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Sverre Tomassen

Førsteamanuensis

Institutt for strategi og entreprenørskap

Romnummer C3Y-076
Telefon +4746410490
E-post sverre.tomassen@bi.no

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Strategi

Publikasjoner

Viser 5 av 21 publikasjon(er)

Kapittel Rolv Petter Storvik Amdam, Sverre Tomassen (2025)

3. Sunnmøringen reiser ut, men ikkje alltid så langt: tidleg internasjonalisering i sunnmørsindustrien

Økonomisk utdanning og forskning i Ålesund s. 112-132 Doi: https://doi.org/10.18261/9788215069944-25-03

Kapittelet undersøker korleis vi kan forstå den tidlege internasjonaliseringsfasen av verksemder frå eit avgrensa geografisk område. Dette er gjort i lys av nyare teoriar innanfor fagområda strategi og «international business». Med tidleg internasjonalisering meinast verksemder som var først ute med å etablere dotterselskap med utgangspunkt frå regionen. Fokuset i kapittelet er på tre element ved verksemder si internasjonalisering, nemleg korleis dei er rusta for direkte utanlandsinvesteringar (FDI), kva som er motiva, og korleis dei internasjonaliserer seg. Kapittelet tar for seg dei elleve verksemdene som gjorde ei slik internasjonalisering med utgangspunkt i Sunnmøre før 1984. Gjennom dette viser kapittelet korleis internasjonaliseringa til desse sunnmørsverksemdene kan illustrere sentrale tema innanfor ulike teoriar om internasjonalisering.

Artikkel Ángels Dasi, Torben Pedersen, Sverre Tomassen, Ragnhild Kvålshaugen (2025)

Integration and governance mechanisms: a multilevel analysis of knowledge adoption in MNCs

Multinational Business Review 33(4) s. 604-631 Doi: https://doi.org/10.1108/MBR-09-2024-0165

Purpose This paper aims to examine employees’ adoption of knowledge sourced from other multinational company (MNC) units. From a contingent approach, it analyzes how the fit between the integration mechanisms directed toward the MNC units (i.e. centralization, formalization and socialization) and three knowledge governance mechanisms directed toward the employees (incentives, networks and information and communication technology systems) affects knowledge adoption from other organizational units. Design/methodology/approach Within one MNC, a multilevel model was developed and tested on 341 individuals nested in 70 departments worldwide. Two sources of information were used: the employees’ survey provided information on knowledge adoption and the applied knowledge governance mechanisms, and the department managers’ survey provided information about the integration mechanisms at the corporate level. Findings The results confirm that integration mechanisms by themselves have no direct effects on knowledge adoption, but they influence the context where this process occurs by affecting the contextual conditions of ambiguity, uncertainty and flexibility. The applied knowledge governance mechanisms will only lead to increased knowledge adoption if a fit exists between the integration and knowledge governance mechanisms. Originality/value While much of the knowledge-based view literature has focused on MNCs’ transfer of knowledge across units, this study focuses on the effective adoption or use of the transferred knowledge, known as knowledge effectiveness. In addition, this study adopts multilevel modeling and contributes to the knowledge governance approach by showing that the effectiveness of knowledge governance mechanisms is contingent on their fit or misfit with the integration mechanisms applied at the corporate level.

Kapittel Gilbert Kofi Adarkwah, Birgitte Grøgaard, Sverre Tomassen (2025)

Impact Investment Firms and Institutionalization in Emerging Countries

The changing global power balance: Challenges for European firms: volume 19 s. 351-371 Doi: https://doi.org/10.1108/S1745-886220250000019017

The authors examine the effect of impact investments – investments made with the intent to generate social and environmental impact alongside financial returns – on emerging countries. The authors argue that impact investment is effective in fostering positive social and environmental outcomes through institutionalization in host countries. The authors assess their hypotheses on a sample of European impact investment firms in Africa, using a unique hand-collected dataset of investments from 2000 to 2019. The authors find empirical support for their hypotheses. This study extends the international business literature by answering the growing calls among scholars for greater attention to the role of social enterprises in addressing complex social and environmental challenges

Artikkel Ulf Andersson, Gabriel R G Benito, Randi Lunnan, Sverre Tomassen (2025)

Why some are less willing to share: Competitive domains and knowledge transfer in multi-unit organizations

Long Range Planning 58(4) Doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lrp.2025.102537

In multi-unit organizations, such as multinational corporations (MNCs), knowledge developed in one business unit can greatly benefit the performance of another. However, employees and managers compete with others within intraorganizational competitive domains for resources, which may affect the willingness to share knowledge. We conceptualize the multi-unit organization as having multiple competitive domains depending on the main source for resource endowments for the knowledge-sharing actors. Our study draws on data from two surveys done in a global division of an MNC, comprising data from 342 individuals nested in 68 different units, across 24 countries. Our results show that social integration among individuals in different competitive domains boosts knowledge transfer between units, while social integration between individuals within the same competitive domain hampers knowledge transfer. These findings suggest that there is a different and darker side to social integration in multi-unit organizations than the previously established positive side leading to increased knowledge transfer. Our findings show that the willingness to share knowledge also depends on the internal competition for resources between the knowledge-sharing actors.

Artikkel Ulf Andersson, Gabriel R G Benito, Randi Lunnan, Sverre Tomassen (2023)

Why Some are Less Willing to Share:Competitive Domains and Knowledge Transfer in Multi-Unit Organizations

Social Science Research Network (SSRN) Doi: https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4620947

Konferanseabstrakt Gilbert Kofi Adarkwah, Birgitte Grøgaard, Sverre Tomassen (2022)

Impact Investing Firms and Institutionalization in High-Risk Countries

Proceedings and Membership Directory - Academy of Management Doi: https://doi.org/10.5465/AMBPP.2022.12165abstract

Artikkel Randi Lunnan, Sverre Tomassen, Ulf Andersson, Gabriel R G Benito (2019)

Dealing with headquarters in the multinational corporation: a subsidiary perspective on organizing costs

Journal of Organization Design 8(1) s. 1-24 Doi: https://doi.org/10.1186/s41469-019-0052-y

This study examines how subsidiaries in multinational corporations (MNCs) experience interactions with corporate headquarters. We conceptualize such interactions in terms of organizing costs, focusing on two key types of costs: bargaining costs and information costs. Specifically, we examine how distance, coordination mechanisms, and atmosphere influence the level of organizing costs in the headquarter-subsidiary relationship. Using survey data collected among 104 subsidiary managers in two MNCs, we show that relationship atmosphere significantly reduces both types of organizing costs, whereas distance increases bargaining costs. We also find that centralization and formalization reduce information costs, whereas social integration, contrary to our hypothesis, increases bargaining costs.

Artikkel Sverre Tomassen (2017)

Liabilities of distance: Governance cost dynamics in MNE headquarters-subsidiary relationships

Progress in International Business Research 12 s. 445-470 Doi: https://doi.org/10.1108/S1745-886220170000012023

Kapittel Randi Lunnan, Sverre Tomassen, Gabriel R G Benito (2016)

Exploring Subsidiaries’ Perceptions of Corporate Headquarters: Subsidiary Initiatives and Organizing Costs

Perspectives on Headquarters – Subsidiary Relationships in the Contemporary MNC s. 165-189 Doi: https://doi.org/10.1108/S1064-485720160000017007

Artikkel Randi Lunnan, Sverre Tomassen, Gabriel R G Benito (2016)

Exploring subsidiaries’ perceptions of corporate headquarters: Subsidiary initiatives and organizing costs

Research in Global Strategic Management 17 s. 165-189 Doi: https://doi.org/10.1108/S1064-485720160000017007

Artikkel Gabriel R G Benito, Randi Lunnan, Sverre Tomassen (2014)

The virtue of in-between pragmatism-a balancing act between responsiveness and integration in a multinational company

Advances in International Management 27 s. 75-97 Doi: https://doi.org/10.1108/S1571-502720140000027002

Artikkel Sverre Tomassen, Gabriel R G Benito, Randi Lunnan (2012)

Governance costs in foreign direct investments: A MNC headquarters challenge

Journal of International Management 18(3) s. 233-246 Doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intman.2012.02.002

According to transaction cost and internalization theories of multinational enterprises, companies make foreign direct investments (FDI) when the combined costs of operations and governance are lower for FDI than for market or contract based options, such as exports and licensing. Yet, ex post governance costs remain a conjectural construct, which has evaded empirical scrutiny, and the lack of focus on the implications of these costs constitutes a challenge for management in multinational companies (MNCs). What effects does the ensuing establishment of subsidiaries abroad have in terms of governance costs? What factors drive these costs? We hypothesize that such costs are driven by external contingencies as well as factors that characterize a particular company headquarters-subsidiary relationship. Using survey data from Norwegian MNCs, this study investigates 159 MNC-subsidiary relationships. Overall, our framework is corroborated by the data.

Artikkel Randi Lunnan, Gabriel R G Benito, Sverre Tomassen (2011)

Moving Abroad: Factors that motivate foreign location of headquarter activities

Advances in International Management 24 s. 127-152 Doi: https://doi.org/10.1108/S1571-5027(2011)0000024013

Artikkel Sverre Tomassen (2011)

Governance costs in international operations: Why do they still concern us?

EIBAzine 3(8) s. 10-14

Artikkel Gabriel R G Benito, Randi Lunnan, Sverre Tomassen (2011)

Distant Encounters of the Third Kind: Multinational Companies Locating Divisional Headquarters Abroad

Journal of Management Studies 48(2) s. 373-394 Doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-6486.2010.00962.x

Kapittel Gabriel Benito, Sverre Tomassen (2010)

Governance Costs in Headquarters-Subsidiary Relationships

Managing the Contemporary Multinational: The Role of Headquarters s. 138-159

Artikkel Sverre Tomassen, Gabriel R.G. Benito (2009)

The costs of governance in international companies

International Business Review 18(3) s. 292-304 Doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ibusrev.2009.02.005

Artikkel Gabriel R.G. Benito, Sverre Tomassen (2005)

A transaction cost analysis of staffing decisions in internationaloperations

Scandinavian Journal of Management s. 101-126

Kapittel Gabriel R.G. Benito, Sverre Tomassen (2003)

The Micro-Mechanics of Foreign Operations’ Performance: An Analysis Based on the OLI Framework

J. Cantwell and R. Narula (eds.): International Business and the Eclectic Paradigm: Developing the OLI Framework s. 174-199

Artikkel S. Tomassen, Gabriel R.G. Benito, L.S. Welch (1998)

Norwegian companies in India: Operation mode choice

Asian Journal of Business & Information Systems 3(1) s. 1-19

Artikkel Sverre Tomassen, Lawrence S. Welch, Gabriel R. G. Benito (1998)

Norwegian Companies in India: Operation Mode Choice

Asian Journal of Business & Information Systems 3(1) s. 1-20

Viser 5 av 37 publikasjon(er)

Konferanseforedrag Gilbert Kofi Adarkwah, Sverre Tomassen (2024)

IMPACT INVESTMENTS IN EMERGENT MARKETS, DO THEY MATTER? A STUDY OF FEMALE OWNERSHIP IN EMERGING MARKETS

EIBA

Konferanseforedrag Sverre Tomassen, Gilbert Kofi Adarkwah (2023)

Impact Investment Firms and Institutionalization in High-Risk Countries

EIBA

Konferanseforedrag Gilbert Kofi Adarkwah, Birgitte Grøgaard, Sverre Tomassen (2021)

Host Country Policy Risk and Foreign Investments: The Moderating Role of Firms’ Motives

Strategic Management Society Annual Conference, Virtual, October 2021

Konferanseforedrag Ulf Andersson, Gabriel R G Benito, Randi Lunnan, Sverre Tomassen (2020)

The Puzzling Effects of Social Integration on Knowledge Transfer

Strategic Management Society Annual Conference, Virtual, October 2020

Konferanseforedrag Sverre Tomassen, Ángels Dasi, Torben Pedersen, Ragnhild Kvålshaugen (2019)

A Multilevel analysis of the Mechanisms for cross-unit knowledge adoption in MNCs.

Strategic Management Society Annual Conference, Minneapolis, October 2019.

Konferanseforedrag Randi Lunnan, Sverre Tomassen, Ulf Andersson, Gabriel R G Benito (2018)

The down side of social integration: A discussion of precarious HQ-subsidiary relations and knowledge transfer

Academy of International Business Annual Meeting

Konferanseforedrag Gilbert Kofi Adarkwah, Birgitte Grøgaard, Sverre Tomassen (2018)

The Effect of Institutional Distances and Government Assistance on Ownership Levels in Sub-Saharan African Countries

38th Annual Conference of the Strategic Management Society in Paris 2018

We follow the prevalence of MNEs into Africa to examine the impact of institutional distance and governmental assistance on ownership levels across multiple home and host countries. Although recent studies have increasingly heightened the influence of institutional contextual factors on the ownership levels, we know very little about such decisions from the African context. This paper fills this gap by looking at ownership decisions within the uniqueness of the African context. We contribute to the international business literature by testing the theoretical boundaries of ownership decisions when MNEs expand into high risk areas. With 54 countries in our sample, this study throws light on the role of different institutional complexities on ownership decisions.

Konferanseforedrag Sverre Tomassen, Ragnhild Kvålshaugen (2017)

The Effect of Coordination Mechanisms on Knowledge Adoption Across Types of Work in MNCs

SMS Conference

Konferanseforedrag Randi Lunnan, Sverre Tomassen, Gabriel R G Benito, Ulf Andersson (2017)

The Darker Side of Social Integration: A Discussion of Bargaining Costs and Knowledge Transfer

EIBA Annual Conference

Konferanseforedrag Sverre Tomassen, Randi Lunnan, Ulf Andersson, Gabriel R G Benito (2017)

The Dark Side of Social Integration: Knowledge Transfer, Bargaining, and Social Integration Mechanisms

SMS Special Conference Banff

Konferanseforedrag Randi Lunnan, Sverre Tomassen, Ulf Andersson, Gabriel R G Benito (2016)

Governance and the Roles of Distance, Coordination, and Relationship Atmosphere in the MNC: A View from the Periphery

European International Business Academy Annual Conference

Konferanseforedrag Randi Lunnan, Sverre Tomassen, Ulf Andersson, Gabriel R G Benito (2016)

A Subsidiary Perspective on Organizing Costs in Multinational Corporations: The Roles of Distance, Coordination and Relationship

Academy of International Business Annual Conference

Konferanseforedrag Sverre Tomassen (2015)

Elucidating the ‘Hidden Costs’ of Foreign Greenfields vs Foreign Acquisitions: Why should We Care?

Strategic Management Society Conference

Konferanseforedrag Ulf Andersson, Sverre Tomassen, Gabriel R G Benito (2015)

Management Costs Incurred by Headquarters Choice of Foreign Operation Method

European International Business Academy Annual Conference

Konferanseforedrag Paulina Junni, Ragnhild Kvålshaugen, Sverre Tomassen (2014)

Leadership culture for knowledge sharing in IPSFs: Do formal transmission channels help or hurt?

Strategic Management Society Conference

Konferanseforedrag Gabriel R G Benito, Randi Lunnan, Sverre Tomassen (2013)

The virtue of in-between pragmatism – A balancing act between responsiveness and integration in a multinational company

Advances in International Management (AIM) Workshop “Orchestration of the Global Network Organization”

Konferanseforedrag Ragnhild Kvålshaugen, Sverre Tomassen (2013)

Different Governance Mechanisms, Different Benefits: Knowledge Sharing in International Professional Service Firms

Strategic Management Society

Konferanseforedrag Sverre Tomassen, Ragnhild Kvålshaugen (2012)

Different Governance Mechanisms, Different Benefits: Knowledge Sharing in International Professional Service Firms

EIBA Conference

Konferanseforedrag Sverre Tomassen, Gabriel R G Benito, Randi Lunnan (2011)

Governance costs in foreign establishment modes: A MNC headquarters puzzle

EIBA Annual Conference

Konferanseforedrag Sverre Tomassen, Gabriel R G Benito, Randi Lunnan (2011)

Governance costs in foreign establishment modes: A MNC headquarters puzzle

AIB Annual Conference

Konferanseforedrag Randi Lunnan, Gabriel R G Benito, Sverre Tomassen (2011)

Foreign location and relocation of headquarter activities over time

SMS Annual Conference

Konferanseforedrag Ragnhild Kvålshaugen, Sverre Tomassen (2011)

Coordination Mechanisms as Enablers of Knowledge Sharing in International Professional Service Firms

Strategic Management Society

Konferanseforedrag Sverre Tomassen, Ragnhild Kvålshaugen (2010)

Coordination Mechanisms as Enablers of Knowledge Sharing in International Professional Service Firms

26th EGOS Colloquium 'Waves of Globalization: Repetition and difference in organizing over time and space'

Konferanseforedrag Randi Lunnan, Gabriel R G Benito, Sverre Tomassen (2009)

Leaving the Periphery: The Location of Division Headquarters among Large Norwegian Companies, 2000-2006

The second IB conference at Reading

Konferanseforedrag Sverre Tomassen (2009)

Desperately seeking the right model - subsidiary role changes

35th EIBA Annual Conference in Valencia

Konferanseforedrag Sverre Tomassen, Gabriel R G Benito (2009)

Governance Costs in Headquarter-Subsidiary Relationships

SMS Conference 2009, Washington DC

Konferanseforedrag Sverre Tomassen, Randi Lunnan (2009)

Knowledge Transfer and Role Changes

SMS Washington DC Conference

Konferanseforedrag Gabriel R G Benito, Randi Lunnan, Sverre Tomassen (2008)

Leaving the Periphery: The Location of Division Headquarters among Large Norwegian Companies, 2000-2006

Strategic Management Society Annual MeetingAnnual Meeting

Konferanseforedrag Sverre Tomassen, Gabriel R G Benito, Randi Lunnan (2008)

Leaving the Periphery: The Location of Division Headquarters among Large Norwegian Companies, 2000-2006

34th EIBA Annual Conference

Konferanseforedrag Sverre Tomassen, Randi Lunnan (2008)

Knowledge transfer, role changes, and social capital - a case study of an international professional service firm

Second Annual Workshop on Enactment and Development of Social Capital in International and Multinational Firms

Rapport Gabriel R.G. Benito, Sverre Christensen, Randi Lunnan, Sverre Tomassen (2008)

Fra operativ til strategisk internasjonalisering: En studie av store norske selskapers utflytting av divisjonshovedkontorer

Handelshøyskolen BI

Forskningsrapporten presenterer funnene fra en undersøkelse av utflytting av hovedkontorer for divisjoner og forretningsområder for selskaper som er børsnotert i Norge. Mens den tradisjonelle internasjonaliseringen – knyttet til salg og produksjon i utlandet – er godt beskrevet og velforklart i litteraturen gjennom et etter hvert betydelig antall teoretiske og empiriske studier av selskapers grenseoverskridende aktiviteter, finnes det få studier av selskapers utflytting av strategiske enheter og funksjoner, så som deres hovedkontorer. Vi utvikler en forskningsmodell der tilbøyeligheten til å flytte divisjonshovedkontorer blir forklart gjennom selskapsfaktorer, eierskapsfaktorer, og bransjeaktorer. Den empiriske delen av undersøkelsen bygger på to casestudier så vel som et paneldatasett over 30 av de største børsnoterte selskapene i Norge gjennom perioden 2000-2006. Hovedkonklusjonene i studien er at både i absolutt og relativ betydning blir hovedkontorfunksjoner for norske selskaper i utlandet betydelig viktigere i løpet av disse årene, og eierskapsaktorene er samlet sett de som best predikerer hvorvidt utflytting skjer eller ikke. Statlig og konsentrert eierskap motvirker utflytting, men mot forventning finner vi at utenlandsk eierskap ikke fører til økt utflyttingstilbøyelighet.

Konferanseforedrag Katja Maria Hydle, Randi Lunnan, Sverre Tomassen (2008)

Activity linkages in a service MNE: Control,coordination and location

EIBA conference

Konferanseforedrag Gabriel R G Benito, Randi Lunnan, Sverre Tomassen, Enn Listra (2008)

Leaving the Periphery: The Location of Division Headquarters among Large Norwegian Companies, 2000-2006", International Business and the Catching-up Economies: Challenges and Opportunities

34th EIBA Annual Conference

Konferanseforedrag Sverre Tomassen, Randi Lunnan, Katja Maria Hydle (2008)

Akademisk grad
År	Akademisk institusjon	Grad
2004	BI Norwegian Business School	Ph.D Dr. Oecon.
1996	BI Norwegian Business School	Master of Science
1992	BI Norwegian Business School	Bachelor
1982	Oslo Metropolitan University	Bachelor

Arbeidserfaring
År	Arbeidsgiver	Tittel
2003 - Present	BI Norwegian Business School	Associate Professor, Department of Strategy and Logistics
2023 - 2024	Visiting Scholar, The University of Hong Kong	Associate Professor
2017 - 2017	The University of Hong Kong	Visiting Scholar
2011 - 2015	BI Norwegian Business School	Associate Dean Executive Master of Management
2014 - 2014	University of Hong Kong	Visiting Scholar
2008 - 2009	BI Norwegian Business School	Head of Department, Department of Strategy and Logistics
1995 - 2003	BI Norwegian Business School	Lecturer
1999 - 2002	BI Norwegian Business School	Doctoral Fellow, Department of Strategy (50%)
1999 - 2002	BI Norwegian Business School	Lecturer (50%)
1988 - 1994	BI Norwegian Business School	Administration Manager
1982 - 1987	City of Oslo, Oslo Kommune	Social Worker and Social Therapist
1978 - 1980	City of Oslo, Oslo Kommune	Social Worker and Social Therapist

Sverre Tomassen

Ekspertområder

Publikasjoner

3. Sunnmøringen reiser ut, men ikkje alltid så langt: tidleg internasjonalisering i sunnmørsindustrien

Integration and governance mechanisms: a multilevel analysis of knowledge adoption in MNCs

Impact Investment Firms and Institutionalization in Emerging Countries

Why some are less willing to share: Competitive domains and knowledge transfer in multi-unit organizations

Why Some are Less Willing to Share:Competitive Domains and Knowledge Transfer in Multi-Unit Organizations

Impact Investing Firms and Institutionalization in High-Risk Countries

Dealing with headquarters in the multinational corporation: a subsidiary perspective on organizing costs

Liabilities of distance: Governance cost dynamics in MNE headquarters-subsidiary relationships

Exploring Subsidiaries’ Perceptions of Corporate Headquarters: Subsidiary Initiatives and Organizing Costs

Exploring subsidiaries’ perceptions of corporate headquarters: Subsidiary initiatives and organizing costs

The virtue of in-between pragmatism-a balancing act between responsiveness and integration in a multinational company

Governance costs in foreign direct investments: A MNC headquarters challenge

Moving Abroad: Factors that motivate foreign location of headquarter activities

Governance costs in international operations: Why do they still concern us?

Distant Encounters of the Third Kind: Multinational Companies Locating Divisional Headquarters Abroad

Governance Costs in Headquarters-Subsidiary Relationships

The costs of governance in international companies

A transaction cost analysis of staffing decisions in internationaloperations

The Micro-Mechanics of Foreign Operations’ Performance: An Analysis Based on the OLI Framework

Norwegian companies in India: Operation mode choice

Norwegian Companies in India: Operation Mode Choice

IMPACT INVESTMENTS IN EMERGENT MARKETS, DO THEY MATTER? A STUDY OF FEMALE OWNERSHIP IN EMERGING MARKETS

Impact Investment Firms and Institutionalization in High-Risk Countries

Host Country Policy Risk and Foreign Investments: The Moderating Role of Firms’ Motives

The Puzzling Effects of Social Integration on Knowledge Transfer

A Multilevel analysis of the Mechanisms for cross-unit knowledge adoption in MNCs.

The down side of social integration: A discussion of precarious HQ-subsidiary relations and knowledge transfer

The Effect of Institutional Distances and Government Assistance on Ownership Levels in Sub-Saharan African Countries

The Effect of Coordination Mechanisms on Knowledge Adoption Across Types of Work in MNCs

The Darker Side of Social Integration: A Discussion of Bargaining Costs and Knowledge Transfer

The Dark Side of Social Integration: Knowledge Transfer, Bargaining, and Social Integration Mechanisms

Governance and the Roles of Distance, Coordination, and Relationship Atmosphere in the MNC: A View from the Periphery

A Subsidiary Perspective on Organizing Costs in Multinational Corporations: The Roles of Distance, Coordination and Relationship

Elucidating the ‘Hidden Costs’ of Foreign Greenfields vs Foreign Acquisitions: Why should We Care?

Management Costs Incurred by Headquarters Choice of Foreign Operation Method

Leadership culture for knowledge sharing in IPSFs: Do formal transmission channels help or hurt?

The virtue of in-between pragmatism – A balancing act between responsiveness and integration in a multinational company

Different Governance Mechanisms, Different Benefits: Knowledge Sharing in International Professional Service Firms

Different Governance Mechanisms, Different Benefits: Knowledge Sharing in International Professional Service Firms

Governance costs in foreign establishment modes: A MNC headquarters puzzle

Governance costs in foreign establishment modes: A MNC headquarters puzzle

Foreign location and relocation of headquarter activities over time

Coordination Mechanisms as Enablers of Knowledge Sharing in International Professional Service Firms

Coordination Mechanisms as Enablers of Knowledge Sharing in International Professional Service Firms

Leaving the Periphery: The Location of Division Headquarters among Large Norwegian Companies, 2000-2006

Desperately seeking the right model - subsidiary role changes

Governance Costs in Headquarter-Subsidiary Relationships

Knowledge Transfer and Role Changes

Leaving the Periphery: The Location of Division Headquarters among Large Norwegian Companies, 2000-2006

Leaving the Periphery: The Location of Division Headquarters among Large Norwegian Companies, 2000-2006

Knowledge transfer, role changes, and social capital - a case study of an international professional service firm

Fra operativ til strategisk internasjonalisering: En studie av store norske selskapers utflytting av divisjonshovedkontorer

Activity linkages in a service MNE: Control,coordination and location

Leaving the Periphery: The Location of Division Headquarters among Large Norwegian Companies, 2000-2006", International Business and the Catching-up Economies: Challenges and Opportunities

Global Management in Service Firms - The Role of Linkages

Leaving the Periphery: The Location of Division Headquarters among Large Norwegian Companies, 2000-2006

The Costs of Governance in International Companies: A Study of their Effects on the Performance of Foreign Operations

A Transaction Cost Analysis of Staffing Decisions in International Operations