Arsrapport 2015-Innovasjon-Entreprenorskap_Web

INNOVATION AND
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
AT NORD UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL

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Celebrating 30 years of
Entrepreneurship research
For 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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INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
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 database
Several 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
OPPORTUNITIES
Project 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.
PROJECTTEAM:
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
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New PhD’S
HIN HOARAU HEEMSTRA
Thesis: 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 SALOMONSEN
Thesis: 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.
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
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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 JAKOBSEN
Thesis: 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
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.
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.
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
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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 NORDLAND
PROJECT PERIOD: 2015-2018
PROJECT 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.
PROJECTTEAM:
Gry Agnete Alsos (project leader), and Inger Wassmo (co-ordinator)
Nordland Research Institute and UITThe 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.
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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 ALSOS
Professor, Entrepreneurship and innovation
gry.a.alsos@nord.no
ANDERS BILLSTRÖM
Researcher Entrepreneurship
lars.a.billstrom@nord.no
MARIANNE ARNTZEN
PhD candidate, Entrepreneurship
marianne.g.arntzen@nord.no
ODD JARL BORCH
Professor, Strategy
odd.j.borch@nord.no
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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 BULANOVA
PhD Candidate, Entrepreneurship
oxana.bulanova@nord.no
DORTHE EIDE
Associate Professor, Management and
Organization | dorthe.h.eide@nord.no
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 CLAUSEN
Professor, Entrepreneurship
tommy.h.clausen@nord.no
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 DVERGSDAL
Assistant Professor in Computer Science
henrik.dvergsdal@nord.no
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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 GULLMARK
PhD. Candidate, Public Sector Innovation
petter.gullmark@nord.no
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-HEEMSTRA
Associate Professor
hin.h.heemstra@nord.no
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. ISAKSEN
Associate Professor, Entrepreneurship
espen.j.isaksen@nord.no
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 HERMANN
Postdoc, Entrepreneurship
roberto.r.hermann@nord.no
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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 JOHNSON
Senior Researcher
alan.r.johnson@nord.no
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
lars.kolvereid@nord.no
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 JAKOBSEN
Associate Professor, Innovation
siri.jakobsen@nord.no
ARE JENSEN
PhD Candidate
are.jensen@nord.no
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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 LAUVÅS
PhD candidate, Technology Management
thomas.a.lauvas@nord.no
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 MEYER
Ph.D. candidate, Entrepreneurship
marit.b.meyer@nord.no
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 NILSSEN
Higher Executive Officer / PhD Candidate
maja.nilssen@nord.no
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 NOGUEIRA
PhD candidate, Innovation
tadeu.f.nogueira@nord.no
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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 SALAMONSEN
Postdoc, Regional Development
krister.salamonsen@nord.no
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 RASMUSSEN
Professor, Technology Management
einar.rasmussen@nord.no
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 firmINV, International
marketing, experiential knowledge, network.
RESEARCH PROJECTS: The role of experiential
knowledge in the internationalization process of small
firms.
ADAM NOVOTNY
Senior Researcher, Entrepreneurship and Innovation
adam.novotny@ord.no
SUDIP KRANTI TIWARI
PhD candidate, International Management
sudip.k.tiwari@nord.no
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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 SØRHEIM
roger.sorheim@iot.ntnu.no
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
marianne.steinmo@nord.no
KARIN WIGGER
PhD candidate, Maritime Innovation
karin.a.wigger@nord.no
HANNE STOKVIK
Phd candidate, Entrepreneurship and Innovation
hanne.stokvik@nord.no
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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 ULRIKSEN
CEO, Mo Industrial Park, Industry Lecturer
arve.ulriksen@mip.no
INGER WASSMO
Advisor
inger.l.wassmo@nord.no
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 ÅMO
Associate professor, Innovation
bjorn.w.amo@nord.no
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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
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THE IMPACT OF SCIENCE-BASED ENTREPRENEURIAL FIRMS
Project 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.
PROJECTTEAM:
Einar Rasmussen (project leader), Alan Johnson, Anders Billström, Adam Novotny, Tommy Høyvarde Clausen,
Are Jensen, Johan Wiklund.
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 Innovation
What 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 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.
PROJECTTEAM:
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
INNOVATION
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.
PROJECTTEAM:
Einar Rasmussen (project leader), Marianne
Steinmo, Krister Salamonsen, Siri Jakobsen,
Thomas Lauvås, Tommy Høyvarde Clausen and
Roger Sørheim.
Norut
FINANCING:
Research Council of Norway and RFF Nord
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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 Drivers
Seven 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.
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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 INNOVATION
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).
PROJECTTEAM:
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 (UITThe Arctic
University of Norway)
UITThe Arctic University of Norway
FINANCING:
RFF Nord
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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 HØGÅS
Researcher at Nordland Research Institute and
PhD Candidate at Nord University jho@nforsk.no
RAGNHILD JOHNSON
Senior Researcher at Nordland Research Institute
rjo@nforsk.no
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
Mariell.jorstad@nforsk.no
BJARNE LINDELØV
Researcher at Nordland Research Institute
bjarne.lindeloev@nforsk.no
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
merete.fabritius@nforsk.no
KARIN MARIE ANTONSEN
Senior researcher at Nordland Research Institute
kan@nforsk.no
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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 LJUNGGREN
Research Professor at Nordland Research Institute
elj@nforsk.no
JARLE NORMANN LØVLAND
Senior researcher at Nordland Research Institute
jlo@nforsk.no
ÅGE OLAV MARIUSSEN
Senior researcher at Nordland Research Institute;
leader at BA Institute, University of Vaasa (Finland)
agemariussen@yahoo.com
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 evi@nforsk.no
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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 MADSEN
Senior Researcher, Entrepreneurship and innovation
Einar.Lier.Madsen@nforsk.no
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 ROALDSEN
and PhD-candidate at Nord University.
iro@nforsk.no
INGEBJØRG VESTRUM
Senior Researcher, Entrepreneurship and innovation
ikv@nforsk.no
SØLVI SOLVOLL
Researcher at Nordland Research Institute and
PhD Candidate at Nord University sso@nforsk.no
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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
Norway
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.
PROJECTTEAM:
Elisabet Ljunggren (project leader), Gry Agnete
Alsos, Tommy Høyvarde Clausen, and Elisabeth
Angel, Margrete Haugum, Birgitte Ljunggren and
Trine Kvidal (collaborating partners)
Trøndelag Research and development and North-
ern Research Institute
FINANCING:
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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 DEVELOPMENT
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 (UITThe Arctic
University of Norway)
FINANCING:
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 TOURISM
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.
PROJECTTEAM:
Gry Agnete Alsos (project leader), Sølvi Solvoll,
Tommy Høyvarde Clausen, Espen Isaksen
FINANCING:
INCUBATORS
AND INCUBATED FIRMS
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.
PROJECTTEAM:
Tommy Høyvarde Clausen (project leader), Marit
Breivik Meyer, Marianne Artnzen, Mariell Opdal
Jørstad, Einar Rasmussen and Gry Agnete Alsos
FINANCING:
Siva
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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.
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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. BRUSH
Adjunct Professor at Nord University Business School; Professor in
Entrepreneurship at Babson College, USA.
cbrush@babson.edu
SARA CARTER
Adjunct Professor at Nord University Business School and Nordland Research
Institute, Professor of Entrepreneurship, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow.
sara.carter@strath.ac.uk
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 MCKELVIE
Adjunct Professor at Nord University Business School; Associate Professor,
Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University, USA.
mckelvie@syr.edu
Education: PhD
Interests: Innovation, Entrepreneurs, Experience economy, Service innovation
Research Projects: Innovation service projects, Service Innovation in Public-Private Networks.
JON SUNDBO
Adjunct Professor at Nord University Business School and Nordland
Research Institute; Professor, Department of Social Sciences and Business,
Roskilde University, Denmark.
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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, part-time
mikko.pohjola@utu.fi
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 WESTHEAD
Adjunct Professor at Nord University Business School; Professor of
Entrepreneurship at Durham University Business School, UK.
paul.westhead@durham.ac.uk
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 WIKLUND
Adjunct Professor at Nord University Business School; Professor of
Entrepreneurship, Whitman School of Management, Syracuse University, USA.
jwiklund@syr.edu
ANDREW ZACHARAKIS
Adjunct Professor at Nord University Business School; Chair in
Entrepreneurship at Babson College, USA.
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PUBLICATIONS
2015/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.
BOOKS
Alsos, 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 BOOKS
Alsos, 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.
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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-
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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.
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CONFERENCE PAPER PRESENTATIONS
Alsos, 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-
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Special issues and symposia
JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES
Special 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 JOURNAL
Special 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
MAGMA
Special 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.
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