• Characteristics of Intrapreneurs in Scale-Intensive Service Firms 

      Hydle, Katja Maria; Aas, Tor Helge; Breunig, Karl Joachim (Journal of Entrepreneurship, Management, and Innovation;10(2), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)
      This empirical paper explores the work of employees in charge of service innovation when firms develop and launch new scale-intensive services by addressing two research questions: i) How do employees responsible for ...
    • Conceptualizing Innovation Capabilities: a Contingency Perspective 

      Aas, Tor Helge; Breunig, Karl Joachim (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      Empirical research has confirmed that a positive relationship exists between the implementation of innovation activities and the future performance of organizations. Firms utilize resources and capabilities to develop ...
    • Digital Servitization: Strategies for Handling Customization and Customer Interaction 

      Hydle, Katja Maria; Hellström, Magnus Mikael; Aas, Tor Helge; Breunig, Karl Joachim (Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2021-07-27)
      This conceptual chapter utilizes extant servitization and digitalization theorization and discusses the impact of digital servitization on customization/standardization and customer interaction. The study argues that the ...
    • Exploring New Service Portfolio Management 

      Aas, Tor Helge; Breunig, Karl Joachim; Hydle, Katja Maria (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)
      Most research on the management of innovation portfolios has focused on new product portfolios, whereas the management of new service portfolios has not been researched correspondingly. This paper addresses this literature ...
    • Incentives and performance measures for open innovation practices 

      Breunig, Karl Joachim; Aas, Tor Helge; Hydle, Katja Maria (Measuring Business Excellence;18(1), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)
      Purpose – To guarantee alignment between ongoing activities and organizational goals, innovation management theory emphasizes management control and explicit innovation strategies as prerequisites for innovation performance. ...
    • Innovation capabilities: What are their characteristics and how can they be conceptualized? 

      Aas, Tor Helge; Breunig, Karl Joachim (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      Purpose – It has been argued that firms may utilize their resources and capabilities through the development of innovations in the form of new products, services or processes, and empirical research has confirmed that there ...
    • Innovation Management Practices in Production-Intensive Service Firms 

      Aas, Tor Helge; Breunig, Karl Joachim; Hydle, Katja Maria; Pedersen, Per Egil (International Journal of Innovation Management;19(5), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-06-22)
      This paper posits that innovation management practices are contingent upon the type of industry, and examines the innovation management practices in a distinctive set of service firms: production-intensive service firms. ...
    • Managing Innovation Processes: The Case of Integrated Product-Service Systems 

      Aas, Tor Helge; Breunig, Karl Joachim; Hellström, Magnus Mikael; Hydle, Katja Maria (Proceedings of the XXX ISPIM Innovation Conference;, Conference object, 2019)
      Most research on the management of innovation processes has focused on either new product development or new service development, while the development of new integrated product-service systems has received limited ...
    • Open Innovation or Innovation in the Open? An Exploration of the Strategy–Innovation Link in Five Scale-Intensive Services 

      Breunig, Karl Joachim; Aas, Tor Helge; Hydle, Katja Maria (Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2016)
      This chapter explores the strategy–innovation link in open service innovations. The increased attention to the role of the firm's external environment on innovation has important implications for strategy. However, our ...
    • ORGANISING DEVELOPMENT PROCESSES: THE CASE OF PRODUCT-SERVICE SYSTEMS 

      Aas, Tor Helge; Breunig, Karl Joachim; Hellström, Magnus Mikael; Hydle, Katja Maria (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      This study addresses the development of new integrated product–service systems (PSSs). Most empirical research on the organisation of development processes has focussed on new product development, new service development, ...
    • Product-Service Systems in the Digital Era: Deconstructing Servitisation Business Model Typologies 

      Aas, Tor Helge; Breunig, Karl Joachim; Hellström, Magnus Mikael; Hydle, Katja Maria (Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2021-07-27)
      The identification of business model typologies of servitised firms is part of a long research tradition. However, the relevance of many existing typologies in the contemporary context, in which digitalisation is central ...
    • Service-oriented business models in manufacturing in the digital era: Toward a new typology 

      Aas, Tor Helge; Breunig, Karl Joachim; Hellström, Magnus Mikael; Hydle, Katja Maria (LUT Scientific and Expertise Publications;, Conference object, 2020)
      A stream of servitization research has focused on identifying typologies of product-service system business models. However, their relevance may be questioned in a context with increased utilization of digital technologies. ...