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- Malmström, Malin, et al.
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Cognitive Constructions of Low-Profit and High-Profit Business Models : A Repertory Grid Study of Serial Entrepreneurs
- 2015
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Ingår i: Entrepreneurship. - : SAGE Publications. - 1042-2587 .- 1540-6520. ; 39:5, s. 1083-1109
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This study shows how the repertory grid methodology can be used to understand entrepreneurs' cognitive construction of business models and evidence of entrepreneurs' differential cognition of high-profit and low-profit business models. We show that entrepreneurs are more cognitively complex and more nuanced in constructing high-profit business models than low-profit business models. Furthermore, although they are perceived as meaningful, low-profit business models are characterized by relatively less clear cognitive constructions. This study suggests that the repertory grid technique may be useful for future research and entrepreneurship practice to understand the entrepreneurial cognition of business models.
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| 978742. |
- Malmström, Malin
(författare)
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Cognitive micro-foundations at work : how organizations resist change in work practice
- 2016
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Ingår i: Baltic Journal of Management. - 1746-5265 .- 1746-5273. ; 11:4, s. 473-492
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to explore the essence that is, the nature of organizational responses to efficiently resist enforced change in institutionalized work practice destined to address poor organizational performance. The micro-foundations of the cognitive logic that are activated when organizations face change are hereby conceptualized.Design/methodology/approachUsing a case study design, the study focusses on narratives of a failure to implement a regulatory enforced change in work practice at a military academy established in the 1600s. The interviews are complemented by secondary data.FindingsThe analysis reveals a cognitive framework by which the members of the organization shaped their responses. By building on micro-foundations for mobilizing resistance (i.e. the essential substance at a micro level), this study shows how the cognitive logic is activated to respond to change. To show how the cognitive logic is used to mitigate and compensate for incongruences with the regulatory logic, this study outlines a set of strategic resistance maneuvers and cognitive resistance forces that restrict regulatory influence on change in work practice. This study thus provides insights into maneuvers and resistance forces that members may activate to resist change efficiently.Originality/valueTo the author’s knowledge, this is the first study to attempt to conceptualize the essence of the cognitive logic activated to resist organizational change.
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| 978743. |
- Malmström, Mikael, 1982-, et al.
(författare)
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Comparative study of structures in annealed 304 stainless steel using laser-ultrasonics (LUS) in combination with EBSD and XRD
- 2019
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- The material investigated was 304 (18/8) stainless steel that had been rolled with 70% at 700°C reduction to a final thickness of 2.9 mm. This warm rolling was chosen to avoid complications due to the formation of deformation martensite at room temperature. A 2.9x30x170 mm strip of the steel was then annealed in a controlled temperature gradient ranging from room temperature up to 1100°C so that all possible microstructural stages were represented, comprising recovery, recrystallisation and grain growth as well as their related texture changes. All measurements were made after cooling the specimen down to room temperature.Grain sizes were measured by LUS using the b-parameter analysis of attenuation data. In addition, the newly developed method for scanning the generating laser was applied to show the influence of texture on the anisotropy of wave velocities. Thus, both grain size and texture were continuously monitored along the length of the gradient annealed specimen.X-ray diffraction (XRD) was applied at various positions such that recovery and recrystallisation could be quantified using peak breadth measurements. In addition, microstructures and textures were determined using electron back-scattering diffraction (EBSD) at several locations corresponding to different annealing temperatures.All the observations were congruent in defining the location where primary recrystallisation had taken place over a relatively short distance on the specimen. The XRD line breadths dropped sharply and then remained constant after higher temperatures. However, the LUS grain sizes which also showed a sharp decrease then increased continuously as grain growth progressed, in good agreement with the EBSD observations. The anisotropic wave velocity results confirmed a significant change in the texture corresponding to recrystallisation despite the fact that EBSD showed that there was, in fact, only a modest weakening. A sensitive parameter defining recrystallisation was found to be the Poisson’s ratio which fell sharply and then increased very gradually up to the highest temperatures. This is interpreted as being due to the textural change during recrystallisation, followed by some sharpening of the annealing texture during subsequent grain growth.
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| 978744. |
- Malmström, Mikael, 1982-, et al.
(författare)
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Comparative study of structures in cold rolled 316 stainless steel using laser ultrasonics and electron backscatter diffraction measurements
- 2021
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Ingår i: 5th ESTAD (European Steel Technology and Application Days). - Stockholm : Jernkontoret – the Swedish Steel Producers’ Association.
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- This work aims to develop an online texture sensor for the steelworks environment in order to estimatethe recrystallized fraction [1]. The material investigated was AISI 316 stainless steel of which 4 samples had been cold rolled with either 70% or 50% reduction to a final thickness of ~12 mm. Prior to the rollingtwo of samples were annealed at 1200 °C for 1.5 hours resulting in a grain size growth from ~25 to ~60μm. All measurements were made at room temperature. The influence of texture on the anisotropy ofwave velocities were measured for various polar- and azimuthal-angles, ρ and θ respectively. Additionally, the grain sizes were measured by LUS using the b-parameter analysis of attenuation data. Thus, both grain size and texture were measured on the specimen. In addition, the microstructures andthe textures were determined using electron back-scattering diffraction (EBSD) at the through thicknesscenter of the 4 samples after which the stiffness matrix was calculated using the Hill approximation withtabulated single crystal stiffness coefficients and sample density. The phase velocity was then calculatedusing the MTEX toolbox [2] for the same angles as the LUS measurements. The resulting velocity forthe TD scan of the high temperature annealed sample with 50 % reduction is plotted in Fig. 1 below. There is a significant difference between the EBSD and LUS data especially for large anglesmostly due to the in-house lab rolling which introduced several bends in the RD direction and had a~2 % thickness variation over the TD direction. The LUS measurements were performed in a positionwith the least curvature but the geometrical effects are not compensated for in the velocity calculation. Nevertheless, in a future industrial application such compensation will not be necessary since theproduct uniformity is expected to be very high.
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| 978745. |
- Malmström, Malin
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Competence acquisition and competitive advantages : an empirical study of small firms
- 2007
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Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Competence acquisition in small firms is an under-researched area. The purposes of the entire thesis are, to describe how small firms acquire competence, to create an understanding by identifying factors that can affect how small firms handle competence acquisition, and why these factors affect the acquisition of competence, and to develop and test a model about competence acquisition. The study draws upon the resource-based view, the competence-based view, the strategy literature and entrepreneurship literature. A model about competence acquisition in small firms is developed and tested. Predictors identified are the entrepreneur's experiences, the entrepreneur's tolerance for ambiguity, the business concept and the competence base of the firm and these are found to be relevant factors for explaining actions in competence acquisition. In addition, time and trust are two aspects found to be central for understanding competence acquisition in small firms. A Pecking order in use of competence acquisition modes is apparent among small firms actions where an internal acquisition mode is the most used mode followed by the social network modes and the least used modes are the market acquisition modes.
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| 978746. |
- Malmström, Malin, et al.
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Competence acquisition in small firms
- 2007
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Ingår i: The first Nordic innovation research conference - Finnkampen. - Oulu : University of Oulu. - 9789514283536 ; , s. 105-132
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- This paper models competence acquisition in a sample of 842 small firms. The findings indicate how competence is acquired and determines firm performance. The modeling procedures reports better adequacy in sub-samples having high complexity and high uncertainty. A firm's competence base is a relevant predictor for how competence is acquired in all model tests. Implications for how small firms acquire competence are put forward.
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| 978747. |
- Malmström, Malin, 1973-, et al.
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Constructing an Entrepreneurial Identity: How Enterprise Intentions Among Young People are Motivationally Formed
- 2024
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Ingår i: Entrepreneurship Research Journal. - : Walter de Gruyter. - 2157-5665. ; 14:1, s. 187-224
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- As enterprise education plays a larger role in schools and young individuals increasingly become the target of entrepreneurial and enterprise policy initiatives, there is a growing need to understand how entrepreneurial intentions can be fostered. This study builds on analyses of interviews with young potential entrepreneurs and their young counterparts, delving more deeply into the identity construction that motivates some individuals, but not others, to develop entrepreneurial identities and enterprise intentions. The findings outline two contrasting routes to identity construction, shedding light on how enterprise intentions are motivationally embedded and providing details on the micro-foundations of identity formation that shape these identities and intentions toward enterprise activity.
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| 978749. |
- Malmström, Martin
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Den amerikanska mardrömmen
- 2015
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Ingår i: Skola & Samhälle. - 2001-6727.
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Tidskriftsartikel (populärvet., debatt m.m.)abstract
- No Child Left Behind och Race to the Top är namnen på två stora skolreformer i USA. Common Core är namnet på den nationellt övergripande standardiseringen av de tester som kopplats till reformarbetet. Hur har reformerna utfallit? Martin Malmström kommenterar den amerikanska utvecklingen. (red)
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| 978750. |
- Malmström, Martin
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Den amerikanska mardrömmen
- 2015
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Ingår i: Skola och samhälle. - : Föreningen Skola och samhälle. - 2001-6727.
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