Bridging the AI Gap: Lasse Lien on Turning Adaptation into Advantage
Artificial intelligence is evolving faster than most companies can react. Lasse Lien explains what may be Norway’s best path to competitive advantage.
Professor Lasse B. Lien
- Lasse.Lien@nhh.no
- Telephone
- +47 55 95 97 26
- Department
- Strategy and Management
- Centre
- STOP Digital Transformation Hub
- Office
- D324
- Expertise
- Competition Economics Strategy Strategic Human Capital Strategy in recessions Diversification- and growth strategies
BIO
Lasse B. Lien holds a dr. oecon and Master of Science degrees from the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH) and a BA in political science from the University of Bergen.
He is currently professor of strategy at the Department of Strategy and Management at Norwegian School of Economics (NHH), where he is the director of the research group S T O P (Strategy, Organization and Performance).
Liens research interests are related to performance differences between firms, in particular to corporate level strategy, the link between strategy and business cycles, and to competitive dynamics more generally.
Selected publications
| Author(s) | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|
| Angelshaug, Magne; Saebi, Tina; Lien, Lasse B.; Foss, Nicolai J. | Uncertainty versus urgency: When top management team diversity hinders business model innovation | Technological Forecasting and Social Change Volume 212; 2025 |
| Foss, Nicolai Juul; Klein, Peter G.; Lien, Lasse B.; Zellweger, Thomas; Zenger, Todd | Ownership competence: The enabling and constraining role of institutions | Strategic Management Journal Volume 44 (8); page 1955 - 1964; 2023 |
| Angelshaug, Magne; Saebi, Tina; Lien, Lasse B.; Foss, Nicolai Juul | Searching wide and deep for business model innovation | Innovation: Organization and Management; 2023 |
| Knudsen, Eirik Sjåholm; Lien, Lasse B. | The half-life of knowledge and strategic human capital | Human Resource Management Review Volume 33 (4); page 1 - 15; 2023 |
Dissemination
The AI-ladder
How can companies move from basic AI use to lasting competitive advantages? By climbing the AI ladder. With Professors Bram Timmermans and Lasse Lien from the research center DIG – Digital Innovation for Growth at the Norwegian School of Economics. The video is in Norwegian.
NHH will conduct research on the consequences of the coronavirus for working life
The Norwegian School of Economics will receive NOK four million from the Research Council of Norway to conduct research on how COVID-19 affects companies’ knowledge competence and their new digital everyday life.