Tom Colbjørnsen (born 31 May 1951 in Oslo) is a Norwegian economist and sociologist, and was the President of the BI Norwegian Business School from 2006 to 2014. [1]
Colbjørnsen graduated from the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH) with a siv.øk. degree in 1976 and received his dr.philos. degree from the University of Bergen in 1984. He was a professor at NHH when he in 2006 was appointed as the new President at BI Norwegian Business School.
Colbjørnsen has been the author and editor of a large number of academic books and articles. [2] Books, a selection:
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