Centre on knowledge-intensive innovation ecosystems

Sports and tourism are becoming strategic areas for Gothenburg Centre on knowledge-intensive innovation ecosystems (U-GOT KIES). To develop this area we collaborate with Mittuniversitetet (MIUN), which has a strong presence in tourism, hospitality, sports-tech and is very concerned and involved in regional development. To find points of possible collaboration within innovation & entrepreneurship in sports, U-GOT KIES and MIUN hosted a joint workshop to get a better understanding of respective projects and research interests. ➡️ Thursday was dedicated to two activities. One was hiking in Bydalsfjällen and getting a great view of Dromskåran, while discussing the importance of sustainable tourism. The other was a study visit to Woolpower AB, hosted by Christian Stjärnered, which focuses on responsible manufacturing of a wide range of wool garments through retaining production in Sweden, for all types of outdoor activities. ➡️ On Friday researchers from U-GOT KIES and MIUN presented current research and future research interests, to explore where there exist opportunities for further collaboration and strengthening of our relationships. 👏 Special thanks to Karin Berg, affiliated with both MIUN and U-GOT KIES, who has been significant for the workshop! Gothenburg U-GOT KIES researchers at the workshop: Maureen McKelvey, Madeleine Englund, Erik Gustafsson, Stijn van Weegberg, Marouane Bousfiha, Rögnvaldur Saemundsson, Karin Berg 📷1: Researchers at the fall workshop 📷2: The group at the viewpoint Dromskåran 📷3: Visit to Woolpower factory 📷4,5: The workshop at MIUN

Call for papers for the collection “Transformation: Creative Accumulation and Creative Destruction in the Economy” of the Schumpeter Conference 2024 in Gothenburg. ➡️ Deadline is extended to 31 October 2024! Centre on knowledge-intensive innovation ecosystems encourages all participants at the conference, including younger scholars to submit their underlying paper to this collection. The selected articles will be published in a regular issue of the Journal of Evolutionary Economics (JEE) and included in a (virtual) collection titled “Transformation: Creative Accumulation and Creative Destruction in the Economy.” ➡️ Please submit your finalized papers on the JEE website: https://lnkd.in/dcaVAq3R Maureen McKelvey Bernd Ebersberger

Entrepreneurial Insights – Nordic Texas Connections Initiative Panel This evening, Gothenburg Centre on knowledge-intensive innovation ecosystems hosted the second event of the Nordic Texas Connections Initiative, in collaboration with SACC-Dallas and the Honorary Consulate of Sweden Dallas.   Moderated by Professor Maureen McKelvey, the panel featured Peter A. Gudmundsson(CEO, BeHome247) and Milton Lönnroth (Co-Founder, Atley Solutions), who shared insights on: 💼 Business opportunities in Texas & the Nordics 🌍 Comparing entrepreneurship between the regions 🤝 Lessons in business culture exchange   Students and alumni from our Innovation & Industrial Management and Knowledge-based Entrepreneurship programs joined the audience. Thank you to all who participated!

We are happy to share the news that U-GOT KIES affiliated researcher Ali Mohammadi at Copenhagen Business School will be a visiting researcher at the Unit for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the School of Business, Economics and Law!

Here comes an amazing opportunity to listen and involve yourself with our burgeoning network activities linking innovation and entrepreneurship in Texas and the Nordics. Sign-ups are active so don't miss this opportunity!

The Broman Foundation for Research and Entrepreneurship has decided to appoint Astrid Heidemann Lassen as one of a total of five scholarship recipients in 2024. The scholarship will go towards her research project “Exploring the composition of Upper Echelon team competencies in Knowledge-Intensive Entrepreneurial Firms - and its impact on the approach to digital opportunities”. The project addresses digitalization in industry as well as aspects of rapidly changing knowledge in the context of knowledge-intensive entrepreneurship. Astrid Heidemann Lassen is Associate professor in Innovation Management at Aalborg University and Visiting researcher at the Unit for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Handelshögskolan vid Göteborgs universitet (School of Business, Economics and Law), Göteborgs universitet. She is also affiliated researcher at the Centre on knowledge-intensive innovation ecosystems (Gothenburg U-GOT KIES). ➡ Read the full news: https://lnkd.in/dJYebvwK

Gothenburg U-GOT KIES invites you to a mingling and panel event on 25 September. The theme is Entrepreneurial insights and speakers are Peter A. Gudmundsson, CEO of BeHome247, and Milton Lönnroth, Co-Founder and CEO at Atley Solutions. Topics that will be discussed include: ➡ What business opportunities exist in Texas and in the Nordics? ➡ How are the Nordics and Texas similar or different in entrepreneurship? ➡ What can the Nordics and Texas learn from each other in terms of business cultures? This event is part of the Nordic Texas Connections Initiative and co-organized with the Swedish-American Chamber of Commerce Texas (SACC TX) and the Honorary Consulate of Sweden Dallas. More information and registration: https://lnkd.in/d5umYsVh

Maureen McKelvey organized a series of activities within our Nordic Texas Connections Initiative, specifically related to innovation & entrepreneurship. She has started this strategic initiative to link Texas and Sweden, to learn more about each other and create relationships. Maureen hosted events this week so that faculty, staff, PhD students, and students at the School of Business, Economics and Law (Handelshögskolan vid Göteborgs universitet), could meet Helene Honeybone, Honorary Consulate of Sweden Dallas, Per Treven, former Ericsson R&D and entrepreneur, and Johan Karlberg, Business Sweden. ➡ September 4 was a very exciting and busy day, including the Dean's Lunch, a panel on Entrepreneurship and Leadership: Comparing Gothenburg and North Texas, and a dinner including representatives from the Gothenburg Centre on knowledge-intensive innovation ecosystems-intensive entrepreneurial ecosystem. ➡ Thursday 5 September showcased AstraZeneca's BioVentureHub as well as GoCo Health Innovation City. These events allowed insight into exciting developments in Gothenburg, and direct contact between academia and society. 📷 by Madeleine Englund, Alisa Chabanyuk & Lina Katharina Hartmann 1. Panel: Johan Karlberg, Helene Honeybone, Per Treven, Maureen McKelvey 2. Panel and audiens 3. AstraZeneca visit, group photo: Lina Katharina Hartmann, Stijn van Weegberg, Hani Elzoumor, Maureen McKelvey, Johannes Tröndle, Helene Honeybone, Per Treven, Magnus R. Björsne, PhD, MBA, Assoc. Prof., Johan Karlberg, Alisa Chabanyuk 4. Tour of AstraZeneca 5. Tour of AstraZeneca 6. GoCo Health Innovation City

Gothenburg U-GOT KIES affiliated researcher Oscar Llopis, Universitat de València, has published a new book chapter “Academic careers and the tenure track system in Spain–coexistence of state and market logics”, in Tenure Tracks in European Universities (pp. 205-219). Edward Elgar Publishing. The chapter examines the complexities of implementing a tenure track system in Spain, highlighting tensions from competing institutional logics. It discusses how policy reforms led to the coexistence of two academic career models: the traditional state-based system and the market-oriented tenure track model and concludes with the challenges this dual system presents. Co-authors are Francisco Javier Ortega-Colomer, Carmen Corona Sobrino, Julia Olmos Peñuela, and Ana García-Granero ➡ Read the full book chapter: https://lnkd.in/dn8dFdGH

The fall semester of 2024 is finally here! To kickstart the new academic year, the Department of Economy and Society (Institutionen för ekonomi och samhälle, Handelshögskolan vid Göteborgs universitet) dedicated a “day out of the office” to continuous improvements to research and teaching. For the whole Department, Erik Gustafsson reported on the details of how and why we conducted a major review of our two Masters of Science programs in Innovation & Industrial Management and Knowledge-based Entrepreneurship. In the afternoon session dedicated to the centre and the Unit of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, we continued this discussion of education by digging deeper into the coming course offerings. Moreover, we delved into more academic matters, with Anders Broström leading a discussion of criteria and processes for academic evaluations. Finally, a joint presentation by Alisa Chabanyuk, Lina Katharina Hartmann, Johannes Tröndle and Stijn van Weegberg compared and contrasted different approaches and methodologies to improving qualitative research. Photo from the venue, with a nice view of Gothenburg.