Irina Nikolskaja Roddvik

• Leick, Birgit; Gretzinger, Susanne & Roddvik, Irina Nikolskaja (2023). Creative entrepreneurs and embeddedness in non-urban places: a resource exchange and network embeddedness logic. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour & Research. ISSN 1355-2554. 29(5), p. 1133–1157. doi: 10.1108/IJEBR-07-2022-0606. Show summary

  Purpose: Drawing from resource-based theorising, the concept of network embeddedness and a process perspective on entrepreneurship, this paper establishes a conceptual framework to explain a multi-level and multi-locational network embeddedness of creative entrepreneurs in non-urban places. It challenges stylised facts about creative entrepreneurship as a predominantly urban phenomenon. Design/methodology/approach: Based upon the conceptual framework for creative entrepreneurship in a non-urban place, an illustrative case study of small-scale creative-design entrepreneurs on the Lofoten Islands in Norway (2019) is utilised to discuss the framework. Findings: The conceptual paper derives a fine-grained understanding about how creative entrepreneurship emerges and develops in non-urban places and contributes to a better understanding of how such places can nurture such entrepreneurship through multiple network embeddedness and resource-exchange configurations. Originality: The paper uses an original conceptual framework. Research limitations/implications: The article will enable further empirical research that tests, validates and, if necessary, refines the framework established. Practical and social implications: Creative entrepreneurs should use various resource-exchange combinations with diverse networks to become locally embedded in non-urban places. Public-policy managers need to be aware of this variety that may exist with the network embeddedness of such entrepreneurs to support them and develop the location through resource provisions. Keywords Creative entrepreneurship, multi-level network embeddedness, multi-locational network embeddedness, resource exchanges, nascent entrepreneurship, incumbent entrepreneurship, non-urban places, illustrative case study. Article classification: Conceptual paper

• Roddvik, Irina Nikolskaja; Leick, Birgit & Gundersen, Runar (2023). Entrepreneurial decision-making and the hunt for the “right” internationalisation strategy with a state-owned enterprise, Decision-Making in International Entrepreneurship: Unveiling Cognitive Implications Towards Entrepreneurial Internationalisation. Emerald Group Publishing Limited. ISSN 9781803822341. p. 119–135. Show summary

  The accelerating past globalisation had pressurised various types of enterprises, including state-owned enterprises, to adopt appropriate decision-making approaches for their internationalisation strategies. The present book chapter illustrates the role that an entrepreneurial approach had played in the decision-making process about the international expansion of an incumbent, and large, state-owned enterprise after its initial internationalisation. The case of a formerly state-owned telecommunication enterprise from Scandinavia will be explored that highlights aspects of entrepreneurial decision-making, internal organisational changes, and the influence of individual managers within the executive management team which influenced the process of internal decision-making. The empirical chapter makes important contributions to notably the practice of entrepreneurial decision-making for internationalisation; it unveils the complexities of internal decision-making processes, including the struggles between individual managers, and thereby provides a better understanding for management practitioners about decision-making for competitiveness and growth during the internationalisation of large, yet inexperienced enterprises. Keywords: Entrepreneurial decision-making, state-owned enterprises, internal decision-making processes, internationalisation strategy, international expansion.

• Roddvik, Irina Nikolskaja & Leick, Birgit (2023). Illusion and Deprivation of Control: Entrepreneurial Practices of SMEs During their Internationalisation in Russia. In Jafari-Sadeghi, Vahid & Dana, Leo-Paul (Ed.), International Entrepreneurship in Emerging Markets: Contexts, Behaviours, and Successful Entry. Routledge. ISSN 9781032110868. p. 297–315. Show summary

  The present chapter illuminates aspects of managerial behaviour concerning the internationalisation of SMEs in emerging markets through the lens of two related phenomena: the “illusion of control” and the “deprivation of control”. The chapter takes inspiration from management control literature, which points to existing tensions in the behavioural patterns shown by managers during organisational processes. We adapt ideas from the management control literature to an international entrepreneurship context with a focus on SME entrepreneurs and their practices in an emerging market. More specifically, the chapter highlights how such entrepreneurs juggle trust and control during the internationalisation process to shape the appropriate practices and strategies for their market expansion. Based upon a case study from Norwegian SMEs with long-standing international operations in Russia, the chapter provides the following learning points: firstly, “illusion of control” and “deprivation of control” represent distinct managerial mindsets, which are embodied in the entrepreneurial practices of SME entrepreneurs. Secondly, these mindsets can be conducive to the development of their international operations in emerging markets over time when they instigate a necessary change from purely trust-based practices towards a mix of trust and control. Thirdly, the mindsets of SME entrepreneurs can also be detrimental to the growth and performance strategies in Russia when trust-based practices remain dominant over time even though important market dynamics and political-institutional changes push the entrepreneurs towards more control-based practices. The chapter concludes that SME entrepreneurs need to find an appropriate balance of trust and control in a globalised setting to avoid detrimental configurations of an “illusion of control” and to take the necessary corrections through a “deprivation of control”.

• Roddvik, Irina Nikolskaja; Leick, Birgit & Roddvik, Viktor (2022). Norwegian entrepreneurs (1880-1930s) and their “new America”: a historical perspective on transnational entrepreneurship and ecosystem development in the Russian Arctic. Journal of Management History. ISSN 1751-1348. 28(4), p. 530–552. doi: 10.1108/JMH-11-2021-0067. Full text in Research Archive Show summary

  Structured abstract Purpose The paper presents a historical case study of Norwegian transnational entrepreneurs (1880-1930s) and the ecosystems that they founded in Russia’s Arctic periphery. Drawing from the contemporary transnational entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial ecosystem literature, and inspired by AnnaLee Saxenian’s concept of “brain circulation”, we explore the journey and impact of these entrepreneurs in a time of evolving political turbulence. Design/methodology/approach We apply a mixed-methodology approach, drawing from nine qualitative interviews held in 2021 and secondary material, including historical books, a podcast, videos, and archival data. Findings The Norwegian entrepreneurs were both “pulled” by and “pushed” to the Russian region, their “New America”, where they could apply their personal skills and exploit their rich social and financial capital in order to establish a local entrepreneurial ecosystem. However, radical political change altered the context, which led many of the entrepreneurs to re-migrate to Norway. Originality The paper presents an original, novel case study on the historical role of transnational entrepreneurs across different cultural settings, their impact on a foreign peripheral location, including social-network building, and evolving political change in the historical context. The findings are relevant for contemporary management literature. Research limitations/implications The paper demonstrates the role of the political context for contemporary entrepreneurship and management research, as transnational entrepreneurs and international expatriates remain vulnerable to political change. Practical implications Public-policy actors and managers in companies need to support highly-skilled transnational entrepreneurs, including expatriates, in a setting with turbulence, crisis, and even war, in order to foster the sustainable contribution of entrepreneurial migrants to regional economic development across different countries. Keywords Transnational entrepreneurship, brain circulation, industry development, social-community building, social capital, entrepreneurial ecosystem, foreign business, cross-border entrepreneurship, historical case study.

• Roddvik, Irina Nikolskaja (1994). Filosofskiy roman Iris Murdok (A Philosophical Novel by Iris Murdoch). INION RAN. ISSN 2073-5561.
• Roddvik, Irina Nikolskaja (1994). Iris Murdoch i russkaya klassika (Iris Murdoch and the Russian classics) I Nikolskaja . Nauchnyye trudy-MPGU -seriya Sotsial'no-istoricheskiye nauki, 42-55. ISSN 2500-2988.

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• Roddvik, Irina Nikolskaja (2024). Modulbasert undervisning som svar på en sammensatt verden: Erfaringer fra bærekraftig ledelse. Show summary

  Vi presenterer her vår egen tilnærming til modulbasert undervisning, belyst gjennom erfaring med undervisning av et bachelorkurs om bærekraftig ledelse. Videre forklarer vi hvorfor vi har valg en slik tilnærming, kontrastert med aktuelle alternativer. På basis av dette diskuterer vi, mer generelt, hvordan modulbasert undervisning kan representere en hensiktsmessig tilnærming som for undervisning av ledelsesfag rettet mot å finne frem til praktiske løsninger i en sammensatt og dynamisk sosial verden. Vi knytter dette til idealer for utdannelse, læring, og personlig vekst representert ved John Deweys pragmatiske tilnærming. Vi argumenterer videre for at digitale verktøy som har blitt tilgjengelig i vår tid er med på å ytterligere understøtte og effektivisere modulbasert undervisning i fag og studier knyttet til ledelse, spesielt i relasjon til praktiske sosiale tema som bærekraft.

• Wenstøp, Søren Henrik & Roddvik, Irina Nikolskaja (2023). Nye strukturer, nye muligheter! Sustainable Leadership som eksempel på modulbasert undervisning.
• Roddvik, Irina Nikolskaja & Wenstøp, Søren Henrik (2023). Hvordan skape forskningsmiljø gjennom undervisning? Erfaringer fra kurset Sustainable Leadership.
• Roddvik, Irina Nikolskaja (2022). The social-economic models in a global world. Case - Norway - a focus on the innovative approach.
• Roddvik, Irina Nikolskaja (2022). Tverrfaglig samarbeid mellom forsknngsgruppene ved Instituttet for Økonomi, Innovasjon og Samfunn.
• Roddvik, Irina Nikolskaja (2022). Launch of DigiBest ( Digital Business, Economy, Society and Trade).
• Roddvik, Irina Nikolskaja (2022). Lecture for ELSE project ( cooperation Norway-China) students "Sustainable consumption" .
• Roddvik, Irina Nikolskaja (2022). Lecture " Important technological trend which influence people and markeds.
• Roddvik, Irina Nikolskaja (2022). MBA workshop i regi av Nord Universitet - Presentations of master thesis ( theory and practice) .
• Roddvik, Irina Nikolskaja; Bourmistrov, Anatoli & Leick, Birgit (2022). From “individual consultants” to “a DNA pool”: Tuning the institution of expatriates during the internationalisation of a Norwegian MNC (Roddvik. I., Bourmistrov, A., Leick, B.) .
• Leick, Birgit; Gretzinger, Susanne & Roddvik, Irina Nikolskaja (2022). Creative-artistic entrepreneurs and how they become embedded in non-urban places: Unveiling the ‘black box’ through a resource exchange and network embeddedness logic.
• Roddvik, Irina Nikolskaja; Leick, Birgit & Gretzinger, Susanne (2022). Embeddedness of creative-artistic entrepreneurs in non-urban places: unveiling the ‘black box’ through a resource-exchange and network embeddedness logic. NCSB conferance.
• Roddvik, Irina Nikolskaja (2020). Internal and external control in the process of internationalization.
• Roddvik, Irina Nikolskaja (2020). Philosophy of science and qualitative methods.
• Roddvik, Irina Nikolskaja (2020). Å finne muligheter i kriser (case: russiske forfattere i 19 og 20 århundre).
• Roddvik, Irina Nikolskaja (2019). The package og controls.
• Roddvik, Irina Nikolskaja (2019). The process of internationalization ( a case study: a Norwegian MNC).
• Roddvik, Irina Nikolskaja (2019). The success factors in establishing of business on the new markets.
• Roddvik, Irina Nikolskaja (2019). Hvorfor er det viktig å forstå lokale tradisjoner og mentalitet hvid selskapet jobber internasjonalt ( business kultur og tradisjoner i Russland - seminar for norske forettnigsmenn).
• Roddvik, Irina Nikolskaja & Bourmistrov, Anatoli (2017). The evolution of the role of expatriates in the process of the internationalization ( a case study: a Norwegian MNC).
• Roddvik, Irina Nikolskaja (1995). The image of Russia in Europe - A. Brynildsen. Essays and articles (V. Roddvik - editor). Novyj mir. ISSN 0130-7673. 5(1), p. 251–252.
• Roddvik, Irina Nikolskaja (1994). Traditsii platonizma v russkoy i angliyskoy literature (L. Tolstoy i A. Merdok - sravnitel'nyy analizTraditions of Platonism in Russian and English literature (L. Tolstoy and A. Murdoch - comparative analysis). Nauchnyye trudy-MPGU -seriya Sotsial'no-istoricheskiye nauki. p. 1–18.
• Roddvik, Irina Nikolskaja (2019). Deprivation of control: A driving force to gain influence during the internationalization process of MNC ( a case study: a Norwegian multinational corporation). Nord Universitet. ISSN 978-82-92893-64-7. Full text in Research Archive
• Roddvik, Irina Nikolskaja (1994). Traditsii platonizma v russkoy i angliyskoy literature (L. Tolstoy i A. Merdok - sravnitel'nyy analiz)Traditions of Platonism in Russian and English literature (L. Tolstoy and Iris Murdoch). Moskovskij pedagogicheskij gosudarstvennyj universitet Internasjonal tittel Moscow State Pedagogical University.

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