Randi Lunnan

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