BIOGRAPHY

Espen Andersen is Associate Professor with the Department of Strategy at BI Norwegian Business School (www.bi.no). Based in Oslo, Norway, he has done research on topics such as technology strategy, mobile business, electronic commerce, knowledge management, learning technologies, digital business strategy and CIO-CEO interaction. He is one of two Directors of the BI Center for Digitization and a former Director of the BI Center for Technology Strategy.

Andersen holds a degree of Doctor of Business Administration in management information systems from Harvard Business School. Until 2009, he was the European Research Director with The Concours Group, an international IT and management research and consulting company. He has consulted on technology and strategy issues for a wide range of large organisations in the United States and Europe, and is a frequent speaker on technology and strategic management topics.

Espen welcomes visits to his virtual office at www.espen.com, to his English blog (Applied Abstractions) and his Norwegian blog (Tversover).

Research areas
Technology, Strategy, Management, Digitization

Teaching areas
Strategic Management, Technology Strategy, IT Management, Business Development and Innovation

PUBLICATIONS

Scientific publications

Andersen, Espen & Sannes, Ragnvald (2018)
Er du klar for digitalisering?
Praktisk økonomi & finans, 34(3), s. 196- 213. - Full text in research archive

Andersen, Espen; Johnson, John Chandler, Kolbjørnsrud, Vegard & Sannes, Ragnvald (2018)
The data-driven organization: Intelligence at SCALE
Sasson, Amir (red.). At the Forefront, Looking Ahead: Research-Based Answers to Contemporary Uncertainties of Management

Andersen, Espen & Sannes, Ragnvald (2017)
Hva er digitalisering?
Magma - Tidsskrift for økonomi og ledelse, 20(6), s. 18- 24. - Full text in research archive

Sannes, Ragnvald & Andersen, Espen (2017)
Er norske bedrifter digitale sinker? :
Magma - Tidsskrift for økonomi og ledelse, 20(6), s. 43- 53. - Full text in research archive

Andersen, Espen (2014)
Technology singularity: Closing statement
ACM Ubiquity, 14(Dec) Doi: 10.1145/2668390

In the media

Andersen, Espen; Johnson, Chandler, Kolbjørnsrud, Vegard & Sannes, Ragnvald (2018)
Smart nok for smarte organisasjoner?
Dagens næringsliv [Kronikk]

Sasson, Amir & Andersen, Espen (2018)
Gi gründere fødselspermisjon
Dagens næringsliv [Avis]

Seres, Silvia & Andersen, Espen (2016)
Etterutdanning er den nye oljen
Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.) [Kronikk]

Andersen, Espen & Størmer, Carl (2016)
En selvkjørende fremtid
Dagens næringsliv [Kronikk]

Andersen, Espen & Sannes, Ragnvald (2016)
Norske toppledere på bunn i digitalisering
Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.) [Kronikk]

Other

Harrison, Debbie; Huemer, Lars, Andersen, Espen, Kolbjørnsrud, Vegard & Swärd, Anna (2018)
Deliberate network orchestration and deliberate non- network strategizing: Developing seamless travel experiences.
[Academic lecture]. IMP Marseilles.

Andersen, Espen (2016)
Does Someone Have to Die First?
[Article in business/trade/industry journal]. ACM Ubiquity

Huemer, Lars; Andersen, Espen & Harrison, Debbie (2016)
Innovations in mediating technologies and the reduction of sequential frictions:Building seamless travel networks
[Academic lecture]. Strategic Management Society conference.

Andersen, Espen (2015)
The Facebook Method of Dealing With Complexity
[Article in business/trade/industry journal]. ACM Ubiquity

Andersen, Espen (2014)
Case 2: Snøhetta - Verdiverksted i verdensklasse
Fjeldstad, Øystein D. & Lunnan, Randi (red.). Strategi

ACADEMIC DEGREES

1995 Harvard University D.B.A.
1986 BI Norwegian Business School Master of Science in Business

WORK EXPERIENCE

2017 - Present University of Oslo, Institute of Computer Science Adjunct Associate Professor
1996 - Present BI Norwegian Business School Associate Professor