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Antai, I., Lenka, S. & Achtenhagen, L. (2025). Digital platforms and the construction supply chain: trends and emerging themes in extant AEC research. Construction Management and Economics, 43(2), 113-129
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Digital platforms and the construction supply chain: trends and emerging themes in extant AEC research
2025 (English)In: Construction Management and Economics, ISSN 0144-6193, E-ISSN 1466-433X, Vol. 43, no 2, p. 113-129Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

A substantial body of research has emerged on the conditions that impact how and when industry stakeholders adopt digital platforms. However, in the construction industry in general-and the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) industry in particular-to date, this research remains fragmented, which hampers our understanding of how digital platforms can enhance productivity and value creation. This paper aims to provide a better understanding of the benefits and challenges of adopting digital platforms and integrating them into the AEC industry. We conduct a systematic literature review on digital platform integration to identify themes that are relevant to the AEC industry. Based on our findings, we develop an integrative model that captures the phases of digital platform adoption and integration and outlines where different industry stakeholders tend to face challenges in this process, and we pinpoint where benefits can be derived. We employ this model to derive a research agenda that will fill the identified knowledge gaps currently existing in our understanding of construction industry stakeholders' integration within the digital platform space.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Taylor & Francis, 2025
Keywords
AEC, construction industry, digital platforms, integration, literature review, platform governance, PRISMA, construction supply chain
National Category
Business Administration
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-66305 (URN)10.1080/01446193.2024.2396592 (DOI)001316033400001 ()2-s2.0-85204437438 (Scopus ID)HOA;;974942 (Local ID)HOA;;974942 (Archive number)HOA;;974942 (OAI)
Funder
Knowledge Foundation
Available from: 2024-09-30 Created: 2024-09-30 Last updated: 2025-01-12Bibliographically approved
Achtenhagen, L. & Tokbaeva, D. (2025). Remote working from home: The adaptive organization. In: Richard A. Gershon (Ed.), De Gruyter Handbook of Media Technology and Innovation: (pp. 81-94). Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Remote working from home: The adaptive organization
2025 (English)In: De Gruyter Handbook of Media Technology and Innovation / [ed] Richard A. Gershon, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 2025, p. 81-94Chapter in book (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

This chapter explores individual and organizational dimensions of remote and hybrid work with a particular emphasis on IT and media organizations. Working from home enables creating an adaptive space and relates to the processes of continuous change and adaptive learning. However, the level of influence of working from home on developing and leveraging critical capabilities and activities for sustained value varies, depending on a combination of internal and external factors. We identify benefits and challenges of remote working from home and identify as especially relevant factors organizational culture and communication climate on the organizational side and the degree of autonomy and control on the individual side. We also look at both positive and negative examples of socialization into the organization while “working from home” as well as project collaboration and employee engagement tools for remote and hybrid work.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 2025
Series
De Gruyter Handbooks in Business, Economics and Finance, ISSN 2748-016X, E-ISSN 2748-0178
Keywords
Remote work, hybrid work, connectivity, organizational adaptation, digital rebound effects
National Category
Business Administration
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-67041 (URN)10.1515/9783111145174-006 (DOI)9783111144641 (ISBN)9783111145174 (ISBN)9783111145693 (ISBN)
Available from: 2025-01-15 Created: 2025-01-15 Last updated: 2025-01-15Bibliographically approved
Rubyutsa, J. M., Achtenhagen, L., Stendahl, E. & Musekura, C. (2024). Advancing Rural Entrepreneurship in Rwanda Through Informal Training – Insights From Paulo Freire’s Pedagogy of the Oppressed. Entrepreneurship Education and Pedagogy (EE&P), 7(3), 347-376
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Advancing Rural Entrepreneurship in Rwanda Through Informal Training – Insights From Paulo Freire’s Pedagogy of the Oppressed
2024 (English)In: Entrepreneurship Education and Pedagogy (EE&P), E-ISSN 2515-1274, Vol. 7, no 3, p. 347-376Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

In this paper we draw attention to the relevance of informal training in entrepreneurship for advancing sustainable and inclusive rural development. Adopting a perspective inspired by Paulo Freire’s Pedagogy of the Oppressed, we explore how the informal training facilitated by CARE International’s village savings and loan associations (VSLAs) impacts the lives and livelihoods of members of these associations in a rural region of Rwanda. Based on our findings from a qualitative interview study of multiple stakeholders, we show how this informal training is facilitated through CARE’s train-the-trainer methodology and through regular dialogue, peer feedback and reflection at weekly group meetings. Our analysis highlights how such training emancipates and empowers participants, enabling them to act more reflectively and make more informed decisions in their efforts to improve their socioeconomic circumstances through entrepreneurial activities. Whereas prior research has tended to measure the impacts of membership in VSLAs on financial outcomes quantitatively, our qualitative study explores how VSLAs also contribute to the creation not only of economic but socio-cultural value in rural settings.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Sage Publications, 2024
Keywords
CARE international, conscientization, informal training, non-governmental organization, Rwanda, train-the-trainer, village savings and loan associations
National Category
Business Administration
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-66989 (URN)10.1177/25151274231204342 (DOI)2-s2.0-85194145095 (Scopus ID)HOA;intsam;992815 (Local ID)HOA;intsam;992815 (Archive number)HOA;intsam;992815 (OAI)
Funder
Sida - Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency
Available from: 2025-01-13 Created: 2025-01-13 Last updated: 2025-01-13Bibliographically approved
Jenkins, A., Achtenhagen, L. & Hellerstedt, K. (2024). Back to work? How employers perceive applicants’ experience of entrepreneurial failure. Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, 36(5-6), 659-680
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Back to work? How employers perceive applicants’ experience of entrepreneurial failure
2024 (English)In: Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, ISSN 0898-5626, E-ISSN 1464-5114, Vol. 36, no 5-6, p. 659-680Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Recent research on entrepreneurial failure has started to investigate the impact of failure on entrepreneurs and how this influences their motivation and willingness to engage in subsequent entrepreneurial ventures. We approach this topic from an alternative perspective, focusing on former entrepreneurs seeking to return to paid work and exploring how their experience of venture failure is perceived and appraised by employers in the recruitment process. Such perceptions matter because employers are gatekeepers to the employment market and thus their appraisals influence how easily former entrepreneurs can re-integrate themselves in the paid workforce. We conducted 30 interviews with employers in growing human-capital intensive companies in Sweden, asking these recruiters about their perceptions of former entrepreneurs and how their evaluations affected their hiring decisions. Conceptually, we frame our study using a process model of stigmatization by nuancing this model with fine-grained analyses of employers’ perceptions and appraisals of applicants’ entrepreneurial failure experiences in the recruitment process. This analysis identifies some of the key conditions that lead employers either to value or devalue an applicant’s experience of entrepreneurial failure, further indicating the implications of this finding for entrepreneurs’ careers and prospects of gaining paid employment.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Taylor & Francis, 2024
Keywords
bankruptcy, bias, employers, Entrepreneurial failure, prior experience, re-employment, stigma
National Category
Business Administration
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-62989 (URN)10.1080/08985626.2023.2277791 (DOI)001100020600001 ()2-s2.0-85176581254 (Scopus ID)HOA;intsam;918826 (Local ID)HOA;intsam;918826 (Archive number)HOA;intsam;918826 (OAI)
Funder
The Kamprad Family Foundation
Available from: 2023-12-04 Created: 2023-12-04 Last updated: 2024-04-10Bibliographically approved
Hashim, S. & Achtenhagen, L. (2024). Entrepreneurs doing context through social media framing. In: Conference proceedings: 2024 Diana International Research Conference. Paper presented at 2024 Diana International Research Conference, June 1-3, 2024, Stockholm, Sweden (pp. 36-37).
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Entrepreneurs doing context through social media framing
2024 (English)In: Conference proceedings: 2024 Diana International Research Conference, 2024, p. 36-37Conference paper, Oral presentation with published abstract (Refereed)
National Category
Business Administration
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-66530 (URN)
Conference
2024 Diana International Research Conference, June 1-3, 2024, Stockholm, Sweden
Available from: 2024-11-05 Created: 2024-11-05 Last updated: 2024-11-05Bibliographically approved
Eslami, M. H., Jafari, H., Achtenhagen, L., Carlbäck, J. & Wong, A. (2024). Financial performance and supply chain dynamic capabilities: the Moderating Role of Industry 4.0 technologies. International Journal of Production Research, 62(22), 8092-8109
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Financial performance and supply chain dynamic capabilities: the Moderating Role of Industry 4.0 technologies
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2024 (English)In: International Journal of Production Research, ISSN 0020-7543, E-ISSN 1366-588X, Vol. 62, no 22, p. 8092-8109Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Industry 4.0 digital technologies are becoming indispensable for firms striving to enhance their supply chain capabilities and financial performance, but how these relationships play out in practice remains unclear. To address this issue, this study assesses the relationship between supply chain integration, supply chain agility, and financial performance from a dynamic capability perspective. Further analyses are conducted to establish whether Industry 4.0 digital technologies moderate the association between (a) supply chain integration and supply chain agility and (b) supply chain agility and financial performance. Findings based on the data pertaining to a sample of 274 Swedish manufacturing firms indicate that supply chain agility fully mediates the link between supply chain integration and financial performance. However, while Industry 4.0 digital technologies strengthen the effect of supply chain agility on financial performance, they do not moderate the relationship between supply chain integration and supply chain agility. These findings contribute to the ongoing debate regarding how digital technologies play a role in achieving competitive advantage in interplay with dynamic capabilities related to the supply chain. These findings are relevant for decision-makers, as they address the need for organisational adjustments beyond the mere introduction of Industry 4.0 technologies to fully reap their benefits.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Taylor & Francis, 2024
Keywords
Agility, integration, Industry 4.0, financial performance, dynamic capabilitiy
National Category
Business Administration
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-54384 (URN)10.1080/00207543.2021.1966850 (DOI)000691236700001 ()2-s2.0-85113860383 (Scopus ID)HOA;;761999 (Local ID)HOA;;761999 (Archive number)HOA;;761999 (OAI)
Funder
The Jan Wallander and Tom Hedelius FoundationTore Browaldhs stiftelseEuropean Regional Development Fund (ERDF)Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth
Available from: 2021-09-01 Created: 2021-09-01 Last updated: 2025-01-11Bibliographically approved
Tokbaeva, D. & Achtenhagen, L. (2023). Career resilience of female professionals in the male-dominated IT industry in Sweden: Toward a process perspective. Gender, Work and Organization, 30(1), 223-262
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Career resilience of female professionals in the male-dominated IT industry in Sweden: Toward a process perspective
2023 (English)In: Gender, Work and Organization, ISSN 0968-6673, E-ISSN 1468-0432, Vol. 30, no 1, p. 223-262Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Sweden is known to be one of the most gender-equal societies in the world. Thus, it remains as an enigma why a large discrepancy continues to exist regarding the gender balance in career choice and progression in many professions. Drawing on Hirdman's (1988) theory of gendered systems, in this paper, we explore the role of career resilience in the career progression of women who choose to work in the male-dominated IT sector. We draw attention to how the day-to-day process of practicing career resilience in a gendered workplace tends to evolve as women progress in their careers. Based on an interview study with 50 female IT professionals as well as a discourse analysis of 502 newspaper articles on women in this sector, we develop a process model of career resilience in gendered professions, outlining different coping strategies that allow women to develop and enhance such resilience over time. We conclude the paper by providing some practical recommendations. 

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
John Wiley & Sons, 2023
Keywords
career development, career resilience, female programmer, IT, public discourse, Sweden, Yvonne Hirdman
National Category
Business Administration
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-52472 (URN)10.1111/gwao.12671 (DOI)000648099600001 ()2-s2.0-85105085050 (Scopus ID)HOA;;52472 (Local ID)HOA;;52472 (Archive number)HOA;;52472 (OAI)
Available from: 2021-05-17 Created: 2021-05-17 Last updated: 2022-12-28Bibliographically approved
Haag, K., Achtenhagen, L. & Grimm, J. (2023). Engaging With the Category: Exploring Family Business Longevity From a Historical Perspective. Family Business Review, 36(1), 84-118
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Engaging With the Category: Exploring Family Business Longevity From a Historical Perspective
2023 (English)In: Family Business Review, ISSN 0894-4865, E-ISSN 1741-6248, Vol. 36, no 1, p. 84-118Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Longevity is at the core of what makes family businesses special. Unlike most attempts to explain longevity that have focused primarily on the factors within a family business that lead to longevity or the factors outside of an organization’s environment, we adopt a business-history perspective that enables us to show how the interplay between the organization and its environment can help to explain family business longevity. Building on the category literature, we trace the interaction of a small Swedish fourth-generation high-quality furniture manufacturer with its category over a period of more than 120 years. We identify the internal mechanisms driving family business longevity, the external mechanisms driving category development as well as the mechanisms underlying their interaction. Specifically, we provide new insights into how agency exercised by the family business contributes to the shaping of the category they are a member of, thereby nurturing their business longevity.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Sage Publications, 2023
Keywords
business history, case study, category, family business longevity, Scandinavian design
National Category
Business Administration
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-59917 (URN)10.1177/08944865231154835 (DOI)000934531100001 ()2-s2.0-85148628125 (Scopus ID)HOA;;862650 (Local ID)HOA;;862650 (Archive number)HOA;;862650 (OAI)
Available from: 2023-02-27 Created: 2023-02-27 Last updated: 2023-04-25Bibliographically approved
Eslami, M. H., Achtenhagen, L., Bertsch, C. T. & Lehmann, A. (2023). Knowledge-sharing across supply chain actors in adopting Industry 4.0 technologies: An exploratory case study within the automotive industry. Technological forecasting & social change, 186(Part A), Article ID 122118.
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Knowledge-sharing across supply chain actors in adopting Industry 4.0 technologies: An exploratory case study within the automotive industry
2023 (English)In: Technological forecasting & social change, ISSN 0040-1625, E-ISSN 1873-5509, Vol. 186, no Part A, article id 122118Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

This study investigates the role of knowledge-sharing between supply chain actors in facilitating their adoption of Industry 4.0 technologies, identifying factors that hinder or promote such knowledge-sharing. Drawing on an in-depth single case study, including 19 interviews with a manufacturing firm in the German automotive industry and five of the suppliers and customers in the focal firm’s supply chain, the study identifies the following knowledge-sharing approaches that facilitate the adoption of Industry 4.0: 1) knowledge-sharing through principles; 2) upstream flow of knowledge; 3) strategic positioning; and 4) application-relatedness. These approaches are shown to be influenced both by company-related factors and relational factors. Applying a knowledge-based view of the firm, this study addresses a gap in current research by investigating the role of knowledge-sharing in adopting Industry 4.0 from the perspectives not only of a single focal firm but also of upstream and downstream suppliers and customers in the supply chain. In presenting approaches to knowledge-sharing that promote the implementation of Industry 4.0 based on a firm's existing resources, this study is also of direct relevance to practitioners.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Elsevier, 2023
Keywords
Knowledge-sharing, Industry 4.0 adoption, Supply chain, Manufacturing firms
National Category
Business Administration
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-58817 (URN)10.1016/j.techfore.2022.122118 (DOI)2-s2.0-85140954742 (Scopus ID)HOA;;840600 (Local ID)HOA;;840600 (Archive number)HOA;;840600 (OAI)
Available from: 2022-11-07 Created: 2022-11-07 Last updated: 2022-11-23Bibliographically approved
Zehra, K., Achtenhagen, L., Arshad, S. & Arshad, N. (2022). Collaborative value creation in a highly adverse context: Experiences of Hazara women entrepreneurs in Balochistan. In: S. Yousafzai,C. Henry, M. Boddington, S. Sheikh and A. Fayolle (Ed.), Research Handbook of Women’s Entrepreneurship and Value Creation: (pp. 83-102). Edward Elgar Publishing
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Collaborative value creation in a highly adverse context: Experiences of Hazara women entrepreneurs in Balochistan
2022 (English)In: Research Handbook of Women’s Entrepreneurship and Value Creation / [ed] S. Yousafzai,C. Henry, M. Boddington, S. Sheikh and A. Fayolle, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2022, p. 83-102Chapter in book (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

The chapter aims at contributing to the literature on non-economic value creation by exploring micro firms founded by female entrepreneurs in a highly adverse context. Drawing on the experiences of three Hazara women entrepreneurs, we outline the non-economic value created by them through collaborative activities that are typically aimed at jointly improving the life situation of Hazara women. Their informal ventures closely work with external stakeholders to manage the flow of resources and transforming these resources into exchanges between customers and suppliers. We advance a view of collaborative value creation that is informal, dynamic and recognizes the importance of non-financial value creation through informal training, resources and social legitimacy in constrained contextual settings.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Edward Elgar Publishing, 2022
Series
Research Handbooks in Business and Management series
National Category
Business Administration
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-56476 (URN)10.4337/9781789901375.00013 (DOI)2-s2.0-85129457228 (Scopus ID)9781789901375 (ISBN)9781789901368 (ISBN)
Available from: 2022-05-16 Created: 2022-05-16 Last updated: 2023-03-23Bibliographically approved
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