Series of Dissertations: Recent submissions
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Narcissus and Leadership Potential: The measurement and implications of narcissism in leadership selection processes
(Series of Dissertations;4/2014, Doctoral thesis, 2014)Incorporating theoretical and empirical work from the literature on narcissism, it is postulated that narcissism poses a particular risk in leader selection settings. By appearing confident, charismatic, intelligent, and ... -
Fire Walk with Me: Exploring the Role of Harmonious and Obsessive Passion in Well-being and Performance at Work
(Series of Dissertations;08/2014, Doctoral thesis, 2014)This dissertation discusses the construct of passion for work. Built on motivational theories that separate the quantity and the quality of work motivation and integration, the dualistic model of passion intends to better ... -
The role of technology, ownership and origin in M&A performance
(Series of Dissertations;2/2014, Doctoral thesis, 2014)he massive value destruction for the acquiring firm shareholders found in recent studies on M&A performance puts a big question mark over M&A as a corporate growth strategy. However, not all M&A destroy value, which makes ... -
Beyond the ‘trusted advisor’: The impact of client-professional relationships on the client’s selection of professional service firms
(Series of Dissertations;3/2012, Doctoral thesis, 2012)Relationship based advantages and competitive advantages are often assumed to belong to different paradigms in management research. While authors have pointed out that companies compete and have relationships at the same ... -
Creating the Image: A Transaction Cost Analysis of Joint Value Creation in the Motion Picture Industry
(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, ... -
Task Complexity and Expertise as Determinants of Task Perceptions and Performance: Why Technology-Structure Research has been unreliable and inconclusive
(Series of Dissertations;5/2002, Doctoral thesis, 2002)The revolutionary developments of new technologies are not paralleled in the research on consequences of technology in organizations. Approximately four decades have passed since Woodward’s (1958) findings of relationships ... -
The Effects of Transaction Costs on the Performance of Foreign Direct Investments: An Empirical Investigation
(Series of Dissertations;10/2004, Doctoral thesis, 2004)The multinational companies’ (MNCs) use of foreign direct investments as a governance mechanism in the globalization of businesses has a cost. Together with expenses linked to production processes, additional costs are ... -
Asset pricing with multiple assets and goods
(Series of Dissertations;5/2009, Doctoral thesis, 2009)This dissertation consists of three papers; 'Asset Prices and Real Exchange Rates with Deep Habits', 'Financial Market Completeness in Multi-Good Economies' and 'Correlations'. The rest of the section is organized as ... -
Intuition and its role in strategic thinking
(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, ... -
Facility based competition in telecommunications : three essays on two-way access and one essay on three-way access
(Series of Dissertations;5/2006, Doctoral thesis, 2006)In order to reap all benefits from telecommunications, competing firms typically have to cooperate in order to exploit economies of scale and scope. Thus, firms being active in the same market are supposed to compete ... -
Incremental product development : four essays on activities, resources, and actors
(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. ... -
Three essays on corporate control
(Series of Dissertations;7/2011, Doctoral thesis, 2011)This dissertation consists of the three papers “Stakeholder rights and economic performance: The profitability of nonprofits” (with Øyvind Bøhren), “Stakeholder conflicts and dividend policy: A cleaner test” (with Øyvind ... -
How do metal musicians become entrepreneurial? A phenomenological investigation on opportunity recognition
(Series of Dissertations;10/2011, Doctoral thesis, 2011)In this dissertation, becoming entrepreneurial mean that musicians undertake commercial activities that are necessary for artistic creativity and performance. In order to analyse the entrepreneurial process, I have ... -
Betwixt and between: Software in telecommunications and the programming language Chill, 1974-1999
(Series of Dissertations;8/2011, Doctoral thesis, 2011)This thesis studies the creation, use and ultimate demise of a rather peculiar high-level programming language named Chill.1 It was peculiar in its origin, a United Nations specialised agency. It was peculiar in its ... -
Demands, designs and decisions about evaluation: On the evaluation of postgraduate programmes for school leadership development in Norway and England
(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 ... -
Investors' performance and trading behavior on the Norwegian stock market
(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 ... -
Fra instrumentell rasjonalitet til tvetydighet: En analyse av utviklingen av Statskonsults tilnærming til standarden Mål- og resultatstyring (MRS)1987-2004
(Series of Dissertations;3/2011, Doctoral thesis, 2011)Hva skjer når folk konfronteres med faste standarder eller mål, som er ment å skulle endre adferd i organisasjonsmessige og andre samfunnsmessige sammenhenger? Beskrivelser av slike standarders virkninger ofte har karakter ... -
Hydrogen in the making – how an energy company organises under uncertainty
(Series of Dissertations;2/2011, Doctoral thesis, 2011)This thesis combines an analytical interest in innovation process studies with an empirical interest in clean energy development. My work concentrates on innovation processes from initiation to realisation in a company ... -
Broad vs. Narrow Brand Strategies: The Effects of Association Accessibility on Brand Performance
(Series of Dissertations;1/2011, Doctoral thesis, 2011)The purpose of this dissertation is to investigate whether brands pursuing a narrow brand strategy perform better than brands pursuing a broad brand strategy. Specifically, the dissertation asks whether associative strength ... -
Ports as Actors in Industrial Networks
(Series of Dissertations;6/2010, Doctoral thesis, 2010)The purpose of this thesis is to consider how port authorities can be characterized as actors in industrial contexts. The thesis uses the Industrial Network Approach to avoid bringing in typical views of what a port is ...