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- Bergquist, Magnus, 1960-, et al.
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OSMaaS Toolkit : Designing Open and Self Organising Mechanisms for Sustainable Mobility as a Service
- 2024
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Rapport (populärvet., debatt m.m.)abstract
- The project Open and Self Organizing Mechanisms for Sustainable Mobility as a Service (OSMaaS) ran between 2020 and 2024, hosted by Halmstad University and funded by The Knowledge Foundation. The project was a collaboration between researchers from service design, design ethnography, business model innovation, and intelligent systems, and the companies Volvo Cars, WirelessCar, Polestar, and Devoteam. One of the project’s outputs is the OSMaaS Service Design Framework that integrates research from the different activities in the project into a toolkit for service designers. This booklet provides a guide for how to apply the framework. Each canvas can be used standalone or in any order, but our experience is that the framework is most powerful when following the design process presented here. The canvases can be downloaded from the OSMaaS webpage and are free to use.
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- Barth, Henrik, 1971-, et al.
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The use and abuse of 3D-printing from a business model perspective
- 2016
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- The paper analyses changes in user activities and behaviour across different types of actors following the introduction of 3D printers. 3D printing, or additive manufacturing, has been claimed to disrupt manufacturing, allowing firms to move from prototyping to full-scale end-part production and replacement part production in a one-step process. 3D printing has many different uses, for example, the manufacturing of toys, shoes, lamps and fashion accessories, and by implication many different types of users and buyers. There are few empirical studies on the types of uses and users of 3D, hampering our understanding in what ways the 3D printers may change the behaviour of users, and whether 3D printers affect the likelihood and the nature of entrepreneurship or business model innovation. To investigate this, a model was created based on the 3DP literature. The model is applied on a distributor customer database and four interview-based illustrative case studies. The empirical findings show that the use of 3DP a) lowers the knowledge and resource barriers for experimentation and entrepreneurial entry, b) increases product and concept prototyping in product development, c) provides a potential for business model innovation by expanding the boundaries of the firm upstream and downstream, and d) becomes a ticket for entrepreneurial entry. Based on our results, the paper suggests that the potential of 3D printers alter user innovative activities is high but most of the potential is latent.
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- Barth, Henrik, 1971-, et al.
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The use and abuse of 3D printing - Towards a mobile business model framework
- 2019
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Ingår i: International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications. - Ghaziabad : International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications. - 2248-9622. ; 9:11, s. 1-9
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The paper aim to clarify changes in user activities and behaviour across different types of actors following the development of 3D printers. It proposes a mobile business model and outlining the features of development for direct digital manufacturing.The exploratory study show that the use of 3D printing a) lowers the knowledge and resource barriers for experimentation and entrepreneurial entry, b) increases product and concept prototyping in product development, c) provides a potential for business model innovation by expanding the boundaries of the firm upstream and downstream, and d) becomes a ticket for entrepreneurial entry
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- Barth, Henrik, 1971-, et al.
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Towards a Mass Customised Healthcare - Healthcareprofessionals Experience of AI
- 2024
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- A growing and aging population provides challenges for the healthcare sector, generating higher healthcare costs, and ineffective work process that results in long patient queues and problems with recruiting and retaining healthcare professionals. Artificial intelligence (AI) is considered as one means to provide efficient processes for healthcare professionals, e.g. in diagnostics and treatment recommendations. However, research has shown that there are many obstacles to successfully introducing and using AI applications in healthcare, especially by focusing on the organizational level. However, individual healthcare professionals have an important role to play in the transition towards information driven healthcare. Therefore, we address the healthcare professionals' perception of the usefulness and value of AI applications, as well as challenges and considerations of this new technology. The study is based on an exploratory approach with more than 350 healthcare professionals in Sweden, carried out beginning of 2024. The questionnaire includes perceptions of the use of AI and identifies potential challenges that need to be addressed. The respondents include doctors (92%) and nurses (8%). The sample consists of answers from 221 (62%) male and 136 (38%) female respondents. Most of the respondents work in public hospitals (54%) and health centers (20% public and 14% private). Several AI applications are used by healthcare professionals, spanning from administrative work reduction to new insights in the analysis of complex cases.Thematic analysis is conducted to create a model of perception of usefulness, values and problems (barriers). The analysis includes a stepwise analysis to identify patterns and themes.The results from the project provide insights into how the introduction of AI applications in healthcare changes the work of healthcare professionals and the perceived challenges that need to be addressed to improve their work by using AI. To some extent, implementation and use is based on healthcare professionals’ interest in using new advanced technology but for others the decision to adopt AI is primarily based on formal decisions within the organization. Respondents that have been using AI for at least six months, indicate AI supports decision making, with the main benefit consisting of a more effective and faster work process, while other respondents do not perceive any changes. A surprising result is that healthcare professionals have identified the possibility to test and evaluate new ideas and more complex cases. One interpretation is that AI has made the workload easier, which may allow for more innovative work. Another interpretation is that their experience-based knowledge is augmented by AI, and this makes it possible for them to handle more complex cases. However, others experience a learning paradox – challenging to find time and learn how to use the technology, while at the same time adopting by testing AI applications.Conclusions drawn from the ongoing study provide insights on the transformation phase towards implementing and using AI applications in healthcare.
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- Björkdahl, Joakim, et al.
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Business model innovation – the challenges ahead
- 2013
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Ingår i: International Journal of Product Development. - Olney : InderScience Publishers. - 1477-9056 .- 1741-8178. ; 18:3/4, s. 213-225
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- Björkdahl, Joakim, 1975, et al.
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Explaining business model innovation processes: A problem formulation and problem solving perspective
- 2022
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Ingår i: Industrial Marketing Management. - New York : Elsevier BV. - 0019-8501 .- 1873-2062. ; 105, s. 223-239
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This study explains the business model innovation processes in industrial firms. Drawing on three case studies of leading business-to-business firms shifting from product-based to service-based business models, it introduces problems as a theoretical concept to explain business model innovation processes. We show how formulating and solving problems guide the search for a viable business model and why some problem formulation and solving activities lead firms to shift between backward-looking and forward-looking searches. The decision to shift to a forward-looking search is triggered by the perception of failure to continue with an established way of working, while the shift to a backward-looking search is based on the perception of high alternative costs. We contribute to the business model innovation and servitization literature by theorizing the process of business model innovation and providing implications for managers.
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- Björkdahl, Joakim, 1975, et al.
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Exploiting the control revolution by means of digitalization: Value creation, value capture, and downstream movements
- 2019
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Ingår i: Industrial and Corporate Change. - Oxford : Oxford University Press (OUP). - 1464-3650 .- 0960-6491. ; 28:3, s. 423-436
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This article explains why firms move downstream to profit from the value they create for customers through improved control. Under certain circumstances, product innovations and services are dynamically interdependent in the sense of improved control creating value for the customer. Since value capture is distinct from value creation, firms may need to change their means of appropriation to profit. Empirically, the article analyses how firms can renew their product offerings by incorporating control technologies into their traditional mechanical engineering products. In contrast to a strand in the recent strategy literature that argues that manufacturing firms should move downstream to deliver complementary services, this article explains these shifts as related to increased control, economies of throughput, value creation, and value capture. The article contributes to the throughput and control technology literature by showing the importance of differentiating value creation from value capture. The increased control by means of digitalization and the discrepancy between value creation and value capture explains why many manufacturing firms will become service firms.
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- Björkdahl, Joakim, 1975, et al.
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Innovation audits by means of formulating problems
- 2016
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Ingår i: R &D Management. - Chichester : Wiley-Blackwell. - 0033-6807 .- 1467-9310. ; 46:5, s. 842-856
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Prior innovation audits consist of scorecards that firms use to assess their innovation processes and capabilities. The multifaceted nature of innovation means that this approach does not contextualize the audit for the audited firms. This paper proposes an innovation audit method that identifies and formulates valuable innovation-related problems. It comprises four sequentially dependent modules which follow a structured process that allows the firm’s innovation processes and capabilities to be audited. The audit was developed based on performing innovation audits with five multinational companies in the manufacturing and hygiene sectors, and nine pulp and paper companies. The paper discusses the pros and cons of different innovation audits. We suggest that the innovation audit process may be a means for changing a firm’s strategic innovation orientation, and contribute to the development of innovation capabilities. © 2015 RADMA and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
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- Brink, Johan, 1976, et al.
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Why do firms change? Sequences of opportunity and changes in business models and capabilities in bioscience firms
- 2007
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Ingår i: RIDE working paper series. ; :84426-015, s. 47-
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Our paper sets out to explain how firms change and acts upon additional opportunities by analysing the development of three young bioscience firms by focusing on the relationship between experimentation of their business models and the capabilities that these firms gradually develop over time. We show that only by combining the initial technological capability with a more generic business capability, these firms were able to fully develop and pursue the initially perceived opportunity. Our analysis of these bioscience firms also reveal that the linkages between the initial technological capabilities that these companies develop are only indirectly related to subsequent opportunities acted upon. As the initial opportunity increasingly becomes economically or technologically irrelevant, the more recently acquired generic capabilities provided the firms with the ability to act upon new technological opportunities. That is, the initial technological capability of the firm is frequently not directly linked to the second pursued opportunity. We infer that as these initial capabilities generally are very technologically based they are also rather specific. Instead the link is by the necessary creation of the additional, and indeed more generic, capability within the firm. As these firms develop they are hence continuously leveraging only parts of their accumulated capabilities, meaning that they are both path-dependent and path-breaking in their development. The paper argues that a firm-based analysis of the development of capabilities and business models is warranted as a complement to the numerous sector-level studies of the biosciences. The internalist perspective of the co-evolution of capabilities and business models developed here cannot be substituted by industry or environmental explanations.
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- Dalitz, R., et al.
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How do innovation systems interact? Schumpeterian innovation in seven Australian sectors
- 2012
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Ingår i: Prometheus. - Melbourne, VIC : Pluto Journals. - 0810-9028 .- 1470-1030. ; 30:3, s. 261-289
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This paper analyses how and why different types of innovation systems interact through analysing seven Australian sectors. We find that there are sets of mechanisms or systems that 'articulate'; i.e. structure and shape the interaction among sectoral innovation systems and other types of innovation systems. Drawing on the Schumpeterian and evolutionary legacy, we contribute a theoretical explanation of how interaction among innovation systems influences innovation. First, this interaction enables and enhances variety creation by expanding the new combinations of knowledge and resources a firm can achieve. Second, it allows for more efficient and effective scaling up of useful knowledge recombination to achieve increasing returns. Empirically, this is supported in that the more successful sectors have active articulation systems with alignment with other systems, while weaker sectors have unplanned and patchy linkages. No simple model seems to explain successful articulation. However, important factors are active receptor firms with the motivation and capabilities to absorb and use resources from external systems, high quality and responsive education systems, and international linkages. Public research, labour markets, and intermediaries varied in importance.
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- Deiaco, Enrico, et al.
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From Social Institution to Knowledge Business
- 2009
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Ingår i: McKelvey, M. and M. Holmén (2009). Learning to Compete European Universities: From Social Institutions to Knowledge Business. - Cheltenham UK : Edward Elgar Publishers. - 9781848440012 - 978 1 84844 001 2
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- This chapter analyzes the main results, in terms of the four horizontal themes, namely ‘Emergent Strategies; Diversification and Specialization; Rethinking University-Industry Relations; and ‘Reflections’ This part of the chapter focuses upon what we have learnt theoretically and empirically about European universities learning to compete, through this book. The main focus of this chapter is on the implications for the future, of this new competitive regime, as universities, institutes of technologies and colleges move from social institutions to knowledge businesses. The future implications are presented in terms of restructuring the university sector at the macro level and in terms of strategies at the micro level. Hence, these conclusions are particularly relevant both for public policy and for decision-makers within universities, at all levels ranging from heads of research groups to vice chancellors and presidents.
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- Deiaco, Enrico, et al.
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What Does it Mean Conceptually that Universities Compete?
- 2009
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Ingår i: McKelvey, M. and M. Holmén (2009). Learning to Compete European Universities: From Social Institutions to Knowledge Business. - Cheltenham UK : Edward Elgar Publishers. - 9781848440012 - 978 1 84844 001 2
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- This chapter asks what competition may mean for universities and other higher education institutions. The modern rhetoric states that universities compete but is hardly very precise in formulating what this entails. This chapter describes an evolutionary economics and innovation management perspective for understanding international trends and the responses of specific universities, but also comments upon the limits to such competition as regulated by government, laws etc. The chapter portrays universities as knowledge based service providers with a set of different stakeholders (students, firms, governments). From a selection perspective, the chapter analyses what type of outputs these stakeholders are interested in and what metrics there are in terms of assessing these outputs. This analysis is conducted in terms of characteristics of the university sectors in terms of value, resources and appropriation for education, research and ‘innovation’. This chapter thus addresses what competition and transformation mean for universities, focusing on universities within a global sector providing knowledge-based services.
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- Egeskog, Andrea, 1981, et al.
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Actions and opinions of Brazilian farmers who shift to sugarcane : an interview-based assessment with discussion of implications for land-use change
- 2016
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Ingår i: Land use policy. - Kidlington : Elsevier. - 0264-8377 .- 1873-5754. ; 57, s. 594-604
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Sugarcane ethanol systems can deliver large greenhouse gas emissions savings if emissions associated with land-use change are kept low. This qualitative study documents and analyzes actions and opinions among Brazilian farmers who shift to sugarcane production. Semi-structured interviews were held with 28 actors associated with sugarcane production in three different regions: one traditional sugarcane region and two regions where sugarcane is currently expanding. Most farmers considered sugarcane a land diversification option with relatively low economic risk, although higher risk than their previous land use. Beef production was considered a low-risk option, but less profitable than sugarcane. In conjunction with converting part of their land to sugarcane, most farmers maintained and further intensified their previous agricultural activity, often beef production. Several farmers invested in expanded production in other regions with relatively low land prices. Very few farmers in the expansion regions shifted all their land from the former, less profitable, use to sugarcane. Very few farmers in this study had deforested any land in connection with changes made when shifting to sugarcane. The respondents understand "environmental friendliness" as compliance with the relevant legislation, especially the Brazilian Forest Act, which is also a requirement for delivering sugarcane to the mills. Indirect land-use change is not a concern for the interviewed farmers, and conversion of forests and other native vegetation into sugarcane plantations is uncontroversial if legal. We derive hypotheses regarding farmers' actions and opinions from our results. These hypotheses aim to contribute to better understanding of what takes place in conjunction with expansion of sugarcane and can, when tested further, be of use in developing, e.g., policies for iLUC-free biofuel production.
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- Fallahi, Sara, 1985-, et al.
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Organizing business model innovation in established firms
- 2016
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Research focusing on business model innovation tends to either be case-based, studying the transformation of a firm’s business model, or normative in terms of how to implement new business models. Prior research has tended to neglect the various choices and decisions of the organization for business model innovation and the mechanisms that lead to good or poor business model implementation performance. This paper identifies mechanisms that influence the performance of the business model innovation process. Empirically, the paper draws on two case studies of two multinational firms, Skanska and IKEA, and how they organized their business model innovation processes. The paper identifies four mechanisms, including search, leadership, commitment, and external collaboration, derived from within-case and cross-case analysis. The paper contributes to the growing field of business model innovation by showing important mechanisms that influence the potential and performance of the implemented business model innovations.
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- Florén, Henrik, et al.
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Additive manufacturing technologies and business models – a systematic literature review
- 2020
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Ingår i: Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management. - Bingley : Emerald Group Holdings Ltd.. - 1741-038X .- 1758-7786. ; 32:1, s. 136-155
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Forskningsöversikt (refereegranskat)abstract
- Purpose: This paper reviews research on the intersection between additive manufacturing technologies (AMTs) and business models (BM). The purpose of the review is to synthesize past research for the benefit of researchers, to describe the dominant research themes and aggregated research questions and to identify research gaps in the literature. Design/methodology/approach: A systematic literature review of secondary data was conducted. The 288 publications in the review appeared in peer-reviewed journal articles, conference proceedings papers and book chapters. All publications are listed in this paper by publication year and publication source. The review also distinguishes between empirical and non-empirical studies, describes methodological approaches and categorizes the publications by unit of analysis and by theme. Findings: Research on the intersection between AMT and BM, which has increased significantly in the last three years, reflects firms' and industries' growing interest in digital manufacturing processes. This review identifies twelve dominant themes in the literature that contribute important insights to the field. Aggregated research questions are identified in each theme. Research advances and gaps are presented. Four themes relate directly to BM: (1) BM types, (2) BM and technology, (3) BM design and processes and (4) BM value and supply chains. Originality/value: This review is the first systematic literature review on the intersection between AMT and BM. As such, the review provides a guide for researchers as they explore gaps in the research and develop research questions on an aggregated level. The review also supports users of such technologies as they review their business practices and models in the so-called Digital Revolution.
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- Gama, Fábio, Ass. Professor, 1980-, et al.
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Ideation and Machine Learning : Problem Finding in Disruptive Innovation
- 2022
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Disruptive innovation is widely recognised as a bold enterprise. Risks and uncertainties drive incumbent firms to seek alternative solutions to find disruptive ideas. Machine learning emerges as a powerful tool to reduce uncertainties while processing vast amounts and types of information. However, incumbents encounter immense difficulty in codifying tacit knowledge into effective algorithms and often end up with incremental or tactical outcomes despite bold aspirations. Using the literature on problem finding, we explore the development process of machine learning for ideation. Our action research conducted on a healthcare firm provides theoretical and managerial contributions. First, this study suggests that ideation for disruptive innovation benefits from machine learning by facilitating a heuristic search in which a group of actors evaluate plausible hypotheses rather than seek logically accurate conclusions. Previous studies on ideation stress directional search. Second, we propose an ideation process centred on problem formulation to identify disruptive innovation based on its inherent characteristics (e.g., radical functionality and discontinuous technical standard). Third, we discuss the challenges of adopting algorithm-based systems in the ideation — a process well known for being fuzzy.
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- Gharaie, Amirhossein, et al.
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Challenges of Data-driven Service Development in Manufacturing Industries – a Review
- 2022
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Ingår i: Sustainable Business Model Challenges : Economic Recovery and Digital Transformation. - Roma : LUMSA University. - 9791221011883 ; , s. 419-428
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- This literature review aims to identify the existing challenges of data-driven service development in manufacturing industries, and a general approach to manage the challenges. The three primary categories are technological, ecosystem- and business model-related. Those are identified and categorized through the lens of data-driven service taxonomy framework. Digital twin was identified as one overarching approach with the potential to solve some of the identified challenges. Future research can focus on exploring the different level of importance of the existing challenges.
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- Habtay, Solomon R., et al.
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Incumbents’ responses to disruptive business model innovation: the moderating role of technology vs. market-driven innovation
- 2014
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Ingår i: International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management. - Olney : InderScience Publishers. - 1741-5098 .- 1368-275X. ; 18:4, s. 289-309
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Current research argues that incumbents should respond to disruptive innovation by setting up a separate business unit. This recommendation stems from research predominantly carried out on disruptive technologies in high-tech industries but whether incumbents respond differently to other types of disruptive business model innovations and whether the type of response leads to a difference in performance have not been empirically analysed. By collecting data from 88 strategic business units (SBUs) and dividing the sample into incumbents responding to disruptive technology against those responding to disruptive market-driven innovations, the study shows that the latter type of firms can succeed in managing both disruptive and sustaining innovations without setting up structurally separated business units. We discuss the implications of our results and highlight areas for further research.
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- Holmén, Magnus, 1967-, et al.
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Conclusions
- 2021. - 1
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Ingår i: Technological Change and Industrial Transformation. - Abingdon : Routledge. - 9780429423550 - 9781138390034 ; , s. 232-244
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Bokkapitel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Chapter 12, “Conclusions”, conceptualizes industrial transformation as consisting of qualitative changes in the structure of inter-firm activities and relations. The authors stress that industrial transformation consists of uncertain endogenous processes of qualitative state changes, limiting the role of increasing returns. However, uncertainty can be managed or reduced by increasing control. By distinguishing the book’s chapters into research, design and development (RD&D), production and distribution, the authors show how digitalization increases control and becomes a powerful driver of industrial transformation. The authors compare the seminal work of Allyn Young (1928) to explain how demand changes, digitalization and industrial transformation coevolve cumulatively.
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- Holmén, Magnus, 1967-, et al.
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Doing more by knowing less. The evolution of the division of innovative labour in software creation
- 2021
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Ingår i: Technological Change and Industrial Transformation. Vicky Long, Magnus Holmén (red.). - London : Routledge. - 9780429423550 - 9781138390034 ; , s. 92-110
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Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- To conceptualize the coevolution of the division of innovative labour and knowledge growth, this chapter analyses the evolution of mechanisms for economizing cognition in software development processes. The mechanisms are called abstraction mechanisms and they determine what representations, called abstractions, developers can create and use when writing software. Over time, complementary advances in theoretical knowledge, instrumentation and computational capacity have led to an expansion of the types of abstraction mechanisms in use. As a consequence, software has become composed of a large, interrelated network structure of abstractions created by a large number of developers. As the network structure expands, and becomes more fine-grained, the ratio between developers’ knowledge and the total knowledge they are able to draw upon in their development work becomes lower. They are thus able to do more by knowing less in relative terms. We suggest that the findings have a general significance for understanding industrial transformation from a knowledge perspective by furthering our understanding of changes in the division of inventive labour across and within firms.
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- Holmén, Magnus, 1967
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Emergence of Regional Actor Systems - Generic Technologies and the Search for Useful or Saleable Applications
- 2001
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Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The purpose of this Ph.D. dissertation is to explore the development and economic exploitation of generic technologies in a regional setting. The rationale for the study is that an analysis of technology and technological development is lacking in studies of regional settings. The focus has been on analysing emerging regional actor systems in an innovation systems approach. Three in-depth case studies ('antenna technology', virtual reality and mobile data) were undertaken in one region (West Sweden). A regional actor system consists of firms, common knowledge sources, policy actors and supporting organisations, 'global' and 'local' networks, and a pooled labour market. These co-evolve and cannot be understood in isolation. The case studies show how the underlying 'knowledge base' changes over time; indeed knowledge and skill may lose or gain economic value. Here, a main contribution of the dissertation is that it showed that it is feasible, and useful to follow a technology over time to allow for an explicit analysis of the role of technology vis-à-vis the organisational and economic dimensions. This holds true if we regard technology as 'technical knowledge' as well as in a more traditional manner as artifacts. Related to this is how different types of actors try to affect each other to prepare for future challenges stemming from technological changes to grasp emerging economic opportunities. The technological starting point can explain little of the organisational and economic activities in quantitative terms in a region, but it has a crucial role in qualitative terms. A policy implication concerns the role of the common knowledge-sources, and the need to maintain a proper 'balance' between free and targeted research. The exploratory nature of the dissertation required a number of methodological contributions. These are i) a method developed to characterise a regional 'competence base' with several innovation and technology indicators, ii) a patent-based method developed to identify actors who are active in developing similar technical knowledge, regardless of the nature of their final application, and iii) delineation of innovation systems around generic technologies. Limits to these methods are discussed.
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- Holmén, Magnus, 1967-, et al.
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Entrepreneurs Searching for Scalable Business Models : The Barriers of the Customer Development Process
- 2015
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Ingår i: Australian Centre for Entrepreneurship Research Exchange Conference 2015, 3-6 February 2015 Adelaide, South Australia. - Queensland, Australia : Exon Publications. - 9780646933788 ; , s. 396-411
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- This paper identifies and analyzes barriers startups encounter when following the Lean Startup approach, i.e. the Customer Development process during the initial phase of identifying and validating a business model. In an action research setting, we mentored and interviewed eleven startups enrolled in a business development program called “Born Global” running 7-10 months. For the barrier prior experience, entrepreneurs who had previously encountered failure, had a long period of unsuccessful work, or had heard about Customer Development previously were more likely to follow the process. A main finding was that the entrepreneurs were busy and lacked time and/or money. Deeper reasons included team conflicts, lock-in to an earlier business model by means of a business plan and boards intent of following the old business plan. The lock-in to the old business model can be explained that several startups had gotten a first round of funding based on a flawed business plan.
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- Holmén, Magnus, 1967, et al.
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Evolution of systems of technology transfer in rural developing economies
- 2018
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Ingår i: International Schumpeter Society Conference.
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Konferensbidrag (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Longitudinal studies show that technology transfer changes over time but do not systematically address how this occurs. This paper addresses the evolution of technology transfer by analyzing changes in the focal actors, their perceived problems, problem-solving activities and implemented technological and organizational solutions. Empirically, we analyze the evolution of fish and silk production in Cauca, Colombia, a rural region characterized by a low level of education. While production was initiated by national and international governments, these policy programs failed by themselves to establish technology transfer activities successfully because of governmental short sightedness, lack of producer commitment and transferor-producer arm’s length relations. Over time, interaction among producers and producer cooperatives (recipients), universities (transferors) and intermediaries created a “technology transfer system”. The creation and professionalization of the cooperatives and intermediaries were key events allowing for creating a functioning technology transfer system. The evolution of the system was largely determined by the types of problems the main actors formulated and acted upon. Major problem diversified from being technology-related, to customer, market and distribution oriented. A main organizing principle of both solving and formulating these problems consisted of projects, which means the evolution can be characterized by sequences of projects addressing specific and changing problems over time. The cases are in in line with evolutionary theorizing and the paper concludes with general lessons for technology transfer from an evolutionary perspective.
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- Holmén, Magnus, 1967, et al.
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Female entrepreneurship in Afghanistan
- 2011
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Ingår i: Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship. - 1084-9467. ; 16:3, s. 307-331
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This paper analyzes the motivations of eight female Afghan entrepreneurs to start up their own business and the problems they encountered during start-up and operations. Income generation was the most important push factor but pull factors including desire for independence and autonomy were also important. However, in contrast to studies in other countries, the desire for achievement was not emphasized. An unexpected finding was the emphasis on the desire to help non-family members by running a business. The main problems included financial problems during start-up and operations, lack of contacts and security during operations. Gender-specific problems included limited market, mobility constraints and negative attitudes and lack of social acceptance for female entrepreneurs. The paper concludes with a discussion of the findings. © 2011 World Scientific Publishing Company.
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- Holmén, Magnus, 1967, et al.
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Förnyelsens källor: Akademikers roller och innovativt beteende
- 2016
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Ingår i: Sveriges entreprenöriella ekosystem : företag, akademi, politik / redaktörer: Maureen McKelvey, Olof Zaring.. - Stockholm : Esbri. - 9789197772846 ; , s. 150-163
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- Holmén, Magnus, 1967-, et al.
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How acquisitions affect innovation and entrepreneurial behaviour : An innovation governance perspective
- 2018
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- There are many studies of how acquisitions of small technology based startups and firms affect innovation growth and performance but less attention on how acquisitions affect the innovative behavior of the acquired firms. This paper explains changes in the innovative behavior of acquired technology-based small firms from an innovation governance perspective. An interview based case study of founder and top managers of three acquisitions by a Swedish medium-sized IT company from an insider-outsider perspective found that innovative efforts shifted from building a company to an incremental product innovation focus, by means of accumulation of continuous hardware and software upgrades. This “acquisitional” termination of innovative and entrepreneurial behavior is explained by a shift in vision from firm creation by founders (owners) to a product-oriented vision driven by product managers. This vision framed the underlying dimension of discovering opportunities, which became oriented towards improved product performance and was executed by formal and informal steering relating to incremental product innovations. Capability creation related to product and marketing to support the product-oriented business units. The paper suggests that the focus on Schumpeterian innovative behavior of acquired entrepreneurial firms from an innovation governance perspective is a useful new way of analyzing technology-based acquisitions.
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- Holmén, Magnus, 1967, et al.
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How does concept development contribute to successful launch? Exploring the role and the sources of Hard-to-Imitate Signals
- 2012
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Ingår i: DRUID 2012, Copenhagen, CBS June 19 - 21.
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- This paper explains why CD activities are valuable from a signaling perspective. By signaling, the firm attempts to influence the behavior of a customer. However, as most signals can be imitated or faked by competitors, a signal will only be effective from the firm‘s perspective if it is perceived as reliable by customers, which requires the signal to be costly or hard to imitate. This paper explains why repeated customer interaction during the CD phase can create new or significantly improved capabilities on the one hand, and create lead users on the other hand. The creation of new capabilities and lead users are two sources of Hard to Imitate Signals (HIS) which are perceived as reliable by customers and thus contribute to innovation and market diffusion. The paper discusses some general implications of the signaling perspective for CD.
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- Holmén, Magnus, 1967, et al.
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Integrating contractor and property developer for product system innovations
- 2017
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Ingår i: Facilities. - Bingley : Emerald Group Publishing Limited. - 0263-2772 .- 1758-7131. ; 35:9-10, s. 511-524
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Purpose: The aim of this paper is to explain why construction groups facing opportunities for product system innovations, such as green buildings, may choose to integrate construction and property development, taking on facilities management (FM) for a limited period.Design/methodology/approach: Conceptual analysis based on prior literature and illustrated by a single case of integration.Findings: For product system innovations, an in-house developer should be more able to reduce uncertainty than independent developers, due to unobservable long-term technological quality for customers, because the property becomes associated with lower risk after having been owned and operated. Alternatives such as building certification systems support incremental innovations, warranties suffer from double moral hazard in the long run and risk allocation in public–private partnership projects often fails to encourage system innovations. Integration allows the contractor to work continuously with innovative projects, developing new capabilities, which allow the firm to signal proficiency to the market, employees and the investment community.Research limitations/implications: The phenomenon is new, and further empirical surveys are needed to confirm the hypothetical conclusions drawn here.Practical implications: The value of close collaboration between those who develop innovative green building technologies and facilities managers is outlined.Originality/value: The relation between the scope of corporate activities in construction groups, technological innovations and FM has not been studied before.
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Introduction
- 2006
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Ingår i: Flexibility and Stability the Innovating Economy/ McKelvey, M. and Holmén, M. (eds.), Oxford University Press.
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- Holmén, Magnus, 1967, et al.
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Restless Capitalism and the economizing entrepreneur
- 2013
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Ingår i: Economics of Innovation and New Technology. - Abingdon : Informa UK Limited. - 1476-8364 .- 1043-8599. ; 22:7, s. 684-701
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This paper explains why capitalistic economies are restless by focusing on the role and the activities by entrepreneurs. The linkage between the entrepreneur and the economy is that as knowledge is a scarce resource, entrepreneurs must economize knowledge to reduce uncertainty if they are to undertake entrepreneurial action. Fortunately, ways of lowering uncertainty are important sources of opportunities for entrepreneurs. How- ever, the exploitation of such sources may in turn increase uncertainty in the economy. Thus, entrepreneurial action reduces and regenerates uncertainty and complexity over time across different dimensions in the economic system. The paper argues that these processes are core mechanisms of economic development, creating interdependencies between the entrepreneur and the economic system.
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