EDUCATION
1961 Royal Naval College, Näsby Park
1963 First Degree (Civilekonom) at the Stockholm School of Economics
1967 Second Degree (Ekon. Lic) at SSE
1972 Doctor´s Degree (Dr.Econ) at SSE
1974 Associate Professor (Docent), Business Adm. at SSE
1990 Senior Executive Program at MIT, Cambridge, Mass
1996 Adj.Professor, Business Administration at SSE
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1963-1975 Economic Research Institute at SSE
1975-1976 Acting Professor of Business Administration, Uppsala Univ.
1977-1991 Director and Head of Corporate Planning TVT
1991-1997 Senior Vice President, Corporate Strategy, Telia AB
1997-2007 Head, Center for Information and Communications Research (CIC)
2007-2011 Economic Research Institute ( EFI )
2011- Stockholm School of Economics Institute for Research ( SIR)
BOARD MEMBERSHIPS
1980 – 2007 Chairman of the Board, TELDOK
1985 – 1988 Member of the Board for Swedish Space Activities
1992 – 1995 Board Member, Institute for Management, Innovation & Technology (IMIT)
1993- Member of the Royal Swedish Academy for the Engineering Sciences (IVA)
1995 – 1997 Member of the Advisory Board, the C.I.T.I Program, Columbia University
1997 – 2000 Adv.Board, “Business Europe”, Economist Intelligence Unit, London
1998 – 2001 Member of the Steering Group, The Baltic IT Fund (Stockholm)
2002 – 2007 Member of the Scientific Committee, EuroCPR (Montpellier)
2002 – 2007 Board Member, Institute for Mobile Markets Research, Atlanta, US
2002 – 2007 Member of the Scientific Committee, Wireless@KTH (Kista)
2004 – 2006 Member of the “IT & Telecom” Working Group on Strategy, Industry Ministry
2005 – 2007 Adv. Board, project Communications Assessment (COAT), Swedish Defense Research Agency
2006- 2008 Adv. Board, the Nordic and Baltic Journal of ICT
2007 -2008 Member of Assessment Group. Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research
Member of Ph.D Grading Committees
-Brandt, Daniela(2008). The role of national institutions in the internationalization strategies of wireless service providers in Switzerland and Sweden. Ph.D. dissertation. Bern Univ.
-Lindskog, Helena (2008) Public Procurement and the Development of the Swedish Telecom Market. Ph.D Dissertation. Linköping Univ
-Du Rietz, Anita (2003 Dynamics of the Internet: A Transformation Analysis of Banking and Finance. Univ. of Mälardalen.
-Johansson, Dan (2001)The dynamics of firm and industry growth : the Swedish computing and communications industry. Ph.D Dissertation. KTH, Royal Institute of Technology.Stockholm.
-Mattila, Minna (2001) Essays on Consumers in the Dawn of Interactive Banking. Univ. of Jyväskylä. ISBN 951-39-0883-6
– Frankelius,Per (1999) Företagande i tid, kontextuellt perspektiv och visiuellt beskrivingsspråk “. Ph.D Dissertation. Jönköping Univ.
-Karlsson, Magnus (1998) ” The Liberalization of Telecommunications in Sweden. Ph.D Dissertation. Linköping Univ.
-Link, Fredrik (1997) Diffusion Dynamics and the Pricing of Innovations”. Lund Studies in Economics and Management.. University of Lund
-Bohlin, Erik (1995). Economics and Management of Investments. Chalmers Univ.
Reviewer
2009
Reviewer , Associate Professorship , Dr. Anders HederstiernaBlekinge Tekniska Högskola
2007
Reviewer , Professorship , Dr. Erik Bohlin, Chalmers Univ.
2006
Reviewer , Research Position , Dr. Sven Lindmark , Chalmers Univ.
2005
Reviewer , Tenure , Prof. John Carey Fordham Univ. NYC
Faculty Opponent
-Carleheden, Sten-Åke (1999) Telemonopolens strategier. Lund University.
-Junghagen, Sven (1998).Strategiska förhållningssätt till IT i små företag. Umeå Univ.
-Nilsson, Jan-Evert (1979).Norrland år 2001. Umeå Univ.
-Rydén,Inger (1976)Transportkostnader och regional utveckling.HHS
-Söderbaum,P (1973). Positionsanalys. Uppsala Univ.
– Ahnström, L (1973). Styrande och ledande verksamhet i Väst-Europa.HHS
-Hörnell, Erik & Vahlne, Jan-Erik (1973). The Deciding Factors in the Choice of …Channels for Export. Uppsala Univ.