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dc.contributor.authorFjellvær, Hilde
dc.contributor.authorOlsen, Trude Høgvold
dc.contributor.authorSolstad, Elsa
dc.date.accessioned2019-08-22T12:15:50Z
dc.date.available2019-08-22T12:15:50Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.description.abstractBoards of directors represent an important, but understudied, resource for business development of High North SMEs. We studied board director perceptions of what constitutes the most important board tasks and which activities each major task actually involved. We followed a local board development project with participants from several industries and companies in Northern Norway over a two-year period, collecting data through observation, surveys, and documents. Tis study identifes two challenges of the contribution of board directors to business development: (1) board directors had only a vague understanding of strategy and service tasks, and (2) there was a mismatch between what SME boards need (strategy) and what board directors seemed to focus on (control). Tis implies that board directors in High North SMEs may have an unrealized potential for contributing to business development. Development of board competence seems vital to fulfl this potential.en_US
dc.descriptionSource at <a href=http://www.barentsinfo.org/barentsstudies/English>http://www.barentsinfo.org/barentsstudies/English. </a>en_US
dc.identifier.citationFjellvær, H., Olsen, T.H. & Solstad, E. (2019). The art of untangling: High North SME board directors' challenges in understanding strategy, control, and service tasks. <i>Barents Studies, 6</i>(1), Special Issue: 16-37. http://www.barentsinfo.org/barentsstudies/Englishen_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 1708580
dc.identifier.issn2324-0652
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/15996
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherThe Arctic Centre, University of Lapland, Rovaniemi, Finlanden_US
dc.relation.journalBarents Studies
dc.relation.urihttp://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-fe2019060618750
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccessen_US
dc.subjectVDP::Social science: 200::Economics: 210en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Samfunnsvitenskap: 200::Økonomi: 210en_US
dc.titleThe art of untangling: High North SME board directors' challenges in understanding strategy, control, and service tasksen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.typeTidsskriftartikkelen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US


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