Startup companies often lack financial- and human-capital, making the importance of their social capital, such as networks, greater than that of established businesses. There is an abundance of literature dedicated to the ...

Remote work has seen much popularity in recent years, and there are no indications of this slowing down. This relatively new work-setting opens up a lot of opportunities and benefits; Employers get significant cost savings ...

The desire to better understand entrepreneurial ecosystems and how they develop, combined with the curiosity in understanding the entrepreneurial ecosystems of two regions of great importance for the author: Oslo (Norway) ...

Although the construction industry is one of the largest industries, it is being considered as inefficient and static in comparison to other industries, and the common realization holds that there are significant areas to ...

It is generally acknowledged that organizations need to have the ability to innovate in order to sustain a competitive advantage and guarantee sustainable durability for the future (Amabile, 1988; Damanpour & Schneider, ...

The extent to which entrepreneurship can affect income inequality have become a recent topic of debates among policymakers and economist. Some believe entrepreneurship is a source of enhanced income mobility, while others ...

De siste årene har det vært et økt fokus på å inkludere innovasjon og/eller entreprenørskap i utdannelsen. Vi har i dette studiet undersøkt hva masterprogrammet Innovasjon og Entreprenørskap gir av kunnskap, og hvordan ...

De siste årene har det vært et økt fokus på å inkludere innovasjon og/eller entreprenørskap i utdannelsen. Vi har i dette studiet undersøkt hva masterprogrammet Innovasjon og Entreprenørskap gir av kunnskap, og hvordan ...

Following the Oil price downturn in 2014, a surge of digital innovation initiatives have surfaced which promise to decrease operational costs to reflect a new, low margin, environment. Equinor – firmly on board with the ...

Fallende oljepriser har medført et behov for økonomisk restrukturering av Vestlandet (Rogaland, Hordaland og Sogn og Fjordane). Det innebærer at virksomheter må finne markeder innenfor andre bransjer hvor de kan selge sine ...

Blockchain based technologies and companies have been on the rise the last decade with much hype surrounding this topic. It has been promoted as a revolutionary technology that is capable of more than just sending and ...

I denne oppgaven undersøker vi hvilke faktorer sosiale entreprenører tar hensyn til når de skal etablere og utvikle sine virksomheter. Sosiale entreprenører benytter seg av mange ulike organisasjonsformer, noe som er med ...

Although research in business angels investment process is increasingly catching the attention of scholars, how business angels establish the value of start-ups is relatively unexplored. Furthermore literature on business ...

Strategic partnership between incumbents (corporation) and start-ups are receiving increased attention from several prospects. Incumbents possess resources that start-ups aspire for, while start-ups have agility and novel ...

Fallende oljepriser har medført et behov for økonomisk restrukturering av Vestlandet (Rogaland, Hordaland og Sogn og Fjordane). Det innebærer at virksomheter må finne markeder innenfor andre bransjer hvor de kan selge sine ...

This master thesis is a comparative case study of the salmon industry path in the Bergen region and the emerging cell-based seafood industry. Cell-based seafood is an industry that is utilizing biotechnology to produce ...

In recent decades there has been a rise in the number of women who become self-employed, especially true for female necessity driven entrepreneurial activities in developing countries. This phenomenon requires in-depth ...

Environmental uncertainty is a multi-dimensional construct composed of state, effect and response uncertainty. An individual experience uncertainty, if he/she does not feel confident on predicting the organization’s ...

Som følge av klimaendringene har flere land i verden økt sin produksjon av fornybar energi de siste årene. Ny fornybar energi slik som sol- og vindkraft er ledende. I Norge er fremdeles solenergi lite utbredt sammenlignet ...

Innovation capacity depends on the effective building and transfer of knowledge, commonly referred to as the firms' innovation mode. In this study I join the debate on what constitutes the most effective innovation mode, ...

How can it be that entrepreneurial activity changes in different regions? The small island municipality Austevoll have many entrepreneurs and a high level of entrepreneurial activity. From growing up there, I have always ...

The uncertainty is of great significance to the entrepreneurship. The existence of the contradictory views about the nature of uncertainty makes it an ambiguous construct in the entrepreneurship. The presence of uncertainty ...

Denne masteroppgaven ser på endring av kompetansekrav i Industri 4.0. For å utforske problemstillingen gjøres en litteraturstudie om kompetanse i Industri 4.0. For å illustrere funnene i litteraturstudiet gjøres en komparativt ...

Effectuation and Causation have been intriguing theories which have assisted in understanding entrepreneurs. However, due to the rapid technological advances in recent years, this has spurred an increase in technology ...

The financial industry has been facing heavy regulatory changes since the global financial crisis in 2008. Several kinds of rules have been mandated across the financial industry in the European Union Area (EEA). Among the ...

Digitalisering har en økende påvirkning på vår arbeidshverdag. For olje og gas industrien påvirker den Helse, Miljø og Sikkerhet (HMS) for arbeiderne ved å skape et tryggere arbeidsmiljø. Tilstandsbasert vedlikehold kom ...

Poverty eradication and realizing sustainability are the most important global issues, what made the United Nations implements the 2030 Agenda, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Due to the UN’s agenda creation, ...

Blockchain er en distribuert databaseteknologi som muliggjør digitalt eierskap og verditransaksjoner gjennom å tilrettelegge for tillit mellom brukerne. I denne studien har vi undersøkt etablerte virksomheters arbeid med ...

Blockchain er en distribuert databaseteknologi som muliggjør digitalt eierskap og verditransaksjoner gjennom å tilrettelegge for tillit mellom brukerne. I denne studien har vi undersøkt etablerte virksomheters arbeid med ...

Norge surfer på en gründerbølge. Aldri før har flere nordmenn hatt et ønske om å satse på egenhånd, og aldri før har det vært bedre tilrettelagt for samarbeid med aktører i privat og offentlig sektor. Denne oppgaven studerer ...

Denne studien ser på hva som kjennetegner innovasjonsmodellene til nyetablerte bedrifter innenfor helsesektoren. Studien skiller mellom teknologidrevet innovasjon, markedsdrevet innovasjon og den interaktive innovasjonsmodellen. ...

Purpose - This thesis aims to study how business incubators support new ventures and how they help their tenants handle the liability of newness and smallness. Specific metrics have chosen to examine the external and ...

Formålet med denne studien er å undersøke fenomenet ”Word of mouth” (WOM), som handler om kommunikasjonsprosessen der et budskap spres muntlig fra en person til en annen. Hensikten er å undersøke hva som motiverer til, og ...

Formålet med denne studien er å undersøke fenomenet ”Word of mouth” (WOM), som handler om kommunikasjonsprosessen der et budskap spres muntlig fra en person til en annen. Hensikten er å undersøke hva som motiverer til, og ...

Does the entrepreneur’s personal behavior play a major role when attracting angel investment? To answer this question, the opinions and experiences of two angel investors, a business developer for an angel investor network ...

Corporate entrepreneurship (CE) is an institutionalised process, where a broad range of employees and managers act as entrepreneurs in the innovation process. CE needs to be nurtured and managed as a strategic, deliberate ...

I statsbudsjettet 2017 legger regjeringen til rette for bruk av velferdsteknologi og mobil helseteknologi. Studien ser på hvordan utviklingen av velferdsteknologi gjennomføres i helse- og omsorgsbransjen. Oppgaven fokuserer ...

Denne oppgaven tar for seg Bergen kommunes RPA-prosjekt. Robotic Process Automation er en type automasjon hvor en programvare kommuniserer med annen programvare på samme måte som et menneske gjør. Pilotering av RPA i Bergen ...

The number of start-up company joining business incubator are increasing as studies show entrepreneurs that are associated with business incubator are performing better than non-incubated start-up company. A large number ...

Academic entrepreneurship research puts incubators' effectiveness under scrutiny from many different perspectives and in many different ways. In order to achieve a good understanding of what renders the incubation process ...

My exploratory research gave interesting insights about innovations and how they are influencing and changing human resources in Norwegian construction industry. To answer my research question and sub-questions, I have ...

Entrepreneurs form new ventures guided by their vision and the formation of a clear opportunity to make it a reality. Their probability of successfully going from an idea to business is heavily dependent on the effective ...

Denne oppgaven studerer hvilke faktorer som påvirker vekst og innovasjon ved norske håndverksbryggerier. Studien har tatt utgangspunkt i faktorene kunnskap, nettverk og innovasjonsevne, og hvordan disse har sammenheng med ...

Entrepreneurs form new ventures guided by their vision and the formation of a clear opportunity to make it a reality. Their probability of successfully going from an idea to business is heavily dependent on the effective ...

ABSTRACT Renewable energy resources are highly desirable and inevitable choice from sustainability perspective. Norway, being rich in both the fossil fuel and renewable energy resources is positioned in policy dilemma which ...

Renewable energy resources are highly desirable and inevitable choice from sustainability perspective. Norway, being rich in both the fossil fuel and renewable energy resources is positioned in policy dilemma which is ...

This study explores how organizations deal with divergent institutional logics when designing new products. Specifically, we investigate how organizations approach and embody institutional complexity in their product design. ...

The maritime industry has a long history of innovation, dating back to 3000BC with the first written evidence of such. It’s been known for its frequent disruptions in the sailing and navigation technologies, making it ...