Blar i Institutt for industriell økonomi og teknologiledelse på tittel
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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 ... -
Unions, collective agreements and productivity: A firm‐level analysis using Norwegian matched employer–employee panel data
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)What is the role of collective agreements in explaining how unions affect firm-level productivity? Using matched employer–employee panel data for the Norwegian labour market, comprising almost 21 million individual-year ... -
University spin-offs and corporate venture capital: The balance of risks and resources, and its impact on university spin-offs
(Master thesis, 2020)Universitets spin-offs (USOs) er nye teknologibaserte bedrifter (NTBFs) som initieres i en akademisk setting og er basert på universitetsforskning, noe som resulterer i et bestemt sett med utfordringer. Denne studien ... -
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 ... -
Use of Multi-Criteria Involvement Processes to Enhance Transparency and Stakeholder Participation at Bergen Harbour, Norway
(Journal article, 2011)Use of participatory stakeholder engagement processes could be important to reduce the risk of potential conflicts in managing contaminated sites. Most stakeholder engagement techniques are qualitative in nature and require ... -
Use of Technology in the Study of Team-Interaction and Performance
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Direct observation of groups is labor-intensive. As a result, current research on small groups often relies on retrospective ratings. Recent developments in sensor-technology have eased data gathering, leading to a renewed ... -
User Friendly Framework for Measuring Product and Process Novelty in the Early Stages of Product Development
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)This paper examines the innovation process in four Norwegian companies, all supplying the automotive industry with light weight structural components. Twelve representative product projects are categorized, together with ... -
Usikkerhetens innvirkning på håndtering av naturfarer
(Master thesis, 2021)Nyere klimaforskning indikererer en økt forekomst av naturfarer som følge av vær- og temperaturendringer. Med økende befolkningsvekst og infrastrukturutvikling vil sårbarheten mot naturfarer øke tilsvarende. Klimaendringer ... -
Using a hybrid hard-linked model to analyze reduced climate gas emissions from transport
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)In this paper we have hard-linked a bottom-up energy system model (TIMES) and a top-down computable general equilibrium model (REMES) in order to analyze both the energy system impacts and the economic impacts of reducing ... -
Using Branch and Price to Optimize Land-Based Salmon Production
(Master thesis, 2021)Produksjon av laks på land er en spennende ny retning innen lakseoppdrett og kan ha operasjonelle synergieffekter med tradisjonelt sjøbasert lakseoppdrett. Å la smolt vokse seg større på land før de settes ut i sjøen er ... -
Using Branch and Price to Optimize the Production of Salmon Under the Risk of Gender Maturation
(Master thesis, 2022)I denne oppgaven undersøker vi hvordan produksjonsplanlegging i industriell lakseproduksjon påvirkes av risikoen for kjønnsmodning og inkludering av kjønnsfordelte smolttyper. Vi modellerer et to-trinns stokastisk blandet ... -
Using ICT and Control Mechanisms in Project Management: How ICT enables and affects control mechanisms
(Master thesis, 2011)The causality of troubled ICT projects and driven force of more systematic project management approach within IT sectors is not easy to be defined in practice due to the variety of industry and business needs.In this report, ... -
Using Lagrangian relaxation to locate hydrogen production facilities under uncertain demand: a case study from Norway
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Hydrogen is considered a solution to decarbonize the transportation sector, an important step to meet the requirements of the Paris agreement. Even though hydrogen demand is expected to increase over the next years, the ... -
Using machine learning prediction models for quality control: a case study from the automotive industry
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)This paper studies a prediction problem using time series data and machine learning algorithms. The case study is related to the quality control of bumper beams in the automotive industry. These parts are milled during the ...