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How and Why do Companies Perform Open Innovation?: -a comparative study of Norwegian SMEs and large companies
(Master thesis, 2013)The purpose of this master thesis is to investigate how and why Norwegian small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs), compared to large Norwegian companies, implement Open Innovation strategies. The emphasis is on the ... -
How and why do Research Based Spin-Offs change their Business Model?
(Master thesis, 2014)Research based spin-offs (RBSO) are new firms created to commercially exploit knowledge, technology or research results developed within an academic institution. The phenomenon of RBSOs has become an increasingly important ... -
How aspects of supply chains impact the supply chain strategies of manufacturing firms
(Master thesis, 2020)Formålet med denne oppgaven er å undersøke hvordan forsyningskjedeaspekter kan påvirke valget av forsyningskjedestrategi. Forå oppnå dette er forsyningskjedeaspektene produkt- og markedskarakteristikker, avkoblingspunkt ... -
How Being Proactive can Drive the Market: A Case Study of Trendsetting Norwegian Firms
(Master thesis, 2023)Usikkerheten i markedet vokser hyppigere enn noen gang. Dette gjør konkurransefortrinn flyktig, og krever at bedrifter blir mer mulighetssøkende og bruker proaktivitet til å drive markedet til bedriftens fordel. For å bidra ... -
How big-science centres facilitate the creation of new technology-based firms.
(Master thesis, 2012)This thesis examines how five intergovernmental big-science organizations facilitate the creation of new technology based firms. The context of intergovernmental research organization is underexplored in the literature ... -
How can an engineering project executed by an alliance become more lean?
(Master thesis, 2017)In recent years, the focus on finding more efficient solutions for project execution in the oil and gas industry has increased. In order to make the project execution more efficient, several operators have found that they ... -
How can an SME buyer develop its suppliers?
(Master thesis, 2019)There is an abundant literature regarding supplier development in collaboration with big companies. Nowadays, Small Medium-sized Enterprises (SME) are growing in number and there is not much research in collaboration with ... -
How can indicators be used to provide early warnings of major accidents in the petroleum industry?
(Master thesis, 2013)AbstractTo avoid accidents and unwanted events, monitoring of accident risk, especially the accumulation of risk factors, is an important part of overall risk management. One of the more useful methods for monitoring risk ... -
How can research institutions best support potential and existing spin-off companies?
(Master thesis, 2014)In this paper, several spin-offs from international research institutions are interviewed in order to get insight into how these institutions can best support their potential and current spin-off companies. Using existing ... -
How can SMEs and NGOs collaborate -: a case study of critical factors in alliance structures
(Master thesis, 2013)This Thesis search to answer the question: How can small and medium sized enterprises [SMEs] and non governmental organisations [NGOs] build a robust alliance in order to launch a new product in bottom of the pyramid [BOP] ... -
How can the lead-user method add value to the user focus in a company’s front end process? - Case study from the telecommunication industry
(Master thesis, 2014)This thesis uses a company from the telecommunication industry as case for studying how the front end of innovation is structured and how the lead-user method can add value to the user focus of the activities in the front ... -
How Can the Public and Private Sector Work Together to Ensure More Sustainable Farming for Smallholder Farmers? - A Study of Public-Private Partnerships
(Master thesis, 2018)The future of the world s food systems is at risk, and there is an urgent need to tackle these issues before there are not enough resources to feed the world s population. In order to do so, the public and private sector ... -
How combinations of network participation, firm age and firm size explain SMEs' responses to COVID-19
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are important to the economy but vulnerable to changes in their environment. A current example of an exogenous shock threatening SMEs globally is the COVID-19 pandemic, and the ... -
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 ... -
How deregulation can become overregulation: An empirical study into the growth of internal bureaucracy when governments take a step back
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Over the past decades, government safety management regulation has been driven by deregulation, simplification and organization-level regimes of inspection. So-called functional rule-making requires organizations to implement ... -
How do companies learn from internal/external experience?
(Master thesis, 2013)SummaryThe thesis is a response to the fact that the Norwegian Petroleum Safety Authority questions the learning ability of the petroleum companies that are operating on the Norwegian continental shelf, despite that this ... -
How do Delays Along the Way Influence Delays to Final Destination?
(Master thesis, 2013)Abstract:In daily operation, railway traffic always deviates from the planned schedule to a certain extent. Initial disturbances of trains at some point along the line may cause a whole cascade of delays over the entire ... -
How do digital business strategies contribute to small and medium-sized enterprises' competitive advantage?
(Master thesis, 2023)Drevet av teknologiske fremskritt og digitale strategier har digitale forretningsstrategier endret måten informasjonsteknologi brukes på operasjonelt nivå i bedrifter. Koblingen mellom produkter, prosesser og tjenester har ... -
How do Project Managers' of Land-Based Operations Perceive the Transfer of Tacit Knowledge between Projects? - A Case Study of ÅF Reinertsen
(Master thesis, 2016)The purpose of this thesis is to understand what hampers Knowledge Transfer between projects in the construction sector, as seen from a Project Manager s perspective through a case analysis of ÅF Reinertsen AS, a company ... -
How do social and traditional start-ups compare in their incorporation of ethics in decision-making processes?
(Master thesis, 2022)Oppstarter opererer i rask skiftende omgivelser, hvor utallige muligheter medfølger utallige valg. Hvordan sikrer nyoppstartede bedrifter at moralske beslutninger blir tatt? Denne kvalitative studien utforsker etiske ...