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Fremont, Vincent
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Eklinder-Frick, J. O., Perna, A. & Fremont, V. (2023). Guest editorial: Understanding digital transformation from an inter-organisational network perspective. Journal of business & industrial marketing, 38(6), 1245-1250
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Guest editorial: Understanding digital transformation from an inter-organisational network perspective
2023 (English)In: Journal of business & industrial marketing, ISSN 0885-8624, E-ISSN 2052-1189, Vol. 38, no 6, p. 1245-1250Article in journal, Editorial material (Other academic) Published
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2023
National Category
Business Administration
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-502734 (URN)10.1108/JBIM-06-2023-605 (DOI)000985257700001 ()
Available from: 2023-05-29 Created: 2023-05-29 Last updated: 2023-05-29Bibliographically approved
Eklinder-Frick, J. O., Fremont, V., Åge, L.-J. & Osarenkhoe, A. (2020). Digitalization efforts in liminal space: inter-organizational challenges. Journal of business & industrial marketing, 35(1), 150-158
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Digitalization efforts in liminal space: inter-organizational challenges
2020 (English)In: Journal of business & industrial marketing, ISSN 0885-8624, E-ISSN 2052-1189, Vol. 35, no 1, p. 150-158Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to analyze the benefits and drawbacks that strategically imposed liminality inflicts upon inter-organizational digitalization efforts within the different phases of its utilization.

Design/methodology/approach: This study empirically examines digitalization in a large multinational manufacturing company, Sandvik Machining Solutions, using data that were collected through interviews and a qualitative research design.

Findings: This study shows that a liminal space separated from the structures in which one is supposed to inflict changes increases the risk of developing an incompatible system that will be rejected in the incorporation phase. An inter-organizational perspective on liminality thus contributes to our understanding of the benefits and drawbacks that liminal space can pose for the organizations involved.

Practical implications: The study suggests that, in the separation phase, driving change processes by creating liminal spaces could be a way to loosen up rigid resource structures and circumvent network over-embeddedness. Finding the right amount of freedom, ambiguity and community within the liminal space is, however, essential for the transition of information as well as the incorporation of the imposed changes.

Originality/value: Introducing an inter-organizational perspective on liminality contributes to our understanding of the stress that liminal space can place on individuals as well as the individual organization.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Emerald, 2020
Keywords
Liminality, Digitalization, Innovation, Relationships, Change in networks
National Category
Business Administration
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-403244 (URN)10.1108/JBIM-12-2018-0392 (DOI)000506090200010 ()
Available from: 2020-01-28 Created: 2020-01-28 Last updated: 2021-08-23Bibliographically approved
Fremont, V., Frick, J. E., Åge, L.-J. & Osarenkhoe, A. (2019). Interaction through boundary objects: controversy and friction within digitalization. Marketing Intelligence & Planning, 37(1), 111-124
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Interaction through boundary objects: controversy and friction within digitalization
2019 (English)In: Marketing Intelligence & Planning, ISSN 0263-4503, E-ISSN 1758-8049, Vol. 37, no 1, p. 111-124Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyze friction and controversies with interaction processes and their effects on forming new resource interfaces, through the lens of boundary objects. Design/methodology/approach The empirical setting consists of two organizations that are trying to enhance their competitive advantage through digitalization. During the process of data collection four different boundary objects were identified. The study illustrates how these boundary objects were characterized in terms of their modularity, standardization, abstractness and tangibility. This paper provides an analysis of how respondents perceived that the development of these boundary objects affected the creation of novel resource interfaces, and the resulting friction and controversy between new and old structures. Findings The study concludes that within a producer-user setting a focal boundary object will take on tangible and standardized properties, and the interaction process will expose friction in terms of both power struggles and resource incompatibilities. On the other hand, a boundary object's modularity gives the actors central to the interaction room to maneuver and avoid resource incompatibilities and the development setting will hence be characterized by controversies. Originality/value The analysis indicates that the way individuals perceive boundary objects is central to interaction processes, answering calls for studies that investigate the role of objects within subject-to-object interaction.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2019
Keywords
Boundary object, Digitalization, Industrial marketing, Industry 4.0, Manufacturing industry, Resource interaction
National Category
Business Administration
Research subject
Engineering Science with specialization in industrial engineering and management
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-450025 (URN)10.1108/MIP-04-2018-0135 (DOI)000456682900008 ()
Available from: 2021-08-09 Created: 2021-08-09 Last updated: 2021-12-01Bibliographically approved
Fremont, V.Friction and digital transformation in the industrial network.
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Friction and digital transformation in the industrial network
(English)Manuscript (preprint) (Other academic)
Abstract [en]

Purpose: This study aims to investigate the digital transformation of a complex industrial network, the resource context spanning the industrial network, including the resource interfaces and resulting friction effects. Characteristics of resource structures and friction forces should be uncovered and analyzed for how they may hinder or drive the digital transformation (DT) change process.

Design/methodology/approach: The empirical setting consists of an extensive industrial network of distributors and subsidiaries of a large Swedish manufacturing firm. The industrial network was studied as a qualitative case study with an abductive approach. The investigation uncovered several resource structures and described several positive and negative effects emerging from different technical, mixed, and organizational resource interfaces. 

Findings: The study uncovered a relation between friction effects and organizational resource structures. The study suggests that organizational resources may be more prone to creating friction effects than technical resource structures in the context of DT. The use of the resource interaction approach (RIA) presented DT as a complex change process that does not necessarily lead to radical and disruptive changes. 

Originality: The study underscores the key role of organizational resource structures as sources of hindering and driving friction effects across the industrial network for the study DT, thus answering the call to investigate the role of organizational aspects from digital transformation literature. 

Keywords
Digital Transformation, Industrial Marketing and Purchasing, Resource Interaction, Friction, IoT
National Category
Business Administration
Research subject
Engineering Science with specialization in industrial engineering and management
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-450040 (URN)
Funder
Knowledge Foundation, 20150221
Available from: 2021-08-10 Created: 2021-08-10 Last updated: 2021-09-15Bibliographically approved
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