Erik Werner Jakobsen (born 1967) is a business economist with a PhD in economics from the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH) in Bergen. Erik is partner and chair of the board in Menon Economics, a research-based consultancy with approx. 75 economists qualified at MSc and PhD-level. From 2009 to 2018, Erik held a part-time position as professor in strategic management at

University College of South-East Norway A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. ''University'' is derived from the Latin phrase ''universitas magistrorum et scholarium'', whic ...

. Earlier, Erik has been the leader of BI Norwegian Business School's Centre for Value Creation and project manager for the research project A value-creating Norway (Et verdiskapende Norge). Erik is also the author of several books and articles, including Hvem eier Norge (Universitetsforlaget); Et verdiskapende Norge (Universitetsforlaget); Ekspansjon og konsernstrategi (Gyldendal); and Attracting the winners (Kolofon). He has more than 30 years of experience as researcher, adviser and lecturer. His areas of expertise are industrial competitiveness, strategic analysis, ownership and corporate strategy, organizational design, cluster-based industry development and industrial policy.

Publications

* Lasse B. Lien and Erik W. Jakobsen, Ekspansjon og konsernstrategi, Gyldendal Akademisk 2015 * Jakobsen, Erik W., Christian Mellbye and Øystein Sørvig (2015): The Leading maritime capitals of the world. Menon publ. no 22/2015 * Mellbye, Christian, Erik W. Jakobsen and Yuriy Zhovtobryukh (2015): GCE Blue Maritime – Global Performance Benchmark. Menon publ. no 34/2015 Available from www.menon.no
/ref> * Olsson, Nils; Frydenberg, Stein; Jakobsen, Erik W.; Jessen, Svein Arne. In search of project substance: how do private investors evaluate projects?. ''International Journal of Managing Projects in Business'' 2010; Volume 3 Iss 2, pp. 257–274 * Grünfeld, L.A. and Jakobsen, E. W., Hvem eier Norge? Eierskap og verdiskaping i et grenseløst næringsliv. Universitetsforlaget 2006 * Fjeldstad, Ø. and Jakobsen, E.W.: Transaction Organizations and Transaction Cost: A theoretical investigation of the domain expansion decisions in firms employing a mediating technology. ''Scandinavian Journal of Management'' 2005, vol 21, pp. 77–100 * Erik W. Jakobsen, Ari Marjamaa and Martin Vikesland: Attracting the winners: The competitiveness of five European Maritime Industries. Kolofon Forlag 2003 *

Torger Reve Torger Reve (born 31 March 1949) is a Norwegian economist, Professor at the BI Norwegian Business School and rector of the BI from 1997 to 2005, particularly known for his work on marketing, distribution channels and interorganizational relations. ...

and Erik W. Jakobsen, Et verdiskapende Norge, Universitetsforlaget 2001

References

External links

Publications by Erik W. Jakobsen in CRIStin, the Current Research Information SysTem In Norway
{{DEFAULTSORT:Jakobsen, Erik W. 1967 births Living people Norwegian economists Norwegian School of Economics alumni Place of birth missing (living people)