Browsing Series of Dissertations by Title

The Capability to Commercialize Network Products in Telecommunication

Bakkevig, Martha Kold (Series of Dissertations, Doctoral thesis, 2007)

When we consider buying food, clothes or furniture we normally appraise the goods based upon our personal needs independent of the number of other people who have bought or use the same type of item. Some types of goods, ...

Client-consultant interaction practices: Sources of ingenuity, value creation and strategizing

Lombardo, Sebastiano (Series of Dissertations;10/2014, Doctoral thesis, 2014)

Service providers increasingly choose to interact with their clients. Previous studies show that client’s resources and activities can influence the service provider’s ability to create value, to be creative, and to develop ...

Consumers in Industrial Networks: a study of the Norwegian-Portuguese bacalhau network

Haugnes, Svanhild E. (Series of Dissertations;4, Doctoral thesis, 2010)

The way in which industrial activities are organised among firms has been a fundamental theoretical concern for a long time” (Dubois, 1994). Typical studies do not include the division of work between consumers and firms. ...

The Contrary Forces of Innovation: An Ethnography of Innovation Processes in the Food Industry

Hoholm, Thomas (Series of Dissertations, Doctoral thesis, 2009)

The purpose of the study is to contribute to our understanding of innovation processes. The overarching research question has been: How do innovation processes evolve over time, and, in particular, how are knowledge and ...

Corporate governance and international business: Essays on multinational enterprises, ownership, finance and institutions

Rygh, Asmund (Series of Dissertations;06/2016, Doctoral thesis, 2016-04-29)

This Thesis contributes to the literature on corporate governance in international business, with a focus on corporate ownership, corporate finance and institutions. It consists of five theoretical and empirical studies. Three ...

Creating a new role for an old central bank: The Bank of Norway 1945-1954

Ecklund, Gunhild J. (Series of Dissertations, Doctoral thesis, 2008)

How does a central bank respond when the political, economic and institutional preconditions underlying its authority and autonomy fundamentally change? When its role traditionally has been characterized by independence ...

Creating room for innovation. A business history study of innovation in the Kongsberg Group, 2000 - 2015.

Petersen Malonæs, Tine (Series of Dissertations;, Doctoral thesis, 2023)

The purpose of this thesis is to explore processes leading to a historical innovation breakthrough in the Kongsberg Group after 2000. To do this, I study the interaction between the company and the market, looking at how ...

Creating the Image: A Transaction Cost Analysis of Joint Value Creation in the Motion Picture Industry

Gaustad, Terje (Series of Dissertations;3/2013, Doctoral thesis, 2013)

This dissertation is concerned with expanding the scope of transaction cost theory from its primary concern with governance alignment to also encompass transaction value. The aim is to provide strategic management guidance, ...

Demands, designs and decisions about evaluation: On the evaluation of postgraduate programmes for school leadership development in Norway and England

Wales, Christopher (Series of Dissertations;6/2011, Doctoral thesis, 2011)

The purpose of this study is to investigate decision making processes related to evaluation. The study attempts to combine research from decision making theory and evaluation theory to further explore the evaluation of ...

Does Cultural Sensitivity Matter to Maintaining Business Relationships in the Export Markets?: An empirical investigation in the Norwegian seafood industry

Alteren, Gro (Series of Dissertations, Doctoral thesis, 2007)

The aim of this study is twofold. The first aim is to develop the cultural sensitivity concept. A review of literature, including literature focusing on international business, marketing, and adaptive selling, has provided ...

Doing Good and Doing Well. Creating Value through Corporate Social Responsibility.

Ghanbarpour, Tohid (Series of Dissertations;, Doctoral thesis, 2023)

The dissertation contributes to the CSR and customer satisfaction literature by studying the short- and long-term relationships between CSR and financial performance through customer satisfaction. Chapter 2 contributes ...

Effective Diversity Management on the Line – Who and How? On the role of line managers in organisations with a diverse workforce

Abramovic, Gordana (Series of Dissertations;8/2016, Doctoral thesis, 2016-08-17)

Using three separate studies in the context of ethnic and gender diversity, this dissertation will contribute to theory and research on diversity and human resource management by extending knowledge of how line managers’ ...

Emergence of conflicts in complex project: The role of informal versus formal governance mechanisms in understanding interorganizational conflicts in the oil industry

Våland, Terje I. (Series of Dissertations, Doctoral thesis, 2002)

This study is designed to explore conflict in buyer-seller relationships within complex projects. By focusing on conflict we can enhance our understanding of business relationships when these are put under pressure. The ...

Enhancing Intangible Resources in Professional Service Firms: A Comparative Study of How Competence Development Takes Place in Four Firms

Fosstenløkken, Siw Marita (Series of Dissertations, Doctoral thesis, 2007)

Over the last two decades, there has been a tremendous interest in knowledge, or competence, as the principal source of value creation and economic rent. Inspired by this current, this research project started from curiosity ...