Presentation - Magnus Klofsten

 

E-mail

magnus.klofsten@liu.se

Office address

Room no B3:106
Building Terra

Address

Linköpings universitet,
Department of Management and Economics,
SE-581 83 Linköping,
Sweden

Phone and fax

+46 (0) 13 28 17 85,
+46 (0)708 738 784
+46 (0) 13 28 18 73 (fax)

Position

Professor and founding director of the Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE)
HELIX VINNOVA Excellence Centre research partner.

Research

Early development processes in knowledge intensive businesses, business support systems, idea development and university industry links.

Undergraduate education

Various entrepreneurship courses e.g. entrepreneurship and industrial dynamics and entrepreneurship and starting nes businesses.

Reach out

Board member of SMIL. Trainer of entrepreneurs in different stages of development.
See

www.smil.se

Publications

Below you will find my selected publications in terms of journal articles, books, book chapters, other refereed papers and publications, conference papers and papers in proceed-ings, working papers, commissioned R&D and other reports and finally case studies (for teaching).

Journal articles

• Creating entrepreneurial networks: Academic entrepreneurship, mobility and collaboration during PhD education (with Bienkowska, D), Higher Education, (accepted for publication)
• A Knowledge-based Strategy for Renewing a Declining Industrial City: The Norr-köping Way (with Svensson, P., Etzkowitz, H), European Planning Studies (ac-cepted for publication)
• Decision Making through Phases of Drug Research and Development (with Cowlrick, I., Hedner, T., Wolf, R., Olausson, M), R&D Management, Vol. 41, No. 4. p. 321-336, 2011
• Emerging Open Models and Concepts of Innovation in the Pharmaceutical Sector (with Hedner, T., Maack, K., Abouzeedan, A), Asia Pacific Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Vol. 5, No. 1, p. 5-18, 2011
• F2C - An Innovative Approach to Use Fuzzy Cognitive Maps (FCM) for the Valuation of High-Technology Ventures (Heydebreck, P., Krüger, L, Journal of Communications of the IBIMA, Vol. 2011 (ID 483882), p.1-14
• Transferring Good Practice Beyond Organisational Boarders: Lessons from Trans-ferring an Entrepreneurship Programme (with P. Heydebreck and D. Jones Evans), Regional Studies, Vol. 44, No. 6, p. 791-799, 2010
• An Entrepreneurship Policy programme: Implications and Expectations, (with C. Norrman), International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Vol. 10, No. 1, p. 33-42, 2009
• Seed Funding for Innovative Ventures: A Survey of Selection Mechanisms of a Public Support Scheme (with C. Norrman), International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Vol. 9, No. 1, p. 11-19, 2008
• Supporting High-Tech Companies: Using the Business Platform as a Practical Instrument (with P.M. Kirwan and P. van der Sijde), The International Journal of Innovation and Regional Development, Vol. 1, No. 1, p. 48-65, 2008
• Institutional Forces: The Invisible Hand that Shapes Venture Ideas (with P. Davidsson and E. Hunter), International Small Business Journal, Vol. 24, No. 2, p. 115-129,.2006
• The Logic of the Entrepreneur: The Implications on the Entrepreneur’s Perception of Early-Stage Financing (with S. Nouira and Å. Lindholm Dahlstrand), International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Vol. 6, No. 2, p. 85-95, 2005
• The Innovative Region: Toward a Theory of Knowledge-Based Regional Devel-opment (with H. Etzkowitz), R&D Management, Vol. 35, No. 3, p. 243-255, 2005
• New Venture Ideas: An Analysis of their Origin and Early Development, Journal of Technology Analysis and Strategic Management, Vol. 17, No. 1, p. 105-119, 2005
• The Business Platform: Developing an Instrument to Gauge and Assist the Devel-opment of Young Firms (with P. Davidsson), Journal of Small Business Manage-ment, vol. 41, no. 1, p. 1-26, 2003
• Entrepreneurial Intent Among Students in Scandinavia and in the United States (with E. Autio, R. H. Keeley, G. G. C. Parker and M. Hay), Enterprise & Innova-tion Management Studies, Vol.2, No.2, p. 145-160, 2001
• Venture Capitalists’ Governance of their Portfolio Companies (with Ö. Fredrik-sen), Journal of Enterprising Culture, Journal of Enterprising Culture, Vol. 9, No. 2, 201-219, 2001
• Medium-Sized Firms and the Limits to Growth: A Case Study in the Evolution of a Spin-off Firm (with M. Feldman), European Planning Studies, Vol. 8, No. 5, p. 631-650, 2000
• Comparing Academic Entrepreneurship in Europe – The Case of Sweden and Ire-land (with D. Jones-Evans), Small Business Economics, Vol. 14, No. 4, p. 299-309, 2000
• Training Entrepreneurship at Universities: A Swedish Case, Journal of European Industrial Training, Vol. 24, No. 6&7, p. 337-344, 2000
• Innovation Support for New Technology-Based Firms: The Swedish Teknopol Approach (with P. Heydebreck and J. Maier), R&D Management, Vol. 30, No. 1, p. 89-100, 2000
• Training for Entrepreneurship and New Businesses: Attitudes Among the Organis-ers, Industry & Higher Education, December, p. 397-404, 1999
• Teaching and Training Small Businesses: Attitudes Among the Organisers” (with C. Schärberg), Piccola Impresa Small Business Journal, 1999
• ”Growing the Linköping Technopole: A Longitudinal Study of the Triple Helix Development in Sweden” (with C. Schärberg and D. Jones-Evans), Journal of Technology Transfer, Vol. 24, No. 2, p. 125-138, 1999 (this article was also pub-lished in Entrepreneurship and Technology Policy, Link, A.N. (ed.), p. 306-319, Edward Elgar Publishing, MA, USA, 2006)
• ”Creating a Bridge Between University and Industry in Small European Countries - The Role of the Industrial Liaison Office” (with D. Jones-Evans, E. Andersson and D. Pandya), R&D Management, Vol. 29, No. 1, p. 47-56, 1999
• ”Supporting the Pre-Commercialisation Stages of Technology-Based Firms: The Effects of Small-Scale Venture Capital” (with M. Jonsson and J. Simón), Venture Capital, Vol. 1, No. 1, p. 83-93, 1999
• ”The Role of the University in the Technology Transfer Process - A European View” (with D. Jones-Evans), Science and Public Policy, Vol. 25, No. 6, p. 373-380, 1998
• “A Comparative Study of Two European Business Incubators” (with E. Autio), Journal of Small Business Management, Vol. 36, No. 1, p. 30-43, 1998
• “Universities and Local Economic Development” (with D. Jones-Evans), European Planning Studies, Vol. 5, No. 1, p. 77-93, 1997
• “Growth Factors in Technology-Based Spin-Offs: A Swedish Study” (with D. Jones-Evans and P. Lindell), Piccola Impresa Small Business Journal, No. 1, p. 13-37, 1997
• “Local Support for Technology-based SMEs: Two Scandinavian Cases” (with E. Autio), Academy of Entrepreneurship Journal, Vol. 2, No. 1, p. 1-20, 1996 - and the International On-Line Journal of Innovation & University-Industry Technolo-gy- Transfer, 1997
• ”Support of Small Business Firms: Entrepreneurs: Views of the Demand and Sup-ply Side” (with A-S. Mikaelsson), Journal of Enterprising Culture, Vol. 4, No. 4, p. 417-432, 1996
• ”Stimulation of Technology-Based Small Firms: A Case Study of University In-dustry Co-Operation” (with D. Jones-Evans), Technovation, Vol. 16, No. 4, p. 187-193, 1996
• “Managing the Small Technology-Based Firm: Attaining a Business Platform” Piccola Impresa Small Business Journal, No. 1, p. 15-38, 1996
• ”Technology-Based Firms: Critical Aspects of their Early Development”, Journal of Enterprising Culture, Vol. 2, No. 1, p. 535-557, 1994

Books

• The Business Platform: Entrepreneurship and Management in the Early Stages of a Firm’s Development, European Commission, TII, Luxembourg, 2010 (third ed.)
• Affärsplattformen: Entreprenören och Företagets Första År [The Business Platform: The Entrepreneur and the First Year of the Firm], SNS, Stockholm, 2009 (third ed.)
• The Business Platform: Entrepreneurship and Management in the Early Stages of a Firm’s Development, European Commission, TII, Luxembourg, 2002 (second ed.)
• Affärsplattformen: Entreprenören och Företagets Första År [The Business Plat-form: The Entrepreneur and the First Year of the Firm], SNS, Stockholm, 2002 (second ed.)
• The Business Platform: Entrepreneurship and Management in the Early Stages of a Firm’s Development, European Commission, TII, Luxembourg, 1998
• Affärsplattformen: Entreprenören och Företagets Första År [The Business Plat-form: The Entrepreneur and the First Year of the Firm], SNS, Stockholm, 1998
• Technology, Innovation and Enterprise: The European Experience (with D. Jones-Evans), Macmillan Publishers, London, 1997
• Affärsplattformen: Hur ett Företag Går Från Start till Stabilitet [The Business Plat-form: The Development From Start to Stability], Utvecklingsfonden i Östergöt-lands Län, 1993
• Tidiga Utvecklingsprocesser i Teknikbaserade Företag [Early Development Pro-cesses in Technology-Based Firms], Linköping University, Department of Man-agement and Economics, Linköping Studies in Management and Economics, No. 24, Ph.D. Dissertation, 1992

Book chapters

• Coaching versus mentoring: Are there any differences? (with S. Öberg) in Oakey, R et al (eds.), New Technology-Based Firms at the New Millennium, Elsevier Sci-ence Ltd, Oxford (in print)
• Emergence of the Swedish Innovation System and the Support for Regional Entrepreneurship: A Socio-Economic Perspective, (with C. Frykfors), in Mian, S.A, (ed.), Science and Technology Based Regional Entrepreneurship: Global Experience in Policy and Program Development, p. 187-208, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2011
• The Changing Structure of the Pharmaceutical Industry - Perceptions on Entrepre-neurship and Openness (with T, Hedner., I, Cowlrick., R, Wolf., M, Olausson), in Cassia L., Paleari S., Minola T (eds.), Entrepreneurship and Technological Change, p. 73-94, Eds. Edward-Elgar Publishing, 2011
• Financing New Ventures: Attitudes toward Public Financing (with C. Norrman), in Oakey, R et al (eds.), New Technology-Based Firms at the New Millennium, p. 89-110, Elsevier Science Ltd, Oxford, 2010
• Supporting Academic Enterprise: A Case Study of an Entrepreneurship Programme, in Groen, A, Oakey, R, van der Sijde, P and Cook, G, (eds.), New Technology-Based Firms at the New Millennium, p. 53-67, Elsevier Science Ltd, Oxford, 2008
• Which New Venture Ideas Get Public Sector Innovation Support? A Study of Early-Stage Financing from a Supply Side Perspective, (with Norrman, C and Sundin, E), in Groen, A, Oakey, R, va der Sijde, P and Kauser, S, (eds), New Technology-Based Firms at the New Millennium, p. 89-108, Elsevier Science Ltd, Oxford, 2007
• Entreprenörskapsträning: Ett Praktikfall från Universitetsvärlden, in Johansson, J., Johansson, B and Ylinenpää, H (eds), Ledning i Småföretag – Teori och praktik, Studentlitteratur, p. 257-272, Lund, 2006
• Från Idé till Marknad: En Diskussion om Entreprenörskapets Villkor, in Benner, M (ed.), Innovationer: Dynamik och Förnyelse i Ekonomi och Samhällsliv, Studentlitteratur, p. 95-118, Lund, 2005
• The Discovery Process: External Influences on Refinement of the Venture Idea, (with Davidsson, P and Hunter, E), in Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research, Babson College, p. 327-337, Wellesley, 2004
• The Business Platform Model: A Practical Tool for Understanding and Analysing Firms in Early Development (with P. Davidsson), in Oakey, R, During, W and Kauser, S, (eds), New Technology-Based Firms at the New Millennium, p. 55-66, Elsevier Science Ltd, Oxford, 2004
• Growth and Innovation Support in Swedish Science Parks and Incubators, (with Å. Lindholm Dahlstrand), in Oakey, R; During, W; and Kauser, S, (eds), New Technology-Based Firms at the New Millennium, p. 31-46, Elsevier Science Ltd, Oxford, 2002
• Barriers in Co-Operation Between Small and Large Technology-Based Firms: A Swedish Case Study Firm (With C. Schärberg), in During, W and Oakey, R, (eds), New Technology-Based Firms at the Turn of the Century, p. 114-126, Elsevier Science Ltd, Oxford, 2001
• CEO vs Board Typologies in Venture Capital-Entrepreneur Relationships (with Ø. Fredriksen) in Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research, Babson College, p. 335-348, Wellesley, 1999
• Financing Technology-Based New Ventures: Credibility and Value Creation (with Å. Lindholm Dahlstrand), in During, W and Oakey, R, (eds), New Technology-Based Firms at the Turn of the Century, p. 127-142, Elsevier Science Ltd, Oxford, 2000
• Bridging the Gap Between University and Industry: A Study of the Industrial Liaison Function in Sweden and Ireland (with D. Jones-Evans, E. Andersson and D. Pandya), in During, W and Oakey (eds), New Technology Small Firms in the 1990s, Vol. 5, p. 32-48, Paul Chapman Publishing, London, 1998
• Support of Technology-Based SMEs: An Analysis of the Owner Managers’ Atti-tude (with A-S. Mikaelsson), in During, W and Oakey, R.P (eds), New Technolo-gy Small Firms in the 1990s, Vol. 4, p. 71-80, Paul Chapman Publishing, London, 1998
• Entrepreneurial Intent Among Students: Testing an Intent Model in Asia, Scandi-navia and USA (with E. Autio, R.H. Keeley and T. Ulfstedt), in Frontiers of En-trepreneurship Research, Babson College, Wellesley, p. 133-147, 1997
• ”Fast and Slow Growing Technology-Based Firms: Important Factors in their Ear-ly Development” (with D. Jones-Evans, and P. Lindell), in Haahti, A (ed), Effec-tive Entrepreneurship, p. 133-149, Tampere, 1996
• ”Entrepreneur-Venture Capitalist Relations: The Entrepreneur’s Views” (with Ö. Fredriksen, H. Landström, C. Olofsson and C. Wahlbin), in Frontiers of Entrepre-neurship Research, Babson College, Wellesley, p. 251-265, 1990
• ”Growth, Performance and Financial Structure of New Technology-Based Firms: A Preliminary Analysis” (with Ö. Fredriksen, C. Olofsson and C. Wahlbin). in Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research, Babson College, Wellesley, p. 189-199, 1989
• Internal and External Resources in Technology-Based Spin-Offs: A Survey (with P. Lindell, C. Olofsson and C. Wahlbin), in Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Re-search, Babson College, Wellesley, p. 430-443, 1988

Other refereed papers and publications

• Coaching versus mentoring: Are there any differences? (with S. Öberg), Focus, No. 1, p. 7-11, 2009
• Venture Cup: En Studie av Intressenternas Attityder (with Norrman, C), VIN-NOVA, Stockholm, 2009
• Science and the City: International Knowledge-Based Entrepreneurship Policy and Practises for Northern England (with Etzkowitz, H., Ranga, M., Clouser, M, Lu, L., Dziah, J), Business Link/Newcastle City Technology Research Report II, December, 2007
• Book Review: Bright Satanic Mills: Universities, Regional Development and the Knowledge Economy" (Scheele, J), International Small Business Journal, Vol. 26, No. 3, p. 395-397, 2007
• Ska Verkligen Universitetet ta Affärsrisk? [Should a University Take Business Risks?], DI (Debatt), January 19, p. 4, 2006
• Stimulera Entreprenörskap och Avlägsna Infrastrukturella Hinder [Stimulate Entrepreneurship and Eliminate Infrastructure Barriers], Biotech Sweden, No. 8, p. 3, 2005
• Fem År med Venture Cup – en Studie [Venture Cup – a Study of the Past Five Years] (with Wiklund, J), Venture Cup, Stockholm, 2005
• Book Review: Academic Entrepreneurship: University Spin-offs and Wealth Creation (with Scheele, J), International Small Business Journal, Vol. 23, No. 2, p. 214-217, 2005
• Problem med Tillväxten {Growth Problems}, Östgöta Correspondenten, November 29, 2003
• Book Review: Innovation and Small Enterprises in the Third World (with Scheele, J), International Small Business Journal, Vol. 21, No. 3, p. 354-357, 2003
• Based on a True Story, An Optimal Region, p. 1-5, 2002
• Book Review: Taking Technical Risks. How Innovators, Executives, and Investors Manage High Tech Risks, Enterprise & Innovation Management Studies, Vol.2, No.3, p. 241-243, 2002
• Akademiskt Entreprenörskap [Academic Entrepreneurship], Tempo, No. 2, p. 7, 2001
• Vad det är som får Företag att Växa? – Några Reflektioner Kring Företagandet i den sk Nya Ekonomin [What Makes Firms Grow – Reflections on Business and the New Economy], Östgöta Correspondenten, 26 September, C19, 2000
• “Vem gör vad?” [Who is doing What?], Connect, 1, p. 6-7, 1994
• ”Nödvändig Affärsplattform [The Business Platform is Crucial]”, Risk & Kapital, No. 2, p. 22-24
• ”Kapitalisterna Sviker i det Avgörande Ögonblicket” [Critisism of Venture Capital Companies: The Capitalists Fall in the Decisive Moment] (with Ö. Fredriksen and C. Olofsson), Affärsvärlden, No. 21, p. 35-36 , 1987
• ”Bäst med Ven-capsatsningen: Riskkapital eller Samtalspartner” [The Advantages of Venture Capital Investments: Venture Capital and Discussion Partner] (with C. Olofsson) Affärsvärlden, No. 9, p. 70-72, 1985

Conference papers and papers in proceedings

• Open innovation in the biomedical sector: An alternative approach to organizational value extraction (with Hedner, T., Thornblad, T., Remneland, B), paper for the WASD conference, Atlantic City, New Jersey, October 26-28, 2011
• Venture Cup - The Nordic Business Plan Competition (with Maack, K., Hedner, T), paper for the WASD conference, Atlantic City, New Jersey, October 26-28, 2011
• Managing a Science Park: A study of value creation for their tenants (with Albaha-ri, A., Pérez Canto, S), paper for the Triple Helix IX International Conference, Stanford University, 11-14 July 2011
• Triple Helix networking during PhD education - a study of mobility and attitudes towards commercialization of research (with Bienkowska, D), paper for the Triple Helix IX International Conference, Stanford University, 11-14 July 2011
• New ideas in R&D-driven, product-development projects (with Lundmark, E), pa-per for the R&D Management Conference, Norrköping, Sweden, 28-38 June, 2011
• Impact of Uncertainty on Drug Development: Decision Making in the Pharmaceu-tical Industry (with Hedner, T., Cowlrick, I), paper for the R&D Management Conference 2011, Norrköping, Sweden, 28-38 June, 2011
• Policy Programmes to Promote Entrepreneurship and Innovation: A Study of the State of the Art, Design and Impact Issues (with Brulin, G., Ellström, P-E., Svens-son, L), paper presented at the ICSB conference, Stockholm, 15-18 June, 2011
• Implementing the SIV Model on an Intensively Innovation-Oriented Enterprise: The Case of Autoadapt AB (with Abouzeedan, A., Hedner, T), paper presented at the ICSB conference, Stockholm, 15-18 June, 2011
• Open Learning Within Growth Businesses: Lessons from Sweden, (with Jones-Evans, D) paper presented at the ICSB conference, Stockholm, 15-18 June, 2011
• Cluster-Like Organisations as Intermediaries, (with Laur, I., Bienkowska, D), pa-per presented at the High technology Small Firms Conference, Manchester, 9-10 June, 2011
• How do Human Capital and Social Capital Contribute to the Early Development of Academic Spinn-Off Ventures? (with de Cleyn, S., Braet, J), paper presented at the Babson College-Kauffman Foundation Entrepreneurship Research Conference, Whitman School of Management, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, June 8-11, 2011
• Creating Entrepreneurial Networks: Commercialisation of Research, Mobility and Collaboration during PhD Education (with Bienkowska, D), paper presented at the R&D Management Conference, Manchester, 30 june-2 July, 2010
• Decision Making through Phases of Drug Research and Development (with Cowl-rick, I., Hedner, T., Wolf, R., Olausson, M), paper presented at the R&D Manage-ment Conference, Manchester, 30 june-2 July, 2010
• Management of Innovation in High-Technology Smaller Firms: Opportunities and Challenges (with Abouzeedan, A., Hedner, T) paper presented at the R&D Man-agement Conference, Manchester, 30 june-2 July, 2010
• A Fuzzy Cognitive Map-based Approach to the Determination of Appropriate Dis-count Rates for the Valuation of High-Technology Ventures in the early Stages of Venture Capital Investments (with Heydebreck, P., Krüger, L), paper presented at the 14 International Business Information Management (IBIMA) Conference, Is-tanbul, Turkey, 23-24 June, 2010
• Integrating Entrepreneurship in DBT Project Courses at Linköping University (with Gunnarsson, S., Bergek, A), paper presented at the 6th International CDIO Conference, École Polytechnique, Montréal, June 15-18, 2010
• An Integrated Approach of Measuring the Development of Innovative Spin-Off Ventures (with C. Norrman), paper presented at the Babson College-Kauffman Foundation Entrepreneurship Research Conference, IMD & EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland, 10-12 June, 2010
• Labour Mobility and Informal Contacts as Mechanisms of Knowledge Diffusion (with E. Lundmark), paper presented the High technology Small Firms Confer-ence, Enschede, the Netherlands, 27-28 May 2010
• From Firm Network to a Sector-System of Production and Innovation: A Case Study of Innovation Policy Initiative (with Frykfors, C-O, paper presented the High technology Small Firms Conference, Enschede, the Netherlands, 27-28 May 2010
• The Changing Structure of the Pharmaceutical Industry - Perceptions on Entrepre-neurship and Openness (with T, Hedner., I, Cowlrick., R, Wolf., M, Olausson), paper presented at the European Council for Small Business and Entrepreneurship Conference (ecsb), May 7th, 2010, Bergamo, 2010
• Entrepreneurship and the PhD: A Case Study of a Doctoral Mobility Program (with D. Bienkowska), paper for the Triple Helix Conference, Glasgow, 17-19 June, 2009
• Institutional Entrepreneurship within a Triple Helix Regional Development Framework (with P. Svensson), paper presented at the Triple Helix Conference, Glasgow, 17-19 June, 2009
• Mobility as a Trigger of Corporate Entrepreneurship: A Study of the Congruence of Different Role-Holders Views (with E. Lundmark), paper presented at the Bab-son College-Kauffman Foundation Entrepreneurship Research Conference, Bab-son College, U.S, 3-5 June, 2009
• What Can We Learn from Academic Spin-Off Failures? Insights from 5 Case Studies (with S. De Cleyn., J. Braet), paper presented at the High technology Small Firms Conference, Manchester Business School, UK, 28-29 May, 2009
• The Clanging Structure of the Pharmaceutical Industry: Is There a Need for Entre-preneurship? (with T. Hedner., I. Cowlrick., R. Wolf, M. Olausson), paper pre-sented at the High technology Small Firms Conference, Manchester Business School, UK, 28-29 May, 2009
• European University-Based Entrepreneurship Training Programmes: Best Practices (with L. Serio), paper presented at the High technology Small Firms Conference, Enschede, the Netherlands, 22-23 May 2008
• Coaching versus mentoring: Are there any differences? (with S. Öberg) paper pre-sented at the High technology Small Firms Conference, Enschede, the Nether-lands, 22-23 May 2008
• Financing New Ventures: Attitudes toward Public Financing (with C. Norrman), paper presented at the Annual High Technology Small Firms Conference, Man-chester Business School, UK, 14-15 May, 2007
• Transferring an entrepreneurship training programme: A Swedish case study (with p. Heydebreck., D. Jones-Evans), paper presented at the Triple Helix Conference, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 16-18 May, 2007
• Mutually Learning with Partners how to Foster Entrepreneurship (with P. Heydebreck), paper presented at the R&D Management Conference, Lake Win-dermere, UK July 2006
• Can Entrepreneurship be Taught? - Supporting Academic Enterprise, paper pre-sented at the Associated Universities of the Northeast Conference on Entrepre-neurship, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, 16 March, 2006
• Supporting Academic Enterprise: A Case Study of an Entrepreneurship Pro-gramme, paper presented at the Annual High Technology Small Firms Conference, Manchester Business School, UK, 26-27 May, 2005
• Public Innovation Support and Innovative Ideas (with C. Norrman. A Bergek), pa-per presented at the Babson College-Kauffman Foundation Entrepreneurship Re-search Conference, Babson College, U.S, June, 2005
• Entrepreneurship Training for Regional Growth and Innovation: A Swedish Case Study and Ten Year Retrospective, (with M. Spaeth), paper presented at the ICSB 49th World Conference, Johannesburg, South Africa, June 20-23, 2004
• The Discovery Process: External Influences on Refinement of the Venture Idea (with P. Davidsson., E. Hunter), paper presented at the Babson College-Kauffman Foundation Entrepreneurship Research Conference, Stratclyde University, UK, 3-5 June, 2004
• What Ideas Get Public Innovation Support? A Survey Study of the Early Stage Financing of New Ventures, (with C. Norrman., E. Sundin), paper presented at the Babson College-Kauffman Foundation Entrepreneurship Research Conference, Stratclyde University, UK, 3-5 June, 2004
• New Venture Ideas: Their Origin and Metamorphosis into Viable Business Con-cepts, paper presented at the 12th Annual High Technology Small Firms Confer-ence, University of Twente, Enschede, the Netherlands 24-25 May 2004
• What Venture Ideas Get Public Innovation Support? A Survey Study of Early Stage Financing from a Supply Side Perspective, (with C. Norrman., E. Sundin), paper presented at the 12th Annual High Technology Small Firms Conference, University of Twente, Enschede, the Netherlands 24-25 May 2004
• Supporting Clusters, Firms and Entrepreneurs: A Swedish Case Study, (with H. Etzkowitz), TCI Conference, Innovative Clusters: Interaction and exchange in in-novative clusters and systems, Gothenburg, September 15-16, 2003
• The Idea Behind the Firm: Its Origin and Metamorphosis into a Viable Concept, the 17 NFF Conference, Reykjavik, Iceland, August 14–16, 2003
• Support Structure for Reaching the Business Platform: A Comparison of Two Eu-ropean Regions (with van P. der Sijde and P. Kirwan), High-Technology Small Firms Conference, Manchester Business School, United Kingdom, 12-13 June, 2003
• Entrepreneurship and Innovation: Toward a Theory of Knowledge-Based Regional Development, (with H. Etzkowitz), The 4 Triple Helix Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark, November 6-9, 2002
• The Business Platform Model: A Practical Tool for Understanding and Analysing Firms in Early Development, (with P. Davidsson), High-Technology Small Firms Conference, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands, June 10-11, 2002
• Growth and Innovation Support in Swedish Science Parks and Incubators, (with Å. Lindholm Dahlstrand), High-Technology Small Firms Conference, Manchester Business School, United Kingdom, 31 May–1 June, 2001
• The Business Platform: A Practical Tool for Assessing Firms in Early Develop-ment, (with Per Davidsson), Babson College-Kauffman Foundation Entrepreneur-ship Research Conference, Jönköping, Sweden, 14-16 June, 2001. p. 115
• Training Entrepreneurship at Universities: A Scandinavian Case Study, 45th ICSB World Conference, Brisbane, Australia, 7-10 June, 2000
• Barriers in Co-Operation Between Small and Large Technology-Based Firms: A Swedish Case Study Firm (With C. Schärberg), High-Technology Small Firms Conference, University of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands, May 22-23, 2000
• Venture Capitalists’ Governance of their Portfolio Companies (with Ø. Fredrik-sen), 9th ENDEC World Conference, Singapore, 15–18 August, 1999
• Teaching and Training Entrepreneurship in Sweden, in Entrepreneurship – An Ob-jective for Education in Europe, European Commission and Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung, p. 26-28, 1999
• Technological Entrepreneurship in European Universities: A Survey (with D. Jones-Evans), 44th ICSB World Conference, Naples, Italy, 20-23 June, 1999
• Growth, Interaction, Decline: The Rise and Fall of a Swedish Medium-Sized Firm (with J.M. Feldman), 44th ICSB World Conference, Naples, Italy, 20-23 June, 1999
• Financing Technology-Based New Ventures: Credibility and Value Creation (with Å. Lindholm Dahlstrand), High-Technology Small Firms Conference, Manchester Business School, United Kingdom, 27–28 May, 1999
• CEO vs Board Power Typologies in Venture Capital: Entrepreneur Relationships (with Ø. Fredriksen) Babson College-Kauffman Foundation Entrepreneurship Re-search Conference, University of South Carolina, the United States, May 12-15, 1999
• Academic Entrepreneurship in Europé: A View From the Periphery (with D. Jones-Evans), RENT XII - Research in Entrepreneurship, Lyon, France, November 26-27, 1998
• University-Industry Relations in Finland and Sweden: A University Perspective (with E, Andersson, D, Jones-Evans and P, Malinen), 10th Nordic Small Business Research Conference, Växjö University, Växjö, Sweden, June 14–16, 1998
• Teaching and Training Small Businesses: Attitudes Among the Organisers (With C. Schärberg), 10th Nordic Small Business Research Conference, Växjö Universi-ty, Växjö, Sweden, June 14–16, 1998
• Supporting the Early Stages of Technology-Based Firms: A Study of Seed Financ-ing (with M. Jonsson and J. Simón), 10th Nordic Small Business Research Con-ference, Växjö University, Växjö, Sweden, June 14–16, 1998
• The Vulnerability of Medium-Sized Firms: Barriers to Growth and the Limits to Collaboration (with J.M. Feldman), 10th Nordic Small Business Research Confer-ence, Växjö University, Växjö, Sweden, June 14–16, 1998
• Supporting New Ventures: A Study of Small Scale Financing (with M. Jonsson and J. Simón), 43rd ICSB World Conference, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 8-10, June, 1998
• The Limits to Collaboration: The Growth and Decline of a Swedish Spin-Off Firm (With J. Feldman), High-Technology Small Firms Conference, University of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands, June 4-5, 1998
• Academic Entrepreneurship in the European Context: A Comparative Study (with D. Jones-Evans), Babson College-Kauffman Foundation Entrepreneurship Re-search Conference, Gent, Belgium, May 21-23, 1998
• The Role of the University in the Development of Academic-Industry Links: The View from Europe (with D. Jones-Evans), A Triple Helix of University-Industry-Government Relations: The Future Location of Research, New York City/Purchase, the United States, January 7-10, 1998
• Growing a Technopole: A Longitudinal Study of Entrepreneurship and Industrial Development in Sweden (with C. Schärberg and D. Jones-Evans), A Triple Helix of University-Industry-Government Relations: The Future Location of Research, New York City/Purchase, the United States, January 7-10, 1998
• Small Business Support: Attitudes from the Organisers (with C. Schärberg), RENT XI Research in Entrepreneurship and Small Business, Mannheim, Germany, November 27-28, 1997
• Entreprenörskap: Ett Naturligt Inslag i Forsknings- och Utvecklingsarbetet, [Ent-repreneurship: A Natural Component in Research and Development Work] (with L. Eidenvall), Svenska Läkarsällskapets Riksstämma, Stockholm, Sweden, No-vember 26-28, 1997
• Innovative Academic Entrepreneurship on the Periphery: The Role of Universities Collaborating with Industry for Local Economic Development (with E. Andersson, G. Intxaurburu Clemente, D. Jones-Evans and D. Pandya), International Conference on Technology Policy and Less Developed Research and Development Systems in Europe, Seville, Spain, October 17-18, 1997
• Growing a Technopol: A Longitudinal Study of Entrepreneurship and: Industrial Development (with C. Schärberg and D. Jones-Evans), Regional Frontiers Confer-ence, Frankfurt, Germany, September 20-23, 1997
• Strategies for Developing Academic-Industry Links - A Two Country Study (with D. Jones-Evans, D. Pandya and E. Andersson), 14th Nordic Conference on Busi-ness Studies, Bodö, Norway, August 14-17, 1997
• Technopools: Fosterers of Entrepreneurship and Regional Development (with P. Heydebreck and J. Maier), Managing R&D into the 21st Century: Theory and Practice - The ‘Tools’ of the Trade, July 14-16, 1997, Manchester, United King-dom, 1997
• Academy-Industry Links within Peripheral Regions of Europe: Polices, Strategy and Practice, (with D. Jones-Evans, D. Pandya and E. Andersson), High-Technology Small Firms Conference, Manchester Business School, Manchester, United Kingdom, May 29-30, 1997
• Entrepreneurial Intent Among University Students: Testing an Intent Model in Scandinavia and in Colorado (with E. Autio and R.H. Keeley and T. Ulfstedt), Frontiers of Entreprenurship Research Conference, Babson College, Boston, the United States, April 11-15, 1997
• Strategies for Developing Academic-Industry Links: The Case of Sweden and Ire-land (with D. Jones-Evans, D. Pandya and E. Andersson), EUNIT International Conference on Industry, Innovation and Territory, Lisbon, Portugal, March 20-22, 1997
• Entrepreneurial Behaviour in a University Environment: Policies to Encourage Academic Entrepreneurship at the Periphery of Europe (with D. Jones-Evans, M. Gomez Uranga, G. Extebarria, P. Cooke, R. Harrison, A. Paasio and A. Da Rosa Pires), 2nd Irish Entrepreneurship Research Conference, Belfast, Northern Ireland, November 8, 1996
• Small Business Support: An Analysis of the Resource Push and Demand Pull (with A-S. Mikaelsson), High-Technology Small Firms Conference - Entrepre-neurial Activity and the Co-operation Process, University of Twente, Enscede, Netherlands, September 5-6, 1996, p. 277-288
• Support Policies, Regulatory Environment and Instruments for SMEs Develop-ment: The Cases of SMIL and Spinno (with E. Autio), Euro-Mediterranean Part-nership -Workshop on the development of SMEs, Milan, Italy, June 4-6, 1996
• Local Support for Technology-based SMEs: Two Scandinavian Cases (with E. Au-tio), RISE’96: Research on Innovative Strategies and Entrepreneurship, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland, June 17 - 19, 1996
• From Configuration Orientation to Development Orientation: Two Scandinavian Cases of Local Support for Technology-Based SMEs (with E. Autio), ICSB Con-ference, Stockholm, Sweden, June 17 - 19, 1996, p. 237-254
• Support of Small Business Firms: Entrepreneurs’s Views of the Demand and Sup-ply Side (with A-S. Mikaelsson), 6th ENDEC World Conference on Entrepreneur-ship, Shanghai, China, December 7-9, 1995, p. 71-79
• How to Support the Small Firm Sector: The Entrepreneurs’s Views (with A-S. Mikaelsson), 13th Nordic Conference on Business Studies, Copenhagen Business School, Copenhagen, Denmark, August 14-15, 1995, p. 373-379
• Tyne and Tees Cash and Carry Ltd: A Case-Study of Dynamic Entrepreneurship in the Service Sector (with D. Jones-Evans and M. Vijayan), EFER’s 6th European Forum: Pan-European Research on the Enabling Environment for Dynamic Entrepreneurship, Gent, Belgium, November 16-18, 1995
• Key Success Factors in a Fast Growth Service Sector Business: A Case-Study of Small Business Excellence (with D. Jones-Evans and M. Vijayan), RENT IX - Re-search in Entrepreneurship, Piacenza, Italy, November 23-24, 1995
• Stimulating the Growth and Development of Small Technology-Based Firms: An Entrepreneurship Model that Works, Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research Con-ference, London Business School, London, United Kingdom, April 9-13, 1995, p. 597-598
• Technology-Based Firms: Critical Aspects of their Early Development, Dynamic Entrepreneurship, 4th ENDEC World Conference on Entrepreneurship, Singapore, July 15-17, 1993, p. 320-333
• Managing the Small Technology-Based Firm: Attaining a Business Platform, In-ternational Workshop on Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises, Jönköping, Sweden, September 14-16, 1994
• Technology-based Firms: Crucial Aspects of their Founding and Early Develop-ment, A Review Conference of Technology Transfer Practice in Europe - The last ten years and the view to the year 2000”, Hannover, Germany, April 28-29, 1994, p. 471-482
• The Founding of Technology-Based Firms: Critical Aspects for their Survival, Growth and Development, 8th Nordic Conference on Small Business Research, Halmstad University, Halmstad, Sweden, June 13-15, 1994
• Technology-Based Firms: A Description and Analysis of their Early Development, Conferenc on Technical and Industrial Development, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden, November 17-19, 1993
• Early Development Processes in Technology-Based Firms: A General Overview, Nordic Conference on Business Studies, Lund, Sweden, August 18-20, 1993
• Entrepreneur-Venture Capitalist Relations: The Entrepreneur’s Views (with Ö. Fredriksen, H. Landström, C. Olofsson and C. Wahlbin), Frontiers of Entrepre-neurship Research Conference, Babson College, Wellesley, the United States, 1990
• Growth, Performance and Financial Structure of New Technology-Based Firms: A preliminary analysis (with Ö. Fredriksen, C. Olofsson and C. Wahlbin), Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research Conference, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, Missouri, the United States, 1989
• Growth Factors in Small Technology-Based Firms: A Survey (with P. Lindell), EIASM Conference, Brüssels, Belgium, 1988
• Internal and External Resources in Technology-Based Spin-Offs: A Survey (with P. Lindell, C. Olofsson and C. Wahlbin), Frontiers Entrepreneurship Research Conference, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada, 1988
• On Understanding Business Development in Small Technology-Based Companies, Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research Conference, Pepperdine University, Mali-bu, California, the United States, April 1987, p. 389-391

Working papers

• Generella Framgångsfaktorer i Kluster: En Studie av Entreprenörskap och Innovat-ion, Helix Working paper, ISSN: 1654:8213, 2009
• Stöd till Innovativa Företag, Utvärdering av ett Policyinitiativ (with C. Norrman), Helix Working paper, ISSN: 1654:8213, 2008
• Interaction, Growth, and Decline: The Rise and Fall of a Medium-Sized Swedish Firm (with J.M. Feldman), Department of Technology and Social Change, Linkö-ping University, November, 1998
• A Comparison of Academic Entreprenurship Between Seven European Regions (with E. Andersson), Linköping University, Centre for Innovation and Entrepre-neurship, working paper, 1998
• A Case Study of Academic Entrepreneurship Linkages Within Linköping Univer-sity, Sweden (with E. Andersson), Linköping University, Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, working paper, 1998
• A Survey of Academic Entrepreneurship within Swedish Universities, (with E. Andersson), Linköping University, Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, working paper, 1997
• University-Industry Relations in Sweden: A Literature review (with S. Jonsson), Linköping University, Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, working paper, 1997
• The Role of the Industrial Liaison Officer in the Development of University-Industry Links: The Case of Sweden and Ireland (with D. Jones-Evans, D. Pandya and E. Andersson), Linköping University, Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, working paper, 1997
• Academic Entrepreneurship in Sweden: Actions Towards Closer University-Industry Collaboration (with E. Andersson), Linköping University, Centre for In-novation and Entrepreneurship, working paper, 1997
• A Study of University Development in Three Swedish Regions: A Case Study (with E. Andersson), Linköping University, Centre for Innovation and Entrepre-neurship, working paper, 1996
• Swedish University-Industry Indicators (with E. Andersson and A-S. Mikaelsson), Linköping University, Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, working paper, 1996
• Studenter och Karriärval: En Pilotstudie [Students and Career Choice - A pilot study] (with T. Lundgren and R. Engvall), Linköping University, Centre for Inno-vation and Entrepreneurship, working paper, 1996
• Tidiga Utvecklingsprocesser i Teknikbaserade Företag: En Litteraturgenomgång [Early Development Processes in Technology-Based Firms: A Literature Review], Linköping University, Department of Management and Economics, working paper 92-03, 1992
• Financial Forms and Policy Issues in Venture Capital Investments (with M. Gran-ander and M. Vik) Linköping University, Department of Management and Eco-nomics, working paper 89-17, 1989
• Utvecklingen i Tre Teknikbaserade Småföretag: En Illustrativ Studie [Develop-ment in Three Technology-Based Firms: An Illustrative Study], Linköping Uni-versity, Department of Management and Economics, [unpublished report], 1987
• On Understanding Business Development in Small Technology-Based Companies, Linköping University, Department of Management and Economics, working paper 87-4, 1987
• Om Intern Kommunikation i Stora Företag [Internal Communication in Larger Firms], (with R. Hellberg), Linköping University, Department of Management and Economics, working paper 86-2, 1986

Commissioned R&D and other reports

• Ideas that Really Mean Business: An Overview of High-Tech Firms in the County of Östergötland, Sweden, 7 ed, Linköping University, Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Linköping University (forthcoming, 1999)
• Forskarpatent i Linköping AB: En Pionjärverksamhet Inom Sitt Område [Linkö-ping University Patent Office: A Pioneer in its Area], report for the Foundation for Innovation and Inventor Research, Sweden, 1997
• Översyn av den Tredje Uppgiften vid Linköpings Universitet: Sammanfattning av Enkätsvar [An Overview of the Commissioned R&D Units at Linköping Univer-sity: A Survey Study], Linköpings University, 1997
• Mjärdevi Science Park: Strategier och Handlingsalternativ [Mjärdevi Science Park: Strategies and Activities], report for Linköping Municipality, 1996
• Ideas that Really Mean Business: An Overview of High-Tech Firms in the County of Östergötland, Sweden, 6 ed, Linköping University, Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Linköping University, 1996
• Technology Transfer from the University Through Stimulating Small Technology-Based Firms: The Case of CIE-SMIL, report for the European Commission, DG XIII/D4, 1995
• Kapitaltillskott för Forskningsnära Företag och Projekt” [Seed Capital for Re-search-Oriented Firms and Projects], report for the TSLs seed capital project for research- oriented firms and projects at Swedish Science Parks, Swedepark, 1995
• Förstudie Avseende Etablering av ett Business Innovation Centre (BIC) inom Östsvenska Regionen [A Pre-Study Concerning Establishment of a Business Inno-vation Centre (BIC) in the East Swedish Region], report for the Municipalities of Linköping and Norrköping, 1994
• Övergripande Aktivitetsplan för ForskningsByn Mjärdevi [A General Plan for the Mjärdevi Science Park], report for Linköping Municipality, 1993
• Ideas that Really Mean Business: An Overview of Spin-Off Enterprises with Ori-gins in the High-Tech Environments at Linköping, Sweden, 5 ed, Linköping Insti-tute of Technology, The Industrial Liaison Office, 1992
• Ideas that Really Mean Business: An Overview of Spin-Off Enterprises with Ori-gins in the High-Tech Environments at Linköping, Sweden, 4 ed, Linköping Insti-tute of Technology, Centre for Technology Transfer, 1991
• Ideas that Really Mean Business, an Overview of Spin-Off Enterprises with Ori-gins in the High-Tech Environments at Linköping, Sweden (with C. Wahlbin), 3 ed, Linköping Institute of Technology, Centre for Technology Transfer, 1989
• Elva företag i Strängnäsregionen: En detaljanalys [Eleven Firms in the Strängnäs Region: An Analysis], Linköping University, Department of Management and Economics, [unpublished report], 1988
• Ideas that Really Mean Business: An Overview of Spin-Off Enterprises with Ori-gins in the High-Tech Environments at Linköping, Sweden (with C. Wahlbin), 2 ed, Linköping Institute of Technology, Centre for Technology Transfer, 1987
• Ideas that Really Mean Business: An Overview of Spin-Off Enterprises with Ori-gins in the High-Tech Environments at Linköping, Sweden (with C. Holmér), 1 ed, Linköping Institute of Technology, Centre for Technology Transfer, 1986

Case studies (for teaching)

• The Case of Mathcore Inc., Linköping University, Centre for Innovation and En-trepreneurship, 2004
• The Case of Licera Inc., Linköping University, Centre for Innovation and Entre-preneurship, 2004
• The Case of Kreatel Inc., Linköping University, Centre for Innovation and Entre-preneurship, 2004
• The Case of Micromuscle Inc., Linköping University, Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, 2004
• The Case of Focal Point Inc., Linköping University, Centre for Innovation and En-trepreneurship, 2004
• The Case of Optimal Solutions Inc., Linköping University, Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, 2004
• The Case of Instrutec Inc., Linköping University, Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, 1997
• Stimulating The Growth and Development of Small Technology-Based Firms: The SMIL Case, Linköping University, Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, 1995
• The Case of OptiSensor Inc., Linköping University, Centre for Innovation and En-trepreneurship, 1995
• The Case of Sutec Inc., Linköping University, Centre for Innovation and Entrepre-neurship, 1995
• Two Cases About Business Growth: Alfa Inc. & Beta Inc., Linköping University, Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, 1995
 

 

 

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