Kristian Hilmar Mikkelsen Wegener will defend his thesis for the PhD program in Social Sciences, with specialization in Business Administration, Innovation and Governance with “Adapting innovation portfolio management to accommodate for emerging digital technologies – An exploration of the IPM practices of organizations that aim for digital innovation outcomes".
The trial lecture lasts from 10:00-10:45, and the title is:
Innovation portfolio management: decisions and dynamics in implementing digitalization strategies
The candidate will defend his thesis at 12:00.
The public defence and trial lecture will also be streamed (oslomet.zoom.us).
Webinar ID: 642 1809 9601
Passcode: 2025
The ordinary opponents are:
The head of the public defence is Head of Department Ingvild Reymert, Oslo Business School, Oslo Metropolitan University.
The supervisors have been:
The dissertation is available in the Norwegian Research Information Repository (nva.sikt.no).
Innovation portfolio management (IPM) is a managerial method for making decisions in relation to the innovative endeavors of any organization that operates in a competitive and changing market. However, as organizations grow increasingly complex in the advent of emerging digital technologies, IPM practices are changing accordingly.
This thesis focuses on the influences of emerging digital technologies on IPM practices and the ensuing adaptations that are made to IPM in organizations that are aiming for digital innovation outcomes. The purpose is to explore and adapt the phenomenon of IPM practices in organizations that aim for digital innovation outcomes.
Through the original articles, the thesis contributes novel perspectives to IPM that can be used by practitioners to gain a better understanding of their innovation portfolios, evaluate the composition of existing portfolios and suggest appropriate steps to handle an innovation portfolio that is characterized by heterogeneity.