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- Landgren, Jonas, 1971, et al.
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Work Practice in Situation Rooms – An Ethnographic Study of Emergency Response Work in Governmental Organizations
- 2016
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In: Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing. - Cham : Springer International Publishing. - 1865-1356 .- 1865-1348. - 9783319470924 ; 265, s. 157-171
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Conference paper (peer-reviewed)abstract
- This paper presents ethnographic accounts from multiple studies on situation room work in governmental organizations. The purpose of this paper is to make visible aspects of the work practice and provide triggers for future discussions regarding how such work practices could be supported with improved information technology. The findings show the collaborative nature of situation room work and how a variety of information technologies are embedded and intertwined in the practice. Assembling, monitoring, exploring, converging, and consolidating are key activities in a general work pattern in situation rooms.
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- Landqvist, Maria, 1989, et al.
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Exploring renewal, heaviness and variety in the Swedish energy system
- 2019
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Conference paper (other academic/artistic)abstract
- In this paper the existing energy system will be analyzed as heavy resource structures with the aim to explore renewal in heavy resource structures. The energy system can be viewed as an industrial system and thus analytically be seen through the lens of the network model separating: activities, resources and actors (Håkansson, 1987). In order to understand renewal of the established structures, resources are in focus. Resources are seen as heterogeneous, referring to that the value of resources depend on how they are combined with other resources. Resource combining and resource re-combining will be important aspects of renewal in an industrial system characterized by heaviness (Håkansson & Waluszewski, 2002, 2018). Also the established resource structure as context (Bengtson, 2003) will be useful for analyzing possible ways of finding renewal. There is no doubt our modern society needs renewal and energy from renewable sources. Renewable energy refers to energy derived from wind, water, sun and waves, meaning energy from sources that are not consumed. What currently is more of a discussion is what kind of renewable energy sources that will dominate in the coming years. The view of the future is both diverging and uncertain (Melander, Dubois, Hedvall, & Lind, 2019). Many actors try to and will influence the development of future energy sources, including industry, university and government agencies. A starting point is that we will need several different renewable energy sources simultaneously. Developing the technology behind renewable energy is complex since it not only involves developing the technology per se but also infrastructure, systems, business interactions and models. Importantly, what is challenging is that the existing fossil fuel-based energy systems need to be changed and/or replaced, which at times hindering the development. The framework of the paper builds on the assumption of resource heterogeneity implying that the value of resources depends on how they are combined with other resources. Resources could be organizational and technological in nature (Baraldi, Gressetvold, & Harrison, 2012). The framework focuses on how resources are developed through interaction between the start-ups and different types of actors such as developing partners, users and suppliers. Building on this framework we will look at: (1) the resources and their features that are exchanged and developed in interaction, (2) how existing resources are changed, combined and recombined and (3) how resources impact one another, and are accepted or not as new resource combinations in broader contexts. The method of the paper is a case study methodology. The empirical data of the paper is centered on the resource network of the energy sector in Sweden. The case will be used to see the role of interaction between established firms as well as start-ups and in this way explore renewal in heavy resource structures. The paper has its empirical base in an ongoing project funded by the Swedish Energy Agency, where we are investigating the role taken by technology-based start-up companies in commercializing their technologies for renewable energy in Sweden. The start-ups in focus for the project have technologies for renewable energy as their commercial bases, for example, water-based energy solutions and creating renewable energy from algae. Practice and policy underline the importance of innovation in broad and start-ups for economic development and growth. Start-up managers are always foreseeing an uncertain future with limited resources and no established customer relationships (see e.g. Aaboen, Dubois, & Lind, 2011). When their context is characterized by diverse expectations on the fossil free alternatives to be used, we see needs for understanding established firms and start-ups roles for renewable energy in order to contributing insights that can be helpful for government as well as policy terms (Andersson, Vico, Hammar, & Sandén, 2017). We will be able to explain renewal with help of a theoretical approach emphasizing interaction, implying a potential for contribution to the innovation literature as well as opportunities for practical implications for managers in companies and representatives of universities and policy actors.
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| 5504. |
- Landqvist, Maria, 1989
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Patterns of resource interaction in resource constellations: The case of start-ups approaching the Swedish energy system
- 2020
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Doctoral thesis (other academic/artistic)abstract
- This doctoral thesis deals with resource interaction in business networks. Interactive resource development is based on a combination of new and existing resources. However, interactions with specific resource constellations will look different depending on the context in which a new resource is to be embedded. Consequently, to support technological development and innovation it is important to understand how resources interact in a resource constellation and how changes evolve when to make new resources useful in the business network. Therefore, the aim of this thesis is to develop the understanding of resource interaction in business networks. The theoretical starting point is the Industrial Network Approach to industrial markets, especially resource development through interaction. Particular attention is devoted to the resource interfaces that are created between the resources of start-ups and those of other actors in the business network, and the way these are combined to create value for the involved parties over time. The empirical setting of the study is the Swedish energy system, which is characterised by long-term business relationships and investments and an urgent need for transformation. The method used is a single case study that describes the innovation journey of three start-ups when approaching resource constellations. The three start-ups focus on novel approaches to renewable energy. The results of this thesis are manifold. Firstly, the study contributes an analytical model to capture connected resource interfaces in business networks and identify potential hindrances and enablers when embedding new resources into a resource constellation. Consequently, different sequences of connected resource interfaces will occur, forming different resource interaction patterns. Five patterns are identified that can help in estimating the effects of attempting to embed a new resource into a resource constellation. Secondly, the study reveals that exploring the potential versatility of a resource in a resource constellation is a matter of exploring and exploiting resource interfaces within it. Thirdly, the study emphasises the importance of considering not only the known use(s) of a resource but also its potential use(s). Regarding policy implications, it is important to consider the network of the start-up when investing in start-ups that could be part of transforming the Swedish energy system. It is important to assess the resource collections of a start-up and the potential resource constellation it would be part of to see if any existing resources could act as a ‘bridge’ to the energy system. From a start-up manager’s perspective, it is important to have an awareness of the process of working with certain resource interfaces and how they are connected in order to allow for a start-up’s resources to be embedded into the business network. It is also necessary to find collaboration partners that are willing to make adaptations to their own resource collections.
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| 5505. |
- Landqvist, Maria, 1989, et al.
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Resource renewal in heavy business networks: the case of Modvion starting up in the Swedish wind energy context
- 2023
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In: Journal of Business and Industrial Marketing. - : Emerald Group Holdings Ltd.. - 0885-8624 .- 2052-1189. ; 38:3, s. 507-519
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Purpose: Taking the perspective of a start-up company, the purpose of this paper is to analyse resource renewal in heavy business networks. Design/methodology/approach: The theoretical framework is based on the Industrial Network Approach and, especially, the resource interaction framework, business network settings and studies of starting up in business networks. The basis for the paper is a case study of a start-up in the Swedish wind energy context. Findings: Resource renewal in this case means replacing one resource, having implications for the resource interfaces in the three business network settings. Research limitations/implications: The paper contributes to the area of studies of starting up in business networks by identifying a distinct form of resource renewal in heavy business networks enabled by development of resource interfaces in three business network settings. Practical implications: Managers in start-ups as well as established firms need to interact to create and develop the resource interfaces that are needed to achieve resource renewal. Resource renewal not only is in the hands of start-ups but also requires interactive resource development with various collaboration partners. Originality/value: This study takes a start-up’s perspective to resource renewal of heavy business networks and analyses heaviness based on resource interfaces in three business network settings.
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| 5506. |
- Landqvist, Maria, 1989, et al.
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Start-ups developing business relationships in the Swedish energy system
- 2018
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In: Proceedings of the IMP Asia 2018 Conference, Sri Lanka, December 2-5.
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Conference paper (peer-reviewed)abstract
- This paper focuses on the process of starting up in the Swedish energy system and in particular how existing resource structures both facilitate and hinder commercialization of new innovations that may contribute to renewable energy solutions. The Swedish energy system is an outcome of many years of investments being made in both public and private infrastructures that can be seen as a ‘heavy resource structure’. However, the current ‘heavy resource structure’ containing for example refineries that generate products from fossil fuels is now subject to huge challenges and must open up for new actors and resources to meet the new demands. By using a case methodology this paper aims to explore how to capture the starting up process in the Swedish energy system and specifically the interplay between organizational and technical resources as a way to embed new technical solutions in already established resource structures. The theoretical starting point is the Industrial Network Approach and especially the concepts of resource interaction and resource interfaces.
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| 5507. |
- Landqvist, Maria, 1989
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Start-ups in Business Networks: Resource Development through Interaction
- 2017
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Licentiate thesis (other academic/artistic)abstract
- This licentiate thesis deals with start-ups’ processes of relating to existing components in the business network in order to develop their innovations and become embedded in it. Previous research has shown that technology-based start-ups rely on external resources through collaborative business partners in order to create innovation. However, how this is done and what effects these collaborations have on the innovation and network itself is an area that needs further study. This licentiate thesis therefore aims to contribute to extending the knowledge of the interactive innovation process for technology-based start-ups by taking the starting point in the start-ups’ resources and how they are combined in the business network. The theoretical starting point is taken in the Industrial Network Approach to industrial markets and, more specifically, the process of resource development through interaction in the business network by seeing the innovations as a result of a number of resource combinations taking place in it. The method used is a case study of three cases that illustrate three different innovation processes for technology-based start-ups to capture resource development in business networks over time. This study shows that these start-ups are in great need of adapting their resource features to fit into the existing resource constellations in the developing, producing and using settings in order to innovate. It is also relevant to approach collaboration partners that are willing to adapt their own resource collections to allow the start-up’s resources to fit into their existing resource structures. Furthermore, the adaptations made in one resource interface impacts other connected resource interfaces, causing friction. Specifically, and as this study reveals, relating in business networks is a way of handling friction, which is a continuous interplay between triggers and changes in the resource interfaces. As a result, the important part lies in creating an understanding of how a specific change in one specific resource interface triggers a new change in a connected resource interface over time. From a managerial point of view, the start-up needs to be aware of the importance of working with proximity of the three settings of developing, producing and using to allow it to embed its resources into the business network. Furthermore, it is relevant to find collaboration partners that are willing to make adaptations to their own resource collections. From a theoretical point of view, this study contributes additional knowledge to the study of resource development as a process by exhibiting the underlying mechanisms of why changes in resource interfaces take place and their consequences.
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| 5508. |
- Landqvist, Maria, 1989, et al.
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Starting up a local energy system in Sweden: The story of technological collaboration between an Italian supplier and established Swedish energy company
- 2019
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In: The 35th IMP Conference 2019.
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Conference paper (peer-reviewed)abstract
- This paper focuses on the inter-organizational aspects of creating a local energy system in Sweden. Today the Swedish energy system faces a challenge of becoming 100 % renewable in 2040. To be able to manage the transformation the system needs to open up for new actors and new renewable technology. However, to embed new renewable technology into the existing system is difficult because of the already predefined infrastructure and regulations. Hence, there is need to explore how technological collaboration can facilitate the process of embedding new renewable technology into the energy system. Therefore, this study focuses on the technological collaboration between the energy company E.ON and the Italian supplier Loccioni and the embedding of new technology in the shape of a local energy system in Sweden. By relying on the Industrial Network Approach and in particular the resource layer this study aims to explore the impact of the collaboration on three levels; the dyadic level, the project level and the system level.
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| 5509. |
- Landscheidt, Steffen, et al.
(author)
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The future of industrial robot business: Product or performance based?
- 2018
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In: Procedia Manufacturing. - : Elsevier BV. - 2351-9789. ; 25, s. 495-502
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Conference paper (peer-reviewed)abstract
- The robot market today is mainly based on product-centered sales concepts. In the future, traditional procurement of industrial robots can be expected to become less important and the business models will shift the focus towards leasing or even pay-per-use. This paper discusses how these new business models should be designed and what components and features are needed for successful implementation. Digitalization, circular economy, cultural barriers, business traditions and fear of new philosophies are investigated and put into the context of the advantages offered. A possible transformation process is set into the context of the product-process matrix.
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| 5510. |
- Landström, Anna, 1990, et al.
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A life cycle approach to business performance measurement systems
- 2018
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In: Procedia Manufacturing. - : Elsevier BV. - 2351-9789. ; 25, s. 126-133, s. 126-133
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Conference paper (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Virtually every company has implemented a Business Performance Measurement System (BPMS) with the purpose of monitoring production and business performance and to execute the corporate strategy at all levels in a company. The purpose of this article is to shed light on common pitfalls related to the practical use of BPMS and further to present a life cycle model with the purpose of introducing structured approach to avoiding the pitfalls. The article contributes to further development of the BPMS life cycle concept and practical examples of how it can be used.
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