The Dynamics of
Knowledge Integration
PhD Course 9-14 September, 2012
Linköping University
Sweden
Study Guide
Welcome to The Dynamics of Knowledge Integration, a PhD course organized by the KITE research
team at Linköping University, Sweden.
Integrating knowledge has become increasingly important to master innovation processes and
complex problem-solving within and between technology-based firms competing in a global context.
The many challenges of knowledge integration (KI) have also attracted a growing number of scholars
from various disciplines. The objective of the course is to introduce the participants to theories on KI,
and discuss methodologies to capture it. The course will also examine the dynamic feature of KI in
relation to adjacent research areas, such as, knowledge creation, open innovation and creative
accumulation.
In this study guide, you will find all the information that you need concerning the course activities,
assignments, faculty members, and practicalities.
Contents
Course content and outline ..................................................................................................................... 2
Examination and Assignments overview ................................................................................................. 7
Assignments: Detailed instructions ......................................................................................................... 8
Course Literature ................................................................................................................................... 14
Course Faculty ....................................................................................................................................... 15
Practical information ............................................................................................................................. 18
Schedule ................................................................................................................................................ 20
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Course content and outline
Course aims
After completion of the course, the participant should be able to
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Account for and compare different perspectives on the concept of knowledge integration,
and relate it to other concepts within the research area;
Analyze and discuss the relevance of knowledge integration processes for knowledge
intensive organizations;
Apply central concepts discussed in the course within the own research area, and (after
completion of the optional assignment) formulate relevant research questions and position
the own research in relation to existing literature, departing from a theme that is discussed
in the course.
Organization
Prior to the course activities in Linköping, individual literature studies and preparations are required.
Participants should expect approximately three weeks of work for the preparations. Detailed
information and instructions for all assignments are available further on in this study guide, under
“Assignments: detailed Instructions”.
In Linköping, we will start off with a welcoming get-together on Sunday 9th September, and the main
course activities will start in the morning on Monday 10th September. The week offers five days of
intensive sessions, of which two days includes active participation in the 3rd advanced KITE workshop
on Knowledge Integration and Innovation. Besides seminars and lectures, participants will write an
abstract for a paper that relates to knowledge integration, and work with an assignment to cover the
contents of the workshop. Please note that for those who are planning to present a paper at the
workshop, a separate application needs to be sent to KITE (see Call for Papers on www.liu.se/kite).
After the activities in Linköping, there is an option to complete a course paper, with the aim that this
can be submitted to a conference. The paper writing process includes tutoring and a peer review
assignment.
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Contents
The course consists of four theoretical modules, a methodological module, a module aimed at
covering and documenting the 3rd advanced KITE workshop on Knowledge Integration and
Innovation, and a module on Writing for Publication. Below you will find brief descriptions of all the
modules in the course.
Knowledge Integration – the Foundations
Module leader: Professor Fredrik Tell, KITE, Linköping University
This module will discuss the development of different strands of research into knowledge
integration, based on a literature review and research findings from five years of empirical research
on knowledge integration and innovation conducted by the KITE research group. The focus will be on
the proliferation of themes of the growing research into knowledge integration and innovation, but
the module also encompasses the identification of common themes and future research directions.
The main literature base for this module is:
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Berggren, C., A. Bergek, L. Bengtsson, M. Hobday, and J. Söderlund (Eds.). (2011): Knowledge
Integration & Innovation - Critical Challenges Facing International Technology-based Firms. Oxford:
Oxford University Press.
o Chapter 1: Exploring Knowledge Integration and Innovation
o Chapter 2: Knowledge Integration and Innovation: A survey of the field
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Grant, R. M. (1996): “Toward a Knowledge-Based Theory of the Firm”. Strategic Management Journal,
17, Special Issue: Knowledge and the Firm, 109-122.
Knowledge Integration and Knowledge Creation
Module leader: Professor Lars Lindkvist, KITE, Linköping University
This module extends the discussion of knowledge integration by focusing on the issue of
organizational knowledge creation. This issue raises basic questions regarding the origin of new
knowledge as well as the processes that are involved in turning tacit and explicit knowledge into
organizational knowledge. Penetrating these questions will imply a concern with literature
comprising epistemological as well as managerial concerns.
The following three articles will provide participants with a shared base of knowledge, which should
be complemented by three additional articles selected by each participant.
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Nonaka, I. (1994): “A dynamic theory of organizational knowledge creation”. Organization Science,
5(1), 14-37.
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Gourlay, S. (2006): “Conceptualizing knowledge creation: A critique of Nonaka’s theory”. Journal of
Management Studies, 43(7), 1415-1436.
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Tsoukas, H. (2009): “A dialogical approach to the creation of new knowledge in organizations”.
Organization Science, 20(6), 941-957.
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Knowledge Integration, Creative Accumulation and the Dynamics of
Organizational Path Dependencies
Module leaders: Professor Christian Berggren, KITE, Linköping University and Professor Jörg Sydow, Freie
Universität, Berlin
In this module, we compare two cumulative approaches to knowledge and capability development,
the creative accumulation and the path dependence frameworks, and what kind of processes they
tend to highlight. The module will also shed light on the limits of cumulative processes such as the
“lock-in”-problems discussed in path-dependence theories, and the creative destruction-paradigm
(as opposed to creative accumulation) which figures prominently in the innovation literature.
Discussing these questions will expand the understanding of different type of knowledge processes,
and of managerial challenges in these types of innovation contexts.
In addition to the chapter on creative accumulation in the course book on Knowledge Integration and
Innovation, the following three articles will prepare participants for this session. This will be
complemented by optional articles, where participant are encouraged to select 2- 3 more papers to
read.
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Bergek, A., Berggren, C., Magnusson, Th. and Hobday, M. (2011): “Creative accumulation and
disruptive innovation: contrasting cases of technology-induced industrial change”. Submitted to
Research Policy (under review).
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Schreyögg, G, Sydow, J. & Holtmann, Ph. (2011): “How history matters in organisations: The case of
path dependence”. Management & Organizational History, 6(1), 81–100.
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Sydow, J., Schreyögg, G, Koch, J. (2009): “Organizational path dependence: opening the black box”.
Academy of Management Review, 34(4), 689–709.
Knowledge Integration, Outsourcing and Open Innovation
Module leaders: Professor Lars Bengtsson, KITE, University of Gävle and Professor Mette Præst Knudsen,
University of Southern Denmark
This module focuses on knowledge integration related to changes in firms’ organizational borders. As
a point of departure it takes the challenges for knowledge integration that follow from different
types of outsourcing and how these affect performance. The session continues with discussions
related to the concept of open innovation and specifically the strategies for integrating external
knowledge.
In addition to the chapter 9 on KI challenges when outsourcing and chapter 7 on KI in inter-firm R&D
collaboration (chap 7) in the course book on Knowledge Integration and Innovation, the following
three articles are recommended for this module. In addition, the participants are encouraged to
select another 2-3 complementary articles to read.
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Brusoni, S., Prencipe, A. and Pavitt, K. (2001). Why Do Firms Know More than They Make
Administrative Science Quarterly, 46: 597-621.
Foss, N.J., Laursen, K. and Pedersen, T. (2011). Linking Customer Interaction and Innovation: The
Mediating Role of New Organizational Practices. Organization Science, 22 (4): 980-999.
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Knudsen, M.P., & Mortensen, T.B. 2011. Some immediate but negative effects of openness on product
development performance. Technovation, 31(1): 54-64.
Methodologies for Studying Knowledge Integration
Module leaders: Associate Professor Anna Bergek, KITE, Linköping University and Professor Stefano Brusoni,
ETH, Zürich
In this module, methodological practices and challenges of the empirical study of knowledge
integration will be critically reviewed and discussed, based on a number of published empirical
studies and the students’ own research projects. Issues such as research design, operationalization of
key concepts and level of analysis will be in focus.
You should read at least two of the following papers: Hargadon & Sutton (1997) (case
study/etnography), Okhuysen & Eisenhardt (2002) (experimental study), Xiao & Tsui (2007) (survey),
Tiwana (2008) (survey), Singh (2008) (patent analysis). One of the papers you read should be as
directly related to your current (or planned) research design as possible, i.e. if you have a case study
design, you should read Hargadon & Sutton (1997). The other paper(s) you read should use a
research design that you are not currently using or planning to use, but that you think could be a
fruitful complement to your main research design.
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Hargadon, A. & Sutton, R. I. 1997. Technology Brokering and Innovation in a Product Development
Firm. Administrative Science Quarterly, 42, 716-749.
Okhuysen, G. A. & Eisenhardt, K. M. 2002. Integrating Knowledge in Groups: How Formal Interventions
Enable Flexibility. Organization Science, 13, 370-386.
Singh, J. 2008. Distributed R&D, cross-regional knowledge integration and quality of innovative output.
Research Policy, 37, 77-96.
Tiwana, A. 2008. Do bridging ties complement strong ties? An empirical examination of alliance
ambidexterity. Strategic Management Journal, 29, 251-272.
Xiao, Z. & Tsui, A. S. 2007. When Brokers May Not Work: The Cultural Contingency of Social Capital in
Chinese High-tech Firms. Administrative Science Quarterly, 52, 1-31.
Covering the 3rd advanced KITE workshop: What’s the buzz in the research
area of Knowledge integration?
Module leaders: Assistant Professors Hans Andersson, Karin Bredin, and Marie Bengtsson, KITE,
Linköping University
During the activities in Linköping, participants will take part in the 3rd advanced KITE workshop on
Knowledge Integration and Innovation. There will be an assignment tied to this participation, with
the aim of covering and documenting what is presented and discussed. We will have a debriefing
after the workshop to sum up and analyze the contents.
More information about the assignment tied to this module is available later on in this study guide,
under: “Assignments: detailed instructions”.
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Writing for publication
Abstracts on Knowledge Integration
Module leaders: Professor Christian Berggren, KITE, Linköping University and Professor Robert Grant,
Bocconi University
During the course activities in Linköping, participants will write an abstract that relates to knowledge
integration and their own thesis topic. In this module, we will discuss general guidelines for how to
write good abstracts, and feedback on the finished abstracts will be given by the KITE Faculty and
Professor Robert Grant.
More information about the abstract assignment is available later on in this study guide, under:
“Assignments: detailed instructions”.
Conference Paper (optional)
Module leaders: Assistant Professors Hans Andersson and Marie Bengtsson, KITE, Linköping
University
After the course activities in Linköping, participants who wish to do so have the option to extend this
module and complete a full conference paper. The process will include supervision from the KITE
Research Group as well as a peer review assignment.
More information about the paper assignment is available later on in this study guide, under:
“Assignments: detailed instructions”.
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Examination and Assignments overview
The course consists of a basic block, (equivalent to 6 ECTS credits), and an optional extension
(equivalent to 4 ECTS credits).
The basic block is examined through:
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Completion of all five compulsory assignments
Active participation during the five-days’ session in Linköping.
The optional extension is examined through:
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Completion of a presentable conference paper
Active participation in a peer review process with other students.
Overview of course assignments
Below is a short overview of the assignments in the course, and important deadlines. In the following
you will find detailed instructions for each of the assignments.
Compulsory assignments to prepare for the course activities in Linköping:
1. Written literature preparations
Deadline: 13 August
- Book Review
- Literature comments
2. Written preparations of exam questions Deadline: 27 August
-Creating exam questions for a roundtable examination in Linköping
3. Elevator pitch
Deadline 27 August
- Presenting yourself, your thesis topic,
Presentation 10 September
and a paper idea
Compulsory assignments during the course activities in Linköping
4. Writing for publication: Abstract
Deadline and presentation 14 September
- Prepare an abstract for a conference
paper.
5. What’s the buzz in KI?
Presentation and discussion 13 September
- Covering the content of the Advanced
KITE Workshop on Knowledge
Integration and Innovation
Optional extension: assignment after the course activities in Linköping
6. Writing for publication: Paper
Deadline: 20 dec
– Producing a conference paper.
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Assignments: Detailed instructions
1. Written literature preparations
Deadline: 13 August, 2012
a) Book review
Read Berggren, et al., (2011), and write a book review based on your readings. Your book
review should:
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Summarize the main points, and show that you have a developed understanding of the
content of the book.
Show that you are able to critically examine and discuss main points in the book, not only
make a summary of the content. You will need to choose which points you want to discuss,
since the book covers a wide range of different areas.
Show that you are able to drive a line of arguments, and back up your arguments with solid
support from the book or other relevant sources.
Scope: 1500 -2000 words
b) Literature comments
Read the compulsory articles in the literature list. Write a brief summary and comment for
each of the articles. Your comments should:
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Summarize the main points, and show that you have a developed understanding of the
content of each article.
Show that you have processed the content, and that you are able to critically examine
the main points of the articles, and/or raise interesting questions in relation to them in a
brief and pithy way.
Scope: 350-400 words/comment
Hints:
When writing your review and your comments, remember to separate summarizing from
evaluating and commenting. A text that mixes summarizing statements with personal
criticism is very confusing for the reader. Your comments are most welcome, but the reader
should never have to doubt what in the text is summarizing and what is own comments,
opinions and reflections. Start reading sympathetically (= try to understand what problems
the authors try to solve) before reading critically. You do not have to either like or dislike the
texts to produce a good review and valuable comments.
Upload on our course platform It’s Learning (see Practical information for more details).
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2. Written preparations of exam questions
Deadline: 27 August, 2012
The first day of the course in Linköping we will have a so-called “round-table examination”, to
make sure that everyone is well prepared and has a solid literature foundation when we go into
our joint discussions and activities during the week. All participants will take part in producing
the questions for this exam and send them to the course faculty for approval two weeks before
the course starts in Linköping. If necessary, the course faculty will send the questions back for
improvement and revision. This is an interactive form of examination, so the quality of your
learning is highly dependent on your preparations. You will get detailed information about how
the roundtable-examination is practically carried out when you get to Linköping.
Preparing the exam questions
Each student should prepare two exam questions for their peer students to answer. The
questions should satisfy three important criteria:
a) The questions must be clearly related to the course literature. Each question does not have to
cover all the literature, but can focus on a particular aspect dealt with in one or several articles,
and/or the book.
b) The questions must be formulated in such a way that a “correct” answer cannot be directly
found in an article or in the book, but that answering the question requires certain amount of
own processing and reflection. A question could for example highlight a paradox in the literature,
point to opposing views, or perhaps point to missing links and perspectives.
c) It should be possible for a peer student to write an answer to the question in approximately 15
minutes.
Each question should be followed by a short argumentation to why this question is relevant.
Hints:
Hard entry….
To participate in the examination you have to do your preparations, i.e.
you have to complete and upload your book review and your literature comments, as well as
your exam questions on time. The examination is of an interactive kind, and if you are not well
prepared, you will be a drag on your peer students, you will learn less, and you might risk to be
given an extended exam in order to pass the course.
…. soft exit
If you have done your preparations well and participate actively in the
examination process, you will pass and we will not correct any answers afterwards.
Upload on our course platform It’s Learning
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3. Elevator pitch
Deadline: 27 August, 2012
Presentation 10 September, 2012
Prepare a three minutes pitch, in which you present
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Yourself
Your thesis topic
An idea for a paper related to the course content and your thesis topic.
Write down a manuscript for your elevator pitch, and upload it together with a photo of yourself
on 27 August, at the latest.
The concept of ‘elevator pitch’, aims at illustrating the situation where you meet someone very
important in an elevator, and you only have a very short amount of time to present yourself and
make a good impression on this person before the elevator has reached the floor where either of
you are getting off. The ability to be informative, interesting and concise in a very limited amount
of time is important and, unfortunately, quite rare. Nevertheless, it is something we can take
advantage of in conference presentations, lectures, and also in writing. Here, we are imagining
an extremely long elevator trip, in a very tall building - you have as long as three minutes for your
elevator pitch. However, we are deadly serious with the three-minutes’ time limit; even if you
have not finished after three minutes, we will not hesitate to cut you off.
Hints:
Very short and concise speeches are normally more difficult to prepare than longer ones,
because you have no time for improvisation. Therefore, prepare yourself carefully.
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Write down the main points you want to communicate
Think about in which order they should be communicated
Decide exactly how you want to phrase it - Write an exact manuscript
Try to learn it by heart.
Think about if there are any simple visual aids that might help your audience to quickly
understand your message (not powerpoint presentations, rather some kind of object that
you can use as a symbol).
Practice your pitch several times, time it, and make the necessary adjustments to make sure
you’re on time and that you get your message through.
Upload the manuscript together with a photo of yourself on our course platform It’s Learning
We look forward to seeing and hearing your elevator pitches when we meet in Linköping!
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4. Writing an Abstract
Deadline and presentation: 14 September 2012
During the week in Linköping we want you to, in pairs, write an interesting and exciting abstract
for a conference paper on Knowledge Integration. The abstract will be presented and discussed
on the very last day of the week in Linköping. In relation to the abstract presentations there will
also be a more general discussion on “What is a good abstract?”
Scope: 350-400 words
Hints: This assignment will be introduced on the first day of activities in Linköping. You will get all
the details about the assignment then.
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5. What’s the buzz in KI?
Presentation and discussion 13 September
The 3rd Advanced KITE Workshop on Knowledge Integration and Innovation will provide an
excellent opportunity to meet, listen to and interact with researchers from many different places
representing different views and perspectives on Knowledge Integration. To get an extensive
idea of what the current themes and debates are, the course group will be organized to cover as
many sessions as possible during the workshop. You will be asked to summarize the sessions you
attend and finally to present your findings and thoughts to the whole group after the workshop
has ended.
This assignment will be done in pairs/groups and we will arrange the organization of attendance
during the days before the workshop.
The idea is to give you an opportunity to use and reflect upon what you have learnt from the
literature studies before the course week and from the sessions with the course faculty. How do
the presentations and papers discussed during the workshop relate to what you have
encountered so far in the course and in what ways do they extend your ideas on Knowledge
Integration?
In pairs / Groupwise:
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In the morning of the first workshop day you will be divided in pairs/groups and we will
discuss how to best organize to cover as much as possible of the workshop.
Summarize each presentation and the subsequent discussions from the sessions. What is
the major idea(s), theoretical perspectives, level of analysis, unit of analysis, empirical
context, methodological approach etc.
Relate the different presentations/papers to each other and to the overarching theme of
the course, “Dynamics of Knowledge integration”.
After the workshop has ended (after lunch on Thursday 13 September), be prepared to
present your findings. The whole group and the course faculty will be involved in the
summing up discussion.
Hints: The assignment will be introduced during the course week in Linköping, and more detailed
instructions will be given then.
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6. Optional extension: Writing for publication
Deadline: 20 December (see below)
There is an option to develop the compulsory abstract you already have written into a paper
intended for presentation at a suitable conference. In order to facilitate the writing process
you will get comments first at the abstract session the last course day in Linköping, then from
senior faculty on both your extended abstract outline and on the first version of the full
paper. In addition to this you will also get review comments from one fellow PhD-student on
the full paper. Correspondingly you do a review of one of the other student’s paper. Then
you have sufficient time to consider the comments you have received and revise your paper.
Dates /weeks
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Abstract (last day of the Course week in Linköping)
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Revised extended abstract hand in => comments from senior faculty
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Full paper => comments from senior faculty
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Peer review of other student’s paper
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Turn in revised paper
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Notification on completed course. Merry Christmas!
Hints: The assignment will be introduced during the course week in Linköping, and more detailed
instructions will be given then.
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Course Literature
Book
Berggren, C., A. Bergek, L. Bengtsson, M. Hobday, and J. Söderlund (Eds.). (2011): Knowledge Integration
& Innovation - Critical Challenges Facing International Technology-based Firms. Oxford: Oxford
University Press.
Articles
Bergek, A., Berggren, C., Magnusson, Th. and Hobday, M. (2011): “Creative accumulation and disruptive
innovation: contrasting cases of technology-induced industrial change”. Submitted to Research Policy
(under review).
Brusoni, S., Prencipe, A. and Pavitt, K. (2001). Why Do Firms Know More than They Make Administrative
Science Quarterly, 46: 597-621.
Foss, N.J., Laursen, K. and Pedersen, T. (2011). Linking Customer Interaction and Innovation: The
Mediating Role of New Organizational Practices. Organization Science, 22 (4): 980-999.
Gourlay, S. (2006): “Conceptualizing knowledge creation: A critique of Nonaka’s theory”. Journal of
Management Studies, 43(7), 1415-1436.
Grant, R. M. (1996): “Toward a Knowledge-Based Theory of the Firm”. Strategic Management Journal, 17,
Special Issue: Knowledge and the Firm, 109-122.
Hargadon, A. & Sutton, R. I. 1997. Technology Brokering and Innovation in a Product Development Firm.
Administrative Science Quarterly, 42, 716-749.
Knudsen, M.P., & Mortensen, T.B. 2011. Some immediate but negative effects of openness on product
development performance. Technovation, 31(1): 54-64.
Nonaka, I. (1994): “A dynamic theory of organizational knowledge creation”. Organization Science, 5(1),
14-37.
Okhuysen, G. A. & Eisenhardt, K. M. 2002. Integrating Knowledge in Groups: How Formal Interventions
Enable Flexibility. Organization Science, 13, 370-386.
Schreyögg, G, Sydow, J. & Holtmann, Ph. (2011): “How history matters in organisations: The case of path
dependence”. Management & Organizational History, 6(1), 81–100.
Singh, J. 2008. Distributed R&D, cross-regional knowledge integration and quality of innovative output.
Research Policy, 37, 77-96.
Sydow, J., Schreyögg, G, Koch, J. (2009): “Organizational path dependence: opening the black box”.
Academy of Management Review, 34(4), 689–709.
Tiwana, A. 2008. Do bridging ties complement strong ties? An empirical examination of alliance
ambidexterity. Strategic Management Journal, 29, 251-272.
Tsoukas, H. (2009): “A dialogical approach to the creation of new knowledge in organizations”.
Organization Science, 20(6), 941-957.
Xiao, Z. & Tsui, A. S. 2007. When Brokers May Not Work: The Cultural Contingency of Social Capital in
Chinese High-tech Firms. Administrative Science Quarterly, 52, 1-31.
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Course Faculty
Hans Andersson, PhD
KITE Research Group, Linköping University
Hans Andersson has conducted research into organizational capabilities in
relation to product development and innovation. His current research interest
concerns leveraging key inventors in R&D-based organizations.
Lars Bengtsson, Professor
KITE Research Group, University of Gävle
The research field of Lars Bengtsson concerns production strategies, innovation
management, continuous improvements and work organization in industrial
companies. His main current interest lies within outsourcing strategies and
supplier collaboration and their relation to knowledge integration processes,
innovation capability and firm performance.
Marie Bengtsson, PhD
KITE Research Group, Linköping University
Marie Bengtsson conducts research into knowledge and learning processes in
firms with a replication strategy. She is currently working on research
concerning learning processes in the implementation of organizational
innovations.
Anna Bergek, Associate Professor
KITE Research Group, Linköping University
The research interests of Anna Bergek include innovation in mature industries,
firm strategy in relation to innovation and technological discontinuities, and the
emergence of new industries. Her research is based primarily on case study
methodology, using both qualitative and quantitative data (especially patents).
Christian Berggren, Professor
KITE Research Group, Linköping University
Christian Berggren has been writing extensively on production systems, product
development and innovation within the automotive, electro-technical and
telecommunications industries. His current research focuses on the competition
for sustainable solutions, the role of innovators and creative leadership, and the
importance of integration competence for combining complex technologies and
achieving effective industrialization. Berggren is also one of the directors of the
KITE research program.
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Karin Bredin, PhD
KITE research group, Linköping University.
Karin Bredin conducts research within the areas of human resource
management and knowledge integration in project-based organizations. Her
current research projects concern the role of technical consultancies as a new
form of human resources, and the long-term knowledge development in
project-based organizations.
Stefano Brusoni, Professor
ETH Zürich and visiting professor at Linköping University
Stefano Brusoni’s main research interest concerns the emergence of alternative
product architectures and how they explain firms’ evolutionary dynamics. His
recent projects address how individual-level differences matter to explain
where new architectures come from, and how managerial systems work and
evolve over time, and the extent to which they support innovation and change.
Brusoni is also interested in the development of qualitative methods, and he
has worked considerably with developing courses and modules within this area.
Robert Grant, Professor
Bocconi University
Robert Grant is the Eni Professor of Strategy Management at Bocconi University
in Milan and a Visiting Fellow at Georgetown University, Washington and City
London University. He has researched and published widely on knowledge
management, strategy, and organizational capabilities. Grant is associate editor
of Long Range Planning, and member of editorial boards of Strategic
Management Journal, Journal of Management Studies and Strategy &
Leadership.
Lars Lindkvist, Professor
KITE Research Group, Linköping University
The research interest of Lars Lindkvist centers around the organization of
project-based firms, product development processes and knowledge processes.
Within these areas, he has conducted a variety of studies with a focus on
knowledge and learning processes in projects and firms. Lindkvist was also one
of the Editors of the 2004 Special Issue on ‘Project Organization, Embeddedness
and Repositories of Knowledge’ in Organization Studies.
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Mette Præst Knudsen, Professor
University of Southern Denmark
The research of Mette Præst Knudsen focuses on three topic areas. First, she
has investigated open innovation and ways to operationalize it. Second, her
research centers on eco-innovation and the effect of pursuing ecological
aspects on product innovation performance. Third, Præst Knudsen is also
involved in studies concerning strategic decisions in outsourcing processes. Her
research has for instance been published in Journal of Product Innovation
Management, Industrial and Corporate Change and Technovation.
Jörg Sydow, Professor
Freie Universität, Berlin
The research of Jörg Sydow focuses on management and organization theory, in
particular on the theory of organizational path dependence; strategic
partnering and inter-firm networking, especially in service and science-based
industries; technology and innovation management, especially the
management of innovation networks and clusters; management of temporary
systems, and industrial relations. He is on the editoral board of Academy of
Management Review, Business Research, Organization Science, Organization
Studies and the Scandinavian Journal of Management.
Fredrik Tell, Professor
KITE Research Group, Linköping University
The research of Fredrik Tell centers around the implications of innovation and
knowledge integration for firm strategies, competitiveness and organization.
Much of his research has focused on the evolution of the Electrical Engineering
industry, but he is also involved in research projects in the Aerospace,
Automotive and Telecommunication industries. Currently Tell serves as a coeditor of the scientific journal Industrial and Corporate Change, and he is also
Director of the KITE Research Group at Linköping University.
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Practical information
Transportation
How to get to Linköping
For detailed information on how to travel to the course please visit http://www.iei.liu.se/kite/kitephd-course-2012/travel-to-the-course?l=en.
How to get to Linköping University
There are two ways of getting to Linköping University from the central station, either by taxi or by
bus. The taxi ride takes about ten minutes and costs around 20 euros. There are two buses going to
Linköping University from the central station, bus number 12 and 20, you should get off at the station
called “Universitetet” when taking the bus. The bus ride takes 15 minutes and costs 1.5 euro.
Accommodation
The easiest way to find accommodation in Linköping is to visit these websites:
http://www.visitlinkoping.se/en/
www.booking.com
www.hotels.com
We have two recommendations regarding accommodation:
1. Linköpings Cityhotell & Vandrarhem (http://www.lvh.se/index.php/), which is both a hotel
and a hostel located in the city center. The benefit of Linköpings Cityhotell & Vandrarhem is
that they also offer family rooms.
2. Scandic Frimurarehotellet
(http://www.scandichotels.com/en/Hotels/Countries/Sweden/Linkoping/Hotels/ScandicFrimurarehotellet/) is a hotel located in the city center. The benefit of this hotel is that the
3rd Advanced KITE workshop will be held there.
It’s learning
We will use a web-based learning platform called It’s Learning during the course. On this platform we
will post all course information and documents, and you will also turn in all your written assignments
here.
To log on to It’s learning please visit https://www.itslearning.com/Index.aspx?MustUseSsl=true& ,
your username is your e-mail address, and the temporary password is Obs1234. When you have
logged into It’s learning you will have to change the password, your new password should have at
least 7 characters consisting both of letters and numbers.
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Course Administration and Contacts
Course administrator
Svjetlana Pantic, MSc, PhD candidate
Business Administration, Linköping University
[email protected]
Course director
Karin Bredin, PhD
KITE Research Group, Linköping University
[email protected]
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Schedule overview
- Activities in Linköping 9-14 Sept 2012
Sunday 9 September,
from 7 pm
Welcoming get-together
Most of you will arrive to Linköping on Sunday afternoon/evening, and we will arrange for a drop-in
welcoming get-together at a local restaurant/bar in Linköping.
Monday 10 September – Friday 14 September
Below you will find an overview of the schedule. More detailed information about exact times and
locations will be available by the end of August 2012.
Note that we will have a joint course dinner on Monday evening and on Wednesday evening you will
join the workshop dinner. Both these dinners are included in the course fee. The remaining evenings
you are free to arrange your own activities and dinners.
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