Vegard Kolbjørnsrud
Associate Professor
Department of Strategy and Entrepreneurship
Associate Professor
Department of Strategy and Entrepreneurship
Vegard is an Associate Professor in Strategy at BI Norwegian Business School. He is researching and teaching on strategy, new organizational forms, innovation, and the impact of AI on management. Vegard is responsible for the National Top Management Program in Healthcare together with Bjørn Erik Mørk and Academic Coordinator for the Executive MBA Digital track.
Vegard has recently published in journals like Research Policy, Global Strategy Journal, and California Management Review. His article "Designing the intelligent organization: Six principles for human-AI collaboration" received the Best Article Award 2025 in California Management Review. Vegard's research has been covered in national and international news media such as Forbes, Socialter, Aftenposten, Dagens Næringsliv, NRK P1, and Kapital. He is a frequently used speaker at business and academic conferences and seminars in Norway and abroad.
Vegard has 23 years of strategy consulting and research experience from Accenture where he has done more than 30 strategy, business development, and improvement projects for clients across digital media, telecom, and IT/high tech industries, as well as in public administration. He wasSenior Research Fellow with Accenture Research 2015-23 (part time from 2016).
Vegard holds a PhD in strategic management from BI Norwegian Business School (2014). His PhD project is on governance and organization of collaborative communities within the domains of enterprise IT analytics, sustainable products and services, drug discovery, and digital marketing and communication. Vegard also holds a “Siviløkonom” (1998) and Master of Science in Strategy (1999) degrees from the BI Norwegian Business School.
Shows 5 of 13 publication(s)
Article Nickolai A. S. Skants, Joakim Gjølstad, Vegard Kolbjørnsrud (2026)
Article Vegard Kolbjørnsrud, Rademaker Linda (2025)
Article Kathrin Reinsberger, Vegard Kolbjørnsrud, Barbara Mehner (2025)
Article Vegard Kolbjørnsrud (2023)
Chapter Vegard Kolbjørnsrud (2023)
Shows 5 of 60 publication(s)
Participation in media Vegard Kolbjørnsrud, Tor Bang (2023)
Interview Vegard Kolbjørnsrud (2023)
Interview Vegard Kolbjørnsrud (2023)
Participation in media Vegard Kolbjørnsrud, Ieva Martinkenaite, Johanne Kjuus (2023)
Participation in media Vegard Kolbjørnsrud, Kristin Skogen Lund, Thomas Borgen (2022)
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Conference lecture Vegard Kolbjørnsrud, Selen Karaca-Griffin, H. James Wilson (2025)
Conference lecture Vegard Kolbjørnsrud, Kathrin Reinsberger (2025)
Conference lecture Vegard Kolbjørnsrud, Kathrin Reinsberger (2025)
Conference lecture Xiaoshi Kinnunen, Carl F. Fey, Vegard Kolbjørnsrud (2024)
Conference lecture Vegard Kolbjørnsrud, Tale Skjølsvik, Anna Swärd (2024)
| Year | Academic Department | Degree |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | BI Norwegian Business School | PhD |
| 1999 | BI Norwegian Business School | Master of Science |
| 1998 | BI Norwegian Business School | M.A. in Business Economics |
| Year | Employer | Job Title |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 - Present | BI Norwegian Business School | Associate professor |
| 2020 - Present | Norwegian Church Aid | Board member, deputy chair person |
| 2016 - 2023 | Accenture | Senior Research Fellow |
| 2016 - 2020 | BI Norwegian Business School | Assistant professor |
| 2015 - 2016 | Accenture Institute for High Performance | Senior Research Fellow |
| 2000 - 2016 | Accenture | Senior Manager |
| 2010 - 2014 | BI Norwegian Business School | PhD Candidate |
| 2004 - 2009 | TV Inter AS | Chairman of the Board |
| 1999 - 2000 | The Norwegian Royal Guard | Corporal |
| 1997 - 1999 | BI Norwegian Business School | Researcher and Program Coordinator |