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34
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18497
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2239
National Ranking
34

Overview

Lars-Erik Gadde is affiliated with Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden and has contributed to research primarily within the field of Business, Management and Accounting, with a particular focus on Strategy and Management. Their research output also spans subfields including Management Science and Operations Research, Marketing, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, and Management Information Systems.

Their scholarly work addresses several main topics, notably Innovation and Knowledge Management, Business Strategy and Innovation, Innovation Diffusion and Forecasting, Service and Product Innovation, Management and Organizational Studies, Digital Platforms and Economics, and Quality and Supply Management.

Gadde's recent papers highlight trends and dynamics within networks and distribution arrangements as well as purchasing behavior. Notable publications include:

  • "Network dynamics and action space," 2023, published in the Journal of Business and Industrial Marketing
  • "From channel management towards network coordination - changing perspectives on distribution arrangements," 2021, published in the Journal of Business and Industrial Marketing
  • "Purchasing behaviour and supplier base evolution - a longitudinal case study," 2021, published in the Journal of Business and Industrial Marketing

The Journal of Business and Industrial Marketing features prominently as a publication venue with three papers contributed by Gadde.

Collaboration plays a role in Gadde's research activities, with frequent co-authors including Håkan Håkansson, Anna Dubois, Lars-Gunnar Mattsson, Björn Axelsson, and Finn Wynstra.

Best Publications

  • Systematic combining: an abductive approach to case research

    Anna Dubois;Lars-Erik Gadde

  • Managing Business Relationships

    David Ford;Lars-Erik Gadde;Håkan Håkansson;A Lundgren

  • The construction industry as a loosely coupled system - implications for productivity and and innovativity

    Anna Dubois;Lars-Erik Gadde

  • Supply Network Strategies

    Lars-Erik Gadde;Håkan Håkansson;Göran Persson

  • Business in Networks

    Håkan Håkansson;David Ford;Lars-Erik Gadde;Ivan Snehota

  • Making the Most of Supplier Relationships

    Lars-Erik Gadde;Ivan Snehota

  • Strategizing in Industrial Networks

    Lars-Erik Gadde;Lars Huemer;Håkan Håkansson

  • Managing Interfaces with Suppliers

    Luis Araujo;Anna Dubois;Lars-Erik Gadde

  • “Systematic combining”—A decade later

    Anna Dubois;Lars-Erik Gadde

  • The Business Marketing Course: Managing in Complex Networks

    David Ford;Lars-Erik Gadde;Hakan Hakansson

  • Supply strategy and network effects — purchasing behaviour in the construction industry

    Anna Dubois;Lars-Erik Gadde

  • Analysing Business Interaction

    David Ford;Lars-Erik Gadde;Håkan Håkansson;Ivan Snehota

  • The multiple boundaries of the firm

    Luis Araujo;Anna Dubois;Lars-Erik Gadde

  • Stability and change in network relationships

    Lars-Erik Gadde;Lars-Gunnar Mattsson

  • The Changing Role of Purchasing - Reconsidering three strategic issues

    Lars-Erik Gadde;Håkan Håkansson

  • Partnering in the construction industry - Problems and opportunities

    Lars-Erik Gadde;Anna Dubois

  • Managing Interfaces with Suppliers

    Luis Araujo;Anna Dubois;Lars-Erik Gadde

  • Flexibility and rigidity in customization and build-to-order production

    Peter Fredriksson;Lars-Erik Gadde

  • Improving logistics outsourcing through increasing buyer–provider interaction

    Lars-Erik Gadde;Kajsa Hulthén

  • System sourcing—opportunities and problems

    Lars-Erik Gadde;Oskar Jellbo

  • Activity coordination and resource combining in distribution networks - Implications for relationship involvement and the relationship atmosphere

    Lars-Erik Gadde

  • The Business Marketing Course: Managing in Complex Networks (2nd edition)

    David Ford;Lars-Erik Gadde;Håkan Håkansson;Ivan Snehota

Frequent Co-Authors

Håkan Håkansson
Håkan Håkansson BI Norwegian Business School
Ivan Snehota
Ivan Snehota Universita della Svizzera Italiana
Luis Araujo
Luis Araujo University of Manchester
David Ford
David Ford University of Bath
Finn Wynstra
Finn Wynstra Erasmus University Rotterdam
Pierre Berthon
Pierre Berthon Bentley University
Peter Naudé
Peter Naudé Manchester Metropolitan University
Thomas Ritter
Thomas Ritter Copenhagen Business School

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