Browsing Institutt for økonomi, historie og samfunnsvitenskap by Title
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Aux antipodes de la société de cour. La défense de la constitution norvégienne après 1814 – Liberté paysanne et style des élites
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)In 1814, the Norwegians adopted a constitution that was quite democratic, relatively speaking. This article discusses to what extent Norwegians’ attitudes, manners and social norms made Norwegian society well disposed to ... -
Barnearbeid - plikt eller privilegium? : barnearbeid og oppvekst i to norske industrisamfunn i perioden 1850-1910
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«Big Fish»: Valuation of the world’s largest salmon farming companies
(UiS Working Papers in Economics and Finance;2017/11, Others, 2017)The recent five years have seen a nearly tenfold increase the salmon stock price index at the Oslo Stock Exchange. This paper tries to shed some light on the reasons why this substantial stock price appreciation has occurred. ... -
A bird in the hand: empirically grounded archetypes of collaborative innovation in the public sector
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Normative approaches have dominated research on collaborative innovation arrangements in the public sector, but actual practices remain underexplored and uncategorized. We conducted an inductive, in-depth study of 35 ... -
Blockchain for Smart Grid Flexibility - Handling Settlements Between the Aggregator and Prosumers
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)This paper shows how the Ethereum blockchain can register settlements between an aggregator and prosumers in a smart grid. By providing flexible use of electricity to the aggregator, customers get rewarded. The flexibility ... -
The body - friend or foe in dance? A critical reflection on the body through the Norwegian national curriculum renewal of the upper secondary school subject Dance Techniques
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)This article analyses different discursive positionings related to the body that emerged during the process of renewing the curriculum for the subject Dance Techniques, an in-depth study module in year one of the Programme ... -
Broadening of the field of corporate boards and legitimate capitals: An investigation into the use of gender quotas in corporate boards in Norway
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Drawing on 31 interviews, we explore the life trajectories of some of the women with most directorships in Norway after the introduction of the quota, with specific attention to their capitals. Adopting a Bourdieusian ... -
Bruk av naturis i norsk ferskfiskomsetning, 1860-1940
(Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2020)Selv om Norge etter hvert eksporterte en betydelig mengde is, blekner likevel iseksporten mot de virkelig store varegruppene i norsk handelsstatistikk. Tre og fiskeprodukter var og forble dominerende ut 1800-tallet. I ... -
Bruker norske revisorer konsistente og tilstrekkelige stikkprøvestørrelser når de tester ukentlig forekommende interne kontroller? En teoretisk analyse
(Chapter, 2020)Tidligere forskning viser at revisorer gjerne bruker tommelfingerregler foreslått av American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) når de skal bestemme seg for stikkprøvestørrelser til bruk i forbindelse med ... -
Bærekraftige samfunn og forretningsmodeller
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Norsk næringsliv må omstille seg for å møte de globale bærekraftsutfordringene. Denne artikkelen fokuserer på hvordan samarbeids- og tillitstradisjoner i norsk næringsliv kan fremme nyskapende bærekraftige forretningsmodeller. ... -
Bøndene og dyrevelferdsforvaltningen: En flermetodisk studie av husdyrprodusenters erfaringer
(Chapter, 2022)Hvilke oppfatninger og holdninger har husdyrprodusenter til dyrevelferd, lovverk og tilsyn? Vi besvarer spørsmålet ved hjelp av data fra kvalitative intervjuer og en omfattende spørreundersøkelse blant norske husdyrprodusenter. ... -
Can a person-centred-care intervention improve health-related quality of life in patients with head and neck cancer? A randomized, controlled study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Background The incidence of head and neck cancer is increasing slightly. Head and neck cancer but also it’s necessary and often successful treatment may affect general domains of health-related quality of life and provoke ... -
Catch-22: Token Women Trying to Reconcile Impossible Contradictions between Organisational and Societal Expectations
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Extending tokenism theory, and Kanter’s work on numerical representation within organisations, we emphasise the societal context of gender inequality in order to understand token women’s lived experiences at work. Based ... -
Caught between International Law and National Constitution: The Legal Reckoning with Foreign War Criminals in Norway after 1945.
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)This article examines the preparation of the much-debated War Criminals Decree (WCD) of 4 May 1945 by the Norwegian exile government in London and the courts’ later use of the law as the legal foundation for the reckoning ... -
Challenges and opportunities of building an entrepreneurial discovery process through university–industry interaction: A Norwegian case study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)This study provides new insights into the entrepreneurial role of universities in an entrepreneurial discovery process. Over the past decades, European policies have encouraged universities to identify opportunities and ... -
Challenges and opportunities of multimodal data in human learning: The computer science students' perspective
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Multimodal data have the potential to explore emerging learning practices that extend human cognitive capacities. A critical issue stretching in many multimodal learning analytics (MLA) systems and studies is the current ... -
Challenges and opportunities: impacts of COVID-19 on Norwegian seafood exports
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)A rapidly growing literature shows that COVID-19 and the measures to contain the spread of the virus can have significant market impacts for seafood. These can be interruptions of production, or reductions in demand directly ... -
The Challenges of Implementing Temporal Shifts in Temporary Organizations: Implications of a Situated Temporal View
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)We apply a situated temporal view to reveal the acute challenge actors face in making changes when their project moves toward its final deadline. A situated temporal view takes account not just of the dwindling time left ... -
Characteristics and motivational factors for joining a lay responder system dispatch to out-of-hospital cardiac arrests
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Background: There has been in increase in the use of systems for organizing lay responders for suspected out-of-hospital cardiac arrests (OHCAs) dispatch using smartphone-based technology. The purpose is to increase survival ... -
A Citizen-centric Public Sector: Why citizen centricity matters and how to obtain it
(Chapter, 2016)The paper discusses the concept of a citizen-centric public sector. Citizen centricity is often promoted in policy papers and political speeches, but is often overlooked in practice. Reasons are discussed, and practical ...