Papers by Jonny Holmstrom
IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, 2011
Most forestry machines being produced today include a personal computer that monitors and control... more Most forestry machines being produced today include a personal computer that monitors and controls the harvester head, and an information system that stores data on every action the driver or the machine performs. Information and communication technologies (ICTs) thus provide an opportunity to improve efficiency and competitiveness and possibly also opens up new ways of working for actors in the forestry industry. The purpose of this study is to investigate how ICT can enable the transformation from selling products to selling services in the forestry industry. We investigate such transformation through conducting a case study including a number of actors from the forestry industry in northern Sweden. First, we investigate the barriers for establishing an open innovation system in forestry. Then we describe how the use of ICTs can enable the establishment of such a system. The case study shows that the forestry industry as a whole is dominated by the salient traditional value chain where the raw materials are refined to paper products and that many of the actors are committed to a closed innovation paradigm. We argue that the ICT component in forestry machines constitutes a latent potential that can be fully captured in the context of an open innovation system.
Proceedings of the 52nd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, 2019
The purpose of this study is to examine the co-branding activity on social media platforms, parti... more The purpose of this study is to examine the co-branding activity on social media platforms, particularly in regard to company-employee relationship. We conducted a case study of co-branding on Instagram involving the soccer club Manchester United and the soccer player Zlatan Ibrahimović. We performed sentiment and emotional tone analysis, assessed intersection of the audience and illustrated non-verbal communication used by social media users. We demonstrated how the soccer club failed to capitalize on co-branding activity as measured through consolidating the audience, generating consistent emotional response, and creating a coherent message. This paper contributes to social media management research by illustrating the difficulties associated with co-branding between personal and corporate brands as well asynchronous communication. Further, our use of digital traces and computational analysis illustrates how access to social media can illuminate research activities and provide insight about online communication.
Creativity, Communication and Systems Design Methodology
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This paper uses the theory of loose coupling to explain failure in the adoption of an information... more This paper uses the theory of loose coupling to explain failure in the adoption of an information technology aimed at improving collaboration across one organization's internal boundaries. The research details an interpretive case study of a single organization, MacGregor Crane, in which relatively autonomous individuals are only loosely connected in terms of their daily interactions. The company implemented Lotus Notes© in an attempt to increase collaboration. However, this effort failed because employees in various units, particularly engineering, were reluctant to share information across unit boundaries. In light of these findings, it is suggested that the successful implementation of a collaborative IT within a loosely coupled organization should involve the reconsideration of the organizational members' roles and functions.
Perspectives and Services, 2000
The aim of this paper is to better understand the enabling and inhibiting impacts IT has on lean ... more The aim of this paper is to better understand the enabling and inhibiting impacts IT has on lean manufacturing. This paper provides a rich picture of a paper mill producing liner reels and the impact of a reel administration system on the manufacturing process. It is important that an IT tool supporting lean manufacturing reflects its organization. When it does the IT tool can act as an enabler of organizational change that in turn increase productivity and the production quality, when it fails to do so it inhibits organizational change and hampers the quality of production. The conclusion is that framing the definition of high production quality regarding product and process is important and that teambuilding would be a contribution to this end by enhancing perspective taking among the employees.
Bonnier: Digitalizing the Media Business
ABSTRACT The case follows leading Scandinavian media company Bonnier as it establishes a designat... more ABSTRACT The case follows leading Scandinavian media company Bonnier as it establishes a designated R&D division for the first time. The case, in particular, focuses on its first flagship project, called Mag+, in which it creates a digital platform for publishing digital magazines on the iPad. The case is intended, in part, as an introduction to the challenges media companies face due to the disruptive effects of digitalization, where traditional products and services are challenged by new digital category breakers such as the iPhone, Hulu, or Netflix. To this end, it offers a short tour of the changing print media landscape and reviews major upheavals in its business models. The Bonnier case illustrates how to engage in and manage a radical digital innovation process. In particular, it discusses the challenges associated with responding to the disruptive effects of digitalizing printed magazines. It illustrates concrete challenges that Bonnier R&D manager, Sara Öhrvall, needs to tackle as she starts as the first R&D manager at Bonnier.
What does it mean to be an informed IS researcher? Recommendations for selection and use of social theories in IS research
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On the shoulders of giants : understanding Internet-based generative platforms
On the Shoulders of Giants: Understanding Internet-based Generative Platforms
The Immersive Internet, 2013
Bonnier: Digitalizing the Media Business (TN)
Industrial informatics design use and innovation
" This book provides a sound grounding in what industrial informatics is and in what dir... more " This book provides a sound grounding in what industrial informatics is and in what directions the field is moving, providing a broad state-of-the-art review and showing connections and gaps in knowledge for those who design and use information ...
From Technological Transitions to Service Transitions : A Study of Attenuation Effects in IT Service Provisioning
European Journal of Innovation Management, 2015
Purpose -Although the potential of innovation networks that involve both university and industry ... more Purpose -Although the potential of innovation networks that involve both university and industry actors is great variances in cultures, goals and knowledge poses significant challenges. To better understand management of such innovation networks, the authors investigate different strategies for balancing diversity. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach -In this multiple case study, the authors draw on network and trading zone theory to examine the strategies of four research centers that govern university-industry innovation networks. Findings -The authors provide empirically grounded descriptions of strategies for balancing diversity in innovation processes, extend previous theorizations by suggesting two types of trading zones (transformative and performative), and identify four strategy configuration dimensions (means of knowledge trade, tie configuration, knowledge mobility mechanisms and types of trust). Research limitations/implications -Further research is needed on transferability of results when, e.g. cultural collaboration and communication patterns change, and performance implications of different configurations. The research provides conceptual tools for future research on the impact of different diversity strategies. Practical implications -The findings point to the importance of identifying desired types of innovation outcomes and designing the appropriate level of diversity. To implement the selected strategy, managers need to configure communication channels and strength of relationships, establish associated capacity for knowledge transfer and build appropriate levels of trust. Originality/value -While extant research has provided a solid understanding of benefits from diversity in boundary spanning innovation processes, this paper outlines strategies for managing associated challenges.
This paper examines the notion of organizational change around information technology. In doing s... more This paper examines the notion of organizational change around information technology. In doing so, I take a position that focuses on negotiations between actors, negotiations that are translated into technological form. IT artifacts are interpretatively flexible, but while recognizing this, one needs to direct attention to how IT artifacts stabilizes, how peoples ideas about the technology reaches a point where it becomes stable, which also puts limits to how organizations can evolve around the technology. The purpose of this paper is to generate a better understanding of the limits of organizational change around information technology. The concepts of interpretative flexibility, technological frame, closure, and stabilization are presented and used as tools to analyze an IT design project at a major Swedish corporation. The paper concludes that the initial phases of an IT design project is crucial for change related to a new IT artifact. Change is unlikely once a technological frame-the assumptions, expectations, and knowledge concerning an IT artifact-has stabilized.
In this chapter, we investigate the role of ICT in dealing with environmental challenges facing c... more In this chapter, we investigate the role of ICT in dealing with environmental challenges facing contemporary industrial organizations. Green IS research can essentially be divided into two groups, focusing on technology per se or on providing tools that decreases environmental impact. Building on a planned research project we propose innovation of ICT-based services, and especially collaborative services, as useful strategies for providing firms with sense and respond capabilities in relation to environmental challenges. We also argue research that research relevance and multi-disciplinary competencies are key themes that IS researcher needs to acknowledge in order to contribute to practitioners efforts.
The debate between protagonists of different theoretical approaches continues in the Information ... more The debate between protagonists of different theoretical approaches continues in the Information Systems field, with little prospect of resolution. The debate is typically characterized by tendentious arguments as advocates from each approach offer a somewhat one-sided condemnation of other approaches. A recent debate in the Scandinavian Journal of Information Systems (SJIS) illustrates the manner in which IS researchers are polarized into opposing camps, each tending to view the other as inferior. Ironically further polarization is occurring in the manner various groups of IS scholars are simultaneously calling for order, discipline and clearer notions of the core of the discipline while other scholars call for greater research diversity. In order to overcome this polarization we advocate a strategy recommended by Weick (1996): Drop your tools, hold your concepts lightly and update them frequently. Three reasons for dropping our theoretical tools are suggested as a means for moving...
This paper uses the theory of loose coupling to explain failure in the adoption of an information... more This paper uses the theory of loose coupling to explain failure in the adoption of an information technology aimed at improving collaboration across one organization's internal boundaries. The research details an interpretive case study of a single organization, MacGregor Crane, in which relatively autonomous individuals are only loosely connected in terms of their daily interactions. The company implemented Lotus Notes© in an attempt to increase collaboration. However, this effort failed because employees in various units, particularly engineering, were reluctant to share information across unit boundaries. In light of these findings, it is suggested that the successful implementation of a collaborative IT within a loosely coupled organization should involve the reconsideration of the organizational members' roles and functions.
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