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Cross-Industry ESG Performance and Exposure to ESG Controversies
(Master thesis, 2023)Denne studien er en empirisk undersøkelse av forholdet mellom miljø-, sosiale- og forretningsetiske (ESG) prestasjoner og eksponering mot negativ medieoppmerksomhet relatert til ESG tema, målt gjennom ESG kontroverser, på ... -
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 ... -
Crowdfunding - From an Investor Perspective
(Master thesis, 2019)Det nye markedet for crowdfunding, som oppstod fra FinTech industrien, har revolusjonert tradisjonell bankvirksomhet når det gjelder finansiering til oppstartsselskaper og små- og mellomstore bedrifter. Til forskjell fra ... -
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. ... -
Cryptocurrencies and the threat versus the act event of geopolitical risk
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)We examine the reactions of the cryptocurrency market to two events that occurred during the escalation of the Russia–Ukraine war in February 2022. Using hourly data, we find that the escalation exerted a negative influence ... -
Cryptocurrency price dynamics: An analysis of Bitcoin’s price driving factors
(Master thesis, 2018)This paper aims to enhance the understanding of which factors affect the price development of Bitcoin in order for investors to make sound investment decisions. Previous literature covers only to a small extent the highly ... -
Cryptocurrency price dynamics: An analysis of Bitcoin’s price driving factors
(Master thesis, 2018)This paper aims to enhance the understanding of which factors affect the price development of Bitcoin in order for investors to make sound investment decisions. Previous literature covers only to a small extent the highly ... -
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 ... -
CSR innen landbasert lakseoppdrett
(Master thesis, 2022)Bakgrunnen for denne oppgaven er en global matmangel som medfører behov for å øke produksjonen av trygg, næringsrik og bærekraftig mat. Lakseoppdrett viser seg å være spesielt bærekraftig sammenlignet med andre ... -
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 ... -
Culturally Specific or Generalizable: The Occurrence and Effectiveness of Transformational Leadership in Iran
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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 ... -
Cursed by resources or institutions?
(Working Paper Series, 1503-299X; 2005:10, Research report, 2005)Natural resource abundant countries constitute both growth losers and growth winners, and the main difference between the success cases and the cases of failure lays in the quality of institutions. With grabber friendly ... -
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 ...