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Waste Management in Norway - A study of possible application of "ISO 37120 Sustainable Development in Communities - Indicators for city services and quality of life"
(Master thesis, 2016)As a contribution in reaching the UN SDGs and towards a circular economy ISO 37120:2014, Sustainable Development in Communities Indicators for city services and quality of life, has been explored to assess its possibility ... -
Water Management and Corporate Social Responsibility: Norwegian companies' experiences and strategies of water usage in India as a response to international water initiatives
(Master thesis, 2014)Climate change exacerbates already pressing challenges for the global water situation. Reports by the UN and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), states that climate change is likely to exacerbate many of ... -
"We are at day one of a new life": translation of a management concept from headquarter to a production team
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyze how implementation of a management concept is interpreted by a team within a multinational company. The headquarter “rolls out” a standardized version of teamwork within a ... -
"We put teamwork back on the agenda again and again". The role of support systems in autonomous teamwork
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the literature on teamwork by focusing on the influence support systems, like industrial relations, have on teamwork. Teamwork is conceptualized through three ... -
Weaving a strategy for a base-of-the-pyramid market: The case of Grundfos LIFELINK
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)This paper explores the development of strategies by multinational corporations (MNCs) for serving markets at the base of the economic pyramid (BoP). MNCs play an important role in meeting the Sustainable Development ... -
What Characterizes the Candidate Selection Process at Venture Creation Programs
(Master thesis, 2016)Abstract Purpose - There are an increasing number of entrepreneurship educations at universities and a specific type of education where the students learn entrepreneurship through actual venture creation are called venture ... -
What characterizes the work culture at a hospital unit that successfully implements change – a correlation study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Background To successfully achieve change in healthcare, a balance between technology and “people ware”, the human recourses, is necessary. However, the human aspect of the change implementation process has received less ... -
What Determines the Level of Natural Gas Demand? An Empirical Analysis Across and Within Aggregated Regions of the World
(Master thesis, 2020)Vi lever i en tid hvor vi ser et økt fokus på å begrense miljøpåvirkningen vi har på jorden. Effektiviseringstiltak rettet mot energiforbruk og utslipp av uønskede klimagasser kan bidra til å bekjempe disse utfordringene. ... -
What elements contribute to the success of a venture creation program?
(Master thesis, 2021)Venture creation programs (VCP) er kategorisert som utdanningsprogrammer i entreprenørskap med et særlig høyt fokus på erfaringsbasert læring. VCP-studenter bruker utviklingen av ekte, reelle selskap eller organisasjoner ... -
What Happens to Psychological Safety When Going Remote?
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Psychological safety is a precondition for learning and success in software teams. But what happens to psychological safety when work becomes remote? In this article, we explore how Norwegian software developers experienced ... -
When Digital Lean Tools Need Continuous Improvement
(Chapter, 2021)Lean practitioners have traditionally been reluctant to automate and digitalize production. Over the last years the combination of lean and digitalization has been actualized in academic publications, but still there are ... -
When Entrepreneur and Investor match: Do gender matter?
(Master thesis, 2023)Entreprenørskap anerkjennes som en driver for økonomisk vekst og samfunns velvære. Imidlertid har feltet tradisjonelt vært dominert av menn, og det har vært utfordrende for kvinnelige entreprenører. Denne studien fokuserer ... -
When Green Procurement Meets Complexity: The Case of Sustainable Neighborhood Projects
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)In a rapidly urbanizing world, cities form the key context for a sustainable transition. The neighborhood scale is suggested as a successful scale to realize cross-sector, inter-organizational collaborations. The multifaceted ... -
Where are you from? The influence of an unfamiliar sub-national region of origin from familiar and unfamiliar countries on quality perceptions and purchase intentions
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)This paper examines how consumer quality perceptions and purchase intentions are influenced by country of origin level, specifically for an unfamiliar region of origin (ROO) and by parent country familiarity. We conducted ... -
Whispers in the Wind: Ethical dimensions of social conflict in offshore wind
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)The current European energy crisis in combination with the international climate agreements dictate the need for strong investment in green energy. Among others, offshore wind is widely considered an efficient low-impact ... -
Who should own the PV? Assessment of ownership structures for local energy production in zero emission neighbourhoods
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Why competence in teleworking matters
(Master thesis, 2020)Teleworking (also referred to as remote working) is currently rising in popularity, and based on the recent COVID-19 pandemic this trend appears likely to continue. The existing theoretical literature on teleworking indicates ... -
Why do Incumbent Firms enter into Agreements with Startups? - A case study of how and why three incumbent firms enter into agreements with startups.
(Master thesis, 2017)The aim for this study is to investigate why incumbents enter pilot agreements with startups. This will be done through the development of an overarching model of the initiation process that includes the incumbent's ... -
Why Do Non-Investment Grade Rated Companies Issue Convertible Bonds Instead of Bonds in Norway?
(Master thesis, 2011)I find non-investment graded companies motives for issuing convertible bonds in the Norwegian market by evaluating logistic regression results from a two-step security choice model from samples of 28 convertible bond-, ... -
Why do they do it? Corporate venture capital investments in cleantech startups
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Sustainable startups commercializing a clean technology provide an opportunity for a greener future. Despite their high investment risks, cleantech startups increasingly attract corporate venture capital. This paper explores ...