Welcome to Tor Wallin Andreassen

 

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Tor Wallin Andreassen
Professor

Norwegian School of Management
Department of Marketing

Nydalsveien 37, PO Box 20, N-0442 OSLO, NORWAY
Phone:+47 464 10 525

e-mail: tor.w.andreassen@bi.no



 

TOR WALLIN ANDREASSEN

Professor of Marketing
BI
Norwegian School of Management
Graduate School

e-mail: tor.w.andreassen@bi.no

RESYME

TOR WALLIN ANDREASSEN is Professor of Marketing and Chair, Department of Marketing. He holds a Sivilokonom degree from The Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration, a MSc in marketing (with honors) from the Norwegian School of Management, and a Doctor of Economics from Stockholm University, School of Business.

Dr. Andreassen’s research interests are frontline employees and value equity, customer (dis)satisfaction, service innovation, branding service organizations, and customer relationship management and its financial implications. He is a member of the editorial review board of Journal of Marketing, Journal of Service Research, Journal of Business Research, and Journal of Service Management. He is an occasional reviewer for Journal of Retailing. Dr Andreassen’s research has been published in leading journals such as: MIT Sloan Management Review, Marketing Science, Journal of Marketing, Quality & Quantity, Journal of Economic Psychology, Journal of Public Sector Management, Journal of Service Research, Journal of Services Marketing, European Journal of Marketing, Managing Service Quality, and Journal of Service Industry Management.  He has received awards for his articles published in Managing Service Quality, European Journal of Marketing, and International Journal of Service Industry Management. Professor Andreassen is the founder and director of Service Forum, the founder of The Norwegian Customer Satisfaction Barometer at the Norwegian School of Management, and the founder of the annual Professor Johan Arndt Marketing Conference. 

Dr. Andreassen has been a Visiting Professor at Owen Graduate School of Management, Vanderbilt University, USA, University of Maastricht. NL, and Robert H. Smith School Business, University of Maryland, and University of Queensland, Australia. He has received pedagogical training from Vanderbilt University and Harvard Business School.

EDUCATION

  • Post Graduate Doctor of Economics Stockholm University, School of Business.
  • Graduate  Master of Science with honors, BI Norwegian School of Management
    • Major field: International Marketing and Strategy.
  • Undergraduate Sivilokonom (1981) Norwegian School of Economics and    Business Administration (NHH)
    • Major fields: Marketing, and International Economics
  • Harvard Business School, MA: Case Instructor Seminar
  • Vanderbilt University, TN: Case Instructor Seminar

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ACADEMIC HONOURS

A) Ph.D.-thesis nominated as finalist for 

  1. Best Thesis at Stockholm University 1997, and 
  2. Best Thesis in Sweden 1997 by National Association of MBAs. 

 

B) Citation of Excellence of Highest Quality Rating Award by Anbar Electronic Intelligence for two papers:


    • "Complex Service and Customer Loyalty: The Significance of Corporate Image on Quality, Customer Satisfaction and Customer Loyalty for Customers with Varying Degrees of Service Expertise", The International Journal of Service Industry Management, 1998, Vol. 9, No. 1.
      Co-authored with Bodil Lindestad.
    • "The Principal's and Agents' Contribution to Customer Loyalty Within an Integrated Service Distribution Channel: An External Perspective", The European Journal of Marketing, 1997, no 7, vol. 31. Co-authored with Even Lanseng.

 

C)  Highly Commended paper Award

Keiningheim, T.L., L. Aksoy, T.W. Andreassen, B. Coile, B. Wahren (2006): “Call Center Satisfaction and Customer Retention in a Co-Branded Service Context”, Managing Service Quality, Vol. 1, No. 3 (May).

 

Tor W. Andreassen & Line L. Olsen (2008): "The impact of customers' perception of varying degrees of customer service on commitment and perceived relative attractiveness" Managing Service Quality, Vol. 18 No. 4

 

D) Most Downloaded Articles Top 200” award from Emerald Literati Network

"Complex Service and Customer Loyalty: The Significance of Corporate Image on Quality, Customer Satisfaction and Customer”

 

E) 2007 recipient of the MSI/H. Paul Root Award for the article that had the most impact on the practice of marketing (voted by JM’s Editorial Review Board).

Keiningham, T., B. Cooil, T. W. Andreassen & L. Akzoy (2007): “A Longitudinal Examination of “Net Promoter” on Firm Revenue Growth”, Journal of Marketing, Vol 71, No 3 (July)

 

F) Outstanding (Best) paper Award

·         Timothy L. Keiningham, Bruce Cooil, Lerzan Aksoy, Tor W. Andreassen, and Jay Weiner (2007): The Value Of Different Customer Satisfaction And Loyalty Metrics In Predicting Customer Retention, Recommendation, And Share-Of-Wallet”, Managing Service Quality, Vol. 17 No. 4,

 


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·  ACADEMIC WORK EXPERIENCE

 

  • Professor 2007 – BI Norwegian School of Management
  • Chair, Department of Marketing, 2006 -
  • Associate Dean of Master Programs in Marketing 2006
  • Associate Professor, 1998 - 2007: BI Norwegian School of Management
  • Assistant Professor, 1993 -1997: BI Norwegian School of Management
  • Research Fellow, 1991 - 1993: Norwegian Institute for Research in Marketing at the Norwegian School of Management BI

 

Visiting professor/scholar:

  • Visiting Professor, 2004 - 2005: Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland, MD, USA
  • Visiting Scholar August-September 2002: University of Maastricht, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration
  • Visiting Professor, 1998 - 1999: Owen Graduate School of Management, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA.
  • Guest lecturer Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, MI, USA (March 1992)

 

  • Founder of:  Norwegian Customer Satisfaction Barometer.
  • Member of Editorial Review Board
    • Journal of Marketing, AMA
    • Journal of Service Research, Saga Publishing
    • International Journal of Service Industry Management, MCB University Press
    • Journal of Business Research, Emerald Publishing


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PUBLICATIONS

Refereed Journals

  • Andreassen, T. W. & E. J. Lanseng: ” Service Differentiation: A Self-Image Congruency Perspective on Brand Building in the Labor Market” (Forthcoming), Journal of Service Management, Vol 21, No. 2
  • Andreassen, T.W., & S. Streukens: “Electronic Word-of-Mouth: Is it Worth Listening to?”, (2009) Managing Service Quality, Vol. 19 No.3,
  • M.D. Johnson, L.L. Olsen & T.W. Andreassen (2009): “Joy and disappointment in the hotel experience: managing relationship segments”, Managing Service Quality, vol 19, No 1, pp 4-30
  • Andreassen, Tor W. (2008): “From Products to Service: the story of a revolution”, Magma (in Norwegian).
  • Keiningham, T., Lerzan Aksoy, Bruce Cooil, Tor Wallin Andreassen, and Luke Williams (2008): ”A Holistic Examination of Net Promoter”, Journal of Database Marketing and Customer Service Management
  • Andreassen, Tor W. & Line L. Olsen, (forthcoming 2008): “Customer Service. Does it matter?”, Journal of Managing Service Quality, Vol. 18 No. 4, pp 79-90
  • Keiningham, T., L. Akzoy, B. Cooil, & T. W. Andreassen : (forthcoming 2008): ” Net Promoter, Recommendations, and Business Performance: A Clarification and Correction on Morgan and Rego”, Marketing Science.
  • Keiningham, T., Lerzan Aksoy, Bruce Cooil, Tor W. Andreassen . (2008),: “Linking Customer Loyalty to Growth”, MIT Sloan Management Review, Vol 49, No. 4, pp 51-57
  • Keiningham, T., Lerzan Aksoy, Bruce Cooil, & Tor W. Andreassen: (2008) “The Galileo Effect”, Marketing Management, Vol 17, No 1 (January/February), 48-51
  • Keiningham, Timothy L., B. Cooil, Tor W. Andreassen & Lerzan Aksoy (2007): ”A Longitudinal Examination of ”Net Promoter” on Firm Revenue Growth”, Journal of Marketing, July 2007.

·         Keiningheim, T.L., L. Aksoy, T.W. Andreassen, B. Coile, B. Wahren (2006): “Call Center Satisfaction and Customer Retention in a Co-Branded Service Context”, Managing Service Quality, Vol. 1, No. 3 (May)

·         Andreassen, Tor W.,  B. Lorentzen, , and Olsson, U.H, (2006):  The Impact of Non-Normality and Estimation Methods in SEM on Satisfaction Research in Marketing”, Quality and Quantity. Vol 40, Issue 1 (February), pp38-59

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RESEARCH-IN-PROGRESS

  • Streukens S. & T.W. Andreassen: “Frontline Employees’ Personality Traits: customer preference and the Homophily Effect” , Under review

·         Lanseng, Even & T.W. Andreassen: “A Service Dominant Logic for Branding”,

·         Andreassen, Tor W, & L.L. Olsen. "To Complain or Not: An Attitudinal Approach"

  • Andreassen, T.W., & E. Lanseng: “The Negative Impact on Brand Equity on Customer Equity: An Empirical Investigation”
  • L.L. Olsen, M.D.Johnson & T. W. Andreassen “Rethinking Services: From Transaction Specific to Cumulative Satisfaction: Antecedents and Consequences”
  • Andreassen, T. W & Sandra Streukens. “Joy at work:  A Hierarchical Analysis of Front Line Employees’ Nested Relations.” ongoing research.


 

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BOOKS

  • Andreassen, Tor W. “Customer Relationships: Marketing’s new mandate” (Kunderelasjoner: Markedsføringens nye økonomiske ansvar), Universitetsforlaget, 2006, 180p
  • Andreassen, Tor W.  & Fred Selnes (2001): ”Service Heroes” (Service Helter ), Stølen Publishing, 175p
  • Andreassen, Tor, W. & T. K. Lunde (2001): Public Services: Principals for increased user focus” (Offentlige tjenester: Prinsipper for økt brukerfokusering) Norwegian, University Publishing, 250p
  • Andreassen, Tor, W. (2000): “Customer Care - Relationship Marketing on the Consumer Market ” (Kundepleie i praksis: Relasjonsmarkedsføring på forbrukermarkedet)  AdNotam Publishing, 2nd edition, 250p
  • Andreassen, Tor, W. (2006): "Service Management” (Serviceledelse), Gyldendal Akademiske Publishing, 5rd edition, 275p
  • Andreassen, Tor, W. (1997): ”Dissatisfaction with Services: The Impact of Satisfaction with Service Recovery on Corporate Image and Future Repurchase Intention”, Stockholm UniversitySchool of Business Research Report 1997:5, 350p
  • Andreassen, Tor, W., (1991): "Market Oriented Corporate Planning ” (Markedsorientert Foretaksplanlegging), Norwegian School of Management Publishing


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Newspaper articles (in Norwegian)

·         Dagens Næringsliv

1.      Hva er det med DnBNOR?

2.      Kan vi ta SAS på alvor?

3.      Det Vanskelige navnet

4.      eCommers: et gode eller onde?

5.      Privatisering - deregulering

·         Aftenposten

1.      Offentlige tjenester: er det håp?

2.      Tanker om finansfusjoner

3.      Globaliseringens utfordringer

OTHER WORK EXPERIENCE

  •  1988 -    Management Consultant, TWA Consultant
  •  1986 - 1988:  VP New Business Development, EGM Publishing - Orkla Group
  •  1984 - 1986:  VP Sales, Fjerndata
  •  1982 - 1984:  Sales Manager, Execucom Norway
  •  1981 - 1982:  Financial Analyst, Aker Group head office


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COURSES TAUGHT

Graduate School

  • Service Management/ CRM. MBA,
  • Marketing Management, EMBA
  • MarkStrat 3/Brand Management, MBA
  • Service Marketing. MSc (Master of Science)

Executive School

  • Strategic Marketing
  • Customer Relationship Management,
  • eService.
  • Government Services


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