Rolv Petter Storvik Amdam

I am Professor of Business History from 1997. From 2006 to 2010 I was Associate Dean for BI's Executive Master of Management programmes, and from 2011 to 2014 I was the Dean for BI's executive programmes.

I received my Dr.Philos degree from the University of Oslo based on a study of the development of business education in Norway, a topic that I also has studied in a European perspectiev in a EU financed project (CEMP). In addtion to having written and edited several books on the history of the glass industry, pharmaceutical companies, the aluminium industry and business schools, I have published in international journals both in business history and management studies. My aim is to do research that is relevant both within international business and within business history. I teach courses in international business and management.

During the fall semester 2015 I am the Alfred D. Chandler Jr. International Scholar in Business History at Harvard Business School. I have also been visitor at Reading University, Toulouse University, ESSEC in Paris, Nanyang Technological University, and ISM University of Management and Economics, Lithuania. I was member of the board of ISM University of Managament and Economics in Lithuania from 2011 to 2013.

My main research interests are:

• • Globalization and industrial clusters, focusing on the maritime industry
• • Norwegian – Chinese business relations
• • Business education and career development
• • International development of executive education

ACADEMIC DEGREES

• 1998 University of Oslo Ph.D Dr. Philos.
• 1985 University of Oslo Master Cand. Philol.

WORK EXPERIENCE

• 1997 - Present BI Norwegian Business School Professor
• 2015 - 2015 Harvard Business School Alfred D. Chandler International Fellow in Business History
• 2011 - 2014 BI Norwegian Business School Dean Executive
• 1989 - 1997 BI Norwegian Business School Associate Professor and Research Fellow
• 1993 - 1994 University of Reading, UK Visiting fellow