Torger Reve (born 31 March 1949) is a Norwegian

economist An economist is a professional and practitioner in the social sciences, social science discipline of economics. The individual may also study, develop, and apply theories and concepts from economics and write about economic policy. Within this ...

, Professor at the

BI Norwegian Business School BI Norwegian Business School () is the largest business school in Norway and the second largest in all of Europe. BI has in total four campuses with the main one located in Oslo. The university has 845 employees consisting of an academic staff o ...

and rector of the BI from 1997 to 2005, particularly known for his work on

marketing Marketing is the process of exploring, creating, and delivering value to meet the needs of a target market in terms of goods and services; potentially including selection of a target audience; selection of certain attributes or themes to emph ...

distribution channels Distribution (or place) is one of the four elements of the marketing mix. Distribution is the process of making a product or service available for the consumer or business user who needs it. This can be done directly by the producer or service p ...

and interorganizational relations.Anderson, James C., and James A. Narus.
A model of distributor firm and manufacturer firm working partnerships
" the Journal of Marketing (1990): 42-58.

Biography

Born in

Klepp Klepp is a municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Jæren. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Kleppe. Other villages in Klepp include Klepp stasjon, Orre, Orstad, Polle ...

, Reve received his BA in liberal arts in 1970 from the

Gustavus Adolphus College Gustavus Adolphus College ( ) is a private liberal arts college in St. Peter, Minnesota. It was founded in 1862 by Swedish Americans led by Eric Norelius and is affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Gustavus gets its nam ...

in Minnesota, USA, and back in Norway his MA in Business Administration in 1972 from 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 ...

(NHH), where in 1975 he received a second MA. In 1980 back at the States he received his Ph.D in Marketing from

Kellogg Graduate School of Management The Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University (also known as Kellogg) is the business school of Northwestern University, a private research university in Evanston, Illinois. Founded in 1908, Kellogg is one of the oldest and most p ...

with the thesis entitled "Interorganizational relations in distribution channels: an empirical study of Norwegian distribution channel dyads." In 1980 he was appointed as an associate professor at the

Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe * Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway * Demographics of Norway *The Norwegian language, including ...

. He was promoted to professor in 1984, and from 1995 to 1997 he was the school CEO. In 1997 he was appointed as professor at

. Reve also served as

rector Rector (Latin for the member of a vessel's crew who steers) may refer to: Style or title *Rector (ecclesiastical), a cleric who functions as an administrative leader in some Christian denominations *Rector (academia), a senior official in an edu ...

there from 1997 to 2005. He was also the chairman of the

Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation NRK, an abbreviation of the Norwegian ''Norsk Rikskringkasting AS'', generally expressed in English as the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation, is the Norwegian government-owned radio and television public broadcasting company, and the largest ...

from 2000 to 2001.

Selected publications

* Reve, Torger. ''Interorganizational relations in distribution channels: an empirical study of Norwegian distribution channel dyads.'' UMI, 1980. * Reve, Torger, and Erik W. Jakobsen. ''Et verdiskapende Norge.'' Universitetsforlaget, 2001. Articles, a selection: * Reve, Torger, and Louis W. Stern. "Interorganizational relations in marketing channels." Academy of Management Review 4.3 (1979): 405-416. * Stern, Louis W., and Torger Reve.
Distribution channels as political economies: a framework for comparative analysis
" The Journal of Marketing (1980): 52-64. * John, George, and Torger Reve. "The reliability and validity of key informant data from dyadic relationships in marketing channels." Journal of Marketing Research (1982): 517-524. * Achrol, Ravi Singh, Torger Reve, and Louis W. Stern. "The environment of marketing channel dyads: a framework for comparative analysis." The Journal of Marketing (1983): 55-67. * Reve, Torger. "The firm as a nexus of internal and external contracts." The Theory of the Firm: Critical Perspectives on Business and Management (1990): 310-334.

References

External links

Torger Reve
at BI {{DEFAULTSORT:Reve, Torger 1949 births Living people Norwegian business theorists Norwegian economists Gustavus Adolphus College alumni Norwegian School of Economics alumni Kellogg School of Management alumni Academic staff of the Norwegian School of Economics Academic staff of BI Norwegian Business School Rectors of BI Norwegian Business School Chairs of NRK People from Klepp