Førsteamanuensis Irina Roddvik har publisert fire vitenskapelige artikler i den nyutgitte boken Data-Centric Business and Applications. Forskningen gir ny innsikt i hvordan organisasjoner kan bruke informasjons- og kunnskapsledelse til å fremme innovasjon og bedre beslutningsprosesser.
Irina Roddvik er invitert som sesjonsleder under den anerkjente konferansen Strategic Management Society (SMS) i Berlin. I tillegg skal hun presentere sin egen forskning på norske entreprenørers historiske aktivitet i det russiske Arktis.
Theme of the Study Trip
Cross-border impacts on regional development, with examples from Montenegro and Østfold, including strategic decision-making in cross-border cooperation.
Knowledge and insights into hospitality, tourism, and destination development at the University of Montenegro.
Meeting in the research group. The group members discussed research initiatives and activities under DIGIBEST: 1. rfesearch focus Digital Campus - benefits and dilemmas; 2. Sustainable Leadership and Governance; 3. Cyber Exclusion. 4. Cross-boarder impact
A new strategic research initiative has been launched: CROSS-BORDER IMPACT ON REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT and FURTHER INTERACTION FOR ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN DNA.
BDGSTI has a strong focus on STUDENT RESEARCH.
BDGSTI has started collaboration with the University of Montenegro through Erasmus+ funding. Our members visited Podgorica from 13–18.02.2026 and will visit the campus in Kotor from 4–9.06.
Collaboration with the Research Group Eurasia will include an application for funding to organize a research seminar marking the 250th anniversary of Adam Smith’s work An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
Norske multinasjonale selskaper investerer aktivt i land der bedriftskulturer og tradisjoner er forskjellige fra tilsvarende i Norge. Et av de sentrale spørsmålene for multinasjonale bedrifter (MNC) er behovet for å etablere nye kontrollsystemer for å sikre innflytelse over datterselskaper i utlandet.
For tourist destinations, the peer-to-peer sharing-economy platform Airbnb is a double-edged sword. It provides income and taxes to municipalities, but the prevalence of a substantial number of Airbnb providers may lead to bottlenecks in rental housing markets. Regional planners and policy-makers in Norway and across the world have therefore begun to consider imposing restrictions to regulate this hitherto unregulated business model.
New publications in the areas of entrepreneurship, corporate governance, finance, marketing and international business from researchers in 'Business Development and Governance'
Birgit Leick, Associate Professor in Business Economics and current leader of the research group Business Development and Governance, was invited to the Austrian Academy of Sciences to present her research on institutional entrepreneurs, demographic change and regional economic development.
Cross-border shopping is a big business in the Svinesund region and contributes to its economic growth. On Monday, 13 May 2019, the research group Business Development and Governance invited to a discussion with Svinesundskommittén Strömstad (Sweden) and the Mayor of Halden. The event was part of a field excursion with urban/regional planning students from Lund University (Sweden).
Mehtap Aldogan Eklund presented a paper during a conference on Digital Transformation in Developed and Developing Countries.
Birgit Leick, Associate Professor in Business Economics, received a EURAM Research Grant for 2019-2020 and will look into the factors driving start-up businesses in the fashion industry to locate in the periphery.
Imtiaz Badshah presented a paper at the 26th Eurasia Business and Economics Society Conference in Prague.
Mehtap Aldogan Eklund is starting a new research project on Corporate Governance, specifically on ‘Digitization, Machine Learning and Decision Making Processes of Board of Directors’, in collaboration with the Swiss Board School and ICfCG Switzerland.
Two researchers in economics and business administration from Østfold University College took part in a funded NFR-DAAD project on borders, border practices and regional economic development including a student excursion in the Svinesund cross-border region.
