Browsing Department of Industrial Economics, Risk Management and Planning (TN-ISØP) by Title
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Contributions to improved risk and vulnerability assessment of critical infrastructure
(PhD thesis UiS;, Doctoral thesis, 2020-11)The aim of this thesis is to provide contributions to the assessment of critical infrastructure risk. In particular, the thesis gains insights as to how critical infrastructure is modelled, the role of such models in risk ... -
Contributions to risk management : On the balance between value creation and protection
(PhD thesis UiS;, Doctoral thesis, 2020-08)The overall objective of this thesis is to contribute to new knowledge in risk management. More concretely, the research relates to one of the main tasks of risk management: to obtain an appropriate balance between value ... -
Contributions to the Research on Risk Attenuation, Risk Amplification, Trust, and Stakeholder Involvement Implications of an uncertainty-based risk perspective
(PhD thesis UiS;, Doctoral thesis, 2021-01)The overall objective of this thesis is to contribute to the development of new knowledge related to risk perception and communication, particularly emphasising the issues of risk attenuation, risk amplification, trust, ... -
Conventionalists, Pioneers and Criminals Choosing Between a National Currency and a Global Currency
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-12)The article analyzes how conventionalists, pioneers and criminals choose between a national currency (e.g. a central bank digital currency) and a global currency (e.g. a cryptocurrency such as Bitcoin) that both have ... -
Conveying Nuclear Risk A critical discourse analysis of nuclear risk communication in Norway
(Master thesis, 2023)Nuclear energy is not a new topic of debate in Norway, as it has been a subject of political discourse for many years. Political parties, such as the Labor party have previously (1957) fronted nuclear power as part of a ... -
Cooperation in Norwegian search and rescue services as seen by voluntary organizations.
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)The core concept of the search and rescue services is in Norwegian language described with the term samvirke, often translated into English by cooperation. In this article we will explore if samvirke is more than usually ... -
Coping with Covid-19 at the community level: resilience and informal crisis management in rural Ghana
(Master thesis, 2021)The Covid-19 pandemic had forced policymakers to find the appropriate precautionary responses to mitigate the threats associated with it. Unfortunately, such responses have ripple effects on other sectors of society. Such ... -
Coping with different system logics of standardization in regulatory regimes. Norwegian offshore experience
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023-05)This paper addresses the role of standardization in risk governance and explores challenges when unifying different system logics and standardizations in the regulator-regulated relationships in different industrial, ... -
Corporate Risk Tolerance and Acceptability towards Sustainable Energy Transition
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)The omnipresence of risk prevails in almost every aspect of human life. Individuals and societal factors are pivotal in the decision-making process to judge acceptability and tolerability of risk. Tolerability of risk (ToR) ... -
Corporate social responsibility (CSR) in the petroleum industry: ideas and practice with links to risk management.
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IØRP/2016;, Master thesis, 2016-06)In recent years several authors have argued for the adoption of Corporate social responsibility (CSR) which highlight people, planet and profit. The theoretical rationale for the CSR is well established, large number of ... -
Cost Escalation in Road Construction Contracts
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-09)This paper presents a study of cost escalation in unit price road construction contracts. The aim is to investigate why the final cost of contracts differs from the agreed contract cost following tendering, both to identify ... -
Cost evaluation of mitigation strategies for injectivity challenges- a scenario analysis
(Master thesis, 2022)Global warming is a key concern for human society and anthropogenic emissions must be reduced. To aid this development, carbon capture and storage has showed a great potential. Here, carbon dioxide is captured and stored ... -
Cost overruns in Norwegian projects – An econometric study
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IØRP/2017;, Master thesis, 2017-06-15)Cost overruns are a global phenomenon. By assuming that companies are profit maximizing, we imply that inaccurate estimates of project costs are unwanted as the basis for investment analysis is weakened. The aim of this ... -
Cost-benefit analysis of road safety measures - a blind alley?
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-ISØP/2019;, Master thesis, 2019-06-15)As the Norwegian public road industry is characterized as a "low uncertainty" industry, especially in comparison to the Norwegian oil and gas industry, it has been common to give more weight to the economic perspective in ... -
Cost-efficiency analyses of offshore 3D seismic survey
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IØRP/2015;, Master thesis, 2015-06)The main objective of this project is to analyses the factors that affect the cost and efficiency during the offshore 3D seismic survey. Four parts will be discussed to support the main objective--the equipment, environment, ... -
Cost-Efficient Low-Volume Production Through Additive Manufacturing
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IØRP/2016;, Master thesis, 2016-06-15)Additive manufacturing, commonly known as 3D Printing, is a production method of rising popularity. The method works by adding layers of material, in contrast to subtracting, which is the dominating method today. ... -
Costs of not Following Common Standards; A Case Study of Cost Implications of Using Customer Specific Requirements Instead of Industry Standards
(Masteroppgave/UIS-TN-IØRP/2016;, Master thesis, 2016-06-15)In recent years, costs of subsea production systems on the Norwegian Continental Shelf has escalated. In combination with a plunging oil price, this has led to reduced margins for the companies. In order to survive the ... -
Counterterrorism as Risk Management Strategies
(PhD thesis UiS;178, Doctoral thesis, 2012-11-26)After the terrorist attacks in the USA on 11 September 2001 (9/11), most Western countries, including Norway, implemented a multiplicity of counterterrorism measures. 9/11 seems to have lowered Western governments' ... -
The COVID-19 pandemic: how can risk science help?
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-04)This paper reflects on how risk science, with its concepts, principles, approaches, methods and models, can support the actual assessments, communication and handling of the vulnerabilities and risks related to the Coronavirus ... -
Covid-19-risiko etter boka: Hvordan brukte FHI risikovitenskap i sine vurderinger av risiko tilknyttet covid-19?
(Master thesis, 2022)Bakgrunn og formål: Covid-19-pandemien har vist det norske samfunnet hvor viktig det er å innføre riktige tiltak til riktig tid. Hvilke tiltak som blir innført og når har vært og er fortsatt basert på risikovurdering ...