We study decision making, governance and efficiency in organisations from a managerial perspective, as well as from the perspective of institutions and investors. Research activities are organised in three broad areas: Business Economics, Management Science and Energy, Natural Resources and the Environment. Faculty members have backgrounds from economics, finance, operations research, mathematics and statistics, and have a firm focus on publishing research in high quality international journals.

The objective of the department is to benefit the business community and society at large through excellence in research, teaching and contributions to the public debate. Faculty members often appear in the media, they are heavily involved in contract research at the SNF Centre for Applied Research at NHH and they contribute to management training through NHH Executive.