Hanno Roberts

Hanno Roberts is a full-time Professor at BI Norwegian Business School's Department of Accounting, Auditing and Business Economics, where he has been affiliated since 1996. His academic career spans over three decades with extensive international engagements including visiting professorships and guest lectureships at institutions across Europe, Asia, and South America.

Education:

• Ph.D. from University of Maastricht (1992)
• MBA from Rotterdam School of Management (1986)
• B.A. in Economics from Erasmus University Rotterdam (1984)

Roberts' research explores the intersection of knowledge management, organizational communication, and accounting systems. His work emphasizes knowledge monetization through communication patterns, examining how boundary-spanning roles create value in organizational networks. Key research streams include intellectual capital management, innovation control systems, and qualitative methodologies in accounting research.

His publication record demonstrates consistent focus on knowledge-to-value transformation, with recent work examining digitalization impacts on management accounting. Roberts employs conceptual frameworks and interventionist approaches to study how communication functions facilitate knowledge deployment in organizations.

Roberts maintains active academic collaborations globally, having taught at institutions in Singapore, Thailand, Spain, Germany, Peru, and France. His pedagogical approach emphasizes digital tools for collaborative learning and contextual adaptation of management knowledge.