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    • Changes in the power balance of institutional logics: Middle managers' responses 

      Olsen, Trude Høgvold; Solstad, Elsa (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2017-12-26)
      The purpose of this paper is to explore how middle managers respond when an existing institutional logic is reinforced through radical organisational change. We analyse documents and interviews with middle managers in three public sector contexts (hospitals, upper secondary schools, municipal agencies) in which the power balance between the managerial and professional logics changed through mergers. ...
    • Den kyndige økonomisk/administrative fagutøverens helhetsforståelse 

      Solstad, Elsa; Olsen, Trude Høgvold (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      En kyndig fagutøver i økonomisk/administrative fag må evne å se sammenhenger og helhet mellom eget og andres fagfelt. Studieplanene er bygd opp for å ivareta bedriftsøkonomiske fag, samfunnsøkonomi, administrasjonsfag og metodefag. Det kan imidlertid synes som om spesialisering får større fokus i utdanningen, og at det i stor grad overlates til studenten å utvikle en helhetsforståelse for det ...
    • Service branding: the development of a typology of service brands at the corporate level 

      Skaalsvik, Hugo; Olsen, Bjørn (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2015)
      This paper shows and discusses a typology of service brands at the corporate level. The typology emerges from a combination of two constructs: ‘customer base’ and ‘competitive environments’. The service brands are conceptualized as modes of maintenance, surveillance and dynamic changes, which are shown in a 2x2 matric. The service brand typology is discussed, and the paper explains that dynamic ...
    • Drivers for energy efficiency: an empirical analysis of Norwegian manufacturing firms 

      Solnørdal, Mette Talseth; Thyholdt, Sverre Braathen (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2017-08)
      Manufacturing firms’ ability to innovate and improve their energy efficiency (EE) is a key element in reducing emission of greenhouse gases (GHG) and attain international objectives of climate change mitigation. Despite an urgent need for more knowledge drivers for EE in manufacturing firms, there is still little research on the topic. Taking departure in the EE and environmental innovation literature ...
    • The creative class: do jobs follow people or do people follow jobs? 

      Østbye, Stein; Moilanen, Mikko; Tervo, Hannu; Westerlund, Olle (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2017-01-19)
      Regional adjustment models are applied to explore causal interaction between two types of people distinguished by educational attainment, and two types of jobs: creative class jobs and other jobs. Data used are for labour market regions in Finland, Norway and Sweden from the 2000s. Creative class jobs follow people with high educational attainment (one way causation), but creative class jobs also ...
    • Experience value as a function of hedonic and utilitarian dominant services 

      Prebensen, Nina Katrine; Rosengren, Sara Therese (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2016-01)
      The purpose of this paper is to examine the relative importance of dimensions of experience value in four different hedonic- and utilitarian-dominated services. The proposed hypotheses are tested by an experimental design. Altogether, four different service experiences, taking place during a tourist weekend trip, were studied using a scenario-based approach. In total, 938 members of a nationally ...
    • Investment and revenue cap under incentive regulation: The case study of the Norwegian electricity distributors 

      Zhang, Dengjun; Xie, Jinghua (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2017-11-07)
      Electricity distribution operators are regulated as monopolies around the world. Incentive regulation is further applied to relate their allowed revenues (revenue cap) to cost efficiency and investment. Incentive regulation varies cross countries and has evolved over time for individual countries. Norway is one of the first countries reforming the network distributors by incentive regulation. Using ...
    • An Analysis of a Semelparous Population Model with Density-Dependent Fecundity and Density - Dependent Survival Probabilities. 

      Wikan, Arild (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2017-12-17)
      A discrete age-structured semelparous Leslie matrix model where density dependence is included both in the fecundity and in the survival probabilities is analysed. Depending on strength of density dependence, we show in the precocious semelparous case that the nonstationary dynamics may indeed be rich, ranging from SYC (a dynamical state where the whole population is in one age class only) dynamics ...
    • Helhetsperspektiv i økonomisk/administrative fag - ønske eller realitet? 

      Andreassen, Viggo; Olsen, Trude Høgvold; Solstad, Elsa (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      Studenter i økonomisk/administrative fag tar eksamen i mange emner. Mange studenter opplever studiet som fragmentert fordi emnene har forskjellig fokus, innhold og arbeidsmetode. Praktiske problemstillinger lar seg imidlertid sjelden løse med innsikt fra bare ett av emnene som studentene tar eksamen i. For å kunne delta i faglige diskusjoner er det nødvendig både med kunnskap om enkeltemner og en ...
    • In Search of Alignment: A Review of Impact Studies in Entrepreneurship Education 

      Kamovich, Uladzimir; Foss, Lene (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2017-09-27)
      This study uses the concept of alignment as a framework to examine empirical research on the impact of entrepreneurship education interventions on students. Alignment assumes that effective instruction requires congruence between three instructional components: intended outcomes, instructional processes, and assessment criteria. Given the extant diversity and complexity of entrepreneurship education ...
    • Managing knowledge resources 

      Stokvik, Hanne; Adriaenssen, Daniel J.; Johannessen, Jon-Arild; Sætersdal, Helene (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2016)
      This article discusses the development of the type of knowledge held to be crucial for creativity and innovation, and which is referred to here as hidden knowledge. The research question investigated is: How can organizations develop hidden knowledge? The first purpose of the article is to bring forth a type of knowledge which can give some foundation for knowledge management and innovation. The ...
    • Aspects of a knowledge theory for new venture creation: Management, policy and methodological implications 

      Stokvik, Hanne; Adriaenssen, Daniel J; Johannessen, Jon-Arild; Skålsvik, Hugo (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2016)
      The problem studied is related to new venture creation. The question the authors will examine here is: What are the knowledge conditions for new venture creation? The methodology used is conceptual generalization. The purpose of the paper is to bring new understandings to venture creation. In attempting to answer the research question, the authors hope to make a contribution to a policy for ...
    • Understanding researchers’ intention to publish in open access journals 

      Moksness, Lars; Olsen, Svein Ottar (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2017-08)
      <i>Purpose</i> – The purpose is to understand how attitudes, norms (injunctive and descriptive), and perceived behavioral control (PBC) (capacity and autonomy) influence intention to publish Open Access (OA), and how personal innovativeness in information technology (PIIT) affects attitude and PBC.<p> <p><i>Design/methodology/approach</i> – This study employs an integrated and extended theory of ...
    • Speilvendt undervisning og digital eksamen - flopp eller framtid? 

      Bertheussen, Bernt Arne; Heimly, Finn Steinar (Conference object; Konferansebidrag, 2017)
      Handelshøgskolen ved UiT erfarer at speilvendt undervisning kan øke læringsutbyttet tilsvarende en halv bokstavkarakter og at strykeprosenten kan halveres. Speilvendt undervisning er en læringsform som ansvarliggjør studentene for egen læring ved at de løser relevante oppgaver i grupper med støtte i pensumlitteraturen, forhåndsinnspilte videoer og den kompetansen som medlemmene i gruppen besitter. ...
    • An analysis of Discrete stage-structured prey and prey-predator population models. 

      Wikan, Arild (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2017-04-16)
      Discrete stage-structured prey and prey-predator models are considered. Regarding the former, we prove that the models at hand are permanent (i.e., the population will neither go extinct nor exhibit explosive oscillations) and, moreover, that the transfer from stability to nonstationary behaviour always goes through a supercritical Neimark−Sacker bifurcation.The prey model covers species that ...
    • Expanding the unit of analysis from firms to supply networks 

      Hammervoll, Trond (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2016-09-22)
      Purpose: There is strong interest in new supply chain management (SCM) constructs as contemporary academic writers call for more theory and more multidisciplinary research. There is, however, little guidance on how to develop relevant SCM constructs, and one problem is that current SCM research addresses different units of analysis, ranging from transactions to entire supply networks. The choice ...
    • A systematic review of the trade show marketing literature: 1980–2014 

      Tafesse, Wondwesen; Skallerud, Kåre (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2016-11-23)
      The trade show marketing literature has been growing over the past decades, attracting a steady stream of research and journal publications. However, this body of research has not been subject to a systematic literature review. Accordingly, the purpose of this article is to provide a systematic review of the trade show marketing literature with the aim of delineating its current state, trends, gaps ...
    • Consumer attention to price in social commerce: Eye tracking patterns in retail clothing 

      Menon, R.G. Vishnu; Sigurdsson, Valdimar; Larsen, Nils Magne; Fagerstrøm, Asle; Foxall, G. R. (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2016-11)
      Although the literature establishes the importance of pricing in relation to traditional retailers and e-commerce, few studies consider its importance in social commerce. This study uses eye tracking to examine observational behavior as fixation time on price and the total fixation time on a Facebook page that displays clothing products. This study employs interventions both directly related (via ...
    • A framework for categorizing social media posts 

      Tafesse, Wondwesen; Wien, Anders Hauge (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2017-03-10)
      Abstract: Brand posts are concise and recurrent updates created by brands and sent out to their followers on social media. Brand posts play a crucial linking role by connecting brands to their customers and fans on a daily basis. Brand posts represent a rich form of communication that convey various brand meaning and experiences using multiple media formats. Despite this, however, brand posts ...
    • Combined emergency preparedness and operations for safe personnel transport to offshore locations 

      Brachner, Markus; Hvattum, Lars Magnus (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2016-03-19)
      Long distances, sparse infrastructure, and adverse environmental conditions make the offshore emergency preparedness system in the High North a big and yet unsolved challenge. This applies in particular to the personnel transport between onshore bases and offshore facilities, which is usually conducted by helicopters. One of the issues to be solved is the sufficient coverage with emergency response ...