Faculty of Business Administration

Helga Kristjánsdóttir

Professor
+35 4 460 8626 Website She

Location

  • Utan skólans / Off Campus

Office hours

Meeting hours by appointment. Please email me at: helga@unak.is

Specialisation

Economics Foreign Direct Investment International Business Tourism
Research portal - Helga Kristjánsdóttir 

General information

Courses 2025 - 2026

AVS3107250
International Business, Sustainability, and Resource Utilization
AVS3107250
International Business, Sustainability, and Resource Utilization

Education

2004
University of Iceland, PhD Economics
2003
University of Copenhagen, Ph.D. courses Economics
2000
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, MS Economics
1995
Boston College, MBA Master of Business Administration
1992
University of Iceland, BS Economics
1989
Akureyri Junior College, Schola Akureyrensis, University Entrance Exam

Career

2020
University of Akureyri, Professor
2018 - 2020
University of Akureyri, Associate Professor
2018 - 2018
University of Akureyri, Assistant Professor
2004 - 2017
University of Iceland, Researcher and part-time lecturer
2002 - 2003
Copenhagen University. Centre for Applied Microeconometrics, Visiting Scholar
2001 - 2002
Copenhagen University. Economic Policy Research Unit, Visiting Scholar
1992 - 1993
University of Iceland. Institute of Economic Studies, Researcher

Research

2025
DISASTER MANAGEMENT IN ICELAND: A Case Study of Nonprofit contributions to crisis Response following the Grindavík Volcanic Eruptions. Journal article
2025
Samfélagsleg ábyrgð með áherslu á nýsköpun í litlum og meðalstórum fyrirtækjum í Hollandi. Journal article
2025
SMALL STEPS, BIG IMPACT: NAVIGATING SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY WITH A SOCIAL INNOVATION FOCUS IN SMES. Journal article
2025
The Impact of Central Bank Digital Currencies on Achieving United Nations Sustainability Goals: A Comparative Analysis. Book chapter
2024
The Credit Boom as a Predictor of Financial Crisis. Book chapter
2024
ISLAND TOURISM AND COVID-19: BUTLERS TOURISM AREA LIFE CYCLE, CULTURE, AND SWOT ANALYSIS. Journal article
2024
Online Business Academia in the Digital Economy. Book chapter
2024
CBDCs at the Crossroads: Seizing Opportunities and Confronting Threats in the Financial Frontier. Book chapter
2023
EXPORT SAGA AT THE SEA. Journal article
2023
Assessing fisheries subsidies. Journal article
2023
DIGITAL CURRENCIES, SWOT ANALYSIS. Journal article
2023
Production, storage, and usage of green hydrogen as an opportunity for the development of smart cities. Book chapter
2022
International trade between the EFTA trade bloc and China. Book chapter
2022
FREE TRADE AGREEMENT (FTA) WITH CHINA AND INTERACTION BETWEEN EXPORTS AND IMPORTS. Journal article
2021
The Global Financial Crisis and Foreign Direct Investment in Europe. Book chapter
2021
Tax on tourism in Europe: Does higher value-added tax (VAT) impact tourism demand in Europe? Journal article
2021
EU Country and EFTA Country Export Differences. Journal article
2021
CARBFIX AND SULFIX IN GEOTHERMAL PRODUCTION, AND THE BLUE LAGOON IN ICELAND: GRINDAVÍK URBAN SETTLEMENT, AND VOLCANIC ACTIVITY. Journal article
2021
European FDI in Ireland and Iceland: Before and after the Financial Crisis. Journal article
2021
Financial Aspects of Geothermal Development and Utilization. Book chapter
2020
UK FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT IN THE OECD, CULTURE AND GEOGRAPHY. Journal article
2020
Cultural and geographical distance: effects on UK exports. Journal article
2020
EU-COUNTRY AND NON-EU-COUNTRY AT THE TIME OF CRISIS: FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT. Journal article
2019
DOES INVESTMENT REPLACE AID AS COUNTRIES BECOME MORE DEVELOPED? Journal article
2019
Tourism in a Remote Nordic Region: Vat, Internet, Oil, English, Distance, Hofstede, and Christianity. Journal article
2019
Geothermal Cost and Investment Factors. Book chapter
2017
Hofstede national culture and international trade. Journal article
2017
Virkjun jarðvarma. Magazine article
2017
Grænland og sæstrengur. Journal article
2017
Virkjun vatnsafls. Journal article
2017
COUNTRY COMPETITIVENESS: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY. Journal article
2017
The Longitude and Latitude of Trading in Tourists. Journal article
2017
Эмпирическое исследование национальной конкурентоспособности. Journal article
2016
Útflutningur og auðlindir. Magazine article
2016
Bein erlend fjárfesting og afnám hafta. Magazine article
2016
Hvað er bein erlend fjárfesting? Magazine article
2016
Gildi milliríkjaviðskipta fyrir Ísland. Journal article
2016
Can the Butler’s Tourist Area Cycle of Evolution Be Applied to Find the Maximum Tourism Level? A Comparison of Norway and Iceland to Other OECD Countries. Journal article
2016
Foreign direct investment in the hospitality industry in Iceland and Norway, in comparison to the Nordics and a range of other OECD countries. Journal article
2015
Sustainable Energy Resources and Economics in Iceland and Greenland. Book
2014
Economics and power-intensive industries. Book
2014
Microeconomic and macroeconomic issues in the power intensive industry. Book
2014
The CarbFix procedure. Book
2014
The SulFix procedure. Book
2014
The geothermal application. Book
2014
The hydropower application. Book
2014
The importance of renewable energy for the power intensive industry, from an economic perspective. Book
2014
The power intensive industry, from the international economic perspective. Book
2013
Foreign direct investment in a small open economy. Journal article
2012
Substitution between inward and outward foreign direct investment. Journal article
2012
What determines the inflow of foreign direct investment? Conference paper
2012
Exports From a Remote Developed Region: Analysed by an Inverse Hyperbolic Sine Transformation of the Gravity Model. Journal article
2012
Geothermal Cost and Investment Factors. Journal article
2012
Knowledge is power: Knowledge-capital model in the management of power intensive industries. Journal article
2011
Opportunities and challenges for CarbFix: An evaluation of capacities and costs for the pilot scale mineralization sequestration project at Hellisheidi, Iceland and beyond. Journal article
2010
Icelandic Development Assistance: A Comparative Assessment. Working paper
2010
Government Transfers to Families with Children. Conference abstract
2010
FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT: THE KNOWLEDGE-CAPITAL MODEL AND A SMALL COUNTRY CASE. Journal article
2010
Fixed Costs, Foreign Direct Investment, and Gravity with Zeros. Journal article
2008
Alllocation of Public and Private Goods within the Household. Conference poster
2008
Exports Under the Flicker of the Northern Lights. Working paper
2008
Why are the Northern Lights so Bright? What makes the Nordics so Competitive? Working paper
2008
Estimating the impact of time-invariant variables on FDI with fixed effects. Journal article
2007
Geysir Víking Land: Saga. Working paper
2006
Evaluation of Icelandic trade flows, the gravity model approach. Working paper
2006
Substitution between Inward and Outward Foreign Direct Investment. Working paper
2006
Talking Trade or Talking Aid? Does Investment Substitute for Aid in the Developing Countries? Working paper
2005
Gravity Model for Exports from Iceland. Working paper
2005
Determinants of Foreign Direct Investment in Iceland. Working paper
2005
The Knowledge-Capital Model and Small Countries. Working paper
2005
What Drives Sector Allocation of Foreign Direct Investment in Iceland? Working paper
2004
Determinants of Exports and Foreign Direct Investment in a Small Open Economy. Dissertation
2000
Evaluation of Icelandic Trade Flows, the Gravity Model Approach. Dissertation
1992
Raforkumarkaðurinn. Dissertation