Randi Lunnan
Head of Department, Professor - Department of Strategy and Entrepreneurship at BI Norwegian Business School

Schools
- BI Norwegian Business School
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Biography
BI Norwegian Business School
I have most of my education from the Norwegian School of Economics in Bergen. During my PhD studies I also spent a year at Harvard. I have been at BI since 1999, from 2008 I was appointed full professor, and from 2012 I have been Head of Department.
Research areas
MY research interest is strategic alliances, particularly how they develop over time, and international management where I have looked into headquarter activities.
Teaching areas
Teaching includes International Management at the Executive Master of Management, International Business in our BI/Fudan MBA Program, Strategic Management in Singapore as well as Internorganizational Relations at MSc and PhD levels.
ACADEMIC DEGREES
- 1999 Norwegian School of Economics, NHH Ph.D Dr. Oecon.
- 1991 Norwegian School of Economics, NHH Master Cand. Oecon
- 1987 Norwegian School of Economics Master of Science in Business
WORK EXPERIENCE
- 2008 - Present BI Norwegian Business School Professor
- 1999 - 2008 BI Norwegian Business School Associate Professor
- 1996 - 1999 Norwegian School of Economics, NHH PhD Candidate
- 1991 - 1993 SNF Research Consultant
- 1987 - 1991 Norwegian School of Economics, NHH Research Assistant
CONFERENCE PAPERS
Lunnan, Randi; Tomassen, Sverre; Andersson, Ulf; Benito, Gabriel R G.
A Subsidiary Perspective on Organizing Costs in Multinational Corporations: The Roles of Distance, Coordination and Relationship. Academy of International Business Annual Conference; 2016-06-27 - 2016-06-30 BI
Lunnan, Randi; Tomassen, Sverre; Andersson, Ulf; Benito, Gabriel R G.
Governance and the Roles of Distance, Coordination, and Relationship Atmosphere in the MNC: A View from the Periphery. European International Business Academy Annual Conference; 2016-12-02 - 2016-12-04 BI
Amdam, Rolv Petter Storvik; Lunnan, Randi; Bjarnar, Ove; Halse, Lise Lillebrygfjeld.
The in-between firm specific and country factors : the role of clusters in internationalization decisions. 41st EIBA Annual Conference; 2015-12-01 - 2015-12-03 BI HIM
Benito, Gabriel R G; Rygh, Asmund; Lunnan, Randi.
Internationalization-performance relationship: The moderating roles of state and foreign ownership. Academy of International Business 2015 Annual Meeting; 2015-06-27 - 2015-06-30 BI
Andersson, Ulf; Benito, Gabriel R G; Lunnan, Randi.
Costs and Performance Implications from HQs Intervention in Subsidiaries’ Affairs. Strategic Management Society Annual International Conference; 2014-09-20 - 2014-09-23 BI
Swärd, Anna Sundberg; Lunnan, Randi.
Cross-level influences of trust in fixed duration alliances. EGOS colloquium Rotterdam; 2014-07-02 - 2014-07-05 BI
Benito, Gabriel R G; Lunnan, Randi; Tomassen, Sverre.
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”; 2013-11-22 - 2013-11-23 BI
Benito, Gabriel R G; Rygh, Asmund; Lunnan, Randi.
Ownership, internationalization and performance. 12th Vaasa International Business Conference; 2013-08-21 - 2013-08-23 BI
Benito, Gabriel R G; Rygh, Asmund; Lunnan, Randi.
Ownership, internationalization and performance. Annual Strategic Management Society Conference; 2013-09-28 - 2013-10-01 BI
Benito, Gabriel R G; Rygh, Asmund; Lunnan, Randi.
Ownership, internationalization and performance. European International Business Academy Annual Conference; 2013-12-12 - 2013-12-14 BI
Colman, Helene Loe; Hydle, Katja Maria; Lunnan, Randi.
Who we are and what we do: strategizing and identity work in post-acquisition integration. Academy of Management Conference; 2012-08-03 - 2012-08-07 BI
Colman, Helene Loe; Rouzies, Audrey; Lunnan, Randi.
Social integration post-acquisition: how identity claims demarcate and compound. Academy of Management Conference; 2012-08-03 - 2012-08-07 BI
Martinkenaite-Pujanauskiene, Ieva; Lunnan, Randi.
Co-evolution of Knowledge Transfer and Absorptive Capacities in Emerging Market Acquisitions. SMS 32nd Annual International Conference; 2012-10-06 - 2012-10-09 BI
Lunnan, Randi; Benito, Gabriel R G; Tomassen, Sverre.
Foreign location and relocation of headquarter activities over time. SMS Annual Conference; 2011-11-06 - 2011-11-09 BI
Lunnan, Randi; Ieva, Martinkenaite.
Co-evolution of Knowledge Transfer and Absorptive Capacities in Emerging Market Acquisitions. EIBA konferansen; 2011-12-08 - 2011-12-11 BI
Tomassen, Sverre; Benito, Gabriel R G; Lunnan, Randi.
Governance costs in foreign establishment modes: A MNC headquarters puzzle. EIBA Annual Conference; 2011-12-07 - 2011-12-10 BI
Tomassen, Sverre; Benito, Gabriel R G; Lunnan, Randi.
Governance costs in foreign establishment modes: A MNC headquarters puzzle. AIB Annual Conference; 2011-06-24 - 2011-06-28 BI
Lunnan, Randi.
Desperately seeking the right model: Role changes in a service organization. 2009 Annual Strategic Management Society Conference; 2009-10-11 - 2009-10-11 BI
Lunnan, Randi; Benito, Gabriel R G; Tomassen, Sverre.
Leaving the Periphery: The Location of Division Headquarters among Large Norwegian Companies, 2000-2006. The second IB conference at Reading; 2009-03-30 - 2009-03-31 BI
Tomassen, Sverre; Lunnan, Randi.
Knowledge Transfer and Role Changes. SMS Washington DC Conference; 2009-10-11 - 2009-10-14 BI
Benito, Gabriel R G; Lunnan, Randi; Tomassen, Sverre.
Leaving the Periphery: The Location of Division Headquarters among Large Norwegian Companies, 2000-2006. Strategic Management Society Annual MeetingAnnual Meeting; 2008-10-12 - 2008-10-15 BI
Benito, Gabriel R G; Lunnan, Randi; Tomassen, Sverre.
Leaving the Periphery: The Location of Division Headquarters among Large Norwegian Companies, 2000-2006. Nordic Workshop in International Business; 2008-05-29 - 2008-05-30 BI
Benito, Gabriel R G; Lunnan, Randi; Tomassen, Sverre; Listra, Enn.
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; 2008-12-11 - 2008-12-13 BI
Hydle, Katja Maria; Lunnan, Randi.
Intra-organizational Service Practices in International Professional Service Firms. 24th EGOS Colloquium; 2008-07-10 - 2008-07-12 BI
Hydle, Katja Maria; Lunnan, Randi.
Transnational Collaboration Practices in Project Phases: The Use of Social Capital in IPSFs. Second Annual Workshop on Enactment and Development of Social Capital in International Professional Service Firms (IPSFs) and MNCs; 2008-11-10 - 2008-11-10 BI
Hydle, Katja Maria; Lunnan, Randi; Tomassen, Sverre.
Activity linkages in a service MNE: Control,coordination and location. EIBA conference; 2008-12-11 - 2008-12-13 BI
Tomassen, Sverre; Benito, Gabriel R G; Lunnan, Randi.
Leaving the Periphery: The Location of Division Headquarters among Large Norwegian Companies, 2000-2006. 34th EIBA Annual Conference; 2008-12-11 - 2008-12-13 BI
Tomassen, Sverre; Lunnan, Randi.
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; 2008-11-10 - 2008-11-11 BI
Tomassen, Sverre; Lunnan, Randi; Hydle, Katja Maria.
Global Management in Service Firms - The Role of Linkages. EIBA 2008 conference; 2008-12-11 - 2008-12-13 BI
Amdam, Rolv Petter; Lunnan, Randi.
FDI and the transformation from industry to service society in emerging economies: A Lithuanian - Nordic perspective. EBHA Conference; 2004-09-16 - 2004-09-16 BI
Lunnan, Randi; Lunnan, Randi; Traavik, Laura E Mercer; Traavik, Laura E Mercer; Ness, Håvard.
Initial alliance negotiations. 14th Nordic Workshop on Interorganizational Research; 2004-08-20 - 2004-08-22 BI HSN
Traavik, Laura E Mercer; Traavik, Laura E Mercer; Ness, Håvard; Lunnan, Randi; Lunnan, Randi.
Alliances: Should we send teams or solos in order to create climates of trust?. 20th EGOS colloquium: The Organization as a Set of Dynamic Relationships; 2004-07-01 - 2004-07-03 BI HSN
Lunnan, Randi; Lunnan, Randi; Ness, Håvard; Traavik, Laura E Mercer; Traavik, Laura E Mercer.
Cohesion, Information Sharing and Outcomes in Alliance Intra- and Interteam Interaction. 10th International Conference on Multi-organizational Partnerships, Alliances and Networks (MOPAN); 2003-06-25 - 2003-06-28 BI HSN
Lunnan, Randi; Lunnan, Randi; Ness, Håvard; Traavik, Laura E Mercer; Traavik, Laura E Mercer.
Information sharing within and between alliance teams: Tight teams and loose alliances?. Strategic Management Society 23rd Annual International Conference; 2003-11-09 - 2003-11-12 BI HSN
Huemer, Lars; Becerra, Manuel; Lunnan, Randi.
Organisational Identity and Network Identification: Creating and Perceiving Imaginary Boundaries. The (inaugural) meeting of the IMP Group in Australia; 2002-12-11 - 2002-12-13 BI
Huemer, Lars; Becerra, Manuel; Lunnan, Randi.
Organisational identity and network identification: Implications for network effectiveness, legitimacy and cooperation. The Umeå conference on Different perspectives on competition and cooperation; 2002-06-05 - 2002-06-05 BI
Lunnan, Randi; Lunnan, Randi; Haugland, Sven A.; Haugland, Sven A..
Survival, Terminatin and Performance of Strategic Alliances. The 18th Annual IMP Conference; 2002-09-05 - 2002-09-07 BI NHH
Lunnan, Randi; Huemer, Lars; Becerra, Manuel.
Change options through network relations. 17th IMP conference; 2001-09-09 - 2001-09-11 BI
Lunnan, Randi; Lunnan, Randi; Haugland, Sven A.; Haugland, Sven A..
Corporate Responses and Alliance Development over Time. Strategic Management Society: 20th Annual International Conference; 2001 BI NHH
Traavik, Laura E. Mercer; Lervik, Jon Erland Bonde; Lunnan, Randi; Amdam, Rolv Petter Storvik.
What is repatriate competence?. Global Human Resource Management Conference; 2001-06-20 - 2001-06-22 BI
SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES
Benito, Gabriel R G; Rygh, Asmund; Lunnan, Randi.
The Benefits of Internationalization for State-Owned Enterprises. Global Strategy Journal 2016 ;Volume 6.(4) p. 269-288 BI
Lunnan, Randi; Tomassen, Sverre; Benito, Gabriel R G.
Exploring subsidiaries’ perceptions of corporate headquarters: Subsidiary initiatives and organizing costs. Research in Global Strategic Management 2016 ;Volume 17. p. 165-189 BI
Lunnan, Randi; Kovalevskaya, Daria.
On the Receiving End of Outsourcing – Value Creation through Mediation of Alliance Portfolios.. Progress in International Business Research 2015 p. 407-435 BI
Benito, Gabriel R G; Lunnan, Randi; Tomassen, Sverre.
The virtue of in-between pragmatism-a balancing act between responsiveness and integration in a multinational company. Advances in International Management 2014 ;Volume 27. p. 75-97 BI
Lunnan, Randi; Zhao, Youzhen.
Regional headquarters in China: Role in MNE knowledge transfer. Asia Pacific Journal of Management 2014 ;Volume 31.(2) p. 397-422 BI
Colman, Helene Loe; Lunnan, Randi.
Økt effektivitet - eller det motsatte : serieoppkjøp. Magma - Tidsskrift for økonomi og ledelse 2013 ;Volume 16.(6) p. 62-70 BI
Tomassen, Sverre; Benito, Gabriel R G; Lunnan, Randi.
Governance costs in foreign direct investments: A MNC headquarters challenge. Journal of International Management 2012 ;Volume 18.(3) p. 233-246 BI
Benito, Gabriel R G; Lunnan, Randi; Tomassen, Sverre.
Distant Encounters of the Third Kind: Multinational Companies Locating Divisional Headquarters Abroad. Journal of Management Studies 2011 ;Volume 48.(2) p. 373-394 BI
Colman, Helene Loe; Lunnan, Randi.
Organizational Identification and Serendipitous Value Creation in Post-Acquisition Integration. Journal of management 2011 ;Volume 37.(3) p. 839-860 BI FAFO
Lunnan, Randi; Benito, Gabriel R G; Tomassen, Sverre.
Moving Abroad: Factors that motivate foreign location of headquarter activities. Advances in International Management 2011 ;Volume 24. p. 127-152 BI
Lunnan, Randi; Ness, Håvard; Traavik, Laura E. Mercer.
Alliance formation: the impact of teams and individuals in initial negotiations. International Journal of Strategic Business Alliances 2011 ;Volume 2.(4) p. 271-286 BI HSN
Swärd, Anna Sundberg; Lunnan, Randi.
Trust and control in fixed duration alliances. International Journal of Strategic Business Alliances 2011 ;Volume 2.(1/2) p. 41-68 BI
Colman, Helene Loe; Lunnan, Randi.
Organizational identification and serendipitous value creation in post-acquisition integration. Journal of management 2010 BI FAFO
Lunnan, Randi; Traavik, Laura E Mercer.
Is the standardization of human resource practices perceived as fair across national cultures? The cases of China, Lithuania, and Norway. Baltic Journal of Management 2009 ;Volume 4.(2) p. 127-148 BI
Becerra, Manuel; Lunnan, Randi; Huemer, Lars.
Trustworthiness, Risk, and the Transfer of Tacit and Explicit Knowledge Between Alliance Partners. Journal of Management Studies 2008 ;Volume 45.(4) p. 691-713 BI
Lunnan, Randi; Lunnan, Randi; Haugland, Sven A.; Haugland, Sven A..
Predicting and measuring alliance performance: A multidimensional analysis. Strategic Management Journal 2008 ;Volume 29.(5) p. 545-556 BI NHH
Lervik, Jon Erland; Amdam, Rolv Petter; Hennestad, Bjørn; Lunnan, Randi; Nilsen, Sølvi M..
Implementing Human Resource Development Best Practice: Replication or Re-creation?. Human Resource Development International 2005 ;Volume 8.(3) p. 345-360 BI
Lunnan, Randi; Lervik, Jon Erland; Traavik, Laura E Mercer; Nilsen, Sølvi M.; Amdam, Rolv Petter; Hennestad, Bjørn.
Global transfer of management practices across nations and MNC subcultures. Academy of Management Executive 2005 ;Volume 19.(2) p. 77-80 BI
Huemer, Lars; Becerra, Manuel; Lunnan, Randi.
Organizational identity and network identification: Relating within and beyond imaginary boundaries. Scandinavian Journal of Management 2004 ;Volume 20.(1/2) p. 53-74 BI
Lervik, Jon Erland; Lunnan, Randi.
Contrasting Perspectives on the Diffusion of Management Knowledge - Performance Management in a Norwegian Multinational. Management Learning 2004 ;Volume 35.(3) p. 287-302 BI
Nilsen, Sølvi M.; Hennestad, Bjørn; Fergestad, Ingvald; Lervik, Jon Erland; Lunnan, Randi; Traavik, Laura E Mercer.
Handlingsförlamad av dubbla budskap - dubbelbindingar i organisationer. Ledmotiv : Idèskrift om ledarskap 2004 (2) p. 29-39 BI
Lunnan, Randi; Barth, T..
Managing the Exploration vs. Exploitation Dilemma in “Alliance Bridging Teams". ? 2003 ;Volume 38.(2) BI
Lunnan, Randi; Amdam, Rolv Petter; Hennestad, Bjørn; Lervik, Jon Erland; Nilsen, Sølvi M..
Standardised Leadership Tools in MNEs – Critical Reflections on the Conditions for Successful Implementations. Journal of European Industrial Training 2002 ;Volume 26.(6) p. 274-282 BI
Amdam, Rolv Petter; Hennestad, Bjørn; Lunnan, Randi; Nilsen, Sølvi M.; Lervik, Jon Erland.
Standardisering - en hemsko for fornyelse?. Magma - Tidsskrift for økonomi og ledelse 2001 BI
CHAPTERS
Lunnan, Randi; Tomassen, Sverre; Benito, Gabriel R G.
Exploring Subsidiaries’ Perceptions of Corporate Headquarters: Subsidiary Initiatives and Organizing Costs. I: Perspectives on Headquarters – Subsidiary Relationships in the Contemporary MNC. Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2016 ISBN 9781786353702. p. 165-189 BI
Karlsen, Siv Marina Flø; Youzhen, Zhao; Lunnan, Randi.
Born-Global Firms from China and Norway : A Comparison. I: Internationalization of Emerging Economies and Firms. Palgrave Macmillan 2012 ISBN 0230348335. p. 115-140? BI HIOA
Swärd, Anna Sundberg; Lunnan, Randi.
Does it Matter Who Trusts? A Multilevel Approach to Trust in an Alliance. I: Behavioral Perspectives on Strategic Alliances. Information Age Publishing 2011 ISBN 978-1-61735-539-4. p. 109-134- BI
Hammerstrøm, S.; Lunnan, Randi.
Motivating employees to stay: a study of Norwegian firms in China. I: M. Lie, R. Lund and G. H. Hansen (red), Making it in China. Cappelen Damm Høyskoleforlaget 2008 BI
Lunnan, Randi; Løwendahl, Bente R.; Wenstøp, Fred.
Ekstern Analyse. I: Grunnbok i Strategi. Oslo: NKS Forlaget 2002 BI
RESEARCH REPORTS
Benito, Gabriel R.G.; Christensen, Sverre; Lunnan, Randi; Tomassen, Sverre.
Fra operativ til strategisk internasjonalisering: En studie av store norske selskapers utflytting av divisjonshovedkontorer. Oslo: Handelshøyskolen BI 2008 68 p. (2) BI
Lunnan, Randi; Lunnan, Randi; Haugland, Sven A.; Haugland, Sven A..
Survival, Short-Term and Long-Term Performance of Strategic Alliances. Bergen: Samfunns- og næringslivsforskning 2002 38 p. (67) BI NHH
Lervik, Jon Erland; Amdam, Rolv Petter; Lunnan, Randi; Mercer Traavik, Laura.
Organizational recipes and Management Practice in Multinational Corporations. Sandvika: Handelshøyskolen BI 2000 24 p. (6) BI
POPULAR SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES
Amdam, Rolv Petter; Lunnan, Randi; Ramanauskas, Gediminas.
FDI and the Transformation from Industry to Service Society in Emerging Economies: A Lithuanian - Nordic Perspective. Engineering Economics 2007 ;Volume 51.(1) p. 22-28 BI
Reve, Torger; Stokke, Per R; Lunnan, Randi.
Retningslinjer for anvendt strategisk analyse. Praktisk økonomi & ledelse 1995 ;Volume 11.(3) p. 131-140 BI
BOOKS
Fjeldstad, Øystein D.; Lunnan, Randi.
Strategi. Fagbokforlaget 2014 (ISBN 9788245015409) 255 p. BI
Lunnan, Randi; Nygaard, Arne.
Strategiske Allianser. Fagbokforlaget 2011 (ISBN 978-82-450-0954-5) 202 p. BI
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