Publications

This is an overview of publications within the ongoing research projects from 2003 and till today. Some of the articles and reports can be downloaded. For older publications, please see under Research areas in the menu in the left margin.

Books

Huse, M. (Forthcoming). Corporate Governance and Organizational Behavior. Oxford: Routledge.

Huse, M. (2007). Boards, governance and value creation: The human side of Corporate Governance. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. To explore the content of the book or to issue an order, follow this link to the Cambridge University Press order pages.

Standal, E. G., & Søland, A. I. 2005. Styrende styrer - Økonomi for styremedlemmer. Oslo: Universitetsforlaget.

Corbetta, G., Huse, M., & Ravasi, D. 2004. Crossroads of Entrepreneurship. Dordrecht: Kluwer.

Huse, M. (2003). Styret – tante, barbar eller klan? Bergen: Fagbokforlaget (The board – aunt, barbarian or clan?).

Huse, Morten, Hans Landstrøm and Guido Corbetta, eds. (2003). Governance in SMEs, Norwegian School of Management BI, Oslo.

Inger Marie Hagen and Morten Huse. (Forthcoming). “Do employee representatives make a difference on corporate boards? Examples from Norway” in Dieter Sadowski (ed.), “Perspectives on corporate governance”

Morten Huse, Jonas Gabrielsson and Alessandro Minichilli. (Forthcoming). "Knowledge and accountability: Outside directors’ contribution in the corporate value chain” in P-Y. Gomez and R. Moore (eds) “Board members and management consulting: Redefining boundaries”, Management Consulting Book Series, Information Age Publishing 

Morten Huse. (Forthcoming). “Boards of directors, codetermination and gender representation: Societal and business case illustrations from Norway” in Corinne Gendron and Jean Pasquero (eds) “Advancing theory in CSR: an intercontinental dialogue”

Standal, E. G. (Forthcoming, 2007). Det gode styret - finnes det? Chapter in K. Kierulf, K. Rodin, L. Andreassen and E. G. Standal (Eds.), Mangfold i styrerommet: Styrearbeid og kvinner. Bergen: Fagbokforlaget.

Politis, D. & Gabrielsson, J. (2005) Informal investors and the entrepreneurial process: an empirical study of opportunity, motivation and ability, in Politis, D. Entrepreneurship, career experience and learning – developing our understanding of entrepreneurship as an experiential learning process, SIRE: Halmstad/Lund University.

Huse, M. & Gabrielsson, J. (2004) The effects of entrepreneurial posture on international activities in light of emerging globalization, chapter in Corbetta, G. Huse, M. & Ravasi D. (eds.), Crossroads of entrepreneurship, Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers.

Gabrielsson, J. (2003) Styrelsearbete i riskkapitalfinansierade företag, chapter in Landström, H. (ed.) Småföretaget och kapitalet – en antologi om svensk forskning kring små företags finansiering, SNS förlag, Stockholm.

Refereed articles

Gabrielsson, J. (forthcoming) Correlates of board empowerment in small companies, paper accepted for publication in Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice.

2006

Standal, A. G., & Standal, K. 2006. Styrearbeid i små og mellomstore bedrifter (SMB): Hvilken kompetanse trengs i styrerommet? Praktisk Økonomi & Finans, 3: 3-10. Download pdf. 

Huse, M., & A. G. Solberg 2006. Gender-related boardroom dynamics: How Scandinavian women make and can make contributions on corporate boards. Women in Management Review, 21(2): 113-130. Download pdf.

2005

Morten Huse, Alessandro Minichilli & Margrethe Schøning (2005). “The value of process-oriented boardroom dynamics”, Organizational Dynamics Vol 34: 285-297. Download pdf.

Huse, M. (2005). Accountability and creating accountability: a framework for exploring behavioural perspectives of corporate governance. British Journal of Management, 16: 65-79. Download pdf.

Huse, M. 2005. Corporate governance: Understanding important contingencies. Corporate Ownership & Control, 2(4): 41-50. Download pdf.

Gabrielsson, J. & M. Huse (2005). “Outside” directors in SME boards: a call for theoretical reflections, Corporate board: roles, duties & composition, 1(1):28-37.

2004

Andersson, S.,  J. Gabrielsson & I. Wictor (2004). International activities in small firms – examining factors influencing the internationalisation and export growth of SMEs, Canadian Journal of Administrative Science, 21(1):22-34.

Gabrielsson, J. & M. Huse (2004). Context, behavior, and evolution – challenges in research on boards and governance, International Studies of Management and Organization, 34(2):11-36.

Huse, M. & J. Gabrielsson (2004). Preface: Perspectives from Europe on boards and governance: contingency, behavioral, and evolutionary, International Studies of Management and Organization, 34(2):3-10.

2003

Huse, M. (2003). Renewing management and governance: new paradigms of governance? Journal of Management and Governance, 7: 211-221. Papers in review in peer reviewed journals

Alessandro Minichilli and Cathrine Hansen “The board advisory task in small companies in crises” conditionally accepted in Journal of Management and Governance

Alessandro Minichilli, Jonas Gabrielsson and Morten Huse “Board Evaluations: Making a fit between the purpose and the system” 2nd review in Corporate Governance: An International Review

Luca Gnan, Morten Huse and Daniela Montemerlo “Family councils and governance systems in family businesses: Towards a theory of paternalism” revise and resubmit Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice

Morten Huse, Inger Marie Hagen and Sabina Tacheva “Women and employee directors on corporate boards: Societal and business case illustrations from Norway” submitted to Journal of Business Ethics

Jonas Gabrielsson, Morten Huse and Alessandro Minichilli “Understanding the leadership role of the board chairperson through a team production approach” submitted to International Journal of Leadership Studies

Morten Huse and Alessandro Zattoni “Trust, life cycle and actual board behaviour: Evidence from ‘one of the lads’ in the boards of three small firms” submitted to International Studies of Management and Organization

Sabina Tacheva and Morten Huse “How do women directors influence board effectiveness? An empirical investigation of the mediating effects of board processes” submitted to Journal of Management

Lorraine Uhlaner, Mike Wright and Morten Huse “Private firms and corporate governance: An integrated economic and management perspective”. Small Business Economics Journal (Forthcoming 2006).

Luca Gnan, Morten Huse and Alessandro Zattoni “The impact on board processes on board task performance: Empirical analyses of samples of small firms” to be submitted to Organization Science

Alessandro Minichilli and Morten Huse “The board task performance at different firm stages: A life-cycle perspective” to be submitted to Entrepreneurship and Regional Development

Morten Huse, Mattias Nordqvist and Alessandro Minichilli “A board leadership approach to understanding what makes boards in small firms active” to be submitted to Corporate Governance: An international review

Working papers

Gabrielsson, J. (2003) “Big business concepts” in the small business context: corporate governance, boards of directors, and value creation in SMEs, chapter in Huse, M. Landström, H. & Corbetta, G. (eds.) Governance in SMEs, Norwegian School of Management BI, Oslo.  

Huse, M., Gabrielsson, J. & Minichilli, A. (2005) Knowledge and accountability: Outside directors' contribution in the corporate value chain, CIRCLE Working Paper Series, 2005/09, Lund University.

Conference presentations

2006

Fabio Zona, Morten Huse, Alessandro Minichilli and Alessandro Zattoni “The impact of board of directors and CEO’s characteristics on firm’s innovation” presented at the Academy of Management meeting, Atlanta 2006

Morten Huse, Mattias Nordqvist and Alessandro Minichilli “What makes boards in small firms active?” presented at the Academy of Management meeting, Atlanta 2006 (Norwegian sample)

Amedeo Pugliese “Determinants of board strategic involvement in small firms: An empirical analysis of Norwegian companies” presented at the Academy of Management meeting, Atlanta 2006

Pingying Zhang Wenstop “Board power: consequences and intentions” presented at EURAM 2006 and the Academy of Management meeting, Atlanta 2006

Morten Huse, Luca Gnan and Alessandro Zattoni “Board task performance in small companies: The role of directors’ incentives and board behavior” presented at the Academy of Management meeting, Atlanta 2006

Luca Gnan, Morten Huse and Alessandro Zattoni (2006) “Board working style and board task performance in small firms” Academy of Management Meeting, Atlanta, August 2006

Morten Huse and Mattias Nordqvist (2006) “Boards in small firms: What make them active?” Academy of Management Meeting, Atlanta, August 2006

Fabio Zona, Morten Huse, Alessandro Minichilli and Alessandro Zattoni (2006) “The impact of boards of directors and CEO’s characteristics on firm’s innovation” Academy of Management Meeting, Atlanta, August 2006

Gabrielsson, J. & Politis, D. (2006) Board control and corporate innovation: an empirical study of small technology-based firms, paper presented at the 5th EURAM Annual Conference, Oslo. Nominated for Best Paper.

Hagen, I. M., & Huse, M. 2006. Do employee representatives make a difference on corporate boards? Examples from Norwegian Employee directors. Paper presented at the EURAM conference, Oslo, May 2006.

Sabina Tacheva and Morten Huse (2006) “Women directors and board task performance: Mediating and moderating effects of board working style”, EURAM, Oslo, May 2006

Morten Huse “Governance and strategic decision-making in family firms: Relational norms between the CEO and the chairperson” paper presented at the 2nd EIASM workshop on family business management, Nice, June 1-2, 2006

2005

Luca Gnan, Morten Huse and Daniela Montemerlo (2005) “Family councils and the governance of family businesses: Agency theory or a paternalistic logic”, Academy of Management Meeting, Hawaii, August 2005

Minichilli, Alessandro, Morten Huse and Cathrine Hansen. 2005. Board behavior in small firms: The advisory role in organizational crisis. Paper presented at the Academy of Management meeting, August 2005, Hawaii.

Hansen, Cathrine. 2005. Independence in board members behavior and the monitoring of companies: Challenging agency theory assumptions on formal independence. Paper presented at the annual European Academy of Management (EURAM) Meeting, May 2005, München.

Morten Huse, Alessandro Minichilli, Margrethe Schøning and Jon Erland Lervik (2005) “Board effectiveness and process-oriented boardroom dynamics”, EURAM, Munich, May 2005

Politis, D. & Gabrielsson, J. (2005) Informal investors and the entrepreneurial process: An empirical study of opportunity, motivation and ability, paper presented at 4th EURAM Annual Conference, München, maj 2005.

2004

Hansen, Cathrine. 2004. Promoting Innovation in New Ventures Through Effective Governance. Paper presented at the Academy of Management meeting, August 2004, New Orleans.

Hansen, Cathrine, Morten Huse and Shaker Zahra. 2004. What does it mean to be independent? An analysis of board behavior. Paper presented at the annual European Academy of Management (Euram) Meeting, May 2004, St. Andrews.

Morten Huse and Margrethe Schøning (2004) “Director types, group dynamics and decision processes in boards of directors: Observations from flies on the wall”, presented at the Academy of Management Meeting, New Orleans, August 2004

Jonas Gabrielsson and Morten Huse (2004) “Past trends and future challenges in research on boards and governance: A review of major management journals between 1990-2002” presented at the EURAM meeting in Scotland, May 2004

Edle Gjøen, Lise Haalien and Morten Huse  (2004) “Board decision making in family businesses” presented at the EURAM meeting in Scotland, May 2004

Morten Huse and Anne-Grethe Solberg (2004)  “How women can make contributions on corporate boards” presented at the EURAM meeting in Scotland, May 2004

Minichilli, Alessandro and Cathrine Hansen. 2004. The board roles involvement at different life cycle stages. A contingency perspective. Paper presented at the annual European Academy of Management (Euram) Meeting, May 2004, St. Andrews.

Morten Huse and Margrethe Schøning (2004) “Group dynamics and decision processes in boards of directors” presented at the EGOS conference, Ljubljana, July 2004

Hansen, Cathrine and Morten Huse. 2004. What is real independence? A contingency analysis of actual board behavior. Paper presented at the Fifteenth Annual Meeting of the International Association for Business and Society (IABS), March 2004, Jackson Hole.

Gabrielsson, J. & Huse, M. (2004) Exploring the impact of ownership and board governance on entrepreneurship in small technology-based firms, paper presented at RENT XVII – research in entrepreneurship and small business, Köpenhamn, Danmark. 

Gabrielsson, J. & Huse, M. (2004) Corporate “outside” directors in SME boards: a call for theoretical reflections, paper presented at the Expert Meeting on Good Governance for SMEs organized by The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, 1-2 April 2004, Palais des Nations, Geneva. 

2003

Gabrielsson, J. & Politis, D. (2003) Boards and governance in small businesses: an integrated view on value creating board tasks, paper presented at the Academy of Management Meeting, Seattle. 

Gabrielsson, J. (2003) Determinants of board composition and structure, paper presented at the Academy of Management Meeting, Seattle.

Gabrielsson, J. (2003) The relationship between corporate entrepreneurship and the board of directors in SMEs, paper presented at the 3rd EURAM Annual Conference, Milan.

Politis, D. & Gabrielsson, J. (2003) Governance in new and small firms funded by informal venture capital, paper presented at the Corporate Governance Workshop, 3rd EURAM Annual Conference, Milan.

Jon Erik Svendsen, Elbjørg Gui Standal og Morten Huse (2003) “Entrepreneurial dramas:  Roles of the board chairman”, paper presented at the EURAM meeting at Bocconi, April 2003

Morten Huse (2003) “A critical review of stream in board and governance research”, paper presented at EGOS meeting Copenhagen, July 2003

Practitioner articles

Huse, Morten (2004). Styrearbeid i Norge – innsikt fra corporate governance-virkeligheten. Magma, 7 (1), 19-34.

Huse, Morten (2004). Corporate governance-debatten: Utviklingen nasjonalt og internasjonalt 1990-2004. in ’Corporate Governance i et norsk perspektiv’. Oslo: PriceWaterhouseCoopers/Abstrakt forlag.

Research reports

Descriptive results, preliminary analyses as well as commissioned publications are published in various research reports.

Haalien, L. & M. Huse (2005). Board of directors in Norwegian family businesses: Results from the Value Creating Board surveys. Research report no. 7 - 2005. Norwegian School of Management BI. Download.

Lervik, Jon Erland, Morten Huse, Cathrine Hansen and Jon Erik Svendsen (2005). Beskrivelse av norske styrer - foreløpige resultater fra forskningsprogrammet 'Det verdiskapende styret'. Research report no. 2 – 2005. Norwegian School of Management BI. Download pdf.

Huse, Morten and Margrethe Schøning (2005) Corporate Governance og prosessorientert styrearbeid – evaluering av konsernstyret i Tine BA. Research report no. 1 – 2005. Norwegian School of Management BI. Download pdf.

Huse, Morten, Cathrine Hansen, Edle I. Gjøen and Pingying Wenstøp (2004) Innovasjonsundersøkelsen - svar fra daglige ledere i innovasjonsundersøkelsen. Project research report no. 1 – 2004. Download pdf.

Dissertations

Gabrielsson, J. (2003). Boards and governance in SMEs: An inquiry to boards’ contribution to firm performance, SIRE: Halmstad/Lund University.

Master of Science theses

Researchers in the program supervise students at different levels. Three MSc. theses have analysed data from the program's database on boards and governance in Norwegian firms.

Sellevoll, Thomas and Hansen, Bård Aleksander. 2007. Corporate Governance and Micro-strategizing: The Dynamics of Strategy as Practice and Strategy Involvement within Boards of Directors. Master of Science thesis, Norwegian School of Management BI.

Bentsen, Cathrine and Moe, Line-Beathe. 2005. "All on board": A comparative study of boards of directors in the Netherlands and Norway. Master of Science thesis, Norwegian School of Management BI.

Blix, Hans Petter and Lars Erik Jensen. 2004. Group dynamics within the board of directors and the board's strategy involvement. Master of Science thesis, Norwegian School of Management BI. Download pdf.

Haalien, Lise and Edle Gjøen. 2004. Board decision-making in family business. Master of Science thesis, Norwegian School of Management BI. Download pdf.

Chronicles

Forsømte oppgaver i norske styrer? Personal, helse, miljø og sikkerhet, Innlegg av Morten Huse i InnkjøpsNytt, nr. 06, desember 2006.

Hva kjenntegner norske styrer?, Innlegg av Morten Huse i InnkjøpsNytt, nr. 05, november 2006.

Hjelp til gjennomføring av styreevaluering, Innlegg av Morten Huse i Ukeavisen Ledelse, 13. oktober 2006.

Forskning på styrer og "det verdiskapende styret", Innlegg av Morten Huse i InnkjøpsNytt, nr. 04, september/oktober 2006.

Setifisering av styremedlemmer, Kronikk av Elbjørg Gui Standal i Sunnmørsposten, 3. august 2006.

Styreevalueringer, Innlegg av Morten Huse i InnkjøpsNytt, nr. 02, mai 2006.

Styrekompetanse, kvinner og styrets arbeidsformer, Innlegg av Morten Huse i InnkjøpsNytt, nr. 01, mars 2006.

Debatt og forskning om kvinner i styrer: Kvalifikasjoner, styrekompetanse og kvinner, Innlegg av Morten Huse, publisert i Ukeavisen Ledelse, 3. februar 2006.

Ordfører, sjef eller leder, Innlegg av Morten Huse i InnkjøpsNytt, nr. 04, november 2005.

Styret som team, Innlegg av Morten Huse, publisert i Ukeavisen Ledelse, 14. oktober 2005.

Uvitenhet i kvoteringsdebatten, Innlegg av stipendiat Cathrine Hansen i Dagbladet, 7. oktober 2005.

Mangfold og styrer: forankring av debatten, Innlegg av stipendiat Cathrine Hansen i Ukeavisen Ledelse, 23. september, 2005. 

Styrer og strategiarbeid, Innlegg av Morten Huse i InnkjøpsNytt, nr. 03, september 2005.

"Flue på veggen" i TINE-styret, Innlegg av Morten Huse i InnkjøpsNytt, nr. 02, mai 2005.

Skolerett om styrearbeid og ledelseseliter, Innlegg av Morten Huse, publisert i Ukeavisen Ledelse, 22. april 2005.

Gabrielsen, kvotering og "tanter" i styrer, Innlegg av Morten Huse i InnkjøpsNytt, nr. 01, februar/mars 2005. 

Skjevt om kvinner, Kronikk av stipendiat Cathrine Hansen i Dagens Næringsliv, 23. september 2004.

Fra synsing til fakta, Innlegg av Morten Huse i Dagens Næringsliv, 30. september 2003.