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Ubiquitous TV: A Business Model Perspective on the Norwegian Television Industry
(Master thesis, 2011)The Internet is an emerging distribution channel for television content that will deeply impact industry incumbents in the long term. This master thesis explores what challenges are brought forth in this industry by the ... -
UN Global Compact as Means for Sustainable Value Creation
(Chapter; Conference object; Peer reviewed, 2014)Organizational barriers to sustainable value creation are analysed and discussed in this paper. Furthermore, a central objective is to present managerial recommendations on how to increase sustainability performance. The ... -
(Un)organizing equal collaboration between users and professionals: on management of patient education in Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)Background This is an article about how patient education is managed in Norway, but it also addresses a matter of broader relevance that of how an organization imbued with a request for rational choices is able to take ... -
Uncertain Climate Policy Decisions and Investment Timing: Evidence from Small Hydropower Plants
(Journal article, 2011)Based on panel data of 214 licenses to construct small hydropower plants, we examine whether uncertainty with respect to the introduction of a market for renewable energy certificates affected the timing of investments in ... -
Understanding and Managing Ambiguity in New Product Development: Lessons from the Medical-Device Industry
(Doktoravhandlinger ved NTNU, 1503-8181; 2010:66, Doctoral thesis, 2010)This dissertation explores ambiguity in new product development (NPD) projects, what its nature is and how it is managed by those participating in NPD projects. Current methods to manage NPD projects are challenged and ... -
Understanding contextual instability, complexity and diversity in an organization undergoing a comprehensive job stress intervention: Implications for work environment, worker health and intervention effect
(Doctoral thesis at NTNU;2015:306, Doctoral thesis, 2015)Work environment interventions are frequently initiated to target and alleviate occupational risk factors, worker stress, worker health, and high sick leave. However, many interventions seem to fail to bring about ... -
UNDERSTANDING LEARNING OUTCOMES IN VENTURE CREATION PROGRAMS
(Bachelor thesis, 2019)Venture creation programs (VCP) er en spesiell type entreprenørskapsutdanning og skal bidra til å: (1) utdanne forretningsutviklere og entreprenører, og (2) skape nye virksomheter (Lackéus & Williams-Middleton, 2015). Hensikten ... -
Understanding Macroeconomic Drivers of Firm Value Multiple Aggregates
(Master thesis, 2018)Abstract: We study aggregates of corporate value using a method largely unexplored in the literature: valuation multiples. Possibilities illuminated by the valuation multiple perspective are examined using conventional and ... -
Understanding Macroeconomic Drivers of Firm Value Multiple Aggregates
(Master thesis, 2018)Me analyserer aggregert prising av verksemder med hjelp av ein lite nytta framgangsmåte mellom forskarar innanfor finans: verdsetjingsmultiplar. Multippelvinklinga gjev høve til å skjøna og å føreseia samanhengen mellom ... -
Understanding significant processes during work environment interventions to alleviate time pressure and associated sick leave of home care workers - a case study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)Background: Ergonomic and work stress interventions rarely show long-term positive effect. The municipality participating in this study received orders from the Norwegian Labour Inspectorate due to an identified ... -
Undersøkelse av emisjon av VOC og partikler fra maling til inneluft
(Master thesis, 2015)Innendørs luftkvalitet er av stor betydning for menneskers helse og velvære, og kan reduseres av emisjon av kjemiske og fysiske komponenter fra bygningsmaterialer og malingsprodukter. Formålet med masteroppgaven har vært ... -
En undersøkelse om kundetilfredshet for BoligPartner
(Bachelor thesis, 2013)Oppgaven vår handler om kundetilfredshet, merkeverdi og lojalitet ved anbefaling for en kapitalvare. Vår studie bygger på godt dokumenterte teorier, noe som ble grunnlaget for vårt valg av et deskriptivt forskningsdesign. ... -
Uniform price auctions with profit maximizing seller
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)We study multiunit uniform price auctions where the seller is allowed to decrease the quantity supplied in order to maximize his profit. We show that he never chooses to do so in equilibrium. However, the existence of this ... -
University-Industry Interaction and its Contribution to Economic Development in Uganda: A study of chosen projects and their interactions with the university sector in Kampala
(Master thesis, 2011)The Triple Helix model promotes interaction between the government, universities and industry through free flow of information. The model is created with a closed system in mind. Free flow of information is illustrated by ... -
Unleashing the creativity of non-professionals - Co-design as a method of innovation
(Master thesis, 2018)This thesis explores co-design as a methodology for innovation processes involving non-professionals. Co-design as a method of innovation is increasing in popularity and becoming more widespread (Sanders and Stappers, 2016, ... -
Unlocking work standards through systematic work observation: implications for team supervision
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)Purpose - Companies with routine operations often pursue team-based continuous improvement in the context of standardized work. Continuous improvement requires that work standards are periodically "unlocked", i.e. made ... -
Upgrading hydropower plants with storage: timing and capacity choice
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)This paper presents an investment decision support framework for a hydropower producer with storage facilities that is considering upgrading the production capacity in its power plant. A real options framework is proposed ... -
US natural gas market classification using pooled regression
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)Natural gas marketing has considerably evolved since the early 1990s, when a set of liberalizing rules were passed in both the United States and the European Union that eliminated state-driven regulations in favor of open ... -
Use of Electronic Medical Records and the road towards paperless hospitals in Norway. A socio-technical perspective
(Doktoravhandlinger ved NTNU, 1503-8181; 2007:236, Doctoral thesis, 2007)Electronic medical records (EMRs) have for a long time been a topic of interest for researchers and practitioners both nationally and internationally. The main reasons seem to be the expectation that EMR-systems can ... -
Use of life cycle assessments to evaluate the environmental footprint of contaminated sediment remediation
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)Ecological and human risks often drive the selection of remedial alternatives for contaminated sediments. Traditional human and ecological risk assessment (HERA) includes assessing risk for benthic organisms and aquatic ...