Leona Achtenhagen
Professor
Business Administration
Business Administration
, Jönköping International Business School
Director
MMTC - Media, Management and Transformation Centre
, Jönköping International Business School
PhD in Business Administration
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Biography
Leona Achtenhagen is professor in Business Administration focused on Entrepreneurship and Business Development. She received her PhD from the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland. She has held previous appointments at Warwick Business School, UK and the University of Bamberg, Germany.
Research
Her main research and teaching are in the areas of strategy and organization studies as well as entrepreneurship. Currently, her research focuses on organizing/strategizing processes of continuously growing firms, analyses of discourses transmitted by newspapers, as well as open innovation. Her research has been published in numerous book chapters and journal articles.
Article
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.
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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.
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Eslami, M., 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.
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Rubyutsa, J., 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.
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Eslami, M., Achtenhagen, L., Bertsch, C., 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).
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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.
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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.
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Achtenhagen, L., Haag, K., Hultén, K., Lundgren, J.
(2022).
Torn between individual aspirations and the family legacy – individual career development in family firms Career Development International, 27(2), 201-221.
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Haag, K., Achtenhagen, L.
(2021).
The impact of divorce on the family business system in SMEs - patterns of coping strategies, commitment and ownership regulations International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, 44(4), 335-358.
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Achtenhagen, L., Cyron, T., Ehlers, A., Garz, M., Steigenberger, N.
(2020).
Att lyckas med intressentdialogen Organisation & Samhälle, 54-59.
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Koch, N., Pongratz, S., McCauley, B., Achtenhagen, L.
(2020).
‘Smashing it’: How user entrepreneurs drive innovation in esports communities International Journal of Esports, 1(1).
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Achtenhagen, L.
(2020).
Entrepreneurial orientation – an overlooked theoretical concept for studying media firms Nordic Journal of Media Management, 1(1), 7-21.
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Achtenhagen, C., Achtenhagen, L.
(2019).
The impact of digital technologies on vocational education and training needs An exploratory study in the German food industry Education + Training, 61(2), 222-233.
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Achtenhagen, L., Inwinkl, P., Björktorp, J., Källenius, R.
(2018).
More than two decades after the Cadbury Report: How far has Sweden, as role model for corporate-governance practices, come? International Journal of Disclosure & Governance, 15(4), 235-251.
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Achtenhagen, L., Melesko, S., Ots, M.
(2018).
Upholding the 4th estate—exploring the corporate governance of the media ownership form of business foundations JMM - The International Journal on Media Management, 20(2), 129-150.
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Laurell, H., Achtenhagen, L., Andersson, S.
(2017).
The changing role of network ties and critical capabilities in an international new venture’s early development The International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, 3(1), 113-140.
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Achtenhagen, L., Ekberg, S., Melander, A.
(2017).
Fostering growth through business development: Core activities and challenges for micro-firm entrepreneurs Journal of Management and Organization, 23(2), 167-185.
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Achtenhagen, L., Brunninge, O., Melin, L.
(2017).
Patterns of dynamic growth in medium-sized companies: beyond the dichotomy of organic versus acquired growth Long range planning, 50(4), 457-471.
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Achtenhagen, L.
(2017).
Media entrepreneurship: Taking stock and moving forward JMM - The International Journal on Media Management, 19(1), 1-10.
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Achtenhagen, L.
(2016).
Developing media management scholarship: a commentary to Picard and Lowe’s essay Journal of Media Business Studies, 13(2), 117-123.
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Naldi, L., Achtenhagen, L., Davidsson, P.
(2015).
International Corporate Entrepreneurship among SMEs: A test of Stevenson’s notion of Entrepreneurial Management Journal of small business management (Print), 53(3), 780-800.
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Achtenhagen, L., Price Schultz, C.
(2015).
Invisible struggles: The representation of ethnic entrepreneurship in US newspapers Community Development, 46(5), 499-515.
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Achtenhagen, L., Melander, A., Rosengren, A., Standoft, A.
(2014).
High-growth firms and the use of formalised planning and control systems International Journal of Management and Decision Making, 13(3), 266-285.
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Achtenhagen, L., Tillmar, M.
(2013).
Studies on women's entrepreneurship from Nordic countries and beyond International Journal of Gender and Entrepreneurship, 5(1), 4-16.
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Laurell, H., Andersson, S., Achtenhagen, L.
(2013).
The importance of industry context for new venture internationalisation: A case study from the life sciences Journal of International Entrepreneurship, 11(4), 297-319.
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Achtenhagen, L., Melin, L., Naldi, L.
(2013).
Dynamics of Business Models - Strategizing, Critical Capabilities and Activities for Sustained Value Creation Long range planning, 46(6), 427-442.
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Achtenhagen, L., Johannisson, B.
(2013).
The making of an intercultural learning context for entrepreneuring International Journal of Entrepreneurial Venturing, 5(1), 48-67.
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Pio, E., Achtenhagen, L.
(2013).
Teaching ethnic minority entrepreneurship through parables International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, 18(2), 154-172.
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Price Schultz, C., Achtenhagen, L.
(2013).
Discouraging stereotypes? US newspaper coverage of ethnic minority entrepreneurs before the economic downturn Journalism - Theory, Practice & Criticism, 14(8), 1059-1075.
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Achtenhagen, L., Andersson, S., Laurell, H.
(2011).
Frühe Internationalisierung eines Unternehmens im Hochtechnologiebereich - Treiber und Hindernisse Zeitschrift für KMU und Entrepreneurship, 59(2), 125-140 Berlin: Duncker & Humblot .
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Achtenhagen, L., Welter, F.
(2011).
"Surfing the Ironing Board" - The representation of women’s entrepreneurship in German newspapers Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, 23(9-10), 763-786.
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Achtenhagen, L., Naldi, L., Melin, L.
(2010).
"Business growth": do practitioners and scholars really talk about the same thing? Entrepreneurship: Theory & Practice, 43(2), 289-316.
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Davidsson, P., Achtenhagen, L., Naldi, L.
(2010).
Small Firm Growth.
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Achtenhagen, L., Raviola, E.
(2009).
Balancing tensions during convergence: duality management in a newspaper company JMM - The International Journal on Media Management, 11(1), 32-41.
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Achtenhagen, L., zu Knyphausen-Aufsess, D.
(2008).
Fostering Doctoral Entrepreneurship Education in Germany Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development, 15(2), 397-404.
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Achtenhagen, L.
(2008).
Understanding Entrepreneurship in Traditional Media Journal of Media Business Studies, 5(1), 123-142.
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Achtenhagen, L., Welter, F.
(2008).
Le discourse entrepreneurial dans les journaux allemands – “esprit entrepreneurial, montre-toi” Revue Internationale PME, 21(3-4), 67-89.
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Naldi, L., Achtenhagen, L.
(2006).
International Corporate Venturing: An Empirical Study of SMEs Pursuing Opportunities in International Markets sinergie – rivista di studi e ricerche, 24(71), 35-51.
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Achtenhagen, L.
(2005).
Entrepreneurship: Unternehmertum als Weg aus der Krise drei: Das BPG-Magazin, 4(September), 11-16.
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Achtenhagen, L., Picard, R.
(2005).
Der Portfolio-Ansatz in den Medienindustrien: Ein strategisches Werkzeug mit unterschätztem Wert? Zeitschrift für Controlling & Management, 42-48.
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Naldi, L., Achtenhagen, L.
(2005).
Die Bedeutung von Ressourcen-bezogenen Praktiken für das Wachstum von KMU in unterschiedlichen Lebensphasen Zeitschrift für KMU und Entrepreneurship, 4(53), 296-312.
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Naldi, L., Helin, J., Melin, L., Achtenhagen, L.
(2005).
Ganaron el Gröna Kvisten hace diez años. ¿Y ahora? Iniciativa Emprendedora, 47((April-Mayo-Junio)), 71-83.
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Achtenhagen, L., Müller-Lietzkow, J., zu Knyphausen-Aufsess, D.
(2003).
Das Open Source-Dilemma: Open Source Software-Entwicklung zwischen organisatorischer Optimierung und notwendiger Kommerzialisierung Schmalenbach Business Review, 55, 455-481.
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Achtenhagen, L., Rüegg-Stürm, J.
(2000).
Management-Mode oder unternehmerische Herausforderung: Überlegungen zur Entstehung netzwerkartiger Organisations- und Führungsformen Die Unternehmung, 3-22.
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Achtenhagen, L., Wagner, M.
(1999).
Case study: Wissensmanagement in multinationalen Unternehmen, Lösungsvorschlag IO Management, 82-83.
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Ruigrok, W., Achtenhagen, L.
(1999).
Organizational Culture and the Transformation Towards New Forms of Organizing European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 8(4), 521-536.
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Achtenhagen, L., Müller-Stewens, G., Sahm, M.
(1998).
Interview with Dr. Giuseppe Vita, CEO of Schering AG C E M S Business Review, 2(3), 149-155.
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Achtenhagen, L., Ruigrok, W.
(1998).
Die Koordination von internen Netzwerken internationaler Unternehmen: Organisationsformen im Umbruch Gablers Magazin, 12(8), 19-22.
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Achtenhagen, L., Wagner, M.
(1998).
Case study: Wissensmanagement in multinationalen Unternehmen - Eine Herausforderung für die HAPF AG IO Management, 78-81.
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Achtenhagen, L., Sahm, M.
(1997).
"In allen Tätigkeitsbereichen führend sein": Ein Gespräch mit Dr. Giuseppe Vita, Vorstandsvorsitzender der Schering AG M & A Review, 323-328.
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Achtenhagen, L.
(1997).
Industry Special: M&A-Aktivitäten in der deutschen Chemie- und Pharmaindustrie M & A Review, 261-269.
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Achtenhagen, L., Lang, N.
(1996).
Country Special: Die italienische Textilbranche M & A Review, 209-211.
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Achtenhagen, L., Lang, N.
(1996).
Country Special: M&A in Italien M & A Review, 268-273.
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Achtenhagen, L.
(1995).
Das aktuelle Interview: Cees J.A. van Lede, Chairman Akzo Nobel NV M & A Review, 324-327.
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Achtenhagen, L., Hsieh, R., Weisberg, O., Kupper, C., Pfeiffer, P., Schäfer, N.
(1994).
Country Special: China: Interview with Mr. Yake Wang, CEITIC; Interview with Mr. Wu Houpu; City of Wuhan M & A Review, 277-280.
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Achtenhagen, L., Kupper, C.
(1994).
Das aktuelle Interview: Mr. Mingyi Wei, Chairman of CITIC M & A Review, 439-441.
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Achtenhagen, L., Kupper, C.
(1994).
Country Special: China: Investitionen in China M & A Review, 436-439.
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Doctoral thesis
Achtenhagen, L.
(2001).
Coordination in new forms of organising: an empirical study
(Doctoral thesis, St. Gallen).
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Book chapter
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
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Achtenhagen, L., Achtenhagen, C.
(2022).
Strategien und Maßnahmen zur Nachhaltigkeit in Unternehmen.
In:
K.-D. Müller, S. Siemon & R. Wallner
(Ed.),
Nachhaltigkeit und Gründung:
Start-ups als Agenten der kulturellen Transformation
(pp. 17 -23).
Stuttgart: W. Kohlhammer GmbH
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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).
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Achtenhagen, L., Cestino, J.
(2020).
Qualitative methods in media management research.
In:
M. Bjørn von Rimscha
(Ed.),
Management and Economics of Communication
(pp. 129 -147).
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Achtenhagen, L., Welter, F.
(2019).
(Re-) constructing the entrepreneurial spirit.
In:
Entrepreneurship and Context
(pp. 31 -44).
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Khizran, Z., Achtenhagen, L.
(2018).
If policy (half-heartedly) says ‘yes’, but patriarchy says ‘no’: How the gendered institutional context in Pakistan restricts women entrepreneurship.
In:
S. Y. Yousafzi, A. Lindgreen, S. Saeed, C. Henry, & A. Fayolle
(Ed.),
Contextual embeddedness of women's entrepreneurship:
Going beyond a gender neutral approach
(pp. 18 -32).
London: Routledge
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Achtenhagen, L., Johannisson, B.
(2018).
The reflexivity grid: Exploring conscientization in entrepreneurship education.
In:
Revitalizing Entrepreneurship Education: Adopting a Critical Approach in the Classroom
(pp. 62 -81).
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Achtenhagen, L., Brundin, E.
(2017).
Introduction — management challenges in Africa.
In:
L. Achtenhagen & E. Brundin
(Ed.),
Management challenges in different types of African firms:
Processes, practices and performance
(pp. 1 -9).
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Achtenhagen, L., Haag, K., Welter, F.
(2017).
The role of gender in family-business research: A systematic review of the literature.
In:
Vanessa Ratten, Leo-Paul Dana, Veland Ramadani
(Ed.),
Women entrepreneurship in family business
(pp. 16 -45).
Abingdon: Routledge
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Achtenhagen, L., Mierzejewska, B.
(2016).
The development of media management as an academic field: Tracing the contents and impact of its three leading journals.
In:
G.F. Lowe & C. Brown
(Ed.),
Managing Media Firms and Industries:
What's So Special About Media Management?
(pp. 23 -42).
Berlin: Springer
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Achtenhagen, L., Brundin, E.
(2016).
Introduction.
In:
Leona Achtenhagen, Ethel Brundin
(Ed.),
Entrepreneurship and SME Management Across Africa:
Context, Challenges, Cases
(pp. 1 -6).
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Achtenhagen, L.
(2014).
Selbständigkeit von Frauen: Forschungsperspektiven und -resultate aus dem skandinavischen Raum.
In:
Claudia Gather, Ingrid Biermann, Lena Schürmann, Susan Ulbricht, Heinz Zipprian
(Ed.),
Die Vielfalt von Selbständigkeit:
Sozialwissenschaftliche Beiträge zu einer Erwerbsform im Wandel
(pp. 49- -59).
Berlin: Edition Sigma
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Achtenhagen, L., Johannisson, B.
(2014).
Context and ideology of entrepreneurship education in practice.
In:
Susanne Weber, Fritz K. Oser, Frank Achtenhagen, Michael Fretschner, Sandra Trost
(Ed.),
Becoming an Entrepreneur
(pp. 91 -107).
Rotterdam: Sense Publishers
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Achtenhagen, L., Johannisson, B.
(2013).
Games in entrepreneurship education to support the crafting of an entrepreneurial mindset.
In:
Sara de Freitas, Michela Ott, Maria Magdalena Popescu & Ioana Stanescu
(Ed.),
New Pedagogical Approaches to Game Enhanced Learning:
Curriculum Integration
(pp. 20 -37).
Hershey: IGI Global
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Achtenhagen, L., Henoch, B., Evansluong, Q.
(2013).
The Role of ICT in Supporting Transnational Diaspora Entrepreneurship.
In:
Teresa Torres-Coronas & Maria-Arantzazu Vidal-Blasco
(Ed.),
Social E-Enterprise:
Value Creation through ICT
(pp. 148 -164).
Hershey/PA: IGI Global
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Achtenhagen, L.
(2012).
Gender and Acquiring Resources.
In:
Matthew R. Marvel
(Ed.),
Encyclopedia of New Venture Management
(pp. 209 -210).
London: Sage Publications
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Achtenhagen, L.
(2012).
Entrepreneurs in media.
In:
Matthew R. Marvel
(Ed.),
Encyclopedia of New Venture Management
(pp. 154 -157).
London: Sage Publications
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Achtenhagen, L.
(2011).
Creating a film production cluster in Sweden's west: The case of 'Trollywood'.
In:
Charlie Karlsson and Robert G. Picard
(Ed.),
Media Clusters:
Spatial Agglomeration and Content Capabilities
(pp. 354 -376).
Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing
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Achtenhagen, L., Picard, R.
(2011).
Media clusters: development paths and core issues.
In:
Charlie Karlsson, Robert G. Picard
(Ed.),
Media Clusters:
Spatial Agglomerations and Content Capabilities
(pp. 44 -71).
Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing
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Achtenhagen, L., Naldi, L.
(2011).
Mapping media entrepreneurship of young European companies.
In:
Zvezdan Vukanovic and Paulo Faustino
(Ed.),
Managing media economy, media content and technology in the age of digital convergence
(pp. 191 -212).
Lisboa: Media XXI
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Achtenhagen, L., Brunninge, O.
(2011).
Dynamische Geschäftsmodellanpassung zur Sicherung unternehmerischer Nachhaltigkeit.
In:
Jörn-Axel Meyer
(Ed.),
Nachhaltigkeit in kleinen und mittleren Unternehmen
(pp. 131 -141).
Lohmar: Josef Eul Verlag
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Achtenhagen, L., Norbäck, M.
(2010).
Entertainment Firms and Organization Theories.
In:
K.-D. Altmeppen, K. Lantzsch, A. Will
(Ed.),
Handbuch Unterhaltungsproduktion:
Beschaffung und Produktion von Fernsehunterhaltung
(pp. 52 -66).
Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften
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Picard, R., Achtenhagen, L.
(2009).
Challenges and Success Factors in Media Cluster Development.
In:
Irene Bernhard
(Ed.),
The geography of innovation and entrepreneurship:
revised papers presented at the 12th Uddevalla Symposium, 11-13 June, 2009, Bari, Italy / Uddevalla Symposium 2009
(pp. 9 -26).
Trollhättan, Sweden: University West
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Achtenhagen, L.
(2008).
Organisera, strategi och dualitet.
In:
Att förstå strategi:
Process och kontext
(pp. 127 -150).
Lund: Studentlitteratur
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Achtenhagen, L., Welter, F.
(2008).
"Unternehmergeist, komm aus der Flasche": der Entrepreneurship-Diskurs in deutschen Zeitungen.
In:
Sascha Kraus and K. Gundolf
(Ed.),
Stand und Perspektiven der deutschsprachigen Entrepreneurship- und KMU-Forschung
(pp. 135 -150).
Köln: Ibidem-Verlag
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Achtenhagen, L.
(2007).
Organizing (in) Media Companies.
In:
Organizing Media:
Mastering the Challenges of Organizational Change
(pp. 1 -7).
Jönköping: Media Management and Transformation Centre, Jönköping International Business School
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Raviola, E., Achtenhagen, L.
(2007).
Organizing internal tensions: The duality management of media companies.
In:
Organizing Media:
Mastering the Challenges of Organizational Change
(pp. 127 -146).
Jönköping: Media Management and Transformation Centre, Jönköping International Business School
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Picard, R., Achtenhagen, L.
(2007).
Organising and reorganising media companies for 21st century operations.
In:
Shaping the Future of the Newspaper:
Reorganising the Newspaper Company
(pp. 16 -20).
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Achtenhagen, L., Welter, F.
(2007).
Entrepreneurship discourse in the media.
In:
Handbook of Qualitative Research Methods in Entrepreneurship
(pp. 193 -215).
Cheltenham: Edward Elgar
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Welter, F., Achtenhagen, L.
(2006).
Unternehmerinnenleitbild und Unternehmerinnenidentität.
In:
Das Unternehmerinnenbild in Deutschland:
Ein Beitrag zum gegenwärtigen Forschungsstand
(pp. 73 -100).
Münster et al.: Lit Verlag
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Achtenhagen, L., Welter, F.
(2006).
Re-Creating an Entrepreneurial Spirit in Germany: A Review of the Public and Newspaper Discourse.
In:
Understanding the Regulatory Climate for Entrepreneurship and SMEs:
Papers presented to the Rencontres de St-Gall 2006
St.Gallen: KMU-HSG
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Achtenhagen, L., Helin, J., Melin, L., Naldi, L.
(2006).
One Decade Later: Following Up the ‘Gröna Kvisten’ Prize-winning Growth Firms.
In:
P. Rind Christensen & F. Poulfelt
(Ed.),
Managing Complexity and Change in SMEs:
Frontiers in European Research
(pp. 10 -34).
Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing
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Davidsson, P., Achtenhagen, L., Naldi, L.
(2006).
What do we know about small firm growth?.
In:
The life cycle of entrepreneurial ventures
(pp. 361 -398).
New York: Springer
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Naldi, L., Achtenhagen, L.
(2006).
Pursuing opportunities in new markets: Activities of international SMEs to enhance growth by further internationalization.
In:
Kleine und mittlere Unternehmen in neuen Märkten:
Aufbruch und Wachstum
(pp. 255 -268).
Lohmar: EUL Verlag
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Achtenhagen, L.
(2005).
Media Portfolio Development: Strategic and Organizational Challenges.
In:
Media Product Portfolios:
Issues in Management of Multiple Products and Services
(pp. 41 -61).
Mahwah, N.J.: Lawrence Erlbaum
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Achtenhagen, L., Helin, J., Melin, L., Naldi, L.
(2005).
Tracing patterns of growth: A first analysis of the 'Gröna Kvisten' high-growth ventures.
In:
Advances in Interdisciplinary European Entrepreneurship research:
Vol. 2
(pp. 101 -132).
Münster: Lit Verlag
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Achtenhagen, L., Welter, F.
(2004).
Linking the Entrepreneurship Discourse to its Context: The Development of Entrepreneurship in Germany in the Years 1997-2001.
In:
Advances in Interdisciplinary European Entrepreneurship Research
(pp. 1 -25).
Münster: Lit Verlag
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Achtenhagen, L., Melin, L.
(2003).
Managing the Homogeneity-Heterogeneity Duality.
In:
Innovative Forms of Organizing:
international perspectives
(pp. 301 -328).
London: SAGE
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zu Knyphausen-Aufsess, D., Achtenhagen, L., Müller-Lietzkow, J.
(2003).
Die Open-Source-Softwareentwicklung als Best-Practice-Beispiel eines erfolgreichen Dienstleistungsnetzwerkes.
In:
Dienstleistungsnetzwerke
(pp. 613 -639).
Wiesbaden: Gabler
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Achtenhagen, L., Welter, F.
(2003).
Female entrepreneurship in Germany: context, development and its reflection in German media..
In:
New Perspectives on Women Entrepreneurs
(pp. 71 -100).
Greenwich: Information Age
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Achtenhagen, L., Melin, L., Müllern, T.
(2003).
Learning and Continuous Change in Innovating Organizations.
In:
Innovative Forms of Organizing:
international perspectives
(pp. 72 -94).
London: SAGE
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Achtenhagen, L., Ericson, T., Melin, L., Müllern, T.
(2003).
Leadership: The Role of Interactive Strategizing.
In:
Innovative Forms of Organizing:
international perspectives
(pp. 49 -71).
London: SAGE
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Ruigrok, W., Achtenhagen, L., Wagner, M., Rüegg-Stürm, J.
(2000).
ABB: Beyond the Global Matrix towards the Network Multidivisional Organization.
In:
The innovating organization
(pp. 117 -143).
London: SAGE
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Ruigrok, W., Achtenhagen, L., Wagner, M., Rüegg-Stürm, J.
(2000).
Hilti AG: Shared Leadership and the Rise of the Communicating Organization.
In:
The innovating organization
(pp. 178 -207).
London: SAGE
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Review
Achtenhagen, L.
(2011).
Book review: Managing Media Companies: Harnessing Creative Value (2nd ed.): by Annet Aris and Jacques Bughin, West Sussex, England: Wiley, 2009. ISBN 978-04-70713-95-2 (paperback), 384 pp..
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Achtenhagen, L.
(2010).
Book review: Fernando G. Alberti, Salvatore Sciascia, Carmine Tripodi and Federico Visconti, Entrepreneurial Growth in Industrial Districts: Four Italian Cases, Edward Elgar: Cheltenham, 2008; 269 pp.: 9781847200853, £69.00 (hbk).
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Achtenhagen, L.
(2005).
‘Managing Media Companies: Harnessing Creative Value’, by Annet Aris and Jacques Bughin (2005), West Sussex: John Wiley & Sons.
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(2001).
The Coming Biotech Age: The Business of Bio-Materials.
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Achtenhagen, L.
(2000).
Organisationslernen: institutionelle und kulturelle Dimensionen.
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Hashim, S., Achtenhagen, L.
(2024).
Entrepreneurs doing context through social media framing.
2024 Diana International Research Conference, June 1-3, 2024, Stockholm, Sweden.
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Achtenhagen, L., Jansson, A.
(2021).
’Greta Who?’ - How Swedish media companies frame their stance towards sustainability.
EMMA Conference 2021, 27-29 October, Jönköping, Sweden.
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Achtenhagen, L., Ramírez-Pasillas, M.
(2021).
The Best of Two Worlds? Ethnic Minority Entrepreneurs’ Perceptions About the Role of Family for Creating and Sustaining their Entrepreneurial Activities.
EURAM 2021, Reshaping capitalism for a sustainable world, 16-18 June 2021.
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McCauley, B., Achtenhagen, L.
(2021).
Developing an Ecosystem Around Gaming Development for Regional Juvenation - The Case of the Arctic Game Lab.
EMMA Conference 2021, 27-29 October, Jönköping, Sweden.
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Tokbaeva, D., Achtenhagen, L.
(2019).
Per aspera ad astra: Career progression challenges of women in IT and digital media.
Annual Conference of the European Media Management Association (EMMA), 5-7 June 2019, Limassol, Cyprus.
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Nazir, I., Achtenhagen, L.
(2019).
Corporate venturing in traditional media firms: A capabilities perspective.
2019 Annual Conference of the European Media Management Association (emma), Limassol, Cyprus, 5-7 June 2019.
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Cyron, T., Achtenhagen, L.
(2019).
Building a firm-hosted online community.
Australian Center for Entrepreneurship Research Exchange Conference, Sydney, Australia, 2019.
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Haag, K., Achtenhagen, L.
(2018).
Renewal through socialization: A case of strategy as wayfinding.
78th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management (AOM) 2018, July 10-15, Chicago, USA.
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Haag, K., Achtenhagen, L.
(2018).
Entrepreneurial strategy-making through socialization: A case of family business wayfinding.
3rd EAP conference, 2018, April 17-19, Växjö, Sweden.
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Cyron, T., Achtenhagen, L.
(2018).
Building a Firm-hosted Online Community.
Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship Conference (ISBE), Birmingham, UK, 2018.
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Ots, M., Achtenhagen, L., Melesko, S.
(2018).
Do the forms of media ownership matter?: Exploring the corporate governance of business foundations.
13th World Media Economics and Management Conference, Cape Town, South Africa, May 6-9.
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Achtenhagen, L., Haag, K.
(2017).
The making of ‘Scandinavian Design’ from a family business perspective.
IFERA 2017: annual conference June 28-July 1, 2017, Zadar, Croatia, 2017.
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Achtenhagen, L., Haag, K.
(2017).
Co-evolution at the Interface of a Family Firm and its Niche.
77th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Atlanta, August 4-8, 2017.
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Cyron, T., Achtenhagen, L.
(2017).
Business growth in practice: Navigating dualities in the process of development.
RENT XXXI (Research in Entrepreneurship and Small Business) conference 2017, Lund, Sweden, November 15-17.
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Achtenhagen, L., Brunninge, O., Melin, L.
(2016).
Growth strategies in medium-sized companies - Beyond the dichotomy of organic versus acquired growth.
Strategic Management Society 36th Annual Conference, Berlin, September 17-20, 2016.
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Cestino, J., Achtenhagen, L.
(2016).
Legitimacy-borrowing and bricolage by journalism entrepreneurs: From institutional ‘dopes’ to new industry pioneers?.
12th World Media Economics and Management Conference, New York, 2-6 May, 2016..
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Laurell, H., Achtenhagen, L., Andersson, S.
(2010).
The internationalization challenge – Enabling and constraining factors in the medical-technology sector.
St.Gallen:
KMU Verlag HSG, Rencontres de St-Gall 2010, September 6–8 2010, St.Gallen.
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Laurell, H., Achtenhagen, L., Andersson, S.
(2010).
‘The role of the founding team and its network ties during different phases of the early internationalization journey’.
Montreal 13th McGill International Entrepreneurship Conference September 17-20, 2010, Montreal, Canada.
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Achtenhagen, L., Naldi, L.
(2010).
The footprint of young companies on the media landscape.
European Media Management Association annual conference, 2010, London, U.K..
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Achtenhagen, L., Laurell, H., Andersson, S.
(2009).
The internationalization challenge: managing a new venture from the medical technology sector.
McGill International Entrepreneurship Conference, Helsinki.
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Achtenhagen, L.
(2009).
The role of entrepreneurial orientation in combining old and new media.
European Media Management Association, Annual Conference February 2009, Paris.
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Achtenhagen, L., Picard, R.
(2009).
Challenges and Success Factors in Media Cluster Development: A Review of Contemporary Knowledge.
Trollhättan:
Department of Economics and IT, University West, 12th Uddevalla Symposium, 11-13 June, 2009, Bari, Italy.
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Leona, A., Melin, L., Naldi, L.
(2009).
How do companies achieve sustained and profitable business growth?: Business models in continuously growing companies.
Washington 29th Annual International Conference, Strategic Management Society.
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Achtenhagen, L.
(2008).
On the way to continuous growth: The role of entrepreneurial management.
St.Gallen:
HSG, Rencontres de St-Gall, St. Gallen.
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Achtenhagen, L., Melin, L.
(2007).
Continuous entrepreneurship: The case of SYSteam, a Swedish consultancy firm.
Rencontres de St-Gall, St. Gallen.
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Achtenhagen, L., Naldi, L.
(2007).
Managing Firm Resources: The Impact of Resource Practices on Performance.
Academy of Management Meeting, Philadelphia, August 2007.
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Achtenhagen, L., Brunninge, O., Melin, L.
(2007).
How Do SMEs Achieve Growth?: Exploring The Modes of Organic Growth And Growth By Acquisition.
Academy of Management Meeting, Philadelphia, August 2007.
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Achtenhagen, L., Raviola, E.
(2006).
Organizing internal tensions: The duality management of media companies.
Academy of Management Meeting, Philadelphia, August 2007.
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Achtenhagen, L., Helin, J., Melin, L., Naldi, L.
(2006).
Investigating Patterns of Development in SMEs.
Academy of Management Meeting, Philadelphia, August 2007.
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Achtenhagen, L., Naldi, L., Wiklund, J.
(2006).
How Companies Manage Resources For Firm Expansion.
Strategic Management Society Annual International Conference, Vienna, Austria, February 2006.
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Achtenhagen, L., Naldi, L., Wiklund, J.
(2006).
The Management of Firm Resources: Examining the Impact of Resource Practices on Performance.
Strategic Management Society Annual Conference, Vienna, October 2006.
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Naldi, L., Achtenhagen, L., Melin, L.
(2006).
The role of SME internationalization for Pursuing Opportunities.
Bason Park, MA:
Babson College, Twenty-sixth Annual Entrepreneurship Research Conference.
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Achtenhagen, L., Welter, F.
(2005).
(Re-)Constructing the Entrepreneurial Spirit.
Babson Park, Mass.:
Babson College, Twenty-sixth Annual Entrepreneurship Research Conference.
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Achtenhagen, L., Welter, F.
(2005).
The attractive blond lady in a pink business suit: Analyzing the discourse on female entrepreneurship in German newspapers between 1997 and 2003.
Twenty-sixth Annual Entrepreneurship Research Conference.
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Achtenhagen, L., Melin, L.
(2005).
Pursuing a strategy of continuous growth: A longitudinal, in-depth case study.
Twenty-sixth Annual Entrepreneurship Research Conference.
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Welter, F., Achtenhagen, L.
(2005).
Enhancing the Entrepreneurial Spirit!?: Investigating the Entrepreneurship Discourse in Newspapers over Time.
Twenty-sixth Annual Entrepreneurship Research Conference.
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Welter, F., Achtenhagen, L.
(2005).
Unternehmerinnenbild und Unternehmerinnenidentität.
Twenty-sixth Annual Entrepreneurship Research Conference.
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Achtenhagen, L., Helin, J., Melin, L., Naldi, L.
(2005).
A process-view on the role of resource practices for SME growth.
Twenty-sixth Annual Entrepreneurship Research Conference.
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Achtenhagen, L., Helin, J., Melin, L., Naldi, L.
(2005).
Business firm growth: Are we talking about the same thing?.
Twenty-sixth Annual Entrepreneurship Research Conference.
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Achtenhagen, L., Helin, J., Melin, L., Naldi, L.
(2005).
Tricks of twigs: how the ‘Gröna Kvisten’-winning firms grew big(ger).
Twenty-sixth Annual Entrepreneurship Research Conference.
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Davidsson, P., Achtenhagen, L., Naldi, L.
(2005).
Research on small-firm growth: A review.
35th EISB Conference, Barcelona, September 2005.
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Naldi, L., Achtenhagen, L.
(2005).
A Dynamic View On The Role Of Resource Practices For Growth.
Babson Park, Mass.:
Arthur M. Blank Center for Entrepreneurship, Babson College, Twenty-fifth annual Entrepreneurship Research Conference.
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Achtenhagen, L., Melin, L.
(2004).
Organizing for a strategic balance: Two extreme cases of managing dualities.
Twenty-fifth annual Entrepreneurship Research Conference.
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Achtenhagen, L., zu Knyphausen-Aufsess, D.
(2004).
Managing the sharing of knowledge?: A comparative analysis of the cases of Open Source Software Development and Genomics.
Twenty-fifth annual Entrepreneurship Research Conference.
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Achtenhagen, L., Naldi, L.
(2004).
The role of resource practices for the value creation of SMEs.
St. Gallen:
KMU-Vlg HSG, Twenty-fifth annual Entrepreneurship Research Conference.
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Achtenhagen, L., Helin, J., Melin, L., Naldi, L.
(2004).
Tracing patterns of growth: An analysis of the 'Gröna Kvisten' high-growth ventures.
Twenty-fifth annual Entrepreneurship Research Conference.
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Achtenhagen, L., Naldi, L.
(2004).
Practicing growth: how companies build and use valuable resources for expansion.
Twenty-fifth annual Entrepreneurship Research Conference.
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Achtenhagen, L., Helin, J., Melin, L., Naldi, L.
(2004).
Towards a re-conceptualization of firm growth.
Babson Park, Mass.:
Arthur M. Blank Center for Entrepreneurship, Babson College, Twenty-fifth annual Entrepreneurship Research Conference.
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Achtenhagen, L., Helin, J., Melin, L., Naldi, L.
(2004).
One decade later?: Following up the Gröna kvisten prize-winning high-growth firms.
Twenty-fifth annual Entrepreneurship Research Conference.
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Welter, F., Achtenhagen, L.
(2003).
Linking the entrepreneurship discourse to its context: The development of entrepreneurship in Germany in the years 1997-2001.
Twenty-fifth annual Entrepreneurship Research Conference.
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Achtenhagen, L., Melin, L.
(2003).
Facing the Organizational Challenge of Managing Dualities.
Twenty-fifth annual Entrepreneurship Research Conference.
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Welter, F., Achtenhagen, L.
(2003).
Female Entrepreneurship as Reflected in German Media in the Years 1997-2001.
Twenty-fifth annual Entrepreneurship Research Conference.
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Achtenhagen, L., zu Knyphausen-Aufsess, D.
(2002).
Fostering Entrepreneurship Education and Research in Germany: The EXIST High Technology Entrepreneurship Postgraduate Programme.
Lohmar:
Eul, Twenty-fifth annual Entrepreneurship Research Conference.
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Achtenhagen, L., Moehle von Hoffmannswaldau, A.
(2002).
Emerged and disappeared?: Towards an understanding of the dynamics of new ventures by analysing a continuously failing business.
Twenty-fifth annual Entrepreneurship Research Conference.
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Achtenhagen, L., Müller-Lietzkow, J., zu Knyphausen-Aufsess, D.
(2002).
Open Source Software Development: An Ideal-Type Model of Deconstructing Industries.
Twenty-fifth annual Entrepreneurship Research Conference.
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Achtenhagen, L., Müller-Lietzkow, J.
(2002).
'Goliath' Microsoft versus David 'Linux': Still the Truth? A Comparison of the Hypercompetition between Microsoft and Linux Distributors.
Twenty-fifth annual Entrepreneurship Research Conference.
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Achtenhagen, L.
(2002).
Entrepreneurial Failure in Germany: Stigma or Enigma.
Babson Park, Mass.:
Arthur M. Blank Center for Entrepreneurship, Babson College, Twenty-fifth annual Entrepreneurship Research Conference.
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Achtenhagen, L.
(2002).
Kommerzialisierung von Open Source-Software: Widerspruch oder Weiterentwicklung der Idee?.
Twenty-fifth annual Entrepreneurship Research Conference.
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Achtenhagen, L., Moehle von Hoffmannswaldau, A.
(2002).
Narrating the Early-Stage Organising Process Journey.
Twenty-fifth annual Entrepreneurship Research Conference.
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Achtenhagen, L., zu Knyphausen-Aufsess, D.
(2001).
The Role of Regional Networks in New-Venture Creation Processes.
Babson Park, Mass.:
Babson College, Twenty-fifth annual Entrepreneurship Research Conference.
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Achtenhagen, L., Moehle von Hoffmannswaldau, A.
(2001).
Analysing new venture activities: the influence of team characteristics and support infrastructure in a German biotech region.
Twenty-fifth annual Entrepreneurship Research Conference.
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Achtenhagen, L., Melin, L., Müllern, T., Ericson, T.
(2001).
Beyond leadership: Shared organizing and strategizing processes in innovative organizational settings..
Twenty-fifth annual Entrepreneurship Research Conference.
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Achtenhagen, L.
(2000).
Technological changes in innovative forms of organizing: comparing early and late adopters.
Twenty-fifth annual Entrepreneurship Research Conference.
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Achtenhagen, L., Hertel, J., Stammnitz, A.
(1999).
Creating creativity?: Overcoming creativity barriers - lessons from a drama group.
Twenty-fifth annual Entrepreneurship Research Conference.
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Achtenhagen, L., Ruigrok, W.
(1999).
Recent organisational innovations in Germany.
Twenty-fifth annual Entrepreneurship Research Conference.
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Achtenhagen, L., Ruigrok, W.
(1999).
New modes of organising: evidence from Germany.
Twenty-fifth annual Entrepreneurship Research Conference.
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Achtenhagen, L.
(1999).
Co-ordination within new modes of organising.
Twenty-fifth annual Entrepreneurship Research Conference.
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Achtenhagen, L.
(1998).
Coordination in newly emerging organizational forms.
Twenty-fifth annual Entrepreneurship Research Conference.
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Achtenhagen, L., Ruigrok, W.
(1997).
Comparison of newly emerging organizational forms.
Twenty-fifth annual Entrepreneurship Research Conference.
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Achtenhagen, L., Haag, K., Hultén, K., Lundgren, J.
(2022).
Thicker than water: Balancing individual career goals and the family business.
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Managing firm-hosted online communities: A multi-channel perspective.
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(2017).
Management Challenges in Different Types of African Firms: Processes, Practices and Performance.
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(2016).
Entrepreneurship and SME Management Across Africa: Context, Challenges, Cases.
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(2007).
Organizing Media: Mastering the Challenges of Organizational Change.
Jönköping:
Media Management and Transformation Centre, Jönköping International Business School
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Achtenhagen, L., Melander, A.
(2014).
Open innovation in the construction industry with a specific focus on Swedish wood-construction companies.
Växjö:
Smart Housing Småland
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Melander, A.
Johansson, P.
Lennartsson, M.
Elgh, F.
Achtenhagen, L.
Vimarlund, V.
, ... Hellborg G.
(2014).
Entreprenöriell produktframtagning för industriellt byggande.
Växjö:
Smart Housing Småland
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Achtenhagen, L.
(2011).
Internationalization competence of SMEs.
Örebro:
Entreprenörskapsforum
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Achtenhagen, L., Johansson, A., Picard, R.
(2007).
The Promotion of Entrepreneurship in the Audio-Visual Media (esp. TV): Final Report for the European Commission, Enterprise and Industry Directorate-General.
Jönköping:
Media Management and Transformation Centre, Jönköping International Business School
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Welter, F., Achtenhagen, L., Kolb, S., Ettl, K.
(2006).
Süsses Leben mit bitteren Noten: Unternehmerinnen und Gründerinnen in der deutschen Presse - eine diskursanalytische Betrachtung.
Düsseldorf:
Ministerium für Generationen, Familie, Frauen und Integration des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen
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