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Torben Juul An­der­sen

Professor

Subjects
Decision-making Board Centralisation Decentralisation Leadership Strategy

Primary research areas

In­ter­na­tion­al Man­age­ment and Lead­er­ship
In­ter­na­tion­al or­gan­iz­a­tions op­er­ate in com­plex dy­nam­ic con­texts that call for lead­er­ship in­duced struc­tur­al flex­ib­il­it­ies and col­lab­or­at­ive re­sponse cap­ab­il­it­ies across hier­arch­ies, func­tions, and geo­graph­ies to en­able re­struc­tur­ing around ad­apt­ive busi­ness strategies.
Glob­al Stra­tegic Re­spons­ive­ness
The glob­al stra­tegic re­spons­ive­ness (GSR) ini­ti­at­ive is fo­cused on the stra­tegic ad­apt­a­tion and re­si­li­ence of private en­ter­prises and pub­lic in­sti­tu­tions in com­plex un­pre­dict­able glob­al con­texts aimed at gen­er­at­ing res­ults of value for busi­ness prac­tice and sus­tain­able so­ci­et­ies.
Stra­tegic Risk Gov­ernance
Risk gov­ernance is fo­cused on how or­gan­iz­a­tions can man­age ma­jor ex­pos­ures and dis­rupt­ive events to at­tain fa­vor­able risk-re­turn out­comes as re­flec­ted in good risk lead­er­ship prac­tices where many firms typ­ic­ally fall into a left-skewed tail of un­der­per­formers.

Identi­fy ways to per­severe un­der ex­treme un­cer­tainty and many un­knowns.

My primary research focus is on strategic renewal and adaptability as a reaction to the dynamic complex global business conditions that call for effective leadership of strategic response capabilities and resilient adaptation in the face of emergent risks in unstable evolving environments with many abrupt disruptions. 

This constitutes one of the major societal problems of our time that challenges how human activities are structured and arguably presents existential issues for humanity. 

Contemporary businesses and the societies they operate in are increasingly exposed to unpredicted developments, e.g., derivative effects of pandemic, military conflict, and geopolitical tension as well as extreme weather caused by global warming, with a potential for extreme outcomes that challenge international business. 

We need solutions to deal with these global developments that call for collaborative efforts as the consequences are born by private and public institutions alike and extend beyond national, regional, and continental borders.

Publications

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2026

Responsive Structures in Multinational Organizations

Engaging Employee Knowledge Across Diverse Contexts

Tor­ben Juul An­der­sen, Professor

Michael Jakobsen
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2026

The Implications of Individuals in Multinational Organizations

Alternative Perspectives on International Business

Tor­ben Juul An­der­sen, Professor

Michael Jakobsen
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2026

Global Strategic Responsiveness in Multinational Enterprise

An Emerging Concept

Tor­ben Juul An­der­sen, Professor

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Outside activities

Chôra Found­a­tion, Chair­man of Su­per­vis­ory Board, Haar­lem, Neth­er­lands , 2018 - 2025

CHÔRA was foun­ded with the in­tent to op­er­ate as a non-profit Dutch Sticht­ing to help or­gan­iz­a­tions gen­er­ate stra­tegic and trans­form­at­ive in­nov­a­tion in an in­creas­ingly com­plex world with the aim to pro­mote en­vir­on­ment­al pro­tec­tion and the well­being of man­kind in line with the UN Sus­tain­able De­vel­op­ment Goals.
Go to www.chora.space

Stra­tegic Risk Lead­er­ship As­so­ci­ation (SRLA), Board mem­ber, An­t­werp, Bel­gi­um , 2024 - now

The SRLA is a pan-European ex­pert net­work aimed at ad­van­cing the know­ledge and use of risk man­age­ment for stra­tegic de­cision-mak­ing in European na­tion­al and loc­al gov­ern­ments com­pris­ing the pub­lic sec­tor at large and its links to private en­ter­prise.
Go to srla.eu

Fonds­mæ­glersel­ska­bet Car­bon­wise A/S, Board mem­ber, Hellerup, Den­mark , 2024 - now

The main activ­it­ies are con­sultancy and or­der ex­e­cu­tion with a fo­cus on cer­ti­fic­ates un­der the EU trad­ing emis­sion sys­tem aimed at re­du­cing emis­sions from the ship­ping sec­tor.
Go to cbwise.com