Division of Industrial Management (INDEK)

The division of Industrial Management broadly conducts research on B2B firms, their business models, their strategies, and how they can create and capture value. The creation and capture of value, and being able to develop business models and strategies that can enable the creation of value, is key in all industries and for all actors. With increased competition on many arenas, with new opportunities through digitalization and servitization, and as sustainability is becoming a pivotal aspect in all business, being able to rethink and renew business models, and to find new ways to create value, is at the very heart of management today.

Our research is primarily carried out in close cooperation with industry and we have extensive experience in working with various firms in this process. Key concepts for us are business models, value creation, sustainability, market strategies, servitization, value chains and growth. The research activities in our division are organized in three areas, or centers, – Center for Business Model Innovation, Center for Applied research in SMEs, and Digitisation and management - and in six different research tracks.

For questions please contact the research director Professor Daniel Kindström or anyone of the senior researchers in our division.

Researchers

The division has a wide range of researchers and doctoral students involved in our ongoing projects. Currently we are 6 Professors, 7 Assistant Professors and 10 doctoral candidates as well as research assistants, teaching faculty, and administration. We also work closely together with both national and international scholars, as well as various firms, in our projects.