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- Lind, Frida, 1975, et al.
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Exploring university-industry collaboration in research centres
- 2013
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In: European Journal of Innovation Management. - : Emerald. - 1460-1060. ; 16:1, s. 70-91
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- The purpose of this paper is to explore university‐industry collaboration in research centres.Design/methodology/approachThe paper builds on an explorative study of three research centres at a technical university in Sweden, using in‐depth interviews. The three research centres, Alpha, Beta and Gamma, have various degrees of involvement with industry.FindingsA total of four broad forms of collaboration are suggested: distanced, translational, specified and developed collaboration.Research limitations/implicationsThe paper shows that the different institutional logics of academic actors, industry actors and funding agencies can be present in collaborations in (at least) four different ways resulting in four different types of research processes. Since not all actors are likely to be equally satisfied in all types of collaborations, the continued development of the research centres will be at risk.Practical implicationsIf the role of the research centre is to be a forum for collaboration, the research centre has to be a good mediator between the actors in order to ensure their satisfaction with the research centre within and between projects. If, in contrast, the role of the research centre is to be a facilitator of collaboration, the research centre needs to enable the actors to learn how to interact with each other in order for the distanced, translational, specified collaboration to evolve into developed collaboration.Originality/valueFew studies have focused on the collaborations per se in research centres, taking the different institutional logics of the actors involved in the collaboration into account.
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- Lind, Frida, 1975
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Goal diversity and resource development in an inter-organisational project
- 2015
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In: Journal of Business and Industrial Marketing. - 0885-8624. ; 30:3/4, s. 259-268
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Purpose - This paper aims to discuss the role of goal diversity for resource development organized in an inter-organizational project.Design/Methodology/Approach - The paper builds on a case study of an inter-organizational research project in the field of plant biotechnology in Sweden. The project had four members with differing goals: two research departments, one firm and one co-operative.Findings - This particular project shows a diversity of goals and seeks to explain how actors with very different goals and resources involve in inter-organizational collaboration. The case illustrates how the goals are nested in different ways and how the goals are and become related with the resources developed during the project. The explanation found is that the involved actors manage to match their goals and resources.Research limitations/implications - The paper identifies goal-and-resource-matching processes as an explanation behind resource development in collaboration between actors with diverse goals.Practical implications - Designing projects with actors who have diverse sets of resources have enormous potential, but such projects need to ensure that the goals are resources become matched, processes which can emerge during the course of the project.Originality/value - Few studies have focused on the interplay between diverse goals and resources in inter-organizational projects.
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- Lind, Fredrik, 1978, et al.
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Ilmenite and Nickel as Catalysts for Upgrading of Raw Gas Derived from Biomass Gasification
- 2013
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In: Energy & Fuels. - : American Chemical Society (ACS). - 1520-5029 .- 0887-0624. ; 27:2, s. 997-1007
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Two metal oxides, naturally occurring ilmenite (iron titanium oxide) and manufactured nickel oxide supported on an α-Al2O3 matrix (NiO/AL2O3), were compared as catalysts for secondary biomass gas upgrading. The experiments were conducted in a Chemical-Looping Reforming (CLR) reactor, which combines biomass gas upgrading with continuous regeneration of coke deposits. The CLR system was fed with a tar-rich producer gas from the Chalmers 2–4 MW biomass gasifier, and the possibilities to reduce the tar fraction and to increase the yield of hydrogen were evaluated for temperatures between 700°C and 880°C. A system-wide molar balance was established, to enable calculations of tar removal efficiency on a mass basis; these results were further compared with those for the more widely used tar-to-reformed gas ratio, yielding tar concentrations in units of gtar/Nm3gas. Both materials exhibited activity with respect to tar decomposition and increased the yield of hydrogen. In addition, both tar removal and hydrogen production were increased with increases in temperature. All the phenolic compounds and a large proportion of the one-ring branched tars were decomposed at 800ºC by the two catalysts, despite the fact that the tar load in the raw gas was as high as 30 gtar/Nm3gas. Results from the mole balance showed that it is important to specify on what basis the tar removal efficiency is calculated. The tar removal efficiency was calculated to 95% for the Ni/Al2O3 catalyst at 880°C and to 60% for the ilmenite catalyst at 850°C on tar-to-reformed gas basis. When the produced permanent gases were removed from the reformed gas the same calculations yielded the tar removal efficiency of 86% and 42% respectively. The testing of serial samples of the effluent stream from the regeneration reactor for carbon oxides showed that coke was removed from the catalyst, and no deactivation by coke deposits was detected during the 8 hours of operation of the CLR reactor.
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- Lind, Fredrik, 1978, et al.
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Manganese oxide as catalyst for tar cleaning of biomass-derived gas
- 2012
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In: Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 2190-6815 .- 2190-6823. ; 2:2, s. 133 - 140
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- The possibilities to upgrade raw gas with the use of a manganese oxide have been investigated in an application for secondary tar cleaning of biomass derived gas. Experiments were conducted in a reactor system where a novel technique that combines tar cleaning with catalyst regeneration is applied. Raw gas from the Chalmers non-catalytic steam biomass gasifier - containing roughly 32 gtar/Nm3gas - was fed to the tar cleaning reactor. The tar reforming qualities of the manganese oxide were evaluated in the reactor system using a mixture of 23 wt% catalysts in silica sand at the temperatures 700 and 800°C. Experiments showed that the catalyst was continuously regenerated from carbon deposits and that the total amount of tars was decreased by as much as 44,5% at a gas residence time of 0.4 s in the bed. The catalyst showed activity in water-gas shift reaction and the H2/CO-ratio increased from 0.6 in the raw gas to a peak value of 1 in the reformed gas at 800°C. Only a slight decrease in methane and acetylene content was observed for both operating temperatures.
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- Lind, Frida, 1975, et al.
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Moving resources across permeable project boundaries in open network contexts
- 2012
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In: Journal of Business Research. - : Elsevier BV. - 0148-2963. ; 65:2, s. 177-185
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- This paper discusses how firms develop and use resources across a permeable project boundary and conceptualizes how a project can create value for a focal parent organization. Inspired by ideas on interaction and open innovation, we suggest a framework for analyzing the flow of resources based on the two dimensions: direction, whether the resource starts inside or outside the project, and mode, whether the resources cross the boundary once (uni-directionally) or twice (bi-directionally). The dimensions lead to four situations: Inside-out, Outside-in, Boomerang and Passing on. The framework is based on a single case study of an inter-organizational research project in plant biotechnology in a Swedish context. Through these four situations, the results show that a focal parent organization can create direct, indirect, relational potential and transactional potential value. The complex pattern of value creation in an open network context, raises the challenging question of how to capture the value created.
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- Lind, Frida, 1975, et al.
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Networked business models for current and future road freight transport: taking a truck manufacturer’s perspective
- 2023
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In: Technology Analysis and Strategic Management. - : Informa UK Limited. - 0953-7325 .- 1465-3990. ; 35:2, s. 167-178
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Technological development is rapidly having an impact on the road freight transport system. In parallel, there are suggestions for new types of business models to approach the network and complex features of business. In this paper, we raise the question of what this means in the road freight transport business from a truck manufacturer’s perspective. The purpose is to analyse the contents of and developments in networked business models for road freight transport in Sweden with the overall aim to contribute to sustainable transport solutions. The paper builds on a qualitative case study methodology of a truck OEM. The results display three forms of networked business models: business models in stable, established and emerging networks. The stable business model is based on the present situation with the truck at the centre. The established business model is partly based on the present and partly on the future with the focus on uptime of the trucks. The emerging business model is future-oriented and contains technological development of connectivity, electrification and automation. Managerial implications regard that coping with the emerging business is necessary but result in great uncertainty regarding how to interact, which resources to invest in and how to coordinate activities.
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- Lind, Frida, 1975, et al.
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Organizing supplier interfaces in technological development
- 2019
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In: Journal of Business and Industrial Marketing. - 0885-8624. ; 34:5, s. 1131-1142
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- © 2019, Emerald Publishing Limited. Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate supplier interfaces in technological development. Design/methodology/approach: The theoretical framework is based on the industrial network approach and, in particular, the concept of supplier interfaces (standardized, specified, translational and interactive). The empirical study consists of a case study of a supplier relationship between an established truck manufacturer and one of its partners in technological development. This supplier relationship has its base in joint projects on developments in automation. Findings: The empirical study provides evidence of three types of interfaces that are characteristic of technological development and discusses their development and how they are used in combination. The three types are follows: specified, translational and interactive. The conclusions show that developing an interface from specified to translational or interactive is challenging and technological development characterized by uncertainty may call for certain interfaces that are not of value in other settings, such as industrial production. Originality/value: By applying the interface concepts to technological development in collaboration with suppliers and related identifying characteristic interfaces, this paper aims to extend the literature on how suppliers can be engaged in uncertain endeavours such as development projects.
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