Blar i NTNU Open på forfatter "Sørheim, Roger"
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Cognitive Biases in Business Negotiations for Entrepreneurs
Sierra, Erlend (Master thesis, 2017)The purpose of this master thesis is to investigate what role cognitive biases play in business negotiations for entrepreneurs, through conducting a theory building empirical study in an exploratory manner. The purpose is ... -
Collaboration in research centres: How firms benefit from collaborating in Centres for Environment-friendly Energy Research
Toftesund, Hans Christian; Oliver, Emil Johan (Master thesis, 2014)This thesis aims answer how knowledge intensive firms benefit from collaborating in research centres, which is based on our desire to study Norwegian Centres for Environmentally Friendly Energy Research (CEER) where several ... -
Commercialization of renewable energy in rural India: Entrepreneurial activities for building a profitable venture at the base of the pyramid
Ausrød, Vegar Lein (Doctoral theses at NTNU;2016:347, Doctoral thesis, 2016)Summary of the thesis This thesis seeks to achieve two objectives. First it aims to understand how entrepreneurs are able to provide products and services to the base of the pyramid (BoP) while simultaneously generate ... -
Context, content and commitment in student venture processes
Aaboen, Lise; Sørheim, Roger; Haneberg, Dag Håkon; Aadland, Torgeir (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021) -
Corporate angels: A new breed of investors in the funding landscape for technology-based start-ups
Hegeman, Puck Diana; Sørheim, Roger; Landström, Hans; Sæther, Erik Andreas (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)This paper examines corporate angels, small businesses that provide equity capital directly to unquoted ventures and become minority shareholders. Corporate angels have been largely ignored in entrepreneurial finance ... -
Crowdsourced Customer Acquisition: A Conceptual Framework for Freemium and Propositions for Future Research
Bekkelund, Kim-Joar Ranheim (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. ... -
Digitalizing Advanced Manufacturing and Maritime Industry: Perspectives on how organizations acquire and commercialize technology through inter-organizational collaboration
Ellingsen, Oda (Doctoral theses at NTNU;2019:174, Doctoral thesis, 2019) -
Døråpner, ikke barnevakt: En studie av hvordan ledende inkubatorer sikrer kapitaltilgang
Solaas, Kristian Einem (Master thesis, 2023)Tilgang på risikokapital er en forutsetning for fremveksten av hurtigvoksende teknologiselskaper. Disse støttes ofte av en inkubator – en organisasjon satt opp med ressurser og metoder som hjelper selskapet i etablerings- ... -
Eco-innovation in cleantech companies
Grebennik, Natalia (Master thesis, 2010)The purpose of this study is to define to which extent eco-innovation is implemented in the strategies of Nordic cleantech companies and to determine the main drivers for ecoinnovation in this sector. Eco-innovation is a ... -
Entrepreneur-Investor Relationship
Ellingsen, Oda (Master thesis, 2013)The early research on venture capital and their value adding activities and contributions have largely been exploratory inductive and descriptive. In later years the research have been moving beyond the stage of anecdotal ... -
Entrepreneurial Firm's perception and actions towards Opportunities in Recession
Fagerjord, Ingvild Anette (Master thesis, 2013)This master thesis will include a multiple case study describing how entrepreneurial firms perceive and act upon opportunities in times of recession. -
Entrepreneurial uncertainty during the COVID-19 crisis
Linkjendal, Tobias (Master thesis, 2021)Usikkerheten som er forårsaket av COVID-19-krisen har vært omfattende og varierende. Per dags dato har COVID-19-krisen passert usikkerheten under finanskrisen i 2008, og er sammenlignet med usikkerheten man opplevde under ... -
Entrepreneurship education scholarship in the 1990s and early 2000s: a historical analysis of the internationalizing entrepreneurship education and training - conference
Gabrielsson, Jonas; Landström, Hans; Politis, Diamanto; Sørheim, Roger (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024) -
Equity Valuation of University-based Spinoffs: A Literature Review and Empirical Study
Rønning, Ole; Mirza, Arif Muhammed (Master thesis, 2015)During the last three decades, there has been a significant growth in the establishment of university spin-offs(USOs), and they have become an important part of the economic landscape. These are companies where it is gerally ... -
Et case-studie av et norsk venture-selskap
Rødevand, Marit; Wennberg, Miriam Emilie (Master thesis, 2013)Målet vårt i dette case-studiet av Investinor var å se på hvordan Investinor, et norsk statlig "venture kapital"-selskap, velger sine investeringer, følger opp disse investeringene etter de har investert, og hvordan ... -
External Goal Setting in Reward-Based Crowdfunding - Inventor, Marathoner, Sprinter and Extreme Sprinter
Haug, Jonas; Haslum, Mikkel Hilde (Master thesis, 2016)Purpose In recent years, crowdfunding has emerged as a popular method to finance entrepreneurial ventures. Entrepreneurs appeal directly to the general public, e.g. the crowd, for help getting their innovative ideas off ... -
Friend or Foe? - A case study of venture capitalists' non-financial contributions to new ventures in the cleantech industry
Nitter-Hauge, Erlend; Vikøren, Håkon; Solheim, Espen Frøseth (Master thesis, 2018)New ventures within the cleantech industry have been recognized as an important driving force to solve the environmental problems facing the global society today. To succeed, these ventures are not only likely to depend ... -
From Projects to Services: An Effectual Approach in a Norwegian Startup
Nymoen, Olav Holmen (Master thesis, 2012)Focus: This thesis looks at an ICT consultancy considering a transition to a product company and what process is involved in identifying opportunities and evaluating business models. The process is compared to an ideal ... -
Growth Strategies for Two-Sided Platforms - A Case Study of Graphiq
Sandsmark, Erik; Palmers, Jakob Spieler (Master thesis, 2016)Two-sided platforms are becoming an increasingly important part of the economy and our daily life with some of the most influential and innovative companies in the world being two-sided platforms, for example Uber, Airbnb, ... -
How and why do Research Based Spin-Offs change their Business Model?
Bergflødt, Fredrik L; Langhoff, Halvor Johannes; Skarbø, Karen Juul (Master thesis, 2014)Research based spin-offs (RBSO) are new firms created to commercially exploit knowledge, technology or research results developed within an academic institution. The phenomenon of RBSOs has become an increasingly important ...