Arbeids- og kompetanseområde
Forskning og undervisning/veiledning knyttet til Masterprogram i ansvarlig Innovasjon og entreprenørskap, samt undervisning for studenter på andre innovasjonsmaster program ved HVL.
Samarbeider med regionale nettverk og organisasjoner (Connect Vest/BAN, VIS Startup TTO og Startup, Startuplab, Media City, Eitri Incubator og andre aktører i Økosystemet, inkludert bedrifter og startups. Arbeider med å styrke student entreprenørskap i regionen og bidra til en sterkere dynamikk og samarbeid i regionen mellom akademia og økosystem aktører.
Internasjonalt samarbeid med Stellenbosch University, University of Pretoria og University of Cape Town, gjennom Utforsk prosjektene Sustenship og Suneco.
Education: Master thesis (cand.polit) in Economic geography from UIB, PhD (dr.oecon) in marketing (B2B Marketing, Interorg) from NHH (Norwegian School of Economics). Prevous carrier: Researcher in applied research at SNF (Bergen), Associate professor at BI, Norwegian Business School (Campus Bergen), Project leader NCE Subsea
Underviser i
- Innovasjon og Entreprenørskap på Master program. Har spesielt ansvar for: MOØ240 Regionalt praksisemne for individuell praksis for 3 masterprogram. Underviser i innovasjons og entreprenørskaps tema i flere masteremner. Underviser og veilder på PhD programmet Resinreg, og spesielt PhD emnet: Doing Responsible Innovation.
Forskar på
- Research interests: Innovation and entrepreneurship, Business to Business relationships, Networks, high-tech entrepreneurship, frugal entrepreneurship, women entrepreneurship, comparative research across cultures, academic spin-offs, entrepreneurship education and entrepreneurial learning
- MOØ240, Innovasjon og entreprenørskap i praksis i ein regional kontekst, Vår 2026
Publikasjonar
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The Emotional Drive Towards Entrepreneurship
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The role of investors in developing academic spin offs: The biotech sector in South Africa
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EXPLORING STUDENTS’ CONTRIBUTION IN AN INTERNSHIP COURSE - THE COMPANY PERSPECTIVE OF HAVING STUDENT INTERNS
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How to develop high-quality internship programs in innovation and entrepreneurship? Learning lessons from educators, students, and internship firms
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Sustainable entrepreneurship, identity and context: A comparison of Norway and South Africa
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Exploring the pathway of academic entrepreneurs: The case of Stellenbosch University
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Students’ entrepreneurial learning through an internship abroad: A cross-cultural experience
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The influence from emotions as a learning style on entrepreneurship teaching
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Coping with uncertainty and ambiguity in real-life practice and student team-centered learning courses: supporting pedagogies, the role of mentoring.
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EXPLORING STUDENTS’ VALUE CREATION AND CONTRIBUTION TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN AN INTERSHIP COURSE
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The relational dynamics in the extended teams of academic spin-offs: a Norwegian case-study
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Exploring the Transition to Working Life of Entrepreneurship Education Graduates: A Longitudinal Study
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Understanding networking dynamics in born global firms’ internationalization: balancing the mix of physical and virtual networking in B2B markets
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Learning to not belong: entrepreneurial learning experiences of women high-tech entrepreneurs
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Toward a model for universities as incubation ecosystems: Facilitating students for an entrepreneurial career
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The relationship between entrepreneurial experience and preferred learning styles
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From making gadgets to making talents: exploring a university makerspace
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Developing engineering students' willingness and ability to perform creative tasks
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Entrepreneurial Universities: Establishing and Supporting Interdisciplinary Educational Projects
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Progresjon og kvalitet i høyere entreprenørskapsutdanning
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Exploring students' entrepreneurial identity matching through cross-cultural learning
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Exploring open innovation collaboration between SMEs and larger customers: The case of high-technology firms
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Exploring students` Creativity through a Natural Experiment
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The role of peripherality in students’ entrepreneurial learning
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Entrepreneurship in higher education: South Africa and Norway compared
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Entrepreneurial Causation vs. Effectuation in a Business Incubation Context: Implications for Recruiting Policy and Management
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Entrepreneurial firms in STI and DUI mode clusters: do they need differentiated cluster facilitation?
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Exploring students’ creativity through a natural experiment
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Unfolding the relationship between resilient firms and the region
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Exploring situated ambiguity in students’ entrepreneurial learning
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Important Factors In Innovation And Entrepreneurship Course For Non-Business Students
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Perception gaps in headquarter-subsidiary relationships: Comparing the role of subsidiary managers in China, Brazil and USA
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Business incubation and the network resources of start-ups
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Entrepreneurial experience and access to critical resources: a learning perspective
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Coping With perception gaps in headquarter-subsidiary relations: the role of subsidary managers in China, Brazil and USA
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The role of cross-Cultural exposure on transformative entrepreneurial learning
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Investigating the Role of Intermediaries in Open Innovation Projects with SMEs: An Empirical Study of Creative and Artisan Firms in Norway.
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Investigating innovation dynamics in the biotech and subsea industry. How can cluster facilitation aid young firms with radical innovations
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Assessing drivers of export orientation in the subsea oil and gas industry
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Exploring the relationship between global industry, psychic distance and market learning: A study of Norwegian high tech firms' market entry into Houston
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Innovation, internationalization, value chain position and export orientation in the petroleum subsea industry
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Exploring the relationship between global industry, psychic distance and market Learning: a study of Norwegian high-tech firms' market entry in Houston
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Educating engineers in innovation and entrepreneurship. A multi-disciplinary and practice based approach
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Investigating innovation dynamics in the biotech and subsea industry. How can cluster facilitation aid young firms with radical innovations?
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The role of market driven and market driving strategies in the development and commercialization of radical innovations: a study of Young high-tech firms in the oil industry
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Returning to the Spanish salted fish market: an institutional approach to a seafood value chain. [Review of: Larsen, Heidi Bjønnes. 2013. Returning to the Spanish Salted Fish Market: An Institutional Approach to a Seafood Value Chain. Dissertation for the degree of philosophiae doctor (PhD), University of Bergen, Norway 2013. University of Bergen, Bergen. 120 pp. + Articles. ISBN 978-82-308-2401-6.]
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Do CSR actions in retailing really matter for young consumers? A study in France and Norway
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Business incubation and startups’ network resources
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When a global industry meets a local industry culture: Norwegian firms’ market learning process in Houston, USA
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Business incubation and startups network resources
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Consumers' perceptions of the CSR concept and CSR actions in food retailing: A study among young French and Norwegian consumers
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Are born globals really born globals? The case of academic spin-offs with long development periods
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Continuity and change in path-dependent regional policy development: The regional implementation of the Norwegian VRI programme
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How do pre-founding periods affect high technology firms’ growth and internationalization? Cases from the Norwegian oil cluster
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Are born globals really born globals? The case of academic spin-offs with long development periods
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Are born globals really born globals? The case of academic spin-offs with long development periods
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How do pre-founding periods affect high technology firms’ growth and internationalization? Cases from the Norwegian oil cluster
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Conference paper: Are born globals really born globals? The case of academic spin-offs with long development periods
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Teori i møte med realitetane
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Prosjektene Internasjonalisering, Merkevare og Corporate Social Responsibility, Funn og forslag til tiltak for NCE Subsea
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Buyer Tolerance of Conflict in Cross-National Business Relationships: An Empirical Study
