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How important are private labels for consumers in grocery retailing?
(Master thesis, 2018)The grocery market has three large umbrella chains where they use different approaches to differentiate themselves. One approach is their use of private labels. When the private labels were introduced into the market, they ... -
Country of origin and its effect on consumers’ purchase intention of Norwegian salted and dried cod: A study of the Brazilian market.
(Master thesis, 2018)Purpose: The aim of this study is to assess what are the drivers of the purchase intention of salted and dried cod for Brazilian consumers, and how country of origin affects the purchase intention of Norwegian salted and ... -
Elderly and Technology Adoption Probability - A quantitative study of welfare technology in Norway
(Master thesis, 2018)This study examines elderly in Norway and their adoption of welfare technology to better their life situation, making it possible for them to stay and live longer in their home. Previous research on elderly and their ... -
Women’s career advancement in Switzerland
(Master thesis, 2018)Abstract Purpose – The purpose of this study is to address the research gap on the glass ceiling in Switzerland and to examine employee’s perceptions of the factors in relation to women’s career advancement in Switzerland. ... -
Expanding the International Tourist Season at Sunnmøre - A Case Study of 62Nord
(Master thesis, 2018)This study examines the phenomenon of seasonality in tourism at Sunnmøre in detail. Previous research regarding seasonality found that this is a major problem which needs to be overcome, thereby increasing the relevance ... -
Trust in Transformational Leadership: Do Followers’ Perceptions of Leader Femininity, Masculinity, and Androgyny Matter?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)This paper takes an authenticity perspective to examine whether followers’ perceptions of a leader’s feminine, masculine, or androgynous characteristics influence the relationship between transformational leadership and ... -
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. ... -
Does country-of-origin image and ethnocentrism positively influence the home market brand equity for the brand Dybvik?
(Chapter, 2018)The study analyses the effects of consumers’ country-of-origin image perception (COOI) and ethnocentrism on brand equity for the bachalau brand Dybvik. A survey of 333 respondents is analysed by using PLS-SEM in order to ... -
Trust in Transformational Leadership: Do Followers’ Perceptions of Leader Femininity, Masculinity, and Androgyny Matter?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)This paper takes an authenticity perspective to examine whether followers’ perceptions of a leader’s feminine, masculine, or androgynous characteristics influence the relationship between transformational leadership and ... -
What Are Demanding Operations In Subsea Work?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)In recent years, offshore operations have changed from a focus on anchor handling and rigging to more subsea installation and IMR (inspection, maintenance, repair). Situations where large and heavy modules are placed on ... -
Trade concentration and dynamics of Norwegian imports: an application of R-MANOVA model
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)This article proposes to analyse trade concentration and dynamics of the Norwegian imports expenditures by applying the two-way random effect MANOVA (R-MANOVA) model. The MANOVA model factors considered in this econometric ... -
Firm Resilience: The Role of Supply Chain Constructs in Defining Firm Resilience.
(Master thesis, 2018)Formål: Formålet med denne undersøkelsen er å analysere forsyningskjedekonstruksjonene som definerer samlet fastfasthet i en organisasjon, ved hjelp av norske organisasjoner som empirisk innstilling. Forskningsspørsmålene ... -
The Norwegian financial bond market : A comprehensive market review with an empirical analysis of the main drivers of spreads
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018)In this paper, we examine the Norwegian financial bond market, i.e. the market for bonds issued by Norwegian banks. We describe the market by characterizing the market participants in the different securities on both the ... -
An Eco-Systems Approach to Constructing Economic Complexity Measures: Endogenization of the Technological Dimension Using Lotka-Volterra Equations
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Economic complexity measures have been constructed on the basis of bipartite country-product network data, but without paying attention to the technological dimension or manufacturing capabilities. In this study, we submit ... -
Validation of the Neonatal Satisfaction Survey (NSS-8) in six Norwegian neonatal intensive care units: a quantitative cross-sectional study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Background: The experience of having their new-borns admitted to an intensive care unit (NICU) can be extremely distressing. Subsequent risk of post-incident-adjustment difficulties are increased for parents, siblings, and ... -
The CIVETS countries, an explorative study of patent networks and export data
(Master thesis, 2018)In modern time the world economies are more dependent on knowledge and immaterial property rights in order to obtain economic growth (Barkhordari, Fattahi and Azimi, 2018). For several years the BRIC countries have been ... -
The knowledge protection paradox: imitation and innovation through knowledge sharing
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Western multinational corporations (MNCs) that want market access in China have to share knowledge with Chinese partners. This may expose them to imitation, so MNCs prefer to protect knowledge resulting in a strategic ... -
Foreignness and Outsidership in the Internationalization of Agricultural Companies
(Master thesis, 2018)Literature on the Uppsala Internationalization Process Model has evolved to include relationships and networks as important factors in the internationalization decisions. Both models still believe in a gradual, and cyclical ... -
Hvordan påvirker nedleggelse av bankkontor valg av boliglånsbank
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Flere banker har lagt ned bankfilialer, og begrunner kostnadskutt med mer selvbetjente kunder. Lokalsamfunn argumenterer for bankfilialenes betydning, men fører nedleggelsene fortsatt til kundeavgang? Vi sammenligner ... -
En undersøkelse om hvilke faktorer som påvirker møte-effektivitet
(Bachelor thesis, 2018)Ved bruk av teorier fra pensumbøker, artikler funnet på nett, andres oppgaver samt data fra egne undersøkelser belyser denne oppgaven viktige faktorer som spiller inn på ansattes opplevelse av møte-effektivitet. Målet med ...