Series of Dissertations: Recent submissions
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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 ... -
Consumers in Industrial Networks: a study of the Norwegian-Portuguese bacalhau network
(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. ... -
Ports as Actors in Industrial Networks
(Series of Dissertations;6, 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 ... -
State Ownership and Corporate Governance: Empirical Evidence from Norway and Sweden
(Series of Dissertations;3/2010, Doctoral thesis, 2010)Since the late 1990s, the corporate governance of state-owned companies (SOCs) has moved to the forefront of the political agenda in several Western European countries and elsewhere. Triggered by large corporate scandals, ... -
Opportunities for learning and knowledge creation in practice
(Series of Dissertations 1/2010, Doctoral thesis, 2010)This study contributes to our understanding of opportunities for learning and knowledge creation at work. Through an interpretive case study the aim is to add insight to the theoretical debate on learning and knowledge ... -
Modeling Equity, Satisfaction and Loyalty
(Series of Dissertations, Doctoral thesis, 2002)The link between customer satisfaction and loyalty has had a tremendous impact on managerial decision-making and academic works over the years. Despite the lack of empirical research supporting this link, its existence ... -
Shipshaped: Kongsberg industry and innovations in deepwater technology, 1975-2007
(Series of Dissertations, Doctoral thesis, 2009)Shipshaped is a thesis on the emergence of an innovative offshore supplier industry. Multiple influences combined to the success of various techniques to extract oil and gas without fixed platforms; this thesis put particular ...