Department of Accounting

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
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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:
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
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
Throstur Olaf Sigurjonsson; Robert H. Haraldsson; Jordan Mitchell / Corporate Governance and Business Ethics in Iceland : Studies on Contemporary Governance and Ethical Dilemmas.
Bingley : Emerald Group Publishing 2023, 247 p.
Book > peer review
Throstur Olaf Sigurjonsson (Editor) ; José M. Ruano (Editor) ; Alina Georgiana Profiroiu (Editor) ; Saule Maciukaite-Zviniene (Editor) ; Kosjenka Dumančić (Editor) / Cross-Driven Institutional Resilience : Case Studies of Good Governance in Europe during the Covid-19 Pandemic.
Cham : Palgrave Macmillan 2023, 296 p.
Anthology > peer review
Hildur Magnúsdóttir; Olaf Sigurjonsson; Audur Arna Arnardottir; Patricia Gabaldon / Do Nomination Committees Encourage Corporate Board Diversity?
In: Research Handbook on Diversity and Corporate Governance. ed. /Sabina Tasheva; Morten Huse. Cheltenham : Edward Elgar Publishing 2023, p. 96-111 (Research Handbooks in Business and Management)
Book chapter > peer review
Murray Bryant; Olaf Sigurjonsson / Financial Fraud in the Financial Services Industry and Regulation 2022-2021 : The US Experience.
Paper presented at 3rd EIASM Workshop on Fraud and Accounting Scandals, 2023
Paper > peer review
Throstur Olaf Sigurjonsson; Stefan Wendt / Hluthafavirkni og áhrif fagfjárfesta á ákvarðanatöku fyrirtækja
In: Rannsóknir í viðskiptafræði III . ed. /Gylfi Dalmann Aðalsteinsson; Runolfur Smari Steinþórsson; Thorhallur Örn Guðlaugsson. Reykjavík : University of Iceland Press 2023, p. 181-206
Book chapter > peer review
Svala Gudmundsdottir; Throstur Olaf Sigurjonsson; Lára Jóhannsdóttir / How Iceland Tech Firms Controlant and Sidekick Saw Opportunity in the Covid-19 Pandemic
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. 117-134
Book chapter > peer review
Throstur Olaf Sigurjonsson / Introduction
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. 1-8
Book chapter > peer review
Throstur Olaf Sigurjonsson; Lára Jóhannsdóttir; Svala Gudmundsdottir / Klappir Green Solutions : Maintaining a Focus on Sustainability Throughout the Pandemic.
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. 49-70
Book chapter > peer review
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