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- Bengtsson, Anki, 1959-
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Governance of Career Guidance : an enquiry into European policy
- 2016
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Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The overall aim of this thesis is to enquire into and problematize the governance of career guidance and how individuals’ career management is constructed within EU policy. The empirical material consists of European policy documents produced during 2000-2015. The two central research questions explore (1) how European career guidance is made governable, and (2) how individuals’ career management is constructed and governed. The Foucauldian governmentality perspective and the analytic method of problematization is utilized. The analysis focuses on the compositions of normative forms of reason, discursive practices and techniques by which governing is exercised and knowledge is produced. The thesis is based on four articles, three of which concern career guidance and career management. The fourth article concerns education of citizenship. The analysis shows that the formation of a policy space for comparison of national systems of career guidance is significant for making European career guidance amenable to governance. It is mobilized by governing practices for involvement of institutional actors and the construction of standards of performance. This form of governance becomes effective on the condition that institutional actors use and produce knowledge and practices about what works in career guidance, and this implies self-control and constant monitoring. It is a complex process of producing self-regulation of career guidance adjustable to change and innovation in which both standardization and modulation are inbuilt. Moreover, this is dependent on the interplay of governance and self-government. Knowledge and practices shape career management as an individual competence, which each individual is assumed to achieve. The use of guidance techniques supporting this design and self-regulating practices contributes to responsibilizing individuals to achieve this competence. Knowledge of individuals’ management of their careers includes civic competence. This led me to extend my use of the theoretical framework to investigate how knowledge of civic competence is constructed in European policy documents concerning teacher education from 2000 to 2012. My analysis shows that presumptions of teaching civic competence support the production of the active and learning subject.
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- Bengtsson, Andreas, 1991, et al.
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Nondegenerate parametric oscillations in a tunable superconducting resonator
- 2018
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Ingår i: Physical Review B. - 2469-9969 .- 2469-9950. ; 97:14
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- We investigate nondegenerate parametric oscillations in a superconducting microwave multimode resonator that is terminated by a superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID). The parametric effect is achieved by modulating magnetic flux through the SQUID at a frequency close to the sum of two resonator-mode frequencies. For modulation amplitudes exceeding an instability threshold, self-sustained oscillations are observed in both modes. The amplitudes of these oscillations s how good quantitative agreement with a theoretical model. The oscillation phases are found to be correlated and exhibit strong fluctuations which broaden the oscillation spectral linewidths. These linewidths are significantly reduced by applying a weak on-resonant tone, which also suppresses the phase fluctuations. When the weak tone is detuned, we observe synchronization of the oscillation frequency with the frequency of the input. For the detuned input, we also observe an emergence of three idlers in the output. This observation is in agreement with theory indicating four-mode amplification and squeezing of a coherent input.
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- Bengtsson, Maria, 1959-, et al.
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The coopetition paradox and tension : the moderating role of coopetition capability
- 2016
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Ingår i: Industrial Marketing Management. - : Elsevier BV. - 0019-8501 .- 1873-2062. ; 53, s. 19-30
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In this study, we apply a paradox perspective on coopetition to investigate the effects of coopetition paradox on managers' experience and perception of coopetitive tensions, and the role of coopetition capability in managing such tensions. We propose a theoretical model to posit that the intensity of coopetition paradox positively associates with managers' experience of external tension, which in turn lead them to perceive internal tension. Further, coopetition capability plays a dual role—moderates the relation between coopetition paradox and external tension, and reduces internal tension. We tested hypotheses on a representative multi-industry sample of 1532 firms in Sweden and the results confirm them. Our study contributes to understanding the critical role of coopetition capability that enables firms to maintain a moderate level of tension regardless of the intensity of coopetition paradox.
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- Bengtsson, Maria, 1959-, et al.
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You Can’t Have It All : Assessing Small and Large Firms’ Willingness to Cooperate with Competitors for Innovation
- 2018
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Konferensbidrag (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- We analyze partner selection decisions in coopetition for innovation. We study how much risk (related to competition) small and large firms are willing to accept to realize the potential benefits of cooperating with a competitor. We use a choice-based conjoint analysis to examine the importance of and trade-off between seven attributes associated with competitors as partners. We show that the level of competition is the most important attribute for small and large firms. SMEs are willing to partner with a competitor if that partnership can reduce costs and the time-to-market, while large firms place more value on the learning opportunities.
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- Chiambaretto, Paul, et al.
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Assessing Small and Large Firms' Willingness to Cooperate with Competitors for Innovation
- 2018
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Konferensbidrag (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Coopetition provide both benefits and risks for firms developing joint innovation. But these benefits and risksdiffer for small and large firms. It thus seems essential to understand how small and large firms make a trade-offbetween benefits and risks when choosing a competitor to innovate with. We conduct an experimental researchdesign based on a choice-based conjoint analysis (CBC) applied to a sample of innovative Swedish firms. Ourresults confirm that small and large firms value the benefits and risks associated with coopetitors differently. Smallfirms are less reluctant to create alliances with competitors than large firms, especially if it allows them to reducetheir costs and learn from their competitor. Large firms are ready to coopete to reduce their time-to-market andtheir costs.
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- Chiambaretto, Paul, et al.
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Coopetition for innovation : Assessing the willingness to work with a competitor to innovate
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Konferensbidrag (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Although coopetition is seen as beneficial for innovation it also involves risks so that benefits of coopeting for innovation need to be balanced with these risks. Therefore the aim of this paper is to increase the understanding of the tradeoffs made by firms in their choice of partners for new product development. We explore how firms evaluate key attributes in partner selection and highlight the trade-off they are willing to make in terms of risks of coopetition using a conjoint analysis. Results show that the level of competition is the most important attribute in managers’ decision when selecting a partner. When analyzing the trade-off, the reduction of costs, decreased time-to-market and increased learning opportunities are the attributes that make firms most willing to work with a competitor as a partner. This paper contributes with new insights about the critical decisions made in the process of partner selection for innovation.
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- Gnyawali, Devi R, 1958-, et al.
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The competition-cooperation paradox in inter-firm relationships : a conceptual framework
- 2016
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Ingår i: Industrial Marketing Management. - : Elsevier. - 0019-8501 .- 1873-2062. ; 53, s. 7-18
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- With a focus on inter-firm relationships involving the simultaneous pursuit of competition and cooperation, we develop a conceptual framework that explicates key paradoxical conditions, paradoxical tension, and performance implications of tension in such relationships. We propose felt tension as the actual manifestation of the paradox and offer insights on critical capabilities necessary to understand and manage the paradox. Our paper extends the paradox literature in the inter-organizational context and provides a set of concepts and propositions designed to stimulate systematic empirical research on the competition–cooperation paradox.
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- Isberg, Sofia, 1966-, et al.
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Tre månader utan bil
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Rapport (populärvet., debatt m.m.)abstract
- Många miljöproblem är relaterade till mänskligt beteendeoch kan därför hanteras genom att det specifika beteendet ändras. Frivilliga interventioner används därför för att hjälpa människor att förändra sitt beteende. Kommuner kan organisera interventioner för att få människor att förändra sina resvanor genom metoder såsom finansiellt stöd, utveckling av infrastruktur samt marknadsförings- och informationskampanjer (Gärling och Schuitema, 2007). Sådana metoder knuffar eller inspirerar människor till nytt beteende.Den här rapporten berättar om en sådan intervention med fokus på att stödja ett alternativt beteende (att leva utan bil) och på att skapa förståelse för vilken betydelse en förändring i beteende kan ha för motivation och attityder tillatt reducera eller avstå från bilåkande.Utgångspunkten var att bilen helt skulle uteslutas som transportalternativ och familjerna parkerade därför bilen under de tre månader som testperioden varade. Familjerna uppmanades att, via foto, dokumentera mätarställningen före och efter testperioden. Det handlade således inte om att reducera bilåkande under testperioden utan om att helt avstå och att därmed förändra ett beteende genom att utesluta ett vanebeteende.Kommunen skapade, tillsammans med samarbetspartners, förutsättningar för familjerna att leva bilfritt genom att erbjuda flera olika alternativa transportlösningar såsom busskort till samtliga familjemedlemmar, en elcykel per familj samt tillgång till lådcykel och bilpool.Testperioden bestämdes till tre månader och varade mellan 15 september och 15 december 2018. Det tar tid att ställa om vanor och beteenden och upptäcka nya sätt att hantera transporter och andra vardagsaktiviteter och vi ville ge deltagarna den tiden. Vi ville dessutom att testperioden skulle innehålla en årstidsväxling för att förstå hur väder påverkar upplevelsen av att leva utan bil. Tidigare studier om Umebornas resvanor har visat att många använder cykel fram till första snöfallet för att sedan övergå till bil.En rekryteringskampanj till testet genomfördes via sociala medier och bussreklam och intresserade familjer fick fylla i ett webbformulär som bland annat innehöll frågor om hushållets sammansättning, hur ofta och i vilka sammanhang bilen användes samt vilka motiv familjen hade för deltagande i testperioden. Urvalsprocessen inleddes således som enform av självrekrytering, men med kriteriet att familjen ägde bil och var beredd att prova ett liv utan.
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