BI Norwegian Business School

Overview

BI Norwegian Business School

BI Norwegian Business School is a private educational institution in Oslo, Norway. Established in 1943, it was formerly known as the Institute of Managerial Economics. It was accredited as a scientific university in 2008. With campuses around the country’s major cities and students from all over the globe, BI is regarded as the largest Norwegian business school and the second largest in all of Europe.

BI Norwegian Business School Key Statistics

The business school is composed of nine academic departments. These include the Department of Strategy and Entrepreneurship, the Department of Data Science and Analytics, the Department of Communication and Culture, and the Department of Accounting and Operations Management. It offers undergraduate and postgraduate courses in diverse learning areas, including marketing, economics, finance, and law.

It has a student population of more than 20,100 undergraduates and postgraduates. The university also employs more than 800 academic and administrative staff members across four campuses. These campuses are the Campus Oslo, the Campus Bergen, the Campus Stavanger, and the Campus Trondheim.

Other BI Norwegian Business School key statistics are its wide range of academic and administrative facilities that include student housing, health and wellness services, sports and recreational centers, lecture halls, student bars, and an extensive library system that is composed of four libraries.

BI Norwegian Business School Research

BI is among the leading research institutions in Norway. It has been acknowledged by several organizations and is the country’s only triple-accredited school. Researchers are funded through grants and fellowships from the Research Council of Norway, the EEA and Norway Grants, and the Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research.

The top three BI Norwegian Business School research fields are economics, psychology, and business. Researchers from the university have also attended global research conferences and symposia such as ICMI: International Conference on Multimodal Interfaces, HICCS: Hawaiian International Conference on System Sciences, and Video: ACM International Conference on Interactive Experiences for TV and Online Video.

Its most cited research work is Brass et al.’s (2004) “Taking stock of networks and organizations: A multilevel perspective,” which was published in the Academy of Management Journal and has 3,416 citations to date. BI’s second most popular research output is Junni et al.’s (2013) “Organizational ambidexterity and performance: A meta-analysis,” which was published in the Academy of Management Perspectives and has been cited 771 times so far.

Meanwhile, its third most popular research work is Donthu and Gustafsson’s (2020) “Effects of COVID-19 on business and research.” This article, which talks about the catastrophic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the business and research environments, was published in the Journal of Business Research and has been cited 592 times by students and research professionals worldwide throughout its publication.

In addition, there are also an extensive range of interactive BI Norwegian Business School research centers and groups on its premises. These include the Nordic Centre for Internet and Society, the Health Care Management, the Experimental Studies and Research, and the Asset Pricing Research.

Its other research facilities are the Centre for Applied Macroeconomics and Commodity Prices, Centre for Construction Industry, Centre for Creative Industries, Centre for Corporate Governance Research, and the Simula@BI.