Blar i Institutt for industriell økonomi og teknologiledelse på emneord "NTNUs Entreprenørskole"
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Are there asymmetric power relations in a product development project involving small enterprises and large R&D-institutions? - A case study in influence and dependency in R&D-collaborations
(Master thesis, 2015)The objective of this thesis is to answer the main research question: Can we observe the existence of power imbalance in R&D-collaboration, and how is this power imbalance formed by dependency and influence? The main ... -
Business Incubators as a resource provider
(Master thesis, 2015)Incubators are becoming an important tool to increase infrastructure and development supporting entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurship is described as a key factor in order to create new companies that generate fresh possibilities ... -
The Decision Making Process in the Norwegian Venture Capital Industry
(Master thesis, 2015)This thesis address the venture capital (VC) decision making process and criteria. The vast majority of the research conducted in this field to date has predominantly focused on detecting the decision criteria emphasized ... -
Distributed power generation: An opportunity in disguise for electric utilities
(Master thesis, 2015)This paper presents a novel new system model for electric utility providers struggling with declining revenues from increasing adoption of distributed energy resources (DER). The proposed new system model takes advantage ... -
Does an action-based entrepreneurship education mean action heroes? - Impact assessing an action-based entrepreneurial venture creation program
(Master thesis, 2015)Entrepreneurial venture creation programs (VCP) stand out from traditional entrepreneurial education programs with its high focus on action-based activity and learning through venture creation. The high demand for resources ... -
Early sales as a success factor for startups - A case study on how early sales affects the business decisions taken and thus the success of early stage ventures.
(Master thesis, 2015)Keywords: Norwegian student incubators, startups, early sales, startup success factors, customer feedback, need for capital, startup reputation, startup motivation. The research question we seek to answer in this thesis ... -
Entering a Developing Country with a Solar Cooker: Strategies for Start-ups
(Master thesis, 2015)Today, 2.7 billion people rely on biomass as their primary cooking fuel, leading to severe health and environmental impacts in many developing countries. Solar cooking represents a technologically viable alternative to the ... -
Entrepreneurial Signaling: A Norwegian Cleantech Case Study
(Master thesis, 2016)Mitigating climate change is one of the most pressing issues of today, and critical for the future of our planet. As an effort to find solutions to mitigate the climate change, new cleantech ventures develop new innovative ... -
Entreprenørielt samarbeid innad i studentteam - Hvordan opprettholde et godt samarbeid innad i en oppstartsbedrift
(Master thesis, 2015)Oppgavens målsetning er å kunne identifisere faktorer og kjennetegn for å sikre bærekraftige team i oppstartsbedrifter. Ved å teste et eksisterende rammeverk via kvalitative intervju av studenter fra NTNUs Entreprenørskole ... -
Equity Valuation of University-based Spinoffs: A Literature Review and Empirical Study
(Master thesis, 2015)During the last three decades, there has been a significant growth in the establishment of university spin-offs(USOs), and they have become an important part of the economic landscape. These are companies where it is gerally ... -
Guerrilla Marketing: A low-cost strategy for startups
(Master thesis, 2015)A reason as to why many startups fail is poor marketing. Due to scarce financial resources, startups are restricted from using traditional marketing methods that are associated with high costs. An alternative strategy that ... -
Hackathons as a platform for creating start-ups: Evidence from THE Port
(Master thesis, 2016)Abstract. This thesis researches why hackathons can be characterised as a ground for creating start-up companies, as well as what start-up teams emerging from hackathons have in common. A hackathon is a time-limited event ... -
Hva er utslagsgivende faktorer for at unge personer velger å bli entreprenører?
(Master thesis, 2015)Denne oppgaven studerer unge entreprenører og identifiserer årsaker til at de velger entreprenørskap som karrierevei. Det er gjort et litteraturstudie i emnene motivasjon, nettverk, self-efficacy og entreprenøriell ... -
Key Factors in the Process of Customer Acquisition for Startups Launching a Platform in a Two-Sided Market.
(Master thesis, 2015)This thesis will present research in the form of a single case study of the bootstrapping startup Dirtybit. When launching their second game, Fun Run, it grew from zero users to acquiring 1 million new users per day within ... -
Public Sector Innovation - An Empirical Study on Managers in the Norwegian Public Sector
(Master thesis, 2014)Innovation in the public sector is crucial in order to maintain the high levels of welfare services the public sector provides, and for the public sector to be able to address the economic and societal challenges it face. ... -
Revenue Models and Pricing Strategies in Solar-Based Decentralized Micro-Grid Rural Electrification Companies in India.
(Master thesis, 2015)A development tool for revenue models and pricing strategies in solar-based decentralized micro-grid rural electrification in India is developed by the authors. The basis for the revenue model development tool is an extensive ... -
The champion's human capital and its role throughout the USO's development
(Master thesis, 2015)This Master thesis will explore how the specific human capital of the champion contribute to the development of university spin-off. The framework used to describe the contribution is resource based theory, knowledge based ... -
The Efficient Process of Acquiring a Pilot Customer - An Insight Into the Pilot Customer Acquisition Process for Nascent Entrepreneurs, Located at Schools of Entrepreneurship
(Master thesis, 2015)The purpose of this thesis is to examine how nascent entrepreneurs, located in Schools of Entrepreneurship, pursue the process of initiating Business-to-Business relationships with pilot customers and how this process can ... -
Top Management Team's Performance in New Technology-Based Firms: - A Quantitative Study of the Impact of Network Capabilities, Top Management Team's Behavioural Integration and Board Service Role on Top Management Team's Effectiveness
(Master thesis, 2015)In the latter years, the focus on entrepreneurial firms has increased, and as a result, our understanding of these firms has improved significantly. However, in the evolution of modern business, there are still many things ...