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(Un)organizing equal collaboration between users and professionals: on management of patient education in Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)Background This is an article about how patient education is managed in Norway, but it also addresses a matter of broader relevance that of how an organization imbued with a request for rational choices is able to take ... -
Unbiased Decisions Among Women’s Basketball Referees
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Decisions often reflect implicit biases. Ethnic, racial, and gender traits are associated with stereotypes that may influence the decision-making process. Previous research shows that referees’ decisions in men’s professional ... -
Uncertain Climate Policy Decisions and Investment Timing: Evidence from Small Hydropower Plants
(Journal article, 2011)Based on panel data of 214 licenses to construct small hydropower plants, we examine whether uncertainty with respect to the introduction of a market for renewable energy certificates affected the timing of investments in ... -
Uncertainty and Cancellations in Advance Surgery Scheduling: An Exact Pattern-Based Solution Approach for Large-Scale Problems applied in a Rolling Horizon Simulation
(Master thesis, 2023)St. Olavs hospital, Midt-Norges største helseinstitusjon, forventer en økning i etterspørsel på 35 % for kirurgiske inngrep grunnet demografiske endringer. Mangelen på helsepersonell og ressurser gjør effektiv operasjons ... -
Unconsciously adopting a new transaction technology - Hidden backend adoption - The case of cryptocurrency in remittance and its micro- and macro level effects
(Master thesis, 2020)Kryptovaluta er bredt anerkjent som en av de mest spennende og potensielt disruptive finansielle teknologigjennombruddene de siste tiårene. Til tross for at teknologien har tiltrukket seg mengder med interesse fra tjeneste- ... -
Uncovering Strategies and Commitment Through Machine Learning System Introspection
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Deep neural networks are naturally “black boxes”, offering little insight into how or why they make decisions. These limitations diminish the adoption likelihood of such systems for important tasks and as trusted teammates. ... -
Under what circumstances can active fund management in Norway outperform passive investment strategies?
(Master thesis, 2022)I denne oppgaven studerer jeg de norske verdipapirfondene, med vekt på hvordan aktivitet, års erfaring, risikonivå og markedsforhold påvirker ytelsen til disse fondene. Ytelsen måles ved alfa fra en lineær regresjon av ... -
Underprising av børsnoteringer i Norge - En studie av eksisterende teoretiske perspektiver og innvirkningen av koronapandemien
(Master thesis, 2023)Denne oppgaven undersøker 167 børsnoteringer (IPOs) på Oslo Børs i perioden 2013 til 2023. Formålet med studien er å undersøke fenomenet underprising og hvordan etablerte teoretiske perspektiver kan forklare underprising ... -
Understanding and eliminating waste in Engineer-To-Order (ETO) projects: a multiple case study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)This article explores how waste reduction approaches as found in lean thinking can be applied to engineering design in Engineer-To-Order (ETO) projects based on a multiple case study of ten companies over a 2-year period. ... -
Understanding and Managing Ambiguity in New Product Development: Lessons from the Medical-Device Industry
(Doktoravhandlinger ved NTNU, 1503-8181; 2010:66, Doctoral thesis, 2010)This dissertation explores ambiguity in new product development (NPD) projects, what its nature is and how it is managed by those participating in NPD projects. Current methods to manage NPD projects are challenged and ... -
Understanding contextual instability, complexity and diversity in an organization undergoing a comprehensive job stress intervention: Implications for work environment, worker health and intervention effect
(Doctoral thesis at NTNU;2015:306, Doctoral thesis, 2015)Work environment interventions are frequently initiated to target and alleviate occupational risk factors, worker stress, worker health, and high sick leave. However, many interventions seem to fail to bring about ... -
Understanding how opportunism and resource capability affect performance in exporter–LSP outsourcing relationships
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Logistics service providers (LSPs) play strategic roles in contemporary global supply chains. The resources and capabilities at the disposal of LSPs make them easily adaptable to the needs and exigencies of their clients. ... -
UNDERSTANDING LEARNING OUTCOMES IN VENTURE CREATION PROGRAMS
(Bachelor thesis, 2019)Venture creation programs (VCP) er en spesiell type entreprenørskapsutdanning og skal bidra til å: (1) utdanne forretningsutviklere og entreprenører, og (2) skape nye virksomheter (Lackéus & Williams-Middleton, 2015). Hensikten ... -
Understanding Macroeconomic Drivers of Firm Value Multiple Aggregates
(Master thesis, 2018)Abstract: We study aggregates of corporate value using a method largely unexplored in the literature: valuation multiples. Possibilities illuminated by the valuation multiple perspective are examined using conventional and ... -
Understanding Macroeconomic Drivers of Firm Value Multiple Aggregates
(Master thesis, 2018)Me analyserer aggregert prising av verksemder med hjelp av ein lite nytta framgangsmåte mellom forskarar innanfor finans: verdsetjingsmultiplar. Multippelvinklinga gjev høve til å skjøna og å føreseia samanhengen mellom ... -
Understanding program managers leading value creation in change programs: Taking content, context, and competencies into account
(Doctoral theses at NTNU;2022:344, Doctoral thesis, 2022)Positioned within the project management field and literature, this thesis focuses on value creation process in organizational change programs by analyzing the perceptions and actions of program management actors, particularly, ... -
Understanding significant processes during work environment interventions to alleviate time pressure and associated sick leave of home care workers - a case study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)Background: Ergonomic and work stress interventions rarely show long-term positive effect. The municipality participating in this study received orders from the Norwegian Labour Inspectorate due to an identified ... -
Understanding Sustainability Strategy
(Master thesis, 2022)Det økte fokuset på bærekraft har ledet til at selskaper tar i bruk bærekraftige strategier i et stadig økende tempo. Samtidig er bærekraft i forretningssammenheng et fragmentert felt der mange grunnleggende spørsmål ... -
Understanding the Blurry Picture of Tourism Expenditure in a Cruise Destination (Geirangerfjord – Norway)
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Tourism expenditure in destinations is an important element of tourism research and has been the subject of numerous studies. This paper seeks to understand the complex pattern of expenditure within a distinctly defined ...