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Runólfur S Steinþórsson - Professor
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School of Social Sciences
Runólfur S Steinþórsson
Íslenska
Professor
Professor of Strategy and Management, Chair Center for Strat
Location
Gimli / G-213
Phone
525 - 4557
Email
rsmari [at] hi.is
Unit
Faculty of Business Administration
Website
http://uni.hi.is/rsmari/
Curriculum Vitae
Runólfur S Steinþórsson - Curriculum Vitae
Consultation hours
ORCID site
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0924-301X
Research portal – Runólfur S Steinþórsson
Courses 2024 - 2025
VIÐ609G - Strategy Formation and Implementation
VIÐ265F - Strategic Management
VIÐ298F - Service Design and Consulting
VIÐ561L - Ph.D. Thesis
VIÐ561L - Ph.D. Thesis
VIÐ174M - Microeconomics of Competitiveness
VIÐ174F - Managing Services
VIÐ561L - Ph.D. Thesis
Collaboration
Scandinavian Consortium
,
,
SCANCOR - ScandinavianConsortium for Organizational Research.
Are working with a number of international colleagues on different projects.
,
,
Are working with a number of international colleagues on different projects.
,
Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness, Harvard Business School.
,
Nordic Academy of Management
Education
1995
,
Ph.D.
,
Copenhagen Business School
,
Ph.D
1990
,
Cand.merc.
,
Copenhagen Business School
,
Cand.merc
1986
,
cand.oecon
,
University of Iceland
,
Cand.oecon
Professional Experience
1993 -
,
Professor,
University of Iceland
1990 -
1993,
Ph.D. Candidate,
Copenhagen Business School
1986 -
1987,
Representative,
Eimskip
1983 -
1985,
Representative,
Eimskip
1979 -
1982,
Representative,
Eimskip
Published works
2023
Orðasafn í stjórnarháttum fyrirtækja
2022
The challenges in initiating cluster activities: Lessons from three attempts to a biocluster initiative in Iceland
Eigendastefna opinbers fyrirtækis og ábyrgt eignarhald
Tímarit um viðskipti og efnahagsmál
Einkenni á starfsemi frumkvöðlasetra á Íslandi
Tourism Micro-cluster
Leiðbeiningar um stjórnarhætti fyrirtækja í fræðilegu og hagnýtu ljósi: Dæmi frá Íslandi
Tímarit um viðskipti og efnahagsmál
2021
Reflections on tourism business viability and competitiveness in rural regions
The potential impact of The University of Iceland Science Park on Tourism Innovation in Iceland
Reflections on a SMART urban ecosystem in a small island state
International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business
Reflections on tourism business viability and competitiveness in rural regions
Strategic Management of Horse-related Events: The Case of the National Championships of the Icelandic Horse (Landsmót) 1998-2008
2020
Klasar: Bók um klasa
Vaxtarsamningar og klasatengt starf
Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in Re-making: Top-down or Bottom-up Cluster Initiatives?
2019
Samkeppnishæfni - Nálgun að ytri greiningu
Spurningar um stefnu og stefnumótun fyrirtækja
2018
Stefnumiðaðir stjórnarhættir : dæmi frá Orkuveitu Reykjavíkur
Tímarit um viðskipti og efnahagsmál
Klasi og klasaframtak í hestamennsku
Stefna - Forskrifuð, sjálfsprottin eða samtvinnuð nálgun
Establishment and Downfall of a Horse-based Cluster Initiative in Northwest Iceland
Contemporary Issues in Law
Cluster Mapping Process as a Step in Creating Opportunities for Greater Collaboration
Development of micro-clusters in tourism
Scandinavian Journal of Hospitality and Tourism
Skipulag fyrirtækja á Íslandi fyrir og eftir hrun
Research in applied business and economics
2017
Scenarios as a strategy practice: Lessons from scenario projects in Iceland with focus on the merger of municipalities
Hyruspor” – A Cluster Initiative in Northwest of Iceland
Towards openness and inclusiveness
Industry and Higher Education
Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in Re-making after the Collapse of the Financial System in Iceland: The change from Top-down to Bottom-up Cluster Initiatives
Approaching Competitiveness through Scenario Planning – Lessons from Iceland
Innovation partnership. scope and performance among Icelandic companies. Case study
Exploring key issues and factors of a SMART urban ecosystem in a small island state: Reflections related to SMART Reykjavik
Stefna og samkeppnishæfni: Með hliðsjón af kenningum Michaels E. Porters
Klasar: klasaframtök og klasastjórnun
Landsmót hestamanna - áherslur og áskoranir
Academic spin-offs: Theoretical and empirical reflections
2016
Sjónarhorn stefnumótunar og akademísk sprotafyrirtæki
Klasaframtök og klasamiðstöðvar - sem aflvakar innan klasa
Klasakort - verkfæri við kortlagningu klasa
Science Parks as a Community Based Hub and Enabler of Shared Value
2015
Samkeppnishæfni þjóða og milliaðilar
Námskeið um klasa og samkeppnishæfn
Hestar og þróun klasa : hestatengdur klasi á Norðurlandi vestra
Skrína : rit um auðlinda-, landbúnaðar- og umhverfisvísindi
Framtíðarfræði og notkun sviðsmynda: Staðan hérlendis og framvinda
Stefna í reynd í litlu íslensku hátæknifyrirtæki
Tímarit um viðskipti og efnahagsmál
LYSI in Iceland
2014
Relating Temporary Organizations to Strategy Concepts
Framtíðarfræði og virði framtíðarrýni við vöruþróun; Future Studies and the Value of Foresight in Product Development
Klasaframtök og vottun klasastarfs
Future Studies and new Product Development: Scenario and the Fuzzy Front end
Klasar og klasakenningar
Cluster Governance: In Between Top-down and Bottom-up Clusters
2013
Gefa viðbrögð við eldgosi innsýn í krísustjórnun : dæmi frá Icelandair
Stjórnmál og stjórnsýsla
Klasaþróun - skref fyrir skref
2011
Stefnumótun í íslenskum skipulagsheildum
Stjórnmál og stjórnsýsla
Entrepreneurs or not - how to define owners of an horse farm define themselves
Experiences of open innovation in leading companies
Temporary Organizations and Strategy - an exploration
Hvert skal stefna með Landsmót hestamanna : áherslur og áskoranir
Framlag Chesters I. Barnards til stjórnunarfræðanna
Umhverfismál og samkeppnisforskot
2010
Samkeppnishæfni þjóða
Stjórnarhættir fyrirtækja : íslenskur sjónarhóll
Þjóðfundir og stefnumótun
Samfélagsleg ábyrgð og sjálfbærni
2009
Stefnuhugtakið í ljósi Porters
Tilurð viðbragðsáætlunar gegn heimsfaraldri inflúensu
Um þekkingu og þekkingartap:Fræðileg umfjöllun og dæmi
Samfélagsleg ábyrgð fyrirtækja á Íslandi: Staða og framtíðarhorfur
Samkeppnishæfni Íslands: Varanleg verðmætasköpun og hagsæld
During times of prosperity to collapse: Business studies in Iceland
Framúrskarandi fyrirtæki
2008
Innform á Íslandi : fræðilegt samhengi og fyrirmynd
Samvinna um nýsköpun
2007
Hvernig má átta sig á stefnu fyrirtækis?
2006
Framlag Michaels E. Porters til viðskiptafræðanna og viðskiptalífsins á Íslandi
2005
Framlag Peters F. Druckers til stjórnunarfræðanna
2004
Stjórnun : ný hugtök - ný hugsun
Europeanization of central government administration in the Nordic states
Journal of Common Market Studies
2003
Lýsing á stefnu og stefnumótunarvinnu
Temporary organizing : a viking approach to project management research
Studying organizations as temporary
Scandinavian Journal of Management
Stefnumiðuð stjórnun : fimm greiningarlíkön
Tímarit um viðskipti og efnahagsmál
Evrópuvæðing stjórnsýslunnar : áhrif Evrópusamvinnunnar á stjórnsýslu Norðurlanda
Áhrif Evrópusamvinnunnar á stjórnsýslu ESB ríkjanna Svíþjóðar og Finnlands og EFTA/EES ríkjanna Íslands og Noregs
Áhrif Evrópusamvinnunnar á stjórnsýslu Íslands og Noregs
2002
Strategic management as multi-contextual sensemaking in intermediate organizations
Scandinavian Journal of Management
2000
Effective museums - The focus on outcomes
Studying organizations as temporary : the Heraclitus river metaphor revisited
1996
Strategisk ledelse af integrerede mellemsektororganisationer. Overvejelser om forudsætninger og funktion
Ledelse og erhvervsøkonomi Erhvervsøkonomisk Tidsskrift Handelsvidenskabeligt Tidsskrift
1995
Strategisk ledelse af integrerede mellemsektororganisationer. Overvejelser om forudsætninger og funktion
Rannsóknir á markvissri stjórnun atvinnuþróunarfélaga
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