Category: AmCham News
“As a mentor, you give the most important thing you have to your mentee – your time. But one should not do it just to give back. In return, one should learn from the next generation of leaders to stay updated,” special guest and Prime Minister Solberg’s former State Secretary Sigbjørn Aanes said as he […]
Source: AmCham
Category: Human Resources
Mandag vedtok stortinget forslaget om å begrense innleie av midlertidig arbeidskraft via bemanningsbyråer. – Dette betyr i realiteten en tvangsorganisering av norske arbeidstakere og vil kunne ramme små bedrifter uforholdsmessig hardt, mener Bedriftsforbundet. – Når et problem i hovedstadens overopphetede byggebransje brukes til å banke gjennom et lovforslag som potensielt kan påføre små bedrifter landet […]
Source: Innomag
Category: IP & Innovation
Innovative selskaper konkurrerer i overfylte markeder hvor ubeskyttede oppfinnelser kan bli kopiert og solgt i direkte konkurranse med innovatørens produkter. Mens mange faktorer påvirker selskapenes suksess på markedet, kan patenter—eller mangel på dem—utgjøre forskjellen mellom trivsel og ren overlevelse. Behovet for å søke patent kan være klart, men det som er mindre åpenbart er hvordan […]
Source: Venable LLP
Category: Culture / Lifestyle
State Secretary Kristin Holm Jensen (featured) said the government hopes, but can not promise that a bill on dual citizenship will be presented for parliament this summer. Norwegians Worldwide has previously written about how the Storting have called for a new bill on dual citizenship as soon as possible. On the question of progress in the […]
Source: NWW.no
Category: Education / Research
Bard Ludvig Thorheim, political adviser to Norway’s minister of foreign affairs, expected his recent trip through the Midwest to be informative and productive, but he did not expect to find home. Nevertheless, he discovered the spirit of Norway lived on in the residents of the “Norwegian-American heartland.” “They told about what they had heard from […]
Source: Grand Forks Herald