The paper looks at the economic performance of the main (coal mining) company operating in Svalbard based on time series data from 1922 to 2006 and uses statistical techniques to detect structural breaks in economic indicators decomposed into components that the company control or influence and components that are exogenous. The analysis suggests distinctive historical periods and illustrates that ...

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 ...

Emergencies on large passenger ships in the remote High North may lead to a mass rescue operation with a heavy strain on the emergency preparedness systems of the Arctic countries. This study focuses on the need for competencies related to large-scale Search and Rescue operations (SAR operations) amongst the shipping companies, vessels and governments involved. A SAR operation is the activity related ...

Denne masteroppgaven undersøker hva som driver atferd til brukere som unngår reklame på internett. Mer konkret handler problemstillingen om å identifisere hva som kjennetegner brukere som eliminerer eller ignorerer reklame på internett. I et forsøk på utvidelse av eksisterende teori inkluderer studien annonseblokkering som en ny form for unngåelse av reklame, og dette defineres som eliminering av ...

Kina ble i 2010 verdens nest-største økonomi, den største produsent av industrivarer, den største eksportnasjon og den nest-største importøren. Landet har et enormt potensial for videre økonomisk vekst, og utviklingen der vil i stor grad påvirke hva som skjer i resten av verden. Utviklingen i Kina er derfor viktig for Norge. Dette er noe som åpner opp for nye muligheter for bedrifter, men mangler ...

Persistent increases in basic food prices have become a critical challenge in Ethiopia since 2006. This paper assesses whether the structure of the grain market has contributed to the price increases. Traders having market power could create commodity price stickiness, implying that what goes up does not come down, leading to price increases. The study examines price linkages between principal ...

Making the multinational companies’ (MNCs) products attractive among the low- and the high-income consumers is challenging in an emerging market. This study uses the 4As framework (affordability, accessibility, acceptability and awareness) to investigate the marketing activities that three Western companies from the industries such as telecoms, brewery and decorative paint implemented to match the ...

Municipal companies are hybrid organizations hosting multiple institutional logics operating at the interface between the public and private sector. The authors present a new analytical framework inspired by the institutional logics perspective, which can improve our understanding of how performance assessment in municipal corporate boards develops as they navigate between the interests of the owner, ...

Operational efficiency in the retail business is vital in order to be profitable in a competitive environment. This paper investigates how environmental factors, firm size and time trends are linked to inventory performance. We use location data, demographic data and 16 years of financial accounting data from small and medium-sized home improvement retailers to explain inventory performance at a ...

Denne oppgaven belyser hvilken betydning motivasjon og engasjement har for kunnskapsutvikling. Læring, kunnskap og kunnskapsutvikling er alle elementer som oppfattes som viktige ressurser i en organisasjon. Enkelte hevder kunnskap om kunnskap er en kritisk faktor for en bedrifts overlevelse. Samtidig opplever vi at utvikling av kunnskap på individnivå kan være utfordrende for ledere. I den forbindelse ...