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  • 901.
    Muyingo, Henry
    KTH, School of Architecture and the Built Environment (ABE), Real Estate and Construction Management, Building and Real Estate Economics.
    Managing special purpose properties: A study of practices in the public sector organisations and private manufacturing companies in Sweden2011Conference paper (Other academic)
    Abstract [en]

    Purpose The purpose of this study is to analyse strategies used by state and county government organisations as well as private sector manufacturing companies in Sweden with the aim of identifying factors that can lead to more efficient management of special purpose properties in view of limited access to capital or government funding partly due to the global economic recession.

    Design/methodology/approach –The study is approached using a web-based questionnaire to solicit responses on issues such as decisions concerning securing of availability of production space, operating and maintenance strategies used as well as prediction of future actions. A total of sixty nine requests sent to property managers and company directors produced forty completed questionnaires that formed a database for the descriptive analysis.

    Findings The findings indicate that there is a high degree of special property ownership in the surveyed companies despite changes in the market and that the probability of an expansion of the property leasing market in the coming five years is low. Companies in the Swedish public sector could benefit from increased outsourcing so as to focus more on core business. They could also benefit from seeing over policies concerning responsibilities and liabilities in the premises they lease so as to make them clearer. The results also reveal an urgent need towards a more uniform definition of concepts and classification of activities in all of the categories in the study. The level of neglected maintenance is deemed as higher in the public sector especially in the counties in contrast to private manufacturing companies that according to the study adhere more to long term maintenance plans.

    Originality/value The key study results are of use in other countries that are considering privatisation or sale-leaseback transactions of large property portfolios under government ownership and provide new insights on the strategic maintenance of the properties in relation to the question of neglected maintenance.

  • 902.
    Muyingo, Henry
    KTH, School of Architecture and the Built Environment (ABE), Real Estate and Construction Management, Building and Real Estate Economics.
    Underhållsplanering hos Trafikverket: Effektmodeller och pedagogiskt redovisning av motiv - En förstudie2010Report (Other academic)
    Abstract [sv]

    Sammanfattning

    För perioden 2010-2021 har riksdag och regering anvisat en planeringsram på 136 miljarder kronor för drift och underhåll av statliga vägar där det största verksamhetsområdet underhåll av belagd väg omsätter omkring 3 miljarder kronor årligen. I underlaget till nationell plan för vägtransportsystem (NPVS) äskas en högre summa på grund av eftersatt vägunderhåll.

    Denna studie fokuserar på att genom intervjuer och en enkätundersökning klarlägga prioriteringsgrunder för den tilldelade medel och hur informationen bakom besluten har samlats och dokumenterats.

    Resultaten visar att projektledare beläggning har bra kännedom om sina områden men det är kunskap som inte alltid är dokumenterade på ett tillgängligt sätt för andra i organisationen. Dessutom saknas det enhetlighet över landet i dokumentation av erfarenhet och av åtgärderna. Eftersläpande underhåll definieras av en majoritet av projektledare som "att alla vägar inte uppnår en bestämd målstandard" men om det fastställd målstandard i regionen eller beläggningsområde eller något annat är inte tydligt blir det svårt att bestämma storleken på eftersläpande underhåll. Samhällsekonomiska bedömningar är implicit i beslut om underhåll men undersökningen inte har kunnat fastställa att någon samlad effektmodell används av projektledarna i underhållsplanering utöver den individuella erfarenhetsbanken. Prioritering mellan att göra en större åtgärd istället för att fortsätta låga och lappa bygger delvis på önskemål samt på en strävan att samordna aktiviteter för att budgeten ska räcka så långt som möjligt. Befintliga avancerade verktyg i PMS används inte och en majoritet av projektledare håller sig med enklare Excel dokument och diagram i sin dokumentation av kunskap om vägtillståndet.

    En slutsats är att innan en diskussion om optimal underhållsnivå tar vid, borde mer fokus läggas på redovisning av vad den befintliga anslag har använts till och hur prioriteringen har gått till samt att försöka förstå vilka implicita effektmodeller som används. Först därefter går det att bedöma vad ytterligare resurser skull leda till för insatser och vilka samhälleliga effekter som skulle uppstå.

    Under överskådlig tid kommer inte heltäckande vetenskapligt underbyggda effektmodeller att vara tillgänglig. Den lokala kunskapen är viktig och frågan är om inte en mer decentraliserade underhållsplanering borde accepteras. Tonvikten i styrningen blir då mer att kräva en mer utförlig dokumentation om planerings- och prioriterings kriterium för att kunna följer upp arbetet. För att man på centralnivå ska ha koll på att det görs "rätt" i regionerna behövs det tydliga riktlinjer om vilken information som ska samlas in för att behålla tillsyn, så att det sen kan föras en dialog mellan ledning och lokala enheter Idag är mycket av arbetet individbetonat vilket framgår av att till och med projektledare inom samma region har olika uppfattningar om rutiner och strategier.

    Enligt vår mening är ett intressant nästa steg för att utveckla underhållsplaneringen att genom "deltagande observation" försöka fånga upp och kodifiera hur erfarna projektledare tänker. Detta projekt skulle kunna genomföras som ett kombinerat tekniskt/ekonomiskt projekt eftersom båda typerna av kompetens behövs för att förstå tankeprocesser och beslutskriterier. Implicita effektmodeller kan identifieras och steg för steg göras mer explicita och underbyggda. Hypotesen är dock att det alltid kommer att finnas "lokal kunskap" och erfarenheter av hur komplexa objekt är som går utöver effektmodellerna och att systemet för underhållsplanering måste göra det möjligt att kombinera utvecklade effektmodeller med denna lokala kunskap. Genom att utnyttja projektledarnas Excel kunskaper kan t ex en enkel LCC kalkyl modell utvecklas till att visa effekter av olika åtgärder som scenarion i planeringsarbetet. Idag bygger beslut på subjektiva beskrivningar som i sig är grundat på erfarenhet men svåra att redovisa. En enkel beslutsmodell baserat på några få parametrar i Excel skulle t ex ge ökade transparens av prioritering av åtgärder inom en given budget och därefter på ett pedagogiskt sätt visa konsekvenserna av att inte få det medel som äskas.

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  • 903.
    Muyingo, Henry Gonza
    KTH, School of Architecture and the Built Environment (ABE), Real Estate and Construction Management, Building and Real Estate Economics.
    Analysis of factors influencing reported housing maintenance costs in Sweden’s public and private rental sectors2017In: International Journal of Strategic Property Management, ISSN 1648-715X, E-ISSN 1648-9179, Vol. 21, no 3, p. 284-295Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    The reported maintenance costs per unit area within the public rental housing sector in Sweden are consistently higher than those within the private rental sector. This paper uses crosssectional panel data analysis as well as a questionnaire survey sent to 196 managers in the private and public housing sectors to identify the factors that might explain this divergence. The findings indicate that fundamental factors such as the age of the houses or the composition of the tenants cannot explain the observed difference. However how the activities are classified and the timing of the measures are factors that can. The conclusions from the study are that the public companies should act more as the private sector in their accounting; wait longer than they currently do before carrying out some renovations; and that they should be more stringent when determining the resources to spend on large-scale maintenance and/or renovation projects.

  • 904.
    Mölleryd, Bengt G.
    et al.
    KTH, School of Information and Communication Technology (ICT), Centres, Center for Wireless Systems, Wireless@kth.
    Markendahl, Jan
    KTH, School of Information and Communication Technology (ICT), Centres, Center for Wireless Systems, Wireless@kth.
    Mäkitalo, Östen
    KTH, School of Information and Communication Technology (ICT), Centres, Center for Wireless Systems, Wireless@kth.
    Analysis of operator options to reduce the impact of the revenue gap caused by flat rate mobile broadband subscriptions2009In: Proc. of 8th Conference of Telecommunication, Media and Internet Techno-Economics (CTTE´09), 2009Conference paper (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Mobilebroad band is increasing rapidly both when it comes to traffic and number of subscriptions. The rapid growth of the demand will require substantial capacity expansions. Operators are challenged by the fact that the ARPU  from mobile broad band is very small and it does not compensate the declining revenues from telephony.  In this paper we will analyze the potential of different strategies to reduce the network costs, to use alternative pricing schemes and to increase revenues.

  • 905.
    Mölleryd, Bengt G.
    et al.
    KTH, School of Information and Communication Technology (ICT), Centres, Center for Wireless Systems, Wireless@kth.
    Markendahl, Jan
    KTH, School of Information and Communication Technology (ICT), Centres, Center for Wireless Systems, Wireless@kth.
    Werding, Jan
    KTH, School of Information and Communication Technology (ICT), Centres, Center for Wireless Systems, Wireless@kth.
    Mäkitalo, Östen
    KTH, School of Information and Communication Technology (ICT), Centres, Center for Wireless Systems, Wireless@kth.
    Decoupling of revenues and traffic - Is there a revenue gap for mobile broadband?2010In: 2010 9th Conference of Telecommunication, Media and Internet, CTTE 2010, 2010Conference paper (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Mobile broadband is increasing rapidly both when it comes to traffic and the number of subscriptions. Operators are challenged by the fact that revenues from mobile broadband are de-coupled from the traffic. In this paper we will analyze if this de-coupling results in a “revenue gap” for the combined voice and mobile broadband business and, if this is the case, how significant the gap is. We analyze a country and operator case where the increasing user demand requires network upgrades. The impact of increasing traffic, revenues and costs is analyzed in terms of profit margin for the voice and mobile broadband businesses. The results show that the overall profit for the modeled operator decreases due to declining voice revenues. The contribution from mobile broadband depends heavily on the amount of traffic growth and prices.

  • 906.
    Müller, Ralf
    et al.
    BI Norwegian Business School.
    Packendorff, Johann
    KTH, School of Industrial Engineering and Management (ITM), Industrial Economics and Management (Dept.), Organization and management.
    Sankaran, Shankar
    University of Technology Sydney.
    Balanced leadership: A new perspective for leadership in organizational project management2017In: Cambridge Handbook of Organizational Project Management / [ed] S. Sankaran, R. Müller, N. Drouin, Cambridge University Press, 2017, 1, p. 186-199Chapter in book (Refereed)
  • 907.
    Nabavi, Pardis
    KTH, School of Industrial Engineering and Management (ITM), Industrial Economics and Management (Dept.), Entrepreneurship and innovation. KTH, School of Industrial Engineering and Management (ITM), Centres, Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation Studies, CESIS.
    Inherited Advantage and Spinoff SuccessManuscript (preprint) (Other academic)
    Abstract [en]

      This paper focuses on exports, innovation, tenure and management and investigates how the incumbent firm characteristics affect the viability of its spinoff. Using comprehensive Swedish employer-employee panel data sets, three possible outcomes are identified for spinoffs: survival, acquisition and complete exit from the market. While experience from exporting parent has a significant and positive effect on spinoff survival, no spillover effect from an innovative firms can be found. However, taking the managerial experience in the incumbent firm into account, there is some weak evidence of a positive link between the innovative parent and the survival of the spinoff.

  • 908. Naldi, L
    et al.
    Larsson, J P
    Westlund, Hans
    KTH, School of Architecture and the Built Environment (ABE), Urban Planning and Environment, Urban and Regional Studies.
    Policy entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial orientation in vulnerable Swedish municipalities2020In: Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, ISSN 0898-5626, E-ISSN 1464-5114Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Small- and medium-sized towns (SMSTs) not integrated into expanding metropolitan regions often face industrial decline and depopulation. As a result, many of them lack resilience to change and may be classified as vulnerable. While research holds that a local government’s efforts to act in an entrepreneurial way are important for the development of vulnerable SMSTs, entrepreneurship behaviours in the local public sector remain under-investigated. In this paper, we address this gap in the literature by investigating whether and how vulnerable SMSTs differ in their entrepreneurial behaviours. Based on the concepts of policy entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial orientation, we performed a survey of Swedish local communities about their work on strengthening and renewing local business life and improving their own administrations. We analyse factors associated with these activities and examine differences between the policy entrepreneurship of vulnerable and nonvulnerable places, as well as differences within the vulnerable group. Vulnerable places rank low in entrepreneurial orientation, which may contribute to regional lock-in. Cluster analysis reveals that the vulnerable municipalities are a heterogeneous group, which we classify into “entrepreneurs’ ‘local innovators’, and ‘disengaged risktakers’. Regression analysis indicates that local social capital may increase entrepreneurial orientation in vulnerable places by strengthening the focus on innovation.

  • 909.
    Nasiri, Fuzhan
    et al.
    Concordia Univ, Dept Bldg Civil & Environm Engn, Montreal, PQ, Canada..
    Ooka, Ryozo
    Univ Tokyo, Inst Ind Sci, Tokyo, Japan..
    Haghighat, Fariborz
    Concordia Univ, Dept Bldg Civil & Environm Engn, Montreal, PQ, Canada..
    Shirzadi, Navid
    Concordia Univ, Dept Bldg Civil & Environm Engn, Montreal, PQ, Canada..
    Dotoli, Mariagrazia
    Politecn Bari, Dept Elect & Informat Engn, Bari, Italy..
    Carli, Raffaele
    Politecn Bari, Dept Elect & Informat Engn, Bari, Italy..
    Scarabaggio, Paolo
    Politecn Bari, Dept Elect & Informat Engn, Bari, Italy..
    Behzadi, Amirmohammad
    KTH, School of Architecture and the Built Environment (ABE), Civil and Architectural Engineering.
    Rahnama, Samira
    Aalborg Univ, Dept Built Environm, Copenhagen, Denmark..
    Afshari, Alireza
    Aalborg Univ, Dept Built Environm, Copenhagen, Denmark..
    Kuznik, Frederic
    Inst Natl Sci Appl Lyon INSA Lyon, Lyon, France..
    Fabrizio, Enrico
    Politecn Torino, DOE, Turin, Italy..
    Choudhary, Ruchi
    Univ Cambridge, Engn Dept, Cambridge, England..
    Sadrizadeh, Sasan
    KTH, School of Architecture and the Built Environment (ABE), Civil and Architectural Engineering, Sustainable Buildings.
    Data Analytics and Information Technologies for Smart Energy Storage Systems: A State-of-the-Art Review2022In: Sustainable cities and society, ISSN 2210-6707, Vol. 84, p. 104004-, article id 104004Article, review/survey (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    This article provides a state-of-the-art review on emerging applications of smart tools such as data analytics and smart technologies such as internet-of-things in case of design, management and control of energy storage systems. In particular, we have established a classification of the types and targets of various predictive analytics for estimation of load, energy prices, renewable energy inputs, state of the charge, fault diagnosis, etc. In addition, the applications of information technologies, and in particular, use of cloud, internet-of-things, building management systems and building information modeling and their contributions to management of energy storage systems will be reviewed in details. The paper concludes by highlighting the emerging issues in smart energy storage systems and providing directions for future research.

  • 910.
    Nath, Atanu
    et al.
    Hgsk Vestlandet, Dept Business Adm, Campus Sogndal, Sogndal, Norway.;Luleå Univ Technol, Dept Business Adm Technol & Social Sci, Luleå, Sweden..
    Saha, Parmita
    Hgsk Vestlandet, Dept Business Adm, Campus Sogndal, Sogndal, Norway.;Luleå Univ Technol, Dept Business Adm Technol & Social Sci, Luleå, Sweden..
    Salehi-Sangari, Esmail
    KTH, School of Industrial Engineering and Management (ITM). Luleå Univ Technol, Dept Business Adm Technol & Social Sci, Luleå, Sweden..
    Blurring the borders between B2B and B2C: a model of antecedents behind usage of social media for travel planning2019In: Journal of business & industrial marketing, ISSN 0885-8624, E-ISSN 2052-1189, Vol. 34, no 7, p. 1468-1481Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Purpose The purpose of this paper is to call for a scrutiny of the dualist approach to business-to-business (B2B) and business-to-customer (B2C) marketing in industries driven by consumer-generated content. It posits that individual consumer-centric factors are influential for B2B marketing as well in sectors such as the travel industry and investigates the determinants of tourists' intention to use social media websites for travel planning. Design/methodology/approach Integrating constructs from IS and marketing literature, the paper proposes information quality and perceived enjoyment as antecedents of perceived usefulness, attitude and intention to use. The research model is tested using data from social media users with experience in travel planning. Findings Results show that perceived usefulness and information quality are stronger predictors of attitude and behavioral intention than perceived enjoyment. Enjoyment was not found to be strongly influential. Relevancy and reliability of information and its usefulness concerning travel-planning needs were found more influential. Research limitations/implications - Data were collected from social media users, raising possible issues of representativeness. Practical implications - The paper offers clarity regarding antecedents of downstream user behavior which can be of significant value. Demarcations in B2B and B2C perspectives blur in the context of social media, enabling more effective integration. Originality/value The paper brings in and validates the roles of information quality and enjoyment as influencers of behavior. Identifying the travel industry as a sector having greater likelihood of B2BC convergence, the paper extends IS adoption research to user-interactive sites in the travel-planning context, which can benefit the consumer as well as the supply side.

  • 911. Ni, S.
    et al.
    Bai, X.
    Liang, Y.
    Pang, Zhibo
    KTH, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS), Intelligent systems. ABB Corporate Research Sweden, Department of Automation Technology, Stockholm, Sweden.
    Li, L.
    Blockchain-based traceability system for supply chain: potentials, gaps, applicability and adoption game2022In: Enterprise Information Systems, ISSN 1751-7575, E-ISSN 1751-7583, Vol. 16, no 12, article id 2086021Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    There are hypes towards blockchain-based traceability systems (BCTS) both from academia and industry. This paper discusses challenges and policy recommendations for BCTS from a viewpoint of industrial application and market competition. First, the potentials of BCTS and the gaps between the ideal and the reality of BCTS are elaborated. Second, we discuss the applicability of BCTS. Third, by a game-theoretic model, we study when supply chains should invest in BCTS. Investment is recommended when investment cost is relatively low compared to the price and market competition is less intense. A prisoner’s dilemma arises when investment cost is at a moderate level. 

  • 912.
    Niesten, Eva
    et al.
    Univ Manchester, Alliance Manchester Business Sch, Manchester M13 9SS, Lancs, England..
    Stefan, Ioana
    KTH, School of Industrial Engineering and Management (ITM), Industrial Economics and Management (Dept.). Univ Gavle, Fac Engn & Sustainable Dev, Dept Ind Dev IT & Land Management, S-80176 Gavle, Sweden.;KTH Royal Inst Technol, Sch Ind Engn & Management, Dept Ind Econ & Management, S-11428 Stockholm, Sweden..
    Embracing the Paradox of Interorganizational Value Co-creation-Value Capture: A Literature Review towards Paradox Resolution2019In: International journal of management reviews (Print), ISSN 1460-8545, E-ISSN 1468-2370, Vol. 21, no 2, p. 231-255Article, review/survey (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    This study reviews literature on paradoxical tensions between value co-creation and capture in interorganizational relationships (IORs). The purpose of this review is to make a re-evaluation of the literature by engaging a paradox theory lens, thereby identifying factors that render tensions salient and factors that lead to virtuous or vicious cycles. This review of 143 articles reveals factors that make tensions salient; these relate to plurality (e.g. coopetition), scarcity (e.g. lack of experience with IORs), change (e.g. changes in collaboration scope) or combinations thereof (e.g. IORs in weak appropriability regimes). Results also uncover factors that resolve paradoxical tensions of value co-creation and capture, thus spurring virtuous cycles (e.g. carefully mixing trust and contracts), as well as factors that promote vicious cycles, owing to the emphasis on either value co-creation or capture (e.g. myopia of learning). This review also uncovers a new category of factors that may stimulate either virtuous or vicious cycles, depending on the extent to which they are enforced. This finding expands the value co-creation-capture paradox resolution, and brings to light new dynamics in the paradox framework of dynamic equilibrium. The authors thus contribute by: (1) reassessing the existing literature and applying paradox theory to the well-known hazard of value co-creation and capture; (2) highlighting factors that amplify paradoxical tensions related to this hazard; and (3) outlining factors that solve the paradox by embracing its contradictory poles and factors that hinder paradox resolution by emphasizing either value co-creation or appropriation.

  • 913. Nijkamp, P.
    et al.
    Kourtit, Karima
    KTH, School of Architecture and the Built Environment (ABE), Urban Planning and Environment, Urban and Regional Studies.
    Khattabi, A.
    Rose, A.
    Kocornik-Mina, A.
    Faggian, A.
    Scott, A.
    Batabyal, A.
    Barufi, A. M. B.
    Torre, A.
    Caragliu, A.
    Lundgren, A.
    Bailly, A.
    Getis, A.
    Reggiani, A.
    Stimson, B.
    Macharis, C.
    Karlsson, C.
    Kim, E.
    Shefer, D.
    Constantin, D.
    Griffith, D.
    Nakamura, D.
    Czamanski, D.
    Plane, D.
    Glaeser, E.
    Mack, E.
    Haddad, E.
    Mazzola, F.
    Snickars, F.
    Giuliano, G.
    Hewings, G.
    Mulligan, G.
    Maier, G.
    Qian, H.
    Westlund, H.
    Richardson, H.
    Folmer, H.
    Scholten, H.
    Poot, J.
    Thill, J. -C
    Lesage, J.
    Kohlhase, J.
    Romao, J.
    Broecker, J.
    Östh, J.
    Martin, J. C.
    Cuadrado-Roura, J.
    Geurs, K.
    Donaghy, K.
    Haynes, K.
    Zimmermann, K.
    Schintler, L.
    Gibson, L.
    Anselin, L.
    Girard, L. F.
    Fischer, M.
    Partridge, M.
    Boarnet, M.
    Andersson, M.
    Fujita, M.
    Batty, M.
    Carroll, M.
    Marinescu, M. M.
    Bucek, M.
    Reid, N.
    Hudec, O.
    Aroca, P.
    Batey, P.
    Taylor, P.
    Cooke, P.
    Franklin, R.
    Jackson, R.
    Florida, R.
    Capello, R.
    Camagni, R.
    Stough, R.
    Boschma, R.
    Dall’Erba, S.
    Sassen, S.
    Rey, S.
    Suzuki, S.
    Haas, T.
    Dentinho, T.
    Kim, T. J.
    Blien, U.
    Mora, V. R.
    Ratajczak, W.
    Tobler, W.
    Lutz, W.
    Shiftan, Y.
    Higano, Y.
    Wen, Y.
    Towards a regional science academy: A manifesto2016In: Region, ISSN 2409-5370, Vol. 3, no 1, p. R1-R16Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    This Manifesto provides a joint proposal to create a Regional Science Academy as a think-tank support platform for a strategic development of the spatial sciences. The Regional Science Academy is a strategic spatial knowledge catalyst: it acts as a global intellectual powerhouse for new knowledge network initiatives and scholarly views on regions and cities as vital centrepieces of interconnected spatial systems. This contribution highlights its role and presents various activity plans. 

  • 914. Nilsson Vestola, E.
    et al.
    Eriksson, P. E.
    Larsson, J.
    Karrbom Gustavsson, Tina
    KTH, School of Architecture and the Built Environment (ABE), Real Estate and Construction Management.
    Temporary and permanent aspects of project organizing – operation and maintenance of road infrastructure2021In: International Journal of Managing Projects in Business, ISSN 1753-8378, E-ISSN 1753-8386, Vol. 14, no 7, p. 1444-1462Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore the interdependencies between temporary and permanent aspects of project organizing and how they affect the management of public infrastructure operation and maintenance (O&M) activities. Design/methodology/approach: The paper applies a case study approach and uses Lundin and Söderholm's (1995) framework of the temporary organization (with the themes of time, task, team and transition) to distinguish between temporary and permanent aspects of organizing two infrastructure O&M projects. Findings: This paper adds to the literature on temporary organizations by recognizing a mixture of temporary and permanent aspects of project organizing in an empirical project-level example. In line with previous research, the themes of time, task, team and transition were shown to be interdependent. Furthermore, the paper broadens the theory of temporary organizations by presenting a project organization with significant permanent aspects. Practical implications: Project managers of public sector projects need to be aware of the possible mixture of temporary and permanent aspects of project organizing. Management of projects that are found to have a mixture of temporary and permanent aspects should combine the perspectives and management practices of both temporary and permanent organizing. Not acknowledging permanent aspects could lead to management that is not adapted to the prerequisites of project organizing in this context. Originality/value: The findings further develop the literature on temporary organizations by recognizing that there is not only a mixture of temporary and permanent aspects between the temporary organization and its permanent environment but there is also a mixture of temporary and permanent aspects of organizing within project organizations.

  • 915.
    Nord Nilsson, Lena
    et al.
    KTH, School of Engineering Sciences in Chemistry, Biotechnology and Health (CBH), Biomedical Engineering and Health Systems, Ergonomics.
    Vänje, Annika
    KTH, School of Technology and Health (STH), Health Systems Engineering, Ergonomics.
    Kollegor eller konkurrenter? : Samverkan i nätverk mellan arbetsmiljöingenjörer, ergonomer samt forskare2015Conference paper (Refereed)
  • 916. Nordlund, B.
    et al.
    Lorentzon, J.
    Lind, Hans
    KTH, School of Architecture and the Built Environment (ABE), Real Estate and Construction Management.
    A note on auditing fair value of investment properties2022In: Journal of Property Investment & Finance, ISSN 1463-578X, E-ISSN 1470-2002, Vol. 40, no 1, p. 108-115Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Purpose: The purpose of this article is to study how fair values in financial reports are audited. Design/methodology/approach: The study is a qualitative case study based on in-depth interviews. Findings: One important finding is that auditors anchor in the figure presented by the company, and despite the auditing efforts, there is a substantial risk of management bias in the fair values reported. There is a risk for confirmation bias. Research limitations/implications: Relatively, few respondents were employed in this study, but their background and competence lead to the assessment that the study provides a representative picture of what is being investigated. Practical implications: Auditors may need to develop ways of performing auditing of fair values to reduce the risks identified in this study. Social implications: This study presents a perspective of the auditing process enabling an evaluation of the quality of fair value estimates regarding investment properties in the financial reports. This study also provides users of financial reports as investors, bankers and other institutions with an enhanced understanding of reported estimates of fair (market) values. Originality/value: Very few studies have investigated how auditors evaluate fair values of investment properties. This study contributes by giving users of financial reports an enhanced understanding of the quality of reported estimates of fair (market) values.

  • 917.
    Normark, Maria
    et al.
    KTH, School of Computer Science and Communication (CSC), Numerical Analysis and Computer Science, NADA.
    Randall, Dave
    Local expertise at an emergency call centre2005In: ECSCW 2005:Proceedings of the ninth conference on European Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work, 2005, p. 347-366Conference paper (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Some important research has been undertaken in recent years on knowledgemanagement within the CSCW community, drawing attention to the inherently socialproperties of knowledge and how it is shared. Much of this work has demonstrated thecomplex and sophisticated needs of so-called knowledge workers, and the requirementfor better understandings of knowledge sharing processes. The example we present inthis paper is that of knowledge work in emergency calls at SOS Alarm in Sweden, currentlyof interest because of a planned new system that will allow for centre-to-centrecase coordination and not only within the centre. What makes such a case interesting isthat workers in this context face an unlimited variety of incidents that require interpretation,decision and coordination, many of which require the deployment of local knowledgeand, as importantly, have to be dealt with in a timely fashion. In this paper we focus onhow a number of people work to combine their knowledge and expertise in a time effectiveway.

  • 918. Novotny, Michael
    Blåstället: från specialist till generalist2006In: Nordisk Papper & Massa, ISSN 1652-9995, no 3, p. 5-5Article in journal (Other academic)
  • 919.
    Nuur, Cali
    et al.
    KTH, School of Industrial Engineering and Management (ITM), Industrial Economics and Management (Dept.), Sustainability and Industrial Dynamics.
    Assbring, Linda
    Laestadius, Staffan
    Capability creation in the natural resource-based sector: experiences from Swedish mining2019In: Learning and Innovation in Natural Resource Based Industries, Routledge, 2019Chapter in book (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    This book develops and articulates a new perspective on the relationship between natural resources and development by foregrounding issues of innovation, knowledge, and industrial dynamics. Despite growing academic attention to the relationship between economic development and natural resources in social sciences, the issue has received rather limited attention in the field of Innovation Studies. This is problematic given the centrality of innovation and technological change for growth and development. Against that background, this book makes three contributions. Firstly, it summarizes and synthesizes existing insights about learning and innovation in Natural Resource Based Industries. Secondly, it develops new insights based on original research work. Thirdly, it distils and explains the remaining research challenges in the field. Containing important insights for researchers, businesses, and policymakers, this book will be useful to all those with an interest in navigating a natural resource based development pathway. This book was originally published as a special issue of Innovation and Development.

  • 920. Nyström, S.
    et al.
    Katzeff, C.
    Pargman, Daniel
    KTH, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS), Human Centered Technology, Media Technology and Interaction Design, MID.
    Barriers for sustainable waste management practices in grocery stores exploration by research-through-design2018In: ICT4S2018. 5th International Conference on Information and Communication Technology for Sustainability / [ed] Penzenstadler B., Easterbrook S., Venters C., Ishtiaque Ahmed S., EasyChair , 2018, p. 243-257Conference paper (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Since natural resources are limited, we need to ensure that materials are reused and recycled to the highest degree possible. Information and feedback as well as incentives may encourage people to alter their behavior. In this paper, we explore waste practices within grocery stores and how feedback through visualizations may help stores improve their waste management. We have studied the gap between current waste data and waste data that is both meaningful and can be acted upon as well as barriers between actionable data and organizational change. Nine interviews were conducted with a central facilities manager, store managers, employees and a representative from the waste collection company. Based on the results from these interviews, two mockups of web visualizations were designed and later evaluated in two additional stores. The initial interviews highlighted knowledge about waste, economic and environmental incentives for recycling and current modes of feedback and comparisons between stores. The mockups also reveal structural tensions between economic and environmental goals that wouldn’t be affected solely by better visualization of data. We conclude by discussing obstacles that needs to be overcome to reach organizational change in terms of more sustainable waste management practices in grocery stores. 

  • 921.
    Oh, Dong-hyun
    KTH, School of Architecture and the Built Environment (ABE), Centres, Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation Studies, CESIS.
    A global Malmquist-Luenberger productivity index2010In: Journal of Productivity Analysis, ISSN 0895-562X, E-ISSN 1573-0441, Vol. 34, no 3, p. 183-197Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    This paper introduces an alternative environmentally sensitive productivity growth index, which is circular and free from the infeasibility problem. In doing so, we integrated the concept of the global production possibility set and the directional distance function. Like the conventional Malmquist-Luenberger productivity index, it can also be decomposed into sources of productivity growth. The suggested index is employed in analyzing 26 OECD countries for the period 1990-2003. We also employed the conventional Malmquist-Luenberger productivity index, the global Malmquist productivity index and the conventional Malmquist productivity index for comparative purposes in this empirical investigation.

  • 922.
    Okwir, Simon
    KTH, School of Industrial Engineering and Management (ITM), Industrial Economics and Management (Dept.), Industrial Management.
    Collaborative Measures: Challenges in Airport Operations2017Doctoral thesis, comprehensive summary (Other academic)
    Abstract [en]

    Over the last 20 years, internal use of Performance Management(PM) within organizations has become much more complex in terms measurement techniques and approaches as well as their deployment within different organizational structures. In contrast to the traditional use of PM as an intra-organizational system, the emergence of networked operations, has extended organizational boundaries of Performance Management System (PMS) to new operational settings where actors often deal with a challenge of Collaborative Measures. Consequently, there is a significant lack of feedback and feedforward reporting mechanisms. This raises an important question for Performance Measurement & Management (PMM) literature. How do actors manage operations through inter- organizational performance measures? Hence, the purpose of this thesis is to investigate the management of collaborative measures in a quest to attain better operational performance for inter- organizational PM.

    The thesis builds on four studies investigating a collaborative PMS for capacity enhancements in airport operations. Due to their operational complexity and highly networked subsystems, airport operations provided a fitting empirical scene for studying PM that transcends organizational boundaries. Within the context of this thesis, airports are viewed as a System of System (SoS), and inter- organizational PM is investigated with the dimensions Organizational Complexity, Continuous Improvement and Social system. The studies use a multimethod approach, including longitudinal action research, multiple-case study, Systematic Literature Review (SLR), Classification and Regression Tree method (CART) and Artificial Neural Network (ANN) Method.

    The findings show that that (1) inter- organizational performance is affected by intrinsic Performance Measurement Complexity (PMC) which aggregates as interactive complexity with many actors. (2) The challenge of feedback and feedforward mechanisms as a dual control for collaborative performance is analysed with four cybernetic functions: sensor, commander, actuator and process. (3) The concept of Reflective Performance Measurement System (RPMS) is introduced with general conditions to facilitate collaborative decision-making within such platforms.

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  • 923. Okwir, Simon
    et al.
    Angelis, Jannis
    Performance measurement system: art and science: a perspective from complexity theory2017Conference paper (Refereed)
  • 924.
    Okwir, Simon
    et al.
    KTH, School of Industrial Engineering and Management (ITM), Industrial Economics and Management (Dept.), Industrial Management.
    Angelis, Jannis
    KTH, School of Industrial Engineering and Management (ITM), Industrial Economics and Management (Dept.), Industrial Management.
    Matias, Ginieis
    Universitat Rovira I Virgili, Spain.
    Sai, Nudurupati
    Manchester Metropolitan University, UK.
    Performance Measurement Systems: Art and Science: A Perspective from Complexity Theory2016In: Performance Management Association (PMA) conference, Edinburgh, Scotland 26- 29 June 2016 / [ed] Umit S Bititci , Herriot - Watt University: Professor of Business Performance, 2016Conference paper (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Complexity negatively impacts the process of continually improving Performance Management Systems (PMS). Extant literature in PMS considers complexity to be a result of complex external environments rather than user’s response to it. However, this paper argues that organisations face internal complexity while adopting a PMS. Miscalculations of this complexity increases uncountable costs to organisations. Henceforth, this study adopts a complexity-theory perspective, and explores how organisational controls amplify complexity at the three core process stages of a PMS i.e., design, implementation and use. The paper builds on a Systematic Literature Review, comprising 58 papers, which are analysed in depth using a framework typifying technical and social controls as suggested by Smith and Bititci (2017). Results demonstrate that social and technical controls impact PMS process stages and contribute to complexity of PMS in two ways: First, a lack of clear and concise administration between the balance of objectivity and subjectivity in PMS at each process stage results in social complexity. Second, a range of interacting elements make it difficult to manage PMS and their inter- relationships across the three process stages resulting in technical complexity. The findings reinforce that the interaction of organisational controls in the system is emergent, unintended, unpredictable, and ambiguous in what to measure and how to manage it. In conclusion, this study posits that users’ response to the external environment causes internal Performance Measurement Complexity (PMC). In doing so, this paper highlights the propagation of complexity in six forms i.e. Analytical, Methodological, Technological, Role, Procedural and Task Complexity.

  • 925.
    Okwir, Simon
    et al.
    Stockholm Univ, Stockholm Business Sch, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden..
    Nudurupati, Sai S.
    Gandhi Inst Technol & Management, GITAM Sch Int Business, Visakhapatnam 530045, Andhra Prades, India..
    Ginieis, Matias
    Univ Rovira & Virgili, Tarragona, Spain..
    Angelis, Jannis
    KTH, School of Industrial Engineering and Management (ITM), Industrial Economics and Management (Dept.), Industrial Management.
    Performance Measurement and Management Systems: A Perspective from Complexity Theory2018In: International journal of management reviews (Print), ISSN 1460-8545, E-ISSN 1468-2370, Vol. 20, no 3, p. 731-754Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Complexity negatively impacts the process of continually improving performance management systems (PMSs). The extant PMS literature considers complexity to be a result of the external environment rather than a user response to that environment. However, this paper argues that organizations generally face internal complexity when adopting PMSs. Introducing PMSs into an organization can have varied effects in those organizations based on the complexity of an organization's associated members and its interactions. This study aims to understand the emergence of complexities while implementing and using PMSs in organizations. From the complexity theory perspective, four system properties (ontological, teleological, genetic and functional) are used to understand complexity in PMSs. The paper builds on a systematic literature review consisting of 76 papers and analyses them in the light of exploring sources of complexity when implementing and using PMSs. From the outset, complexity is understood to be a result of the conflict between existing organizational practices and mechanisms and the organizational controls associated with PMSs. The key findings abstracted six sources of complexity in this study: role, task and procedural types of complexity associated with the social dimension, and methodological, analytical and technological types of complexity associated with the technical dimension. The study findings contribute to the current discussion regarding why PMSs typically lag and are not responsive and resilient in emerging contexts. While understanding and exploring all organizational controls that moderate a PMS is useful, organizations should construct the necessary capabilities, depending on their context and adapt to the changes associated with PMSs.

  • 926. Olofsson, Christer
    et al.
    Berggren, Björn
    KTH, School of Architecture and the Built Environment (ABE), Real Estate and Construction Management, Banking and Finance.
    De mindre företagens finansiella villkor: En replikstudie1998Report (Other academic)
  • 927.
    Olsson, Annika
    et al.
    Lund Univ, S-22100 Lund, Sweden..
    Biome, Mikael
    Lund Univ, S-22100 Lund, Sweden..
    Kaulio, Matti A.
    KTH, School of Industrial Engineering and Management (ITM), Industrial Economics and Management (Dept.), Industrial Management.
    Guve, Berthil
    KTH.
    Bergendahl, Margareta Norell
    KTH.
    Odenrick, Per
    Lund Univ, S-22100 Lund, Sweden..
    Organizational Factors Affecting Product Innovation Capability: Findings from the Med-Tech Industry2009In: ICED 09 - THE 17TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ENGINEERING DESIGN, VOL 1: DESIGN PROCESSES / [ed] Bergendahl, MN Grimheden, M Leifer, L Skogstad, P Clarkson, J, DESIGN SOC , 2009, p. 157-+Conference paper (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Research in innovation has resulted in much applicable knowledge in terms of tools, methods and processes. However, the challenge of allowing "space", time and competence for innovation capability development is sparsely reported. The purpose of this research is to identify how organizational and behavioral factors affect product innovation capability and its development in organizations. The research sets out to explore and elaborate on the research question: How can product innovation capability among organizations and individuals be improved by identifying and changing organizational factors? The individual and organizational factors need to be considered in relation to the product innovation. Theories of innovation capability, innovation and learning, innovation and creative climate are all used as a basis for this research. Interviews and a creative climate questionnaire have been used in five med-tech companies for empirical input. The qualitative result elicits six factors that influence the innovation capability and its development in organizations; brings out the two most important factors from the survey and elaborates a cross analyses from the qualitative and quantitative input.

  • 928.
    Oppedisano, Giuseppe
    KTH, School of Industrial Engineering and Management (ITM), Industrial Economics and Management (Dept.), Industrial Economics and Management (Div.).
    Understanding Business Process Management: a case study in the manufacturing of mass transportation system2012Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Master (Two Years)), 20 credits / 30 HE creditsStudent thesis
    Abstract [en]

    The last two decades were characterized by a shift in how companies operate and think about the business, not anymore in functional or product based terms but more in a process centric perspective. Processes are becoming the real company core asset. In this context a transformation in the traditional managerial discipline is needed together with an operative framework to foster and regulate the associate change management process. Business Process Management (BPM) born with this programmatic intent to promote and foster the process view in the normal business life cycle.BPM is considered the core stone in regulating, promoting and developing any improvement campaign within modern and global operating organizations. Furthermore effective BPM systems have shown to be source of competitive advantage in the market place, leading to a more efficient and effective company operations. BPM can represent an element in mitigate company risk arising by environmental factors. Although BPM advantages are broadly demonstrated and reported in literature, the road map to build an efficient BPM system structure is critical, considering also that the rate of success rely on the ability of the management to tailor the system to the specific organizational structure and the specific long term company objectives. Most of the companies at this stage have just started to implement BPM or have reached medium level of maturity, struggling in achieving synergic and holistic system integration in business operations. Furthermore there is not unitary view in both industrial and academic field on what BPM is and how to implement it. In this context this research carried out at company X aims through the usage of literature review and managerial survey to address the following topics:1. Identify an approach to define BPM and asses its Maturity level.2. Identify the critical aspects and company drivers for BPM implementation.3. Understand what are the lesson learnt and trend that could be generalized from Company X experience.Basically the research aims to give both a framework to evaluate BPM implementation together with cluster of methods to identify the driving/critical factors for deploying an improvement action plan. In the last decades a plethora of companies were involved in BPM projects but rarely the research focused on the overall evaluation of BPM implementation criticality and identification of framework to capture improvement actions. Furthermore this work will provide a real world example of a complex BPM implementation, pointing out potential risks and guide line for improvement. Company X is a perfect example of a global company operating in a highly competitive market where a flawless process execution and process optimization is a primary source of competitive advantage.Major outcomes are related to the specification of the change management role along the BPM implementation effort. The importance of identifying stakeholder needs to adjust BPM implementation strategy. The limitation of Maturity models approach in planning future actions. Main results deriving by company X case study are:1. It is crucial to see BPM implementation under the change management perspective.2. Gradual/agile implementation is preferable to one shot big project. Big organizations are resistant to apply not structured approach.3. Extensive focus on a specific area is not perceived positively within the organization.4. Framework to prioritizing activities/actions must be in place.45. In the identification of quick winner the current level of capability maturity is not that relevant without consideration related to perceived action benefits and foreseen implementation difficulties.6. The perception about the BPM maturity level varies according the organization level, due to inappropriate communication or diversified drivers.7. Strategic alignment, People and Culture are seen as the main elements in process management, especially in the transition phase from function to process centric organizations.8. Leadership barriers undermine heavily any BPM implementation.9. A single strategy behind process improvement must be in place in order to not spread the momentum and the associated organizational agreement in the initiative.10. The maturity models are only indicative, different capabilities have a different associate impact factor according to the BPM life cycle and the specific focus of the implementation. This makes hard the comparison between inter organization BPM system.11. Activity alignment and the trade-off between standardization and flexibility are key aspects for BPM implementation.

  • 929.
    Oskarsdottir, Eyglo
    KTH, School of Industrial Engineering and Management (ITM), Industrial Economics and Management (Dept.).
    Towards a Data-Driven Pricing Decision: With the Help of A/B Testing2016Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Master (Two Years)), 20 credits / 30 HE creditsStudent thesis
    Abstract [en]

    An A/B test is implemented on a SaaS rm's product page to examine the dierence in conversion rates from website visitors who are randomly assigned to two dierent product-landing pages that show dierent prices. To count as a successful conversion the visitors that view a product-landing page have to click on a \Free Trial" button. Half of the group will be assigned the treatment page, which will state higher prices and the other half will be assigned the controlled page, which will state today's current price. The only variant that will dier from the two pages will be the stated price of the product and all other factors will be kept constant. The controlled experiment is executed to get a sense of customers' price sensitivity, hence this thesis contributes to microeconomic research of the private sector, more specically to the ICT industry by using a novel approach with the help of A/B testing on prices. The results showed no statistical signicance difference between the two variations, which can be translated to accepting the null hypothesis; the demand for a particular Software-As-A-Service product will hold unchanged after the proposed price increase. At first, this could be a surprising result but when looking into the industry, which the rm participates in and their early mover advantages this result could have been assumed.

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  • 930.
    Otsubo, Shun
    et al.
    Univ Tokyo, Dept Appl Phys, Bunkyo Ku, 7-3-1 Hongo, Tokyo 1138656, Japan..
    Manikandan, Sreekanth K.
    Nordita SU; Stockholm Univ, Dept Phys, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden.
    Sagawa, Takahiro
    Univ Tokyo, Dept Appl Phys, Bunkyo Ku, 7-3-1 Hongo, Tokyo 1138656, Japan.;Univ Tokyo, Quantum Phase Elect Ctr QPEC, Bunkyo Ku, 7-3-1 Hongo, Tokyo 1138656, Japan..
    Krishnamurthy, Supriya
    Stockholm Univ, Dept Phys, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden..
    Estimating time-dependent entropy production from non-equilibrium trajectories2022In: Communications Physics, E-ISSN 2399-3650, Vol. 5, no 1, article id 11Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    While methods for estimating the entropy production rate of a stationary process are relatively well established, this is still a challenge in non-stationary conditions. Here, the authors propose a scheme to infer the exact value of the time-dependent entropy production rate as well as entropy production along with single realizations directly from trajectory data. The rate of entropy production provides a useful quantitative measure of a non-equilibrium system and estimating it directly from time-series data from experiments is highly desirable. Several approaches have been considered for stationary dynamics, some of which are based on a variational characterization of the entropy production rate. However, the issue of obtaining it in the case of non-stationary dynamics remains largely unexplored. Here, we solve this open problem by demonstrating that the variational approaches can be generalized to give the exact value of the entropy production rate even for non-stationary dynamics. On the basis of this result, we develop an efficient algorithm that estimates the entropy production rate continuously in time by using machine learning techniques and validate our numerical estimates using analytically tractable Langevin models in experimentally relevant parameter regimes. Our method only requires time-series data for the system of interest without any prior knowledge of the system's parameters.

  • 931. Owalla, Beldina
    et al.
    Al-Ghafri, Aziza
    KTH, School of Industrial Engineering and Management (ITM), Industrial Economics and Management (Dept.).
    “Bitten by the entrepreneur bug”–critiquing discourses on women owner-managers/entrepreneurs in the Kenyan and Omani newspapers2020In: Gender in Management: An International Journal, ISSN 1754-2413, Vol. 35, no 6, p. 529-551Article in journal (Other academic)
    Abstract [en]

    Purpose – This paper aims to critically analyze media discourses on women owner-managers/entrepreneurs (OMEs) in the Kenyan and Omani newspapers.

    Design/methodology/approach – A critical discourse analysis is carried out on a total of 408 onlinemedia articles (174 articles from Omani newspapers and 234 articles from Kenyan newspapers) on womenOMEs over the period 2010-2018. Articles are also classified based on their framing of women’sentrepreneurship.

    Findings – Five main categories of media discourses are identified, i.e. discourses on government/institutional initiatives; women OMEs’ dependency; women OMEs’ femininity; women OMEs’ societal impact;and normalization of women OMEs. These gendered media discourses and underlying assumptions furtherperpetuate women OMEs’ subordinate position in society, weaken their social legitimacy and trivialize theirroles as managers and leaders in society.

    Research limitations/implications – The analysis was limited to online articles published inmainstream media. Future research could focus on offline print media from smaller media distributors orother distribution channels.

    Practical implications – Policymakers and media houses need to pay greater attention to the subtlemechanisms reproducing gender stereotypes. Women OMEs should also take a more active role inconstructing their identity in the media.

    Originality/value – This paper highlights the underlying assumptions of media discourses regardingwomen’s empowerment that negatively impacts their social legitimacy. This paper also draws attention tomedia’s role in the trivialization of women OMEs’ leadership and managerial roles and subsequentmarginalization of their social status.

  • 932.
    Owoade, Abbas
    KTH, School of Industrial Engineering and Management (ITM), Industrial Economics and Management (Dept.), Entrepreneurship and innovation.
    ENTREPRENEURIAL ECOSYSTEM DEVELOPMENT: LEARNING FROM SUCCESSES2016Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Master (One Year)), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesis
    Abstract [en]

    The strengthening of the entrepreneurial landscape has been viewed as a means to national economic growth, wealth creation as well as job creation. Good examples exists where government deliberate actions have contributed to these kind of positive growth, yet this research exposes the rigour and hard work needed to bring about this success. The rigour stems from the pursuit of a holistic approach which involves the strengthening of the six domains of entrepreneurship ecosystem growth as posited in literature, while the hard work is related to the discipline and expertise required to pilot such initiative.

    Research has shown that many countries may be looking for entrepreneurship in the wrong places. Funding availability is only a part of a thriving entrepreneurship ecosystem, the strengthening of other domains can help an ecosystem grow more sustainably. The role of government in driving the entrepreneurship ecosystem can be restricted and channeled towards government performing it traditional role of providing the enabling environment and allowing the private sector drive the ecosystem. Where the growth of the entrepreneurship ecosystem is led by public initiative, it may be better to jettison the idea of the individual firm’s development and pursue the strengthening of the ecosystem in all it domains.

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  • 933.
    Packendorff, Johann
    KTH, School of Industrial Engineering and Management (ITM), Industrial Economics and Management (Dept.), Organization and management.
    A Project Nerd’s Guide to Value-Adding Meetings2018Other (Other (popular science, discussion, etc.))
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  • 934.
    Packendorff, Johann
    KTH, School of Industrial Engineering and Management (ITM), Industrial Economics and Management (Dept.), Organization and management.
    Akademiska medborgare eller gäster på forskarhotellet?: Om organisationskultur på KTH2020Conference paper (Other academic)
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  • 935.
    Packendorff, Johann
    Umeå Universitet.
    Att främja näringslivsutveckling: En framtidsinriktad utvärdering av affärsrådgivning för kvinnor2001Report (Other academic)
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  • 936.
    Packendorff, Johann
    KTH, School of Industrial Engineering and Management (ITM), Industrial Economics and Management (Dept.).
    Datorstödd projektadministration: Om användningen av datoriserade projektplaneringsmodeller i repetitiva projekt1992Report (Other academic)
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  • 937.
    Packendorff, Johann
    KTH, School of Industrial Engineering and Management (ITM), Industrial Economics and Management (Dept.), Organization and management.
    Därför bör projekt vara hållbara2018In: Personal & Ledarskap, ISSN 1402-5744, no 4Article in journal (Other (popular science, discussion, etc.))
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  • 938.
    Packendorff, Johann
    KTH, School of Industrial Engineering and Management (ITM), Industrial Economics and Management (Dept.).
    Expertsystem i Sveriges 500 största företag: En enkätundersökning1992Report (Other academic)
  • 939.
    Packendorff, Johann
    KTH, School of Industrial Engineering and Management (ITM), Industrial Economics and Management (Dept.), Organization and management.
    Från med-arbetarskap till med-ledarskap2014Conference paper (Other (popular science, discussion, etc.))
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  • 940.
    Packendorff, Johann
    KTH, School of Industrial Engineering and Management (ITM), Industrial Economics and Management (Dept.), Organization and management.
    Inquiring into the temporary organization: New directions for project management research2013In: Project management: Vol I / [ed] Joanna Geraldi, Jonas Söderlund, London: Routledge, 2013, p. 230-250Chapter in book (Other academic)
  • 941.
    Packendorff, Johann
    Umeå School of Business.
    Inquiring into the temporary organization: New directions for project management research1995In: Scandinavian Journal of Management, ISSN 0956-5221, E-ISSN 1873-3387, Vol. 11, no 4, p. 319-333Article in journal (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    The theoretical field of project management (PM) can be described as a set of models and techniques for the planning and control of complex undertakings. The three main shortcomings of PM research and theory are identified as: (1) PM is seen as a general theory and a theoretical field in its own right, (2) research on PM is not sufficiently empirical, and (3) projects are seen as "tools." Instead, a diversity of theoretical perspectives should be employed in field research on "temporary organizations" in order to construct middle-range theories on different types of projects. These proposed future directions call for research on expectations, action and learning in project settings.

  • 942.
    Packendorff, Johann
    KTH, School of Industrial Engineering and Management (ITM), Industrial Economics and Management (Dept.), Organization and management.
    Luftaffären Case 5: Förstudie till integrationsprojekt2012Other (Other (popular science, discussion, etc.))
  • 943.
    Packendorff, Johann
    KTH, School of Industrial Engineering and Management (ITM), Industrial Economics and Management (Dept.), Organization and management.
    Making Projects Critical: 2017 PMI Research Achievement Award2017Other (Other (popular science, discussion, etc.))
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  • 944.
    Packendorff, Johann
    Umeå University.
    Moments of Reflection, Moments of Distortion: Interactive Research as Temporary Learning Systems1995Conference paper (Refereed)
    Abstract [en]

    Field research is in fact social interaction between researchers and informants. A longitudinal study of an organization is here analysed as a number of temporary social systems. The tem-porary system metaphor is a proposal to view obtrusion as ”learning” instead of ”distortion”. The temporary learning systems analysed are evaluations of ten sub–units in a Swedish county council. Distortion/learning appears in temporary interaction systems because of (1) anxiety arousal concerning the unfamiliar situation, (2) attention focus to research problem, (3) use of preliminary conclusions and reports in the validation process, and (4) the infor-mants’ feed-back of information to their permanent organizational context. Depending on the research problem, these effects could be more or less beneficial to the researcher.

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    Packendorff, Johann
    KTH, School of Industrial Engineering and Management (ITM), Industrial Economics and Management (Dept.), Sustainability, Industrial Dynamics & Entrepreneurship.
    Mätningens avigsidor: Att förstå vad man INTE vill uppnå2022Other (Other (popular science, discussion, etc.))
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  • 946.
    Packendorff, Johann
    KTH, School of Industrial Engineering and Management (ITM), Industrial Economics and Management (Dept.), Organization and management.
    Projektbaserat arbete: Ett genusperspektiv2001Conference paper (Other (popular science, discussion, etc.))
  • 947.
    Packendorff, Johann
    KTH, School of Industrial Engineering and Management (ITM), Industrial Economics and Management (Dept.).
    Projektintensivt arbete: Den onda cirkeln och dess utgångar2009In: Bonniers Ledarskapshandböcker: Projektledning / [ed] Johnny Tedenfors, Stockholm: Bonnier , 2009, p. 1-18Chapter in book (Other academic)
  • 948.
    Packendorff, Johann
    Umeå universitet.
    Projektorganisation och projektorganisering: Projektet som plan och temporär organisation1993Licentiate thesis, monograph (Other academic)
  • 949.
    Packendorff, Johann
    KTH, School of Industrial Engineering and Management (ITM), Industrial Economics and Management (Dept.), Organization and management.
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    KTH, School of Industrial Engineering and Management (ITM), Industrial Economics and Management (Dept.), Organization and management.
    Research environment and research quality: Reflections on where we are and future improvements2020Conference paper (Other (popular science, discussion, etc.))
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