Ekaterina Shepeleva Bjørnåli

About

Courses:

BSOL4005 - Advanced Organization Theory, NTNU Business School

MRK3025 - Innovation and Business Development, NTNU Business School

Earlier courses:

- TIØ4170 Technology based business development (2015), IØT and NTNUs School of Entrepreneurship.

-Organizational Theory and Project Administration , HiST, AFT

Current research interests:

- the role of the board of directors and top management teams in high-tech start-ups, including academic spin-offs and venture capital backed firms,

- strategies, management and growth of clean-tech start-ups,

- networking, internationalization, financing, innovation and policies related to new venture growth.

Publications / rewards:

Ekaterina has published her research in Long Range Planning, Journal of Business Venturing, Journal of Technology Transfer, Journal of International Entrepreneurship and in international books.

2011 - Her conference paper has been recognized as the Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings in San-Antonio, Texas.

2017 - Her conference paper has been nominated for the 2017 Carolyn B. Dexter Award. This prestigious award is given to the paper that best meets the objective of internationalizing the Academy of Management. Each of the Academy's Divisions and Interest Groups nominates one annual meeting submission for this award each year.

Prior working experience:

- Post Doc, Dept. of Industrial Economics and Technology Management, NTNU

- Senior Researcher, NIFU Nordic Institute for Studies in Innovation, Research and Education, Oslo.

- Ph.D., Dept. of Industrial Economics and Technology Management, NTNU

Links:

Dissertation: http://brage.bibsys.no/xmlui/bitstream/handle/11250/265668/-1/281246_FULLTEXT01.pdf

Short version: http://brage.bibsys.no/xmlui/handle/11250/148904

Publications

2024

Bjørnåli, Ekaterina Shepeleva; Erikson, Truls; Aspelund, Arild. (2024) The role of board leadership in deliberating international entry. International Journal of Entrepreneurship
Academic article
Erikson, Truls; Bjørnåli, Ekaterina Shepeleva; Coleridge, Chris. (2024) The moderating role of efficacious board leadership in high tech startups. Journal of High Technology Management Research
Academic article

2023

Bjørnåli, Ekaterina Shepeleva; Asad, Sarosh; Terjesen, Siri. (2023) Determinants of intra-board behavioral integration in high-tech start-ups. Journal of Management and Governance
Academic article
Bjørnåli, Ekaterina Shepeleva; Erikson, Truls; Coleridge, Chris. (2023) Competitive moves in new high-tech firms: The role of board heterogeneity and family ties. Journal of High Technology Management Research
Academic article

2022

Erikson, Truls; Coleridge, Chris; Bjørnåli, Ekaterina S.. (2022) Venture governance and its dynamics: Intraboard relationships and CEO duality. Technovation
Academic article

2020

Leunbach, Daniel; Erikson, Truls; Bjørnåli, Ekaterina S.. (2020) A subjectivist approach to team entrepreneurship. The Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics
Academic article

2018

Bjørnåli, Ekaterina S.; Farstad, Ingvild; Brovold, Benedicte Kimo; Terjesen, Siri. (2018) Kvinne og toppleder: Hvilke faktorer fremmer en lederkarriere?. Magma forskning og viten
Academic article

2017

Bjørnåli, Ekaterina S.. (2017) Research on the board of directors in high-tech start-ups: an assessment and suggestions for future research. Edward Elgar Publishing
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Bjørnåli, Ekaterina S.; Giones, Ferran; Billström, Lars Anders. (2017) Reveal or Conceal? Signaling Strategies for Building Legitimacy in Cleantech Firms. Sustainability
Academic article
Bjørnåli, Ekaterina S.; Knockaert, Mirjam; Foss, Nicolai; Leunbach, Daniel; Erikson, Truls. (2017) Unraveling the Black Box of New Venture Team Processes. Wiley-Blackwell
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Bjørnåli, Ekaterina S.; Aadland, Torgeir; Fedorova, Ekaterina; Mohammadi, Ali; Aune, Tina Bjørnevik. (2017) Nettverkskapabiliteter og integrerende adferd hos lederteam og styrer. Fagbokforlaget
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

2013

Knockaert, Mirjam; Bjørnåli, Ekaterina S.; Erikson, Truls. (2013) Board Strategic Involvement in Early Stage High Tech Firms: An Attention Based Perspective. Academy of Management Proceedings
Academic article

2012

Bjørnåli, Ekaterina S.; Støren, Liv Anne. (2012) Examining competence factors that encourage innovative behaviour by European higher education graduate professionals. Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development
Academic article
Bjørnåli, Ekaterina S.; Aspelund, Arild. (2012) The role of the entrepreneurial team and the board of directors in the internationalization of academic spin-offs. Journal of International Entrepreneurship
Academic article

2011

Spilling, Olav R.; Moen, Øystein; Bjørnåli, Ekaterina; Finne, Håkon; Sørheim, Roger. (2011) Høyvekstforetak - utfordringer, behov og virkemidler: En analyse gjennomført for Innovasjon Norge. NIFU-rapport (36)
Report
Spilling, Olav R.; Lauritzen, Tonje; Hagen, Svein Erik; Bjørnåli, Ekaterina. (2011) Evaluering av handlingsplanen for mer entreprenørskap blant kvinner. NIFU-rapport (20)
Report
Bjørnåli, Ekaterina. (2011) Venture-kapital i kunnskapsintensive foretak. Norges forskningsråd
Other
Bjørnåli, Ekaterina; Erikson, Truls; Knockaert, Mirjam. (2011) The Impact of Top Management Team Characteristics and Board Strategic Involvement on Team Effectiveness in High-Tech Start-Ups. Academy of Management Proceedings
Article in business/trade/industry journal
Bjørnåli, Ekaterina Shepeleva; Støren, Liv Anne; Henaug, Inger. (2011) Entreprenørskap i høyere utdanning – en kartlegging av omfang og innhold. NIFU-rapport (17)
Report
Erikson, Truls; Bjørnåli, Ekaterina. (2011) Styret som ressurs og ressursene i styret. Magma forskning og viten
Academic article

2010

Spilling, Olav R.; Hansen, Bjørn Harald; S. Bjørnåli, Ekaterina. (2010) Evaluering av nyvekst. NIFU STEP rapport (26)
Report
Bjørnåli, Ekaterina S.. (2010) The role of the top management team and board in academic spin-offs. Høgskolen i Sør-trøndelag, Avdeling for teknologi
Report
Bjørnåli, Ekaterina Shepeleva; Gulbrandsen, Magnus. (2010) Exploring board formation and evolution of board composition in academic spin-offs. Journal of Technology Transfer
Academic article
Bjørnåli, Ekaterina Shepeleva; Erikson, Truls. (2010) Board features associated with new team member addition in academic spin-offs. Edward Elgar Publishing
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Bjørnåli, Ekaterina Shepeleva; Sørheim, Roger; Erikson, Truls. (2010) Design characteristics associated with venture capital acquisitions in academic spin-offs. Edward Elgar Publishing
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

2009

Bjørnåli, Ekaterina Shepeleva; Erikson, Truls; Gulbrandsen, Magnus. (2009) Board of Directors, Top Management Team and the Development of Academic Spin-Off Companies. Doktoravhandlinger ved NTNU (144)
Doctoral dissertation

Journal publications

Bjørnåli, Ekaterina Shepeleva; Erikson, Truls; Aspelund, Arild. (2024) The role of board leadership in deliberating international entry. International Journal of Entrepreneurship
Academic article
Erikson, Truls; Bjørnåli, Ekaterina Shepeleva; Coleridge, Chris. (2024) The moderating role of efficacious board leadership in high tech startups. Journal of High Technology Management Research
Academic article
Bjørnåli, Ekaterina Shepeleva; Asad, Sarosh; Terjesen, Siri. (2023) Determinants of intra-board behavioral integration in high-tech start-ups. Journal of Management and Governance
Academic article
Bjørnåli, Ekaterina Shepeleva; Erikson, Truls; Coleridge, Chris. (2023) Competitive moves in new high-tech firms: The role of board heterogeneity and family ties. Journal of High Technology Management Research
Academic article
Erikson, Truls; Coleridge, Chris; Bjørnåli, Ekaterina S.. (2022) Venture governance and its dynamics: Intraboard relationships and CEO duality. Technovation
Academic article
Leunbach, Daniel; Erikson, Truls; Bjørnåli, Ekaterina S.. (2020) A subjectivist approach to team entrepreneurship. The Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics
Academic article
Bjørnåli, Ekaterina S.; Farstad, Ingvild; Brovold, Benedicte Kimo; Terjesen, Siri. (2018) Kvinne og toppleder: Hvilke faktorer fremmer en lederkarriere?. Magma forskning og viten
Academic article
Bjørnåli, Ekaterina S.; Giones, Ferran; Billström, Lars Anders. (2017) Reveal or Conceal? Signaling Strategies for Building Legitimacy in Cleantech Firms. Sustainability
Academic article
Bjørnåli, Ekaterina S.; Knockaert, Mirjam; Erikson, Truls. (2016) The Impact of Top Management Team Characteristics and Board Service Involvement on Team Effectiveness in High-Tech Start-Ups. Long Range Planning
Academic article
Knockaert, Mirjam; Bjørnåli, Ekaterina S.; Erikson, Truls. (2015) Joining forces: Top Management Team and Board Chair Characteristics as Antecedents of Board Service Involvement. Journal of Business Venturing
Academic article
Bjørnåli, Ekaterina S.; Ellingsen, Andreas. (2014) Factors Affecting the Development of Clean-tech Start-Ups: A Literature Review. Energy Procedia
Academic article
Knockaert, Mirjam; Bjørnåli, Ekaterina S.; Erikson, Truls. (2013) Board Strategic Involvement in Early Stage High Tech Firms: An Attention Based Perspective. Academy of Management Proceedings
Academic article
Bjørnåli, Ekaterina S.; Støren, Liv Anne. (2012) Examining competence factors that encourage innovative behaviour by European higher education graduate professionals. Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development
Academic article
Bjørnåli, Ekaterina S.; Aspelund, Arild. (2012) The role of the entrepreneurial team and the board of directors in the internationalization of academic spin-offs. Journal of International Entrepreneurship
Academic article
Bjørnåli, Ekaterina; Erikson, Truls; Knockaert, Mirjam. (2011) The Impact of Top Management Team Characteristics and Board Strategic Involvement on Team Effectiveness in High-Tech Start-Ups. Academy of Management Proceedings
Article in business/trade/industry journal
Erikson, Truls; Bjørnåli, Ekaterina. (2011) Styret som ressurs og ressursene i styret. Magma forskning og viten
Academic article
Bjørnåli, Ekaterina Shepeleva; Gulbrandsen, Magnus. (2010) Exploring board formation and evolution of board composition in academic spin-offs. Journal of Technology Transfer
Academic article

Part of book/report

Bjørnåli, Ekaterina S.. (2017) Research on the board of directors in high-tech start-ups: an assessment and suggestions for future research. Edward Elgar Publishing
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Bjørnåli, Ekaterina S.; Knockaert, Mirjam; Foss, Nicolai; Leunbach, Daniel; Erikson, Truls. (2017) Unraveling the Black Box of New Venture Team Processes. Wiley-Blackwell
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Bjørnåli, Ekaterina S.; Aadland, Torgeir; Fedorova, Ekaterina; Mohammadi, Ali; Aune, Tina Bjørnevik. (2017) Nettverkskapabiliteter og integrerende adferd hos lederteam og styrer. Fagbokforlaget
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Bjørnåli, Ekaterina S.; Ellingsen, Andreas. (2015) Exploring Antecedents and Impact of Board Effectiveness in Clean-Tech Enterprises. Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Bjørnåli, Ekaterina S.; Støren, Liv Anne. (2014) Én av fire eller én av femti? Utbredelse av entreprenørskapstilbud i høyere utdanning. Fagbokforlaget
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Bjørnåli, Ekaterina. (2011) Venture-kapital i kunnskapsintensive foretak. Norges forskningsråd
Other
Bjørnåli, Ekaterina Shepeleva; Erikson, Truls. (2010) Board features associated with new team member addition in academic spin-offs. Edward Elgar Publishing
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Bjørnåli, Ekaterina Shepeleva; Sørheim, Roger; Erikson, Truls. (2010) Design characteristics associated with venture capital acquisitions in academic spin-offs. Edward Elgar Publishing
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

Report

Spilling, Olav R.; Moen, Øystein; Bjørnåli, Ekaterina; Finne, Håkon; Sørheim, Roger. (2011) Høyvekstforetak - utfordringer, behov og virkemidler: En analyse gjennomført for Innovasjon Norge. NIFU-rapport (36)
Report
Spilling, Olav R.; Lauritzen, Tonje; Hagen, Svein Erik; Bjørnåli, Ekaterina. (2011) Evaluering av handlingsplanen for mer entreprenørskap blant kvinner. NIFU-rapport (20)
Report
Bjørnåli, Ekaterina Shepeleva; Støren, Liv Anne; Henaug, Inger. (2011) Entreprenørskap i høyere utdanning – en kartlegging av omfang og innhold. NIFU-rapport (17)
Report
Spilling, Olav R.; Hansen, Bjørn Harald; S. Bjørnåli, Ekaterina. (2010) Evaluering av nyvekst. NIFU STEP rapport (26)
Report
Bjørnåli, Ekaterina S.. (2010) The role of the top management team and board in academic spin-offs. Høgskolen i Sør-trøndelag, Avdeling for teknologi
Report
Bjørnåli, Ekaterina Shepeleva; Erikson, Truls; Gulbrandsen, Magnus. (2009) Board of Directors, Top Management Team and the Development of Academic Spin-Off Companies. Doktoravhandlinger ved NTNU (144)
Doctoral dissertation

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