Browsing NTNU Open by Author "Widding, Lars Øystein"
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Business growth through intentional and non-intentional network processes
Rennemo, Øystein; Widding, Lars Øystein; Bogren, Maria (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine business growth and explore the “growth mode” among 24 women entrepreneurs participating in a Nordic research, development and networking programme. Design/methodology/ ... -
Business model design at the base of the pyramid
Ausrød, Vegar Lein; Sinha, Vivek; Widding, Lars Øystein (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)The extant literature on Base of the Pyramid (BoP) business models reveals the following dilemma: Business models should both adapt to and shape the context in which they are deployed. This article focuses on how new ... -
Career ambitions, expectations and skills among music students at higher education institutions - A literature review and empirical study
Bjørnø, Aksel Morris (Master thesis, 2018)Many scholars argue that the purpose of higher music education institutions is to prepare future musicians for a career in music and that most artists need to act as entrepreneurs in order to make a living. However, there ... -
Contextual Market Research Challenges for Startups
Helland, Jonas Folkvord (Master thesis, 2017)Even though the field of market research (MR) has evolved in sophistication, scope and importance over the years, previous research has mostly focused on large, resource-abundant corporate organizations and has ignored ... -
Critical components of business models for renewable energy based rural electrification
Correia, Joana Catarina; Tennfjord, Monica Novik (Master thesis, 2014)The research question in this thesis is What are the critical business model components to prioritize in order for an early stage company to become viable when delivering renewable energy to the rural population of ... -
The Decision Making Process in the Norwegian Venture Capital Industry
Kjærvik, Vebjørn; Sundnes, Paal Eriksen (Master thesis, 2015)This thesis address the venture capital (VC) decision making process and criteria. The vast majority of the research conducted in this field to date has predominantly focused on detecting the decision criteria emphasized ... -
Distributed power generation: An opportunity in disguise for electric utilities
Veisdal, Jørgen (Master thesis, 2015)This paper presents a novel new system model for electric utility providers struggling with declining revenues from increasing adoption of distributed energy resources (DER). The proposed new system model takes advantage ... -
Does an action-based entrepreneurship education mean action heroes? - Impact assessing an action-based entrepreneurial venture creation program
Ansteensen, Morten Soliman (Master thesis, 2015)Entrepreneurial venture creation programs (VCP) stand out from traditional entrepreneurial education programs with its high focus on action-based activity and learning through venture creation. The high demand for resources ... -
Entering a Developing Country with a Solar Cooker: Strategies for Start-ups
Larsen, Even Sønnik Haug; Seim, Guro Grytli (Master thesis, 2015)Today, 2.7 billion people rely on biomass as their primary cooking fuel, leading to severe health and environmental impacts in many developing countries. Solar cooking represents a technologically viable alternative to the ... -
Entrepreneurship Education Program in a Refugee Camp - A Case Study of How to Design an Entrepreneurship Education Program for Refugees Living in Refugee Camps.
Ahmadi, Sonia (Master thesis, 2018)Entrepreneurship can be considered as a part of the solution to the problems of millions of forcibly displaced refugees who live in the refugee camps and face the problems of unemployment an poverty. Current literature ... -
Entreprenørielt samarbeid innad i studentteam - Hvordan opprettholde et godt samarbeid innad i en oppstartsbedrift
Dimmen, Helge Åsteson (Master thesis, 2015)Oppgavens målsetning er å kunne identifisere faktorer og kjennetegn for å sikre bærekraftige team i oppstartsbedrifter. Ved å teste et eksisterende rammeverk via kvalitative intervju av studenter fra NTNUs Entreprenørskole ... -
Exploring the Path Towards the Legitimacy Threshold - A Case Study of Norwegian New Technology Ventures in the Energy Sector
Bjerkreim, Marit; Halvorsen, Markus Grunde Vollum; Skjønsberg, Ane Sigrid (Bachelor thesis, 2019)Nyetablerte selskaper betraktes som legitime dersom de opparbeider seg nok legitimitet til å krysse en legitimitetsgrense. Et nyetablert selskap danner legitimitet ved å benytte legitimitets strategier for å bygge en ... -
Exploring the Path Towards the Legitimacy Threshold: A Case Study of Norwegian New Technology Ventures in the Energy Sector
Bjerkreim, Marit; Skjønsberg, Ane Sigrid; Halvorsen, Markus Grunde (Bachelor thesis, 2019)New ventures are viewed as legitimate if they gain enough legitimacy to cross the legitimacy threshold. Gaining legitimacy is accomplished by utilizing legitimation strategies to build a combination of different legitimacy ... -
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 ... -
Gearing up for growth: the growth process of new ventures at the base of the pyramid
Sinha, Vivek; Ausrød, Vegar Lein; Widding, Lars Øystein (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)There is need for more empirical-based knowledge on the growth process of new ventures. In this paper, we examine the combination and sequence of the growth modes used by a growing new venture to achieve scale at the base ... -
Highway strategy: Suksess uten formell planlegging
Sjøvold, Lars Petter (Master thesis, 2010)Siden 1987 og fram til i dag har RG-prosjekt AS opplevd å lykkes i form av inkrementell eller stegvis vekst uten bruk av formell strategi som lederverktøy. Fra å starte med 2 gründere har organisasjonen vokst til å omfatte ... -
How two-sided platform startups can use machine learning to improve the value proposition
Rystad, Viljar; Aarseth, Håkon Weløy; Fardal, Frede Lundenes (Master thesis, 2017)The world's four biggest companies all have two-sided platforms and machine learning as central parts of their business. They leverage machine learning to improve the value proposition for the user, because the platform ... -
Hva er utslagsgivende faktorer for at unge personer velger å bli entreprenører?
Johnsrud, Jens-Martin (Master thesis, 2015)Denne oppgaven studerer unge entreprenører og identifiserer årsaker til at de velger entreprenørskap som karrierevei. Det er gjort et litteraturstudie i emnene motivasjon, nettverk, self-efficacy og entreprenøriell ... -
Hvordan lykkes med freemium i mobilspill?: Et case-studie av Fun Run
Petersen, Nicolaj Broby (Master thesis, 2014)Spillindustrien er raskt voksende, spesielt på mobile plattformer der spill er den mest populære kategorien blant alle apps. Mange spillselskaper prøver å utnytte dette, men med over 200 000 spill tilgjengelig på Apple App ... -
Investigation of the gender gap in access to equity financing
Skrede, Ingrid; Gripp Bay, Martine (Master thesis, 2018)Today, there is an overwhelming gender gap in the equity funding rates in the U.S. Last year, only 6% of the entrepreneurs that received funding from business angels were women, though 27% of the entrepreneurs seeking angel ...