Karen Sæbbø Osmundsen

BIO

Karen S. Osmundsen is an Associate Professor in Information Systems at the Department of Strategy and Management and the "Centre for Digitalisation in Organization" research group at the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH). She holds a Ph.D from NHH, where she explored digital transformation in incumbent firms. Her research interests align with the socio-technical aspects of digitalization, considering digital technology, people, and processes as equally important and interconnected dimensions of digitalization.  

 

Karen teaches courses and holds lectures on topics related to digitalization, digital transformation, digitalization management, and technology management, at bachelor-, master-, and executive levels. 

 

Before starting her Ph.D, Karen completed an MSc in Economics and Business Administration at NHH and a BSc from the Western Norway University of Applied Sciences (HVL). In between degrees and Ph.D, she also worked some years in shipping and consulting. 

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Author(s) Title Publisher
Osmundsen, Karen Competences for Digital Transformation – Insights from the Norwegian Energy Sector 2020
Osmundsen, Karen; Iden, Jon; Bygstad, Bendik Organizing Robotic Process Automation: Balancing Loose and Tight Coupling Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS) Volume 52; page 6918 - 6926; 2019
Osmundsen, Karen; Iden, Jon Robotisert prosessautomatisering i DFØ Magma forskning og viten Volume 22 (3); page 51 - 57; 2019
Osmundsen, Karen Sæbbø; Iden, Jon; Bygstad, Bendik DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION: DRIVERS, SUCCESS FACTORS, AND IMPLICATIONS 2018
Osmundsen, Karen S; Iden, Jon Capabilities for Digital Transformation Competencies Scandinavian Journal of Information Systems (SJIS) Volume 37 (1); page 173 - 204; 2025
Danilova, Kjersti Berg; Iden, Jon; Osmundsen, Karen Sæbbø Hvordan kan norske offentlige virksomheter lykkes med digitalisering? Magma forskning og viten; 2024
Iden, Jon; Danilova, Kjersti Berg; Osmundsen, Karen S Digitalisering i norske virksomheter:Konsekvenser og utfordringer NIKT: Norsk IKT-konferanse for forskning og utdanning (2); 2023
Osmundsen, Karen S; Meske, Christian; Thapa, Devinder Familiarity with digital twin totality: Exploring the relation and perception of affordances through a Heideggerian perspective Information Systems Journal Volume 32 (5); page 1064 - 1091; 2022
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