Towards a regional-global organizational model for leading research driven business schools: findings from a longitudinal study in China, Europe and the USA from 2010 until 2016

The author introduces the regional-globalized organizational design model suited for business schools wishing to play leading roles in research in the global knowledge economy. Professors were interviewed and secondary sources were used in the collection process in the time period lasting from 2010 until 2016. Chaos theory is used to illustrate the relevance of the regional-global model analyzing six business schools in China, Europe and the USA. The research suggests that the sampled business schools have become more research-focused in the time period the research took place due to a more complex and turbulent business environment. This is particularly the case for the elite business schools Harvard Business School, IESE Business School and ChinaEurope Business School. The research suggests that tailor making of research efforts can help business schools in their struggle for success, using elements from the crafting society as a benchmark.publishedVersio

Can small banks lead the way out of the crisis in the OECD area?

The economic shock of 2008, and the Great Recession that followed, created uncertainty of the direction of the global economy. With slow economic growth in the OECD area, political unrest and lack of a clear direction from academics there is a need for new organizational models helping executives out of the financial crisis. The article illustrates how small banks can achieve a competitive advantage by focusing on economic growth through radical innovations by using tacit knowledge in a marketing context. Such an entrepreneurial orientation will, in turn, lead to tailoring of services which will, we argue, lead to growth in the banking industry in the OECD area. We claim that small banks are leading the way in the race for innovation and an entrepreneurial orientation.publishedVersio

Can economic growth be achieved in top management consulting using principles from the business federation? Findings from a Norwegian longitudinal study from 1984 until 1998

The purpose of this article is to illustrate how management consulting firms can achieve economic growth through operating locally within an international network using the business federation as a new organizational form. Within the business federation, a local office gains access to resources through an extreme form of delegation where top management does not delegate to local offices, but rather gives local offices the permission to deal with tasks, because it is most efficient. The auhor uses top management consulting firms operating in Norway as the empirical setting operationalizing the business federation through a building block system. The research shows support for the claim that firms move closer to the business federation as over time from 1982 until 1998. It is indicated that firms operating close to principles of the business federation achieve stronger economic growth. The research contradicts claims found in the academic literature that the partnership model supports economic growth. Keywords: top management consulting, the business federation as a new organizational form, economic growth, Norwegian longitudinal study. JEL Classification: L

Towards the Business Federation in Tourism Firms : TTRA (European Chapter) in Dublin, september 1999

Due to more turbulent market environments in the end of the 90’s, there seems to be a need for new ways of organising tourism firms. In the article I explain why new organisational models are of importance. Thereafter I introduce the business federation as a possible model to use as it seeks to be able to highlight business paradoxes in a good way. In order to operations the business federation I introduce certain building blocks. In the end of the paper I explain how it is possible to use the building blocks in tourism firms

Towards the Business Federation in Tourism Firms : TTRA (European Chapter) in Dublin, september 1999

Due to more turbulent market environments in the end of the 90’s, there seems to be a need for new ways of organising tourism firms. In the article I explain why new organisational models are of importance. Thereafter I introduce the business federation as a possible model to use as it seeks to be able to highlight business paradoxes in a good way. In order to operations the business federation I introduce certain building blocks. In the end of the paper I explain how it is possible to use the building blocks in tourism firms