PhD theses from the Department of Industrial Economics and Technology Management (IØT)
2008:
| Name | Title | Supervisor |
| PhD Erlend Dehlin | The Flesh and Blood of Improvisation - A Study of Everyday Organizing | Roger Klev |
| PhD Lars Klemsdal | Making Sense of "The New Way of Organizing" - Managing the Micro Processes of (Planned) Change in a Municpality | Thoralf Qvale |
| PhD Torild Alise W Oddane | Organizational Conditions for Innovation A Multiperspective Approach to Innovation in a Large Industrial Company | Morten Levin |
| PhD Roar Grønhaug | Optimization Models and Methods for Industrial Supply Chains | Marielle Christensen |
| PhD Frode Heldal | Cross-boundry relationships - The Object, the social, and the health professional | Endre Sjøvold |
| Dr.ing Cecilia Haskins | Systems engineering analyzed, synthesised and pplied to sustainable industrial park development. | Annik Magerholm Fet |
| Dr.ing Svein Minde | Development of new technology in a network context - The embedding process | Bjørn Otto Elvenes |
| Dr.ing Margrete Haugum | Kvalitetsledelse i kvasiorganisasjoner - En studie av verdikjeden for matpotet | Odd Jarl Borch |
| Dr.ing Anadasivakumar Ekambaram | The role of knowledge transfer in reducing reinvention of the wheel in project organizations | Bjørn Otto Elvenes |
| PhD Eirik Albrechtsen | Friend or foe? Information security management of employees | Jan Hovden |
| PhD Jostein Engesmo | Managing Organisational Change and Technology The Case of Introducing Electronic Patient Records in Hospitals | Endre Sjøvold |
| Phd Jardar Andersen | New service network design models for intermodal freight transportation | Marielle Christensen |
2007:
| Name | Title | Supervisor |
| PhD Jan Tore Lium | Use of Electronic Medical Records and the road towards paperless hospitals in Norway: A socio-technical perspective | Endre Sjøvold |
| PhD Kjetil Trovik Midthun | Optimization models for liberalized natural gas markets | Asgeir Tomasgård |
| Dr.ing Jon Ivar Håvold | From Safety Culture to Safety Orientation - Developing a Tool to Measure Safety in Shipping | Jan Hovden |
| PhD Defne Kahramankaptan | Building Effective Strategic Control through Participation: An Action Researtch Study to Improve the Strategic Control System in aTurkish Automotive Company | Morten Levin |
| PhD Fredrik Winther | Large Systems Change - Integrated Leadership Development and Reflexive Machineries | Thoralf Qvale |
| PhD James Karlsen | The Regional Role of the University - A study of Knowledge Creation in the Agora between Agder Universitity College and Regional Actors in Agder, Norway | Morten Levin |
| PhD Roger Normann | Democracy in Government - A Critical View on Regional Governance | Morten Levin |
| PhD Anli Ataov | Participatory Urban Planning in Kocaeli, Turkey - An Action Research Perspective | Davydd Greenwood |
| PhD Trond Haga | Orchestration of Networking Processes | Tor Claussen |
| Dr.ing Terje Berg-Utby | Venture Capital Ownership - Perspectives on the Venture-Capitalist/New-Venture Team Relationship | Truls Erikson |
2006:
| Name | Title | Supervisor |
| Blakstad, Helene Cecilie | Revising Rules and Reviving Knowledge Adapting hierarchical and risk-based approaches to safety rule modifications in the Norwegian railway system | Hovden, Jan |
| Haug, Espen Gaarder | Six Essays on Option Valuation and Trading | (Dr.philos.) |
| Farmen, Tom Styrvold | Five Essays on Corporate Finance | Wijst, Dominicus van der |
| Brønmo, Geir | Tactical Ship Scheduling – modelling and solution methods | Nygreen, Bjørn |
2005:
| Name | Title | Supervisor |
| Aspelund, Arild | Small International Firms The Emergence of International New Ventures | Moen, Øystein |
| Werner, Adrian | Bilevel stochastic programming problems: Analysis and application to telecommunications | Gaivoronski, Alexei A. |
| Ulstein, Nina Linn | Optimizing Complex Supply Chains Applications in the Petroleum, Shipping and Metal Industries | Nygreen, Bjørn |
| Westgard, Sjur | Four Essays on optimal capital structure, option theory and the probability of default | Wijst, Dominicus van der |
2004
| Navn | Title | Supervisor |
| Hol, Suzan | Essays on Capital Structure, Debt Maturity, Trade Credit, and Default Probability | Wijst, Dominicus van der |
| Pettersen, Erling | Managing End-user Flexibility in Electricity Markets | Wallace, Stein W. |
| Gressetvold, Espen | Product Development - Effects on a Company’s Network of Relationships | Moen, Øystein |
| Mengesha, Wubishet Jekale | Performances for Public Construction Projects in Developing Countries Federal Road & Educational Building Projects in Ethiopia | Elvenes, Bjørn Otto |
| Sørnes, Jan-Oddvar | Information and Communication Technologies in Practice A study of Advanced Users in the Workplace in Norway and the United States | Sætre, Alf Steinar |
| Yndestad, Harald | The Lunar nodal cycle influence on the Barents Sea | (Dr.philos.) |
| Mathiesen, Mette | Indoor dust and hot surface contact: Biological effects in vitro of heated dust and heat-generated emissions | Bjørseth, Olav |
| Finsrud, Henrik Dons | Collaborating for Industrial Development Construction Processes in Interorganizational Fields | Levin, Morten |
2003
| Name | Title | Supervisor |
| Holte, Kari Anne | Musculoskeletal complaints among female service workers. Risk factors for development of shoulder and neck pain in occupations with psychosocial stress and low biomechanical load | Westgaard, Rolf |
| Reitan, Bård Karsten | Managing uncertainty in strategic planning: Cases from telecommunications | Wallace, Stein W. |
| Forbord, Magnar | New Uses of an Agricultural Product. A case study of development in an industrial network | Torvatn, Tim |
| Johannessen, Stig | An explorative study of complexity, strategy and change in logistics organizations | Solem, Olav |
| Stendal, Ludvig | Learning about process control | Levin, Morten |
2002
| Name | Title | Supervisor |
| Korsvold, Torbjørn | Creating organizational change and innovation. An action research oriented study of participative organizational change and innovation in the Norwegian AEC industry | Levin, Morten |
2001
| Name | Title | Supervisor |
| Swahn, Natalia | The role of cultural differences between Norway and Russia in business relationships. Application to strategic management in Norwegian companies | Solem, Olav |
| Pedersen, Ellen Katrine | Dust in the indoor environment. Physical and chemical changes due to hot surface contact | Bjørseth, Olav |
2000
| Name | Title | Supervisor |
| Belsom, Einar | Contributions to the theory of productivity measurement | Fagerlid, Olav |
| Gulbrandsen, Johan Magnus | Research quality and organizational factors: An investigation of the relationship | Waagø, Sigmund |
| Dokka, Tor Helge | Modelling of Indoor Air Quality in residential and commercial buildings | Bjørseth, Olav |
| Fleten, Stein-Erik | Portfolio management emphasizing electrisity market applications. A stochastic programming approach | Wallace, Stein W. |
| Kirkebak, Per Tobias | Better implementation of Innovation Projects - A study of methods and praxies in one company within | Levin, Morten |
1999
| Name | Title | Supervisor |
| Aslaksen, Karin | Strategies for change in corporate settings: A study of diffusion of organizational innovations in a Norwegian corporation | Levin, Morten |
| Jørgensen, Rikke Bramming | The influence of material surfaces on indoor air quality. Adsorption and desorption of volatile organic compounds | Bjørseth, Olav |
| Rosness, Ragnar | Search for safety. The methodology and process of Risk Influence Analysis | Hovden, Jan |
| Raabe, Håkon | A strategic framework for creating effective demand chain management | Levin, Morten |
| Detlefsen, Nina K. | Basis Properties in Multicommodity Networks | Wallace, Stein W. |
| Øyum, Lisbeth | Changing as Enrolment. A study of a Long-Term Organizational Change Process in a Norwegian Aluminium Plant | Levin, Morten |
| Jørgensen, Trond | Project Scheduling as a Stochastic Dynamic Decision Problem | Wallace, Stein W. |
| de Lange, Petter Eilif | Asset Liability Management in the Insurance Business. Using Stochastic Programming | Gaivoronski, Alexei |
1998
| Name | Title | Supervisor |
| Tomasgard, Asgeir | Aspects of service provision and distributed processing in a telecommunication network. Using stochastic programming | Wallace, Stein W. |
| Eide, Wenche | Changes in offshore modification projects. A qualitative study of mechanisms that influence changes | Elvenes, Bjørn Otto |
| Knutstad, Gaute | Medvirkning og innrullering av sosiale- og teknologiske aktører i endringsprosesser. En studie av hvordan medvirkning i endringsprosesser bidrar til ny organisatorisk praksis i tre bedrifter på Nordvestlandet | Levin, Morten |
| Høyland, Kjetil | Asset Liability Management for a Life Insurance Company. A Stochastic Programming Approach | Wallace, Stein W. |
| Reitan, Bjørnar | Perspectives on new venture creation. The stimulation of entrepreneurial potential and new venture attempts among young people | Waagø, Sigmund |
| Munkvold, Bjørn Erik | Implementation of information technology for supporting collaboration in distributed organizations | Solem, Olav |
| Karlsen, Jan Terje | Mestring av omgivelsesusikkerhet. En empirisk studie av prosjekter | Elvenes, Bjørn Otto |
| Husemoen, Mette Suzanne | Bridging operation and design. The encounter between practical and discipline-based knowledge in offshore platform design. | Levin, Morten |
| Aase, Karina | Experience transfer in Norwegian Oil and Gas Industry. Approaches and organizational mechanisms | Hovden, Jan |
1997
| Name | Title | Supervisor |
| Lund, Morten Wattengård | The Value of Flexibility in Offshore Oil Field Development Projects | Matson, Einar |
| Marnburg, Einar | Etikk i næringslivet. En teoretisk og empirisk studie av individets, organisasjonens og utdanningens betydning for atferd i etiske konfliktsituasjoner | Ilstad, Steinar |
| Svendsen, von Hirsch, Kristin | Characterization of exposure to mineral oil mist and effects on the lungs and the skin of marine engineers | Bjørseth, Olav |
| Wulff, Ingrid Anette | Implementing ergonomics in large-scale engineering design. Communicating and negotiating requirements in an organizational context | Westgaard, Rolf |
| Sørensen, Terje | Erfaring som taus kunnskap - En metode for læring i organisasjoner etablert ved å se praksis | Elvenes, Bjørn Otto |
1996
| Name | Title | Supervisor |
| Fossen, Steinar | Fra ny teknologi til kommersielle anvendelser. Bedriftssamarbeid for utvikling og kommersialisering av nye produkter | Waagø, Sigmund |
| Janson, Jan-Frode | Fornyelse av kunderelasjoner - En studie i industriell markedsføring | Waagø, Sigmund |
| Olsen, Odd Einar | Small steps towards great changes Enterprise development in aid supported technology transfer projects | Levin, Morten |
| Sjøvold, Endre | Groups in harmony and tension: The development of an analysis of polarization in groups and organizations based on the SYMLOG Method | Ilstad, Steinar |
| Bullvåg, Erlend | Etablereren og etableringsprosessen | Waagø, Sigmund |
| Pedersen, Ann-Charlott | Utvikling av leverandørrelasjoner i industrielle nettverk En studie av koblinger mellom relasjoner | Waagø, Sigmund |
| Torvatn, Tim | Productivity in industrial networks. A case study of the purchasing function | Waagø, Sigmund |
| Arentz, Christian | Continuing education in Norway and New England, USA. Competency development opportunities emphasizing project management | Elvenes, Bjørn Otto |
| Christiansen, Marielle | Inventory and Time Constrained Ship Routing. A Mathematical Programming Approach | Nygreen, Bjørn |
| Bakke, Nils Arne | Modes of rationality and communication in production planning and control. A critical enquiry into the foundations of production planing and control in companies making complex, customiced, assembly-intensive products. | Levin, Morten |
1995
| Name | Title | Supervisor |
| Olsen, Dag H. | Development of a Decision Support System: A Decision Research Approach | Matson, Einar |
| Kvam, Gunn-Turid | Teknologioverføring fra et FoU-miljø til små og mellomstore bedrifter. Casestudier av ni teknologiassistanser | Waagø, Sigmund |
| Fossen, Øystein | Action research as reflective practice | Levin, Morten |
| Flagstad, Kristin Elisabeth | The functioning of the internal control reform Case studies in small and medium-sized enterprises | Hovden, Jan |