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Mar­tin Jes Iversen

Associate Professor

Subjects
Board Business development Strategy Internationalisation Companies Business community History Denmark

Primary research areas

Strategy & In­nov­a­tion

Mar­tin Jes Iversen's (MJI) primary re­search area is strategy and in­nov­a­tion with an em­pir­ic­al fo­cus on con­tem­por­ary Dan­ish ship­ping.

MJI's cur­rent re­search con­cerns strategies and in­nov­a­tion in Dan­ish ship­ping com­pan­ies after year 2000, with fo­cus on the case of the Dan­ish ship­ping com­pany Norden.

In­nov­a­tion & Glob­al­iz­a­tion

Mar­tin Jes Iver­sens re­search con­cerns in­nov­a­tion and glob­al­iz­a­tion - more pre­cisely the re­la­tion between the emer­ging techno-eco­nom­ic paradigms (such as ICT, mo­tor­iz­a­tion, elec­tri­fic­a­tion) and busi­ness mod­els defined as cus­tom­er-based value cre­ation. His re­search fo­cus con­cerns the mari­time sec­tor with fo­cus on the or­gan­isa­tion­al dy­nam­ics re­lated to new busi­ness mod­els in­clud­ing the chan­ging re­la­tions between key-act­ors, strategies and struc­tures (re­gime changes).

The mas­ter eco­nom­ist should ex­am­ine the present in the light of past for pur­pose of the fu­ture (J.M. Keynes)

My research concerns innovation and globalization - more precisely the relation between the emerging techno-economic paradigms (such as ICT, motorization, electrification) and business models defined as customer-based value creation. The research focus concerns the maritime sector with focus on the organisational dynamics related to new business models including the changing relations between key-actors, strategies and structures (regime changes).   

  

My current research includes: 

An entrepreneurial study of the relation between digital technologies and new business models in international shipping after year 2010.This project is supported by Orients Foundation with a grant of 5 million DKK (2020-2025), and it will be finalized by an international textbook on maritime digitalization (to be published by Palgrave MacMillan) 

Creating a research corridor between Odesa National Maritime University and Copenhagen Business School including the International Olesen Conference and a new Center of Excellence. This project is supported with 4 grants of a total of 1.5 million DKK from The Danish Maritime Foundation, Orients Fund, Lauritzen Fonden and the TORM foundation. 

Understanding the role of blockchain technology in international shipping with a specific focus on the rise and fall of TradeLens. This project is integrated in my supervision of PhD student Kate Markhiva and supported by  Orients Foundation see point 1

Outside activities

Advisor on TV-documentary (Dynastiet Mærsk) , 2023–2025

His­tor­ic­al ex­pert and ad­visor at the doc­u­ment­ary on Mærsk ship­ping

Fionia Maritime Academy

Co-Founder and board mem­ber of the academy for sea­farers with in­tro­duc­tion courses on mari­time busi­ness
https://fioniaacademy.com/