Institutt for industriell økonomi og teknologiledelse
Recent Submissions
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Not so Different Altogether: Putting Lean and Sociotechnical Design into Practice in a Process Industry
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Purpose: The shop-floor organization under lean production (LP) has been hotly debated for about three decades. As this organization concept leaves considerable room for interpretation, the content of lean-inspired changes ... -
Technology adoption in a declining market
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Rapid technological developments are inducing the shift in consumer demand from existing products towards new alternatives. When operating in a declining market, the profitability of incumbent firms is largely dependent ... -
Relevance of Adult Higher Education on Knowledge Management in the Healthcare Sector
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Organizations, including the healthcare sector, are subject to changes in market, technology and regulations. This requires enhanced and different types of knowledge, and has led to an increased demand for adult higher ... -
Zero Emission Neighbourhoods in the European Energy System
(ZEN Report;, Research report, 2021)Utviklingen av energisystemet drives av politiske ambisjoner for å dempe klimaendringene. Disse ambisjonene impliserer at energirelaterte klimagassutslipp må reduseres dramatisk i løpet av de neste tiårene. I tillegg til ... -
Enterprise Systems and Blockchain Technology: The Dormant Potentials
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)This paper surveys the current status of blockchain technologies integration and its potentials with enterprise systems’ (ES). The blockchain technology has received substantial attention since the recent cryptocurrency-boom. ... -
The Role of Consumer Autonomy in Developing Sustainable AI: A Conceptual Framework
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Artificial intelligence (AI)-based decision aids are increasingly employed by businesses to assist consumers’ decision-making. Personalized content based on consumers’ data brings benefits for both consumers and businesses, ... -
Verneombudets rolle i sikkerhetsarbeidet - case-studier i bygg og anlegg
(Research report, 2020)Rapporten beskriver resultatene fra en kartlegging der formålet har vært å få økt kunnskap om verneombudets rolle, utfordringer og muligheter knyttet til deres deltakelse i sikkerhetsarbeidet i bygg- og anleggsprosjekter. ... -
Peer-to-peer trading under subscribed capacity tariffs - an equilibrium approach
(Chapter, 2020)Local peer-to-peer (P2P) markets are envisioned as a promising market design to integrate the increasing number of agents in the distribution grid. To incentivize grid-friendly consumption profiles, we suggest a subscribed ... -
Demand Response as a Real-Time, Physical Hedge for Retail Electricity Providers: The Electric Reliability Council of Texas Market Case Study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Residential demand response (DR) programs are generally administered through an electricity distribution utility, or an electric grid operator. These programs typically reduce electricity consumption by inducing behavioral ... -
Development and modelling of different decarbonisation scenarios of the European energy system until 2050 as a contribution to achieving the ambitious 1.5°C climate target - Establishment of open source/data modelling in the European H2020 project openENTRANCE
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)The ambition of the openENTRANCE project is to develop and establish an open, transparent and integrated modelling platform for assessing low-carbon transition pathways of the European energy system. In this context, the ... -
Innovasjonsarbeid i FME-ene, mars 2020
(Research report, 2020)Fra innledningen. FME ZEN er et senter for miljøvennlig energi som skal utvikle løsninger for framtidens bygninger og byområder – løsninger som bidrar til at nullut-slippssamfunnet kan realiseres. FME ZEN skal vare i åtte ... -
Peer-to-Peer electricity trading in an Industrial site: Value of buildings flexibility on peak load reduction
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Local electricity markets and peer-to-peer (P2P) trading schemes in buildings have recently gained importance as an efficient way to incentivize energy flexibility (e.g. consumer demand response or storage) and to share ... -
Residual electricity demand: An empirical investigation
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Residual electricity demand represents the load that cannot be met by renewable production and that therefore must be provided by conventional power plants, electricity imports or storage capacity. Residual demand is thus ... -
Knowledge integration in international SMEs – The effects on firm innovation and performance
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)This study aims to investigate the differential effects of internationalization and knowledge integration on the innovation capabilities and firm performance of international small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). A ... -
A novel methodology to classify test cases using natural language processing and imbalanced learning
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Detecting the dependency between integration test cases plays a vital role in the area of software test optimization. Classifying test cases into two main classes – dependent and independent – can be employed for several ... -
Corporate Lean Programs: Practical Insights and Implications for Learning and Continuous Improvement
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Since Lean Production was popularized in the 1990s, many manufacturers have developed and deployed corporate lean programs across their global factory networks. However, research reports that up to 90% of lean programs ... -
Exposure to ultrafine particles in the ferroalloy industry using a logbook method
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Background: It is difficult to assess workers’ exposure to ultrafine particles (UFP) due to the lack of personal sampling equipment available for this particle fraction. The logbook method has been proposed as a general ... -
Sustainability innovations and firm competitiveness: A review
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)The purpose of this article is to map out the currently available research concerning the relationship between sustainability innovations and competitiveness and to identify the contextual factors that mediate and moderate ... -
How company law has failed human rights - And what to do about it
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)This article discusses three questions. First, what drives business to ignore human rights, or even worse, consciously undermine the achievement of human rights? Second, given the state of affairs of business and human ... -
A Branch-and-Price Algorithm for the Liner Shipping Network Design Problem
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Maritime transportation is the backbone of the global economy and one of its most important segments is liner shipping. To design a liner shipping network is notoriously difficult but also very important since an efficient ...