Browsing UiS Business school by Document Types "Chapter"
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Academic Burnout : Causes and Consequences
(Chapter, 2023)The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development was adopted by all United Nations Member States in 2015, as means of peace and prosperity for people and the planet. Several of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals are also ... -
Disruptive innovation in the higher education sector : The case of the one planet MBA
(Chapter, 2023)In 2010 the MBA team at the University of Exeter in the UK faced a strategic challenge: how to differentiate and grow their MBA provision in a context in which there were major players with size, location and branding ... -
Economic geography of innovation and regional development
(Chapter, 2022)Research in economic geography on innovation and regional development is an important and thriving research area in Scandinavia, which has contributed significantly to theoretical and empirical advancements beyond the ... -
FPIC and geoengineering in the future of Scandinavia
(Chapter, 2023-05)This chapter focuses on procedural and intergenerational justice within the context of solar radiation management and ice-geoengineering in the Arctic. Research has framed geoengineering as an option to avoid the more ... -
How to ‘fix’ the bad capitalism : An analytical framework for purposeful action
(Chapter, 2023)How and why is a chapter with this broad and provocative title relevant in a book on responsible business schools? To be responsible is, to me, to act to change society in a direction that points to increased sustainability ... -
Innovasjonsinvasjon – og hvorfor det?
(Chapter, 2016)I dette essayet tar forfatterne opp fenomenet innovasjon. Hvordan og hvorfor det kan synes som om samfunnet og særlig offentlig sektor for tiden invaderes av krav om innovasjon. Innovasjon knyttes her særlig til følgende ... -
Institutions and spin-offs: determining factors for etablishment and early market entry success for innovation based spin-offs from KIBS. In "Knowledge Intensive Business Services and Regional Competitiveness", ISBN 9781138859364
(Chapter, 2016)Over the past few decades, activities of Knowledge Intensive Business Services (KIBS) can be interpreted as an important trend in the economic evolution of industrialised nations. KIBS firms are private sector companies ... -
An introspective essay on the virtues of teaching environmental economics to business students
(Chapter, 2023)The following is one of the stand-out memories from my early university life: It was the second semester of my undergraduate studies in the United States. I was sitting in the middle of a small classroom with about 15–20 ... -
Knowledge networks and innovation among subsea firms
(Chapter, 2018)The chapter discusses the innovation of firms operating in the subsea industry. The subsea industry is a high technology industry making oil extraction possible and safer in deep seas and rough weather conditions. Norway ... -
New insight regarding the ageing workforce : It is time to close this knowing-doing gap
(Chapter, 2023)The Western world faces an ageing of the population due to large cohorts born after the Second World War. Their life expectancies are increasing, their health is better as compared to previous generations, and smaller ... -
New pathways for organic waste in land-based farming of salmon: The case of Norway and Denmark
(Chapter, 2019)Demand for farmed Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) has been increasing dramatically. Simultaneously, the industry faces increasingly large ecological challenges with the grow-out phase at sea. As a result, and with the aid ... -
Næringslivets samhandling med universiteter og høgskoler i og utenfor regionen: Funn fra en undersøkelse av norske bedrifter
(Chapter, 2019)The chapter examines collaboration with universities from the perspective of firms, drawing on survey data from 1200 Norwegian firms. Around one in five firms collaborate with a university. The firms provide various motives ... -
Research-based innovation for sustainable development: the case of aquaculture
(Chapter, 2023)Cutting emissions and preserving biodiversity requires innovations and investments at a scale and speed with no historical peacetime precedent. The challenges are complex, with a need for new knowledge and innovation which ... -
Sustainability in the business school syllabus : mind the gap
(Chapter, 2023)This chapter concerns challenges that most professors in business schools experience when they are planning a new course, or revising an existing course, and in particular when the syllabus is highly suceptible to changes ... -
Taking the lead on leadership: reimagining the responsible business school of the future
(Chapter, 2023)Considering that the world’s oldest university in continuous operation – the University of Bologna – was established in 1088, business schools, historically, are a relatively new institution, as exemplified by the establishment ... -
The third mission : Enhancing academic engagement with industry
(Chapter, 2022)There is an ongoing debate in the literature about a “third mission” for universities. Examples of successful academic spin-offs have led to a widespread policy of encouraging collaboration between the academic and commercial ... -
Universities and regions : New insights and emerging developments
(Chapter, 2022)In this concluding chapter, the editors take stock of the empirical findings across the cases and levels of analysis and link the empirical evidence to the analytical framework presented in Chapter 2. In so doing, we revisit ... -
Universities' mundaneness and regional engagement : Setting the stage
(Chapter, 2022)This chapter introduces the main logic of this volume, which starts from the grassroots level of universities’ “everyday” engagements, looking at the manifold ways in which university knowledge agents build connections ... -
University dynamic capabilities to boost innovation ecosystems : The case of a university alliance in Brazil
(Chapter, 2022)This chapter unpacks how universities’ dynamic capabilities are mobilized to take on the role of fostering and orchestrating regional innovation ecosystems. Increasingly, universities are applying strategic and entrepreneurial ...