Research

Active research projects and publications by Anders

When, for whom and how is innovation open?

Inter-organizational product development, or open innovation, is a pervasive trend among industrial companies. In practice, however, only a few companies have succeeded in raping the full benefits of inter-organizational development. One important reason t...

Measuring innovation and innovative capabilities

The project aims to create new knowledge of metrics, indicators, models, and processes of innovation measurement that better reflect current global trends, and to improve knowledge of how measuring innovation can help to increase innovative capabilities of...

Creativity and knowledge creation in lean organizations

The research project Creativity and Knowledge Creation in Lean Organization addresses the challenge many companies are facing today: how to combine efficiency and effectiveness with an ability to be constantly innovative. Particularly the following two que...

Managing the transfer and development of knowledge

The effective transfer and development of knowledge is one of today’s most urgent concerns of multinationals. The key to make it work lies in efficient knowledge absorption, which is mostly done by multidisciplinary teams within companies and depends...

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Latest publications by Anders

Mårtensson, P. and A. Richtnér (2015). What parameters do students value in business school rankings. Journal of Higher Education and Policy Management.
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/1360080X.2015.1102821

Brattström, A., H. Löfsten and A. Richtnér (2015). Similar, yet different: a comparative analysis of the role of trust in radical and incremental product innovation International Journal of Innovation Management.
http://www.worldscientific.com/doi/abs/10.1142/S1363919615500437

Axelson, M., and A. Richtnér (2015). Mechanisms for knowledge transfer in product development collaborations. International Journal of Innovation Management.
http://www.worldscientific.com/doi/abs/10.1142/S1363919615500188

Richtnér, A. and H. Löfsten (2014). Managing in Turbulence: How the Capacity fo Resilience Influence Creativity. R&D Management. Vol 44 (no 2): pp. 137-151.
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/radm.12050/full

Richtnér, A., P. Åhlström and K. Goffin (2014). ”Squeezing R&D”: An Exploratory Study of Organizational Slack and Knowledge Creation in NPD. Journal of Product Innovation Management, Vol. 31 (no. 6): pp. 1268-1290.
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jpim.12139/full

Brattström, A., and A. Richtnér (2014). Good Cop – Bad Cop: Trust, Control, and the Lure of Integration. Journal of Product Innovation Management, Vol. 31 (no 3.): pp. 584-598.
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jpim.12115/full

Frishammar, J., U. Lichtenthaler and A. Richtnér (2013). Towards a Process Definition: Key Dimensions and a Conceptualization for Improving Process Development. R&D Management, Vol. 43 (No. 3): pp. 213-226.
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/radm.12011/full

Brattström, A., H. Löfsten and A. Richtnér (2012). Creativity, trust and systematic processes in product development. Research Policy, Vol. 41 (No. 4): pp. 743-755.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048733311002253

Richtnér, A. and P. Åhlström (2010a). Organizational Slack and Innovation: The Role of Project Deliverables. Creativity and Innovation Management, Vol. 19 (No. 4): pp. 428-437.
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1467-8691.2010.00576.x/full