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CoPs facing rationalization: The politics of community reproduction
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Purpose This paper aims to explore the relationship between the contemporary forms of manufacturing rationalization and the reproduction of communities of practice (CoPs) centred on tasks and craft. Building on critical ... -
Corporate Governance of Virtual Projects: Cultural issues influencing projects spanning national borders
(Master thesis, 2011)There are many policies and principles of Corporate Governance in different countries around the world. Different countries have their own approaches and corporate governance models. However, the globalization of economics ... -
Corporate social responsibility as a business contribution to sustainable development
(Doktoravhandlinger ved NTNU, 1503-8181; 2009:142, Doctoral thesis, 2009)Corporate social responsibility (CSR) has been framed as a business contribution to sustainable development, but there are diverging views on how this may be. In this thesis, the overall research question is: How does CSR ... -
Corporate Social Responsibility as a Driver for Innovation and Growth in Small and Medium-sized Enterprises: A Quantitative and Qualitative Study of High-Growth Small and Medium-sized Enterprises
(Master thesis, 2012)BACKGROUND Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is a topic of current interest due to a growing focus on sustainability and a changing role of business, where business is increasingly seen as playing an important part in ... -
Corporate Sustainability : Exploring a Case of Creating Value from Waste through a Transdisciplinary Methodology
(Doctoral theses at NTNU;2019:105, Doctoral thesis, 2019)Summary of the thesis This thesis draws from a longitudinal case study focused on the company Plasto’s effort to create value from waste. Taking place from May 2014 to April 2018, the empirical research explores the ... -
Cost Analysis of Plug and Abandonment Operations on the Norwegian Continental Shelf
(Master thesis, 2016)Norway is one of the world's largest petroleum exporters and has been producing oil and gas for almost 50 years. Many of the petroleum fields are soon reaching their maturity stage where income cannot cover the expenses, ... -
Cost Estimation for Underwater Tunnel Projects based on Uncertainty and Risk Analysis
(Master thesis, 2014)Cost estimation is a complex and critical process, particularly during pre-investment phases of large undersea tunnel projects, where major decisions must be made under a high level of uncertainty. The high level of ... -
Cost-Emission Relations for Maritime Logistics Support in Aquaculture
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)This paper presents a method for evaluation of the economic cost of reducing the emissions from a fleet operating in the aquaculture industry. The method accounts for the fact that different fleet compositions perform ... -
Covariance estimation using high-frequency data : an analysis of Nord Pool electricity forward data
(Journal article, 2012)The modeling of volatility and correlation is important in order to calculate hedge ratios, value at risk estimates, CAPM betas, derivate pricing and risk management in general. Recent access to intra-daily high-frequency ... -
Covariation amongst pool management, trichloramine exposure and asthma for swimmers in Norway
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)The association between asthma and exposure to the air in swimming facilities has been acknowledged. However, the variation in, long-term exposure to and management of the respiratory irritant trichloramine (NCl3) is not ... -
Creating Competitive Advantage through Green Innovation - A Qualitative Study of the Norwegian Aquaculture Industry
(Master thesis, 2018)The aim of this study is to get a broader understanding of the concept of green innovation, and how firms use it to create competitive advantage. Empirical data from the Norwegian aquaculture industry is used, both through ... -
Creating organizational change and innovation: An action research oriented study of participative organizational change and innovation in the Norwegian AEC industry
(Dr.ingeniøravhandling, 0809-103X; 2002:93, Doctoral thesis, 2002)This thesis contributes to the understanding of how to create organizational change and innovation in companies of the Norwegian Architects, Engineering and Construction (AEC) industry. The thesis, then, inquires into the ... -
Creating relationship continuity across projects in the construction industry: Deliberate, emergent and deliberately emergent strategies
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship continuity across projects among actors in the construction industry, and to discuss why and how such continuity takes place. Design/methodology/ap ... -
Creating Responsive Learning Environments to Develop Students’ Reflective Capacity
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)In today’s society, rapidly changing conditions and expectations mean that students need to learn how to make reflective judgments, and there is a clear need to better understand how to create learning environments that ... -
Creativity in smaller Organizations
(Master thesis, 2016)Three smaller organizations of different sizes are being investigated in order to find out what promotes creativity in smaller organizations. A case study of an immature startup, a mature startup and an established company ... -
Creativity-Contingent Rewards, Intrinsic Motivation, and Creativity: The Importance of Fair Reward Evaluation Procedures
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Pay for performance is a common practice used by organizations to increase employees’ motivation and performance, and creativity-contingent rewards have been shown to support creativity. But are all creativity-contingent ... -
Credit Rating and Capital Structure for Norwegian Listed Firms
(Master thesis, 2012)We examine how credit ratings affect capital structure of Norwegian listed firms. The data sample comprises 216 companies listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange in the period 2004 to 2010. Three concerns for credit rating are ... -
Crew resource management training in the maritime industry: a literature review
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)The study is based on a literature review of recent empirical research on crew resource management (CRM) training in the maritime industry, organised around what non-technical skills to learn and how. The review indicates ... -
Critical components of business models for renewable energy based rural electrification
(Master thesis, 2014)The research question in this thesis is What are the critical business model components to prioritize in order for an early stage company to become viable when delivering renewable energy to the rural population of ...