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Managing Business Relationships in Turbulent Environments to Achieve Resilience: A Case Study on Norwegian Firms Selling to African Markets
(Master thesis, 2023)Mange globale forretningsfirmaer fra vestlige land engasjerer seg i økende grad med fremvoksende markeder. Disse markedene er imidlertid ofte preget av turbulente forretningsmiljøer, noe som kan utgjøre utfordringer for ... -
Engaging Volunteers as Experts in Data-Driven Research Projects and a Circular Economy: The Case of PlastOPol
(Chapter, 2023)Beached plastic litter is a global concern and is also an important source of data for research to improve our understanding of the extent and the main sources of the problem. Digital tools can help both in making the data ... -
Environmental Management Systems
(Chapter, 2023)This chapter gives an overview of the history of the development of environmental management systems (EMS) and the purpose of an EMS. It expands on the description of the different steps of an EMS under the model ... -
Helping Business Contribute to a Sustainability Transition: Archetypes of Business Models for Sustainability
(Chapter, 2023)This chapter discusses business models for sustainability (BMfS). The objective for BMfS is to increase positive or decrease negative impacts of business performance on the environment and society, simultaneously providing ... -
Life Cycle Assessment of Fishing and Aquaculture Rope Recycling
(Chapter, 2023)In this chapter, we assess the environmental footprint of the production of recycled plastic granulate made of waste ropes from the fishing/aquaculture industries. The end-of-life treatment of waste fishing and aquaculture ... -
The Way Forward
(Chapter, 2023)This chapter points to the way ahead by introducing five recommendations to meet the requirements set forward by the Stockholm+50 agenda. The requirements identify co-working as vital to addressing the planetary crisis of ... -
Business Challenges in the Transition to Sustainability
(Chapter, 2023)The first chapter of this book presents a brief history of Sustainable Development (SD) and takes a closer look at business and industry and their attitudes and actions towards sustainability regarding technological ... -
Communicating Product Life Cycle Performance through Labels and Declarations
(Chapter, 2023)This chapter gives an overview of the development of different eco-labelling schemes over a timeline of about 50 years. The main focus is, however, the standards for product declarations developed under the ISO 14000-family. ... -
Case-Based Learning in Collaboration Across Universities to Enhance Students’ Understanding of Sustainability
(Chapter, 2023)ABSTRACT Focus on sustainability is increasing in engineering and management education, businesses, and the larger society. In order to cope with sustainability challenges, more holistic pedagogies and practices that foster ... -
CapSEM Applied to the Construction Sector
(Chapter, 2023)The construction sector and built environment have the potential to impact on a variety of systemic dimensions, ranging from specific processes in the production of construction materials to pan-national regulations affecting ... -
From Waste to Value: A Story About Life Cycle Management in the Furniture Industry
(Chapter, 2023)This case focuses on the use of the CapSEM Model by the Norwegian furniture industry, beginning with efforts that raised sustainability awareness through a series of case studies over a period of more than 10 years. It ... -
A Transportation Planning Decision Support System
(Chapter, 2023)In this chapter, the CapSEM toolbox is explored, applied, and evaluated in the context of transportation planning and policy-making. Transportation system elements are analyzed across all four CapSEM levels to identify ... -
Investing in Your Alumni: Endowments’ Investment Choices in Private Equity
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)We investigate the role of alumni ties in university endowments’ decision to invest into private equity funds. Based on a sample of 1,590 commitments made by 189 U.S. endowments into 613 funds during the period of 1995 to ... -
Close competitors? Bilateral bank competition and spatial variation in firms’ access to credit
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)We interviewed 379 bank CEOs in 20 emerging markets to identify their banks’ main competitors. We show that banks are more likely to identify another bank as a main competitor in small-business lending when both banks are ... -
A Conceptual Framework for Assessing and Managing Abandoned, Lost and Discarded Fishing Gear
(Chapter, 2023)Abandoned, lost or otherwise discarded fishing gear (ALDFG) is a complex problem that causes negative ecological, economic and social impacts. In order to understand cause-and-effect chains spanning socio-economic and ... -
Closing the Loop: Industrial Ecology, Circular Economy and Material Flow Analysis
(Chapter, 2023)This chapter explores the principles supporting industrial ecology (IE), circular economy (CE) and material flow analysis (MFA). IE concerns constructing industrial and societal processes according to ecological principles. ... -
Building Decision Support Systems for Sustainable Transitions.
(Chapter, 2023)Developing decision support systems for sustainable transitions at the societal level is a complex undertaking due to the high number of stakeholders involved, the urgency of problems that needs to be addressed, and the ... -
Value stacking flexibility services in neighborhoods participating in fast frequency reserve markets
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Neighborhoods are responsible for considerable amounts of the total energy demand in Europe, and increased shares of variable renewable energy sources will require energy balancing services. Local flexibility resources in ... -
Hvordan påvirkes sikkerheten i anleggsindustrien av systemer for fjernstyring/automatisering av anleggsmaskiner?
(Master thesis, 2023)Bygge- og anleggsindustrien er blant industriene som vokser raskest og digitalisering benyttes for produktivitetsøkning og mer effektive- og enhetlige arbeidsprosesser. Målsetningen i denne oppgaven har vært å sette søkelys ... -
Application of Material Flow Analysis: Mapping Plastics Within the Fishing Sector in Norway
(Chapter, 2023)Plastic in our marine environment is now ubiquitous. Abandoned lost or otherwise discarded fishing gear (ALDFG) is of particular concern due to its ability to continue to function as a trap for marine organisms. In order ...