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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2005)
The Internet has opened the possibilities for new spheres of research from various disciplines and approaches. This Master thesis is an attempt to explore parts of these spheres revealed by researching a phenomenon such ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2005)
There is a drive towards a more mobile society. Some factors are slowing us down, and other factors are pulling us ahead, but we are moving forward. Alvesson and Kärreman’s (2001) theories are used to discuss a shift in ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2005)
This master thesis aims at using the theoretical framework of absorptive capacity as suggested by Cohen and Levinthal (1990) to account for the underlying dimensions critical in a technology transfer process. Technology ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2005)
The 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami disaster caused the deaths of 300.000 people, forced over one million to displacement, and estimated property damage results in billions of dollars. Images of drowned bodies, whole cities ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2005)
This thesis deals with the problem of technology transfer and how technologies are not neutral but are interpretatively flexible. They are transferred with scripts. Scripts contain prescriptions of potential users, the ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2005)
Synopsis
The paper analyzes the introduction of passive houses in the Norwegian house market. Passive houses are houses with extremely low levels of energy consumption for heating, and have not yet been built in Norway, ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2005)
Summary
This is a thesis about technology and to a lesser extent, science. To be more
precise, it is about how a technological society (Norway) tries to protect itself
from risk born from the same technology that is ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2005)
The impact of technologies facilitating digital distribution of music on the recorded music industry has in the last few years received much attention in the popular press, and to some extent in the scholarly literature. ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2005)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2005)
Open Source is a phenomenon that has gained wide attention by media and academics in recent years. The motivations for contributing to open source projects has been the topic for many research projects. In the following ...
(Working paper / Arbeidsnotat, 2004)
This study focuses on the impact that the different methods of privatization implemented in Estonia and Slovenia had on the transfer
of technology to foreign affiliates and local spillovers to the domestic economy. We ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2004)
Since the end of World War II different kinds of technopoles – innovative sites for high-tech R&D and manufacturing – have been clustering all over the world. But despite numerous attempts to replicate the mother of all ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2004)
Synopsis
Money laundering has increased in scope and is believed to contribute to disruption of the financial system and uphold drug trade, trafficking of women and children for commercial sex, weapon smuggling, and ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2004)
8. Synopsis of thesis
To sum up the arguments presented in this thesis, there is little doubt that some of the most optimistic expectations to the Internet in the 1990s were unfounded and exaggerated. The Internet is not ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2004)
Rapid diffusion of mobile phones in the last two decades has made mobile communication a part of everyday life of most people. Ever more areas, both public and private, are inevitably confronted with the technology. These ...
(Working paper / Arbeidsnotat, 2004)
In the present paper, I take a closer look at econometric efforts which aim to examine technology transfer through inward foreign direct investment (FDI). The contributions considered are systematized within the framework ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2004)
Science and technology can play a key role in contributing to the sustainable development of developing countries. However, research has failed to relieve the problems of Southern communities and to respond to the needs ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2004)
This thesis examines the impact technological innovation has had on the newspaper business. The advent of computers in particular has greatly changed the way
newspapers are made, as the discrete steps in the production ...
(Master thesis / Hovedoppgave, 2004)
ABSTRACT
“Profit expactancy” has become the driving motive in most of the human actions in our modern world. However the idea of unlimited consumption and profit gained by technological development have been challenged ...
(Working paper / Arbeidsnotat, 2004)
Dette notatet er nummer tre i rekken om temaet ”oljekultur og
sikkerhetskultur”. Hensikten er å lage et notat pr. år, der jeg ønsker å belyse utviklingen i norsk oljevirksomhet med særlig fokus på sikkerhetskulturen i ...
(Working paper / Arbeidsnotat, 2004)
På julaften, 24. desember 2000, ble en oljearbeider drept i en kranulykke på Oseberg-feltet i Nordsjøen.1 Det var Norsk Hydro som var operatør på feltet. Ulykken fikk stor offentlig oppmerksomhet. Norsk Hydro hadde som de ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2004)
This thesis has investigated the role of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)initiatives like the UN Global Compact in the diffusion of Environmentally Sound Technologies (EST). The study has been performed as a ...
(Working paper / Arbeidsnotat, 2004)
In such complex industries as the petroleum industry, the effect and quality of SHE management will to an increasing extent be dependant upon the interaction between many different actors from different cultures and ...
(Working paper / Arbeidsnotat, 2004)
Why do some countries, such as, for instance, Japan and some other Asian economies in the second half of the twentieth century, grow much faster, and have much better trade performance, than most other countries? Is superior ...
(Working paper / Arbeidsnotat, 2004)
The history of capitalism from the industrial revolution onwards is one of increasing differences in productivity and living conditions across different parts of the globe. According to historian David Landes, for instance, ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2004)
SYNOPSIS
This thesis shows how Apple’s mp3 player iPod can serve as an example for how people construct meaning and identity through the use of particular objects while living and participating in a consumption culture. ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2004)
By using a case study approach this thesis studies the interactions of a foreign company with a developing system of innovation and the possible affects on the technical capabilities in the system.
This research question ...
(Working paper / Arbeidsnotat, 2004)
(Working paper / Arbeidsnotat, 2004)
(Working paper / Arbeidsnotat, 2003)
Under kugalskapskrisen i Storbritannia på 1990-tallet, delte den kjøttspisende befolkningen seg inn langs et kontinuum. Noen avsto fullstendig fra å spise kjøtt, noen spiste mindre kjøtt enn vanlig, mens noen benyttet ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2003)
Modern, Western post-industrial societies and our complex technological systems are subject to risks unparalleled in the history of mankind. These risks expose vulnerabilities in our technologies, our societies and our ...
(Working paper / Arbeidsnotat, 2003)
Risk. What is risk? The threat of some danger appearing? The likelihood of something bad to happen? What or who makes our lives risky? Is it terrorists, street criminals, bacteria or viruses spreading diseases, smoking ...
(Working paper / Arbeidsnotat, 2003)
De siste åra har et nytt sikkerhets- og beredskapspolitisk konsept vært under utarbeidelse i Norge -- tidvis med en del oppmerksomhet, tidvis nesten helt ubemerket. Dette er samfunnssikkerhetspolitikken, som med en medisinsk ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2003)
This thesis is a presentation of research on how
entrepreneurship happens. The connection between
individuals and surroundings is under close scrutiny. It is
argued that institutional systems exert important
influence on ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2003)
Synopsis
This thesis examines the mobile telephone and its role in everyday life from a consumer perspective. The aim is to examine the dynamics of its proliferation and adoption, discuss whether we as consumers are free ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2003)
Synopsis
This thesis discusses the international patent law system, in particular the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects on Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS), in relation to inter alia development prospects in South ...
(Master thesis / Hovedoppgave, 2003)
Synopsis:
This thesis endeavors to study the living conditions of Norwegian pre-trial prisoners subject to restrictions. These prisoners were virtually never permitted to associate with each other, nor allowed contact with ...
(Working paper / Arbeidsnotat, 2003)
During the last decades we have seen a revival of interest in the works of Joseph Schumpeter and evolutionary ideas in economics more generally. This paper presents an overview and interpretation of these developments. ...
(Working paper / Arbeidsnotat, 2003)
Gjennom hele 1990-tallet hadde nordmenn større kunnskap om, men var også mer skeptiske til bioteknologi enn befolkningen ellers i Europa. Det viste tre omfattende og meget diskuterte Eurobarometer-undersøkelser fra 1993, ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2003)
This thesis is an investigation of innovation in fuel cells and related hydrogen technology in Norway from 1990-2002. The main focus is an analysis of the innovation activities that took place in Norway within the area of ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2002)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2002)
This paper draws on the assumption that there may be major differences between norms and values of managers in different countries as a result of their national and cultural backgrounds. One would therefore expect tensions ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2002)
This thesis is about the relation of time and technology, how it is understood, and how it is analysed. My entry point is what I call the paradox of technology and time. This is the statement that the more time we save by ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2002)
This paper explores use of e-learning technologies for knowledge sharing and organisational learning in a competitive firm context. We combine evidence from literature with our own instrumental case study. The theoretical ...
(Working paper / Arbeidsnotat, 2002)
De siste å rene er det skrevet og sagt mye om dårlig sikkerhetskultur i oljevirksomheten, og våren 2001 konkluderte OD med følgende: Utviklingen for sikkerheten på norsk sokkel synes generelt negativ de siste to årene. ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2002)
Food security is one of the major challenges facing human development cooperation today. Genetically modified organisms (GMO`s) are among key human development agencies, as the United Nations and CGIAR, advocated as potential ...
(Working paper / Arbeidsnotat, 2002)
The paper develops a more precise specification and understanding of the process of national-level knowledge accumulation and absorptive capabilities by applying the reasoning and evidence from the firm-level analysis ...
(Working paper / Arbeidsnotat, 2002)
The tendency towards regional convergence that characterised most of the member states of the European Union from the 1950s onwards came to an end around 1980. To the extent that there has been any tendency towards convergence ...
(Working paper / Arbeidsnotat, 2002)
Digital Information Systems (DIS) - electronic systems that integrate software and hardware to enable communication and collaborative work - are increasingly used to manage global production networks (GPN). There is a ...
(Working paper / Arbeidsnotat, 2002)
This paper was written under the auspices of the project 'The North Versus the South in a Globalising World: Leveraging the Role of Multinationals in Promoting Development'. This research project is funded by the Norwegian ...
(Working paper / Arbeidsnotat, 2002)
Denne rapporten er skrevet i tilknytning til Norges Forskninsråds Petropol-program. Rapporten er på mange måte en videreføring av min doktorgrad om internasjonalisering av norsk oljevirksomhet. Rapporten er ment å være ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2001)
The garbage management project "Christmas Duck" which is meant realized within the ecological experimental area in Halkaer Aadal in Denmark is meant to change people’s behaviour into being more sustainable in order to ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2001)
The creation of sustainable cities is believed to solve all our urban problems, whether the problems are environmentally, socially or economically. ‘Sustainable cities’ have gained widespread scientific and political ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2001)
This thesis investigates context specific properties of codebooks, which is a concept introduced by Cowan, David and Foray, in their paper published in Industrial and Corporate Change, June 2000. The conditions for transfer ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2001)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2001)
The thesis examines the role of the civil society in the response to the Marmara earthquake, Turkey, August 1, 1999. Media and a number of scholars have claimed that the earthquake has been followed by significant changes, ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2001)
The world is facing increasing energy and global climate change problems. Facing future depletion of fossil fuels and the threat of increased temperatures on earth due to air pollution from the burning of fossil fuels, ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2001)
The aim of this study is to tell the story of how one artefact, Napster, entered a network of music production and distribution and challenged the ‘status quo’ as well as opening up new opportunities for actors involved ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2001)
This thesis is the result of an assignment commissioned by the Institute for Rehabilitation Research (IRV) in the Netherlands. The objective here has been to assess -by means of scenarios- potential privacy dilemmas rising ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2001)
This thesis directs attention to collaborations and organisational learning. It combines the two concepts viewing in what way learning influence collaborations. More exactly, the thesis shows that collaborations can be ...
(Working paper / Arbeidsnotat, 2001)
Abstract: We ask why firms from certain countries show a higher propensity to centralise their R&D activities at home, and a consequent reluctance to undertake international R&D than firms from other countries, using the ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2001)
Synopsis
This thesis takes the approach of the knowledge-based view of organisations, as it argues that learning potential influences firm competitiveness. The connection between knowledge and innovation may seem self-evident, ...
(Working paper / Arbeidsnotat, 2001)
(Working paper / Arbeidsnotat, 2001)
Bart Verspagen's contribution to this paper draws on an earlier paper by this author entitled 'Economic Growth and Technological Change: An Evolutionary Interpretation', OECD Directorate for Science, technology and Industry, ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2001)
The thesis focuses on a local community in Denmark with large amounts of agricultural nourishment polluting the bay. An effort of creating sustainable development is taken by the local habitants. Sustainability is the main ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2001)
The political debate on gene technology, concerning the technology of cloning, has raised a lot of questions on ethics, political strategies and research programs. The debate raised new heights after the controversial news ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2001)
This thesis describes and analyses the present situation for agricultural biotechnology in Turkey and relates the situation in Turkey, as a developing country, to the global situation for biotechnology in agriculture. The ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2001)
In 1993, WHO (World Health Organization) declared Tuberculosis a “Global Emergency”. Shortly after this declaration, WHO started recommending a new strategy for the treatment and control of Tuberculosis under the brand ...
(Series / Serietittel, 2001)
(Research report / Forskningsrapport, 2001)
Oppgavens tema er daglig bruk av informasjonsteknologi i samarbeid. Det som studeres er et gruppevare-system (Lotus Notes) i Norsk Hydro; et system som i hovedsak omfatter e-post og informasjons- og diskusjonsdatabaser av ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2001)
The energy production and consumption is a major contributor to our environmental problems. The energy carrier hydrogen can be a part of the solution. In the thesis the Bellona Foundation’s role in the process of technical ...
(Working paper / Arbeidsnotat, 2001)
This report investigates the location advantages of the Norwegian manufacturing industry while focusing on economic as well as institutional factors. The economy relies highly on the exploitation of natural resources and ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2000)
With per capita GDP ca. $1,500 and 20% poverty rate, Palestine is desperately in need of growth and development. In the global competition for investments, Palestine trails because of political unrest, low infrastructure, ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2000)
This thesis deals with the concept of knowledge and knowledge-creation within and in-between organisations and investigates to what extent the knowledge-activating forum Club Intelect serves as a useful role in the creation ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2000)
Throughout history features have been assigned to stretches of time in order to distinguish them from one another. These features have pointed to several different parts of life, although a lot of focus has been centred ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2000)
Development of technology is related to several considerations and is not reserved for R&D facilities, because corporate boardrooms and governmental institutions are also involved in technology development. The field of ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2000)
This thesis is written as part of a case study in a Spanish information technology company, called Indra. The aim of the case study was to implement a method develop by the MERITUM (Measuring Intangibles to Understand and ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2000)
GM food is one of the most hotly debated results of modern technology today. Often, the resistance against it is characterised as a result of ignorance and superstition, with an assumption that increased awareness of the ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2000)
"Walking with Dinosaurs" is a 1999 BBC produced natural history documentary series about dinosaurs. While such a representation of dinosaurs is usually treated with focus on either the visual image, the technology used or ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2000)
This thesis investigates university-industry collaboration in certain science-based and high technology sectors in Norway. University-industry interactions have received increased attention from both politicians, academics ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2000)
The European Union reveals through policy documents concerning the European Information Society a technological determinist stance. It can be argued that the adaptation of such a stance can be apprehended as part of a ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2000)
IT Fornebu is an ambiguous attempt to build, more or less from scratch, a Norwegian IT-, knowledge- and innovation centre, with the overall objective to be a node in the national network, by amongst others providing support ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2000)
Who has time to have a family ?
Scientists are the «heroes» of our time.
Science takes time - Families take time.
Who gives time ?
My case -study consists of interviews with scientific workers of both
sexes. They are ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2000)
The main conclusion of this text is that the development of systemic innovation in Metropolitan Bilbao is hampered by a fragmented effort. This conclusion is reached by a study of OTRI, Euskoiker, Cluster Conocimiento and ...
(Working paper / Arbeidsnotat, 2000)
Ved utgangen av det 20. århundre var forskning og utvikling (FoU) blitt en stor økonomisk aktivitet i samfunnet og omfattet mellom 1.5 og 2 prosent av bruttonasjonalbudsjett. Det ble utført omtrent 25 000 årsverk av mer ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2000)
The research question of this project is:
What are the impacts of the national environmental discourse on environmental practises at the municipal level?
The point of departure for this question is an observation of the ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2000)
In this dissertation I have focused on mobile telework. What are the advantages and disadvantages of this mode of teleworking compared to îtraditionalî home-based telework? I have seen this both from an employer and an ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2000)
Telemedicine is widely defined as medicine performed at a distance by the means of telecommunication. It often proofs to fulfil both medical and technical acquirements, but often fails to reach large-scale use. The focus ...
(Conference object / Konferansebidrag, 2000)
Europe’s performance relative to the US and countries in Asia is a topic that greatly preoccupies policy-makers who are concerned that the EU is losing ground compared to other, more dynamic parts of the world. Although ...
(Series / Serietittel, 2000)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2000)
Information appears to be a symbol of the world we live in, what to make of this symbol has, however, been a source of controversy. Many European researchers argue that we find ourselves in a ‘ Information Society’ where ...
An Information society for all : a European reality? Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2000)
This text aims to evaluate the potential realisation of the European Commission's initiative ìeEurope, an Information Society for all", focusing on the role of technology in relation to societal change and development. ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2000)
In my thesis The Observatory conflict, I have undertaken to analyse a conflict that took place at the University of Oslo as a reaction to a decision made by the Collegium of this university in September 1997. The decision ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 1999)
Introduction
According to a report produced for the Department of Industry and Trade in the UK, the use of virtual reality techniques(VRT) has helped architects improve efficiency and communication in architecture. Along ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 1999)
This paper examines a product innovation in a service. By adopting a rational strategic framework, an Internet bank will be examined in detail, aiming at finding the most describing competitive strategy the firm pursued. ...
Organizations involved in Free Software have pioneered new ways of thinking about intellectual property, collaboration and elaboration. These organizations are bound together in varying degrees, through means of technology, ...