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Enhancing Intangible Resources in Professional Service Firms: A Comparative Study of How Competence Development Takes Place in Four Firms
(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 ... -
Does Cultural Sensitivity Matter to Maintaining Business Relationships in the Export Markets?: An empirical investigation in the Norwegian seafood industry
(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 ... -
The Role of the Package as an Information Resource in the Supply Chain: A case study of distributing fresh foods to retailers in Norway
(Series of Dissertations, Doctoral thesis, 2007)The objective of this study is to investigate the role of the package as an information resource in a supply chain context. The package is a physical resource that is designed in accordance with principles of packaging ... -
Managing Adaptive Learning from the Middle
(Series of Dissertations, Doctoral thesis, 2008)The main purpose of this study is to contribute to the understanding of how school organizations adapt their core technology to demands imposed from their external environments. Built on open system theories, schools are ... -
The Role of Intermediaries in Evolving Distribution Contexts: A Study of Car Distribution
(Series of Dissertations, Doctoral thesis, 2009)This study contributes to the understanding of the role of intermediaries in contemporary distribution systems. These systems are characterised by an increased variety stemming both from changes in customer demand patterns, ... -
A Bumper!? An Empirical Investigation of the Relationship between the Economy and the Environment
(Series of Dissertations, Doctoral thesis, 2009)This thesis is concerned with the relationship between the economy and the environment. The relationship is often portrayed as a conflict in public discourse, as if what is good for the economy is bad for the environment ... -
Managing Adaptive Learning from the Middle
(Series of Dissertations, Doctoral thesis, 2008)The main purpose of this study is to contribute to the understanding of how school organizations adapt their core technology to demands imposed from their external environments. Built on open system theories, schools are ... -
Votes Count but the Number of Seats Decides: A comparative historical case study of 20th century Danish, Swedish and Norwegian road policy
(Series of Dissertations, Doctoral thesis, 2006)This dissertation about Danish, Swedish and Norwegian 20th century road policy is an attempt of elucidating some puzzles: Why did Norwegian authorities pursue a road policy contrary to most other West European industrialized ... -
Televised sport: Exploring the structuration of producing change and stability in a public service institution
(Series of Dissertations, Doctoral thesis, 2009)This thesis has both an empirical and a theoretical ambition. First, the empirical concern is uncovering the processes that shaped and influenced the production of televised football in the Norwegian Public Service ... -
Transforming Economies: The Case of the Norwegian Electricity Market Reform
(Series of Dissertations, Doctoral thesis, 2000)The topic of this thesis is the shaping of modern economies, represented by a case-study of the Norwegian electricity market reform process. The essential questions raised are: “Why are industries and economies organized ... -
Creating a new role for an old central bank: The Bank of Norway 1945-1954
(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 ... -
Three essays on corporate boards
(Series of Dissertations, Doctoral thesis, 2008)The overriding theme of the three essays is the board of directors’ contribution to value creation. They use a data sample of Norwegian listed firms in the period 1989 to 2002, which by international standards constitute ...