Strategy · Organization · Entrepreneurship

About me

I study organizations, entrepreneurship, and economic geography—and how they shape careers, inequality, and mental health.

I am Professor of Strategy and Organization at Aalborg University Business School and Professor II at the Norwegian School of Economics.

My work connects questions about firms and places with the lives of the people who work in them.

Forthcoming book

The Spatial Ecology
of Entrepreneurship

Michael S. Dahl & Olav Sorenson

Oxford University Press · Forthcoming, Summer 2027

How employers create entrepreneurs—and why some places thrive while others lose their dynamism.

Organizational change & employee wellbeing

Solo-authored · Management Science · 2011

Entrepreneurship & careers

With Olav Sorenson, Rodrigo Canales, and M. Diane Burton · Organization Science · 2021

Entrepreneurship & place

With Olav Sorenson · Management Science · 2012

Organizations & mental health

With Lamar Pierce · Academy of Management Discoveries · 2020

Geography & inequality

With Olav Sorenson · American Sociological Review · 2016

Teaching & discussion

A dedicated collection of my written cases.