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Systems Engineering (SE) for Sustainability in the Life Cycle Management of Commercial Fishing Gears
(Doctoral theses at NTNU;2020:78, Doctoral thesis, 2020)The complexity of resource management often demands an integration of transdisciplinary methods to find sustainable solutions. This doctoral thesis aims at contributing to the science of resource management through the ... -
Hospitals' Discharge Tendency and Risk of Death - An Analysis of 60,000 Norwegian Hip Fracture Patients
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Purpose: A reduction in the length of hospital stay may threaten patient safety. This study aimed to estimate the effect of organizational pressure to discharge on 60-day mortality among hip fracture patients. Patients ... -
The Skills and Knowledge Gap in Higher Music Education: An Exploratory Empirical Study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Research claims that entrepreneurial skills and knowledge are important for the careers of musicians (Bennett, 2016; Breivik, Selvik, Bakke, Welde & Jermstad, 2015; Coulson, 2012). Alumni of higher music education (HME) ... -
Childhood Family Dissolution and School Outcomes. The Timing of Dissolution Effects
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Existing studies estimate the negative effects of family dissolution; however, evidence regarding when such effects appear is lacking. The effect is hard to isolate for at least two reasons: families select into dissolution; ... -
Lessons from Modeling 100% Renewable Scenarios Using GENeSYS-MOD
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)The main aim of models has never been to provide numbers, but insights. Still, challenges prevail for modelers to use the best configuration of their models to provide helpful insights. In the case of energy system modelling, ... -
Power, trust and motivation in hospitals
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Purpose The purpose of this paper is to improve understanding of how different kinds of power influence trust and motivation in hospitals. Design/methodology/approach To analyze the links between power, trust and motivation, ... -
Head coach tenure in college women’s soccer. Do race, gender, and career background matter?
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)This study aims to analyse the tenure of head coaches in college women’s soccer in the USA and puts the focus on the influence of race and gender. The analysis includes individual characteristics of coaches (educational ... -
Largescale hydrogen production in Norway - possible transition pathways towards 2050
(SINTEF Rapport;, Research report, 2020)The report presents a case study where qualitative research framed within transition studies and the multi-level perspective (MLP) is used to discuss the role Norwegian hydrogen production may play in sustainable energy ... -
SMEs motivations for CSR: an exploratory study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Purpose The paper aims to investigate the relationship between firms’ motivation for corporate social responsibility (CSR) and the moderating role of internationalisation. Design/methodology/approach The authors developed ... -
Studying Design Thinking as a forthcoming source to innovation speed
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)With complex technology-intense industries follows an ever-increasing need for rapid innovation processes. Yet, innovation speed and the time from idea to product realization can vary and be ... -
Skills, Employment, and Labor Market Institutions: Evidence from PIAAC
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Hanushek et al (2015, ‘Returns to Skills Around the World: Evidence from PIAAC’, European Economic Review 73: 103) find a weak wage–skill relationship in countries with limited skill reward possibilities due to high union ... -
Growth with age-dependent preferences
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)We study the consequences of age-dependent preferences for economic growth and structural change in a two-sector model with overlapping generations and non-dimishing returns to capital. Savings and accumulation rates depend ... -
Portfolio Choice for a Resource-Based Sovereign Wealth Fund: An Analysis of Cash Flows
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)We consider the portfolio choice of a government with a Sovereign Wealth Fund (SWF) when government revenues depend on exhaustible resources, such as oil and gas. The question is whether the SWF portfolio should underweight ... -
«Vestre Toten-modellen» som et forbilde innen lean i kommunal sektor En case-studie om spredningsmekanismer
(Master thesis, 2019)Denne masteroppgaven undersøker hvordan «Vestre Toten-modellen» har blitt et forbilde innen lean i kommunal sektor. For å besvare oppgavens problemstilling har følgende forskningsspørsmål blitt stilt: (i) hva er modellens ... -
Multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) method for assessing the sustainability of end-of-life alternatives for waste plastics: A case study of Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Plastic, and its pollution of marineecosystems, has emerged as a global concern. Among the several other sources,plastics from a bandoned,lost,or discardedfishing gears(ALDFG), and ropes are considered the most dangerous ... -
How to Develop and Implement a Bottom up KM Initiative in all Levels of a Department in an Organization
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Shortening the time for training new employees is desired, as this will mean reduced cost for the organization. The faster a new employee is a “full member” of the staff, the more income can be generated for the company. ... -
Danske eliteresultater 2019: Flere medaljer men færre medaljeaspiranter. Hvor godt er Danmark rustet til OL i Tokyo?
(Research report, 2020)Det blev en skuffende afslutning på det danske elitesportsår 2019, da det danske kvindelandshold i håndbold blot opnåede en 9. plads ved VM i Japan i december og dermed missede OL-kvalifikationen. Det gik endnu værre for ... -
A copula-based heuristic for scenario generation
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)This paper presents a new heuristic for generating scenarios for two-stage stochastic programs. The method uses copulas to describe the dependence between the marginal distributions, instead of the more common correlations. ... -
Get Give Make Live: An Empirical Comparative Study of Motivations for Technology, Youth and Arts Entrepreneurship
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Purpose This study aims to explore the motivations and business ideation processes of 776 entrepreneurs from three diverse cohorts of technology, youth and arts entrepreneurs. Design/methodology/approach Using an inductive ... -
How to implement Safety-II in national dam safety regulation in Norway and USA
(Master thesis, 2019)Since the early 1900, dam safety programs have been enacted as response to dam failures. Subsequently, other dam failures causing loss of life and property have prompted additional legislation on state and national levels. ...
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