Companies - A Case Study
(Master thesis, 2014)Teamwork, knowledge and globalisation are all words that have been used more and more in recent decades, in relation to how companies and organisations are managed all over the world. It is interesting to examine not only ... -
A cross-sectional study of sensory-motor neuropsychological function among sewage plant and sewage net workers exposed to hydrogen sulphide when handling wastewater
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Objectives Workers at sewage treatment plants are exposed to a complex mixture of toxins, including hydrogen sulphide (H2S). An issue of concern among sewage workers, is possible negative nervous system effects from low-level ... -
Crowdsourced Customer Acquisition: A Conceptual Framework for Freemium and Propositions for Future Research
(Master thesis, 2011)Freemium has grown tremendously in use and importance the last years, butresearch is still in its infancy. This thesis explore how companies that usefreemium acquire customers through their existing users and customers. ... -
CSR in International Business - Creating Shared Value
(Master thesis, 2015)The world is experiencing several global issues of economic, social, cultural, and humanitarian characters, and they are continuously increasing in scale. Multinational corporations (MNCs) are considered as both contributors ... -
CSR in the Norwegian context
(Chapter, 2021)In this chapter, we sketch the rise of explicit CSR in the Norwegian context by focusing on the extractive industries’ entry into a global market and the resulting legitimacy challenges arising from this transition. Explicit ... -
Cultural differences, participative leadership and communication style - A study of two international software companies
(Master thesis, 2017)This thesis looks at the influence of cultural differences on software development teams. It consists of two articles. The first article explores employee expectations and preferences towards participative leadership (PL), ... -
Cultural Oversight: HSE Culture in the Norwegian Petroleum Industry
(Master thesis, 2014)The price society has to pay for modernization comes in the form of increased risks (Beck, 1992). As a result, risk management and regulations were developed to systematically deal with the consequences of modern-day ... -
Currency Hedging in Norwegian Listed Companies: Strategies and Effects on Exposure
(Master thesis, 2012)We investigate hedging strategies and foreign exchange rate exposure of Norwegian companies in the seafood and offshore support industries. Factor models building on the Capital Asset Pricing Model are used to analyze stock ... -
Current status and future operational models for transit shipping along the Northern Sea Route
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)The Northern Sea Route (NSR) has received increased international attention during the recent years as an alternative transit corridor for shipping between Europe and East Asia. In 2015, the project “Feasibility and ... -
Customer - Supplier Relationship and Knowledge Management: A Value Creation Process in SCM
(Master thesis, 2013)The emergence of global markets has opened international sourcing opportunities for firms to seek for the best customer value derived from suppliers scattered around the globe. These new opportunities raise the importance ... -
Cyber Awareness i Små- og Mellomstore Bedrifter
(Master thesis, 2023)Små- og mellomstore bedrifter (SMB) står for en betydelig andel av Europas økonomi og mange virksomheter ser på SMB-er som viktige samarbeidspartnere. Det er fordi flere organisasjoner er avhengig av SMB-ene sine tjenester ... -
Cyber security culture as a resilience-promoting factor for human-centered Machine Learning and Zero-defect Manufacturing environments
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Humans have often been perceived as a leading cause of error in Zero-defect manufacturing (ZDM) processes. There is thus a reduction of human interventions in the deployment of industry 4.0 (I4.0) technologies used for ZDM ... -
Cyber-Physical Waste Identification and Elimination Strategies in the Digital Lean Manufacturing World
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Lean Manufacturing and Industry 4.0 are at times portrait as conflicting paradigms. However, we take the stance that they are two sides of the same coin, and should be considered as mutually beneficial. Based on this ...