Browsing Fakultet for økonomi (ØK) by Title
Now showing items 972-991 of 6118
-
Creating relationship continuity across projects in the construction industry: Deliberate, emergent and deliberately emergent strategies
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship continuity across projects among actors in the construction industry, and to discuss why and how such continuity takes place. Design/methodology/ap ... -
Creating Responsive Learning Environments to Develop Students’ Reflective Capacity
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)In today’s society, rapidly changing conditions and expectations mean that students need to learn how to make reflective judgments, and there is a clear need to better understand how to create learning environments that ... -
Creating Robust and Cost-Efficient Line Plans for the Oslo Metro Using Combinatorial Benders' Decomposition
(Master thesis, 2020)I 2019 transporterte T-banen mer enn 119 millioner passasjerer i Oslo og Bærum kommune, og antall reisende er forventet å øke i årene som kommer. Mulighetene for kostnadsreduksjon og reduksjon i klimaavtrykk gjør det ... -
Creativity in smaller Organizations
(Master thesis, 2016)Three smaller organizations of different sizes are being investigated in order to find out what promotes creativity in smaller organizations. A case study of an immature startup, a mature startup and an established company ... -
Creativity-Contingent Rewards, Intrinsic Motivation, and Creativity: The Importance of Fair Reward Evaluation Procedures
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Pay for performance is a common practice used by organizations to increase employees’ motivation and performance, and creativity-contingent rewards have been shown to support creativity. But are all creativity-contingent ... -
Credit Rating and Capital Structure for Norwegian Listed Firms
(Master thesis, 2012)We examine how credit ratings affect capital structure of Norwegian listed firms. The data sample comprises 216 companies listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange in the period 2004 to 2010. Three concerns for credit rating are ... -
Crew resource management training in the maritime industry: a literature review
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)The study is based on a literature review of recent empirical research on crew resource management (CRM) training in the maritime industry, organised around what non-technical skills to learn and how. The review indicates ... -
Critical components of business models for renewable energy based rural electrification
(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 ... -
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-border Effects between the Spanish and French Electricity Markets: Asymmetric Dynamics and Benefits in the Light of European Market Integration.
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022) -
Cross-border effects on Swiss electricity prices in the light of the energy transition
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Given the perspective of the Swiss energy policy to support investments in renewable energy sources, it becomes highly relevant at this point to understand cross-border effects of imported electricity on the Swiss electricity ... -
Cross-border Shopping and Inflation: An analysis of Norwegian cross-border shopping in Sweden
(Bachelor thesis, 2023)Etter den raskt økende inflasjonen i Svarige i 2023 så man en økning i Svensker som dro til Norge for å grensehandle. Nordmenn er kjent for å dra til sverige for å grensehandle, men det har ikke blitt undersøkt om inflasjon ... -
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 ... -
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 ...