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Essays on Crowdfunding Adoption and Behavior
2023
The aim of this dissertation is to examine aspects of crowdfunding adoption and behavior. Accordingly, the overarching research question answered by this dissertation is: what influences crowdfunding backers’ contribution intentions and behaviors? The dissertation answers this question while focusing on dimensions of trust, community, and technological acceptance. The dissertation is made up of three studies with one conceptual article (study 1), and two empirical studies (study 2 and 3). The conceptual study marries marketing and trust literatures and contextualizes their implications for the crowdfunding context. The result is the development of a framework of trust-based marketing strate…
Implications to the Audit Process of Auditing that uses Data Analytics Tools and New Business Models
2023
Paper II is excluded from the dissertation until it is published. New advances in information technology have created a wave of technological innovations which affect the audit firms. Audit firms are now investing large sums of money to acquire and adopt data analytics tools. Using three studies in this dissertation, I investigated questions relating to the impact of digital tools in the audit process. These studies are briefly summarized below. The first study investigates whether the audit evidence from a process mining tool provides information that adds to the appropriateness (relevance) of the audit evidence collected by traditional analytical procedures. The results shows that auditor…
The Impact of Internationalization on Performance in Hybrid Organizations
2021
Papers I - III are excluded from the dissertation until they will be published. With the growing demand for socially and environmentally conscious products and services, hybrid organizations that address social and environmental issues with a market-based solution are gaining widespread significance (Haigh et al., 2015; Miller et al., 2012; Hockerts, 2015). Hybrid organizations, or “social enterprises” or “the fourth sector” as they are sometimes called, appear to present a sustainable solution to a myriad of social causes such as unemployment, poor health, illiteracy, etc. (Haigh and Hoffman, 2011; Battilana and Lee, 2014). Hybrid organizations are an innovative solution to the institution…
Servitization in Manufacturing: A case of Pakistani Firms
2016
Master's thesis Business Administration BE501 - University of Agder 2016 This study revolves around manufacturing firms which opted to go for servitization while how successful they were in understanding the meaning of servitization in order to make their customers more satisfied. The study also examined the other important side as how important role a customer play in servitization process. Firms had some difficulties in becoming service oriented so this aspect was also covered. Qualitative research method is applied and data was collected through skype interviews which was later analysed to get results. Result depicts more customers are gained by incorporating service with products. It sh…
Bærekraftsatsing, mer enn bare prat? : En kvalitativ studie av bærekraftsatsingen i en Michelin-bedrift
2021
Master's thesis in Business administration (BE501) Klimautfordringer er et internasjonalt problem. Dette har ført til at det i løpet av de siste årene har vokst frem en stadig større bevissthet omkring de negative konsekvensene en organisasjon har på miljøet (Fjørtoft et al., 2019, s. 182). Det har samtidig blitt rettet et større fokus på hvordan organisasjoner kan bidra for å endre kursen mot et mer bærekraftig samfunn (Ditlev-Simonsen, 2014, s. 192).Det er imidlertid slik at mye av samfunnsansvaret som organisasjoner tar i dag ofte bærer preg av å være symbolsk (Fjørtoft et al., 2019, s 185). Enkelte selskaper bruker beslutningene om samfunnsansvar som et virkemiddel for å vinne legitimit…
Strategisk regnskapsanalyse og verdsettelse av Lerøy Seafood Group ASA
2018
Masteroppgave økonomi og administrasjon BE501 - Universitetet i Agder 2018 Konfidensiell til / confidential until 01.07.2023
Internationalization Through Networks to Emerging Economies : Cases of Norwegian Aquaculture Companies Entering Indonesia
2017
Master's thesis Business Administration BE501 - University of Agder 2017 Thematically, this thesis has been conducted to explore and extend knowledge about international business operations; going in-depth on aspects of internationalization processes, impact of national institutions, networking, and decision-making. With basis in the Uppsala theory of internationalization (Johanson & Vahlne, 2009), these themes are investigated in the context of Norwegian firms entering the Indonesian aquaculture industry. An abduction approach has been used as methodology, and data samples have been gathered through four open-ended interviews with three case firms, and one Norwegian governmental agency, In…
SME Entrepreneurial Orientation, Performance, and the Moderating Role of Firm Resources
2017
Master's thesis Business Administration BE501 - University of Agder 2017 The effects of entrepreneurial orientation on firm performance are grounded and well established. However, when accounting for potential factors having a moderating effect on this relationship, most scholarly attention has been given environmental factors, thus consequently, potential organizational implications on this relationship have been neglected. In response, this article discusses what role specific organizational factors play in moderating the relationship between entrepreneurial orientation and performance. Representing firm resources, data on intellectual and financial resources are analyzed. A conceptual fr…
Leans 14 ledelsesprinsipper i opplevelsesnæringen : En casestudie av Dyreparken
2017
Masteroppgave økonomi og administrasjon BE501 - Universitetet i Agder 2017 Formålet med oppgaven har vært å forklare overføringen av de 14 ledelsesprinsippene innen Lean til opplevelsesnæringen og samtidig se på hvilke effekter dette kan resultere i. Lean handler om å skape mest mulig kundeverdi med minst mulig ressurser. Dette gjøres blant annet ved å fokusere på flyt, oversiktlige prosesser og kontinuerlig forbedring (Wig, 2013). De 14 ledelsesprinsippene er Jeffrey K. Likers sammenfatning av Lean. Ledelsesprinsippene er delt inn i hovedkategoriene: langsiktig filosofi, riktige prosesser skaper riktige resultater, utvikle ansatte og partnere og løse kontinuerlig grunnleggende problemer, s…
Support for the decision of Norwegian seafood companies to implement country of origin strategy in the Ukrainian market
2006
Masteroppgave i økonomi og administrasjon 2006 - Høgskolen i Agder, Kristiansand