Learning from each other's crisis management
Don't fear doomsday, but invest in innovation before a crisis hits, says Professor Bram Timmermans. Handling external shocks was the topic when NHH and Telenor invited to "The HUB Summit".
Professor Bram Timmermans
- Bram.Timmermans@nhh.no
- Telephone
- +47 55 95 95 34
- Department
- Strategy and Management
- Centre
- STOP Digital Transformation Hub
- Office
- E322
- Expertise
- Innovation and Entrepreneurship Skill-relatedness Human-Capital Labour mobility Industrial Dynamics
BIO
Bram Timmermans (01.10.1981) is a professor at the Department of Strategy and Management. Before joining NHH, Bram worked in the Norwegian institute sector as senior researcher at Agderforsknings’s Innovation Department and as associate professor in innovation studies at Aalborg University.
Bram obtained a PhD in the economics of innovation from Aalborg University and received a MSc. in Innovation, Knowledge and Economic Dynamics from Aalborg University (2007) and a MSc. in Economic Geography (2004) at the University of Utrecht.
His main research interest lies within the field of innovation and entrepreneurship, new venture team development and performance, labor mobility, team mobility, strategic human resource development, employee diversity, organization theory, relatedness and related variety, and industrial dynamics.
Selected publications
| Author(s) | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|
| Fitjar, Rune Dahl; Timmermans, Bram | Knowledge Bases and Relatedness: A Study of Labour Mobility in Norwegian Regions | New Avenues for Regional Innovation Systems - Theoretical Advances, Empirical Cases and Policy Lessons; page 149 - 171; 2018 |
| Bublitz, Elisabeth; Nielsen, Kristian; Noseleit, Florian; Timmermans, Bram | Entrepreneurship, human capital, and labor demand: A story of signaling and matching | Industrial and Corporate Change Volume 27 (2); page 269 - 287; 2018 |
| Marx, Matt; Timmermans, Bram | Hiring Molecules, Not Atoms: Comobility and Wages | Organization science Volume 28 (6); page 1115 - 1133; 2017 |
| Fitjar, Rune Dahl; Timmermans, Bram | Oppstartsbedrifter skaper ikke flest jobber | Dagens næringsliv; 2017 |
| Lien, Lasse B.; Timmermans, Bram; Alsos, Gry Agnete; Solheim, Marte Cecilie Wilhelmsen; Sørheim, Roger | Innovasjonsatferd i krisetider. Innsikter fra norsk næringsliv. | Magma - Tidsskrift for økonomi og ledelse (02); page 63 - 74; 2022 |
| Nielsen, Kristian; Dahl, Michael S.; Timmermans, Bram; Christensen, Jesper Lindgaard | Entrepreneurship, experimentation and innovation : Future policy for innovative and growth-oriented entrepreneurs in Denmark | Globalisation, New and Emerging Technologies, and Sustainable Development : The Danish Innovation System in Transition; 2021 |
| Knudsen, Eirik Sjåholm; Lien, Lasse B.; Timmermans, Bram; Wuebker, Robert | The more things change, the more they stay the same: Demand-side responses to economic shocks | Managerial and Decision Economics (MDE) (0 pages); 2021 |
| Knudsen, Eirik Sjåholm; Lien, Lasse B.; Timmermans, Bram; Belik, Ivan; Pandey, Sujit | Stability in turbulent times? The effect of digitalization on the sustainability of competitive advantage | Journal of Business Research Volume 128; page 360 - 369; 2021 |
Dissemination
Wants to modernise Norwegian food production
Marius Bratsberg has attended the Norwegian School of Entrepreneurship at NHH and learnt simple measures that can make or break an idea.
The oil industry emptied the market of talent
‘It appears that the Norwegian oil and gas industry have snapped up all the talent from related industries, at the same time as putting their salaries under pressure,’ says researcher Bram Timmermans at NHH.
– Discover your inner entrepreneur
The Research Council of Norway provides one million kroner for a good business idea. NHH researcher Bram Timmermans has the following message to the students: – Discover your inner entrepreneur and apply for funding, he says.
Students from all over the world to NHH summer school
Bergen – known for its dubious rainfall records – still manage to be a very pleasant place to stay during summer. At least when you have joined NHH Summer School: Just have a look at the course on social entrepreneurship!
From self-employed to employer
Hiring a first employee is an important milestone for entrepreneurs.