Browsing Institutt for industriell økonomi og teknologiledelse by Title
Now showing items 291-310 of 3156
-
Back through the back door? On removing supervisors to reduce hierarchy
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Purpose This article addresses why movements towards less-hierarchical organizing may be unsustainable within organizations. Design/methodology/approach Eschewing hierarchy may prove sustainable if alternative forms of ... -
Backing out Expectations from Hydropower Release Time Series
(Journal article, 2017)Our goal is to study how price expectations are formed in an electricity market. In the context of a single hydropower producer in the Nordic market, we expect the forward curve to have a strong influence. The alternative ... -
Backtesting a Stochastic Coordinated Bidding Model for Sequential Electricity Markets
(Master thesis, 2018)Mainly, the balance in the power system is secured in the day-ahead market. Other markets with closing time closer to delivery have emerged to further secure the balance between supply and demand. The question is whether ... -
Backtesting coordinated hydropower bidding using neural network forecasting
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)A stochastic programming model for a price-taking, profit-maximizing hydropower producer participating in the Nordic day-ahead and balancing market is developed and evaluated by backtesting over 200 historical days. We ... -
Backtesting of credit rating models - Achieving compliance with the European Securities and Markets authority's guidelines
(Master thesis, 2019)Credit rating agencies’ (CRA) increasingly important role in financial markets and the real economy has resulted in new regulatory requirements with respect to backtesting of their credit rating models. The European Union ... -
Balancing Exploration and Exploitation in The Service Sector: Ambidexterity in a Norwegian Company with a Value Shop Configuration
(Master thesis, 2013)The research question in this thesis is ?How does Making Waves balance explorationand exploitation?? which is based on our desire to study a Norwegian servicecompany with an innovative edge and long-term profitability. Our ... -
Balancing Safety I and Safety II: Learning to Manage Performance Variability at Sea Using Simulator-Based Training
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)The article explores how simulator-based training of professional maritime deck officers can improve the management of performance variability and safety during critical operations at sea. The research has a qualitative ... -
Balancing the Paradox of Exploration and Exploitation in a Digital Business Unit
(Master thesis, 2017)The purpose of this thesis is to understand how the paradox of exploration and explo- itation is balanced in a digital business unit of a mature firm. Gaining balance between these two contradicting demands has been shown ... -
Balansering av utnyttende og utforskende innovasjonsaktiviteter i store etablerte selskaper - En casestudie av DNV GL Olje og Gass
(Master thesis, 2018)En grunnleggende utfordring som organisasjoner opplever er hvordan man kontinuerlig forbedrer sin eksisterende virksomhet, samtidig som man utforsker nye muligheter for fremtidig vekst. Dette innovasjonsparadokset mellom ... -
Barriereindikator - Videreutvikling og erfaringer fra test
(Research report, 2020)Rapporten presenterer resultater fra forskning, som har hatt som formål å utvikle en Barriereindikator. Den gir aktører i bygg og anlegg data i ‘sanntid’ om statusen til barrierer mot alvorlig skade og derved mulighet å ... -
Barriers that businesses experience when implementing a circular business model: A Qualitative Multiple Case Study of how Norwegian businesses work with barriers when contributing to their own and other actors ́circular business models
(Master thesis, 2022)Sirkulære forretningskonsepter har blitt stadig mer populære de siste årene som et verktøy til å bli mer bærekraftige. Bedrifter står overfor ulike utfordringer når det gjelder å implementere, tilpasse eller bidra til ... -
Barriers to innovation faced by Entrepreneurial Support Organisations (ESO’s) in Sub-Saharan Africa. comparative case study of an early stage VC firm, an incubator and a hub.
(Master thesis, 2021)I løpet av de siste årene har det vært en dramatisk økning av oppstartsbedrifter i utviklingsland over hele verden. Forskere ser på entreprenørskap som et verktøy for å redusere fattigdom, arbeidsløshet, øke sosial velferd ... -
Barriers to public procurement for innovation: A case study of ICT projects in the specialised health services in Norway
(Master thesis, 2013)In this study we have looked at the concept of public procurement for innovation, and tried to reveal the main barriers that prevent successful procurement for innovation to take place. A natural next step has been to ... -
Battery degradation: Impact on economic dispatch
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Batteries are crucial to manage the rising share of intermittent energy sources and variability in demand. Most technoeconomic models in the literature oversimplify battery degradation representation. Accounting properly ... -
Becoming a project manager - A cross-sectional study of French engineers' challenging transition from technical specialists to project managers
(Master thesis, 2018)First of all, I will develop a theoretical framework based on literature of interest for answering my research question. Then, this empirical framework will be used to analyze the empirical data I have collected when ... -
Bedre arbeidsmetoder og holdninger? Implementering av livsglede for eldre? [The impact of certification of the “Joy of Life” in Nursing homes on the improvement of working methods and attitudes among staff in Nursing Homes]
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Resultatene i denne studien tyder på at implementering mot å bli et livsgledesykehjem har ført til et større faglig fokus i sykehjemmene. Respondentene beskriver at sertifiseringsprosessen har gitt dem en bedre arbeidshverdag. -
Bedriften vår er en teknologibedrift!
(Master thesis, 2022)Studien er en singel casestudie av en norsk teknologibedrift. Formålet med studien, har vært å beskrive nødvendig kompetansesammensetting hos prosjektlederen av tekniske leveranseprosjekter, og hvordan denne påvirker ... -
Bedriftens finansiering og finanskrisen
(Bachelor thesis, 2013)Dagens samfunn er i stor grad avhengig av effektive og nyskapende bedrifter. Generelt planlegger og gjennomfører bedrifter prosjekter hvor utbetalinger kommer før innbetalinger. Dette kalles investeringer, og er sentralt ... -
Bedrifters utbytte av deltagelse i FME (Forskingssenter for Miljøvennlig Energi)
(Master thesis, 2012)Denne masteroppgaven er en studie av verdiskapningen som skjer for partnerbedrifter i forskingssentre for miljøvennlig energi (FME). Problemstillingen jeg har valgt for denne oppgaven er: Er deltagelse i FME verdiskapende ...