osiacc

Department of Accounting

  • Center for Corporate Governance
Olaf
Sigurjonsson
Associate professor


Room: SOL/C5.04
Tel:
+4538153362
E-mail: os.ccg@cbs.dk
Presentation

Olaf Sigurjonsson completed his PhD from Copenhagen Business School, Department of International Economics and Management, in 2011. The title of his dissertation is ''Governance Failure and Iceland's Financial Collapse''. In parallel with and following his Ph.D. work, Olaf has conducted research in the fields of corporate governance and strategic management. Olaf has over 20 years' work experience in industry, both in Iceland and abroad. Olaf is affiliated both at Reykjavik University and at Copenhagen Business School, where is holds a part time position as an Associate Professor. Olaf has taught courses on Strategic Management, Change Management and Restructuring, Corporate Governance and Personal & Career Development.

Primary research areas
  • Corporate Governance – Corporate Boards
  • Strategic Management
  • Business Ethics
  • Corruption
Curriculum Vitae
Links
Link to this homepage
www.cbs.dk/en/staff/osiacc
Courses
  • Corporate Governance, MSc. and Executive Education.
  • Strategic Management, MBA and Executive Education.
  • Executing Strategy, MSc.
  • Business Ethics, MSc.


 

Supervision

Supervision and committee member of PhD, MS and BS students' thesis.

Other teaching activities

Internship.

Selected publications
  • Saemundsson, R., Candi, M. and Sigurjonsson (2022). The Influence of Performance Feedback and Top Management Team Orientation on Decisions about R&D in Technology-based Firms. Technovation, p. 1024020.
  • Faigen, B., Mygind, N., Sigurjonsson, T.O. and Arnardottir, A.A. (2021). Three dimensions of employees acquiring shares in their firms: personal characteristics, motives and type of ownership. Economic and Industrial Democracy, 42 (3), p.737-765.
  • Sigurjonsson, T.O., Arnardottir, A.A., Vaiman, V. and Rikhardsson, P. (2015). Managers’ Views on Ethics Education in Business Schools: An Empirical Study. Journal of Business Ethics, Vol. 130(1), p. 1-13.
  • Vaiman, V., Sigurjonsson, T.O., and Davídsson, P. (2011). Weak Business Culture as Antecedents of Economic Crisis: The Case of Iceland. Journal of Business Ethics, 98(2), 67-83.
  • Sigurjonsson, T.O., Schwarzkopf, D.L., and Bryant, M. (Editors). (2018). The Return of Trust? Institutions and the Public after the Icelandic Financial Crisis. Emerald Group Publishing, 276 p.
Publications sorted by:
2024
Amalia-Elena Mochnacs; Speranța Pîrciog; Olaf Sigurjonsson; Adriana Grigorescu / A Conceptual Review of the Higher Education System Based on Open Innovation (OI) Perspectives
In: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Vol. 11, No. 1, 12.2024
Journal article > peer review
Throstur Olaf Sigurjonsson (Editor) ; Alexander Kostyuk (Editor) ; Dmytro Govorun (Author) / Corporate Governance: Participants, Mechanisms and Performance : Proceedings of the International Online Conference .
Sumy : Virtus Interpress Corporate Governance: Participants, Mechanisms and Performance, 2024, 175 p.
Anthology > peer review
Søs Elisabeth Hansen; Throstur Olaf Sigurjonsson / Do Impact Investment Opportunities Exist in Public Equity? : An Empirical Examination.
In: Journal of Governance and Regulation, Vol. 13, No. 1, 2024, p. 83-95
Journal article > peer review
Jordan Mitchell; Throstur Olaf Sigurjonsson; Nikolaos Kavadis; Stefan Wendt / Green Bonds and Sustainable Business Models in Nordic Energy Companies
In: Current Research in Environmental Sustainability, Vol. 7, 1.2024
Journal article > peer review
Throstur Olaf Sigurjonsson; Murray Bryant; Hildur Magnúsdóttir / Nomination Committees in Iceland and Nordic Comparison : An Overview.
In: Corporate Governance: Participants, Mechanisms and Performance: Proceedings of the International Online Conference. . ed. /Throstur Olaf Sigurjonsson; Alexander Kostyuk; Dmytro Govorun. Sumy : Virtus Interpress 2024, 6 p., p. 21-26
Conference abstract in proceedings > peer review
Svala Gudmundsdottir; Throstur Olaf Sigurjonsson; Eva Marín Hlynsdottir; Solrun Dia Fridriksdottir; Inga Sol Ingibjargardottir / Sustainable Digital Change : The Case of a Municipality.
In: Sustainability, Vol. 16, No. 3, 2.2024
Journal article > peer review
Throstur Olaf Sigurjonsson; Alexander Kostyuk / The Continuous Development and Challenges of Corporate Governance
In: Corporate Governance: Participants, Mechanisms and Performance: Proceedings of the International Online Conference. . ed. /Throstur Olaf Sigurjonsson; Alexander Kostyuk; Dmytro Govorun. Sumy : Virtus Interpress Corporate Governance: Participants, Mechanisms and Performance, 2024, p. 6-9
Preface/postscript > peer review
2023
Reynir Smári Atlason; Gunnar Gunnarsson; Kjartan Pálsson; Olaf Sigurjonsson / Accounting for Time when Estimating Financed Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Investment and Lending Portfolios
In: Current Research in Environmental Sustainability, Vol. 6, 1.2023
Journal article > peer review
Murray Bryant; Throstur Olaf Sigurjonsson / An Examination of ‘Institutional Ascription’ : Capture of the Gatekeepers of Accounting Veracity.
In: Risk Governance and Control: Financial Markets & Institutions, Vol. 13, No. 4, 2023, p. 30-39
Journal article > peer review
Throstur Olaf Sigurjonsson / Conclusion
In: Cross-Driven Institutional Resilience: Case Studies of Good Governance in Europe during the Covid-19 Pandemic. . ed. /Throstur Olaf Sigurjonsson; José M. Ruano; Alina Georgiana Profiroiu; Saule Maciukaite-Zviniene; Kosjenka Dumančić. Cham : Palgrave Macmillan 2023, p. 287-292
Book chapter > peer review
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