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Livelihood strategies and the prevalence of poverty in rural Malawi : the case of Central and Southern regions
(Master thesis, 2010-12-10)Rural households in developing countries like Malawi often take on a diversity of livelihood activities in an attempt to smooth consumption and improve on their general wellbeing. However, their choices to any of the ... -
Livestock and land share contracts in a Hindu Society
(CLTS Working paper;2011:7, Working paper, 2011)This paper examines factors related to the existence of a livestock rental market in western Nepal and assesses whether this is associated with caste differentiation and land rental market participation. This study brings ... -
Local ideas about rights of common in the context of a historical transformation from commons to private property
(CLTS Working paper;2013:13, Working paper, 2013)More than 200 years after the King sold one of the “King’s commons” (Follafoss, located in the current Verran municipality) to urban timber merchants, local people in some ways still behave as if the area is a kind of ... -
Lokal overflateavrenning i boligfelt : økonomisk analyse av tiltak mot oversvømmelse
(Master thesis, 2012-11-09)Man kan si med relativ sikkerhet at klimaendringene kommer til å materialisere seg, men ikke i hvilken grad dette vil skje. Befolkningsvekst er et annet fenomen som vil kjennetegne fremtiden og de utfordringene vi står ... -
Lokal sedvane i bruken av utmarka i Verran kommune
(CLTS Report;2013:1, Report, 2013)Dette notatet dokumenterer data innhentet gjennom en spørreundersøkelse våren 2012 i forbindelse prosjektet Gjeldende rett og lokal sedvane i bruken av utmarka i Verran kommune. I notatet gjøres det rede for datainnsamling, ... -
Lokalmatprodusenter i vekst : gründere av norske matskatter : en kvalitativ studie av entreprenøriell markedsføringspraksis i mikrobedrifter
(Master thesis, 2019)Målet med denne oppgaven har vært å avdekke hvordan småskala matgründere evner å skape seg en plass i det norske matmarkedet, i lys av rammeverket entreprenøriell markedsføring. Lokalmat er et fremvoksende tema av økende ... -
Læring i et innovasjonsrettet videreutdanningsemne : en casestudie av læring fra emnet «innovasjonsledelse – Hvordan lykkes med innovasjon i etablerte virksomheter?»
(Master thesis, 2022)The purpose of the study is to explore the learning outcomes of an innovation oriented continuing education course through a qualitative case study. The case study was the course Innovation management - How to succeed ... -
Læring i vekstselskaper : en empirisk studie av sammenhengen mellom organisasjoners læringsevne og vedvarende økonomisk utvikling i vekstselskaper
(Master thesis, 2012-08-06)Denne studien undersøker forutsetninger for læring i vekstselskaper. Selskapene er valgt ut på bakgrunn av Dagens Næringslivs gasellemål for selskaper med høy vekst. Åtte selskaper er valgt ut, hvor det skilles mellom ... -
Magnitude Effects and Utility Curvature in Inter-temporal Choice
(CLTS Working paper;08/20, Working paper, 2020)The appropriate way to empirically estimate time-dated utility and time preferences based on experimental data has been subject to controversy. Our study assesses whether within-subject magnitude treatments are more ... -
Major political events and announcements and the effect on the exchange rate : the case of Brexit
(Master thesis, 2020)Brexit has been a major “spur of the moment” decision, especially considering that David Cameron solely decided to have a referendum just to be re-elected as Prime Minister in the United Kingdom. Never in his dreams would ... -
Making better use of goats in Tanzania : Improving smallholder livelihoods through local value chains for goat milk yoghurt: a case study
(Master thesis, 2011-10-31)The objective of this research is to assess the potential for local dairy value chains as an approach for smallholder farmers to improve their livelihood. The main research problems are whether local dairy value chains ... -
Making sense of organizational performance in China : a multiple perspective analysis of the manufacturing industry
(Master thesis, 2013-03-20)Despite the growing economic power of Chinese companies, Chinese business practices remain poorly understood and the dominant business paradigm is still not yet formed. The Chinese manufacturing industry has been going ... -
MALAWIAN LAND TENURE AND SOCIAL CAPITAL: Behaviour in trust games in 18 Malawian villages in 2007
(CLTS Report;2020:3, Report, 2020-12)This report presents two papers developed in order to study behaviour in trust games in 18 Malawian villages in 2007. In 2007-2008 the Malawian land tenure and social capital project (financed by Norwegian Research Council), ... -
Management of short-term price uncertainty in the salmon spot market
(PhD Thesis;2016:56, Doctoral thesis, 2016)The spot price of Norwegian farmed Atlantic salmon is highly volatile and hard to predict. The uncertainty over the future spot price obscures revenue projections of salmon farmers and cost expectations of processors, ... -
Managers in Norwegian Born Global companies : a study on the characteristics of the manager and their commitment to internationalization, and the performance of the firm
(Master thesis, 2010-10-29)The purpose of this study was to test a model developed by Freeman and Cavusgil (2007), which describes different characteristics among managers in the Born Global company, and the relationship between these characteristics ... -
Managing behaviour : an experimental study into the behaviour of Tanzanian forest users
(Master thesis, 2013-08-20)As the dire consequences of tropical deforestation and forest degradation are recognised at both local and global levels, a myriad of measures to mitigate the problem is proposed. Despite these measures affecting local ... -
Mapping farmers’ preferences of cimate change adaptation measures : stated preference and field experiments in Ethiopia
(PhD Thesis;2019:46, Doctoral thesis, 2019)This thesis maps preferences for climate change adaptation measures and ecosystem services among Ethiopian smallholder farmers; by analyzing their decision-making behavior under uncertainty in a framed field experiment, ... -
Marine Harvest & WWF-Norge : et strategisk samarbeid for en bærekraftig fremtid
(Master thesis, 2014-08-18)Denne oppgaven omhandler et studie av suksessfaktorer for samarbeid mellom ulike typer organisasjoner. Med den bakgrunn er følgende problemstilling formulert. Hvordan kan samarbeid mellom ulike organisasjoner som Marine ... -
Markedsmanipulasjon i det fysiske kraftmarkedet
(Master thesis, 2020)Å oppdage manipulasjon i det fysiske kraftmarkedet er svært vanskelig. Produsenter kan oppnå betydelig markedsmakt, og spørsmålet er hvorvidt markedsmakt blir brukt til å manipulere prisen. Denne masteroppgaven tar for seg ... -
Markedspotensialet for norsk frukt og grønt i uavhengige dagligvarebutikker
(Master thesis, 2023)Etter flere sjokk og prisøkninger som har påvirket den globale matproduksjonen og handelen. Har matsikkerhet blitt en viktig del av et lands totale sikkerhet. Norge er i dag avhengig av å importere store mengder frukt og ...