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Disruption and Social Media – Entrant firms as institutional entrepreneurs
Recently, Christofer Laurell, who is presently working at Stockholm University, got an article published in International Journal of Innovation Management. The paper discusses the disruptive impact of social media and draws upon an extensive analysis of blog content in fashion journalism. The abstract can be found below: ”Technological change often leads to competitive turbulence in […]
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Everything new starts out as something small…
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”Sänk Skatten för Affärsänglarna”
I fredags skrev jag, Karl Wennberg och Michel Elmoznino Laufer om affärsänglar och deras roll i det svenska innovationssystemet. Artikeln finns här .
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In Swedish: Högutbildade flyr Göteborg
I en artikel i GT skriver jag tillsammans med riksdagskandidaten Aron Modig, och Robert Falck om hur högutbildade lämnar Göteborg. Artikeln finns här.
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The Chandlerian University
Had lunch yesterday with MSc thesis workers studying how online education is emerging in the United States. They brilliantly summarized their thoughts so far, coining the term ‘The Chandlerian university’. Alfred Chandler was an economic historian, perhaps most famous for his descriptions of the modern mid 20th century western corporation (e.g. GM, Du Pont, ITT […]
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3D Printing of Hearing Aids at Widex, Denmark
This Thursday I visited the Danish hearing aid manufacturer Widex to see some of their 3D Printing of shells. Klaus Vaarbroe at Widex has developed Widex’ 3D Printing process over the past 11 years. He was very hospitable, showed me around and explained the different steps: order intake, scanning, modeling, printing, mounting and polishing. He […]
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3D Printing and the Hearing Aid industry
After two months at the University of Cambridge researching 3D printing I would like to share some observations with you. They are based upon my studies thus far of how the hearing aid industry adopted it for producing hearing aid shells in the period 1999-2007: 1) The shift didn’t cause any change in the competitive […]
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Consolidation in the security industry?
In an article at Securityinfowatch I argue that technological change has made the video surveillance industry more fragmented and that it is likely to consolidate in the coming years. The article can be found here. Antigua, Guatemala.
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Disruptive Innovation on Swedish Radio
Today I’m featured in a Swedish radio programme concerning disruptive technological change. You can listen to it here.
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Green growth in The Business Spectator
Oliver Mark Hartwich, Director of the New Zealand Initiative, writes in The Business Spectator about Europe’s green growth policies, refering briefly to my book on the topic: A green solution to make Europe sick