CORE. Annual Report CORE Centre for Organizational Renewal and Evolution

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1 CORE Annual Report 2007 CORE Centre for Organizational Renewal and Evolution

2 CORE Centre for Organizational Renewal and Evolution Annual Report 2007

3 PREFACE The Centre for Organizational Renewal and Evolution (CORE) at the Department of Management (MAN) the Aarhus School of Business (ASB), University of Aarhus, has had another successful year. The merger between the Aarhus School of Business and the University of Aarhus from 1 January, 2007 has changed things both for CORE and for ASB as a whole, however since we are now small fish in a big pond instead of the other way around. This has meant a crucial change in organizational outlook and we are already beginning to identify both new challenges and opportunities. The new challenges are mostly the result of being part of a larger entity with a smaller degree of independence, while the latter includes possibilities for intraorganizational cooperation and development, as well as access to greater financial resources. Being part of the Danish university sector also gives better exposure and visibility outside the organization. CORE has already taken advantage of a number of such opportunities for internal and external research collaboration to take part in and develop cutting-edge research projects. During its second year of operation, CORE continues to create substantial advantages for the individual researcher, for the university and for the business community at large. Professor Jan Selmer Head of Department of Management (MAN) i

4 INTRODUCTION One of the main aims of CORE is to produce innovative research of high quality and key relevance, both to the discipline itself and to the business community. Regarding the latter, the latest report released from the Danish Academy of Business Research, published in December 2007, discusses a recent survey of desired research topics by the Danish business sector. Four match ongoing research on organization and management at CORE. In 2007, CORE also hosted the 2007 Danish Academy of Management Conference Ledelse fra viden til handling (Management from knowledge to action). Efforts to improve our doctoral training activities include a number of doctoral workshops and seminars together with the usual ECTS-based courses. To further strengthen the internationalization of CORE activities, we have recruited five internationally recognized scholars each on a two-year contract. Four new research projects and five new PhD projects have been launched during the year. There has been a 37% increase in the total production of scientific publications from 2006 to 2007, and a 91.7% increase in peer-refereed articles alone. From the start, it was envisaged that CORE s research profile would benefit over time by the spinning off of one or more new research groups. This has not happened. Instead, CORE seems to have absorbed almost all active researchers at the Department of Management. This has, according to the Dean, resulted in the department having a too narrow profile. In autumn 2007, therefore, the Dean decided to set up an additional research centre and one or two smaller and more focussed research groups at the beginning of Hopefully, this will resolve the situation. Professor John P. Ulhøi Centre Director ii

5 TABLE OF CONTENTS Preface... 1 Introduction... ii Table of contents... 1 Glimpses of Research... 5 New research projects... 5 Finished research projects... 7 Seminars... 7 Other seminars/workshops and conferences... 9 Publication Clinic... 9 Education PhD programme New PhD projects Submitted PhD theses Finished PhD projects People Advisory boards Co-operation agreements Visiting academics Welcomes and goodbyes Promotions: Funding Publications

6 GLIMPSES OF 2007 February The Scandinavian management model in Spanish At the beginning of 2007, associate professor Christian Waldstrøm was contacted by one of his former exchange student, asking him to write a short article on the Scandinavian management model in Infoempleo Spain s leading employment site. The title of the article, in Spanish, is: El modelo de gestión escandinavo. March January Edward Elgar Publication The Handbook of Qualitative Research Methods in Entrepreneurship edited by associate professor Helle Neergaard and professor John P. Ulhøi was published in January to good reviews: an unusually solid and multifaceted book on what qualitative methods have done, are doing and will do in entrepreneurship research. Every serous entrepreneurship scholar should read it. It points at the future. Bjørn Bjerke, Malmø and Stockholm University, Sweden. I would warmly recommend this unique collection of qualitative methods of entrepreneurship research. In bringing together such a variety of experts from so many nationalities in this Handbook, our Danish colleagues are making entrepreneurship research a realistic global venture. Jan Ulijn, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands. Colleague from CORE s sister department joins CORE Jørn Flohr Nielsen, Professor of Organization and Management at the School of Economics and Management, University of Aarhus, has joined CORE as an affiliated scholar. Professor Flohr Nielsen s broad research interests include organizational change, organizational aspects of web technology and service management. April US Law Associations interested in CORE s research on patents The Los Angeles Intellectual Property Law Association, The San Diego Intellectual Property Law Association, The Orange County Patent Law Association, and the Ventura County Bar Association IP Section invited associated professor John Howells to talk at the LAIPLA Spring Seminar in California. John Howells presented a paper entitled: Patents and Downstream Innovation Suppression Facts or Fiction? 2

7 May Both The Department of Management (MAN) and CORE, attract international applicants for every vacant position In line with overall ASB policy, MAN advertises all vacancies internationally. This has had the following results: In 2006, MAN announced three PhD fellowships and one associated professorship. On average, 60% of applicants came from abroad. In the first quarter of 2007, MAN announced two PhD fellowships, two associated professorships and one full professorship. In the first four months of 2007, 70% of applicants came from abroad. The majority of applicants come from the US and Germany, but MAN has also received applications from more faraway places such as Peru, Ethiopia and New Zealand. June Research prize to researchers Two CORE researchers, assistant professor Anne Bøllingtoft and associate professor Christian Waldstrøm have been awarded the Hede Nielsen Research Award for their outstanding research contributions and potentials. Each researcher received DKK 250,000. This award was last given to an ASB researcher over 22 years ago. July Steffen Korsgaard s paper nominated for the best paper award at the ICSB World Conference in Turku Of the 250 papers submitted, CORE PhD student Steffen Korsgaard s paper was nominated for the best paper award, together with 20 other papers. Although Steffen s paper, Playtime is over? A poststructuralist approach to entrepreneurship, did not actually win the award, the nomination itself is a major honour. The paper, together with the other selected conference papers will be published in an international journal or in an electronic ICSB publication before the next ICSB World Conference in ICSB stands for the International Council for Small Business. August Academy of Management Conference invaded by CORE researchers ASB is well represented the Academy of Management Conference in Philadelphia, USA, where seven CORE researchers present four papers and participate in two Symposia. This is the highest number of ASB and/or AU papers and symposia from a single department and/or research centre ever accepted for an Academy of Management Conference ever. The Academy of Management conferences are the most prestigious in the field of management, attracting several thousand management scholars from all around the world. This presents an ideal opportunity for networking. September Annual CORE workshop CORE s annual workshop, held on September at Ajstrup Strand discussed new research projects and other important research issues. Two of the three members of CORE s international advisory board also participated, namely professor Sten Jönsson, Gothenburg Research Institute and professor Hans Landström, University of Lund. October New research consortium CORE has become part of an interinstitutional research consortium on pervasive positioning technology (PPT). The consortium consists of partners from The Department of Computer Science/University of Aarhus, The Alexandra Institute, Aarhus School of Business/University of Aarhus, The Danish Agricultural Advisory Service, Systematic Software engineering A/S, and Terma A/S. The consortium won a contract from the Danish National Advanced Technology Foundation of approx. DKK 25 million. 3

8 The rest of the overall budget of DKK 48 million DKK will be covered by the partners. CORE will be responsible for a subprogramme related to innovation and business models for PPT. November Workshop with colleagues from the School of Psychology, University of Exeter On November 11-12, colleagues from the School of Psychology, University of Exeter met with CORE members to discuss the results of the Danish TMTM survey (Think Manager Think Male). December Danish Academy of Management Conference on December A major event in December was the Danish Academy of Management Conference in Aarhus, arranged by CORE. The conference was attended by numerous researchers from various Danish institutions and a large number of practitioners from a wide range of Danish companies. More than 100 people participated and approx. 60 papers were presented. This was the second conference held by the academy, which was established in 2006 for the purpose of encouraging and strengthening management as a discipline from both a Danish and international perspective. This is to be achieved by stimulating research, teaching and practice on management and by encouraging the exchange of knowledge within management. The Danish Academy of Management is modelled on The Academy of Management in the US. The 2007 conference was financially supported by Roskilde University, Copenhagen Business School, and the Aarhus School of Business, Aarhus University. 4

9 RESEARCH New research projects Bridge-building programme CORE and IDEA Midtjylland initiated a bridge-building programme from 1 January 2007 together with the new Væksthus Midtjylland which also houses the region's business service. The programme will employ a bridgebuilding officer to collaborate with consultants from the regional business service on the development of new services and guidance concepts for entrepreneurs especially those with growth potentials in the region. The aim of this part of the project is to strengthen the knowledge base of the regional business service. Thus resources will be allocated for research into the problems facing entrepreneurs wanting to exploit their businesses' growth potential. The regional development pool from the former county of Aarhus is funding the project with DKK 2 million, in collaboration with Region Midtjylland. For further information, contact Professor Poul Rind Christensen. Think Manager Think Male Think Manager - Think Male is a research project on women in leadership. The project was initiated following inquiries from a research group at the University of Exeter working on the same topic. Their research suggests that women tend to be appointed to leadership positions under very different circumstances than men. More specifically, their results suggest that women are more likely to be appointed to leadership positions with an increased risk of criticism and failure. Women's leadership positions can thus be seen as more precarious than those of men, a phenomenon they have dubbed the 'glass cliff, in extension of those other metaphors the 'glass ceiling and the 'glass elevator'. Our contribution is to replicate parts of their research in a Danish context. The project is co-sponsored by the Danish Association of Managers and Executives. Several researchers from CORE are involved in the project. For further information, contact Associate Professor Helle Neergaard Employee-Driven Innovation and onthe-job learning in Europe (EDI project) This project is based on the assumption that the workplace contains "hidden" and as yet unemployed human resources a potential embedded in individual employees as well as in their social interactions within and across organizational boundaries. It is further assumed that much of the individual and collective learning which takes place never translates into organizational learning due to uncontrolled and/or unaddressed organizational dynamics. Thus, the aim of the project is to find ways to free this "locked-in" potential of creativity and innovation. Innovation refers to the entire process from idea to commercialization and use. Employee-driven innovation differs from user-driven innovation, in that it does not restrict itself to focusing on "elite individuals" (lead users). Rather, it embraces all employees in the workplace, their learning environment, organization of the workplace and processes as well as organization culture. The project is sponsored by The Danish Agency for Science, 5

10 Technology and Innovation. Several researchers from CORE are involved in the project. For further information, contact Associate Professor Dorthe D. Håkonsson. Galileo project CORE is part of an inter-institutional research programme on pervasive and commercial positioning technology (PPT) related to the Galileo satellite. The programme, which is to last for 3 years, is run by a consortium involving The Department of Computer Science/University of Aarhus, The Alexandra Institute, Aarhus School of Business/University of Aarhus, The Danish Agricultural Advisory Service, Systematic Software Engineering A/S, and Terma A/S. It has an overall budget DKK 48 million of which about DKK 25 million comes from the advanced technology research grant. The rest will be covered by the partners in the research consortium. CORE is responsible for a sub-programme related to innovation, organization and business models capable of the fast commercialization of PPT. Several researchers from CORE are involved in the project. For further information, contact Professor John P. Ulhøi Globalization and participation: Interactions in the employees organizational arena (GLOPA) The term globalization has become a part of our everyday vocabulary, and is used in the sense of both a multitude of challenges, opportunities, and perhaps even threats to our current ways of living and working. There is little doubt that globalization has had - and will continue to have en impact on Danish industry at various levels. Despite increasing research into the impact of globalization on organizations, the main focus has been on issues related to economics, management and/or the organization as a whole, rather than on the individuals and groups within the companies. However, it is highly unlikely that globalization - or at least some consequences of globalization - will not significantly affect employees and their behaviour. How is globalization perceived and understood by the individual? How does this understanding of globalization shape individual and group behaviour? In Denmark, employee participation is a strong and highly valued tradition, one which has been associated with both greater worker satisfaction and motivation and improved organizational performance. Globalization may serve as a driver for major organizational change processes, in which case employee participation would be central. Notwithstanding, it is unclear how employees understanding of globalization influences participation behaviours in general, as well as in change initiatives linked to globalization. Will employees psychological and behavioural reactions to globalization ultimately affect organizational performance? The aim of the GLOPA project is to develop an understanding of how globalization influences aspects of employee participation and the way in which employees interact within organizations. GLOPA includes participants from two other departments from the University of Aarhus. Several researchers from CORE are involved in the project. For further information, contact Associate Professor Frances Jørgensen. Industrial ecology strategies as sustainability drivers in the small and medium-sized enterprise sector This project seeks to use industrial symbiosis to reduce the life-cycle impact of small and medium-sized enterprises and to increase resource productivity. While SME s are responsible for a significant part of the environmental impact of industry, they are less open to scrutiny and monitoring and lack the infrastructure to develop innovative solutions to decrease the environmental impact. The project is unique in that it uses industrial symbiosis as a gateway to industrial ecology in SME s, employing a problem solving con- 6

11 ceptual framework. The project is managed by Dr. A. Factor and sponsored by The Australian Research Council. For further information, contact Professor John P. Ulhøi Finished research projects Think Manager Think Male Think Manager Think Male is a research project on women in management. The project was carried out in collaboration with a research group from the University of Exeter working on the same topic. A descriptive index of 92 personality characteristics developed in the US in the 1970s was used to test whether they were associated with female managers in general, male managers in general and successful managers respectively. Investigations in the US, UK, Germany and Asia have demonstrated that a so-called Think- Manager-Think-Male phenomenon exist. The results of the survey in Denmark surprisingly confirmed that the TMTM phenomenon also exists in a democratic and equalitarian culture as Denmark as well. The project was co-sponsored by the Danish Association of Managers and Executives. The participants from CORE were Professor John P. Ulhøi, Associate Professor Henning Madsen, Associate Professor Helle Neergaard, and Associate Professor Mona Toft Madsen. Seminars There have been a number of research seminars in 2007, attended by a variety of invited speakers and the CORE faculty. Wednesday 17 January: PhD student Per Krull presented his PhD project. Associate Professor Frances Jørgensen, PhD, Center for Industrial Production, Aalborg University: On the folly of (human) resourcing for A while hoping for B. Thursday 25 January: PhD student Marianne Storgaard presented her PhD prospectus. PhD student Steffen Korsgaard presented his PhD prospectus. Associate Professor Morten Rask and Assistant Professor Mona Toft Madsen: Tales of the field. Friday 9 February: Professor, Dr. Susanne Royer, University of Flensburg, Germany: forms of Value Net Organization and Competitive Advantages in the Automobile Industry. Thursday 1 March: Assistant Professor Jeanette Lemmegaard, PhD, Department of Marketing and Management, Southern Danish University: The ethical climate of Danish firms a discussion and enhancement of the ethical climate model. Thursday 8 March: PhD student Anna Holm gave a short presentation of her PhD project. PhD student Sladjana Vujovic: PhD seminar after the 4 th semester. Thursday 12 April: PhD student Toke Bjerregaard gave a short presentation of his PhD project. PhD student Steffen Korsgaard and Assistant Professor Jakob Lauring: Hybrid diversity in the light of the perplexities of situated deconstructivism in a postpostmodern localized contextualization of identities. Monday 7 May: Professor Karin Klenke, School of Leadership Studies, Regent University, USA: Predictors of Team Commitment and Team Performance in Top Management Teams (TMTs). 7

12 Wednesday 19 September: Professor Saras Sarasvathyu, Darden School of Business, Virginia University, USA: Understanding the differences between managerial and entrepreneurial competences. Thursday 10 May: Associate Professor John Howells: An Investigation into How Firms Use the Information in Patent Disclosure What is the empirical support for the quid pro quo theory of patent function? Tuesday 15 May: Professor Anson Seers, Virginia Commonwealth University, School of Business: From Leadership to Relational Organizing: An Odyssey, Part I. Tuesday 29 May: Professor Bård Kuvaas, Department of Leadership and Organization Management, Norwegian School of Management: An exploration of how the employeeorganization relationship affects the linkage between perception of developmental human resource practices and employee outcomes. Thursday 21 June: PhD student Robert Schønrock Nielsen gave a short presentation of his PhD project. Teaching Assistant Professor Ann-Kristina Løkke Nielsen, Department of Marketing and Statistics, Aarhus School of Business: Determinants of absenteeism in a large Danish municipality. Monday 16 July: Dr. Peter Kesting, The Leipzig Graduate School of Management: Dynamic Capabilities what obstacles do they have to address? Thursday 6 September: PhD student Toke Bjerregaard presented his PhD prospectus: Public Sector Entrepreneurship: Opportunities for Local Business Development. Thursday 27 September: PhD student Carsten Bergenholtz gave a short presentation of his PhD project: Innovation in (social) networks; from intrato inter-organizational collaboration. Dr. Yunxia Feng, School of Business, Renmin University of China, Beijing, gave a short presentation of herself, her university and the purpose of her visit. Thursday 11 October: Professor Jørn Flohr Nielsen and PhD student Anders Ryom Villadsen, both from the University of Aarhus: Motors of Change, Management of Change and Institution. Thursday 25 October: Associate Professor Henning Madsen: From the research workbench. Thursday 22 November: Ana Luiza de Araújo gave a short presentation of her PhD project: The organisation of knowledge production in the Danish Nano System of Innovation. Lars Hedemann Nielsen gave a short presentation of his PhD project: Creative performance teams a managerial innovation tool the organising and composition of groups with a high level of creativity and performance, from a managerial perspective. Thursday 6 December: Associate Professor Rens Scheepers, The University of Melbourne, Australia: Assessing the quality of your personal research portfolio. 8

13 12 December: CORE Dissertation Research Workshop with Professor Charles Snow, Penn State University, USA. For CORE and DOME PhD students. Other seminars/workshops and conferences CORE has organized or co-organized of the following seminars/workshops/conferences: Publication Clinic The CORE Publication Clinic is meant as a forum for junior faculty, in particular, to promote the quantity and quality of publication. Based on exchanges of experience, the tricks of the trade are learned and practiced through a hands-on approach. The Publication Clinic is the brainchild of Professor Jan Selmer, who also heads it. In 2007, the Publication Clinic was held on an ad-hoc basis September: CORE Annual Workshop: Two days of discussion of important research issues, new research projects and the topic where are we going/what do we want. Participants included two members of the International Advisory Board, Professor Sten Jönsson, and Professor Hans Landström November: Workshop with colleagues from the School of Psychology, University of Exeter, UK. For the participants in the Think Manager Think Male project December: Danish Academy of Management 2nd conference Ledelse fra viden til handling (Management from knowledge to action). For researchers and practitioners in Denmark. 11 December: CORE Executive After-Work Seminar arranged together with ASB Centre for Executive Education: Professor Charles Snow, Penn State University, USA: Collaborative Innovation: Building Relationships Within a Community of Firms. 9

14 EDUCATION PhD programme CORE is affiliated with The Doctoral programme in Organizational and Management Education (DOME). DOME is an inter-institutional postgraduate programme offering postgraduate courses, seminars and workshops in English, both for PhD students in Denmark and for foreign students in the field of organization and management theory. This PhD programme trains scholars from business administration and related social sciences, to conduct research on human behaviour and management within complex and knowledge-intensive learning and innovative organizations. Offered jointly by five leading universities in Denmark, the programme combines training in theory and methods from sociology, psychology, innovation theory, entrepreneurship and intellectual capital on organizational phenomena. The focus of research will be either at the micro (i.e. psychological, interpersonal) or macro (i.e. sociological, organizational) level. Drawing on resources from each of the participating faculties, the programme prepares students first and foremost for careers as researchers and teachers within the educational and consulting industry, and researchers and analysts in large and complex organizations. In 2007, 10 courses and 1 Dissertation Research Workshop with Professor Charles Snow. Penn State University, USA and Professor John P. Ulhøi have been held. New PhD projects SME: From Traditional Towards Virtual Organisation PhD student Anna Holm Access to information, knowledge mobility, and organisational innovation has changed the business landscape. The firm/network reality is a dynamic one, and information technologies can leverage the move from one organisational status/structure to another. Most researchers consider a virtual Organisation (VO) and/or an organisation with a high degree of virtualisation (DV) as the most viable forms of organisation in the modern network society. Research so far reveals no concise view on how an organisation can transform itself from a traditional to a virtual one, or which process it can follow to achieve a higher DV. This suggests a need for more thorough and comprehensive research. The air of this project is therefore to systemise, test and add to existing knowledge on VO and DV through a set of theoretical and empirical studies. Ambiguity about VOs and the different perspectives of the concept "virtual" makes is difficult to investigate the VO as such, however. The research thus focuses on identifying and measuring different 10

15 phases of virtualisation and degree of virtualisation (DV) or virtual-ness of individual organisations. Public Sector Innovation PhD student Toke Bjerregaard Intensified international competition, shorter production cycles and relocation of the labour intensive part of the value chain to low-wage countries have emphasized the importance of firms ability to incorporate new knowledge into new products and services. The central challenge for many OECD economies is thus how to compete more on innovation than on prices. The managerial and policy implications of these developments are not restricted to the private sector, however. Changed demographic and industrial structures have thus altered the social and financial landscape of public sector production and consumption. Measures to facilitate innovation in existing public services or the development of new solutions to new problems have increasingly attracted the attention of public managers an- policy makers in recent years. Although innovation in the private sector has been the subject of numerous scientific studies, there have been far fewer empirical studies of innovation in the public sector administration. The aim of this project is to investigate the carriers of and barriers to public sector innovation. The sources of public innovation can be users, suppliers, employees and managers. The main focus of the project is on the degree of discretion given to employees for public sector entrepreneurship, and how this is influenced by the specific managerial, organizational and cultural characteristics of the public sector. The empirical base of the project will be generated through qualitative research methods. Innovation in (social) networks; from intra- to inter-organizational collaboration PhD student Carsten Bergenholtz The project incorporates two of the biggest current buzz-words: innovation and networks. Companies are more and more dependent on external resources and input in the form of other companies and / or users know how and preferences. Thus, dealing with innovation in networks is one of the biggest challenges facing businesses today. The PhD project contributes to an understanding of this issue; what kinds of network configuration strategies are effective in what kind of circumstances? The project s contribution will consist partly in developing the theory of social network analysis (SNA). SNA is often, and most successfully, carried out on intra-organizational settings, but for a number of reasons the technique is much harder to apply to inter-organizational settings. A theoretical understanding of the limitation and potential of SNA in inter-organizational settings will provide a valuable perspective on the issue of networking strategies. Successful Methods of Integrating Innovative Design PhD student Lars Hedemann The focus of this project is on radical efforts to reorganise design, and has been motivated by a great personal and professional interest in creativity. Designers as a group are naturally connected to creativity and in this project design activity will be used as a proxy for creativity. The importance of design is supported by recent research, which suggests that the organisation of design is becoming increasingly important. In contrast to much other work on creativity and innovation, this project focuses on "low tech industry", the furniture and textile industries. The research will compare new developments in Denmark with those in the UK. The organisation of knowledge production in the Danish Nano System of innovation PhD student Ana Luiza de Araújo The development of nanosciences and nanotechnology has given rise to much talk of a new scientific and technological revolution. The underlying promise is that it will promote the convergence of various fields of science and engineering, such as 11

16 biotechnology, applied physics, ICT and cognitive sciences. The Impact of the Internet on the Organization of Export Intermediation Activities PhD student Hanne Kragh Hanne Kragh finished her PhD project and defended her thesis in November. The title of the thesis is Implementing Internetenabled ICT in export marketing systems: Effect on activity organization. It has thus been attributed the potential to redefine the existing industries and pull the economy into a new techno-economic paradigm. Such breakthroughs in scientific and technological knowledge are not sufficient for successful innovation processes, however. These require other ways of organising the production of knowledge, since they promote radical shifts in the practices of and relationships between firms, research institutions, regulatory bodies and the government. Despite the promise, very little is known about the changes nanotechnology will bring. Put another way, while nano-materials may create a wealth of new businesses, the managerial implications of nanotechnology have been generally ignored. The focus of this research is to understand the process underlying the creation, integration and application of knowledge in nano-related fields, where scientific breakthroughs have the potential to create radical innovations. More specifically, the analysis is designed to focus on the forms of organisation at the firm level in terms of knowledge production within the Nano Innovation System in Denmark, with the aim of uncovering factors which facilitate or impede innovation processes. Submitted PhD theses PhD student Karina Skovvang submitted her PhD thesis Intrapreneurship - Exploration and exploitation of internal resources on 6 December PhD student Sladjana Vujovic submitted her PhD thesis Open Source Software Development: An Organizational Perspective on 21 December Finished PhD projects 12

17 PEOPLE Advisory boards CORE has an internal and an international advisory board. The internal advisory board consists of the following CORE members: Professor Poul Houman Andersen Professor Poul Rind Christensen Professor Jan Selmer Professor John P. Ulhøi Professor Alistair Anderson, Charles P. Skene Centre for Entrepreneurship, Aberdeen Business School, UK Professor Jill Kickul, Thomas C. Page Center for Entrepreneurship, Miami University, USA Professor Tom Elfring, Department of Organization and Management, The Free University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands Senior Lecturer Claire Leitch, Queens University, Belfast, Ireland The international advisory board consists of: Professor John Child, Birmingham Business School, University of Birmingham, UK Professor Sten Jönsson, School of Business, Economics and Law, Göteborg University, Sweden Professor Hans Landström, School of Economics and Management, Lund University, Sweden. Co-operation agreements In 2007, CORE signed two-year cooperation agreements with five internationally renowned scholars. These will visit CORE twice a year over the next two years in order to strengthen the research ties between themselves/their home institutions and CORE researchers and research areas. The five scholars are: Professor Charles C. Snow, Penn State University, USA Visiting academics CORE was visited by a number of international scholars in 2007, both in order to give seminars on their individual research topics and to exchange knowledge and viewpoints with the CORE faculty. This has also meant that more formalized cooperation has been established. Associate Professor Frances Jørgensen, Center for Industrial Production, Aalborg University Professor, Dr. Susanne Royer, University of Flensburg, Germany Assistant Professor Jeanette Lemmergaard, Department of Marketing and Management, Southern University of Denmark 13

18 Professor Karin Klenke, Regent University, School of Leadership Studies, USA Professor Anson Seers, Virginia Commonwealth, University School of Business, USA Professor W. Richard Scott, Stanford University, USA Professor Bård Kuvaas, Department of Leadership and Organization Management, Norwegian School of Management, Norway Professor Richard Burton, Duke University, The Fuqua School of Business, USA Dr. Peter Kesting, The Leipzig Graduate School of Management, Germany PhD student Anna Holm PhD student Toke Bjerregaard PhD student Carsten Bergenholtz PhD student Lars Hedemann PhD student Ana Luiza du Araújo In 2007, CORE has said goodbye to: Industrial PhD student Jette Lydersen (Vestas Wind Systems A/S) Associate Professor Rajesh Kumar PhD student Hanne Kragh 2007 Promotions: From Assistant Professor to Associate Professor: Christian Waldstrøm Dorthe D. Håkonsson Professor Saras Sarasvathy, Darden School of Business, Virginia University, USA Professor Charles Snow, Penn State University, USA Welcomes and goodbyes In 2007, CORE has welcomed: Associate Professor Frances Jørgensen 14

19 FUNDING In 2007, research at CORE has been cosponsored by: Danish Agency for Science, Technology and Innovation Danish Association of Managers and Executives The Regional development pool from the former county of Aarhus The Australian Research Council Copenhagen Business School Roskilde University 15

20 PUBLICATIONS Articles peer reviewed Cultural Distance Asymmetry in Expatriate Adjustment. Selmer, Jan; Chiu, Randy K.; Shenkar, Oded. In: Cross Cultural Management: An International Journal. 2007; vol. 14, No. 2, p Det åbne kontor: En teknologi der fremmer interaktion og videndeling i arbejdet? Bjerrum, Eva; Lauring, Jakob; Fangel, Anne Bøgh. In: Tidsskrift for arbejdsliv. 2007; vol. 9, No. 3, Odense: p Exporting Entrepreneurs: Do they activate their social network in different ways than domestic entrepreneurs? Christensen, Poul Rind; Klyver, Kim. In: International journal of globalisation and small business. 2007; vol. 2, No. 2, p Gruppedynamik som barriere for tværkulturel læring: Betydningen af skabelse og opretholdelse af interne og eksterne kulturelle grænser. Lauring, Jakob. In: Nordic Organization Studies. 2007; vol. 9, No. 3, p Human Resource Management for Continuous Improvement. Jørgensen, Frances; Laugen, Bjørge Timenes; Boer, Harry. In: Creativity and Innovation Management. 2007; vol. 16, No. 4, November. p Hvordan man skaber foretagsomme entreprenører: SKUB metoden og effectuation logik. Kirketerp, Anne; Korsgaard, Steffen T.. In: Ledelse og erhvervsøkonomi. 2007; vol. 71, No. 2. Integrating the development of Continuous Improvement into engineering education. Jørgensen, Frances; Kofoed, Lise Busk. In: European Journal of Engineering Education. 2007; vol. 32, No. 2, p Interpartner Legitimacy in the Alliance Development Process. Kumar, Rajesh; Das, T.K. In: Journal of Management Studies. 2007; No. 44:8, December. USA Kultur og konkurrence: Om mangfoldighed og innovation i sociologisk perspektiv. Bjerregaard, Toke; Lauring, Jakob. In: Dansk Sociologi. 2007; vol. 17, No. 3/4, p Language and ethnicity in international management. Lauring, Jakob. In: Corporate Communication: An International Journal. 2007; vol. 12, No. 3, p Language use and international business: What can we learn from anthropology. Lauring, Jakob; Bjerregaard, Toke. In: Hermes - Journal of Communication and Language Studies Learning dynamics in the alliance development process. Kumar, Rajesh. In: Management Decision. 2007; vol. 45, no. 4, p Medarbejderdreven innovation i den offentlige sektor. Christensen, Poul Rind; Lauring, Jakob; Klitmøller, Anders. In: Ledelse & Erhvervsøkonomi. 2007; vol. 71, No s. Mompreneurs mod strømmen - om balance mellem familieliv og arbejdsliv i iværksætteri. Korsgaard, Steffen T.; Neergaard, Helle. In: Tidsskrift for arbejdsliv. 2007; vol. 9, No. 1, p

21 Mompreneurs as a Challenge to the Growth Ideology of Entrepreneurship. Korsgaard, Steffen T. In: Kontur. 2007; no. 16, Aarhus: p Obstacles to Innovative Interaction: Communication Management in Culturally Diverse Organizations. Lauring, Jakob. In: Journal of Intercultural Communication. 2007; no. 15, p Reading the Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen and the Novels of Horatio Alger as Proto-Entrepreneurial Narrative : A true story of two boys who grew up to write stories which shaped the entrepreneurial attitude of their nations!. Neergaard, Helle; Smith, Robert. In: The Bridg Revisiting the principal-agent theory of agency: comments on the firm-level and cross national embeddedness theses. Ulhøi, John Parm. In: Journal of Organizational Behavior. 2007; vol. 28, No. 1, p Social relations among managers : Old Boys and Young Women's networks. Waldstrøm, Christian; Madsen, Henning. In: Women in Management Review. 2007; vol. 22, No. 2, s The History of Education Institutions in Developed Countries has Lessons for the Reform of the System of Higher Education in Africa. Howells, John. In: Afr. Technol. Dev. Forum J ; vol. 4, No. 2, p Which is Easier? Adjusting to a Similar or to a Dissimilar Culture: American Business Expatriates in Canada and Germany. Selmer, Jan. In: International Journal of Cross Cultural Management. 2007; vol. 7, No. 2. Work Values of Surviving and Nonsurviving Managers During Economic Recession. Selmer, Jan; Waldstrøm, Christian. In: Career Development International. 2007; vol. 12, No. 5. Articles 50 året for Indiens selvstændighed fejres med opsving. Kumar, Rajesh; Heiselberg, Tue. In: C3 Magasinet om ledelse og økonomi. 2007; No. 6, p Doing business in India: Caveat Venditor. Kumar, Rajesh. In: Ivey Business Journal. 2007; vol. 71, No. 5, Toronto Ontario: p The Internationalization Process of the E-marketplace Autocom A/S. Rask, Morten. In: ECCH Case Collection. 2007; No P. The Internationalization Process of the E-marketplace FoodIT A/S. Rask, Morten. In: ECCH Case Collection. 2007; No p. Books Handbook of qualitative research methods in entrepreneurship. Neergaard, Helle (ed.); Ulhøi, John Parm (ed.). Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar, p. Ledelse af Netværk : Virksomhedens Skjulte Ressource. Waldstrøm, Christian; Engelbrecht, Bent. København: Børsens Forlag, p. Chapters De kritiske faser fra idé til faktura. Ulhøi, John Parm. In: Innovations- og forandringsledelse: Chapter 5.6. ed. John Parm Ulhøi. København: Børsen Forum, (Børsen Ledelseshåndbøger). Innovation og forandring i et nanoteknologisk perspektiv. Ulhøi, John Parm. In: Innovations- og forandringsledelse: 3 ed Kan man lære at lede innovation? Ulhøi, John Parm. In: Innovations- og forandringsledelse: Vol Medarbejderdrevet Innovation : - Del 2. Ulhøi, John Parm; Håkonsson, Dorthe Døjbak. Innovation og Forandringsledelse, Børsens Ledelseshåndbøger, p. 17

22 Profession versus udviklingskontrakter i samfundsvidenskabelig forskningen: Baggrund & konsekvenser ved et paradigmeskifte. Linneberg, Mai Skjøtt; Nørreklit, Hanne; Schröder, Philipp J.H. In: De nye professionelle: Fremtidens roller for de veluddannede. Edited by: Bøje Larsen; Hein Helle Hedegaard, Kbh.: Juristog Økonomforbundets Forlag, p Quality Issues Related to Observation: A Critical Realist Approach. Bøllingtoft, Anne. In: Handbook of Qualitative Research Methods in Entrepreneurship. Edited by Helle Neergaard; John Ulhøi. Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar, p The Role of Culture in International Business Relations: Pre-Knowledge vs. Socialization Tactics. Selmer, Jan. In: Business Networks and Strategic Alliances in China: Edited by Stewart Clegg; Yuan Wang; Mike Berrell. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing, Vidensintensive og nyetablerede virksomheders internationalisering og netværkskontakter. Madsen, Henning; Neergaard, Helle. In: Innovations- og forandringsledelse. ed. John P. Ulhøi. Bd. Juni København: Børsen Forum, p (Børsen Ledelseshåndbøger). Conference contributions peer reviewed Are Public Sector Expatriates Different in their Cross-Cultural Adjustment? Selmer, Jan ; Fenner; Fenner, Charles R., Jr. In: 2007 Annual Meeting Proceedings, Academy of Management (CD-.Rom) Beyond Unidirectional R&D Transfer: A Field Study of University-Industry Collaboration. Ulhøi, John Parm; Neergaard, Helle; Bjerregaard, Toke. In: Proceedings of The Academy of Management Meeting. Academy of Management, 2007 Brugerdreven offentlig fornyelse? Institutionelle rationaler for anvendelse af brugerbaseret viden. Bjerregaard, Toke Konferencen: Det Danske Ledelsesakademi årlige konference, Danmark, December Commodity team motivation and performance. Englyst, Linda; Jørgensen, Frances; Johansen, John; Mikkelsen, Ole S. In: Proceedings from the 2007 International Purchasing and Supply Research (IPSERA) Conference: Competitive Paper Track p. Corporate Social Responsibility - Integration of Immigrants vs. Recruiting the 'Best of the Best'. Lauring, Jakob; Selmer, Jan. In: 2007 Annual Meeting Proceedings, Academy of Management (CD-Rom): All Academy Symposia: Conference Symposia Abstracts Cross-Domain Effects among Public Sector Expatriates. Selmer, Jan ; Fenner, Charles R. Jr.. In: Changes in Society, Changes in Organizations, and the Changing Role of HRM: Managing International Human Resources in a Complex World (CD-ROM)

23 Exploiting HRM in support of lean manufacturing. Jørgensen, Frances; Matthiesen, Rikke p. 22nd Workshop on Strategic Human Ressource Management, Brussels, Belgium, April Human Ressource Development s Contribution to Continuous Imrpovement. Jørgensen, Frances; Hyland, Paul. In: Proceeding from the 2007 International Research Conference for the Academy of Human Ressource Development p. Innovation gennem kvalitetsoptimerende tiltag i sundhedsvæsnet: Fra praksis til viden til praksis. Jonasson, Charlotte; Lauring, Jakob Konferencen: Det Danske Ledelsesakademi. Ledelse: Fra viden til handling, Århus, Danmark, 10. december december Innovation, Product Development, and New Business Models in Networks: How to come from Case Studies to a Valid and Operational Theory. Rasmussen, Erik S.; Bergenholtz, Carsten; Jørgensen, Jacob Høj; Goduscheit, Rene Chester. In: Proceedings of the International Conference on Research Methodology. Lyon, France: ISEOR & Academy of Management, p Integration of Immigrants vs. Recruiting the 'Best of the Best'. Lauring, Jakob; Selmer, Jan. I: All Academy Joint Symposium: Doing Good for the Growing Global immigrant Labor Sector Forskning: Lean maturity, lean sustainability. Jørgensen, Frances; Matthiesen, Rikke; Nielsen, Jacob; Johansen, John. In: Proceedings from the 2007 Advances in Production Management Systems (APMS) Conference: Integrating Systemt and Strategies in Production Management p. On self-organization and business incubation: the evolution of heterarchical organization. Bøllingtoft, Anne; Ulhøi, John Parm. In: Proceedings of The Academy of Management Meeting Patents and Downstream Innovation Suppression - Fact or Fiction? Howells, John Konferencen: Los Angeles Intellectual Property Law Association, Spring Seminar Ritz-Carlton, Laguna Niguel, Dana Point, CA, USA, 8. juni juni Playtime is Over? : A Poststructuralist Approach to Entrepreneurship. Korsgaard, Steffen T. In: ICSB 2007 Conference Proceedings. Turku, Finland p Public Sector Expatriates at Work. Selmer, Jan ; Fenner, Jr., Charles R s. Konferencen: EIASM 5th Workshop on International Strategy & Cross Cultural Management, Istanbul, Tyrkiet, 28. september september Revising the Complex Economics of Patent Scope. Howells. John. In: SASE 19 th Annual Meeting on Socio-Economics, no. 19, Copenhagen, Denmark, June Sustaining Motivation for Continuous Improvement. Jørgensen, Frances; Kofoed, Lise. In: 8th International Continuous Innovation Network (CINet) Conference : Continuous innovation Opportunities and Challenges p The diversity management paradox in globalization - the Swedish IKEA way. Korsgaard, Steffen T.; Rask, Morten; Lauring, Jakob. Conference organized by the Danish Association of Management p. The conference: Ledelse - fra viden til handling, Aarhus, Denmark, December The richness and reach of Wikinomics: Is the free web-based encyclopedia Wikipedia only for the rich countries? Rask, Morten. In: Proceedings of the Joint Conference of The international Society of Markering Development and the Macromarketing Society, 2-5 June p. Towards the integration of social network analysis in an inter-organizational networks perspective. Bergenholtz, Car- 19

24 sten; Waldstrøm, Christian p. Conference organized by the Danish Association of Management The conference: Ledelse fra viden til handling, Aarhus, Denmark, December Using Problem Based Learning Methods from Engineering Education in company based development. Kofoed, Lise Busk; Jørgensen, Frances. In: 18th Conference of the Austratlian Association for Engineering Education p. Videndeling og ledelsesudfordringer i små netværksvirksomheder: - erfaringer fra et studie af selvorganiserede virksomhedskollektiver. Bøllingtoft, Anne Konferencen: Danish Management Academy's conference, Århus, Danmark, 10. december december What s Wrong with Management? Jørgensen, Frances. In: Proceedings from 2nd conference of the Danish Association of Management: Fra Viden til Handling. Aarhus p. Work Situation of Public Sector Expatriates. Selmer, Jan; Fenner, Jr., Charles R.. I: VI International Workshop on Human Resource Management Conference contributions The Changing Role of the Municipality in Business Development: Actors, Hierarchy and Networks. Bjerregaard, Toke p. The conference: Göteborg Public Management Seminar, Gøteborg, Sverige, November Working papers Social Constructionism : And Why it Should Feature in Entrepreneurship Theory. Korsgaard, Steffen T. Aarhus: Aarhus School of Business, Department of Management, Centre for Organizational Renewal and Evolution, p. (Working paper; CORE ). Fra 'god praksis' til 'næste praksis': Vejledning og rådgivning af iværksættere og virksomheder med vækstambitioner Erfaringer fra erhvervsservicesystemet. Christensen, Poul Rind; Johnsen, Sanne; Hansen, Martin Eggert. Teknologisk Institut, p. Miscellaneous PhD Theses Implementing Internet-enabled ICT in export marketing systems: Effect on activity organization. Kragh, Hanne. Aarhus: Aarhus School of Business, University of Aarhus, p. Features Iværksætteri ved knopskydning - en tredje vej til regional vækst og udvikling? Christensen, Poul Rind; Evald, Majbritt Rosgaard. In: ; El modelo de gestión escandinavo. Waldstrøm, Christian. In: Infoempleo.com. 2007; p. 4 Kulturen afgørende for kreativiteten. Nielsen. Lars Hedemann. In: Børsen. 2007; p. Published abstract Does the dynamics of fast change call for new organizational form? Snow, Charles; Burton, Richard; Håkonson, Dorthe Døjbak; Ulhøi, John Parm; Volberda, Henk; Galbraith, Jay. In: Proceeding of The Academy of Management. The Academy of Management, Micro and Macro level adaptation of Organizational Routines. Eriksen, Bo; Håkonsson, Dorthe Døjbak. In: Academy of Management Scientific reports 20