CBI researchers have been successful in publishing our work in renowned scientific journals and we have been presenting our research on international conferences. The PhD students have frequently been participating in international PhD work shops and courses.

Book Chapters

  2010 & Forthcoming

Berglund, H. and Sarasvathy, S. (forthcoming). On the Relevance of Decision Making in Entrepreneurial Decision Making. In Landström, H. and Lohrke,L. (Eds.). The Historical Foundations of Entrepreneurship Research. Edward Elgar, Aldershott, UK.

  Broström, A., McKelvey, M and Sandström, C. (forthcoming) “Investing to locate near research universities – what are the perceived benefits?” in McKelvey, M., M. Holmén, 2009, Learning to Compete in European Universities, Edward Elgar. 

  2009

  Magnusson, M., McKelvey, M. and Versiglioni, M. (2009). The Forgotten Individuals: Attitudes and skills in Academic Commercialization in Sweden, in McKelvey, M., and Holmén, M. (Eds.), European Universities Learning to Compete: From Social Institutions to Knowledge Business, Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, UK. 

2008

Larsson, J. (2008). Starka Programmet. Den svårfångade relativismen: En uppslagsbok. Sven-Erik Liedman, Torbjörn Tännsjö och Dag Westerståhl (red.) . s. 219-225.

McKelvey, M., Magnusson, M. Wallin. M, and Ljungberg, D., (2008), Var ligger problemet ? Synen på sambandet mellan forskning och kommersialisering i Sverige (in Swedish), in Forska lagom – vara världsbäst?, Benner, M., and Sörlin, S. (Eds.) SNS-förlaget.

2007

  Berglund, H. (2007). Researching Entrepreneurship as Lived Experience. In Neergaard, H. and Ulhöi, J. (Eds). Handbook of Qualitative Research Methods in Entrepreneurship. (75-93). Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, UK.

Journal Articles

Forthcoming

Badenfelt, U (forthcoming).’I trust you, I trust you not: a longitudinal study of control mechanisms in incentive contracts’, Construction Management and Economics.

Badenfelt, U (2010).’Fixing the contract after the contract is fixed: A study of incomplete contracts in IT and Construction projects, International Journal of Project Management (Forthcoming). Badenfelt, U (2010).’Fixing the contract after the contract is fixed: A study of incomplete contracts in IT and Construction projects, International Journal of Project Management (Forthcoming).

Björkdahl, J. (forthcoming). The Phenomenon, causes and effects of integrating ICTs in manufacturing products. International Journal of Innovation Management.

  Pohl, H. and Elmquist, M., (forthcoming) Radical innovation in a small firm – a hybrid electric vehicle (HEV) development project at Volvo Cars, R&D Management

  Sandström and Björk (forthcoming) Idea management systems for a changing innovation landscape, International Journal of Product Development.

  Styhre, A., and Börjesson, S., (forthcoming) Project management in the culture industry: Balancing structure and creativity, International Journal of Project Organisation and Management

2009

Adler N., Elmquist M. and Norrgren F. (2009): The Challenge of Managing Boundary-Spanning Research Activities: Experiences from the Swedish Context: The challenge of managing boundary spanning research, Research Policy, 38(7): 1136-1149.

Aggeri F., Elmquist M., and Pohl H., (2009): Managing learning in the automotive industry – the innovation race for electric vehicles, International Journal of Automotive Technology, 9 (2): 123-147.

Björk and Magnusson (2009) Where Do Good Innovation Ideas Come From? Exploring the Influence of Network Connectivity on Innovation Idea Quality, Journal of Product Innovation Management, 26(6), pp. 662-670.

Björkdahl, J (2009). Technology cross-fertilization and the business model: Integration of ICTs in mechanical engineering products. Research Policy, 38(9), 1468-1477.

Elmquist M., Fredberg T. and Ollila S., (2009): Exploring the field of open innovation, European Journal of Innovation Management, 12(3):326-345.

Elmquist, M., Fredberg, T. and Ollila, S. (2009): Open Innovation Forschung in Europa, IP Manager- Journal for the Knowledge Economy, 3, 50-51.

  Elmquist M. and Le Masson P., (2009): The value of a failed R&D project: emerging evaluation criteria for innovation projects, R&D Management, 39(2): 139-152.

  Elmquist M. and Segrestin, B. (2009): Sustainable development through innovative design: lessons from the KCP method experimented with an automotive firm. International Journal of Automotive Technology Management, 9(2): 229-244.

  Kadefors, A & Badenfelt, U (2009). ’The roles and risks of incentives in construction projects’, International Journal of Project Organisation and Management, Vol. 1(3):268-284.

  Magnusson, M., Boccardelli, P., and Börjesson, S. (2009). Managing the Efficiency-Flexibility Tension in Innovation: Strategic and Organizational Aspects, Creativity and Innovation Management, Vol. 18, No. 1, pp. 2-7

  Pohl H., Styhre A. and Elmquist M. (2009): The concept of ‘interessement’: The story of a power-split technology for hybrid electric vehicles, International. Journal of Innovation Management, 13(1):47-64. 

2008

Badenfelt, U (2008). ’The selection of sharing ratios in target cost contracts’, Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, Vol. 15(1):54-65.

Broström, A., McKelvey, M and Sandström, C. (2008) Investing in Localised Relationships to Universities: What are the benefits to R&D subsidiaries of multinational enterprises? Industry & Innovation, Feb 2009. Vol. 16, Iss. 1, pp 59-78

Magnusson, M. G., and Vinciguerra, E. (2008). Key factors in small group improvement work: an empirical study at SKF, International Journal of Technology Management, Vol. 44, No. ¾, pp. 324-337.

Magnusson, M. and Martini, A. (2008). Dual organizational capabilities: from theory to practice - the next challenge for continuous innovation, International Journal of Technology Management, Vol. 42, No. 1/2, pp. 1-19.

  Sandström, C., Magnusson, M., and Jörnmark, J. (2008) Exploring factors influencing incumbent's response to disruptive innovation, Creativity and Innovation Management, Vol 18(1), pp. 8-15.

  Yar Hamidi, D., Wennberg, K. and Berglund, H. (2008). Creativity in Entrepreneurship Education, Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development (Special Issue on Entrepreneurship Education). 15(2): 304-320.

2007

Backman, M., Börjesson, S., Setterberg, S., (2007) Working with concepts in the fuzzy front end: exploring the context for innovation for different types of concepts at Volvo Cars, R & D Management, 37 (1):17-28.

Berglund, H. (2007). Opportunities as Discovered and Created: A Study of Entrepreneurs in the Swedish Mobile Internet Industry. Journal of Enterprising Culture. 15(3): 243-273.

Berglund, H. (2007). Risk Conception and Risk Management in Corporate Innovation: Lessons from two Swedish Cases. International Journal of Innovation Management. 11(4): 497-513.

  Berglund, H., Hellström, T. Sjölander, S. (2007). Entrepreneurial Learning and the Role of Venture Capitalists. Venture Capital: An International Journal of Entrepreneurial Finance, 9(3): 165-181.

  Holmén, M., McKelvey, M., and Magnusson, M. (2007), What are innovative opportunities?, Industry and Innovation, Vol. 14, No. 1, pp. 27-45.

Conference Papers

2010

Björk J. (2010) Exploring ideation networks for different types of innovation ideas -do they differ?, to be presented at CINet, Zurich, Switzerland.

Björk, J.  Di Vincenzo, Magnusson M. and Mascia D. (2010) The impact of social capital on ideation - untapping the knowledge creation potential of internal networks, to be presented at the DIME conference - Organizing for networked innovation.

Björk J., Di Vincenzo, Magnusson M. and Mascia D. (2010) Disentangling the Web of Knowledge Creation: Identifying Star Ideators in Organizations, to be presented at IPDMC, Murcia, Spain.

Björkdahl, J., and Holmén, M. (2010). Making Innovation Audits Rigorous. to be presented at the 2010 Academy of Management Conference, August 6-10, Montreal, Canada. Peer-reviewed by three referees. 

   Björkdahl, J. and Linder, M. (2010). Formulating Problems for Commercializing New Technologies: The Case of Green. ETH workshop on Business Models and Problem Solving Perspective, Zurich, Switzerland,  March 18-19.

2009

Berglund , H. (2009) Austrian Economics and the Study of Entrepreneurship: Concepts and Contributions. Academy of Management Meeting, Chicago, USA, August.

Björk J. , Boccardelli P. and Magnusson M. (2009) Ideation Capabilities for Continuous Innovation, The  10th CINet conference, September 5-8, Brisbane, Australia.

Boccardelli, P., Lechner, C., Magnusson, M. and Oriani, R. (2009). Distinctiveness and flexibility of resources: a study of the motion picture industry, the Academy of Management Meeting, August 6-8, 2009, Chicago, USA.

Elmquist, M., Fredberg, T. and Ollila S. (2009) Exploring the management of collaborative arenas from a platform perspective, the IPDM Conference, Enschede, The Netherlands, June 7-9.

Elmquist M. and Fredberg T. (2009) Triangulating relations to explore openness of innovation, Academy of Management Conference, Chicago, August.

Elmquist M. and Segrestin B. (2009) The challenges of managing open innovation in highly innovative fields: exploring the use of the KCP method, European Academy of Management Conference, Liverpool, UK, May 11-14.

  Hordern, T. and Elmquist, M. (2009) The Role of Design Firms in Innovation: How Design Firms Contribute to the Innovative Capabilities of Core Firms, European Academy of Management, Liverpool, England.

  Hordern, T. and Linder, M. (2009) Observing Environmental Strategy: Environmental Consideration and the Strategic Management of the Firm, the 10^th CINet Conference, September 5-8, Brisbane, Australia

  Leone, M.I., Reichstein, T. Boccardelli, P. and Magnusson, M., (2009). Fuel on the Invention Funnel: Technology Licensing-in, antecedents and invention performance, the 14th DRUID Summer Conference, 2009, June 16-18, Copenhagen, Denmark.

  Pasche, M. and Magnusson, M. (2009). Continuous innovation and improvement of product platforms, the 10^th CINet conference, September 5-8, 2009, Brisbane, Australia.

  Sandström, C. (2009) High-end Disruptive Technologies with an Inferior Performance, the 10th CINet conference, Brisbane, Australia. Runner up for the John Bessant Best paper award.

2008

Aggeri. F, Elmquist M. and Pohl H. (2008) Managing learning strategies in the automotive industry – the race for hybridization, Gerpisa Conference, Turino, Italy, June 18-20.

Aggeri F. Elmquist, M. and Pohl H. (2008) Managing learning in the automotive industry– the race towards electric vehicles, Dynamics of Institutions and Markets in Europe Conference, Bordeaux, France, Sept 11-13.

Aggeri. F, Elmquist M. and Pohl H. (2008) Managing innovation fields: another look at how eco-innovation capabilities are built in the automotive industry, Strategic Management Society, Köln, Germany, October 12-15.

Börjesson S. and Elmquist, M. (2008) Aiming at innovation in the Swedish defense industry – the difficulties of responding to disruptive market change in a technology driven context, Organizational Learning, Knowledge and Capabilities Conference, Köpenhamn, Denmark, April 28-30, 2008.   

Berglund, H. (2008). Between Cognition and Discourse: Phenomenology and the Study of Entrepreneurship. SCANCOR 20th Anniversary Conference, Stanford University.

Berglund H. and Wennberg, K. (2008). Creativity and Entrepreneurship Education. SCANCOR 20th Anniversary Conference, Stanford University.

Björk J. and Magnusson M. (2008) Ideation performance in Projects and Informal groups, The 1st ISPIM Innovation Symposium.

Björk J. and Magnusson M. (2008) Where Do Good Innovation Ideas Come From? Exploring the Influence of Network Connectivity on Innovation Idea Quality, International Product Development Management Conference, Hamburg, Germany, June 29-July 1.

Björk and Magnusson(2008) Heterogeneity and Performance in Innovation Idea Networks, Presented at CINet.

Björkdahl, J, Holmén, M and Saemundsson, R. (2008). Boundary changes and the co-evolution of knowledge and opportunities in existing supplier-buyer relationships. DRUID conference, May 2008, Copenhagen, Denmark. Peer-reviewed by two referees.

Boccardelli, P., Lechner, C., and Magnusson, M. (2008). Distinctiveness and flexibility of resources: a study of the motion picture industry, Strategic Management Society conference, October 12-15, 2008, Cologne, Germany.

Bohlin, E., Björkdahl, J., Blackman, C. et al. (2008). Assessment of Spectrum Management Options: Evaluation of Selected Swedish Spectrum Management Cases. 17th Biennial International Conference of the International Telecommunications Society, 24-27 June, 2008.

Börjesson, S., Elmquist, M.Aiming at Innovation’, presented at the International Conference on Organizational Learning, Knowledge and Capabilities (OLKC), Copenhagen. April 28-30.

Elmquist, M. (2008) Innovation and the limits of the selection logic: Introducing generative capacity as a complement to absorptive capacity, Organizational Learning, Knowledge and Capabilities Conference, Köpenhamn, Denmark, April 28-30.

Elmquist M. and Segrestin B. (2008) Developing innovative capabilities: Lessons from an experimental process in the automotive industry using a design theory approach, European Academy of Management Conference, Ljubliana, Slovenia, May 14-17.

Elmquist M. and Segrestin B. (2008) Alternative design strategies to combine environmental and economic sustainability: Lessons from an empirical experiment with an automotive firm, Gerpisa Conference, Turino, Italy, June 18-20.

Elmquist M. and Segrestin B. (2008) Organizing open innovation in practice: a case study of an environmental innovation project in the automotive industry, International Product Development Management Conference, Hamburg, Germany, June 29-July 1.

Hordern T. and Elmquist M. (2008) Design in innovation: how external design firms contribute to the development of the innovative capabilities of large firms, International Society for Professional Innovation Management Symposium, Singapore, December 14-17, 2008.

Leone, M.I., Boccardelli, P., Magnusson, M., and Reichstein, T. (2008). License to learn: the role of technology license agreements in meeting innovation goals, paper presented at the 24^th EGOS Colloquium, July 10-12, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Pohl H. and Elmquist M.(2008) On the way to electric cars - a case study of a hybrid electric vehicle project at Volvo Cars, R&D Management Conference, Ottawa, Canada, June 17-20.

   Sandström, C. (2008) New Channel Disruptive Innovation, the ISPIM Conference, Singapore 14-17 December .

  Sandström, C. and Osborne, R. (2008) Changing the business model to overcome innovation adoption barriers - the case of new value distribution in the customer's organization, in proceedings of the 9th CINet conference, September 8-9, 2008, Valencia, Spain. 

2007

Adler N, Elmquist M., Frössevi B., Fredberg T. & Norrgren F, (2007) Loud killers and already-invented-here: managing change in professional organizations, Academy of Management, Philadelphia, August 4-8, 2007.

Berglund, H. (2007). Opportunities as Existing and Created: A Study of Entrepreneurs in Sweden’s Mobile Internet Industry. Academy of Management Meeting, Philadelphia, USA, August.

  Boccardelli, P., Leone, M.I., and Magnusson, M. (2007). The learning potential of strategic licensing, in proceedings of the 8^th CINet conference, September 8-11, 2007, Göteborg, Sweden.

   Börjesson, S (2007) ‘Overcoming innovation obstacles in large firms: A case study of a path-breaking initiative in an automotive firm’, presented at the Continuous Innovation Network Conference (CINet), Gothenburg 7-11 September.