Thomas Brekke

Teaching at bachelor level

- Entrepreneurial management (Entreprenørskapsledelse)

- Young enterprise start-up (Student bedrift)

- Internship

Teaching at master level:

- Innovation managaement (Innovasjon og ledelse)

- Supevision of master students (veilede masterstudenter)

Supervisor of Phd. students:

- Håkon Sandvik

- Rocky Mahmud

Boards:

- Horten Næringsforum

- Grunderhuset Drammen (Drammen at Works)

- Observatør i styret Gründerhuset Hi5

Ongoing research projects:

- Transforming Shipping through Ecosystem Business Model Innovaiton, NRC funded by MAROFF

- SMART-MLA, smart energi grid system, EEA grants

- Photovoltagic business models, EEA grants

- AI-Driven Circular Business Model Innovation for Sustainable Industrial Ecosystem, NRC funded

Regional economic development, industrial dynamic/transformation and industrial digitalization processes

- Organizational change and innovation (Omstilling og nyskaping i etablerte organisasjoner)

- University - Industry interactions

- Entrepreneurship and innovation (innovasjon, entreprenørskap, og nyskaping)

- Business model innovation and industrial ecosystem evolution

- Knowledge management and knowledge transfer (Kunnskapsledelse)

- Service desing Tool (Tjenesteverktøy)

General information

Name: Thomas Brekke

Born: April 26th 1969

Family status: Married with Inger Marie B. Brekke. Children Olav (1996), Maja (1999) and Lars (2002)

Position: Associate professor/Research fellow Schhol of Business

PhD. Candidate Enterprise Development and Work Life Research at Department of Industrial Economics and Technology Management NTNU

University degree: Master. Cand. pholit. geography at Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim (1995)

Languages: Norwegian and English

Training:

2007 - 2011 Doctoral program at NTNU, supervisor: Professor Morten Levin, Research project “The Role of University College in Regional Development”

1995 Cand. Polit. Geography NTNU at Trondheim

Work experience:

2010 – Associate professor, research and teaching

2008 – 2010 Manager Centre of Regional Innovation, at Vestfold University College

2010 - 2010 Director Institute of History, Sociology and Innovation Study

2006 – Doctoral Research Fellow, lecture and project manager at Vestfold University College, Current teachings: Organizational studies, Organizational change, Entrepreneurship and Innovation studies

2005 Manager Hybris Film AS, Oslo

1998 – 2005 Horten Municipal, business development, department of school advisory and consultancy, department of planning

1996 – 1997 Dronning Mauds Minne University College, lecturer in social science

1994 – 1996 Nordic Group AL, Manager of ,lgistic and ICT

Project experience:

2014 - present Research project Identifying innovation practice in electronic companies located in Vestfold Norway

2014 Facilitator Forum project management Vestfold

2014 Facilitator NCE-Vestfold Team Innovation

2013 - present Research project Measuring Innovation in Service Innovation

2013 Analyses of network based collaboration between logistics companies located in Vestfold

2012 - 2012 Facilitating an ICT-Network in Vestfold County

2011- Present Research project DEMOSREG. Economic development paths in Norwegian regions: Constructing regional advantage in central and peripheral regions NIFU, University of Agder, Vestfold University College, NFR

2009 – 2010 Research project: Different modes of innovation and the challenge of stimulating university - industry cooperation. Agder, Vestfold, Buskerud and Innlandet, NFR

2007 – Present Phd. Thesis, The Role of University College in Regional Work Life

2007- 2008 Project manager, Value Creation Hammerdalen Larvik, transforming old industrial place by use of cultural values.

2007 – 2008 Project manager FORNY Commercialization of R&D results, NFR

2006 – 2007 Project manager, research proposal – VRI-Vestfold , NFR

2006 - 2008 Project manager, establishing a new research unit at Vestfold University College

2004 Project manager, Joint industrial policy in Vestfold County

2004 Project member, analyses of growth and settlement patterns in Vestfold county

2003 Project member, Research proposal Centre of Expertise in Nano- and Microsystemtechnology Vestfold, NFR

2003 Project member, Rapport Venture Capital Vestfold

2002 Project member, Foresight and Scenario Horten municipal 2003 – 2015

2002 – 2005 Project manager, new use of old military areas in Horten municipality

2001 Project member, development of strategic plan of tourism Vestfold county

2000 Project manager, Entrepreneurship and education Horten municipal

Boards:

2005 – 2008 Norwegian Research Council, Reference group VRI – University College

2005 – 2008 Chairman Atlantia AS

2000 – 2005 Member of the board, Microtech Innovation AS

2002 - 2004 Member of the steering board, InnoTech - Vestfold. Funded by Research program Arena, Norwegian Research Council and Innovation Norway

Publication

Brekke, Thomas (2015). Entrepreneurship and path dependency in regional development. Journal of Entrepreneurship & Regional Development

Herstad, Sverre and Brekke T. (2012) Globalization, modes of innovation and regional knowledge diffusion infrastructures. European Planning Studies

Brekke Thomas (2012). Finnes det et grunnlag for å etablere et IKT-Nettverk i Vestfold? Rapport Høgskolen i Vestfold

Herstad, Sverre and Brekke. T (2012). Globalization, regional development and the evolving local

university role: The case of Vestfold, Norway. Fourtcoming in Ebersberger and

Altman Universities in Change. Springer

Brekke, Thomas (2013). Nettverkssamarbeid, logistikk- og transporttjenester i Vestfold. Rapport Høgskolen i Vestfold

Conference papers

Bugge, Brekke, Coenen, Herstad, Isaksen (2014), Regional pathways and innovation policies: A comparative analysis across different types of regions in Norway. Regional Innovation policies, Stavanger October 2014

Branstad, Brekke og Pedersen (2014). Exploring the innovation systems of service innovation: A literature review and guidelines for service innovation policies. Regional Innovation policies, Stavanger October 2014

Brekke, Thomas. (2013, Mai). Regional economic change, entrepreneurship and regional path dependency in a Non-Metropolitan region. Regional Studies Association European Conference 2013. Shape and be Shaped: The Future Dynamics of Regional Development. Tampere. Finland

Brekke, Thomas (2013, June). The adaption of Faculties on Regional Development. The KORFU-Conference. The Dean in the University of the Future. Learning From and Progress With Each Other. Universität des Saarlandes, Saarbruecken, Germany

Herstad, Sverre and Brekke T. (2010). Science and experience; global and local: Building regional knowledge diffusion infrastructures. The 5th International Seminar on Regional Innovation Policies. 14.-15 October 2010 Grimstad Norway

Brekke, Thomas (2009) A theoretical framework of exploring how university are impacted by different types of industrial networks. EDWOR Think Thank may 2009

Brekke, Thomas (2009) The Role of the University College in Regional Development.

A theoretical framework of exploring how universities are impacted by regional industry. Triple Helix VII Glasgow. 17. – 19. of June 2009

Publication and research

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Some selected papers and works:

Brekke, Thomas (2021). The Circular Economy. Chapter 2. In Foundations of Sustainable Economy. Moral, Ethical and Religious Perspectives. Editor Umar Burki, Toseef Azid and Robert Dahlstrom. London Routledge.

Solem, B.A.A., Kohtamäki, M., Parida, V. and Brekke, T. (2021), "Untangling service design routines for digital servitization: empirical insights of smart PSS in maritime industry", Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/JMTM-10-2020-0429

Brekke, Thomas (2020). Challenges and opportunities of building entrepreneurial discovery process through university – industry interaction. A Norwegian Case. Industry and Higher Education.

Brekke, Thomas (2019). Higher Education Institutions (HEIs), Innovation, and Regional Economic Development. Enhancing the entrepreneurial discovery process in regional development. Doctoral theses at NTNU.

Brekke, Thomas (2019) “What do we know about the University contribution to regional economic development? A conceptual framework”. Journal: International Regional Science Review.

Brekke, Thomas (2015). Entrepreneurship and path dependency in regional development. Journal of Entrepreneurship & Regional Development

Herstad, Sverre and Brekke T. (2012) Globalization, modes of innovation and regional knowledge diffusion infrastructures. European Planning Studies

Brekke Thomas (2012). Finnes det et grunnlag for å etablere et IKT-Nettverk i Vestfold? Rapport Høgskolen i Vestfold

Herstad, Sverre and Brekke. T (2012). Globalization, regional development and the evolving local university role: The case of Vestfold, Norway. Fourtcoming in Ebersberger and Altman Universities in Change. Springer

Brekke, Thomas (2013). Nettverkssamarbeid, logistikk- og transporttjenester i Vestfold. Rapport Høgskolen i Vestfold

Conference papers

Brekke, Thomas (2016). University – Industry adaptation: How do small regional university colleges adapt to new industrial knowledge needs? Regional Innovation Policies, Cardiff. UK