Espen Andersen
Teaching Professor
Department of Strategy and Entrepreneurship
Teaching Professor
Department of Strategy and Entrepreneurship
Article Jeffrey Johnson, Christian Wolmar, Espen Andersen, Miguel Waldez, Kemal Delic, Andrew Odlyzko (2025)
The case study of driverless vehicles shows that AI has limitations. Understanding this can lead to successful systems, while not understanding it has led to expensive failures. Despite billions of dollars invested over many decades, no vehicle entirely controlled by AI can operate on public roads. Success comes from an appropriate combination of AI doing what it does best and humans doing what they do best. The examples of a grocery delivery system and driverless taxis show that viable systems can be produced when vehicles drive partly using AI but request remote human assistance when the AI cannot cope. Such successes can give the public the impression that the AI can solve much harder problems than it can—to operate in the highly complex real world AI systems need humans in the loop. There are various aids for drivers such as AI controlling cars on freeways, but these all require the driver to take back control when instructed. Other lessons for engineering AI system include: the level of autonomy for intelligent machines and systems should be well defined; a systems approach that codesigns AI systems with their operating environment can lead to successful systems capable of incremental improvement; new and unanticipated problems can emerge on applying AI; the highest standards of conventional software engineering are required for robust and safe AI applications; driverless vehicles challenge the idea that regulation stifles innovation, and provide examples of companies putting profit before safety—regulation is essential for safe applications of AI.
Article Espen Andersen (2025)
Sometimes, the most social person in the room might be the teen with the screen
Chapter Espen Andersen, John Chandler Johnson, Vegard Kolbjørnsrud, Ragnvald Sannes (2018)
Evolving at an unprecedented pace, digital technologies promise to automate not only labor-intensive and repetitive work, but also the traditional and exclusive domain of educated humans—knowledge work. This is evident in the new ways of reaching customers and coordinating activities, as well as in the fact that companies conducting a business built on the new technologies now constitute the world’s largest enterprises. The presence and evolution of these companies challenge established divisions of labor between man and machine, and almost casually redraws the boundaries between industries. Machine learning and analytics challenge the managers leading and the managerial scientists studying organizations. Everybody says they want to be data driven—but what does a company really need to do to achieve that? This article will explore the managerial, organizational, and strategic implications of allowing an ever increasing number of organizational decisions to be taken not by managers employing intuition and common sense, but by algorithms and learning systems based on massive amounts of data derived from electronically based customer interactions. We argue that these companies can be thought of as “intelligent enterprises” with enhanced abilities to sense, comprehend, act, learn and explain (SCALE) their environment and their interactions with it. To acquire these capabilities, managers need to cede authority over some decisions while acquiring new capabilities and roles for themselves.
Article Espen Andersen, Ragnvald Sannes (2018)
I denne artikkelen utvikler og presenterer vi et rammeverk, en digitaliseringskanvas, for å artikulere, beskrive og analysere hvordan en virksomhet kan bli påvirket av teknologisk utvikling og digitalisering. Formålet er å gi ledere et verktøy for systematisk utforsking av muligheter og kunne se potensielle trusler som følger av digitalisering før de oppstår. Bedre forståelse for dette vil kunne føre til mer informerte beslutninger om hvilke valg egen virksomhet skal foreta seg, og bedre innsikt i om de valgene er levedyktige. Vi presenterer tre eksempler på anvendelse av rammeverket, to på bransjenivå (forsikring samt regnskap og revisjon) og en på forretningsenhet (Jotun Hull Performance System). Eksemplene demonstrerer at man gjennom et slikt verktøy kan være forberedt også på disruptive innovasjoner.
Editorial Ragnvald Sannes, Espen Andersen (2017)
Article Ragnvald Sannes, Espen Andersen (2017)
I denne artikkelen spør vi om norske bedrifter er digitale sinker. Dette belyses gjennom en internasjonal spørreundersøkelse til IT-direktører i store selskaper i Asia, Nord-Amerika, Europa, Sverige og Norge. Dataene viser at det er store forskjeller mellom bedrifter i hver region, men også at skandinaviske bedrifter i gjennomsnitt er på etterskudd. I artikkelen bruker vi forskjellene i gjennomsnittstall som basis for en generell diskusjon om forskjellen på digitale mestre og sinker. Norske bedrifter er i varierende grad truffet av dette, men alle bedrifter som ikke er digitale mestre, vil ha nytte av drøftingen i artikkelen.
Article Espen Andersen, Ragnvald Sannes (2017)
Digitalisering er blitt et moteord, men hva er det, hvorfor er det viktig nå, og hva kommer det til å gjøre med forretningsstrategi, organisasjonsprosesser og samfunnsforhold? I denne artikkelen diskuterer vi sammenhengen mellom teknologiutvikling, forretningsbetingelser og hvordan organisasjoner og samfunn vil og bør respondere i form av nye, digitale strategier.
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Article Espen Andersen, Øystein Fjeldstad (2003)
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Feature article Lars Espen Andersen (2021)
Feature article Lars Espen Andersen (2020)
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Feature article Lars Espen Andersen (2019)
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Feature article Lars Espen Andersen (2019)
Feature article Lars Espen Andersen (2019)
Feature article Lars Espen Andersen (2019)
Feature article Lars Espen Andersen (2019)
Feature article Lars Espen Andersen (2019)
Feature article Lars Espen Andersen (2019)
Feature article Lars Espen Andersen (2019)
Feature article Lars Espen Andersen (2019)
Feature article Espen Andersen, Chandler Johnson, Vegard Kolbjørnsrud, Ragnvald Sannes (2018)
Feature article Espen Andersen, Ragnvald Sannes (2016)
Feature article Silvia Seres, Espen Andersen (2016)
Feature article Espen Andersen, Silvia Seres (2016)
Feature article Espen Andersen, Carl Størmer (2016)
Feature article Espen Andersen (2016)
Feature article Espen Andersen (2015)
Interview Espen Andersen (2014)
Interview Espen Andersen (2014)
Interview Espen Andersen, Mathias Klingenberg (2014)
Interview Espen Andersen, Jonas Blich Bakken (2014)
Interview Espen Andersen, Michael Oreld (2014)
Interview Espen Andersen (2014)
Interview Espen Andersen, Knut-Erik MIkalsen (2014)
Interview Espen Andersen (2014)
Interview Espen Andersen, Anne Grosvold (2014)
Interview Espen Andersen (2014)
Feature article Espen Andersen (2014)
Interview Espen Andersen, Erlend Tangeraas Lygre (2014)
Feature article Espen Andersen (2014)
Interview Espen Andersen, Kaspersen Line (2014)
Interview Espen Andersen, Line Kaspersen (2014)
Interview Espen Andersen, Dag Yngve Dahle (2014)
Interview Espen Andersen, Sophie Lorch-Falk (2014)
Interview Espen Andersen, Mathias Klingenberg (2014)
Interview Espen Andersen, Sophie Lorch-Falk (2014)
Interview Espen Andersen, Marie Kingsrød Moen (2014)
Interview Espen Andersen (2014)
Interview Espen Andersen (2014)
Interview Espen Andersen, Camilla Flaatten (2014)
Interview Espen Andersen, Jostein Nissen-Meyer (2014)
Interview Espen Andersen, Thomas Solberg (2014)
Interview Espen Andersen, Marit Tronier Halvorsen (2014)
Interview Espen Andersen, Line Kaspersen (2014)
Feature article Espen Andersen (2014)
Interview Espen Andersen, Eliese Lausten (2014)
Interview Espen Andersen, Knut-Erik MIkalsen (2014)
Interview Espen Andersen, Eliese Laustsen (2014)
Interview Espen Andersen, Marius Lorentzen, Anders Park Framstad (2014)
Interview Espen Andersen, Leif Hamnes (2014)
Interview Espen Andersen, Anita Digernes (2014)
Interview Espen Andersen (2014)
Interview Thomas Solberg, Espen Andersen (2014)
Interview Espen Andersen, Thomas Solberg (2014)
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Interview Espen Andersen, Knut Petter Rønne (2014)
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Interview Espen Andersen, Jeanette Sjøberg (2014)
Interview Espen Andersen, Marianne Henriksen (2014)
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Interview Espen Andersen, Øystein Aldridge (2014)
Interview Espen Andersen, Mathias Klingenberg, Ida Hanstad (2014)
Interview Espen Andersen (2014)
Interview Espen Andersen, Jon Even Andersen (2014)
Interview Espen Andersen (2013)
Interview Espen Andersen, Andreas W. H. Lindvåg (2013)
Interview Espen Andersen (2013)
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Interview Espen Andersen, Knut-Erik MIkalsen (2013)
Interview Espen Andersen (2013)
Interview Espen Andersen (2013)
Interview Espen Andersen, Øystein Aldridge (2013)
Interview Espen Andersen, Knut-Erik MIkalsen (2013)
Interview Espen Andersen, Erlend Olsbu (2013)
Interview Espen Andersen (2013)
Interview Espen Andersen (2013)
Interview Espen Andersen, Line Kaspersen (2013)
Interview Espen Andersen, Leif Martin Kirknes (2013)
Interview Espen Andersen, Ida Hanstad, Sophie Lorch-Falk (2013)
Interview Espen Andersen, John Thomas Aarø, Sophie Lorch-Falk (2013)
Interview Espen Andersen, Cecilie Langum Becker (2013)
Feature article Espen Andersen (2013)
Feature article Espen Andersen (2012)
Feature article Espen Andersen, Liv Freihow (2012)
Feature article Espen Andersen (2012)
Interview Bård Andersson, Espen Andersen (2012)
Feature article Espen Andersen (2012)
Feature article Espen Andersen (2012)
Feature article Espen Andersen (2012)
Interview Espen Andersen, Odd Richard Valmot (2011)
Interview Espen Andersen (2011)
Interview Espen Andersen (2011)
Interview Espen Andersen, Nard Schreurs (2011)
Feature article Espen Andersen (2010)
Feature article Espen Andersen (2010)
Interview Espen Andersen, Jonas Blich Bakken (2009)
Feature article Espen Andersen (2009)
Feature article Espen Andersen, Ulf Larsen (2008)
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Feature article Espen Andersen, Kåre Tannvik (2006)
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Article Ellen Lindelien, Vilde Lovise Wittingsrud-Johansen, Lars Wulff, Lars Espen Andersen (2019)
Article Karina Birkeland Lome, Lars Espen Andersen (2019)
Article Lars Espen Andersen, Ragnvald Sannes (2019)
Article Espen Andersen (2019)
Book chapter Espen Andersen (2019)
Book chapter Espen Andersen (2019)
Article Tanja Sveen, Lars Espen Andersen (2019)
Conference lecture Debbie Harrison, Lars Huemer, Espen Andersen, Vegard Kolbjørnsrud, Anna Swärd (2018)
Article Espen Andersen (2016)
Conference lecture Lars Huemer, Espen Andersen, Debbie Harrison (2016)
Article Espen Andersen (2015)
Book chapter Espen Andersen (2014)
Book Espen Andersen, Bill Schiano (2014)
Article Espen Andersen (2012)
Lecture Espen Andersen (2012)
Videoforelesning, offentlig tilgjengelig. Varighet ca. en time.
Commentary Espen Andersen (2011)
Report Espen Andersen (2011)
Abstract This report describes and analyzes the Norwegian IT industry, focusing on two categories of companies: Those that provide information technology as a product largely developed by themselves, and those that provide information technology services – mostly by taking foreign technology and making it available to Norwegian companies and organizations. The biggest opportunity for value creation with IT in Norway lies in increasing the productivity in public administration and service provisioning. Procedures and structures are still modeled on paper as a medium and geographical distance as a hindrance. While strides have been made in improving the interface between the public and the government, much remains to be done in the back office. Norway’s challenge is to convert the enthusiasm with which the population adopts new technologies into an equally strong enthusiasm for government and business to adopt their processes and services to the new technology.
Report Espen Andersen (2011)
Article Espen Andersen (2010)
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Book chapter Espen Andersen (2010)
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Commentary Espen Andersen (2009)
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Article Espen Andersen, Kirsti Kierulf (2008)
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Conference lecture Espen Andersen (2008)
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Article Øystein Fjeldstad, Espen Andersen (2003)
Report Espen Andersen (2001)
Report Espen Andersen, Tony DiRomualdo, Vijay Gurbaxani (2000)
Article Espen Andersen (1999)
| Year | Academic Department | Degree |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Harvard University | D.B.A. |
| 1986 | BI Norwegian Business School | Master of Science in Business |
| Year | Employer | Job Title |
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| 2015 - Present | University of Oslo, Institute of Computer Science | Adjunct Associate Professor |
| 1996 - Present | BI Norwegian Business School | Associate Professor |
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