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Characteristics of expatriates' knowledge sharing practices in a humanitarian organization
(Master thesis, 2013-02-12)The topic of this thesis is to examine how expatriates, that is, people taking employment outside one’s native country, contribute to organizational learning, and what the characteristics of their knowledge sharing practices ... -
Characteristics of family firms with family management
(Master thesis, 2012-05-09)In this paper we examine what characterizes family firms’ decisions when it comes to having a family member being the CEO or the chairman of the board of the company. We define this as family management, which is the ... -
Charged Choices - How influencer endorsement and time-limited offers shape credit card behavior
(Master thesis, 2024)This master thesis investigates how influencer endorsements and time-limited offers affect consumer credit payment behavior. With the rise of alternative payment methods, credit cards have become a dominant choice, often ... -
Charities presented as “sponsors” in sports: are sports teams’ benevolence beneficial for concurrent sponsors?
(Master thesis, 2017)This study investigates implications of having a charity partner presented alongside sponsors in sports. This phenomenon is especially prevalent among football clubs, most prominently the partnership between Unicef and ... -
Chatbots in service recovery: Crackpot or Jackpot?
(Master thesis, 2019)Problem Service recovery has been a heavily researched and studied area for several years. As technology has continued to develop and been adapted and incorporated into this field, new research avenues have also opened ... -
Cheerful Fronts and Cautious Minds: The Dual Nature of Optimism in Leadership
(Master thesis, 2024)In uncertain situations, the way people recommend optimism might vary. While previous studies suggest a general bias for optimism in prescriptions, we attempt to extract nuance by investigating the impact of hierarchies ... -
Choosing Meat Substitutes: The Power of Packaging when Marketing Towards a Sustainable Future
(Master thesis, 2020)The meat consumption of the modern world is slowly eating away at our planet’s natural resources. Consumer awareness and governmental regulations surrounding more sustainable food production, has created an area of ... -
Choosing the Right Course of Action: Implementing Al Medical Deuices in Healthcare
(Master thesis, 2023)To address the need for specialized treatment and optimize resource utilization, the healthcare industry must undergo a comprehensive digital transformation. Various healthcare departments are actively exploring alternative ... -
Churn Prediction: How Customers' Usage under Contract is Linked to Churn
(Master thesis, 2020)Businesses will always have a certain amount of customers leaving for various reasons, whether it's for another competitor or because their perception of value isn’t met. The concept of churn prediction is based on ... -
Circular Economy and Sustainable Value Creation in the Construction Industry: A case study on how circular economy affects the activities in the value chain in a Norwegian construction organization
(Master thesis, 2021)The construction industry is among the largest industries in Norway, and it accounts for a significant portion of the country's emissions. Over the last decades, global material consumption has rapidly increased, as a ... -
Classifying Profitable Customers Vased on Meta Data with Machine Learning
(Master thesis, 2022)The objective of this master's thesis is to explore if a machine learning model can predict sale outcomes from the metadata generated by potential leads as they navigate the company’s website. Additionally, the research ... -
Climbing the ladder of knowledge about drug shortages through business analytics
(Master thesis, 2021)Despite techonological tranformations and innovations, the global supply of drugs has faced increasing difficulties to meet its demand. The resulting deviations have lead to an exponential increase in the number of annualy ... -
Cluster as a facilitator : the case of the maritime cluster in Møre og Romsdal
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Co-creating multisensory e-commerce experiences: An exploratory study case on luxury products
(Master thesis, 2021)This research aims to investigate whether giving customers control over the sensory cues can drive a higher willingness-to-pay (WTP) for luxury products in an online retail context. We assume that luxury brands can ... -
CO2 Emissions and its effect on Economic Growth
(Master thesis, 2023)This thesis examines the economic impact of fossil fuel dependency, measured by CO2 emissions per capita, and analyzes it during different periods ranging from 1800 to 2018. We begin with a univariate model and add time ... -
Code of ethics and moral awareness ; A study about the relationship between code of ethics and moral awareness and the moderating impact of locus of control
(Master thesis, 2016)The purpose of this study is to examine the effectiveness of code of ethics on moral sensitivity of individuals and evaluate whether individual differences such as locus of control have any effect on this relationship. ... -
Collaboration between Banks and FinTech Companies : An Assessment of Emerging Organizational Designs within
(Master thesis, 2018)By studying how incumbent banks and FinTechs prepare for PSD2 we have assessed what organizational designs that will emerge from collaboration between banks and FinTechs in Norway. We have studied organizational design ... -
Collaboration in a Best Value Project - A case study of Best Value Approach (BVA) in the Norwegian Construction Industry
(Master thesis, 2019)The procurement of construction services is a large part of the investments in the public sector, and therefore affects both the society and project participants within the construction industry. Despite that, construction ... -
Collective organisational engagement in times of change
(Master thesis, 2017)Collective organisational engagement concerns the common perception among organisational members that members of the organisation are mentally, physically, and emotionally invested in their work (Barrick, Thurgood, Smith ... -
COMMODITIES & HEDGING IN THE PRESENCE OF GEOPOLITICAL TENSION
(Master thesis, 2023)This thesis extends on the work of Triki & Maatoug, (2021) and investigates the relationship between selected commodities and indices, in the presence of geopolitical tension, represented by the index of Caldara & ...