Knut Sogner
Professor
Institutt for rettsvitenskap og styring
Ansattprofil
- Romnummer A5I-056
- Telefon +4746410642
- E-post knut.sogner@bi.no
Biografi
I am professor of economic history at BI Norwegian Business School. I have written extensively on Norwegian businesses including companies like Tandberg, Nycomed, Simrad, the Kongsberg Group, Elkem and Orkla, as well as wealthy entrepreneurial families like Andresen, Kiær and Solberg. I have taken a particular interest in innovation and entrepreneurship when it comes to the economy, but have increasingly moved my attention to the people behind them: business leaders, engineers, as well as families. I hope to continue to study people in Norway and to take a grasp on people over time to include more ordinary people as well as the business elite. In May 2024 I published on Fagbokforlaget in Norwegian, as editor, my late father’s book «De «tvende Correlata» on Danish-Norwegian natural law in late 18th century Danish central administration, and here egalitarianism is a central element. I am also interested in comparative corporate governance, which the English language book I edited with Andrea Colli on Routledge is an example of. In a career that has gone on for a while, and that at the outset was pretty international in oulook, I am reemerging from the depth of Norwegian-language comissioned works and demanding administrative tasks to participate in international economic and business historical debates. With an eye for my Norwegian situatedness, of course. I was very happy to publish a revised English language doctoral thesis, Norway’s Pharmaceutical Revolution, with Oxford University Press in 2022, and my recent (December 2024) article on the Norwegian aluminium industry before, during and just after World War II in Business History Review extends, renews and sharpens previous work.
Ekspertområder
Publikasjoner
Viser
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av 37 publikasjon(er)
Artikkel Knut Sogner, Victoria Ciobanu Austveg (2025)
Freedom of contract and company freedom. Corporate governance in Norway, 1890–1930
Artikkel Knut Sogner (2024)
A Disrupting Strategic Metal: The Norwegian Aluminium Industry Meets World War II
Antologi Knut Sogner (2022)
Norway’s Pharmaceutical Revolution. Pursuing and Accomplishing Innovation in Nyegaard & Co. 1945-1997
Artikkel Knut Sogner (2021)
Creating and Protecting paths. Learning in an entrepreneurial state
| År | Akademisk institusjon | Grad |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | University of Oslo | Ph.D Dr. Philos. |
| År | Arbeidsgiver | Tittel |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 - Present | BI Norwegian Business School | Professor |
| 2011 - 2016 | BI Norwegian Business School | Head of Department |
| 1997 - 2001 | BI Norwegian Business School | Associate Professor |
| 1991 - 1997 | BI Norwegian Business School | Researcher |
| 1990 - 1991 | University of Oslo, Centre for Technology, Innovation and Culture | Research Fellow |
BI Business Review artikler:
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BI Business Review
Norge er et av verdens ledende laboratorier for vellykket, aktiv industripolitikk – og for mislykket
Arbeiderpartiet tar nå til orde for en type næringspolitikk som skapte store problemer på 1970-tallet, heller enn å omfavne politikkomleggingen det selv sto i spissen for få år senere. Det er et paradoks.
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BI Business Review
Familiene som styrte Norge
Store norske industriselskaper som Norsk Hydro, Elkem, Orkla har frem til 1970-tallet blitt preget av sterke eierfamilier. Tette bånd har preget utviklingen av selskapene.
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BI Business Review
Kongsbergmodellen
Tett samspill mellom forsvaret og Kongsberg Gruppen har skapt kompetanse, produkter og eksportmuligheter. En mal for effektiv statlig industristøtte?