• ICT, learning & value creation: strategies missing? 

      Welle-Strand, Anne; Tjeldvold, Arild (Research Report, Research report, 2002)
      What are effects of the ICT-revolution on the organising of learning within universities and corporations and on the “learning relations” between corporations and universities? The pilot study has responded to this question ...
    • Identifying High Performance ERP Projects 

      Stensrud, Erik; Myrtveit, Ingunn (Discussion Paper, Working paper, 2002)
      Learning from high performance projects is crucial for software process improvement. Therefore, we need to identify outstanding projects that may serve as role models. It is common to measure productivity as an indicator ...
    • Incremental product development : four essays on activities, resources, and actors 

      Olsen, Nina Veflen (Series of Dissertations;1/2006, Doctoral thesis, 2006)
      Most innovations are incremental, and incremental innovations play an important role for the firm. In spite of that, traditional NPD studies most often emphasize moderate to highly innovative product development projects. ...
    • The influence of stakeholder groups on organizational decision-making in public hospitals 

      Marstein, Egil (Series of Dissertations, Doctoral thesis, 2003)
      he thesis presents a contextual analysis that makes an exposition of the structural contingencies of the Norwegian welfare state. A descriptive/ empirical analysis of the public hospital’s decision-making processes provides ...
    • Informasjon over Nordsjøen : telekommunikasjoner på norsk sokkel 

      Paulsen, Gard (Forskningsrapport;3/2005, Research report, 2005)
      Denne rapporten gir en fremstilling av hvordan oljeindustriens behov for informasjonstjenester og telekommunikasjonsteknologi har blitt løst fra 1970 og fram til i dag. Rapporten viser videre hvilken rolle oljeselskapene ...
    • Informasjonsadferd og internasjonalisering 

      Solberg, Carl Arthur (Research Report, Research report, 2003)
      Formålet med studien er å identifisere og analysere kritiske faktorer som i eksportør - partnerkjeden påvirker eksportørens resultater i markedet. Spesiell vekt er lagt på den rolle som markedspartneren spiller i ...
    • Innovasjonssystemet i TINE Gruppa og Norsk Kjøttsamvirke BA 

      Ørjasæter, Nils-Otto (Research Report, Research report, 2003)
      Rapporten tar opp problemstillinger vedrørende Tine Gruppa og Norsk Kjøtt som innovasjonssystem. I tillegg diskuteres mulighetene som ligger i en videreutvikling av dette systemet. En rekke undersøkelser konkluderer ...
    • Innovating in Practice: A Practice-Theoretical Exploration of Discontinuous Service Innovations 

      Rai, Ranvir S. (Series of Dissertations;9/2016, Doctoral thesis, 2016-08-18)
      The purpose of this study is to contribute to the understanding of technology-based service innovations. The overarching research question has been: How can we understand service innovation from a practice-theoretical ...
    • Innovation in Public Services: Wicked Problems and Multi-layered Solutions 

      Røste, Rannveig (Series of Dissertation;6/2018, Doctoral thesis, 2018)
      During the last decade, innovation in public services has been addressed as a universal tool for improving existing public services and solving grand social challenges. The problem is that a range of promising concepts ...
    • Institutions, Policy Risk, and Firms Behavior. Foreign Investments in High-Risk Countries. 

      Adarkwah, Gilbert Kofi (Series of Dissertations, Doctoral thesis, 2021)
      This dissertation investigates the relationship between host country institution-related (policy) risks and firms' international investment strategies. The dissertation consists of four essays. Essay 1 contributes to a ...
    • Integrasjon og samarbeid på pelagiske eksportmarkeder 

      Abrahamsen, Morten H.; Håkansson, Håkan (Forskningsrapport;1/2014, Research report, 2013)
      Denne forskningsrapporten er sluttrapport for prosjektet “Økt integrasjon og samarbeid mot eksisterende og nye målmarkeder for pelagisk industri”, gjennomført av BI på oppdrag for Fiskeri- og Havbruksnæringens Forskningsfond ...
    • Integrated Project Delivery (IPD): En litteraturstudie 

      Bygballe, Lena E.; Klovning, Frida; Paulsen, Linda (Forskningsrapport;1/2019, Research report, 2019)
      Denne forskningsrapporten presenterer resultater fra en litteraturstudie på Integrated Project Delivery (IPD), ved Handelshøyskolen BIs Senter for byggenæringen. Studien er basert på en identifisering og analyse av ...
    • Integrating corporate social responsibility and other strategic foci in a distributed production system: a transaction cost perspective on the North Sea offshore petroleum industry 

      Midttun, Atle; Dirdal, Tore; Gautesen, Kristian; Omland, Terje; Wenstøp, Søren (Research Report, Research report, 2005)
      The paper explores the challenges of integrating CSR with other strategic foci into the supply/contractor chain, both conceptually and empirically, with a focus on one sectorial case: the Norwegian upstream petroleum ...
    • Interacting Strategically within Dyadic Business Relationships: A case study from the Norwegian Electronics Industry 

      Awaleh, Fahad (Series of Dissertations, Doctoral thesis, 2008)
      The purpose of this thesis is to contribute to our understanding of how firms can act strategically vis-à-vis others when the objective is to enhance the way resources are economised on across firm boundaries. The ...
    • International business cycles and oil market dynamics 

      Thorsrud, Leif Anders (Series of Dissertations;9/2014, Doctoral thesis, 2014)
      This dissertation is about understanding business cycle fluctuations in an international perspective. What causes them, and how do they transmit across borders? In essence the motivation for the dissertation can be summarized ...
    • Intuition and its role in strategic thinking 

      Henden, Gisle (Series of Dissertations;4/2004, Doctoral thesis, 2004)
      Even though intuition is recognized as imperative in strategic thinking management literature is surprisingly silent on the issue. This inquiry thus provides an historical and hermeneutic review of philosophical, ...
    • Investors' performance and trading behavior on the Norwegian stock market 

      Che, Limei (Series of Dissertations;5/2011, Doctoral thesis, 2011)
      This dissertation examines investors’ performance and trading behavior on the Norwegian stock market, using a unique and extensive data set of monthly holdings of all the investors. The first paper studies how Norwegian ...
    • Jordbruksvaresektorens muligheter i sjømatbasert næringsutvikling 

      Hernes, Tor; Olsen, Per Ingvar; Espelien, Anne (Research Report, Research report, 2004)
      Hovedfokuset i dette prosjekt har vært å avdekke noen av de mulighetsrom som måtte finnes i krysningen mellom agro- og marin sektor. At det foreligger slike muligheter er for så vidt allerede vel forstått innenfor ...
    • Kan konkurranse bidra til lavere legemiddelpriser?: en evaluering av myndighetenes prisregulering 

      Dalen, Dag Morten (Research Report, Research report, 2002)
      Reformene i legemiddelmarkedet de senere årene er synlige for de fleste. Apotekene er blitt flere, de er mer tilgjengelige, og de har utviklet et nytt og mer forbrukervennlig butikk-konsept. Markedet er i dag kjennetegnet ...
    • Kapitalforvaltning i Norge - en ny vekstnæring? 

      Nordkvelde, Marius; Diachenko, Anton; Alexandru, Robert; Reve, Torger (Forskningsrapport;5/2013, Research report, 2013)
      Prosjektet “Kapitalforvaltning i Norge-en ny vekstnæring? ” er en videreutvikling av det nasjonale forskningsprosjektet “Et kunnskapsbasert Norge” (2012). Felles for de to prosjektene er klyngeperspektivet på næringsutvikling. ...