Birgit Helene Jevnaker

ACADEMIC DEGREES

• 2012 BI Norwegian Business School Ph.D.
• 1975 Norwegian School of Economics, NHH Master of Science in Business

WORK EXPERIENCE

• 2017 - Present BI Norwegian Business School, Dep of Leadership and Organizational Behaviour Professor
• 1998 - Present BI Norwegian Business School Responsible and co-founder for Leadership in Action, Bachelor of Management
• 2016 - 2016 BI Norwegian Business School Professor & Head of the Innovation department's group for Entrepreneurship
• 1998 - 2016 BI Norwegian Business School Associate Professor
• 2007 - 2013 Oslo National Academies of the Arts (KHiO) Guest lecturer
• 1996 - 2013 Oslo School of Architecture and Design (AHO) Guest lecturer
• 2002 - 2003 BI Norwegian Business School Head of faculty group in SME & Entrepreneurship
• 1997 - 1998 Dep. of Product Design, NTNU Guest lecturer
• 1990 - 1998 SNF, Institute for Research in Economics and Business Administration Senior Researcher
• 1991 - 1996 Institute of Design, SHKS Lecturer (part-time)
• 1980 - 1990 Institute of Industrial Economics Researcher
• 1983 - 1988 Government of India and NORAD Consultant to Government of India and NORAD
• 1977 - 1980 Institute of Industrial Economics Research Assistant
• 1977 - 1979 Nordhordland Tiltakskontor Project leader (part-time)

POPULAR SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES

Jevnaker, Birgit Helene; Asting, Cecilie. 

«De måske egnede» En diskurs om organisasjons- og ledelsesfag i siviløkonomutdanningen.. Magma - Tidsskrift for økonomi og ledelse 2017 ;Volume 20.(5) p. 70-80 BI

Jevnaker, Birgit Helene. 

How to enable design innovations to improve people's daily life? Reflections after Chinese-Nordic meeting in Shanghai. Norwegian Links 2015 ;Volume 2015.(4) p. 7-7 BI

Jevnaker, Birgit Helene. 

Corporate Design. The International Encyclopedia of Communication 2008 ;Volume 3. p. 1010-1014 BI

Jevnaker, Birgit Helene. 

Mer kreativt samarbeid om design og innovasjon. ? 1998 (20) BI

RESEARCH REPORTS

Riis, Cecilie; Breunig, Karl Joachim; Jevnaker, Birgit Helene. 

Evaluering av tiltak for design som verdiskapende faktor i norske bedrifter. Rapport for Innovasjon Norge og Norsk Form. Bærum: Asplan VIAK 2004 45 p. BI SINTEF

Jevnaker, Birgit Helene. 

Strategic Acting as Stagesetting: The Case of Industrial Design. Sandvika: Handelshøyskolen BI 2002 (8) BI

Jevnaker, Birgit Helene. 

Design as a Strategic Alliance: Harnessing the Creative Capability of of the Firm. : Handelshøyskolen BI 1998 (18) BI

Jevnaker, Birgit Helene. 

Industridesign som kreativ konkurransefaktor. Bergen: SNF 1996 BI

Singh, Balbir; Jevnaker, Birgit Helene; Karlsen, Ø G. 

Evaluering av Handlingsprogrammet for Øst-Europa. Med hovedvekt på næringssamarbeid, utdanning og forskning. Bergen: SNF 1996 109 p. BI

Jevnaker, Birgit Helene. 

Den skjulte formuen - Industridesign som kreativ konkurransefaktor. Bergen: SNF 1995 424 p. BI

Jevnaker, Birgit Helene. 

The Hidden Treasure: Competitive Advantage through Design Alliances. Bergen: SNF 1995 BI

Jevnaker, Birgit Helene. 

Stimulating Employees for Business Development and Entrepreneurship. The Case of STK Innova. Bergen: SNF (NØI) 1991 BI

Jevnaker, Birgit Helene. 

Storforetak - Sareptas krukke? Egne ansatte som ressurs for ny forretningsutvikling. Bergen: SNF (NØI) 1990 BI

MEDIA CONTRIBUTIONS

Jevnaker, Birgit Helene; Farbrot, Audun. 

Drivkrefter for kreativ design. forskning.no [Internet] 2012-05-17 BI

Jevnaker, Birgit Helene; Farbrot, Audun. 

Forces that enable creative design. ScienceNordic [Internet] 2012-05-26 BI

Cappelen, Birgitta; Jevnaker, Birgit Helene. 

Tenk som en designer og bli mer kreativ. Ukeavisen ledelse [Newspaper] 2009-11-06 AHO BI

SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES

Jevnaker, Birgit Helene; Raa, Atle Andreassen. 

Circles of intellectual discovery in Cambridge and management learning: A discourse analysis of Joan Robinson’s The Economics of Imperfect Competition. Management Learning 2017 ;Volume 48.(4) p. 379-396 BI

Jevnaker, Birgit Helene; Tellefsen, Brynjulf; Lüders, Marika. 

Front-end service innovation: learning from a design-assisted experimentation. European Journal of Innovation Management 2015 ;Volume 18.(1) p. 19-43 BI SINTEF

Brøgger, Benedicte; Jevnaker, Birgit Helene. 

The cultural production of commodities: understanding the art and gaps of silent and seen design. Society and Business Review 2014 ;Volume 9.(2) p. 124-138 BI

Jevnaker, Birgit Helene. 

Vita Activa: On Relationships between Design(ers) and Business. Design Issues 2005 ;Volume 21.(3) p. 25-48 BI

Jevnaker, Birgit Helene. 

Innovasjon og organisasjon - fra mysterium til magi?. Nordiske organisasjonsstudier 2003 ;Volume 5.(4) Suppl. BI Reprint 2/2004 p. 3-27 BI

Jevnaker, Birgit Helene. 

Innovere for å bevare? Om innovasjonsparadoks i organisasjoner. Nordiske organisasjonsstudier 2003 ;Volume 5.(4) p. 100-138 BI

Jevnaker, Birgit Helene. 

Exploring the Innovating Inbetween: Industrial Design as Boundary Work. ? 2002 ;Volume 4.(4) p. 339-358 BI

Jevnaker, Birgit Helene. 

Strategic Integration of Design and Innovation: Dilemmas of Design Expertise and its Management. ? 2001 p. 129-151 BI

Jevnaker, Birgit H.. 

How Design Becomes Strategic. Design Management Journal 2000 ;Volume Winter 2000. p. 41-47 BI

Jevnaker, Birgit Helene. 

Championing Design: Perspectives on Design Capabilities. Design Management Journal 2000 ;Volume 1. Suppl. BI Reprint 41/2000 p. 25-39 BI

Jevnaker, Birgit Helene. 

Dynamikk mellom design og innovasjon i bedrifter. Magma - Tidsskrift for økonomi og ledelse 2000 ;Volume 3.(1) Suppl. BI-reprint 33/2001 p. 21-39 BI

Jevnaker, Birgit Helene; Bruce, Margaret. 

Design Alliances: The Hidden Assets in Management of Strategic Innovation. Design journal 1998 ;Volume 1.(1) p. 24-40 BI

Jevnaker, Birgit Helene. 

Competing through Mobile Design Expertise. NordREFO 1997 ;Volume 1997.(3) BI

Jevnaker, Birgit Helene. 

Den dolda tilgången: Industridesign som kreativ konkurrensfaktor (The hidden treasure: Industrial design as creative competition factor, in Swedish). Designjournalen 1995 ;Volume 2.(2) BI

Jevnaker, Birgit Helene. 

Designekspertise - en ressurs for økt konkurranseevne. Praktisk økonomi & ledelse 1994 ;Volume 1994.(3) p. 105-114 BI

Jevnaker, Birgit Helene. 

Inaugurative learning: adapting a new design approach. Design Studies 1993 ;Volume 14.(4) p. 379-401 BI

Jevnaker, Birgit Helene. 

Make the world a better place to sit in!. Design Management Review 1991 ;Volume 4.(2) p. 48-54 BI

CONFERENCE PAPERS

Brøgger, Benedicte; Jevnaker, Birgit Helene. 

The Algorithm Fallacy. Digital Culture and Society - international conference on Chinese and European developments; 2017-10-19 - 2017-10-20 BI

Jevnaker, Birgit Helene. 

Kundesentrisk innovasjon og tjenestedesign. Bedriftsinternt foredrag, Oslo; 2016-12-21 - 2016-12-21 BI

Jevnaker, Birgit Helene. 

The art of creative response, and resistance in enterprise: Vita Activa. EURAM Symposium 02 - Art, Entrepreneurship and Resistance; 2016-06-02 - 2016-06-02 BI

Jevnaker, Birgit Helene. 

Ulike former for innovasjon, hemmere og fremmere. Bedriftsinternt foredrag, Oslo; 2016-12-21 - 2016-12-21 BI

Jevnaker, Birgit Helene; Mollona, Edoardo. 

Sym 02 - Art, Entrepreneurship and Resistance - (Co-sponsored by the SIGs Business for Society and Entrepreneurship). EURAM Symposium 02 - Art, Entrepreneurship and Resistance; 2016-06-02 - 2016-06-02 BI

Jevnaker, Birgit Helene; Misganaw, Bisrat Agegnehu. 

Entrepreneurial teams – what are they? On foundational assumptions and methodological avenues. 15th European Academy of Management (EURAM) 2015 conference – “Uncertainty is a great opportunity”.; 2015-06-17 - 2015-06-20 BI

Jevnaker, Birgit Helene; Misganaw, Bisrat Agegnehu. 

On entrepreneurial team formation. NORSI Conference paper (work-in-progress, presented by coauthor/PhD student Bisrat A. Misganaw). NORSI research school conference (annual research conference); 2015-05-06 - 2015-05-07 BI

Jevnaker, Birgit Helene. 

How ignorance matters: insights from human design. Research seminar on theorising ignorance; 2014-02-11 - 2014-02-11 BI

Jevnaker, Birgit Helene; Misganaw, Bisrat Agegnehu. 

Entrepreneurial teams in action. 1st Developmental Workshop on Entrepreneurial Teams and; 2014-06-23 - 2014-06-24 BI

Jevnaker, Birgit Helene; Raa, Atle. 

Circles of intellectual discovery. International Conference on Organizational Learning, Knowledge and Capabilities (OLKC).; 2014-04-22 - 2014-04-24 BI

Jevnaker, Birgit Helene; Raa, Atle. 

Dictionary for the lower class – a critical inquiry into New Public Management discourse. 11th International Conference on Organizational Discourse; 2014-07-09 - 2014-07-11 BI

Brøgger, Benedicte; Jevnaker, Birgit Helene. 

Understanding the waremaking practices: The art and gaps of silent and seen design. 13th Annual Conference of the European Academy of Management (EURAM); 2013-06-25 - 2013-06-29 BI

Jevnaker, Birgit Helene. 

Enabling design-creation: what´s interesting and moving?. 10th European Academy of Design Conference - Crafting the Future; 2013-04-17 - 2013-04-19 BI

Jevnaker, Birgit Helene; Misganaw, Bisrat Agegnehu. 

On Entrepreneurial teams. 1st EURAM ENTREPRENEURSHIP SIG mid-conference; 2013-12-05 - 2013-12-07 BI

Jevnaker, Birgit Helene. 

Managing for innovation: what can service innovation learn from design?. EURAM 2012 European Academy of Management Conference; 2012-06-06 - 2012-06-08 BI

Jevnaker, Birgit Helene. 

Managing for multidimensional design innovation: what are the enablers and restraints?. 1st Cambridge Academic Design Management Conference (CADMC); 2011-09-07 - 2011-09-08 BI

Jevnaker, Birgit Helene. 

Enabling the Dynamic Design Capability of Firms: Towards a Strategic Framework. 11th International Forum on Design Management Research and Education; 2002-06-10 - 2002-06-12 BI

Jevnaker, Birgit Helene. 

Back-stage and Front-stage: Understanding how Design becomes a Strategic Medium Organizing the Value-Seeking Innovation and Getting into Memorable Values. 4th European Academy of Design Conference; 2001-04-10 - 2001-04-12 BI

Jevnaker, Birgit H.. 

Design Management. CDV International Design/business Seminar; 2000 BI

Jevnaker, Birgit Helene. 

Integrated Product Innovation: Dilemmas of Design Expertise and its Management. 4th International Workshop Meeting the Challenges of Product De velopment, April 16-18; 1999 BI

Jevnaker, Birgit Helene; Bruce, Margaret. 

Design as a Strategic Alliance: Harnessing the Creative Capability of the Firm. International Conference Strategic Management Society, November 1-4; 1999 BI

Jevnaker, Birgit Helene; Bruce, Margaret. 

Exploring Design Alliances: the Hidden Assets in Management of Strategic Innovation. 4th International Workshop Meeting the the Challenges of Produc t Development, April 16-18; 1999 BI

CHAPTERS

Jevnaker, Birgit Helene. 

The Paradoxical Road to Innovation — The Role of Creative Design. I: The Highways and Byways to Radical Innovation - Design Perspectives. Kolding: Designskolen i Kolding 2014 ISBN 978-87-90775-74-2. p. 41-66 BI

Jevnaker, Birgit Helene. 

Øyeblikkets arkitekt. I: Utstilling som form / Aud Dalseg. Orfeus 2013 ISBN 9788293140269. p. - BI

Jevnaker, Birgit Helene. 

Mediating in-between : how industrial design advances business and user innovation. I: Design Integrations. Bristol and Chicago: Intellect and Intellect. Intellect Ltd. 2009 ISBN 978-1-84150-240-3. p. 87-118 BI

Jevnaker, Birgit Helene. 

Innovere for å bevare? Betraktninger rundt organisasjon og innovasjon, med fokus på design. I: Innovasjonsprosesser. Om innovasjoners odyssé, Hernes, Tor og Anne Louise Koefoed (red.). Fagbokforlaget 2007 p. 51-72 BI

Jevnaker, Birgit Helene. 

Industrial Designers as Boundary Workers. I: Paulsen, Neil & Tor Hernes (eds.) Managing Boundaries in Organizations. Multiple Perspectives. Hampshire and New York: Palgrave Macmillian 2003 p. 110-128 BI

Jevnaker, Birgit Helene. 

Tema 3: Nyskaping gjennom innovasjon i bestående virksomheter (innovation in existing enterprises). I: NyskapingsNorge. Fagbokforlaget 2002 p. 149-164 BI

Jevnaker, Birgit Helene. 

Understanding People and Pleasure-Based Human Factors. I: Pleasure With Products: Beyond Usability. : Taylor & Francis 2002 p. 283-295 BI

Jevnaker, Birgit Helene; Spilling, Olav R.. 

Laban Seigdamer. I: NyskapingsNorge. Fagbokforlaget 2002 p. 113-117 BI

Jevnaker, Birgit Helene; Bruce, Margaret. 

Design as a Strategic Alliance: Expanding the Creative Capability of the Firm. I: Dynamic Strategic Resources: Development, Diffusion and Integration. Boston: John Wiley 1999 p. 267-298 BI

Jevnaker, Birgit Helene. 

Absorbing or creating design ability: HAG, HAMAX and TOMRA. I: Management of Design Alliances. Sustaining Competitive Advantage. John Wiley & Sons 1998 p. 107-135 BI

Jevnaker, Birgit Helene. 

Building up organizational capabilities in design. I: Management of Design Alliances. Sustaining Competitive Advantage. John Wiley & Sons 1998 p. 13-37 BI

Jevnaker, Birgit Helene. 

Introduction. I: Management of Design Alliances. Sustaining Competitive Advantage. John Wiley & Sons 1998 p. 1-8 BI

Jevnaker, Birgit Helene. 

Kompetanse i praksis. I: Kompetansestyring i arbeidslivet. : Tano Aschehoug 1998 p. 109-145 BI

Jevnaker, Birgit Helene. 

Privat sektor: Konsulentfirmaer. I: Kompetanseutvikling i næringslivet (Competence Development in Norwegian Business). Oslo: Cappelen 1996 ISBN 82-456-0164-0. p. 109-128 BI

Jevnaker, Birgit Helene. 

Developing capabilities for innovative product designs: a case study of the Scandinavian furniture industry. I: Product Development: Meeting the Challenge of the Design-Marketing Interface. John Wiley & Sons 1995 ISBN 0471953539. p. 181-201 BI

Jevnaker, Birgit Helene. 

Creating an entrepreneurial management system in large corporations: the STK innova case. I: Entreprenurship and Business Development. Aldershot, UK: Avebury, an imprint of Ashgate 1993 ISBN 1856284166. p. 335-357 BI

Jevnaker, Birgit Helene. 

Kompetansestrategier i bedrifter. I: Strategisk personalledelse. 3.utgave (Strategic Human Resource Management. 3rd edition). : TANO 1993 ISBN 82-518-3184-9. p. 139-172 BI

Jevnaker, Birgit Helene. 

Kjerringa mot strømmen og gutta i røyken. Planlegging for gamle eller nye yrkesmønstre?. I: Den norske kvinnerevolusjonen - Kvinners arbeid 1975-85. Universitetsforlaget 1986 ISBN 9788200183181. BI

Jevnaker, Birgit Helene; Broch-Due, Anne-Kathrine. 

Hestekur for styrket konkurranseevne. I: Kan vi planlegge oss til likestilling i 2010?. Universitetsforlaget 1986 ISBN 9788200183167. BI

BOOKS

Dalseg, Aud; Ketola, Kristina Bore; Jevnaker, Birgit Helene. 

Utstilling som form / Aud Dalseg. Orfeus 2013 (ISBN 9788293140269) 230 p. BI

Isaksen, Arne; Jevnaker, Birgit Helene; Kvålshaugen, Ragnhild; Levin, Morten; Nilssen, Tore Geir; Ravn, Johan Elvemo; Sending, Aage; Spilling, Olav R; Wennes, Grete; Øyum, Lisbeth. 

Teknologiledelse. Innovasjon, økonomi, organisasjon. Fagbokforlaget 2013 (ISBN 9788245015324) 683 p. BI NIFU NTNU SINTEF UIA UiO

Farstad, Per; Jevnaker, Birgit Helene. 

Design i praksis: Designledelse og innovasjon. Universitetsforlaget 2010 (ISBN 9788215017457) BI

Bruce, Margaret; Jevnaker, Birgit Helene. 

Management of Design Alliances. Sustaining Competitive Advantage. John Wiley & Sons 1998 296 p. BI

Nordhaug, Odd; Jevnaker, Birgit Helene; Grønhaug, Kjell; Løwendahl, Bente R.. 

Kompetansestyring i arbeidslivet 3 utg. Oslo: Tano Aschehoug 1998 (ISBN 8251836859) BI NHH