Doctoral Dissertations
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Kampen om gaderne : Gadepolitik og rumlige krav i 1930'ernes politiske kultur
(Doctoral Dissertations at the University of Agder; no. 320, Doctoral thesis, 2021)During the interwar period, political youth took to the streets with posters, leaflets, and loudspeaker vans, marches, symbols, and uniformed squads of activists. These modern forms of propaganda were utilised by political ... -
International Franchising Governance Modes : An Emerging Market Perspective
(Doctoral Dissertations at the University of Agder; no. 316, Doctoral thesis, 2021)This dissertation analyzes the governance mode choice of Brazilian franchisors expanding their operations abroad. The purpose is to understand which aspects influence the international governance mode choice from an emerging ... -
Franchising, Knowledge Transfer Practices, and Institutions : Perspectives from Emerging Markets
(Doctoral Dissertations at the University of Agder; no. 319, Doctoral thesis, 2021)The popularity of franchising as a method for businesses expansion is increasing, from small, medium-sized, and large firms to social enterprises. To enjoy the benefits of franchising experienced by Western countries, ... -
Social Entrepreneurship and Corporate Social Responsibility in Franchising
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“An unexploited potential” LifeLab Food and Health: Assessment and Development of Teaching and Learning Practices in the Norwegian School Subject Food and Health
(Doctoral Dissertations at the University of Agder; no. 315, Doctoral thesis, 2021)Adhering to a healthy diet is key to a healthy life. Furthermore, investing in child and adolescent health has been highlighted as particularly important since it benefits the individual both now and long-term, as well as ... -
Undergraduate students’ performance in mathematics : Individual and combined effects of approaches to learning, self-efficacy, and prior mathematics knowledge
(Doctoral Dissertations at the University of Agder; no. 312, Doctoral thesis, 2021)This dissertation concerns an exploration of factors that affect the learning outcomes of students in higher education mathematics. It is framed within a quantitative research paradigm in which the existence of personal ... -
Hjelpsomme relasjoner i bofellesskap. Et bidrag til kunnskapsbasert praksis
(Doctoral Dissertations at the University of Agder; no. 317, Doctoral thesis, 2021)Bakgrunn: Ifølge forskning innen både samtalebasert psykoterapi, psykiatriske institusjoner og lokalbasert psykisk helsearbeid, har kvaliteten på relasjonen mellom den profesjonelle og tjenestebrukeren stor betydning for ... -
Techno-Economic Performance Evaluation of Photovoltaic based Micro-Grid with Energy Management Strategies
(Doctoral Dissertations at the University of Agder; no. 313, Doctoral thesis, 2021)The operational performance of grid connected micro-grid system can be affected by many factors e.g. techno-economic sizing, appropriate energy management strategy, geographical locations, grid constrains and electricity ... -
Opportunities and Challenges when Students Work with Vocationally Connected Mathematics Tasks
(Doctoral Dissertations at the University of Agder; no. 309, Doctoral thesis, 2021)Students in vocational education in Norway take a compulsory mathematics course in the first year of their programme. This course offers opportunities for engaging with mathematics which can be highly relevant to practice ... -
Essays on Corruption
(Doctoral Dissertations at the University of Agder; no. 311, Doctoral thesis, 2021)Corruption is blamed for reductions in operational efficiency, information asymmetry, limited income distribution, policy failure, and weak economic growth and development. Corruption can originate from either the “demand-side” ... -
Data-driven & Theory-driven Science : Artificial Realities and Applications to Savings Groups
(Doctoral Dissertations at the University of Agder; no. 310, Doctoral thesis, 2021)The scientific process is neither unique nor nomic. Two processes of scientific inquiry are theory-driven and data-driven science. This dissertation analyzes savings groups using theory-driven and data-driven methods. ... -
Risk Management and Efficiency of Microfinance Institutions
(Doctoral Dissertations at the University of Agder; no. 209, Doctoral thesis, 2018)Risk management and efficiency are very crucial for the survival of every organization. “Indeed, better risk management may be the only truly necessary element of success in banking” (Alan Greenspan) and “the obvious rule ... -
The resource decisions and documents of undergraduate engineering students in mathematics courses
(Doctoral Dissertations at the University of Agder; no. 307, Doctoral thesis, 2020)This thesis concerns a multiple case study, carried out at three Norwegian universities. The goal was to find similarities and differences between how engineering students from different university contexts used resources ... -
Advances in Deep Learning Towards Fire Emergency Application : Novel Architectures, Techniques and Applications of Neural Networks
(Doctoral Dissertations at the University of Agder; no. 308, Doctoral thesis, 2020)Deep Learning has been successfully used in various applications, and recently, there has been an increasing interest in applying deep learning in emergency management. However, there are still many significant challenges ... -
Supporting Humanitarian Relief Distribution Decision-Making under Deep Uncertainty : A System Design Approach
(Doctoral Dissertations at the University of Agder; no. 306, Doctoral thesis, 2020)Disasters threaten society with widespread destruction of infrastructure and livelihood. For their survival, affected inhabitants depend on immediate humanitarian assistance from diverse organizations. During quick responses, ... -
Medvirkning i møter om individuell opplæringsplan fra elever med lærevansker : En kvalitativ intervjustudie
(Doctoral Dissertations at the University of Agder; no. 304, Doctoral thesis, 2020)This research examines the following question: What can students’, parents’ and form teachers’ experiences of communication in individual subject curriculum (ISC) meetings tell us about student opportunities for participating ... -
Arbeidskrav i lærerutdanninger. En studie av muntlige arbeidskrav som didaktisk vurderingspraksis
(Doctoral Dissertations at the University of Agder; no. 301, Doctoral thesis, 2020)Arbeidskrav er ulike oppgaver eller prøver underveis i et emne som studenter må bestå for å kunne gå opp til eksamen. Slike krav har fått mer oppmerksomhet i undervisningen ved høyere utdanning, særlig etter Kvalitetsreformen ... -
Public Procurement of Information Systems – A Dialectical Analysis
(Doctoral Dissertations at the University of Agder; no. 114, Doctoral thesis, 2015)In this thesis I identify dialectics in public procurement of Information Systems (IS), and for some of the dialectics I identify synthesis. My study is based on a research gap, revealed through a literature review that I ... -
iCanCope with PainTM Norway : Cultural translation and feasibility testing of the Norwegian iCanCope with PainTM app aimed at reducing pain and improving health-related quality of life in a school-based population of adolescents with persistent pain
(Doctoral Dissertations at the University of Agder; no. 288, Doctoral thesis, 2020)Persistent pain has a high prevalence among adolescents. Pain has been shown to reduce all aspects of the adolescent’s health-related quality of life (HRQOL). Available pain-coping applications (apps) are rarely scientifically ... -
Shakespeare and Metatheatrical Representation
(Doctoral Dissertations at the University of Agder; no. 303, Doctoral thesis, 2020)Forholdet mellom scenisk representasjon og metateater hos Shakespeare har tradisjonelt blitt oppfattet antagonistisk: publikum ses enten som fanget inn av scenens skinn av virkelighet, eller som fremmedgjort og skeptisk ...
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