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INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

AT NORD UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL

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Celebrating 30 years of Entrepreneurship researchFor more than 30 years, Bodø has been a stronghold for en-

trepreneurship research in Norway. In 2016, the research

group is stronger and more vital than ever.

The research group in innovation and entrepreneurship

conducts basic research and more applied research on var-

ious topics within entrepreneurship and innovation. We are

consistently working with several research projects. Nord

University Business School represents the Norwegian part-

ner in the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM), and cur-

rently conducts large research project on research-based

spin-offs, new technology-based firms, tourism entrepre-

neurship and innovation, entrepreneurial opportunities,

public sector innovation, innovation policy, university-

industry collaboration, and gender perspectives to entre-

preneurship and innovation. Other key research topics are

entrepreneurial intentions, new venture start-up processes,

new venture growth, social entrepreneurship and entrepre-

neurship education. Overall, the group’s research has led to

a wide scope of articles published in reputable scientific

international journals, books, articles in books and popular

science publications.

Nord University Business School and Nordland Research

Institute represent a vibrant and active research environ-

ment with a strong international orientation. The faculty

participates actively in international research conferences

and networks. Further, we benefit from a strong team of

affiliated international scholars, as well as many visiting

scholars over the years.

In this booklet, you can learn more about the faculty work-

ing in areas related to entrepreneurship and innovation at

the Nord University Business School and the Nordland Re-

search Institute. You can read about our history, our faculty,

our international orientation and some of our ongoing re-

search projects.

Photo: Nadia Norskott

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NORD UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL

Established in 1985, Nord University Business School de-

veloped a strong focus on entrepreneurship and innova-

tion from the outset. Early commitment is bearing fruits,

and the Business School has since developed to become

Norway’s leading institution of entrepreneurship research.

I am pleased to present our faculty, collaborations and re-

search activities to you in this publication.

This year the Nord University Business School and the

Nordland Research Institute are proud to host the world’s

preeminent scholarly conference on entrepreneurship,

the Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Confe-

rence (BCERC). During a few busy days in June, more than

300 entrepreneurship scholars from all over the world will

gather to share their research and ideas. Moreover, the 4th

Effectuation conference will precede BCERC, and The Di-

ana International research conference will follow directly

after. Hence, there will be ten days of international entre-

preneurship conferences in Bodø in June.

Entrepreneurship and innovation is among the top strate-

gic areas of Nord University and the Nord University Bu-

siness School. The aim is to further develop even stronger

research activity in this area. Nord University and the Bu-

siness School are strongly committed to promoting entre-

preneurship and innovation in research, education and

industry relations. We are welcoming everyone that have

a passion for entrepreneurship to become a part of our

group, as student, PhD candidate, faculty or collaborator.

Entrepreneurship and innovation at Nord University Business School

Erlend Bullvåg

Dean

Nord University Business School

Lars Kolvereid is professor of entrepreneurship. He has been

at Nord University Business School since its very beginning

as Bodø Graduate School of Business (Siviløkonomutdan-

ningen i Bodø - SiB) in 1985.

“We have a lot to thank our first dean, Professor John Skår,

for. From day one he was determined that the course should

focus on innovation and entrepreneurship, or “implemen-

tation” as it was known in the early years. Bodø was the first

Norwegian commercial college to teach innovation and

entrepreneurship, and it was to take a long time before the

others followed suit. In a European context, too, Bodø was

an early starter. Professor Skår was always internationally

oriented,” says Kolvereid.

Nord University Business School is the country’s third big-

gest school of business offering economics and adminis-

trative courses up to PhD level. Since 1985, several thou-

sand students have graduated from the school of business,

and thus far 59 candidates have presented their doctoral

theses there. A considerable number of these PhDs have

been in entrepreneurship.

A number of studies commissioned by the Research Co-

uncil of Norway and carried out by the analyst company

Damvad, place the Bodø community at the highest level in

Norway when it comes to research into entrepreneurship:

Nord University Business School in first place, the Nord-

land Research Institute at fourth. Altogether then, the Bodø

community clearly constitutes the strongest research com-

munity in this field in Norway. The studies measure the

number of publications issued, and how often these are

The Bodø Community - Best in Test

cited by others. In another evaluation report, covering research

into innovation, Bodø also ends up at the top.

“We publish as much as we can, take part in the most interesting

international conferences and try to attract international confe-

rences to Bodø. This provides us with a solid network. When the

Babson Conference 2016 looked to Norway, it was obvious their

choice would be Bodø,” says Associate Professor of Entrepre-

neurship, Espen Isaksen.

They point out close collaboration with the Nordland Research

Institute and the Norwegian University of Science and Techno-

logy (NTNU) as a key success factor. They also call attention to

their own university’s will to succeed.

Lars Kolvereid describes a subject that has ripened a great deal

over the past 30 years, but which, in his opinion, still does not

enjoy the recognition it deserves in academia.

“Entrepreneurship is not considered scientific enough,” he

maintains.

“Has Nord University Business School helped change Norway?”

“Yes, but sometimes it has happened via other countries,” Kolver-

eid hints, referring to a time when he held a lecture at a crowded

cinema in Stockholm.

“A question was raised among the audience: How can we get

Sweden up to speed? My answer came instantly: Increase econ-

omic security for the founders of businesses, and make it easier

to start limited companies. The Swedes followed my advice, and

gradually so did Norway,” he concludes.

TEXT: HANNE LØKÅS VEIGÅRD/VIDEOFABRIKKEN PHOTO/ILLUSTRATION: ERIK VEIGÅRD/VIDEOFABRIKKEN

“Bodø is home to the strongest innovation and entrepreneurship research community in the country, and acts as a hub in the Norwegian educational landscape,” say Professor Lars Kolvereid and Associate Professor Espen Isaksen.

Nord University is one of the newest in the country. Even so, the innovation and entrepreneurship research community in Bodø ranks right at the top in Norway, actually boasting “Best in Test” on a number of occasions.

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SkatteFUNN was established in 2002. The idea of the

scheme was to motivate Norwegian trade and industry

to carry out more research and development (R&D). The

scheme is based on rights. This means that any company

that can document that they are working on R&D has the

right to tax deductions.

“It is the Research Council that decides whether the R&D

projects meet the required criteria. All applications, project

descriptions and final reports are found there, and now we

have gained access to them, all the way back to 2004. This

constitutes fantastic documentation of the business oppor-

tunities companies have tried to develop and commercial-

ize,” says project manager and professor of entrepreneur-

ship at Nord University Business School, Tommy Høyvarde

Clausen.

In summer 2016, the project is still at an early stage.

“The establishment of a database of SkatteFUNN projects

has high priority. When the base is researchable, the data

may be the starting point for many exciting projects. We

think there are many who wish to work together with us on

this,” says Clausen.

SkatteFUNN has a low threshold and the material includes

both small and large businesses.

“The scheme includes 3,000-4,000 projects a year. That is a

lot of data. Many of the projects deal with product develop-

ment, technology and manufacturing processes, some are

about market development. In their applications, the com-

panies describe what they intend to do, what resources they

will spend on the work and who, if anyone, they are col-

laborating with. The companies also submit a report when

the project is completed. We can follow the projects, see

how they pan out and try to identify success factors,” says

Clausen.

Building a unique databaseSeveral thousand Norwegian businesses benefit from the tax deduction scheme known as SkatteFUNN. Nord University Business School has now been given access to all applications to the scheme. This provides unparalleled opportunity for research into R&D at these companies.

TEXT: HANNE LØKÅS VEIGÅRD/VIDEOFABRIKKEN

R&D-Based Entrepreneurial Opportunities

R&D-BASED ENTREPRENEURIAL OPPORTUNITIESProject period: 2016->

PROJECT AIM: Project examines characteristics of entrepreneur-ial opportunities and their exploitation by small and large firms in Norway. The empirical data constitutes a longitudinal database over approx. 30 000 R&D and innovation projects which we conceptualize as the empirical manifestation of entrepreneurial opportunities.

PROJECT TEAM:Tommy Høyvarde Clausen (project leader), Gry Agnete Alsos, Roberto Rivas Hermann, Karin An-drea Wigger, Tadeu Fernando Nogueira and a PhD student (fall of 2016)

COLLABORATING PARTNER: Research Council of Norway, SkatteFUNN

FINANCING:Internal

RESEARCH PROJECT

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New PhD’S

HIN HOARAU HEEMSTRAThesis: Practicing open innovation in experience-

based tourism: the roles of knowledge, values and

reflexivity.

Disputation date: October 8th 2015.

Main supervisor: Dorthe Eide

Co Supervisor: Ove Jacobsen

KRISTER SALOMONSENThesis: Exogenous Shocks as Drivers of

Growth in Peripheral Regions – A multilevel Ap-

proach to Regional Development

Disputation date and place: June 24th, 2015

Campus Helgeland, Mo i Rana.

Main Supervisor: Roger Sørheim.

Co supervisor: Jan-Oddvar Sørnes

SHORT DESCRIPTION OF THE THESIS:The thesis aims to provide insights and extend theory about the complex and multifaceted nature of regional development in the context of the oil and gas industry. A multilevel analysis with firms, institutions, and public actors at the micro level and systemic structures (e.g., clusters and regional innovation systems (RISs)) at the macro level, is applied to address the overall research question of the thesis: How can an exog-enous shock stimulate development processes at the micro and macro levels in peripheral regions, and what are the mechanisms that facilitate this development?

Based on the theoretical discussions and the findings from the individual empirical papers, the thesis proposes a multi-level conceptual model that captures the regional develop-ment process. The overall objective of the conceptual model is thus to illustrate the different firmlevel processes that occur when firms exploit new business opportunities, the intercon-nections between these processes, and finally the effect of these processes on regional development.

SHORT DESCRIPTION OF THE THESIS:The thesis examines the knowledge, values and reflexivity dimensions of experience-based tourism innovation from an open and practice-based perspective. The empirical work is based on a qualitative study of Nordic nature based tourism. The main case study focused on Icelandic and Norwegian whale-watching firms, and the case “Destination Svalbard” has been added to study knowledge sharing processes on the network level.

The analysis provides new theory and new insights regarding knowledge-sharing and innovation processes in the tourism experience sector. For example a better understanding of the absorption of scientific knowledge, and other types of exter-nal knowledge, in tourism innovation processes; how values and concerns for others play an important role in innovation processes of tourism businesses; and how network relations can influence understanding and innovation behavior. (Hin’s work has received a lot of attention, and a program about her research has even been sent on Norwegian national TV in January 2016.

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Thesis: How Firms use University-Industry

Collaboration to Innovate: The Role of Social

Capital and Proximity Dimensions.

Disputation date and place: March 27th 2015.


Main Supervisor: Roger Sørheim

Co-Supervisor: Einar Rasmussen

MARIANNE TERESE STEINMO

Thesis: Border Firms: Norway and Russia

Disputation date: April 24th 2015.

Main Supervisor: Einar Rasmussen

Co-Supervisor: Paul Westhead

EVA JØRGENSEN

SIRI JAKOBSENThesis: Environmental innovation cooperation:

The development of cooperative relationships

between Norwegian firms

Disputation date and place: Åpril 29th, 2016


Main Supervisor: Roger Sørheim.

Co supervisors: Einar Rasmussen and Tommy H.

Clausen

SHORT DESCRIPTION OF THE THESIS:This thesis aims to understand the development of the relationship between environmental innovation partners. Because well-working environmental innovation coopera-tion is important for the transition towards a more sustainable society, this thesis aims to open the “black box” of environ-mental innovation cooperation and understand whom firms might cooperate with and how this cooperation should be managed in order to reach its desired output. Using data from one large-scale innovation survey and two qualitative case studies, the main contribution of this thesis is an in-depth understanding of the development of cooperative relation-ships between environmental innovation partners over time. The findings provide implications for firms and policy makers with ambitions to contribute to a more sustainable society.

SHORT DESCRIPTION OF THE THESIS: The thesis explores the characteristics and behavior of small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) operating in the borderland between Norway and Russia. These firms are labelled as border firms. Based on international entrepre-neurship and SME internationalization theory, insights from entrepreneurship, dynamic capability, embeddedness literature, and data from seven Norwegian SMEs, this thesis provides new knowledge related to the conceptualization of border firms and their start-up and development patterns. It offers a definition of border firms and conceptualizes them as geographically focused international ventures. Moreover, the thesis identifies three distinct start-up patterns among border firms and offer two novel perspectives on how they develop their internationalization.

SHORT DESCRIPTION OF THE THESIS: Universities and public research organizations (PROs) are potentially important knowledge sources for firms to gain access to new ideas in the development of innovations. Still, many firms find it challenging to develop a well working collaboration with PROs. This thesis builds theory on the development of social capital and proximity dimensions to explore how successful university-industry collaboration is developed to foster innovations.

Based on case studies in research programs within the Research Council of Norway, the main contribution of the thesis is a theoretical framework regarding how firms use PROs as partners in university-industry collaboration for the development of innovations. The results from the thesis can assist firms and research partners in managing successfully collaboration where knowledge and innovations are created, as well as helping policy makers to stimulate to more effec-tive R&D collaborations.

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Nordland PhD Fellowship Program

“The decision to do this is actually quite fantastic. Our

County Council is good at interacting with research com-

munities, and was quick to launch its first R&D strategy. The

funding for the research fellow programme was granted in

conjunction with this strategy, which is valid from 2013 to

2025,” says Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation at

Nord University Business School, Gry Alsos.

Nordland County Council has come up with the money to fund eight research fellows in order to achieve more research and more researchers in the county. All the projects deal with innovation, and the research fellows will be employing an interdisciplinary ap-proach.

County Council funds “research factory”


All of the projects are about innovation, but the research is carried out in a wide range of divergent subject areas.

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She describes Nordland as a county with lots of trade and

industry, a relatively low level of education and only a small

amount of research carried out per inhabitant.

“The latter shows, amongst other things, the need for re-

searchers. The grant from the County Council was used to

fund one research fellow for every subject area in Nordland

with a doctorate. Three of the projects were aimed at in-

novation in the public sector, but all of them come in under

the label of innovation,” says Alsos.

The first research fellow was appointed in January 2015, the

eighth one year later.

“The research fellow programme is intended to be more

than just eight separate PhD projects. We arrange gather-

ings so that the eight can get to know each other better.

Discussing projects independent of subject area is an unfa-

miliar process, but it stimulates a completely different type

of question. I think the participants probably find it quite

difficult, but they are extremely positive and are learning a

great deal,” says Alsos, subsequently telling us how a biolo-

gist asked a sociologist, “How do you actually carry out re-

search?”

The major part of the research fellow programme is, of

course, mainly about each individual fellow’s research. At

the gatherings, however, they do attend some joint classes

together, on innovation, for instance.

When the eight projects are finished in about 2018, the re-

search fellow programme will be over.

“Given the more rigorous demands made on the universi-

ties, the programme will also help to secure our community

and make it more robust,” she adds

“Will this change Nordland?”

“Nordland will gain eight new doctorates. We hope, of

course, that several of them will remain here. During the

programme they will be exposed to the people of Nordland

and their local communities. They will enter into dialogues

with local authorities and businesses. We hope that this will

tempt them to stay. The fact that an ever increasing number

of Doctors are working outside academia, also increases

understanding of how important it is to work together with

researchers,” says Alsos.

PHD FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM NORDLANDPROJECT PERIOD: 2015-2018PROJECT AIM: The program has innovation as overall profile and includes eight PhD fellowships in various disciplines, all ad-dressing key challenges related to innovation in the public and private sectors in Nordland County. In addition to the PhD projects, the program covers various joint activities with a focus on innovation, including PhD course, seminars and user interaction.

PROJECT TEAM: Gry Agnete Alsos (project leader), and Inger Wassmo (co-ordinator)

COLLABORATING PARTNER: Nordland Research Institute and UIT The Arctic University of Norway

FINANCING: Nordland County administration

“The research fellow programme ensures that Nordland will have more research-ers. This is something we need,” say Professor Gry Alsos (left) and co-ordinator Inger Wassmo of Nord University Business School.

RESEARCH PROJECT

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DEPARTMENT: Innovation and entrepreneurship.

EDUCATION: MSc in Business, Master of Research,

PhD Bodø Graduate School of Business.

INTERESTS: Entrepreneurial behavior and new venture

start-up processes, entrepreneurial opportunities, gender

perspectives to entrepreneurship and innovation.

RESEARCH PROJECTS: Entrepreneurship in expe-

rience-based tourism, Empirical research on entrepre-

neurial effectuation, Incubators and incubated firms,

R&D-based entrepreneurial opportunities, Drivers and

barriers in public sector innovation, Gender and innova-

tion in Norway.

TEACHING: Teaching and Master/PhD supervision in

entrepreneurship and innovation.


EDUCATION: MBA, Halmstad University, 2007.

INTERESTS: Firm formation process, research-based

firms, types of entrepreneurs, entrepreneurial teams,

development of human capital and social networks,

incubators, entrepreneurship/leadership and ethics.

RESEARCH PROJECTS: Technology transfer,

technology-based entrepreneurship and innovation.

TEACHING (PREVIOUS): Entrepreneurship, business

ethics, leadership and organization at bachelor and master

level.


EDUCATION: Master of Science in Business,

Nord University Business School.

INTERESTS: Entrepreneurial behavior and new venture

start-up processes, entrepreneurial finance,

Entrepreneurial passion, the influence of social processes

on firm growth .

RESEARCH PROJECTS: Entrepreneurial finance from

the perspective of the entrepreneur, the entrepreneur –

investor relationship, entrepreneurial passion and capital

procurement, Incubators and their firms.

TEACHING: Teaching and supervision in entrepreneur-

ship and innovation.

DEPARTMENT: Market, Strategy and Management

EDUCATION: M.Sc. (Norwegian School of Economics,

1979), PhD (Umea University, 1990). Master Mariner

education (Bodin Maritime Academy).

INTERESTS: Strategic management, entrepreneurship

and industry development with main focus on the

following industries; fisheries, aquaculture, agriculture,

oil&gas, and shipping.

RESEARCH PROJECTS: Offshore field logistics

management, maritime preparedness and emergency

management. Author of more than 170 publications and

has been responsible more than 40 research projects.

GRY AGNETE ALSOSProfessor, Entrepreneurship and [email protected]

ANDERS BILLSTRÖM Researcher [email protected]

MARIANNE ARNTZEN PhD candidate, [email protected]

ODD JARL BORCH Professor, [email protected]

TEAM

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EDUCATION: MBA (Bodø, 2010), MSc (Bodø, 2012).

INTERESTS: New technology based firms, women

entrepreneurship, new business creation processes, entre-

preneurial intentions, education and entrepreneurship.

TEACHING: Entrepreneurship and innovation, Research

methods, Bachelor and Master levels.


EDUCATION: Dr. Polit

INTERESTS: Innovation and management within

service and experience based sectors; network driven

innovation; experience design; testing as methods in the

innovation process; gender and innovation; knowledge

and learning; value creation; Management challenges;

Quality.

RESEARCH PROJECTS: Innovation and learning

within and across experience-based firms; DMO

re-organizing; A science based quality system for

experience based tourism; Making science based research

on testing during innovations into applied tools;

TEACHING: Innovation and management in service and

experience sectors; qualitative research methods; general

organization and management theory. Bachelor/Master/

PhD supervision in innovation and management

OXANA BULANOVAPhD Candidate, Entrepreneurship [email protected]

DORTHE EIDEAssociate Professor, Management and Organization | [email protected]


EDUCATION: Cand. Polit (NTNU), PhD in innovation

studies (University of Oslo).

INTERESTS: Origins and consequences of firm het-

erogeneity. The formation and evolution of capabilities,

strategies and firm behavior. Entrepreneurial opportuni-

ties. Innovation in the public sector.

RESEARCH PROJECTS: Incubators and incubated

firms, R&D-based entrepreneurial opportunities, Driv-

ers and barriers in public sector innovation, Technology

transfer, technology-based entrepreneurship and innova-

tion, Entrepreneurship in experience-based tourism, Em-

pirical research on entrepreneurial effectuation, Gender

and innovation in Norway.

TEACHING: Research Methods. Entrepreneurship and

innovation, Master/PhD supervision in entrepreneurship

and innovation.

TOMMY HØYVARDE CLAUSENProfessor, [email protected]


EDUCATION: BScH, Computer Science, Heriot Watt

University (1985), MSc, NTNU (1985)

INTERESTS: eHealth, Cognitive Flexibility and opportu-

nity recognition, Knowledge entrepreneurship

RESEARCH PROJECTS: Web application for meas-

uring inhibitive behaviour, using low cost touchscreen

devices, Non invasive, automated system to measure

development of attention and social skills in children

TEACHING: Knowledge development with ICT, Quality

Management

HENRIK DVERGSDALAssistant Professor in Computer [email protected]

TEAM

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EDUCATION: MSc (UiN, 2014).

INTERESTS: Innovation in the public sector,

entrepreneurial opportunities, Organizational routines,

capabilities, and their microfoundations, Austrian School

of Economics.

RESEARCH PROJECTS: Innovation in the public

sector: entrepreneurial opportunities in the public sector,

the role of dynamic capabilities in innovation in the public

sector.

TEACHING: Business Strategy.

PETTER GULLMARKPhD. Candidate, Public Sector [email protected]


EDUCATION: MSc International Development Studies

Wageningen University, PhD Nord University.

INTERESTS: The tourism experience sector. The role of

innovation, knowledge sharing, networks and values in

the evolution of organizations. I am especially interested

in co-creation of knowledge and innovation.

RESEARCH PROJECTS: Innovation in nature based

tourism and whale-watching; the role of values in

innovation projects.

TEACHING: Management, Ecological Economics,

bachelor and master supervision in organization,

management and ecological economics.

HIN HOARAU-HEEMSTRAAssociate [email protected]


EDUCATION: Dr. Oecon. (Bodø Graduate School of

Business, 2006).

INTERESTS: Entrepreneurial intentions, Firm growth

aspirations, New firm performance.

RESEARCH PROJECTS: Global Entrepreneurship

Monitor, The role of women in innovative and growth

oriented start-ups.

TEACHING: Entrepreneurship and innovation Bachelor

and Master level, supervision of Master theses.

ESPEN J. ISAKSENAssociate Professor, [email protected]


EDUCATION: Joint European Master in Environmental

Studies (TUHH Germany and Aalborg University 2011);

Ph.D. Planning and Development (Aalborg University,

2015)

INTERESTS: Entrepreneurial opportunities; Sustain-

able entrepreneurship; Inter-organizational collaboration;

Intermediaries in innovation/ entrepreneurial processes;

Environmental and sustainability management in the

shipping industry; Corporate Social Responsibility

RESEARCH PROJECTS: R&D-based entrepreneurial

opportunities: characteristics, exploitation, efforts and

results

TEACHING: Environmental management, Sustainable

entrepreneurship, Qualitative research methods, Supervi-

sion at BSc and MSc levels

ROBERTO RIVAS HERMANNPostdoc, [email protected]

TEAM

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DEPARTMENT: Innovation and entrepreneurship. EDUCATION: MBA (International Business, University

College Dublin, 2003), PhD (Management &

Entrepreneurship, EMLyon Business School, 2013).

INTERESTS: Entrepreneurship, Teams, and Quantitative

Methods.

RESEARCH PROJECTS: Longitudinal/Multilevel study

of Innovative New Venture Teams hosted by Incubators

and Science parks in Sweden, Analyses of

Longitudinal/Multilevel data from the Forny program to

promote Science-based University Spin-off companies in

Norway

TEACHING: Quantitative Research Methods, Group

Dynamics and Innovation

ALAN RICHARD JOHNSONSenior [email protected]


EDUCATION: MSc (BI, 1978), MBA (Wisconsin, 1979),

PhD (Henley, 1985).

INTERESTS: New business creation processes, wealth

creation and new business performance, education in

entrepreneurship, corporate entrepreneurship.

RESEARCH PROJECTS: Doctoral supervision,

Global Entrepreneurship Monitor, Amway Global

Entrepreneurship Report Norway.

TEACHING: Entrepreneurship. Bachelor, Master and

PhD supervision in entrepreneurship and innovation.

LARS KOLVEREID Professor, [email protected]

DEPARTMENT: HHN Helgeland

EDUCATION: MSc (UiN), PhD Nord University

INTERESTS: Innovation, including fields like

innovation-cooperation, environmental innovation and

coopetition.

RESEARCH PROJECTS: Technology-based

entrepreneurship and innovation, cooperation between

competing industrial firms in Norway, university-industry

collaboration.

TEACHING: Research methods. Sustainable Innovation.

Bachelor and Master supervision in technology manage-

ment, entrepreneurship and innovation.


EDUCATION: MSc Business, UiN 2012

INTERESTS: The intersection between inidividual’s and

firms’ behavior; strategic management, organizational

behavior; decision-making.

RESEARCH PROJECTS: Technology transfer, technol-

ogy-based entrepreneurship and innovation. The forma-

tion, growth, and value creation in science-based new

ventures.

TEACHING: Research Methods, Master Supervision in

Research Methods.

SIRI JAKOBSENAssociate Professor, Innovation [email protected]

ARE JENSENPhD [email protected]

TEAM

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EDUCATION: BSc (Bodø Graduate School of Business,

2011), MSc (Trondheim Business School, 2013).

INTERESTS: University-industry collaboration,

Knowledge Management

RESEARCH PROJECTS: University-industry

collaboration in research centers,

TEACHING: Organization and Management, Bachelor

and MBA supervision

THOMAS LAUVÅSPhD candidate, Technology [email protected]


EDUCATION: Master of Science in Business.

INTERESTS: Organizational sponsorship,

co-production, entrepreneurial processes.

RESEARCH PROJECTS: Incubators and their firms,

Literature review on effects of incubators.

TEACHING: Business economics and Bachelor

supervision

MARIT BREIVIK MEYERPh.D. candidate, Entrepreneurship [email protected]


EDUCATION: BA in European and American Studies,

BA in Political Science, MA in Political Science.

INTERESTS: Innovation in governance. Policy innova-

tions. Urban development and planning. Social housing.

Smart cities. Local government and governance.

RESEARCH PROJECTS: “The governance of urban

development: Repowering government by innovations

and smart governance” (PhD in Sociology).

MAJA NILSSENHigher Executive Officer / PhD [email protected]


EDUCATION: Bachelor in Business Administration

(Brazil, 2006) and MSc in Innovation, Knowledge and

Entrepreneurial Dynamics (Denmark, 2013).

INTERESTS: Entrepreneurship, Innovation;

Entrepreneurial learning; Entrepreneurial opportunities;

New technology-based firms; Business ethics.

RESEARCH PROJECTS: Entrepreneurial learning and

opportunities; Measurement of entrepreneurial learning.

TEACHING: Supervision in business development.

TADEU FERNANDO NOGUEIRAPhD candidate, [email protected]

TEAM

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EDUCATION: MSc (Bodø Graduate School of Business,

2009), PhD (Bodø Graduate School of Business, 2015).

INTERESTS: Regional development, entrepreneurship,

innovation, oil and gas, interfirm collaboration.

RESEARCH PROJECTS: University-industry

collaboration for innovation, strategic development in

the oil and gas supply industry, regional development in

peripheral regions.

TEACHING: Business economics, strategy. Bachelor and

MBA supervision.

KRISTER SALAMONSENPostdoc, Regional [email protected]


EDUCATION: MSc (Bodø Graduate School of Business,

1999), PhD (Bodø Graduate School of Business, 2006).

INTERESTS: Science-based entrepreneurship and

innovation. Entrepreneurial processes. University-industry

technology transfer.

RESEARCH PROJECTS: Technology transfer,

technology-based entrepreneurship and innovation.

The formation, growth and value creation in science-

based new ventures. University-industry collaboration.

Incubators and their firms. Policies and Public support for

research-based innovation. Consulting editor:

International Small Business Journal.

TEACHING: Research Methods, Technology Manage-

ment, Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Master and PhD

supervision in entrepreneurship and innovation

EINAR RASMUSSENProfessor, Technology [email protected]


EDUCATION: PhD (Economics & Management,

Budapest University of Technology and Economics, 2011).

INTERESTS: Technology-based entrepreneurship, Uni-

versity-industry technology transfer, Academic spin-offs.

RESEARCH PROJECTS: Creation and development of

science-based firms, Factors influencing faculty members’

engagement in technology transfer, Motivations and

success of university spin-off firms.

TEACHING: Business research methods, Economics,

Entrepreneurship, Marketing management, & Supervision

of MA and BA thesis students.


EDUCATION: Bachelor in Business Administration

(Nepal, 2011) and MSc in Business (Norway, 2014).

INTERESTS: Internationalization process, International

entrepreneurship, born global firm\INV, International

marketing, experiential knowledge, network.

RESEARCH PROJECTS: The role of experiential

knowledge in the internationalization process of small

firms.

ADAM NOVOTNYSenior Researcher, Entrepreneurship and [email protected]

SUDIP KRANTI TIWARIPhD candidate, International [email protected]

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EDUCATION: Cand. Merc (Nord, 1999), PhD (NTNU

2003)

INTERESTS: Early stage finance, technology based en-

trepreneurship, entrepreneurship education

RESEARCH PROJECTS: Development of academic

spin-offs, Commercialization of renewable energy

TEACHING: Entrepreneurship courses at bachelor and

master level. Director of the Norwegian Research School

in Innovation (NORSI).

ROGER SØRHEIMProfessor, [email protected]


EDUCATION: MSc (UiN), PhD (UiN)

INTERESTS: Entrepreneurship and innovation,

including fields like collaboration between firms,

competitors and R&D-organizations in the development

of innovations.

RESEARCH PROJECTS: Technology-based

entrepreneurship and innovation. University-industry

collaboration. Policies and Public support for research-

based innovation.

TEACHING: Business Development, Sustainable Inno-

vation, Bachelor and Master supervision in entrepreneur-



EDUCATION: MSc (Joint-degree University of Nordland

and Baltic State Technical University, 2012).

INTERESTS: Corporate entrepreneurship, organizing

of innovation process, entrepreneurial opportunities,

circumpolar studies in particular in the fields of tourism

and maritime industry.

RESEARCH PROJECTS: Increased creation of value of

land and sea-based tourism enterprises in the High North,

Research based entrepreneurial opportunities.

TEACHING: Maritime economics and management.


EDUCATION: MSc Management 2010

INTERESTS: Knowledge management, Innovation

processes, innovation management, tacit knowledge,

organizational learning, strategic entrepreneurship.

RESEARCH PROJECTS: Knowledge management in

Innovation processes.

TEACHING: Entrepreneurship and innovation, Bachelor

and Master, and organization and learning.

MARIANNE STEINMO Associate professor, Entrepreneurship and innovation [email protected]

KARIN WIGGERPhD candidate, Maritime [email protected]

HANNE STOKVIKPhd candidate, Entrepreneurship and [email protected]

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EDUCATION: MSc (NTH, 1992).

INTERESTS: Environment and sustainable development,

Strategic planning and Strategy deployment, Lean

Management, Empowering people and communities.

RESEARCH PROJECTS: MIP Sustainability.

TEACHING: Lean Management, Innovation within

industry.


EDUCATION: MSc, (UiN, 2014)

INTERESTS: Research- and technology based entre-

preneurship and innovation, university-industry collabo-

ration, public sector innovation, entrepreneurial teams,

entrepreneurial finance, strategic entrepreneurship

RESEARCH PROJECTS: Nordland PhD Fellowship

Programme, Innovation in municipality organizations,

Technology transfer.

ARVE ULRIKSENCEO, Mo Industrial Park, Industry [email protected]

INGER [email protected]


EDUCATION: MSc (HHB, 1994), Cand.Merc (HHB, 2001),

PhD (HHB, 2005).

INTERESTS: Innovation, entrepreneurship,

entrepreneurship education, corporate entrepreneurship,

intrapreneurship, social entrepreneurship and entrepre-

neurship in the public sector.

RESEARCH PROJECTS: Global Entrepreneurship

Monitor; NUFU-Sri Lanka, SIU; Capacity building in

Timor-Leste, Norwegian Government.

TEACHING: Entrepreneurship, Innovation,

Research methods. Bachelor and Master supervision in

entrepreneurship and innovation.

BJØRN WILLY ÅMOAssociate professor, [email protected]

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Between 1999 and 2012, 371 businesses received grants

from the FORNY2020 programme, most of them in the

fields of technology, medicine and ICT. Data about these

companies forms the basis of the lab.

FORNY (Eng.: Renew) is the Research Council’s programme

for bringing research-based business ideas to the market in

cases where the projects originate from publicly funded re-

search institutes. The School of Business has been collect-

ing data about these companies for several years – every-

thing from newspaper articles to accounts and applications

for funding. In 2016 and 2017, work on comparing and ana-

lysing them will be intensified.

“Research-based companies are major consumers of pub-

lic funding. They are open systems. The rest of the world

is envious of Scandinavia for this easy access to data. No

other country can follow a corporate portfolio in this way,”

says Professor Einar Rasmussen.

The material is thorough and extends over a long period of

time.

Business Research Lab


A lot of public funding is spent on research-based businesses. Nord University Business School is setting up a social sciences lab to carry out research into both traditional econo-mic growth and the benefits of these companies to society.

Studying the Impact of Science Based Firms

Researcher Anders Billström (left) and Professor Einar Rasmussen are studying the economic growth and social benefits of research-based businesses which have been awarded public funding.

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THE IMPACT OF SCIENCE-BASED ENTREPRENEURIAL FIRMSProject period: 2013-2017

PROJECT AIM: This project examine the start-up and development process of science-based entrepreneurial firms. The project uses a unique longitudinal database with comprehensive qualitative and quantitative information about a popu-lation of 371 science-based start-up in Norway established between 1999 and 2012.

PROJECT TEAM: Einar Rasmussen (project leader), Alan Johnson, Anders Billström, Adam Novotny, Tommy Høyvarde Clausen, Are Jensen, Johan Wiklund.

COLLABORATING PARTNER: NTNU (Marius Tuft Mathisen)

FINANCING: Research Council of Norway

“We can follow these companies from day one and for many

years to come. Many of them are over ten years old. This is

important, since research-based companies spend a lot of

time developing. Their business plans place emphasis on

the various reasons for their establishment. Some of them

have an idealistic objective, aiming to fulfil some need in

society. Whether a company is successful or not should be

measured in relation to the founder’s objectives. We also

have access to the complete history of ownership of the

company, and can see what effect the various owners have

had on developments,” says researcher Anders Billström,

who is also working on the project.

Many students have been involved in the work on collect-

ing data. They have gone through almost 5,000 newspaper

articles where these companies are mentioned, in search

of, amongst other things, what is described as their benefit

to society.

“About 500 of these articles indicate this kind of benefit,

such as health, environment or safety effects,” says Bill-

ström.

According to Billström and Rasmussen, the lab also has in-

ternational relevance.

“This data can shed light on a lot of things. In certain busi-

nesses, benefit to society may weigh heavier than profit or

employment, which are the traditional ways of measuring

success. But little research has been done on this. It may,

for instance, be a question of more environmentally friend-

ly products which are not necessarily as profitable to the

manufacturer, but which are important in other respects,”

they say.

The material is a good starting point for both quantitative

and qualitative analyses. Nord University Business School

works together with researchers from many different coun-

tries and is open to new collaboration in order to research

this data.

“Some research-based companies have been extremely

successful, in Norway, too. However, to be realistic: Re-

search-based companies seldom generate major profits.

But if we are looking for another kind of reward, such as

benefit to society, then we might want to look into whether

it is the right types of company that are receiving funding.

This is something that could be researched into at our fu-

ture lab,” says Rasmussen.

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SIF was established in autumn 2013.

– We study and teach the processes that lead to success-

ful business development and innovation within industrial

firms. What, for example, characterizes a good incubation

process, and what determines whether it is successful

or not? When innovation is necessary, it is important to

understand how different factors - such as infrastructure,

knowledge, networks and funding - influence innovation

processes. . Research in this area is limited. SIF aims to

contribute to developing understanding and knowledge.

Our vision is to be a national leader for research and edu-

cation on the intersection of industry, business develop-

ment and innovation, says SIF’s leader, Associate Professor

Marianne Steinmo.

The center also contributes to educating students within

the MBA in Technology Management and the Bachelor

of Business Administration. SIF is proud to have been a

key player in the establishment and development of the

MBA in Technology Management. The MBA is attracting

large numbers of applicants this year, which can be partly

explained by restructuring in the oil and gas sector.

Research in Industry and InnovationWhat determines the success or failure of industrial establishment, development and restructuring processes? These processes are the primary focus of research and teach-ing at the Center for Industrial Business Development (SIF). The research center is part of the Business School at Nord University, located at Campus Helgeland in the town of Mo i Rana, 230 km south of Bodø.

The core team at the campus in Mo i Rana. From the left: Krister Salamonsen, Marit Breivik Meyer, Siri Jakobsen, Marianne Steinmo and Thomas Lauvås.

TEXT: HANNE LØKÅS VEIGÅRD/VIDEOFABRIKKEN PHOTO: ØYVIND GREGERSEN/MYE I MEDIA

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- Expertise from the oil and gas industry is highly relevant

for research and education here, Marianne Steinmo and

research fellow Thomas Lauvås say.

SIF emphasizes close dialogue and solid networks within

business and industry in their research and teaching.

- In this way, we are able to provide skills that match the

needs of business and industry, Steinmo and Lauvås state.

They do not know any other academic environments in

Norway similar to SIF. – The way we are working with

the industry from a social science point-of-view is quite

unique, they say.

– In addition, the “campus effect” and a new, highly visible

location at the brand new campus site in Mo i Rana has

great value. Here, we are co-located with other academic

communities and business actors who want to see us suc-

ceed. Although we are still growing, we have strong sup-

porters in institutions such as Kunnskapsparken Helgeland

and Rana Utviklingsselskap, Steinmo points out.

During 2015 and 2016, three members of SIF have com-

pleted their PhDs. The research staff also includes two

research fellows and a project team member. The aim is to

grow further by focusing research within three main areas,

to be strengthened in the years ahead: R&D coopera-

tion, regional development, and environmental industrial

development.

- We get many offers to participate in interesting activi-

ties, but we have had to learn how to say no. The primary

activities of SIF are research, teaching and supervision of

students, and we aspire to be the best within our focus

areas. Eventually, more and more firms will have someone

on their staff who has studied with us and understands

the world of scientific research. This will strengthen the

Norwegian industry, Steinmo says.

HIGHEFF: CENTRE FOR AN ENERGY EFFICIENT AND COMPETITIVE INDUSTRY FOR THE FUTURE Project period: 2016-2024

PROJECT AIM: By increasing energy efficiency, HighEFF will help ensure that Norway has the world’s green-est industries. HighEFF is one of centers in the Research Council of Norway’s scheme Centre for Environment-friendly Energy Research (FME). HighEFF is coordinated by SINTEF and the Center for Industrial Business Development (SIF) at Nord University Business School is one of the research partners.

PROJECT TEAM:Marianne Steinmo (project leader), Thomas Lauvås, Siri Jakobsen, Einar Rasmussen and Roger Sørheim.

FINANCING: Research Council of Norway and Norwegian industry

TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER, TECHNOLOGY BASED ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND INNOVATIONProject period: 2014-2017

PROJECT AIM: The main goal of the project is to contribute to new technology and research-based knowledge being implemented by the industry in the region, in order to strengthen the ability to innovate. The project will develop new knowledge on the link-ages between technological research and innova-tion in industry.

PROJECT TEAM: Einar Rasmussen (project leader), Marianne Steinmo, Krister Salamonsen, Siri Jakobsen, Thomas Lauvås, Tommy Høyvarde Clausen and Roger Sørheim.

COLLABORATING PARTNER: Norut

FINANCING: Research Council of Norway and RFF Nord

RESEARCH PROJECT RESEARCH PROJECT

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“There are many similarities between innovation in trade

and industry and that of the public sector. Innovation in

trade and industry is often linked to profit. In the public sec-

tor another type of profit applies: the know-how which can

improve services or make them more efficient,” says project

manager Tommy Høyvarde Clausen, professor of entrepre-

neurship at Nord University’s School of Business.

Innovation in the public sector is a new field of research,

compared to similar research in trade and industry.

“The public sector is of the utmost importance to econom-

ic development. It’s hard to believe that we have not seen

more research into innovation in this field,” says Clausen.

In search of Innovation DriversSeven researchers are set to examine what limits and what promotes innovation in the public sector. The study will be conducted in the municipalities of Tromsø, Bodø and Rana.

The welfare state is under pressure, not only in Norway.

New welfare technology and new ways of implementing

services can help funding stretch further.

“The introduction of new methods or routines to the public

sector is often about improving or developing new services.

Such new measures must have a certain substance before

they can be called innovation. One concrete example of

this might be the introduction of restorative homecare by

Bodø City Council. An interdisciplinary rehabilitation team

provides users with treatment and follow-up at home. Par-

ticipants live better lives, manage with less help and the

council saves money,” says Clausen, adding that Bodø City

Council is one of the candidates for the Agency for Public

Management and eGovernment’s 2016 innovation award.

Nord University in Bodø and the Arctic University of Nor-

way in Tromsø are collaborating on a project entitled “Inno-

vation in the Public Sector”. Northern Norway’s three most

densely populated municipalities have been selected as

participants: Tromsø, Bodø and Rana. The project will have

a duration of approximately three years and is funded by

the Regional Research Fund of Northern Norway.

“Our ambition is to make change in the three municipali-

ties. But it is far too early to say how. We do not yet know

which sectors we shall be working with. We will work to-

gether on selecting two sectors from each municipality,”

says Professor Gry Alsos.

Amongst other things, the research project will be looking

into how enthusiasts with new ideas are met.

“Public servants may have many ideas, but there is no guar-


“The public sector is of the utmost importance to economic development. It’s hard to believe that we have not seen more research into in-novation in this field,” says project manager Tommy Høyvarde Clausen.

Drivers and Barriers for Public Sector Innovation

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A major research project will be looking into what promotes and what limits innovation in various public organisations.

antee that these will lead to innovation. What attitudes are

they met with? And how does this effect their progress? In-

novation in the public sector is, for the most part, distribut-

ed as isolated examples in specialist literature. There is little

research available that can be applied universally, and there

is a considerable need to identify both hindrances and driv-

ing forces. We also need to develop a system of concepts.

When someone thinks big ideas outside the frame, we

must have the courage to call it innovation,” they say.

The benefits of the research will work both ways.

“The local councils will learn from us, and we from them.

We will not merely be studying the local authorities by

way of interviews and questionnaires. Knowledge will be

co-created. Council employees and management will be

taking part in, amongst other things, workshops and semi-

nars,” Alsos and Clausen explain, adding:

“This is the beginning of a research community in North-

ern Norway based on innovation in the public sector.”

DRIVERS AND BARRIERS FOR PUBLIC SECTOR INNOVATIONProject period: 2016-2018

PROJECT AIM: Project examines entrepreneurship and innova-tion in the public sector. Particular focus is on the agents and actors involved in entrepreneurial and innovation processes in the public sector, the barri-ers confronting innovation, and how obstacles are overcome (if at all).

PROJECT TEAM: Tommy Høyvarde Clausen (project leader), Gry Ag-nete Alsos, Hin Hoarau-Heemstra, Inger Wassmo, Petter Gullmark, Joakim Flått Høgås, a post-doc (from fall 2016) and Kristin Woll (UIT The Arctic University of Norway)

COLLABORATING PARTNER: UIT The Arctic University of Norway

FINANCING: RFF Nord

RESEARCH PROJECT

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EDUCATION: Master of Science in Business, MGIMO

Moscow and Nord University.

INTERESTS: Intrapreneurship, championing, public

sector innovation.

RESEARCH PROJECTS: Public sector innovation.

EUDCATION: MSc (University of Nordland), PhD

(University of Nordland).

INTERESTS: Innovation and entrepreneurship,

Organizational and Management theory.

RESEARCH PROJECTS: Innovation in experienced

based tourism.

JOAKIM HØGÅSResearcher at Nordland Research Institute and PhD Candidate at Nord University [email protected]

RAGNHILD JOHNSONSenior Researcher at Nordland Research [email protected]

NRI has a strong focus on entrepreneurship, innovation,

business and regional development, and the institute is

among the leading research institutions within entrepre-

neurship and innovation in Norway. Also research on gov-

ernmental initiatives and means to promote innovation,

entrepreneurship and economic development has been a

core issue, while gender is an important dross-cutting per-

spective in several projects. Innovation and entrepreneur-

ship is a strategic focus area at the institute. Below follow

some examples of central on-going project at the institute

within these fields of research.

• Together with Nord University, NRI is the project leading

partner of the large tourism research project Northern

Insight – Service innovation and tourism experiences in

the high north (2009-2017), (part of the NORDSATSING

program) financed by The Research Council of Norway.

• Regional Innovation through Situated Knowledge Con-

version (RISKC) (2014-2017) is a project we have with

Nordland Research Institute

SINTEF. The project is a part of the Program for Regional

R&D and Innovation (VRI) and is financed by The Re-

search Council of Norway and the two counties, Nord-

land and South-Trøndelag.

• A third example of on-going relevant research is GE-

NINNO; Gender and Innovation in Norway (2014-2016).

The project is financed by The Research Council of Nor-

way and is a part of the ongoing research within the

VRI-program, the regional program for innovation. This

project is collaboration with Norut and Trøndelag R&D.

NRI’s researchers have published in highly ranked aca-

demic journals such as Entrepreneurship Theory and Prac-

tice, Entrepreneurship and Regional Development and in

textbooks and other printed publications. NRI has a broad

international network and tight collaboration with academ-

ics at e.g. Syracuse University (US), Strathclyde University

(Scotland) and the Graduate School of Business at Turku

University (Finland).

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INTERESTS: Entrepreneurship and innovation, local

food in the experience economy, as well as gender issues

in entrepreneurship.

RESEARCH PROJECTS: The role of women in innova-

tive and growth-oriented start-ups. Literature review on

local food in the experience economy, Nordic Mining and

the search for women, Development of food and tourism.

EDUCATION: Cand.Scient.Pol and Art. i Filosofi.

INTERESTS: Regional development and restructuring,

democracy, development and public policy, innovation in

knowledge and network perspectives, evaluation.

RESEARCH PROJECTS: Regional restructuring in

practice, Rural Area Development With Advanced Tech-

nology, evaluation of incubator incentives.

MARIELL OPDAL JØRSTAD Project consultant, Entrepreneurship [email protected]

BJARNE LINDELØVResearcher at Nordland Research [email protected]


INTERESTS: Tourism, institutional theory, health and

welfare studies.

RESEARCH PROJECTS: Financing and business

founding in tourism industry, Norwegen Center for

Tourism Research, Cruise Tourism.

EDUCATION: PhD Social Geography (The Norwegian

University of Technology and Science (NTNU), 2011),

Master Social Geography (The Norwegian University of

Technology and Science (NTNU), 2001).

INTERESTS: Experience economy, Systems of innova-

tion (global, national, regional), Education and training,

Place-based and Spatial perspectives.

RESEARCH PROJECTS: E-learning as a mean for skills

development in the municipal sector, the development

of food-experiences in the experience economy, Knowl-

edge and skills development in the experience economy,

Mapping and preventing dropouts from secondary high

schools in the Lofoten region.

MERETE KVAMME FABRITIUS Researcher at Nordland Research Institute [email protected]

KARIN MARIE ANTONSENSenior researcher at Nordland Research [email protected]

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EDUCATION: PhD in Business Administration (Umeå

School of Business and Economics, Umeå University,

Sweden, 2003.

INTERESTS: Entrepreneurship and innovation, industry

and regional policies and gender dimensions on these

issues.

RESEARCH PROJECTS: Gender, ownership and

local culture, food and tourism - local development, Inno-

vation and learning across sectors in the tourism industry,

Gender and innovation, financing immigrant entrepre-

neurs.

EDUCATION: MSc (Norwegian School of Economics

and Business Administration, Bergen, 1981).

INTERESTS: Strategic resource and competence

management, Enterprise development in SMEs and

clusters, Participation based enterprise devlopment and

innovation, Total Quality Management, Regional develop-

ment and innovation systems, Experience based manage-

ment and strategy..

RESEARCH PROJECTS: Cross-disciplinary Research

and Development in wind power generation, smart

specialization in Nordland, sector analysis for tourism

industry.

EDUCATION: MSc (University of Tromsø, 1982).

INTERESTS: Systems of innovation (global, national,

regional), Triple helix, Globalization and the national state

(MLG), Cultural political economy (CPE), entrepreneurial

discoveries(S3), GAP analysis, evolutionary economics.

RESEARCH PROJECTS: New knowledge creation

through knowledge conversion, Smart Specialization.

ELISABET CARINE LJUNGGRENResearch Professor at Nordland Research [email protected]

JARLE NORMANN LØVLAND Senior researcher at Nordland Research Institute [email protected]

ÅGE OLAV MARIUSSEN Senior researcher at Nordland Research Institute; leader at BA Institute, University of Vaasa (Finland)[email protected]

EDUCATION: MSc (St. Petersburg State University of

Economics and Finance, 1999), MSc (Bodø Graduate

School of Business, 2005), PhD (University of Nordland,

2008).

INTERESTS: Entrepreneurship, Immigrant Entrepre-

neurship, Innovation, Ethnic Minorities, National Culture.

RESEARCH PROJECTS: Transnational entrepreneur-

ship, business models in agritourism, Innovation Norway

evaluations, financing immigrant entrepreneurs.

TEACHING: Statistics, entrepreneurship, international

business.

EVGUENI VINOGRADOV Acting Research Director, group for Entrepreneur-ship at Nordland Research Institute [email protected]

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EDUCATION: Ph.D. in Entrepreneurship and Innovation

INTERESTS: Corporate entrepreneurship, the formation

and evolution of capabilities, strategies and firm

behavior, entrepreneurship and innovation in SMEs’ and

family businesses.

RESEARCH PROJECTS: Northern Insights

(www.opplevelserinord.no) (2009-2017) - Service innova-

tion and tourism experiences in the high north (project

manager), Value creation of land and sea-based tourism

enterprises, Development of a Norwegian Tourism Moni-

tor, Trailing research Smart specialization in Nordland

County, Challenges for succession in family firms.

TEACHING: Master/PhD supervision in entrepreneur-


EINAR LIER MADSENSenior Researcher, Entrepreneurship and innovation [email protected]

EDUCATION: MSc (University of Tromsø, Norwegian

College of Fisheries Science, 2006), PhD candidate (Nord

University, Bodø Graduate School of Business, 2010 and

onwards).

INTERESTS: Entrepreneurship, Strategic Management.

RESEARCH PROJECTS: Arctic lamb meat – competi-

tive advantage in a national and international market,

Operational logistics and business process management

in high arctic oil and gas operations, Northern Insights.

Service innovation and tourist experiences in the high

north: The Co-creation of value for consumers, firms and

tourism industry, Local food in the experience economy: a

literature review.

TEACHING: Supervising master students.

EDUCATION: Ph.D (UiN, 2014).

INTERESTS: Entrepreneurship, innovation, culture, agri-

culture and local community development.

RESEARCH PROJECTS: Entrepreneurship incentives,

entrepreneurship education evaluation, the embedding

process of community ventures.

EDUCATION: Master in Innovation and Knowledge

Management (Copenhagen Business School, 2011).

INTERESTS: Entreprenurial learning, entrepreneurial

behavior and entrepreneurs’ institutional context.

RESEARCH PROJECTS: New Venture Creation in the

Tourism Industry.

TEACHING: Lecturing and supervising master students.

INGRID ROALDSENResearcher at Nordland Research Institute and PhD-candidate at Nord [email protected]

INGEBJØRG VESTRUMSenior Researcher, Entrepreneurship and innovation [email protected]

SØLVI SOLVOLLResearcher at Nordland Research Institute and PhD Candidate at Nord University [email protected]

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The projects’ goal is to develop knowledge and understand-

ing of the role of gender in innovation and innovation pro-

cesses.

Assuming that gender is a key organizing principle in so-

ciety, this will also holds true for innovation processes and

the governing of those. Even though previous research

finds gender imbalance in terms of participation in innova-

tion processes, innovation has been seen as a gender neu-

tral activity in mainstream innovation literature.

- Innovation research and policy have generally paid little

attention to the issue of gender equality, says Research Pro-

fessor at Nordland Research Institute, Elisabet Ljunggren.

Previous research has indicated that the understandings of

gender at the regional level in VRI has been seen as some-

thing that must not “come in the way” of dealing with the

actual innovation process. At the same time, scholars have

warned that seemingly “gender-neutral” policies of regional

development agencies are at risk of reinforcing gender di-

visions and inhibiting regional growth.

Departing from governmentality, discourse theory and cul-

tural understanding, the researchers exam gender and in-

novation articulations in VRI, asking: how is the gender and

innovation governed in VRI?

- We find that innovation is articulated as a collaborative

and interactive process of developing new products that

should lead to financial gain for the stakeholders. Hence,

to become innovative businesses needs access to human

resources. Looking at the understanding of gender we find

that gender as variable understanding dominate the con-

tent of the analyzed documents, tells Ljunggren.

Gender as a variable implies that men and women belong

to two clearly defines categories; men and women. This

makes gender easy to measure, but perhaps more notable

gender equals women, and when gender issues are brought

up it is as “women are lacking” or “how to include women”.

To ensure the dominating innovation articulation, gender

cannot be articulated as anything else than a potential re-

source for innovation. Hence, the dominating discourse on

innovation in VRI gives the premise for the variable under-

standing of gender in VRI. Innovation needs access to dif-

ferent types of knowledge (human resources) and gender

balance will provide some of this knowledge, as men and

woman are perceived to hold different types of knowledge.

And as women are lacking, they are constantly needed. The

domination of men is not questioned

or articulated as a “problem”.

Gender and innovation in Norway

Research Professor and project leader Elisabet Ljunggren.

The GENINNO-research project analyses the strategies and action stakeholders in the VRI-program have applied to face the “women demand” i.e. the demand on more women to be involved in innovation processes throughout Norway.

Gender and innovation in NorwayProject period: 2014-2016

PROJECT AIM: The project analyzes the role of gender in in-novation and innovation policy, with a particular focus on the VRI program, a policy program for regional R&D and innovation. We will analyze how gender and innovation is understood in the policy program, the development over time and the implementation of policy initiatives to raise gender awareness related to innovation. The project aims to generate knowledge that can be used in practical innovation, and to help develop innovation research field.

PROJECT TEAM: Elisabet Ljunggren (project leader), Gry Agnete Alsos, Tommy Høyvarde Clausen, and Elisabeth Angel, Margrete Haugum, Birgitte Ljunggren and Trine Kvidal (collaborating partners)

COLLABORATING PARTNER: Trøndelag Research and development and North-ern Research Institute


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Norway is a high-cost country where the tourism industry

to a lesser degree can compete on price. So, to be competi-

tive, Norway must concentrate on the development of ex-

ceptional experiences and products of high quality. That re-

quires the right kind of knowledge at the right time from the

best possible sources. Therefore, a significant investment in

new knowledge and expertise must be implemented if the

Norwegian tourism industry wants to succeed as an indus-

try of world class.

The Northern InSights (Opplevelser i nord) program con-

sists of different projects related to innovation and learning,

marketing, customer perspectives, value creation, destina-

tion development, and organizations and leadership within

service and experience-based tourism.

Approximately 60 researchers are involved in the projects.

The project has become a major national and international

player in the building of a strong and competitive academic

environment that works closely and in productive collabo-

ration with the tourism industry, offering valuable knowl-

edge for future value creation. Together with businesses in

the field, we have come far in developing a better under-

standing of what innovation in the tourism industry entails

and how it leads to new and improved experiences while

also increasing business value chains.

Northern InSights is run by a consortium consisting of six

institutions: Nord University Business School, UiT - Ar-

tic University of Norway, Harstad University College (now

a part of UiT), Nordland Research Institute, NORUT and

NIBIO.

NORTHERN INSIGHTS: KNOWLEDGE-BASED TOURISM DEVELOPMENTProject period: 2009-2017

PROJECT AIM: The main aim of the project is to carry out high quality research into (1) service innovation in experience-based tourism and (2) co-creation of values for companies, consumers and the tourism and experience industries in Northern Norway. By establishing a strong system for the exchange of information, the research will contribute to developing and strengthening experience-based tourism through increased competitiveness and sustainability.

PROJECT LEADER: Einar Lier Madsen

WORK PACKAGE LEADERS: Dorthe Eide and Nina Prebensen (UIT The Arctic University of Norway)


PRODUCED SO FAR:- 2316 interviews conducted- 50 academic papers- Researchers from 21 different countries- 9 competed PhD projects- 200 work months - 69154 working hours

Northern Insights: Knowledge-based tourism developmentThe tourism industry is a dynamic industry where attention to currents and change is essential for how we assert our competitive advantage. At the heart of this all is knowl-edge. It applies to everything from basic mechanisms behind how people and organiza-tions work to how to use optimally design materials, organize ourselves, package prod-ucts and market what we are about.

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Hungary, Switzerland, Brazil, Nicaragua, Sweden, Poland,

Ireland, Norway, the Netherlands, Russia. The innovation

and entrepreneurship research community at the Nord

University Business School consists of people from all over

the world.

“We want to be an international community, so we inten-

tionally advertise on a broad front. We also make use of our

co-workers’ networks. Familiarity is often a decisive factor,”

says Rasmussen.

Community members are diligent participants in interna-

tional arenas. The Nord University Business School has in-

ternational visiting professors who are among the world’s

most prominent in their fields. The community has also

succeeded in its efforts to host the distinguished Babson

College Entrepreneurship Research Conference in Bodø in

June 2016.

“The conference gathers over 300 of the world’s most

prominent experts in the field of entrepreneurship. The

competition on hosting the Babson Conference is fierce,

particularly every third year when it is arranged in Europe.

It’s invigorating that Bodø will be the first Norwegian city

to arrange the event, and it also says something about the

position held by the Bodø community,” says Rasmussen.

Researcher Anders Billström comes from Sweden. He be-

came familiar with Nord University Business School when

he met fellow researchers from there at a conference.

The “whole world” is working together in Bodø

TEXT: HANNE LØKÅS VEIGÅRD/VIDEOFABRIKKEN PHOTO/ILLUSTRATION: ERIK VEIGÅRD/VIDEOFABRIK

In recent years the entrepreneurship and innovation community in Bodø has become more and more international. “We are working hard to get the best people, wherever they come from,” says Professor Einar Rasmussen.

ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN EXPERIENCE-BASED TOURISMProject period: 2010-2017

PROJECT AIM: The project examine new business start-up pro-cesses in the tourism industries, particularly how entrepreneurs behave in the process and the sub-sequent consequences for the development of the business over time. We examines the applicability of theory of effectuation in this context. Further, we investigate how public policy and external ac-tors influence the behavior of the entrepreneurs. The project is a part of the Northern Insights research program.

PROJECT TEAM: Gry Agnete Alsos (project leader), Sølvi Solvoll, Tommy Høyvarde Clausen, Espen Isaksen


INCUBATORS AND INCUBATED FIRMSProject period: 2011-2018

PROJECT AIM: The project analyses the effect of incubators, including incubators in rural areas, on innovation and new firm development in Norway. The project will document financial and non-financial out-comes created by firms in incubators in Norway, investigate why some incubated firms show better results than others, generate knowledge about the role of the incubation process inn new venture performance, and disseminate results to practi-tioners, policy makers and the research commu-nity.

PROJECT TEAM: Tommy Høyvarde Clausen (project leader), Marit Breivik Meyer, Marianne Artnzen, Mariell Opdal Jørstad, Einar Rasmussen and Gry Agnete Alsos

FINANCING: Siva

RESEARCH PROJECT RESEARCH PROJECT

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The innovation and entrepreneurship research community at Nord University School of Business consists of people from all over the world.

TESTIMONIAL: Coming from the Netherlands and having completed both my undergraduate and postgraduate studies at Dutch Universities, the University of Nordland has a lot to offer.

The university is small and closely connected to society. A lot is happening in this dynamic Arctic region and the university has local but also international cooperation with businesses and governmental organisations. This makes it easier to find interesting and relevant research projects and get to know possible future employers.

As an international student I was surprised by the amount of nationalities you meet here in Bodø. Because Bodø and the university are not too big, you get the chance to meet a lot of different people. The environment is totally different from what I was used to in the Netherlands: Wild nature all around the city, being able to enjoy a variety of winter sports and of course the northern lights and the midnight sun. Although Bodø is remote, it is remarkably well connected to the rest of Europe.

“I realized that this was an international community where

a lot of effort was put in. I wanted to become a part of it,” he

says.

“Was it more or less what you expected?”

“It was much better! It is a stimulating professional commu-

nity, there is strong focus on innovation and entrepreneur-

ship and unequivocal support from Nord University. We

work together regardless of faculty or institution, and this

is a considerable advantage when it comes to the develop-

ment of knowledge,” he says.

Associate professor Hin Hoarau-Heemstra comes from the

Netherlands and is researching innovation in nature-based

tourism and other sectors. She presented her doctoral the-

sis last year.

“My husband and I came here seven years ago and we are

very happy. We live a good life in Valnesfjord, forty kilome-

tres from Bodø, with children and a horse,” she says.

PhD candidate Petter Gullmark is half Polish half Norwe-

gian. He grew up in Poland, has a MSc in Business degree,

and is researching innovation in the public sector.

“I have lived in Bodø for four years. I came here because I

wanted to try something new and thought that Bodø looked

like a nice town. After a while I got a Norwegian girlfriend

and I am very happy in the city,” he says.

Hin Hoarau-Heemstra

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Affiliated international scholars

Education: B.A. University of Colorado, M.B.A. Boston College, D.B.A. Boston University.

Interests / Areas of Expertise: Entrepreneurship, New Venture Creation, Women and

Entrepreneurship.

Teaching: Supervision and courses at Doctoral and Masters’ level.

Education: PhD (University of Stirling, UK), BA Hons (Lancaster University, 1982)

Interests / Areas of Expertise: Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Access to finance.

Research Projects: Entrepreneurship in Experience-Based Tourism.

Teaching: Supervision and courses at Doctoral level.

CANDIDA G. BRUSHAdjunct Professor at Nord University Business School; Professor in Entrepreneurship at Babson College, [email protected]

SARA CARTERAdjunct Professor at Nord University Business School and Nordland Research Institute, Professor of Entrepreneurship, University of Strathclyde, [email protected]

Education: PhD, Jönköping International Business School, Sweden.

Interests /Research Topics: New firm growth, Innovation, Corporate entrepreneurship, En-

trepreneurial decision making, Strategic management of new firms, Family business.

Research projects: Entrepreneurship in Experience-Based Tourism.


ALEXANDER MCKELVIEAdjunct Professor at Nord University Business School; Associate Professor, Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University, [email protected]

Education: PhD

Interests: Innovation, Entrepreneurs, Experience economy, Service innovation

Research Projects: Innovation service projects, Service Innovation in Public-Private Networks.


JON SUNDBOAdjunct Professor at Nord University Business School and Nordland Research Institute; Professor, Department of Social Sciences and Business, Roskilde University, [email protected]

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Education: MSc (Turku School of Economics, 2005), PhD (Utrecht University 2013).

Interests: Economics of Innovation, Science/research based startups & spin-offs, Innovation

strategies and processes in established and young ventures, Business model innovation, New

business creation processes.

Research projects: Technology-based entrepreneurship and innovation,

Environmental innovation

MIKKO POHJOLA Postdoctoral researcher, Entrepreneurship and innovation, [email protected]

Education: BA, PhD

Interests: The impact of initiatives encouraging graduates to consider business ownership

and/or careers in small firms; entrepreneurial teams; the internationalization of smaller private

firms; the development of private family firms; and the habitual entrepreneurship phenomenon.


PAUL WESTHEADAdjunct Professor at Nord University Business School; Professor of Entrepreneurship at Durham University Business School, [email protected]

Education: PhD, Jönköping International Business School, Sweden.

Interests/Research Topics: Small business growth, Self-employment, Self-employment

decision-making, Corporate entrepreneurship.

Research Projects: Technology-based entrepreneurship and innovation.


Education: B.S., Ph.D., University of Colorado, M.B.A., Indiana University

Interests /Areas of Expertise: Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; New Venture Creation

Teaching: Supervision and courses at Doctoral and Masters’ level.

JOHAN WIKLUNDAdjunct Professor at Nord University Business School; Professor of Entrepreneurship, Whitman School of Management, Syracuse University, [email protected]

ANDREW ZACHARAKISAdjunct Professor at Nord University Business School; Chair in Entrepreneurship at Babson College, [email protected]

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PUBLICATIONS2015/EARLY 2016

Alsos, G. A., Clausen, T. H., Hytti, U. & Solvoll, S. (2016). Entrepreneurs’ Social Identity and the Preference of Causal and Ef-

fectual Behaviours in Start-up Processes. Entrepreneurship & Regional Development, 28(3-4), pp. 234-258.

Alsos, G. A. & Ljunggren, E. (2016). The Role of Gender in Entrepreneur-Investor Relationships: A Signaling Theory Ap-

proach. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, online first.

Bienkowska, D., Klofsten, M. & Rasmussen, E. (2016). PhD Students in the Entrepreneurial University - Perceived Support

for Academic Entrepreneurship. European Journal of Education. Forthcoming.

Borch, O. J. & Solesvik, M. (2015). Innovation on the Open Sea: Examining Competence Transfer and Open Innovation in

the Design of Offshore Vessels. Technology innovation management review 5(9).

Bulanova, O., Isaksen, E. & Kolvereid, L. (2016). Growth Aspirations among Women Entrepreneurs in High Growth Firms.

Baltic Journal of Management, 11(2), 187-206.

Fini, R., Fu, K., Mathisen, M.T., Rasmussen, E. and Wright, M. (2016) Institutional determinants of university spin-off quan-

tity and quality: A longitudinal, multi-level, cross-country study. Small Business Economics. Accepted.

Jakobsen, S. & Clausen, T. H. (2015). Innovating for a Greener Future: The Direct and Indirect Effects of Firms’ Environmen-

tal Objectives on the Innovation Process. Journal of Cleaner Production, online first.

Jakobsen, S. & Steinmo, M. (2016). The Role of Proximity Dimensions in the Development of Innovations in Coopetition:

A Longitudinal Case Study. International Journal of Technology Management. Forthcoming.

Kolvereid, L. (in press). Preference for Self-Employment: Prediction of New Business Start-up Intentions and Efforts. The

International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation.

Lindberg, F., & Eide, D. (2015). Challenges of Extraordinary Experiences in the Arctic. Journal of Consumer Behaviour 15(1),

online first.

Ljunggren, E. and Sundin, E. Introduction article: gender perspectives on enterprising communities. Journal of Enterpris-

ing Communities 10(1) pp. 2-15.

Munari, F., Rasmussen, E., Toschi, L. & Villani, E. (2015). Determinants of the University Technology Transfer Policy-Mix: A

Cross-National Analysis of Gap-Funding Instruments. Journal of Technology Transfer. Online first.

Rasmussen, E., Mosey, S. & Wright, M. (2015). The Transformation of Network Ties to Develop Entrepreneurial Competen-

cies for University Spin-offs. Entrepreneurship and Regional Development 27(7-8), pp. 430-457.

Rasmussen, E. & Wright, M. (2015). How Can Universities Facilitate Academic Spin-offs? An Entrepreneurial Competency

Perspective. Journal of Technology Transfer 40(5), pp. 782-799.

Salamonsen, K. (2015). The Effects of Exogenous Shocks on the Development of Regional Innovation Systems. European

Planning Studies 23(9), pp. 1770-1795.

Salamonsen, K. & Henriksen, J. T. (2015). Small Businesses Need Strong Mediators: Mitigating the Disadvantages of Periph-

eral Localization through Alliance Formation. European Planning Studies 23(3), pp. 529-549.

Solvoll, S., Alsos, G. A. & Bulanova, O. (2015). Tourism Entrepreneurship – Review and Future Directions. Scandinavian

Journal of Hospitality and Tourism 15(S1), pp. 120-137.

Steinmo, M. (2015). Collaboration for Innovation: A Case Study on How Social Capital Mitigates Collaborative Challenges

in University-Industry Research Alliances. Industry and Innovation, 22(7), pp.597-624.

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Steinmo, M. & Rasmussen, E. (2015). How Firms Collaborate with Public Research Organizations: The Evolution of Prox-

imity Dimensions in Successful Innovation Projects. Journal of Business Research 69(3), pp. 1250-1259.

Stokvik, H., Adriaenssen, D. J., Johannessen, J.-A. & Sætersdal, H. (2016). Managing Knowledge Resources. Problems &

Perspectives in Management 14(1), pp. 95-106.

Stokvik, H., Johannessen, J.-A. & Adriaenssen, D. J. (2016). Strategic Entrepreneurship and Intrapreneurial Intensity. Prob-

lems & Perspectives in Management 14(2), pp. 65-76

Stokvik, H., Johannessen, J.-A., Skålsvik, H. & Adriaenssen, D. J. (2016). Aspects of a Knowledge Theory for New Venture

Creation: Management, Policy and Methodological Implications. Problems & Perspectives in Management 14(2), 144-152

Vestrum, I. (2016) Integrating multiple theoretical approaches to explore the resource mobilization process of community

ventures. Journal of Enterprising Communities 10(1) pp. 123-134.

Villani, E., Rasmussen, E., Grimaldi, R. (2016) How Intermediary Organizations Facilitate University-Industry Technology

Transfer: A Proximity Approach. Forthcoming. Technological Forecasting & Social Change. In press.

BOOKSAlsos, G.A., Bjørkhaug, H., Bolsø, A & Ljunggren, E. (Eds.) (2015). Kjønn og næringsliv i Norge. Oslo: Cappelen Damm

Akademisk.

Alsos, G.A, Hytti, U. & Ljunggren, E. (Eds.) (2016). Research Handbook on Gender and Innovation. Cheltenham: Edward

Elgar, forthcoming.

CHAPTERS IN BOOKSAlsos, G. A. (2016). Portfolio Entrepreneurial Households – Extending the Single Individual and Single Opportunity Focus.

In: Landström, H., Parhakangas, A., Fayolle, A. & Riot, P. (Eds.). Challenging Entrepreneurship Research, Routledge, pp.

77-99

Alsos, G. A. & Andreassen, T. (2015). Innovative små bedrifter – om innovasjonsprosesser i opplevelsesbasert reiseliv. In:

Jensen, Ø. & Skallerud, K. (Eds.). Innovativ og opplevelsesbasert verdiskaping i reiselivsnæringen. Oslo: Cappelen Damm

Akademisk, pp. 233-252

Alsos, G. A., Bjørkhaug, H., Bolsø, A & Ljunggren, E. (2015). Introduksjon – kjønn og norsk næringsliv. In: Alsos, G. A.,

Bjørkhaug, H., Bolsø, A & Ljunggren, E. (Eds.). Kjønn og næringsliv i Norge. Oslo: Cappelen Damm Akademisk, pp. 15-28.

Alsos, G. A., Carter, S. & Ljunggren, E. (2015). Entrepreneurial Families and Households. In: Welter, F. & Baker, T. (Eds.). The

Routledge Companion to Entrepreneurship. Routledge, pp. 165-178

Alsos, G. A, Hytti, U. & Ljunggren, E. (2016). Gender and Innovation – An Introduction. In: Alsos, G. A, Hytti, U. & Ljun-

ggren, E. (Eds.). Research Handbook on Gender and Innovation. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, forthcoming

Alsos, G. A. & Ljunggren E. (2015). Kvinner og menn som eiere i norske bedrifter. In: Alsos, G. A., Bjørkhaug, H., Bolsø, A &

Ljunggren, E. (Eds.). Kjønn og næringsliv i Norge. Oslo: Cappelen Damm Akademisk, pp. 49-66

Barrett, A. & Hoarau-Heemstra, H. (2015). Lo-Ve Is Complicated: Steinar’s Vision on the Uneasy Co-existence of Tourism

and Petroleum in the Lofoten-Vesterålen Archipelago. In: Sørnes, J. O., Browning, L. & Henriksen, J. T. (Eds.). Culture,

Development and Petroleum. An Ethnography of the High North. Routledge.

Billström, A. (2016). The Role of Social Network Actors in the Formation of University Spin-offs – Case Studies of External

and Inventor Entrepreneurs in Sweden. In: Fini, R & Grimaldi, R. (Eds.). Process approach to academic entrepreneurship:

evidence from the globe. World Scientific Publishing.

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Carter, S. Alsos, G.A., Ljunggren, E. (2015). The Irrational Benefits of Small Business Ownership: Constructing Economic Well-

Being in Business-Owning Households. In: Newbert, S. (Ed.) Small Business in a Global Economy: Creating and Managing

Successful organizations. Volume 1. New York: Praeger, pp. 49-70

Eide, D. & Fuglsang, L. (2015). Nettverksdrevet læring og innovasjon i opplevelsesbasert reiseliv. In: Jensen, Ø. & Skallerud, K.

(Eds.). Innovativ og opplevelsesbasert verdiskaping i reiselivsnæringen. Oslo: Cappelen Damm Akademisk, 205-232.

Eide, D. & Mossberg, M. (2015). Opplevelsesdesign og innovasjon med fokus på kundeinteraksjoner. In: Jensen, Ø. & Skallerud,

K. (Eds.). Innovativ og opplevelsesbasert verdiskaping i reiselivsnæringen. Oslo: Cappelen Damm Akademisk, pp. 183-204.

Eide, D., Hansen, A.H. & Lindberg, F. (2015). En multi-relasjonell tilnærming til turistopplevelser. In: Jensen, Ø. & Skallerud, K.

(Eds.). Innovativ og opplevelsesbasert verdiskaping i reiselivsnæringen. Oslo: Cappelen Damn Akademisk, pp. 147-166.

Eide, D. (2015) Humankapitalens særtrekk. In: Karlsen, J. E. (Ed.). Veivisere i norsk organisasjonsforskning. Organisasjonsfaglig

kanon. Bergen: Fagbokforlaget.

Hoarau-Heemstra, H. (in Press). Open Innovation in the Tourism Experience Sector: The Role of Practice-Based Knowledge

Explored. In: Egger, R., Gula, I. & Walcher, D. (Eds.). Open Tourism: Open Innovation, Crowdsourcing and Co-Creation Chal-

lenging the Tourism Industry. Springer.

Hoarau-Heemstra, H. (2016). Ethical Use of Animals in Experience-Tourism: Lessons from Scandinavian Indigenous People.

In: Fennel, D. (Ed.). Routledge Research in the Ehics of Tourism, Routledge.

Jørgensen, E. & Rasmussen, E. (2016). The Internationalization Process of ‘Born Border’ Firms: Opportunity Development and

Entry Modes. In: Etemad, H., Denicolai, S., Hagen, B. & Zucchella, A. (Eds.). The changing global economy and its impact on

international entrepreneurship. Edward Elgar Publishing, pp. 231-251

Ljunggren E & Berg A.-J. (2015). Kvinne, entreprenør og innvandrer: Kvinnelig entreprenør eller innvandreretablerer? In: Alsos,

G. A., Bjørkhaug, H., Bolsø, A & Ljunggren, E. (Eds.). Kjønn og næringsliv i Norge. Oslo: Cappelen Damm Akademisk, pp. 83-108

Magnussen, T., & Wiggen O. (2015). “Hadde det ikke vært for turismen” - Om verdensarv og reiselivsutvikling på Vega. In:

Jensen, Ø. & Skallerud, K. (Eds.). Innovativ og opplevelsesbasert verdiskaping i reiselivsnæringen. Cappelen Damm Akad-

emisk, pp. 347-360.

Nogueira, L. A., & Nogueira, T. F. (2014). The Ethical Dimension of Innovation. In: Al-Hakim, L. & Jin, C. (Eds.). Quality Innova-

tion: Knowledge, Theory, and Practices. Hershey, PA: IGI Global.

Nogueira, L. A., & Nogueira, T. F. (2015). Exploring Ethics in Innovation: The Case of High-Fructose Corn Syrup. In: Palmer, D.

E. (Ed.). Handbook of Research on Business Ethics and Corporate Responsibilities. IGI Global.

Rasmussen, E. & Mathisen, M. T. (2016). Science-Based Entrepreneurial Firms as Real Options: Assessing the Outcomes of the

Norwegian Firm Population from 1995 to 2012. In: Fini, R. & Grimaldi, R. (Eds.). Process Approach to Academic Entrepreneur-

ship: Evidence from the Globe. World Scientific Publishing.

Roaldsen I. (2015). The Business Model and Entrepreneurial Strategies: The Case of SMEs in Mature Industries. In: Fayolle, A.,

Kyrö, P. & Liñán, F. (Eds.). Developing, Shaping and Growing Entrepreneurship. Edward Elgar.

Salamonsen, K. (2015). The Petroleum Renaissance in Alstahaug Municipality. In: Sørnes, J. O., Browning, L. & Henriksen, J. T

(Eds.). Culture, development and petroleum: an ethnography of the high north. Routledge.

Vestrum, I. (2015). How Entrepreneurs Develop Relationships for Community Ventures Within Local Communities. In: Fayolle,

A., Kyrö, P. & Liñán, F. (Eds.). Developing, Shaping and Growing Entrepreneurship. Edward Elgar.

Åmo, B. W. (2015). Innovasjonsatferd blant sjefer, mellomledere og arbeidere i offentlig og privat sektor: Forskjeller og imp-

likasjoner. In: Andersen, O. J., Gårseth-Nesbakk, L. & Bondas, T. (Eds.). Innovasjoner i offentlig tjenesteyting. Bergen: Fagbok-

forlaget.

Åmo, B. W. & Kolvereid, L. (forthcoming). Corporate Entrepreneurship: An Update on Recent Research. In: Blackburn, R., Cler-

cq, D. D., Heinonen, J. & and Wang, Z. (Eds.). SAGE Handbook for Entrepreneurship and Small Business. SAGE, UK.

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CONFERENCE PAPER PRESENTATIONSAlsos, G. A., Carter, S., Ljunggren, E. & Johnsen, M. O. (2015). Women growth entrepreneurs and their strategies for work-

life balance. Paper presented at the Diana International Conference, Boston, 8-9 June 2015.

Alsos, G. A. & Clausen, T. H (2016) Team-level effectual and causal behavior: From individual decision-making to collective

behavior. Paper presented at the 4th Effectuation Conference, Bodø, Norway 5-7 June 2016

Alsos, G. A., Clausen, T. H, Wigger, K. A. (2015). Characteristics of opportunities and exploitation in closed and open inno-

vation. Paper presented at BCERC Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference, Natick, MA, 10-13 June 2015.

Alsos, G. A., Clausen, T. H, Mauer, R. & Solvoll, S. (2016) Competence or context? Exploring the relationship of expertise,

uncertainty and effectual behavior. Paper presented at BCERC Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference,

Bodø, Norway 8-11 June 2016.

Alsos, G., Ljunggren, E., Carter, S. & Jørstad, M.O. (2016) Women, family and entrepreneurship: strategies for managing

work-life balance challenges. Paper presented at Academy of Management Meeting, Anaheim, 5-9 August 2016

Arntzen, M. (2015). The influence of passion on entrepreneurs seeking external equity finance. Paper presented at RENT

XXIX Conference, Research in Entrepreneurship and Small Business, Zagreb, Croatia, 18-20 November 2015.

Aure, M., Førde, A. & Magnussen, T. (2015). The rural rescue – Work migrants in place. Nordic Geographical Meeting; 8-12

June 2015.

Billström, A. (2015). Human capital imprinting of entrepreneurial team composition and University spin-off growth - A

case comparison of external and inventor entrepreneurs in Sweden. Paper presented at RENT XXIX Conference, Research

in Entrepreneurship and Small Business, Zagreb, Croatia, 18-20 November 2015.

Bjørkhaug, Hilde (2015). Hvem vil overta gårdene i fremtiden? Eierskiftedagene 2015, 14. December 2015.

Bolzani, D., Fini, R. and Rasmussen, E. (2016) Entrepreneurial spun-out firms’ performance: The role of linkages to the par-

ent institution. Academy of Management Annual Meeting, August, Anaheim, California.

Clausen, T. H (2016) Uncertainty in the context of entrepreneurial action: Measuring state, effect and response uncertainty

as perceived by founders of new firms. Paper presented at the 4th Effectuation Conference, Bodø, Norway 5-7 June 2016

Clausen, T. H., Meyer, M. B., Alsos, G. A. (2015). Co-production of value added from incubation: Examining the role of dy-

adic and triadic relationships. Paper presented at DRUID15 Conference, 15-16 June 2015.

Eide, D. & Hermanrud, I. (2015). Emotions as part of learning and knowing: toward a more holistic practice based approach

to learning? Paper, Learning in working life, Oslo, 4-6 May 2015.

Eide, D. (2015). Experience-Based Tourism and Visiting Industries: Research Projects and Work-In- Progress. Presenta-

tion at research group on Center for Interactive Digital Media and Experience Design, Department of Communication &

Psychology, Aalborg University, 28 August 2015.

Eide, D. & Hoarau-Heemstra, H. (2015). Certifications as innovation driver: Roles of matching of values and concern focus.

Paper presetented at Nordich symphosium in tourism and hospitality, Reykjavik, Iceland, 1-3 October 2015.

Eide, D. Johnson, R. & Ljunggren, E. (2016) Gendering of innovations in experience based tourism. Paper presented at the

Diana International Research Conference in Bodø, June 13-14, 2016

Fini, R., Fu, K., Mathisen, M.T. & Rasmussen, E. (2015). Institutional determinants of university spin-off quantity and quality:

A cross-country study. Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Vancouver, Canada, August 2015.

Hoarau-Heemstra, H. (2015). Applied Ethics: Value-based innovation in Experience Tourism: Insights from Service Domi-

nant logic. Technology and Governance of Health and Natural Resources Project Final Conference, Trondheim, 21-22

May 2015.

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Hoarau-Heemstra, H. (2016). Matchmaking for innovation: finding the right partners to enhance environmental sustainabil-

ity in the tourism industry. Presented at: Organizational learning, knowledge and capabilities, April 2016.

Hoarau-Heemstra, H. (2016). Sailing into a more sustainable tourism future: a study of a multi-actor alliance for innovation.

25th Nordic Symposium on Tourism and Hospitality Research, Turku, Finland, September 2016

Isaksen, E. J., Kolvereid, L., & Ljunggren (2015). Life-satisfaction among women and men high growth entrepreneurs: Explor-

ing the role of family support and workload. Paper presented at the RENT XXIX conference, Zagreb, Croatia, 19-20 November

2015.

Lauvås, T. A., Steinmo, M. (2015). Development of immature technologies in long-term research centres: The role of proxim-

ity dimensions in converging institutional logics in university-industry collaboration. Paper presented at DRUID15 Confer-

ence, 15-16 June 2015.

Lauvås, T. A., Vie, O. E. (2015). Aiming at radical innovations: The knowledge integration activities between university and

industry partners. Paper presented at EGOS 2015, 1-4 July 2015.

Lauvås, T.A., Vie, O.E. (2015). Aiming at radical innovations: The knowledge integration activities between university and

industry partners in research centres. Paper presented at Nordic Academy of Management Conference, Copenhagen, 12-14

August 2015.

Ljunggren, E. (2015). Kjønn og innovasjon – Kan kjønnsforskningen bidra til innovasjonsforskningen? EnGendering Excel-

lence Conference, 4 June 2015.

Ljunggren, A., Alsos, G. A. & Haugum, M. (2015). Implementation of gender equality in an innovation scheme: Ensuring an

economic ecosystem also suitable for women. Paper presented at the Diana International Research Conference, Boston, 8-9

June 2015.

Ljunggren, E. & Haugum, M. (2016) Innovative industries and gender: Can gender change understandings of what an inno-

vative industry is? Paper presented at the DIANA International Conference in Bodø, June 13-14 2016

Madsen, E. L. (2016) Maturing Family Firms and New Entry in the Entrepreneurial Orientation - Performance Relationship.

Paper presented at BCERC Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference, Bodø, Norway 8-11 June 2016.

Meyer, M.B. & Arntzen, M. (2016) Organizational sponsorship: Proximal outcomes of business incubation. Paper presented at

BCERC Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference, Bodø, Norway, 8-11 June 2016.

Nogueira, T. F. (2015) Entrepreneurial Learning. Paper presented at RENT XXIX Conference, Research in Entrepreneurship

and Small Business, Zagreb, Croatia, 18-20 November 2015.

Nogueira, T. F. (2016). Opportunities and Entrepreneurial Learning. Paper presented at the BCERC Babson College Entrepre-

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from coding of news articles. Paper to be presented at the BCERC 36th Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Confer-

ence , Bodø, Norway, 8-11 June 2016.

Solvoll, S. (2016) Learning to be an entrepreneur: novice entrepreneurs’ development of effectual and causal behaviour. Paper

presented at BCERC Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference, Bodø, 8-11 June 2016.

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preneurship for the XXI century: images and perspectives, Warsaw, 26-27 September 2015.

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Special issues and symposiaJOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT STUDIESSpecial issue: ‘Theories from the Lab’ How Research on Science Commercialization can Contribute

to Management Studies.

Guest Editors:

Riccardo Fini, University of Bologna, Italy

Einar Rasmussen, Nord University Business School, Norway

Johan Wiklund, Syracuse University, USA

Mike Wright, Imperial College Business School London, UK

The deadline for submission is September 30 2016.

http://www.socadms.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/JMS-Theories-from-the-Lab-Call-for-Papers-1.pdf

SMALL BUSINESS ECONOMICS: AN ENTREPRENEURSHIP JOURNALSpecial Issue: “Effectuation and entrepreneurship theory: How effectuation relates to other concepts, models,

and theories within entrepreneurship”

Special Issue Editors:

Gry Agnete Alsos, Nord University

Tommy Høyvarde Clausen, Nord University

René Mauer, ESCP Europe Berlin

Stuart Read, Willamette University

Saras Sarasvathy, University of Virginia

Deadline: December 1 2016

http://www.effectuation.org/event/2016/493

MAGMASpecial issue on Entrepreneurship. This is a peer reviewed business and management journal written in Norwegian.

Guest Editor:

Lars Kolvereid, Nord University Business School

Deadline: January 16 2017

https://www.magma.no/call-for-papers-entreprenorskap

ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT PERSPECTIVES SHOWCASE SESSION AMP Showcase Session at the 2016 Academy of Management Conference, Anaheim, California:

The commercialization of science: An integrative research agenda on managing the science-business interfaces

Organizers:

Mike Wright, Imperial College London

Riccardo Fini, U. of Bologna

Einar Rasmussen, Nord U. Business School

Donald Siegel, U. at Albany, State U. of New York

Johan Wiklund, Syracuse U.

Date: Monday, August 8 2016

In June 2016 we welcome entrepreneurship and innovation scholars to leading research conferences in Bodø, Norway

4TH EFFECTUATION CONFERENCEJUNE 5-7 2016, KJERRINGØY OLD TRADING POST, BODØThe Effectuation Conference addresses the issues of researching and teaching effectuation. Through a combination

of interactive seminars, small research clinics for paper discussions, and workshops, about 60 scholars will present and

discus key questions related to entrepreneurial effectuation. Keynotes will be given by Denis Gregoire, Saras Sarasvathy,

Stuart Read, René Mauer and Michael Faschingbauer. (www.nord.no/effectuation)

BABSON COLLEGE ENTREPRENEURSHIP RESEARCH CONFERENCE, JUNE 8-11 2016, NORD UNIVERSITY, BODØ

As the world’s preeminent scholarly conference on entrepreneurship, BCERC welcomes more than 300 entrepreneur-

ship scholars to present and discuss their research. The conference was founded in 1981 by Babson College, and is

organized for the 36th time this year. The 2016 conference promises to be a motivating, educational and social experi-

ences, bringing together the world’s leaders in entrepreneurship research. (www.nord.no/bcerc)

DIANA INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CONFERENCE 2016,JUNE 12-14 2016, HOTEL SCANDIC HAVET, BODØ

The Diana conference bring together more than 80 scholars from many different countries worldwide, providing an

arena to share a global research agenda dedicated to answering questions about women entrepreneurs and growth-

oriented businesses. This year’s conference themes are Gender in family business, and Gender and innovation. Keynotes

will be given by Siri Terjesen, Mari Teigen and Cecilie Bjursell. (www.nord.no/Diana)

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