Randi Lunnan (born 1963) is a Norwegian

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, and Professor at the Department of Strategy of the

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, known for her work on international strategic alliances and management of international corporations.

Life and work

Lunnan obtained her MSc in Economics in 1988 at the

Norwegian School of Economics The Norwegian School of Economics ( no, Norges Handelshøyskole) or NHH is a business school situated in Bergen, Norway. It was founded in 1936 as Norway's first business school and is a leading teaching and research institution in the fields of ...

, where she continued her graduate studies. She studied for a year at

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in 1996, and back at the Norwegian School of Economics she obtained her PhD in 1999 with the thesis entitled "Strategic Flexibility and Alliances". After graduation Lunnan started her academic career in 1999 at

as Associate Professor at the Department of Strategy and Logistics. She directed the MSc program in strategy and the MBA education in China. In 2008 she was appointed Full Professor. Lunnan research interests are in the field of "strategic alliances and international organisation... articularlyhow alliances evolve over time, and specifically what affects the sharing of knowledge and rejuvenation of alliances."Randi Lunnan appointed Professor of Strategy
at ''bi.edu,'' Nv/ 6, 2008. Accessed 02.02.2015

Selected publications

* Lunnan, Randi. ''Strategic Flexibility and Alliances.'' PhD thesis Norwegian School of Economics, 1999. Articles, a selection: * Lunnan, Randi, and Sven A. Haugland. "Predicting and measuring alliance performance: A multidimensional analysis." ''Strategic Management Journal'' 29.5 (2008): 545-556. * Becerra, Manuel, Randi Lunnan, and Lars Huemer. "Trustworthiness, risk, and the transfer of tacit and explicit knowledge between alliance partners." ''Journal of Management Studies'' 45.4 (2008): 691-713. * Benito, Gabriel R.G., Lunnan, Randi and Tomassen, Sverre, "Distant Encounters of the Third Kind: Multinational Companies Locating Divisional Headquarters Abroad", ''Journal of Management Studies'', 48(2), 2011, 373-394.

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Randi Lunnan
at BI Norwegian Business School {{DEFAULTSORT:Lunnan, Randi 1963 births Living people Norwegian business theorists Norwegian School of Economics alumni Academic staff of the Norwegian School of Economics