Managing Strategic Research: An empirical analysis of science-industry collaboration in a pharmaceutical company
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Managing S a egic Resea ch
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Doc o al School o O ganisa ion
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Managing S a egic Resea ch
An empi ical analysis o science-indus y
collabo a ion in a pha maceu ical company
Managing S a egic Resea ch
An empi ical analysis o science-indus y collabo a ion
in a pha maceu ical company
Jane Bjø n Vedel
Supe iso :
P o esso Alan I win (Copenhagen Business School)
Doc o al School o O ganisa ion and Managemen S udies
Copenhagen Business School
Jane Bjø n Vedel
Managing S a egic Resea ch
An empi ical analysis o science-indus y
collabo a ion in a pha maceu ical company
1s edi ion 2014
PhD Se ies 04.2014
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Table o con en s
1. Summa y .............................................................................................................. 7
2. Dansk esumé .................................................................................................. 11
3. Acknowledgemen s ........................................................................................ 16
4. P e ace ................................................................................................................ 20
5. In oduc ion o he hesis ............................................................................ 26
Resea ch ques ions ......................................................................................................... 29
The s uc u e o he hesis ........................................................................................... 29
6. In oduc ion o Lundbeck ............................................................................ 32
The sense o esea ch in Lundbeck .......................................................................... 38
Conclusion ........................................................................................................................... 44
7. Me hodology ..................................................................................................... 46
An Indus ial PhD se -up .............................................................................................. 46
Fieldwo k in Lundbeck .................................................................................................. 47
F om ex e nal collabo a ion o s a egic esea ch ............................................ 48
Following he ac o ......................................................................................................... 51
Pa icipan obse a ion ................................................................................................. 52
E hno-epis emic assemblages .................................................................................... 53
Cons uc ing s a egic esea ch in Lundbeck as a doable p oblem ........... 56
A icula ion wo k and access o mee ings ............................................................ 58
A icula ion wo k and he na u e o my esea ch.............................................. 60
Disconce men ................................................................................................................. 62
Conclusion ........................................................................................................................... 65
8. S a egic esea ch in Denma k .................................................................. 67
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S a egic esea ch and ee esea ch ....................................................................... 70
Rele ance and s a egic quali y ................................................................................. 75
Linea models o esea ch ............................................................................................ 77
S a egic esea ch as Pas eu ’s quad an .............................................................. 80
The ole o esea ch managemen in Danish policy .......................................... 83
Conclusion ........................................................................................................................... 86
9. Concep ual amewo k ................................................................................. 88
B idging gaps and b eaking ba ie s ....................................................................... 88
Finding he igh pa ne s and means o in e ac ion ....................................... 93
Pas eu scien is s and Mode 2 ac i i ies ................................................................ 96
A s able image o in e ac ion ................................................................................... 101
The dynamics o in e ac ion: The T iple Helix ................................................. 102
Science and socie y in pa ne ship ........................................................................ 108
Asymme ical desc ip ions o science and socie y ......................................... 110
F om in e ac ion o co-p oduc ion ........................................................................ 114
A co-p oduc ion amewo k ..................................................................................... 115
Bounda y objec s ...................................................................................................... 117
Doable p oblems ....................................................................................................... 119
T ading zones ............................................................................................................. 121
Cons uc ing alignmen and misaligned co-p oduc ion ............................... 123
In oducing sc eens ..................................................................................................... 125
Sc eens in STS ................................................................................................................. 127
Sc eens as eme gen ela ions and mul iple jus i ica ions ......................... 129
The mul iple sc eens o collabo a ion .................................................................. 131
P ojec ing sc eens .................................................................................................... 133
Ca ego izing sc eens................................................................................................ 135
Occluding sc eens ..................................................................................................... 136
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Conclusion ......................................................................................................................... 139
10. Managing eme gen ela ions ................................................................. 141
Becoming in e es ed in science-indus y collabo a ion ............................... 142
The neu ocell collabo a ion ...................................................................................... 145
The ans e documen ................................................................................................ 149
The double paymen ..................................................................................................... 155
S a egic-explo a i e esea ch ................................................................................. 159
Collabo a ion as “many di e en en ances” ..................................................... 163
Managing esea ch h ough con ac s .................................................................. 165
Dissol ing sc eens ......................................................................................................... 166
Sc eens and doable p oblems ................................................................................... 168
Conclusion ......................................................................................................................... 173
11. The i s encoun e ..................................................................................... 174
Recu en ecalling o disconce ing e en s ...................................................... 175
The Mayo collabo a ion............................................................................................... 179
Eme gen ideas o collabo a ion ............................................................................. 182
A science/indus y sc een.......................................................................................... 185
Changing he sc een ...................................................................................................... 187
Managing sc eens be ween he managemen and scien is s ...................... 190
“Knowing enough” ......................................................................................................... 194
Mayo Clinic sc eens: Science/indus y ................................................................. 197
Mayo Clinic sc eens: Science/business ................................................................ 201
Conclusion ......................................................................................................................... 203
12. Making sc eens o u u e esea ch ...................................................... 205
In oducing Synapse ..................................................................................................... 206
P oduc concep s ............................................................................................................ 209
T anspa ency and ‘gu eeling’ ................................................................................. 215
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A esea ch/clinic sc een ............................................................................................ 220
The eme gence o new bounda ies ....................................................................... 226
Synapse and ex e nal collabo a ion ...................................................................... 229
A sub le emphasis on biology .................................................................................. 230
Implica ions o esea ch manage s ..................................................................... 232
Synapse and misaligned co-p oduc ion............................................................... 234
Conclusion ........................................................................................................................ 237
13. The p ojec leade o he u u e .............................................................. 238
Op imize Ex e nal Resea ch Collabo a ion ........................................................ 239
P ojec leade compe encies .................................................................................... 245
The mul i- ace ed esea ch manage .................................................................... 249
The goal coo dina ion mee ing ............................................................................... 252
The cul u e o esea ch ............................................................................................... 253
“The spide in he web” .............................................................................................. 260
Poin 5.2 ............................................................................................................................ 265
The beha io wo k g oup .......................................................................................... 267
Synap ic ou comes ........................................................................................................ 273
Conclusion ........................................................................................................................ 276
14. Conclusion ...................................................................................................... 278
Main indings................................................................................................................... 278
S a egic esea ch as an s a egic-explo a i e ac i i y ............................. 279
Science-indus y collabo a ion as misaligned co-p oduc ion ............... 279
Resea ch managemen as managing eme gen ela ions ........................ 280
Adap i e amewo ks .................................................................................................. 281
Sc eens ............................................................................................................................... 282
S eng hs and weaknesses o he no ion o sc eens .................................. 285
Disconce men .............................................................................................................. 286
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Implica ions o u u e academic wo k ................................................................ 289
Implica ions o p ac i ione s................................................................................... 290
Implica ions o esea ch manage s .................................................................. 290
Implica ions o policy make s ............................................................................ 292
Final e lec ions .............................................................................................................. 294
15. Appendix A: Vedel e al. 2013 .................................................................. 296
16. Appendix B: Lis o ac onyms .................................................................. 298
17. Appendix C: Lis o illus a ions .............................................................. 300
18. Appendix D: Lis o key people/pseudonyms .................................... 301
19. Re e ences ...................................................................................................... 303
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uni e si e e og i ksomhede således som o sepa a e domæne , de skal
‘alignes’, o a kunne sama bejde. I o hold il denne analyse amme ilbyde
o sknings el e Science and Technology S udies (STS) en æsen lig anden ilgang.
I ø s e omgang e p æmissen o mange STS ilgange, a ænomene som
uni e si e s-indus i sama bejde bø o s ås som ‘co-p oduced’ (Jasano 2004).
Co-p oduc ion e også den analy iske p æmis o he æ ende s udie.
Base e på beg ebe såsom ‘ ading zones’ (Galison 1997), ‘doable p oblems’
(Fujimu a 1987, 1996) og ‘bounda y objec s’ (S a og G ieseme 1989), som alle
illus e e ‘co-p oduc ion’, ud ikle a handlingen e beg ebsappa a , som i sæ lig
g ad okuse e på en unde søgelse a beg ebe ‘sc eens’. Sc eens o eslås som e
beg ebsappa a , de e egne il a unde søge s a egiske o me o co-
p oduc ion, som ikke e base e på adskil e domæne , de skal sammenkny es.
Ved a analyse e co-p oduc ion som p ocesse de både bygge på og gene e e
o skellige slags sc eens, ilbyde a handlingen ny indsig i dynamikken i
uni e si e s-indus i sama bejde.
De empi iske okus i a handlingen e den danske medicinal i ksomhed
Lundbeck, som e specialise e i a ud ikle og p oduce e lægemidle il
behandling a neu ologiske sygdomme. Base e på in e ene ende del agende
obse a ion unde søge a handlingen, h o dan o skningslede e i Lundbeck i de
sene e å ha ud ikle nye o skningss a egie og ilgange il o skning. I lighed
med and e medicinal i ksomhede ha Lundbeck æ e unde s o p es som
ølge a s uk u elle og ma kedsmæssige ænd inge i medicinalindus ien. De e
il ods ha Lundbeck ud ikle nye o skningss a egie base e på en ela i
åben og isikobe one ilgang. Denne ilgang ha bl.a. med ø in ensi e e
sama bejde med eks e ne akademiske o skningsg uppe med de o mål a
base e ud iklingen a nye lægemidle på me e g undlæggende iden om
biologiske mekanisme . Denne kon eks a isiko og usikke hed udgø en god case
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o a s ude e idee om s a egisk o skning, uni e si e s-indus i sama bejde og
o skningsledelse.
A handlingen nå em il e o e o dnede konklusione : Fo de ø s e e
s a egisk o skning i Lundbeck ikke e e spø gselsd e e men sna e e
‘s a egisk-ud o skende’. Fo skningen sk ide em i en ganske ekspe imen el og
åben p oces em o a ud ikle sig lineæ , kon olle e og o udsigelig . Fo de
ande ud ikle uni e si e s-indus i sama bejde sig ikke kun på bagg und a
p ocesse , som skabe o bindelse mellem basal se o skellige domæne elle
kul u e . De ud ikle sig også som ølge a de som i a handlingen ka ak e ise es
som ‘misaligned co-p oduc ion’, h o eksplici e ing a o skelle e en del a
sama bejde s dynamik. Sådanne misaligned co-p oduc ions inde s ed både i
eks e ne sama bejde og in e n i i ksomheden. I Lundbeck inde i
eksempel is cases, h o indus ielle og akademiske ak i i e e e ulds ændig
sammen il ede. A e able e uni e si e s-indus i sama bejde k æ e således ikke
nød endig is en sammenkobling a o skellige kul u e men sna e e en løbende
og gensidig p æcise ing a de ig ige o skelle, de også d i e sama bejde . Fo
de edje d eje ledelse a s a egisk o skning sig ikke p imæ om ‘b obygning’
mellem s abile domæne men om a hånd e e ela ione , de ud ikle sig unde
o ande lige be ingelse . De be yde ikke, a ledelse ske uden s uk u elle
s a egie men sna e e, a de ledes med en o en ning om o and ing. Beg ebe
‘adap i e amewo ks’ (Vedel e al. 2013) o eslå en ilgang, som o søge a
ind ange de p ak iske aspek e a ledelse a s a egisk o skning.
A handlingen ha implika ione o o skningspoli ik, akademisk o skning og
p ak isk o skningsledelse. Til o skel a de nu æ ende o skningspoli iske
okus på e e spø gselsd e e inno a ion ise denne a handling, a sel in e n i
i ksomhede ud ikle e e spø gsel sig o e i ud o skende p ocesse .
E e spø gsel ud ikle sig o e på bagg und a emmelig løse idee som både ha
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e po en iale og en indbygge o en ning om muligheden o o and ing. Som
ølge he a o eslå a handlingen, a de noge igide ka ego ise inge a o skning,
som i øjeblikke lo e e i dansk o skningspoli ik, ikke e ils ækkelig
nuance ede il a ind ange, h ad de ak isk e kende egnende ed s a egisk
o skning, som de ud olde sig i p aksis i i ksomhede . De med håbe
a handlingen a s imule e deba om o skningspoli iske idee om s a egisk
o skning, inno a ion og i ksomhede .
Fo a øde ind i en o skningspoli isk diskussion base e på en ‘b ugba STS’
ilgang (Webs e 2007) indike e a handlingen end ide e beho e o me e
o skning i o længelse a de e ho edkonklusione . P esse ende spø gsmål
inklude e bland ande : H ad d eje s a egisk-ud o skende o skning sig om
h is i se på le e cases i o skellige i ksomhede og indus ie ? H ad e de
b ede e implika ione a a ænke sama bejde som misaligned co-p oduc ion?
H ad k æ e de a lede o skning ed hjælp a adap i e amewo ks både i
o skningspoli ik og i indus i?
A handlingen e s uk u e e i o dele. Den ø s e del in oduce e den empi iske
case og beg ebsappa a e . Den anden del indeholde i e empi iske kapi le . H e
a disse kapi le ud o ske e eksempel på uni e si e s-indus i sama bejde. De
ø s e o kapi le unde søge sama bejde mellem Lundbeck og eks e ne
akademiske o skningsg uppe . Base e på disse kapi le o eslå a handlingen, a
eks e n sama bejde å s a egisk æ di i Lundbeck ed a æ e ud o skende
sna e e end ed a løse p æcis de ine ede p obleme . Disse o kapi le ise også,
a sama bejde sk ide em i en k ingle p oces, de både skabe lighede og
o skelle mellem o skning og indus i. De sids e o kapi le unde søge
o sknings-indus i sama bejde in e n i Lundbeck. Kapi le ne unde søge
speci ik , h o dan s a egisk o skning ikke kun ud ikle sig på bagg und a
eks e ne sama bejde men også som e esul a a s y ke sama bejde mellem
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o skellige dele a Lundbeck. Inden o Lundbeck inde i således også eksemple
på misaligned co-p oduc ion, h ilke a e ud o d e ideen om a se uni e si e s-
indus i sama bejde udelukkende som ‘b obygning’ mellem domæne . I
konklusionen opsamles ho edkonklusione sam a handlingens implika ione o
ide e o skning og p ak ike e.
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3. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This p ojec has aken place om 2008 o 2013 and i has in ol ed se e al
ins i u ions and people. I ha e, he e o e, many people o hank.
I would like o hank Pe e Høngaa d Ande sen o aking on his p ojec and o
in i ing me in o Lundbeck. Based on ou i s mee ing in Augus 2008, Pe e
decided o engage uncomp omisingly in he p ojec and o make i pa o his
e lec ions on new s a egies and app oaches o esea ch in Lundbeck. F om
beginning o end, Pe e has se up a o able condi ions o he p ojec and made i
easy o me o ge access o da a and people. He has aken a s ong in e es in my
esea ch p ocess and gi en me aluable ad ice. I ha e ound ou con inuous
discussions abou he na u e o esea ch, managemen and collabo a ion
ex emely s imula ing and ewa ding. Ou con e sa ions ha e always le me wi h
new pe spec i es on esea ch and I ha e enjoyed he expe ience o seeing my
ideas ci cula e in he de elopmen o new s a egies.
I also wan o wa mly hank my academic supe iso , Alan I win. Alan has been a
g ea supe iso o his p ojec , while also being he Dean o Resea ch a
Copenhagen Business School. F om he beginning, Alan encou aged me o be open
and o welcome su p ises, bo h wi h ega d o wha my indus ial PhD se -up
migh p o ide in e ms o oppo uni ies and challenges, and o wha he empi ical
ma e ial would p esen . Resis ing he impulse o make quick decisions, Alan
suppo ed me in hinking lexibly abou he ma e ial wi hou d owning i in p e-
concei ed heo y. Alan has played a key ole in his p ojec and been an excellen
help in pulling oge he he di e se pa s o he p ojec s, in e ms o bo h i s
p ac ical use and concep ual con ibu ions.
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I wan o hank bo h Pe e and Alan o hei collabo a ion on ou join pape
“Ex e nalizing esea ch h ough adap i e amewo ks”, published in Na u e
Re iews D ug Disco e y (Vedel e al. 2013, see Appendix A). I see his pape as an
impo an esul o ou collabo a ion: no only in e ms o publishing oge he ,
bu also in e ms o he expe ience o de eloping hese ideas collec i ely. I ook
place in li ely, highly engaged discussions abou esea ch managemen in p ac ice
and wha ma e s o his subjec .
O he people ha e played impo an oles a di e en s ages o he p ojec .
Thanks o Maja Ho s o ea ly discussions and o encou aging me o de elop
hese ideas in o a PhD p ojec . Also hanks o Randi Ma kussen, my co-supe iso .
Randi played an impo an ole in se ing up he PhD p ojec and in helping me
see how s udies in Lundbeck migh link o my p ac ical expe ience wi h esea ch
policy and managemen . I hank Randi o e y inspi ing discussions and o
always poin ing o impo an and, o me, new pe spec i es.
A special hanks o Caspe B uun Jensen, bo h o his con inuous suppo and
inspi ing con e sa ions o e he yea s, and o de ailed commen s on a ious
d a s o he hesis. Thanks also o Signe Vikkelsø o p o iding aluable inpu s o
he concep ual and me hodological amewo k o he hesis. Thanks o
Ch is ophe Gad, my co-au ho o he pape “A Public T ial de No o. Re hinking
Indus ial In e es ” (Vedel e al. 2011), o an ene ge ic and un collabo a ion
based on a sha ed cu iosi y o he no ion o ‘indus ial in e es ’.
A g oup o people helped me de elop he no ion o sc eens. The second empi ical
chap e is a u he de elopmen o he pape “A i s encoun e . F aming
esea ch collabo a ion wi h sc eens,” published in a special issue on sc eens in
STS Encoun e s (Vedel 2011). Thanks o Anna Tsing o discussing he empi ical
case wi h me o e a h ee-day s ay a Kli gå den in Skagen. Also hanks o B i
Ross Win he eik o aluable inpu s on he no ion sc eens. I hank he anonymous
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e iewe s o he pape o highly use ul commen s. Finally, hanks o Helen
Ve an o discussion and co espondence abou he no ion o sc eens.
A imes his PhD has posed challenges in e ms o keeping hings oge he while
mo ing be ween ins i u ions and wo k places. I wan o hank Thomas Basbøll o
p o iding me wi h e ec i e ools o planning and s uc u ing academic w i ing. A
special hanks o Tina Wilk o encou aging and aluable inpu s on how o handle
my di e en , and some imes con adic o y, ambi ions as esea che and
p ac i ione .
I am deeply indeb ed o people a Lundbeck o aking a s ong in e es in his
p ojec . Especially, I hank Ma ianne D ags ed who made li e a Lundbeck e y
pleasan . Wi h excep ional skill, Ma ianne sol ed e e y p oblem ha we
encoun e ed on he way. Thanks also o Kim Ande sen, Benny Bang-Ande sen,
Ann-Louise Be gs öm, Tina Bo , Lise Tø up B ennum, Klaus Bøgesø, Ma hew
Cascio, Michael Did iksen, Jan Egebje g, Ka ina Fog, Ib Ves e gaa d Klewe, S ine
Ho e Ma sling, Helle No he ed, Jan Tho lei Pede sen, Lise Abildgaa d Rybe g,
Helle Sickmann, Klaus Bæk Simonsen, Tina B yan S ensbøl, and S e in Zo n o
inspi ing discussions, li ely lunch con e sa ion, o eamwo k and o in i ing me
in o managemen g oup discussions.
I also wan o hank my colleagues a Copenhagen Business School, Depa men o
O ganiza ion, o c ea ing in o mal and s imula ing wo k condi ions. A special
hanks o my o ice colleagues Amalie Hauge-Helges ad, Didde Ma ia Humle,
Me e B ehm Johansen and Ma ie Hen ie e Madsen o c ea ing a highly a en i e
and encou aging o ice a mosphe e. Also since ely hanks o Ka en Boll, Shannon
Hessel, Ma ie Ma hiesen, Elisabe h Naima Mikkelsen, T ine Pallesen and Soley
Rasmussen who ha e all p o ided aluable inpu s o he hesis and he p ocess o
w i ing i . Ou side Copenhagen Business School, I wan o hank Mo en
And easen, Mia T olle Bo up and Lo e Jansen o always hough ul and high-
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spi i ed discussions abou he opic o esea ch managemen ha we ha e
common in e es in.
I wan o hank a g oup o old iends whose con inuous suppo and
encou agemen o e he yea s has been in aluable o me. Thanks o Ma lene
Be n h Johansen, Johanne Luise Boesdal, Line Bjø g Jensen, K is ian Knak
Nygaa d, and Milena To qua i.
My in e es in esea che s, hei passions and s uggles, de eloped in my
childhood home hanks o my pa en s, Kaj Vedel and E a Bjø n Vedel, who a e
bo h scien is s. Owing o hem, I de eloped a s ong in e es o science and a
cu iosi y owa ds he social aspec s o science. I hank bo h o hei ca ing and
hough ul encou agemen . In pa icula , I wan o hank my mo he , who has
been a esea ch manage o many yea s, o in oducing me o he challenges and
joys o managing esea ch, collabo a ing ac oss ields and making esea ch
ele an in a b oade socie al con ex .
Finally, i almos goes wi hou saying ha making his hesis would ha e been
impossible wi hou he lo e and suppo o my husband, Simon Kiile ich Vedel,
and my lo ely child en, Si i and Eske.
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4. PREFACE
This hesis explo es ‘s a egic esea ch’ in a Danish pha maceu ical company.
Since his opic migh ob iously be assumed o conce n public policy discussions
ela ed o s a egic esea ch o indus ial s a egies ela ed o he cu en c isis in
he pha maceu ical indus y, i is pe haps wo hwhile o say a li le abou wha
he hesis is no .
This hesis is no p ima ily conce ned wi h policy, al hough i gi es insigh s in o
his a ea. Ce ainly, he no ion o s a egic esea ch gi es s ong conno a ions o
public policy and, in ac , we a ely hea abou s a egic esea ch ou side he
wo ld o policy. In policy, howe e , s a egic esea ch has in ecen yea s played a
p ominen ole. We can see his in bo h Danish and Eu opean esea ch s a egies
in which s a egic esea ch is seen as impo an o s imula ing g ow h and job
c ea ion.1 Today, Danish and Eu opean policy make s a e deeply in ol ed in
de ining s a egic esea ch and o ganizing i in he mos op imal ways. I would be
highly ele an o s udy hese cu en policy in e es s in s a egic esea ch om
wi hin policy ins i u ions bu his is no he main ocus o his hesis.
Likewise, his hesis is no mainly abou he pha maceu ical indus y, al hough i
gi es impo an insigh s in o he s a egies and change p ocesses in one company.
The empi ical con ex o a pha maceu ical company gi es conno a ions o he
pha maceu ical indus y in gene al. In ecen yea s, he pha maceu ical indus y
has been unde signi ican p essu e and consequen ly new esea ch and business
models ha e eme ged.2 I would he e o e be highly ele an o explo e wha
1 See he Danish “Inno a ion S a egy” (Rege ingen 2012) and he Eu opean esea ch
amewo k p og am “Ho izon 2020”.
2 See Vedel e al. 2013 o u he discussion. Also, see Munos 2009.
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cha ac e ize hese new models and in es iga e hei implica ions o he
pha maceu ical indus y as such bu his has no been he p ima y conce n o his
hesis.
The s a ing poin o he hesis is a he he phenomenon ha in hese yea s,
policy make s and indus ial esea ch manage s sha e in e es s in explo ing he
po en ial o science-indus y collabo a ion, in policy o en e e ed o as
uni e si y-indus y collabo a ion. In a Danish esea ch policy con ex ,
policymake s see uni e si y-indus y collabo a ion almos as iden ical o s a egic
esea ch. Among pha maceu ical companies, esea ch manage s ha e seen
collabo a ion wi h ex e nal academic g oups as an impo an ool o de eloping
new insigh s and o e coming he c isis. Bu , al hough we migh iden i y sha ed
in e es s in science-indus y collabo a ion, public policymake s and indus ial
esea ch manage s ha e qui e unlike app oaches o science-indus y
collabo a ion. Based on a cu iosi y conce ning hese dissimila i ies, he hesis
in es iga es he ollowing ques ions: Wha cha ac e izes s a egic esea ch in a
p i a e company? Th ough which p ac ices does s a egic esea ch (and science-
indus y collabo a ion) de elop? Wha cha ac e izes he managemen o s a egic
esea ch? I s a ou by desc ibing how I came in o his s udy since i has
implica ions o how I de ine he ield o esea ch o his hesis.
F om he beginning o 2006 o he end o 2008 I was employed a a Danish public
ounda ion, he Danish Na ional Ad anced Technology Founda ion (DNATF),
es ablished in 2006 o gi e public unds o esea ch collabo a ions be ween
public esea ch ins i u ions and p i a e companies. The ounda ion had a boa d
and s a , and i s adminis a ion was independen o he exis ing esea ch
ad ising and unding sys em. Du ing he i s yea , he ounda ion de eloped wha
i e e ed o as s a egies and ins umen s. One o he ques ions aised a his
ime was how o se up he ounda ion in a way ha would make i possible o
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p ojec s ough o be suppo ed by which ins i u ions. As a consequence o being
placed in he middle, s a egic esea ch is o en p esen ed as esea ch ha
“connec s” (Rege ingen 2012) he di e se domains o science, socie y and
indus y in con as o independen esea ch ha acco ding o his image is
sligh ly mo e isola ed om socie y.
In he ield o Science and Technology S udies (STS), s a egic esea ch is
in e es ing no leas a he le el o p ac ice. In i s emphasis on p ac ice, STS
app oaches di e om many o he pe spec i es on s a egic esea ch ( o
ins ance, based on economics o poli ical science) ha ocus on de ining i s
concep ual meaning, esul ing in gene al de ini ions o s a egic esea ch
(Emmeche and Faye 2010). Wo king wi hin a b oadly ‘co-p oduc ionis ’
pe spec i e on STS (Jasano 2004), and a he han a emp ing o gi e an exac
de ini ion o wha s a egic esea ch means, I am in e es ed in how s a egic
esea ch de elops a he le el o p ac ical esea ch engagemen s and in which
di e se o ms i akes he e. How and h ough which p ocesses, I ask, does
s a egic esea ch de elop in he con ex o Lundbeck’s pha maceu ical esea ch?
Acco dingly, he p esen s udy explo es he no ion o s a egic esea ch in he
con ex o Lundbeck. Lundbeck is a Danish global esea ch-based company ha
specializes in d ugs o he ea men o diso de s in he cen al ne ous sys em
(CNS). Like many o he pha maceu ical companies, Lundbeck has been a ec ed
by changing esea ch and ma ke condi ions in he pha maceu ical indus y.
Al hough pha maceu ical companies oday make la ge in es men s in esea ch
and de elopmen han e e be o e, ewe esea ch and de elopmen p ojec s
esul in new molecula en i ies ha each he ma ke in he o m o d ugs
(Munos e al. 2009). Many ac o s con ibu e o his si ua ion, including changes
in he egula o y sys em and in public conce ns o e isks in a ious diseases. Fo
Lundbeck, he expi a ion o a numbe o key pa en s be ween 2012 and 2014 has
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inc eased he p essu e. Resea ch manage s in Lundbeck ha e seen his c isis as
an occasion o e hinking hei esea ch s a egies and opening up o he
su ounding wo ld, o ins ance, by engaging in s a egic collabo a ions wi h
ex e nal esea ch g oups a uni e si ies and in companies. Lundbeck, he e o e,
o e s an excellen case o examining he managemen o s a egic esea ch in a
co po a e con ex . Based on his si ua ion, I am in e es ed in examining he
ollowing esea ch ques ions:
Resea ch ques ions
Wha cha ac e izes s a egic esea ch in a p i a e company? Th ough which
p ac ices does s a egic esea ch (and science-indus y collabo a ion) de elop?
Wha cha ac e izes he managemen o s a egic esea ch?
Unsu p isingly, hese a e ques ions ha esea ch manage s in Lundbeck also ask
hemsel es. In addi ion, I conside wha he ields o public esea ch policy and
STS migh lea n abou s a egic esea ch by s udying i empi ically in indus y.
This is in e es ing inso a as indus y is p ecisely wha policymake s a gue ha
s a egic esea ch should connec wi h.
The s uc u e o he hesis
The hesis is o ganized in wo pa s. The i s pa in oduces he empi ical ield,
he me hodology and he concep ual amewo k o he hesis. I i s gi e an
in oduc ion o Lundbeck and desc ibe how I ha e s udied Lundbeck using an
ac i e o m o pa icipan obse a ion. Then I ake a s ep back o explo e how he
no ion o s a egic esea ch has de eloped in Danish esea ch policy wi h
pa icula embedded ideas abou companies. I use his unde s anding o he
se ing o Danish na ional discussions o s a egic esea ch as a sp ingboa d o
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explo ing p e alen app oaches o uni e si y-indus y in e ac ion in esea ch
policy li e a u e such as he T iple Helix and Mode 2. These app oaches hen
become a pla o m o in es iga ing al e na i e ‘co-p oduc ionis ’ app oaches
(Jasano 2004) o esea ch collabo a ion, in pa icula ‘bounda y objec s’ (S a
and G ieseme 1989), ‘doable p oblems’ (Fujimu a 1987, 1996) and ‘ ading
zones’ (Galison 1997). While hese no ions gene ally ocus on p ocesses o
cons uc ing alignmen in he e ogeneous scien i ic p ac ices, I a gue ha i is
equally in e es ing o explo e he ole o di e ence in esea ch collabo a ion, and
hence in s a egic esea ch. I show ha di e ence can be elici ed by paying
a en ion o a numbe o ‘sc eens’ ha I de elop o he pu pose o his hesis,
which I e e o as p ojec ing, ca ego izing, occluding sc eens. In a ious ways,
hese sc eens a e use ul o de eloping a deepe unde s anding o he dynamics
o s a egic esea ch.
The second pa o he hesis o e s an empi ical explo a ion o s a egic esea ch
in Lundbeck based on ou empi ical chap e s. The i s wo chap e s explo e
s a egic esea ch as illus a ed by science-indus y collabo a ion be ween
Lundbeck and ex e nal academic g oups. The inal wo chap e s look a in-house
collabo a ion be ween di e en pa s o Lundbeck as also illus a i e o s a egic
esea ch.
The i s chap e “Managing eme gen ela ions” p esen s a case in which
Lundbeck esea ch manage s collabo a e wi h academic esea che s om a
uni e si y. The pa icipan s a e all in e es ed in ad ancing esea ch in he
biological mechanism neu ocell. Howe e , hey do his in a somewha su p ising
way ha challenges bo h he idea o s a egic esea ch as a es ic ed and
p edic able o m o esea ch and he gene al no ions o wha is academic and
wha is indus ial.
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The second chap e en i led “The i s encoun e ” explo es ye ano he case o
collabo a ion be ween Lundbeck and an ex e nal academic g oup, his ime he
Mayo Clinic, an Ame ican no - o -p o i esea ch ins i u ion. The chap e
in es iga es he phenomenon ha a ailed i s mee ing be ween he wo g oups
did no p e en he collabo a ion om e en ually becoming a success. I explo e
how his can be unde s ood by desc ibing he di e en ia ing sc eens ha
cha ac e ized he collabo a ion.
The hi d chap e called “Making sc eens o u u e esea ch” explo es how
s a egic esea ch also de elops in-house Lundbeck, in he con ex o a s a egy
p ocess called Synapse. This s a egy seeks o connec di e se pa s o Lundbeck
and de elop s a egic esea ch a eas based on collabo a ion be ween p eclinical
and clinical esea ch. The chap e in es iga es how di e en sc eens a e in ol ed
in de eloping hese s a egic esea ch a eas.
The o h chap e is en i led “The p ojec leade o he u u e” and i in es iga es
how he no ion o p ojec leade ship de elops in ela ion o he de elopmen o
new s a egic esea ch p ac ices. The p ojec leade is seen as connec ing di e se
pa s o Lundbeck bu also as pa icula o esea ch p ac ices in Lundbeck. The
chap e in es iga es he p ojec leade no ion using an ac i e in e en ionis
app oach and explo es he sc eens ha became isible.
In conclusion, I p esen he main indings and discuss he implica ions o hese o
p ac i ione s and o u u e esea ch.
Bu i s , le me in oduce he empi ical con ex o Lundbeck.
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6. INTRODUCTION TO LUNDBECK
Lundbeck is a Danish global pha maceu ical company ha specializes in d ugs o
he ea men o diso de s in he cen al ne ous sys em (CNS), some imes also
e e ed o as b ain diseases. The company was ounded in 1915 and oday i
employs 6,000 people wo ldwide ou o which 2,000 a e employed in Denma k.
This makes Lundbeck one o he la ges companies in Denma k. Lundbeck
p esen s i sel as “ ully in eg a ed”4, which means ha i engages in esea ch,
de elopmen , p oduc ion, ma ke ing and sale o pha maceu icals. CNS diso de s
include dep ession, anxie y, psycho ic diso de s, epilepsy, Hun ing on,
Alzheime ’s and Pa kinson’s diseases. Howe e , as a consequence o a new
esea ch s a egy, Lundbeck migh expand he numbe o CNS diseases i engages
in. Lundbeck is pa icula ly known o Cip alex and Lexap o, bo h o which a e
based on esci alop am, an an idep essan o he selec i e se o onin eup ake
inhibi o class known as SSRI, o he ea men o dep ession.
Today, Lundbeck’s gene al managemen consis s o he Execu i e Managemen
ha has h ee membe s. Ul Wiinbe g who is P esiden and CEO o Lundbeck
heads his g oup and is esponsible o comme cial ope a ions. The Execu i e
Managemen also includes he Head o Resea ch and De elopmen , which
includes he a ea o Pa en s and T adema ks, and he Head o Finance, IT,
Sou cing, Comme cial and In es o Rela ions. In addi ion o he h ee a eas ha
he Execu i e Managemen co e s, he o ganiza ion o Lundbeck is di ided in o
six o he a eas. These a e Co po a e Business De elopmen and S a egy;
Co po a e Human Resou ces; Co po a e Legal; Co po a e Sec e a ia and P ojec
O ice; Co po a e Public A ai s; and Supply Ope a ions and Enginee ing. A senio
4 www.lundbeck.com.
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ice p esiden heads each o hese a eas. The headqua e s o Lundbeck a e
loca ed in Valby, pa o he Copenhagen Municipali y. This sho in oduc ion
po ays how Lundbeck is o ganized as o 2013, bu , as I will show, he o mal
o ganiza ion o Lundbeck has changed se e al imes in ecen yea s. These
changes ha e appea ed as a consequence o new ways o pe cei ing he ole o
esea ch in ela ion o business.
Today, esea ch ac i i ies in Lundbeck a e geog aphically dis ibu ed o e h ee
si es: he main si e in Denma k, and wo smalle si es in he US and China.
Al oge he , abou 1,200 specialis s a e employed in Resea ch and De elopmen .
Since 2011, Resea ch and De elopmen ha e been g ouped as one a ea in
Lundbeck. Un il hen, Resea ch and De elopmen we e o ganized as wo sepa a e
domains, each wi h hei own head. Since his hesis is based on ieldwo k in he
pe iod 2009-2013, i is ele an o no e ha be ween 2009 o 2011, Lundbeck
Resea ch included ou qui e di e se ac i i ies: D ug Disco e y, including e y
ea ly iden i ica ion o unme needs and de ini ion o esea ch p ojec s; Non-
Clinical Sa e y Resea ch, co e ing ea ly es s o oxici y and o he sa e y issues;
Business De elopmen , in ol ing sys ema ic sea ch o po en ial esea ch
pa ne s and business oppo uni ies; and inally Pa en s and T adema ks,
including e alua ion o pa en and license oppo uni ies. My esea ch was
p ima ily loca ed in he a ea o D ug Disco e y in he hen depa men o
Molecula Neu obiology, which, by he employees in ha a ea, was pe cei ed as
“ eal esea ch”.
D ug Disco e y was o ganized in o h ee main di isions: Medicinal Chemis y,
Neu obiology and Pha macology. As in a ma ix o ganiza ion, esea ch p ojec s
cu ac oss hese h ee di isions acco ding o speci ic diseases e e ed o as
‘indica ion a eas’. Du ing my esea ch pe iod, hese indica ion a eas we e
Alzheime ’s disease, Pa kinson’s disease, Psychoses, and Dep ession and Anxie y.
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Each o he indica ions had a s a egy, o ins ance, an Alzheime ’s disease
s a egy, desc ibing how cu en esea ch ac i i ies aimed a de eloping a d ug
o his speci ic disease. Besides belonging o speci ic depa men s such as he
Molecula Neu obiology depa men , employees in he esea ch di ision we e
o ganized in g oups acco ding o indica ion a eas. The pu pose was o build up
expe ise wi hin each o he indica ions. Each indica ion g oup had a chai , usually
a depa men manage o sec ion head, esponsible o an annually e ised
s a egy plan.
In 2010, his o ganiza ion o esea ch was e ised as an ou come o an ex ensi e
s a egy p ocess, Synapse, o which I e u n. One consequence o his s a egy
p ocess was ha indica ions we e eplaced by biological mechanisms as he main
o ganizing p inciple, causing a conside able eo ganiza ion o esea ch g oups
and expe ise. Whe e esea ch was p e iously d i en by ce ain y abou he
speci ic indica ion owa ds which i was di ec ed, he eo ganiza ion was based
on he idea ha he same biological mechanism migh be ele an o se e al
diseases. Acco dingly, esea ch in o one biological mechanism migh lead o
inno a ions wi hin a numbe o indica ion a eas. This implied unce ain y abou
indica ions bu he pe cei ed bene i was ha i migh lead o po en ial
inno a ions in he longe e m. I also implied a s ong ocus on a icula ing
biological hypo heses. This, oo, mean a e e sal o he esea ch p ocess, since
p e iously esea ch had ypically been ini ia ed based on newly disco e ed
e ec s in known compounds. Consequen ly, medicinal chemis s had played an
impo an ole in poin ing ou hese compounds. In con as , he eo ganiza ion
pu he ocus on ‘disease biology’, p i ileging biologis s and he de elopmen o
scien i ic hypo hesis based on mechanisms, s uc u es and pa e ns. As a
consequence o he s a egy p ocess, he depa men s in Lundbeck’s esea ch
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di ision we e enamed as Disco e y Chemis y, Neu odegene a ion, and Synap ic
T ansmission. I explo e hese changes in de ail in Chap e 12.
The changes o he o mal o ganiza ion o Lundbeck in 2011 we e he esul s o
an ex ensi e s a egy p ocess, named Synapse, which oughly ook place be ween
2009 and 2011. In he ne ous sys em, ‘a synapse’ is a s uc u e ha pe mi s a
neu on o ne e cell o pass an elec ical o chemical signal o ano he cell, hus
making a connec ion o communica ion. Acco ding o a dic iona y de ini ion, a
synapse is “a junc ion be ween wo ne e cells, consis ing o a minu e gap, ac oss
which impulses pass by di usion o a neu o ansmi e ”.
5
Me apho ically, he
concep o he synapse sugges s bo h he idea o a gap and a connec ion.
Lundbeck’s s a egy p ocess, Synapse, ook inspi a ion om his idea by aiming a
de eloping new s a egies ha we e based on a sus ained e o a making
connec ions. In ac , he Lundbeck managemen al eady had se e al speci ic
connec ions in mind.6
Fi s , he e we e connec ions be ween Lundbeck and he ou side wo ld. In he
esea ch di ision, such connec ions implied ela ing ac i ely o an inc easingly
complex egula o y sys em and o ex e nal esea ch pa ne s. A a gene al le el,
hese connec ions also in ol ed c ea ing mo e socie al awa eness o b ain
diseases, an aim ha la e de eloped in o a sys ema ic e o o add ess socie al
agendas as pa o Public A ai s.
Second, he e we e connec ions wi hin Lundbeck; ha is, be ween di isions and
ac i i ies ha had p e iously been seen as dis inc . Speci ically, his included he
di isions o Resea ch, De elopmen and Clinical Resea ch. By appealing o he
5 www.ox o ddic iona ies.com.
6 Du ing 2005 o 2007, be o e Synapse was ini ia ed, a s a egy p ocess ook in Lundbeck
Resea ch only. I was called “Lundbeck 2020” and was based on simila ideas o connec ing
Lundbeck o an ou side wo ld.
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concep o synapses in he o e all ision, he managemen aimed a in eg a ing
hese di isions and p e en ing un o una e misaligned pe spec i es when
ans e ing an ac i i y om one di ision o ano he . Thus, by inco po a ing he
pe spec i es o De elopmen and Clinical Resea ch in he p io i iza ion and
s uc u e o new esea ch p ojec s, he aim was o a oid he po en ial si ua ion
whe e a p ojec was ejec ed as ele an o use ul in he ansi ion om Resea ch
o De elopmen . In his way, he Synapse s a egy p ocess depended on a a he
in iguing no ion o s a egic esea ch, which I explo e in mo e de ail in Chap e s
12 and 13.
Be o e he o ganiza ional changes ha ollowed he Synapse s a egy p ocess,
h ee esea ch g oups had p ima ily managed esea ch in Lundbeck. On a weekly
basis, he membe s o hese g oups discussed a b oad ange o esea ch ela ed
issues, including s a egic ini ia i es ela ed o collabo a ion wi h ex e nal
esea ch g oups. The i s was he Resea ch Managemen Boa d (RMB), headed
by he execu i e ice p esiden o esea ch. This boa d consis ed o each o he
heads o he esea ch di isions, including he head o D ug Disco e y in Denma k,
he head o D ug Disco e y in he Uni ed S a es, he head o Non-Clinical Sa e y
Resea ch, he head o Pa en s and T adema ks, and he head o Ex e nal A ai s.
Secondly, he D ug Disco e y Managemen Team (DDMT) headed by he head o
D ug Disco e y in Denma k consis ed o he h ee di isional di ec o s, each
ep esen ing a esea ch a ea: he Di isional Di ec o o Chemis y, he Di isional
Di ec o o Pha macology, and he Di isional Di ec o o Molecula Neu obiology.
Finally, he Resea ch and De elopmen Managemen Boa d (RDMB) consis ed o
he Resea ch Managemen Boa d and i s equi alen in he De elopmen di ision.
This boa d had he ask o coo dina ing ac i i ies be ween Resea ch and
De elopmen a a gene al le el, which included ensu ing he ansi ion o p ojec s
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om Resea ch o De elopmen , an e o ha in he con ex o he Synapse
s a egy became a key conce n.
The names o depa men s and he cons i u ion o hese managemen g oups all
bea wi ness o he g ea impo ance o esea ch in Lundbeck. The shi om a
ocus on diseases o ocus on biology also illus a es ha a ce ain kind o esea ch
has a pa icula ly high s a us in Lundbeck. Indeed, naming esea ch uni s a e
biological mechanisms such as “synap ic ansmission” sugges s ha i is
impo an ha esea ch s a egies a e e lec ed in he o ganiza ional s uc u e.
When I i s isi ed Lundbeck, I immedia ely no iced he s ong emphasis on
science. F om looking a o ganiza ional diag ams, I also obse ed ha he
coo dina ion be ween Resea ch and De elopmen was p ima ily seen as aking
place in a join coo dina ion g oup a he le el o op managemen . A e Synapse,
howe e , in eg a ion came o be seen as an e o ha ook place a all le els, as
ep esen a i es o de elopmen di ision and clinical esea ch we e included e en
in he ea ly p io i iza ion and o ganiza ion o esea ch p ojec s.
Again, by looking a he o mal s uc u e o Lundbeck, one migh also no ice an
inc eased ocus on ce ain ac i i ies in he yea s 2009-2013. Especially he a eas
o Alliance Managemen and Public A ai s we e p io i ized, esul ing in he
appoin men o an Alliance Managemen Di ec o a ound 2008-2009 and he
es ablishmen o a Global Public A ai s depa men in 2011. Bo h e en s
illus a e an in e es in linking o an ex e nal wo ld ep esen ed by alliance
pa ne s, pa ien s and egula i e au ho i ies, and socie y in gene al. They also
sugges an acknowledgmen o he ac ha he in en ion and ma ke ing o new
d ugs is no only a ma e o ini ia ing he igh o mos excellen esea ch
p ojec s bu also elied on p epa ing he g ound o new d ugs mo e gene ally. In
Lundbeck, his in ol ed in e ac ing wi h Danish public esea ch policy, ac i i ies
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The e a e also some immedia e signs o esea ch ha you encoun e when
isi ing Lundbeck: he lec u e hall in he ecep ion building; he labo a o y
acili ies in se e al o he esea ch buildings some o which you can ac ually see
om he s ee h ough he windows; physical objec s like book shel es wi h
jou nals indica ing science; o ices wi h pape s and books and signs o ac i i y in
o ganizing and p esen ing knowledge, pic u es o molecules on he walls.
Isola ing hese obse a ions, Lundbeck eminds you o an academic esea ch
ins i u ion. Howe e , o he signs lead you hough s elsewhe e. The la ge-scale
can een, he ood ha is se ed, he co ee machines, he quali y o he sea s in he
lec u e hall, he exclusi i y o he ecep ion a ea, he a mosphe e a he
managemen loo s, and he ac ha , excep om a ound lunch ime, he e is e y
li le physical ac i i y on he Lundbeck si e, no s uden s walking o and om
lec u es. All o his sugges s ha you a e in a company and ha wha e e esea ch
is conduc ed he e has speci ic pu poses, namely p oducing pha maceu ical d ugs.
Conclusion
As we ha e seen, Lundbeck po en ially o e s a ich con ex o explo ing how
s a egic esea ch and science-indus y collabo a ion de elops in a company. No
only is i in e es ing o explo e how esea ch un olds in he con ex o a esea ch
company, i is also pa icula ly in e es ing o ollow his p ocess in si ua ions, as
in Lundbeck, whe e esea ch s a egies a e being de eloped. How a e pa icula
esea ch a eas selec ed? How do esea ch manage s ake he po en ial u u e o
Lundbeck in o accoun when ini ia ing new esea ch? How do di e en pa s o
Lundbeck, some esea ch o ien ed and some mo e business o ien ed, wo k
oge he in de eloping new s a egies? These a e ele an ques ions o explo e in
he empi ical con ex o Lundbeck.
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I now mo e o discuss how I in es iga ed Lundbeck. This en ails discussion o he
pa icula se -up o my PhD and he me hodological ools I ha e used o explo e
Lundbeck.
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7. METHODOLOGY
This PhD p ojec has occasioned many me hodological ques ions. Some o hese
ques ions ela es o i s se -up as an Indus ial PhD, a Danish scheme ha I e u n
o. O he s ela e o how I ha e chosen o explo e s a egic esea ch in Lundbeck in
a pa icula ly ac i e way. O e a pe iod o i e yea s, I spen on a e age 2-3 days
in Lundbeck a week. This has amoun ed o many hou s and, I hope, a deep insigh
in he conce ns and ac i i ies o he esea ch manage s in Lundbeck. This
in ol emen also aises a numbe o ques ions. How did I in es iga e s a egic
esea ch in Lundbeck, using which me hods and ools? How did pa icula
esea ch ques ions and indings de elop? Wha cha ac e ized he ole o my
esea ch in Lundbeck? In his chap e , I discuss hese ques ions.
An Indus ial PhD se -up
My schola ship is an indus ial PhD, a pa icula Danish scheme ha equi es a
sho explana ion. An indus ial PhD is a collabo a ion be ween a company, a
uni e si y and a PhD esea che . The company employs he PhD s uden who is
simul aneously a ilia ed wi h a public esea ch ins i u ion (in his case,
Copenhagen Business School). The PhD p ojec is acqui ed o ha e “indus ial
ele ance”7, which in p ac ice can be in e p e ed in many ways. In my case,
indus ial ele ance was unde s ood as gi ing ele an inpu o an on-going
p ocess o de eloping bes p ac ices o ex e nal esea ch collabo a ion. The
Danish Minis y o Science, Inno a ion and Highe Educa ion and he company co-
und he p ojec and he company employs he PhD esea che . The indus ial
7 www. i u.dk.
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PhD scheme was in oduced in 2002 o educa e doc o al esea che s wi h a
pa icula indus ial ocus and o inc ease in e ac ion be ween uni e si ies and
companies.8 Ini ia ing an Indus ial PhD p ojec can be done by ei he a company,
a uni e si y o by he po en ial PhD candida e. In he p esen case, I ook he
ini ia i e by o mula ing ini ial esea ch ques ions in collabo a ion wi h my
academic supe iso . These ques ions conce ned he implica ions o esea ch
manage s o inc eased s a egic esea ch collabo a ion wi h uni e si ies. I
p esen ed my p oposal o he hen head o esea ch in Lundbeck and we
discussed how i migh become in e es ing o he company. As desc ibed in he
p e ace, he e was, a ha ime, a mo e o less immedia e ma ch be ween my
academic in e es s and he conce ns among esea ch manage s a Lundbeck. O a
leas , a his pa icula ime, he p oposed esea ch p oblem was de ined loosely
enough o make such a ma ch seem plausible.
Fieldwo k in Lundbeck
O e a pe iod o i e yea s, om No embe 2008 o No embe 2013, in e up ed
by one yea ’s ma e ni y lea e om July 2011 o Augus 2012, I s udied esea ch
s a egies in Lundbeck. F om No embe 2008 o July 2011, I was ac i ely engaged
in ieldwo k and I con inued o spend ime in Lundbeck a e my e u n in Augus
2012. As a na u al consequence o my employmen , I was engaged in discussions
abou esea ch s a egies also a e my e u n. Th oughou he pe iod, I had an
o ice. F om No embe 2008 o July 2009, my desk was in an open o ice space
wi h o he PhD s uden s. F om July 2009 o July 2011, I mo ed o an o ice in he
hallway ha housed he head o esea ch and his s a . In 2011, he head o
esea ch became leade o a new a ea, Global Public A ai s. When I e u ned in
8 www. i u.dk.
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Augus 2012, I joined his depa men and mo ed o an o ice in he building
housing he ecep ion and gene al managemen (c. . he desc ip ion o di e en
wo kspaces in Lundbeck in he p e ious chap e ).
F om ex e nal collabo a ion o s a egic esea ch
My esea ch ocus and me hods changed du ing he p ojec . To begin wi h, my
p ojec was de ined as a s udy o “ he implica ions o esea ch manage s o
inc eased ex e nal esea ch collabo a ion”. App oaching his qui e openly, I
explo ed wha cons i u ed esea ch managemen in Lundbeck, who we e seen as
esea ch manage s, wha ex e nal esea ch mean and how collabo a ion was
pe cei ed among esea ch manage s. I explo ed hese ques ions using di e en
me hods. Fi s , I used in o mal con e sa ions wi h employees in he Resea ch
di ision o ge an o e iew o wha kind o conce ns and ac i i ies was ela ed o
ex e nal collabo a ion. This in ol ed alking o scien is s, esea ch manage s,
echnicians, s uden s, and sec e a ies. In addi ion, I pa icipa ed in mee ings ha
conce ned speci ic ex e nal collabo a ions and in ol ed, o ins ance, planning
and he making o con ac s. In Chap e s 10-13, I desc ibe he ac i i ies ha ook
place in hese mee ings, and below I e u n o how I nego ia ed access o hem. I
also conduc ed o mal in e iews wi h he esea ch manage s in Lundbeck who
we e pa icula ly in ol ed in making collabo a ions and de eloping s a egies.
Fu he , I e en ually came o ac i ely s imula e discussion by hos ing semina s
o p ojec leade s and esea ch manage s. Thus I used a a ie y o me hods o
in es iga e wha he implica ions o esea ch manage s we e o he changing
condi ions o esea ch.
A ound midway, he emphasis o my esea ch changed. This was in pa a
consequence o he ini ia ion o he s a egy p og am, Synapse ha an om
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2009-2011 and c ea ed a new o ien a ion o esea ch. Because I had aken an
ac i e pa in discussing esea ch s a egies among esea ch manage s, I was
in i ed o pa icipa e in Synapse as a membe o a wo king g oup. This wo king
g oup had he ask o conside ing he ques ion o wha kind o beha io migh
p omo e collabo a ion be ween Resea ch and De elopmen ac i i ies in
Lundbeck. In Chap e 13, I discuss how he wo king g oup app oached his
ques ion. A i s , I saw pa icipa ing in a o mal wo king g oup as an oppo uni y
o pu my in es iga ion o ex e nal collabo a ion in o pe spec i e. I ga e me an
occasion o lea ning abou in e nal issues, including how employees om o he
pa s o Lundbeck saw he ole o esea ch and pe cei ed o ex e nal
collabo a ions ha we e so cen al o esea ch manage s. I was also in e es ed in
he in-house implica ions o he new s a egies ha I had p e iously s udied and
o o he new o e all s a egies. I wonde ed wha cha ac e ized collabo a ion
be ween esea che s and hei colleagues om o he pa s o Lundbeck, bo h in
his s a egy p ocess and mo e gene ally. The pu pose o explo ing hese
ques ions was no o de elop a compa a i e esea ch design ha would allow me
o iden i y he simila i ies and dissimila i ies be ween in e nal and ex e nal
collabo a ion. Ra he he pu pose was o use his occasion ac i ely as a
backg ound o in e p e ing he implica ions o ex e nal collabo a ions o
Lundbeck mo e gene ally. I decided o ake his oppo uni y, knowing ha i
would open up o a new wo ld o da a.
Howe e , pa icipa ing in he beha io -wo king g oup in ac became mo e han
backg ound in o ma ion and sligh ly changed he o e all ocus o my esea ch.
Managing ex e nal esea ch collabo a ion was clea ly ela ed o managing o he
o ms o esea ch and o he ela ions han hose pu ely Lundbeck ex e nal. By
s udying ex e nal collabo a ion, I had mainly ocused on he in e ace be ween
Lundbeck esea che s and ex e nal collabo a o s. Howe e , as i u ned ou , his
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in e ace was di icul o isola e om in-house esea ch p ac ices in Lundbeck and
om b oade issues o managing esea ch. I s a ed o no ice ha when esea ch
manage s in Lundbeck alked abou ex e nal collabo a ion du ing Synapse hey
immedia ely d ew pa allels o in-house esea ch, and o he Synapse ambi ion o
connec ing p eclinical and clinical esea ch, and Resea ch and De elopmen mo e
e ec i ely.9 Thus, a he han s udy he speci ic implica ions o esea ch
manage s o inc eased ex e nal esea ch, I changed ocus o explo ing ex e nal
collabo a ion in he con ex o Lundbeck. This mean accoun ing bo h o ela ions
be ween Lundbeck esea ch manage s and ex e nal collabo a o s, and o
ela ions be ween Lundbeck esea ch manage s and in-house colleagues. As he
Synapse p ocess highligh ed, al hough people om Resea ch and De elopmen
we e pa o he same company, hey we e no necessa ily ob iously, no o say
op imally, linked.
Consequen ly, upon my e u n in 2012, I changed he gene al emphasis o he
p ojec om ex e nal collabo a ion o s a egic esea ch. Focusing on s a egic
esea ch had he e ec o ela ing and including se e al in e es ing esea ch
inqui ies. Fi s , I was in e es ed in he ela ion be ween esea ch manage s in
Lundbeck and ex e nal collabo a o s. This also implied an in e es o how
ex e nal collabo a ion was ela ed o o he esea ch ac i i ies. Second, I was
in e es ed in he ela ion be ween he di isions o Resea ch and De elopmen in
Lundbeck. Al hough hey we e pa o he same company, employees in Resea ch
and De elopmen clea ly saw esea ch in e y di e en ways. Finally, I was
in e es ed in he ela ion be ween Danish public esea ch policy and s a egy
making in Lundbeck. Fo ob ious easons, s a egic esea ch implied qui e
di e en hings in hese wo con ex s. Thus, i was in e es ing o see how, in
9 I Chap e 12, I desc ibe how Synapse de eloped a new ype o conce n o ex e nal
collabo a ion.
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policy, companies’ in e es s we e embedded in he no ion o s a egic esea ch,
whe eas esea ch manage s in Lundbeck de ined ele an and s a egic esea ch
as, o some ex en , mo e simila o independen esea ch. Hence, de ining my
objec o s udy as s a egic esea ch had he e ec o pulling oge he a numbe o
con ex s and in e aces.
Based on his accoun o how my ocus and objec o s udy de eloped in he
p ocess o s udying i , how migh he gene al app oach be cha ac e ized? As
desc ibed, I used a numbe o me hods associa ed wi h e hnog aphy. Bu I was
also in ol ed in a e y ac i e sense, which equi es e lec ion. I now desc ibe how
my me hodology changed du ing he ieldwo k.
Following he ac o
To explo e ex e nal esea ch s a egies in Lundbeck I ini ially used a me hod ha ,
ollowing B uno La ou ’s ea ly ac o ne wo k heo y, migh loosely be e e ed o
as ‘ ollowing he ac o ’ (La ou 1987). This me hod implies ollowing an objec o
p oblem as i a els be ween he lab and he ou side wo ld. As I saw i a ha
ime, I in es iga ed he implica ions o inc eased ex e nal collabo a ion in ‘ he
labo a o y o Lundbeck’. Using his me hod o ollowing implied a qui e open
app oach o wha cons i u ed ex e nal collabo a ion in Lundbeck and o whe e o
ind i . In p incipal, al hough my p oblem was p ede ined as s udying implica ions
o esea ch manage s, I migh ind ha ex e nal collabo a ion was an ac i i y
ha a he occupied s uden s and echnicians. Howe e , my PhD se -up o an
ex en es ained how open-ended I could be. As he PhD was sponso ed by
esea ch manage s and had, a leas o some ex en , o i hei conce ns abou
s a egies, making a lab s udy among s uden s and echnicians did no seem an
ob ious hing o do. Thus, a he han ollow ex e nal collabo a ion in o he labs
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o Lundbeck I p ima ily ollowed i in o a ‘manage ial lab’. This en ailed ollowing
managemen discussions o new collabo a ion, s a egies, and isions.
Howe e , al hough he me hod o ollowing he ac o p o ided me wi h a use ully
open-ended app oach o wha migh cons i u e ex e nal collabo a ion, i also
u ned ou o be di icul o use in my case. In he end, i did no e y p ecisely
cha ac e ize wha I did. I was ollowing o be su e, bu I was also pa icipa ing,
hos ing, leading, making d a s and ou lines, pa icipa ing in eamwo k in
wo kg oups and ac i ely in e e ing in discussions. On he one hand, his was due
o he esea ch manage s’ expec a ions. They asked o my opinion in pa icula
cases, o example que ying how I saw ex e nal collabo a ion based on my
expe ience wi h public policy and eques ing ha I d a ed ecommenda ions o
how o go e n ex e nal collabo a ion. The e was a mani es di e ence in
ollowing wha esea ch manage s did and making ecommenda ions o wha
hey should do. I did no ha e much o a p oblem wi h making p esen a ions and
ecommenda ions. Based on my o me expe ience and my g owing amilia i y
wi h Lundbeck’s managemen his was ela i ely easy. The p oblem was a he
he me hodological ques ions aised by his engagemen . Wha was he na u e o
wha I s udied when I was in ol ed o such an ex en ? Would I be able o dis ance
mysel om i o he ex en ha ollowing sugges ed was necessa y? Based on
his, I con inue o discuss my app oach in ela ion o he me hod o pa icipan
obse a ion.
Pa icipan obse a ion
As men ioned, he no ion o ollowing he ac o was sligh ly p oblema ic, since i
sugges ed some hing mo e open and passi e han wha I ac ually did. To
emphasize my ole as a pa icipan I s a ed o cha ac e ize my main me hod as
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pa icipan obse a ion. Pa icipan obse a ion is a quali a i e esea ch ool and
he main e hnog aphic app oach used in a numbe o social science ields such as,
o ins ance, social an h opology. Using his me hod, he esea che aims a
ge ing a close amilia i y wi h a p ac ice o cul u e o e an ex ended pe iod o
ime (Hamme sley and A kinson 1983; Ybema e al. 2009; Neyland 2008).
In many espec s, desc ibing my engagemen as pa icipan obse a ion makes
sense. E en so, his cha ac e iza ion also does no ully cap u e wha I did. A e
all, I was no only pa icipa ing in o de o be able o obse e ac ion, I was also
s imula ing ac ion. Consequen ly, i i his was indeed pa icipan obse a ion he
s ong emphasis was on pa icipa ion. So how migh I desc ibe my app oach?
How did speci ic inqui ies de elop in he p ocess o s udying Lundbeck? Wha
guided my selec ion o empi ical ma e ial? In he ollowing, I discuss h ee
concep s ha became impo an o my answe s o hese ques ions.
E hno-epis emic assemblages
Fi s , I d ew on Alan I win and Mike Michael’s no ion o ‘e hno-epis emic
assemblages’ o e lec on my me hodology (I win and Michael 2003). The e m
equi es some explana ion. ‘E hno’ e e s o local and si ua ed knowledge.
‘Epis emic’ highligh s he na u e o knowledge as u h claims abou he wo ld.
Finally, ‘assemblage’ desc ibes how di e se o ms o local knowledge ha a e so
o pulled oge he cons i u e a phenomenon. I win and Michael in oduce he
no ion as a p agma ic, empi ical esea ch ool. Fo hem, s udying some hing as
an e hno-epis emic assemblage implies a ocus on he empi ical cons i u ion o a
phenomenon. In con as , I ha e ound his e m use ul o e lec ing on
me hodological ques ions. Especially, I ha e ound he e m help ul in o de o
explain how my objec o s udy de eloped in he p ocess o s udying i .
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p ojec leade -wo king g oup became a pla o m o subsequen ly pa icipa ing
as a membe o a o mal Synapse wo king g oup conce ned wi h collabo a i e
beha io o leade s. In his p ocess, my esea ch ocus de eloped in a nego ia ion
p ocess in which ex e nal collabo a ion became inc easingly linked wi h p ojec
leade ship. Fo now I simply highligh ha making my esea ch p ojec a doable
p oblem in he con ex o Lundbeck in ol ed a icula ion wo k ha was
pa icula in ense in ela ion o mee ing pa icipa ion. Nego ia ing access o
mee ings equi ed a mo e a icula ion wo k han making in e iews. In hese
nego ia ions, i became clea ha i was possible o see he pu pose o my
esea ch in di e en ways.
A icula ion wo k and he na u e o my esea ch
I also engaged in in ense a icula ion wo k in ela ion o he ole o impac o my
esea ch. In pa icula , he e we e wo ways in which he ole o my esea ch was
nego ia ed. As no ed, I s a ed ou wi h he in en ion o simply explo ing,
desc ibing, and analyzing how ex e nal collabo a ion de eloped in Lundbeck.
Howe e , a se e al occasions I was also asked o gi e speci ic ecommenda ions.
I illus a e his wi h a quick example and e u n o a mo e elabo a e discussion o
my ole in Chap e 13. In May 2009, I hos ed a semina o he Resea ch
Managemen Boa d (RMB) on ex e nal collabo a ion. I was called “Fu u e Models
o Collabo a ion”. Hos ing his semina in ol ed s imula ing discussion abou he
challenges o ex e nal collabo a ion. In his semina , indi idual membe s o he
RMB ga e p esen a ions abou he challenges hey saw, speci ically in ela ion o
he go e nance o ex e nal collabo a ion. A e he semina , he head o esea ch
in i ed me o make a whi e pape ha ou lined bes p ac ices o ex e nal
collabo a ion in Lundbeck. Making his whi e pape in ol ed in eg a ing a
numbe o hings such as he RMB membe s’ obse a ions and discussions, my
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obse a ions om he semina , my own ideas based on my esea ch and my
o me expe iences wi h go e nance and managemen o esea ch om public
policy, and ans o ming all his in o ecommenda ions. Howe e , al hough he
head o esea ch had an in e es in p esen ing his whi e pape as an ou come o
my esea ch, I wan ed o play down my ole because he whi e pape also
con ained a mix u e o he RMB membe s’ expe iences ha we e no exac ly a
esul o my esea ch. Howe e , downplaying my ole was no uncomplica ed. In
he p ocess, i became ob ious ha p esen ing his whi e pape as a esul o my
esea ch had he impo an unc ion o legi imizing my ole as a esea che in
Lundbeck. My esea ch was seen as leading o di e en hings, some o which
we e ea ly ope a ional ecommenda ions. This was bu one o se e al si ua ions
in which I p oduced lis s o ecommenda ions o desc ibed models ha we e seen
as pa o my esea ch esul s. As I saw i , hese we e indeed esul s o my
esea ch; howe e , hey we e no he end esul s, bu a he necessa y
in e media y poin s ha would enable me o e ain he doabili y o he p ojec .
Towa ds he end o my PhD, I expe ienced a di e en o m o a icula ion wo k
abou he ou comes o my esea ch. This a icula ion wo k was ela ed o he
e en o making a join pape wi h my academic supe iso , Alan I win, and Pe e
Høngaa d Ande sen, a Lundbeck esea ch manage (see appendix A). The pape
was published in Na u e Re iews D ug Disco e y, a jou nal ha is widely ead
among esea ch manage s in Lundbeck. In Lundbeck, he commen was ecei ed
well. Wi hin he i s week a e i s publica ion, se e al esea ch manage s
con ac ed me wi h cong a ula ions. When I asked hem wha hey hough abou
he commen , se e al o hem said, “i desc ibes e y well how we wo k”. This was
o cou se a posi i e esponse; howe e , I was cu ious abou his idea abou
desc ip ion and how mo e p ecisely hey iewed he speci ic impac o my
esea ch. I discussed his ques ion in de ail wi h one senio esea ch manage . As
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I had expec ed, he a gued ha i was di icul o pinpoin he exac impac o my
esea ch. This led o an in e es ing discussion o whe he I had, in ac , me ely
desc ibed how hey wo ked in Lundbeck and hus had acqui ed an indus ial
pe spec i e. O whe he I had in ac helped o shape o change pa icula
s a egic discussions. Wi hou being able o answe his ques ion unequi ocally, i
is no ewo hy ha in some si ua ions making my esea ch doable equi ed
making i e y ope a ional and ins uc ional, while a o he imes i was doable
because i was me ely desc ip i e and no in ac changing any hing.10 This opic
also eeds in o he po en ial ole STS esea ch, o which I e u n in conclusion.
The no ion o cons uc ing doable p oblems opens up impo an ques ions
conce ning he a icula ion wo k i akes o de ine and de elop a esea ch
p ojec s and esea ch agendas. A imes, i has indeed made mo e sense o
unde s and my esea ch in e ms o esea ch collabo a ion a he han a
esea che /in o man ela ionship. The con en o my p ojec has de eloped
acco ding o he p esen condi ions and while I ha e been qui e an ac i e
esea che , so oo ha e esea ch manage s in Lundbeck also ac i ely gi en inpu
o my esea ch and indeed o my ole as a esea che . I end his chap e by
in oducing a hi d no ion, ‘disconce men ’ ha I ha e used as a da a-selec ing
ool. This no ion helps me o explain my way o ocusing in he many mee ings
and discussions ha make up my da a ma e ial.
Disconce men
The no ion o ‘disconce men ’ ela es o classic me hodological p oblems o
encoun e ing and analyzing he ield. In STS, Helen Ve an has de eloped
10 None o he esea ch manage s a gued ha my esea ch had no impac bu i was a he
di icul , also o me, o pinpoin wha exac ly i had changed and p oduced.
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disconce men (Ve an 1999; 2001) and ecen ly o he s ha e aken i up. Thus,
in “Cul i a ing Disconce men ”, John Law and Wen-yuan Lin a gue ha
disconce men is a aluable me hodological ool o explo ing he in e sec ions o
di e en knowledge o ms (Law and Lin 2011). Acco ding o dic iona y
de ini ion, o disconce means, “ o upse he p og ess o ”.11 I comes om
desconce e , which means des- (exp essing e e sal) + conce e “b ing oge he ”,
hence he conno a ions o disha mony o decons uc ion.
Ve an discusses he no ion o disconce men in ela ion o ieldwo k in A ica,
whe e she s udied di e se ways o eaching ma hema ics. Du ing ieldwo k, she
obse ed eaching based on comple ely di e en concep ions o numbe , which
disconce ed he Wes e n, ma hema ical unde s anding. Acco ding o Ve an,
disconce men ma ks momen s o “double seeing”, such as seeing he “no mal”
no ion o leng h, p esen ed and pe o med in a s ange way in an A ican ma h
class (Ve an 2001: 5). Thus disconce ing “double seeing” occu s in consequence
o a compa a i e momen , whe e one expe iences bo h sameness and di e ence.
Ve an a gues ha such odd momen s can be deployed s a egically. “This
disconce men , sou ce o bo h clea deligh and con used mise y, mus be
p i ileged and nu u ed, alued and expanded upon.” (Ve an 2001: 5). E en i
one’s i s in ui ion is o y o “explain” (away) hese momen s by sea ching o a
sense o unde lying cohe ence, Ve an encou ages sus ained explo a ion o jus
wha makes hem dis u bing. “I is easy o igno e and pass by hese momen s—
pa o he p oblem is hei lee ing sub le y—ye i is possible o become acu ely
sensi ized o hem” (ibid.). Using a e minology, which I de elop u he on in his
hesis, I p opose ha disconce men is p oduced whe e di e en o ms o
11 www.ox o ddic iona ies.com.
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sc eening collide, which will make much mo e sense when I in oduce he no ion
o sc eens in Chap e 9.
Ve an p esen s disconce men as a ool ha can be used by analys s o s udy
somewha awkwa d o emba assing si ua ions. As she a gues, disconce men is
some hing ha he analys can g adually become sensi i e o and become able o
use analy ically. Thus, Ve an encou ages he analys o de elop a sensi i i y o
one’s own discom o , using “bodily disconce men ” as an exp ession o wha
migh be called me aphysical disjunc u e (Law and Lin 2011: 137). Tha
disconce men is loca ed in he body ob iously oubles any easy aspi a ion o
deploy i s a egically o a ionally. I s use ulness depends on a icula ing
expe iences ha a e pe de ini ion un o eseeable, caused by pa icula
encoun e s in he ield. Bu e en so one migh also hink ha di e en esea ch
condi ions migh c ea e mo e o less op imal ci cums ances o bo h pe cei ing
and expe iencing disconce men . Since disconce men is p oduced no only by
g ea di e ences bu also by sub le dissimila i ies o p esump ions and
expec a ions, we can also assume ha i equi es qui e close ela ions wi h he
people and hings one wan s o in es iga e.
In he ollowing analyses, howe e , I a end o disconce men in a somewha
di e en way han Ve an ecommends. Ra he han only using my own
disconce men , I am also in e es ed in public momen s o disconce men , sensed
bo h by he analys and people in he ield. One migh see his emphasis as
ocused on a collec i e, e en epis emic o m o disconce men in which a g oup
o people has a sha ed expe ience ha some hing is ou o o de . Ve an a gues
ha a disconce ed laugh e should be aken se iously as an indica o o ensions
b ough o ligh by pa icula si ua ions, and she e e s o he own “ isce al
laugh e ” (Ve an 1999; 2001: 5). Bu one migh also obse e si ua ions o
collec i e laugh e . Momen s o awkwa d laugh e , I sugges , o e an en y poin
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o unde s anding he collec i e sense o wha is no mal and s aigh o wa d in a
si ua ion, since i indica es a dis up ion o he no mal. A ocus on collec i e
disconce men also assumes ha he analys is no en i ely o alone esponsible
o c ea ing o egis e ing hese momen s bu ha hey migh be p esen in
si ua ions whe e he unusual appea s and is deal wi h by a g oup.
I is in his sense ha I use disconce men as a me hodological selec ing and
o ganizing de ice. The empi ical si ua ions ha I discuss in he Chap e s 10-13 all
ha e in common ha hey elici momen s o disjunc u e: a a ious imes,
managing ex e nal collabo a ion, collabo a ing wi h in-house colleagues, and
de ining new s a egies p esen ed gene a ed such momen s o disconce men .
Whe eas STS analyses o en ocus on he mundane and no mal (Woolga and
Neyland 2013), I sugges ha ocusing on ins ances o misalignmen is also a way
o opening up o an unde s anding o wha cons i u es he no mal.
Conclusion
In his chap e , I ha e desc ibed he me hods and ools ha I used o explo e
s a egic esea ch in Lundbeck. The Indus ial PhD se -up has gi en me an
oppo uni y o ge close o he hesis’ ma e s o conce n. To u he ake
ad an age o his oppo uni y, I ha e deployed an open-ended app oach wi h a
s ong emphasis on pa icipa ion. Ra he han p ima ily obse ing, I ha e aken
ac i e pa in discussions a Lundbeck. As a consequence o deploying such an
app oach, my objec o s udy changed in he p ocess om ex e nal collabo a ion
in he esea ch di ision o Lundbeck o s a egic esea ch in Lundbeck a la ge. I
hink o his objec o s udy as an e hno-epis emic assemblage. By de ining his
assemblage b oadly as s a egic esea ch I ha e been able o pull oge he a
numbe o di e se p ac ices o s a egic esea ch. Consequen ly, I ha e no only
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looked a con as s be ween Danish public esea ch policy and esea ch p ac ices
in Lundbeck, bu also explo ed con as ing esea ch p ac ices in Lundbeck ela ed
o collabo a ion wi h ex e nal academic esea ch g oups and in-house colleagues.
Ra he han implemen a p ede ined esea ch agenda, my main me hodology is
inspi ed by he idea o cons uc ing a doable p oblem. I ha e pa icipa ed in a
esea ch collabo a ion ha de eloped p agma ically acco ding o wha was
in e es ing and doable o di e se collabo a o s. Pe haps his sounds easy
enough, bu i in ol ed signi ican a icula ion wo k ela ed bo h o access and o
he ole o my esea ch as simul aneously highly ins uc i e and me ely
desc ip i e. I sugges u he ha pa o wha made he p ojec doable was my
willingness o le i adap o such di e en ou comes and pu poses. Finally, I use
he no ion o disconce men as a selec ing and o ganizing de ice. Because o he
na u e o my ieldwo k, I no only use my own disconce men bu also d aw on
public and sha ed expe iences o disconce men . I wan o ake o ms o
disconce men se iously as aluable sou ces o de eloping new unde s andings
o s a egic esea ch.
I now ake a s ep back o explo e how s a egic esea ch and ideas abou science-
indus y collabo a ion ha e de eloped in he con ex o Danish esea ch policy.
The pu pose o his is o p o ide an unde s anding o he Danish na ional
discussions o s a egic esea ch ha bo h ela e o conce ns in Lundbeck and
sugges qui e di e en ca ego iza ions o esea ch han wha we ha e seen in
Lundbeck. So how is s a egic esea ch de ined and o ganized in Danish esea ch
policy?
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8. STRATEGIC RESEARCH IN DENMARK
In Danish public esea ch policy, ‘s a egic esea ch’ has a aken on a pa icula
meaning. No only is i seen as a pa icula o m o esea ch ha can be
dis inguished om basic, independen esea ch. P esen ly, s a egic esea ch also
has a sepa a e o ganiza ion wi h i s own councils, p og am commi ees and
sec e a ia s. So wha cha ac e izes s a egic esea ch in a Danish esea ch policy
con ex ? Which p ac ices and conside a ions a e ela ed o he cu en
o ganiza ion o s a egic esea ch as sepa a e om basic, independen esea ch?
Wha is he backg ound o his pa icula Danish cons uc ion in which s a egic
esea ch has de eloped as a dis inc domain? These a e he ques ions explo ed in
his chap e . I s aim is o cla i y how I see he ela ion be ween he Danish
na ional con ex o esea ch policy and Lundbeck, a global pha maceu ical
company.
F om one pe spec i e, Danish esea ch policy and Lundbeck inhabi wo sepa a e
wo lds. Managing esea ch is ob iously a qui e di e en ask depending on
whe he i akes place in public ins i u ions o in a p i a e company. Emphasizing
he di e en wo lds o Danish esea ch policy and Lundbeck is use ul because i
immedia ely equi es ha we make explici wha is pa icula abou each o hese
wo lds. Being able o shi back and o h be ween Danish esea ch policy and
Lundbeck is analy ically help ul in e ms o pinpoin ing pa icula ai s and
di e ences. E en so, my main emphasis is on he esea ch managemen p ac ices
o Lundbeck. Thus, he wo ld o Danish public policy se es as an impo an
backg ound o his explo a ion. Ye , he key no ion o s a egic esea ch comes
om public policy. I is no a widely used e m in Lundbeck whe e manage s
a he alk abou “ esea ch s a egies” o speci ic “s a egic esea ch a eas”. The
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s uc u e o he hesis e lec s his di e ence as policy is mainly desc ibed in his
chap e and sepa a ed om discussions o Lundbeck p ac ices in oduced be o e
his chap e and in he ollowing empi ical analyses.
E en so, as men ioned, I also see Danish public policy and Lundbeck as pa o he
same ield, o e hno-epis emic assemblage (I win and Michael 2003). In Danish
public esea ch policy, we ind e y speci ic ideas abou companies and wha hey
wan om he public sec o , o example in e ms o educa ed candida es and
ele an esea ch. In Lundbeck, oo, we ind esea ch manage s ha a e deeply
engaged in public esea ch policy. Fo ins ance, in Lundbeck I no iced ha wo
membe s o he Resea ch Managemen Boa d (RMB) we e in ac also membe s o
speci ic councils and hus also deal wi h public policies in a qui e di ec sense.
No leas , I see Danish esea ch policy and Lundbeck as connec ed in ela ion o
one pa icula idea. This is he key idea ha uni e si y-indus y collabo a ion is a
key ool o c ea ing inno a ion and g ow h. In public policy, uni e si y-indus y
collabo a ion has been in oduced as a main d i e o na ional economic g ow h
and as a ool o add essing pa icula socie al o indus ial p oblems. Resea ch
manage s in Lundbeck ag ee ha uni e si y-indus y collabo a ion is an
impo an pa o esea ch s a egies bu emphasize a di e en main pu pose o
esea ch collabo a ion. They p opose ha academic collabo a ion is impo an o
de eloping new pla o ms o inno a ion wi h long- e m e ec s. Building
pla o ms is qui e di e en om sol ing p oblems. In his way, a sha ed in e es
in s a egic use o uni e si y-indus y collabo a ion pa es he way o a
po en ially in iguing di e ence in how he main pu pose o hese collabo a ions
is imagined. These simila i ies and di e ences a e cen al o he explo a ion o
his hesis.
To elucida e he cu en Danish esea ch policy si ua ion, I d aw on o icial
documen s, law ma e ials and backg ound discussions ha illus a e he cu en
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Danish cons uc ion. In pa icula , I ocus on he law o 2004 ha es ablished he
Danish Council o S a egic Resea ch (DSF) and on a se o commen s o he 2004
law ha desc ibes he pu pose o pa icula elemen s in he law. I also d aw on
websi e ma e ial om he councils and ounda ions ha go e n s a egic esea ch
in Denma k. This ma e ial shows how s a egic esea ch is adminis e ed and
which elemen s o s a egic esea ch a e gi en special a en ions. In addi ion, I
d aw on public deba es abou s a egic esea ch in media and a con e ences.
Finally, I d aw on my knowledge as a o me employee a he Danish Na ional
Ad anced Technology Founda ion (DNATF) es ablished in 2005-2006 as pa o a
new o ganiza ion o public esea ch unds ha ga e s a egic esea ch a
pa icula impo ance. As no ed in he in oduc ion, he DNATF was es ablished o
e hink and enew exis ing ways o managing publicly unded esea ch. Being
pa o his p ocess implied cons an a icula ion o he di e ences be ween
managing public esea ch in he con ex o he DNATF and exis ing p ac ices o
adminis e ing esea ch de eloped in he con ex o he Danish Agency o Science,
Technology and Inno a ion (DASTI).
D awing on his ma e ial, I explo e he cu en o ganiza ion o Danish public
esea ch unding. This o ganiza ion is cu en ly changing in impo an ways as
he Danish poli ical pa ies ha e jus ( his au umn 2013) ag eed on a new e o m
o s a egic esea ch in Denma k. Al hough appa en ly adical, howe e , he new
e o m is based on some o he same p inciples ha ha e cha ac e ized he
Danish esea ch ad iso y and unding sys em since 2004. Thus, i emains
ele an o explo e he eme gence o he idea o in oducing s a egic esea ch as
a sepa a e ield in Danish esea ch policy. I do so by analyzing he basic models o
esea ch ha ha e cha ac e ized Danish esea ch policy making in ecen yea s.
Finally, I explo e how managing s a egic esea ch became a conce n in Danish
esea ch policy. How, hen, do cu en policy ideas abou esea ch managemen
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e lec ed in he way councils and ounda ions co e ing s a egic esea ch in
Denma k ha e de ined hei selec ion c i e ia. One o he c i e ia o selec ion
sugges ed by he DNATF is de ined as “ esea ch and inno a ion o high
in e na ional s anda d”,16 sugges ing ha s a egic p oblem sol ing equi es high
quali y esea ch. In a simila manne , and e en mo e explici ly, he DSF has
in oduced a new concep in Danish esea ch policy, which hey call ‘s a egic
quali y’ (DSF 2013). Acco ding o he DSF, s a egic quali y is composed by “ he
ele ance o he esea ch”, “ he po en ial e ec o he esea ch” and “ he esea ch
s anda d” (ibid. 3 .). In his de ini ion, as in he DNATF’s de ini ion o ela ed
c i e ia, quali y is olded in o he idea o s a egic esea ch as a componen a he
same le el as socie al and indus ial ele ance.
Concep s such as s a egic quali y illus a e wha we migh hink o as he
undamen al ambigui y o he concep o s a egic esea ch. On he one hand, he
o ganiza ion o Danish public esea ch is based on a clea sepa a ion o s a egic
and basic esea ch, and o ele an and excellen esea ch. Public discou ses,
e en s and deba es o en e e o his sepa a ion as a na u al gi en.17 On he o he
hand, in ecen yea s, we ha e ini ia i es and new de ini ions such as s a egic
quali y ha clea ly ques ions he sepa a ion o s a egic and essen ial quali ies o
science. These ensions inhe en in he no ion o s a egic esea ch aise a
numbe o ques ions o key impo ance o his hesis. Can s a egic esea ch no
be excellen ? And can excellen esea ch no be s a egic? Fu he , wha is he ole
o companies in such esea ch? A ecen epo published by he Eu opean
Science Founda ion, “Science in socie y: ca ing o ou u u es in u bulen imes”
add esses his ma e di ec ly and a gues o “linking excellence o ele ance and
esponsibili y” (Fel e al. 2013: 4). Howe e , al hough he e a e hese ini ia i es
16 www.hoej eknologi onden.dk.
17 See Vedel and Gad 2011.
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ha somewha so en he e minology and link domains o he wise assumed o be
dis inc in new ways, i is cha ac e is ic o he Danish si ua ion ha excellence and
ele ance a e gene ally seen as sepa a ed and desc ip i e o di e en esea ch
p ac ices.
Linea models o esea ch
In Danish esea ch policy, s a egic esea ch is o en p esen ed using a linea
model. An example o such a linea model was ecen ly used in he ecen Danish
Inno a ion S a egy o Decembe 2012 o explain he eo ganiza ion o he Danish
esea ch sys em. See diag am below ha I also showed in he in oduc ion.
Illus a ion 4: The linea o ganiza ion o he Danish public esea ch ad iso y and unding
sys em (Rege ingen 2012)
Wha does his model illus a e? The model shows a spec um o esea ch ypes
anging om basic esea ch on he le o ma ke ma u a ion on he igh . The
model hen sugges s ha he ma ke , exempli ied by “consume s, companies, he
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public sec o and o he na ions”, ep esen s a demand and ha “knowledge
ins i u ions and companies” supply knowledge o mee his demand. I p oposes a
dynamic ha is cons i u ed by a science and echnology push and a ma ke pull,
illus a ed by he ed a ows. In he model, he main public councils and
ounda ions a e loca ed om le o igh . On he a le is he Danish Na ional
Resea ch Founda ion (DNRF) ha unds cen e s o excellence. He e, we also ind
he Danish Council o Independen Resea ch (DFF) ha ope a es in he same
ield. The h ee councils and ounda ions ha suppo s a egic esea ch ollow:
he Danish Council o S a egic Resea ch (DSF), he Danish Na ional Ad anced
Technology Founda ion (DNATF) and he Danish Council o Technology and
Inno a ion (RTI). A he a igh closes o he ma ke we ind he G ow h
Founda ion, a s a e in es men und18. Al hough he model di e en ia es be ween
di e en o ms o esea ch using a scale om basic esea ch o ma ke i also
illus a es po en ial o e laps be ween adjacen esea ch councils and
ounda ions. Howe e , because he model is linea i does no acili a e discussion
o o e laps o sha ed p ac ices be ween o ms o esea ch ha a e si ua ed a
om each o he on he scale. Ce ainly, he policy no ion o quali y po en ially
cu s ac oss he basic ca ego ies o he model. Bu , as I will explo e in his hesis,
he e a e also o he impo an esea ch p ac ices o which such linea policy
models ende us blind. Fo ins ance, in his model basic esea ch is placed a
om he ma ke , sugges ing bo h ha basic esea ch and ma ke s a e di e en
wo lds and ha basic esea ch has o ans o m o ma u e in o some hing else in
o de o become ma ke ele an . Howe e , he speci ic cons i u ion o bo h
ma ke s and basic esea ch a ies, and he e o e i is ob ious ha his model only
desc ibes one ype o ela ionship whe eas we migh hink o o he s.
18 Væks onden.
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Al hough he linea model o esea ch has been impo an in he Danish esea ch
policy con ex , i s limi a ions ha e also been deba ed. Whe eas he model has
been use ul o o e all policy discussions o he p io i iza ion o public unds, i
use ulness as a ool o ca ego izing indi idual esea ch p ojec s has been
conside ably mo e ambiguous. He e, I d aw on my expe ience om wo king in
he Danish Na ional Ad anced Technology Founda ion (DNATF), since alk o
hese ambigui ies ha e a ely been pa o he Danish public deba e. As no ed, he
linea model acili a es b oad di e en ia ions be ween basic and s a egic
esea ch wi hou accoun ing o sub le di e ences o excep ions o he ule.
Howe e , his inabili y o accoun o sub le ies becomes a p oblem wi hin he
indi idual councils whe e he bounda ies be ween di e en esea ch p ac ices
a e o en ecognized o be much mo e blu y.
As he DNATF was es ablished in 2006, we o en discussed he basic
cha ac e is ics o a p ojec unded by us in compa ison wi h p ojec s unded by
o he councils and ounda ions. In he selec ion p ocess, how could we iden i y a
sui able p ojec ha ob iously li ed up o ou unding c i e ia? While looking o
such dis inc i e cha ac e is ics, we wo ked om he expe ience ha p ojec s
unded by DNATF we e qui e di e se and dis ibu ed ac oss di e en indus ies
and esea ch a eas. They had di e en isk p o iles. The possibili y o succeeding
seemed good o some p ojec s and less good o o he s. In o de o e alua e he
de eloping unding p o ile o DNATF, we s a ed o ca ego ize p ojec s ha had
ecei ed unding. Howe e , ca ego izing indi idual p ojec s was no easy. Fo
ins ance, mos o he ime, e alua ing whe he a ce ain esea ch ac i i y
exempli ied basic esea ch and high isk was impossible, e en o he pa icipan s
in he p ojec . Consequen ly, iden i ying a clea p o ile wi hin he a ea o s a egic
esea ch p o ed o be highly challenging in p ac ice. Indeed, i seemed ha
DNATF p ojec s we e p ima ily cha ac e ized by d awing on qui e di e en o ms
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o esea ch p ac ices. Thus, e en hough he linea esea ch policy model made
sense as a ool o di e en ia ing he manda es o public councils and ounda ion
i was ela i ely useless as a ool o ca ego izing esea ch p oposals, no o
men ion desc ibing he g owing po olio o p ojec s ha had ecei ed g an s
om DNATF.
As I ha e shown, he Danish policy no ions o s a egic and independen esea ch
d aw on a linea model o esea ch. Now, simul aneously wi h he eme gence o
s a egic esea ch ins i u ions in Danish esea ch policy ano he model gained
in luence, which spoke o he ques ion o how o concei e s a egic esea ch. This
was Donald S okes’ model o Pas eu ’s quad an (S okes 1997). In con as o he
linea model, S okes’ model sugges ed a po en ial alignmen o esea ch
ambi ions ha was usually seen as apa . Le us he e o e conside he basic idea
o his model and how i a ec ed he Danish policy cons uc ion o s a egic
esea ch.
S a egic esea ch as Pas eu ’s quad an
Donald S okes o iginally p oposed he model o Pas eu ’s quad an o challenge
Vanne a Bush’s dis inc ion be ween basic esea ch and applied esea ch,
sugges ed in his book Science: The Endless F on ie (S okes 1997; Bush 1945).
Ins ead o exis ing in sepa a e ca ego ies, S okes sugges s ha esea ch de elops
om he in e play be ween di e en mo i a ions. He iden i ies wo main
ambi ions o esea ch, which a e ‘a d i e owa ds undamen al unde s anding’
and ‘a d i e owa ds applied use’ (S okes 1997). By ocusing on d i es a he han
s able domains, S okes emphasizes he dynamic o di e en esea ch o ms. He
goes on o p opose ha unde s anding he in e play be ween he di e en
mo i a ing o ces o esea ch has impo an implica ions o esea ch policy and
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he o ganiza ion o esea ch unding. Ra he han hink only in basic o applied
science policy should conside o he mixed o ms. In Denma k, S okes’ model has
no been used in o icial s a egies al hough i has o en been used in public
discussions o policy.
Illus a ion 5: Donald S okes’ model o Pas eu ’s Quad an (S okes 1997).
In S okes’ model, he y-axis ep esen s an inc easing d i e owa ds undamen al
unde s anding and he x-axis an inc easing d i e owa ds applied use. In he
lowe quad an on he le side, acco ding o S okes, one inds he knowledge o
“common man”.19 On he lowe igh , we ind esea ch in which he d i e owa ds
applied use is signi ican . Edison’s ligh bulb o e s an example. A he op le ,
Boh ’s quad an co e s esea ch wi h a d i e owa ds undamen al
unde s anding. Finally, a he op igh , Pas eu ’s quad an combines a d i e
owa ds undamen al unde s anding wi h conside a ions o use. Based on his
19 STS app oaches his e y di e en ly. See I win 1995 and I win and Wynne 1996.
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model, S okes a gued ha some esea ch is capable o in eg a ing mo e han one
d i e o di ec ion.
In discussions o Danish esea ch policy, Pas eu ’s quad an model has been used
o challenge a linea model o esea ch. In pa icula , he quad an enables policy
make s o go beyond he limi ed no ion ha a eas o esea ch a e always clea ly
delinea ed and ei he applied o basic. Thus, he main a ac ion o his model is
i s po en ial o c ea ing a new o m o policy concep ualiza ion in which i is
possible o basic esea ch and comme cializa ion o mee and o e lap. In a
Danish con ex , he model has allowed councils and ounda ions o a gue ha
s a egic esea ch is no a na ow ield bu one ha expands in many di ec ions.
In he DNATF, in pa icula , he model was also used in a numbe o ways. The
sec e a ia used i o s imula e discussion in he boa d abou he main ield and
scope o he ounda ion. E en ually i was ag eed ha a majo i y o he
ounda ion’s unded esea ch should all wi hin Pas eu ’s quad an . Fu he , i
was used in he sec e a ia as a ool o ca ego izing esea ch p ojec s. He e, i
in luenced discussion o incoming applica ions, o ins ance by using Pas eu ’s
quad an as a ya ds ick wi h which o measu e hei s a egic quali ies. In
addi ion, i was used o public communica ion abou he pu pose o he
ounda ion, which was desc ibed as a connec ing high quali y esea ch wi h
pe spec i es o comme cializa ion. Finally, he model was used o hink abou he
challenges o s a egic esea ch o esea ch manage s. As no ed, he model
ocused on b inging oge he po en ially di e en mo i a ions o esea ch.
Al hough Pas eu ’s quad an was seen as a dis inc esea ch o m, he
cons uc ion o he model made i clea ha i was composed by di e en d i es.
In he con ex o DNATF, he speci ic challenges o esea ch manage s we e
consequen ly seen as ela ed o b inging oge he and managing hese d i es. The
model was hus used as a ool o discussing esea ch managemen . This leads me
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o ask: how has esea ch managemen de eloped as a pa icula conce n, closely
ela ed o he o e all ambi ion o s a egic esea ch?
The ole o esea ch managemen in Danish policy
A ound 2005, wi h he new o ganiza ion o he Danish esea ch ad iso y and
unding sys em, he ole o esea ch manage s began o eme ge as an impo an
ques ion in Danish esea ch policy. Since hen i has had a p ominen ole in
Danish esea ch policy. Se e al examples can be used o illus a e his end. In
2011, he Danish Academy o Technical Sciences (ATV) ini ia ed a p ojec called
‘The Value C ea ing Uni e si y’.
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This p ojec aimed o s imula e a deba e abou
he ole o uni e si ies in Danish socie y. One o he main hemes was esea ch
managemen . Al hough he deba e illus a ed a wide spec um o ideas abou
ideal uni e si y esea ch managemen , he e seemed o be a gene al ag eemen
abou he alue o an inc eased ocus on esea ch managemen . In he deba e,
some a gued ha good esea ch managemen should always be based on
ad anced echnical skills, implying ha ideal esea ch manage s a e scien is s
ha ha e ad anced o become leade s. O he s a gued ha esea ch manage s
should a he be p o essional manage s wi h speci ic aining in leade ship as
scien is s o en make bad leade s (ATV 2012: 37), which I e u n o below.21
Simila ly, in he au umn o 2012, esea ch managemen was a key opic a yea ly
ne wo king e en o he Danish Na ional Ad anced Technology Founda ion
(DNATF).22 He e, he Danish Minis e o Science, Inno a ion and Highe
Educa ion p esen ed he Pas eu Awa d, gi en annually o a p ojec leade ha
had excelled in ‘b idge building’ be ween uni e si ies and companies in a
20 www.a .dk.
21 Amanda Goodall: “Expe Knowledge and uni e si y leade ship” a www.a .dk.
22 www.hoej eknologi onden.dk/ne ae ksdag.
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esea ch p ojec unded by DNATF. As a hi d example, conside ha he Danish
Council o S a egic Resea ch (DSF) gi es special a en ion o esea ch
managemen in i s 2013 s a egy documen . In his documen , we ead ha
“s a egic esea ch ac i i ies a e o be pe o med wi h due emphasis on skilled
esea ch managemen ” (DSF 2013: 10). In his way, esea ch managemen has
indeed become a c i e ion o ecei ing esea ch unds.
Thus, esea ch managemen ideas c op up in public semina s, con e ences, in
ela ion o discussion o he u u e o uni e si ies and as a basic equi emen o
ecei ing unds. Talk o esea ch managemen e lec s di e se ideas abou
esea ch and ice e sa; ideas abou he dynamics o esea ch managemen also
illus a e wha is seen as cons i u ing esea ch p ac ices. We migh hen ask wha
is i abou he na u e o s a egic esea ch in pa icula ha makes esea ch
managemen appea so c ucial o success ul ou comes.
As no ed, he Danish Na ional Ad anced Technology Founda ion (DNATF) and he
Danish Council o S a egic Resea ch (DSF) ha e included speci ic demands o
esea ch managemen in hei c i e ia o selec ing and unding esea ch p ojec s.
Simila ly, as no ed abo e, in 2008 DNATF es ablished an awa d o exempla y
esea ch p ojec leade ship.23 In bo h con ex s, he speci ic na u e o s a egic
esea ch as connec ing se e al aims and pe spec i es (S okes 1997) has been
used o explain an inc eased need o esea ch managemen . The DNATF has
speci ically a emp ed o speci y he kinds o p oblems ha good esea ch
managemen is mean o sol e. Acco ding o a DNATF p ojec guide, companies
and uni e si ies b ing di e en alues and no ms o a p ojec . In o de o
success ul collabo a ion o ake place, hese no ms and alues do no need o
23 www.hoej eknologi onden.dk (opslag).
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me ge bu an ini ial alignmen o expec a ions is equi ed.24 This alignmen is
impo an because o he wise he di e en in e es s and goals o he pa icipan s
will s a o di e ge and e en ually c ea e chaos. The ask o he p ojec leade is
hus o ensu e a con inuous alignmen o expec a ions and o p e en chao ic
di e gence. Acco ding o DNATF, i is hus he inhe en ly di e ging na u e o
s a egic esea ch ha makes esea ch managemen c ucial and hus he main
accomplishmen o he p ojec leade is o se a join di ec ion. He e, p ojec
manage s a e no seen as adminis a i e manage s bu a he as leade s ha a e
capable o connec ing di e en pe spec i es. In Chap e 13, I e u n o a
discussion o how his is seen in Lundbeck.
As men ioned, he e is an in e es ing ension in he idea o esea ch managemen
ha ecen policy ini ia i es such as awa ds and enewed selec ion c i e ia gi e
a en ion o. On he one hand, such ini ia i es ad ance he idea o a scien i ic
esea ch manage who has a backg ound in esea ch. In Denma k, ins i u ions
such as he Danish Academy o Technical Sciences (ATV) highligh his idea o he
echnically skilled esea ch manage . Also key con ibu o s o deba es on Danish
esea ch policy ha e ad anced his idea o a science-manage based on hei
backg ounds in science and co po a e esea ch managemen .25 Acco ding o hese
p oponen s o scien i ic esea ch managemen , he ideal manage is a scien is
wi h deep insigh in o he scien i ic con en o he p ojec . On he o he hand,
o he s cul i a e jus he opposi e idea, namely, ha ideal esea ch managemen
equi es p o essional leade ship. This o m o esea ch managemen has been
p omo ed in Denma k wi h he ins i u ion o p o essional uni e si y
managemen . Whe e uni e si y managemen used o be cons i u ed by uni e si y
24 See www.hoej eknologi onden.dk.
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Examples o con ibu o s a e P o esso and Chai man Flemming Besenbache om The
Ca lsbe g Founda ion and Jens Ros up-Nielsen, o me senio esea ch manage a Haldo
Topsøe.
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di e ence, especially an undesi able one, be ween wo iews o si ua ions”.29 In
compa ison, a b idge is “a s uc u e ca ying a oad, pa h, ail oad, o canal ac oss
a i e , a ine, oad, ail oad, o o he obs acle”.30 Se side by side, he idea o
‘b idging a gap’ sugges s ha he domains o uni e si y and indus y a e
disconnec ed and ha i is he disconnec ion ha is undesi able. Acco dingly, a
b idge is cons uc ed o allow a ic om one side o he b idge o he o he . Bu
he b idge is a cons uc ion and does no become an in eg a ed pa o ei he o
he wo domains.
In con as , a ba ie is, again by dic iona y de ini ion, “a ence o o he obs acle
ha p e en s mo emen o access”.31 He e we do no ha e an un illed space
be ween wo objec s bu a he a si ua ion o adjacen objec s sepa a ed by
some hing like a wall ha can be emo ed o allow in e ac ion. Al hough he
me apho s o b idges and ba ie s a e no p oposed as cohe en heo ies o
models, hey signi ican ly in luence he kind o esea ch ques ions ha a e
pu sued in he li e a u e on uni e si y-indus y in e ac ion. In pa icula , many
esea ch policy s udies de elop ques ions based on a amewo k o sepa a ed
domains, which lead hem o add ess he misalignmen o disconnec ion be ween
hese domains by in es iga ing ac o s and mechanisms ha make in e ac ion
smoo h and e ec i e. I ba ie s and gaps we e no aken o g an ed, esea ch
ques ions would ha e o be posed di e en ly. I he s a ing poin we e no
sepa a e domains esea ch ques ion would no au oma ically add ess ac i i ies
ha connec and align. Ra he hey would ha e o ask mo e b oadly, who o wha
in e ac s and in wha ways?
29 www.ox o ddic iona ies.com.
30 www.ox o ddic iona ies.com.
31 www.ox o ddic iona ies.com.
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Finding he igh pa ne s and means o in e ac ion
Ye ano he p e alen way o p esen ing uni e si y-indus y in e ac ion is ela ed
o iden i ying an ideal ma ch o uni e si ies and companies, o some op imal
means o in e ac ion. Fo ins ance, in “Finding he igh pa ne s: Ins i u ional and
pe sonal modes o go e nance o uni e si y-indus y ela ions” (F ei as e al.
2013) Isabel Ma ia Bodas F ei as e al. in es iga e di e en ways o app oaching
uni e si y-indus y in e ac ion, which hey e e o as dis inc “go e nance
modes” (ibid. 51). The au ho s ocus pa icula ly on he e ec i eness o di e en
ways o go e ning uni e si y-indus y ela ions. They sugges ha he e a e wo
gene al modes o go e nance. Fi s , an “ins i u ional mode o go e nance” in
which in e ac ion is media ed by he adminis a i e s uc u es a he uni e si y
such as echnology ans e o ices. Second, a “pe sonal con ac ual mode o
go e nance” in which in e ac ion in ol es o mal and binding con ac ual
ag eemen s be ween companies and academics esea che s wi hou he di ec
in ol emen o a uni e si y. The au ho s a gue ha , o en, he pe sonal
con ac ual mode is o e looked in he li e a u e on uni e si y-indus y
in e ac ion, esul ing in a oo s ong ocus on he ole o echnology ans e
o ices. They ad oca e mo e de ailed in es iga ion o o he go e nance o ms, and
hey a gue ha he igh choice o go e nance model depends on a numbe o
ac o s, including, he size o a company and i s endency o adap o “an open
app oach o echnology and inno a ion de elopmen ” (ibid. 60). Acco dingly, hey
ind ha “pe sonal modes” a e mo e e ec i e han “ins i u ional modes” o
making he bes a angemen s wi h ex e nal esea ch pa ne s (ibid.). As he i le
“Finding he igh pa ne s,” indica es, he au ho s also belie e ha he e is such a
hing as ‘a igh pa ne ’ ha can be iden i ied in ad ance o collabo a ion.
Success ully iden i ying his pa ne is p ima ily a ma e o choosing he co ec
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go e nance model and acknowledging ha pe sonal ela ionships a e some imes
mo e e ec i e han ins i u ional go e nance.
O he s udies a e mo e conce ned wi h inding he bes means o in e ac ion,
o en e e ed o as channels. As an example o his ype o s udy, conside Claudia
De Fuen es e al. “Bes channels o academia-indus y in e ac ion o long- e m
bene i ” (Fuen es and Du éni 2012). Acco ding o heses au ho s, uni e si y-
indus y connec ions can be concep ualized as a h ee-s age p ocess ela ing o
“d i e s o in e ac ion”, “channels o in e ac ion” and “pe cei ed bene i s o
collabo a ion”. They p oposes a p ocess whe e success ul in e ac ion ini ially
depends on he collabo a o s’ mo i a ion o collabo a ion, subsequen ly on how
hei in e ac ion is media ed, and inally on how hey bene i om collabo a ing
(ibid. 1669).
These au ho s u he a gue ha he e is a pa icula pa e n be ween ini ial
mo i a ion, in e ac ion channels and bene i s: “di e en d i e s o collabo a e
de e mine speci ic ypes o knowledge lows h ough ce ain channels, and hese
channels also ha e an impac on he speci ic bene i s ha agen s pe cei e om
in e ac ion” (ibid.). Acco dingly, he au ho s de ine bes channels as he means
ha gi e companies long- e m bene i s o in e ac ing wi h public esea ch
ins i u ions. In e p e ed his way, hey a gue ha he e a e gene ally speaking
h ee kinds o bes channels: join o con ac R&D, in ellec ual p ope y igh s
(IPR), and human esou ces. Ra he han in e p e ing channels in a na ow sense
as means o communica ion, he au ho s conside he o e all de ini ion o join
p ojec s, IPR and he engagemen o people wi h di e en backg ounds as he
mos p omising ways o ensu ing long- e m esul s. As in p e ious examples, we
ind an in e es ing ela ion be ween he esea ch ques ions in his s udy and he
indings. While he i le “Bes channels o academic-indus y in e ac ion o long-
e m bene i ” p oduces he expec a ion o being p esen ed wi h e y speci ic and
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conc e e mechanisms, he au ho s ind ha he bes channels a e in ac
composed by a numbe o hings. These include de ining a join p ojec ,
de eloping in ellec ual p ope y igh s and expe ience, which a e ac i i ies ha
oge he seem o co e p ac ically all o ms o in e ac ion a he han poin o one
op imal channel.
S udying he go e nance models ha lead o inding op imal collabo a ion
pa ne s and explo ing he bes channels o in e ac ion o long- e m esul s
illus a e a simila conce n o op imizing s a egies and o ms o o ganizing
uni e si y-indus y in e ac ion. This conce n en ails an in e es ing embedded
assump ion abou collabo a ion. The pu pose, d i e s and expec ed ou come o
collabo a ion a e assumed, a leas o some ex en , o be known in ad ance o i s
ini ia ion. F om his ollows he idea ha op imizing is possible acco ding o a
p ede ined (s able) pu pose and expec ed ou come. As a consequence, we also
ind a s ong ocus on he o ganiza ion o uni e si y-indus y in e ac ion ha in
a ious ways suppo he in e ac ion. Shahid Yusu ’s s udy “In e media ing
knowledge exchange be ween uni e si ies and businesses” (Yusu 2008)
illus a es his conce n o suppo ing o ganiza ions. Yusu a gues ha “achie ing
e ec i e knowledge exchange equi es he midwi e y o di e en kinds o
in e media ies o en wo king in conce ” (ibid. 1167) and he iden i ies ou ypes
o in e media ies: “ he gene al pu pose in e media y”, which is he esea ch
ins i u ion, “ he specialized in e media y” exempli ied by he uni e si y
echnology licensing o ice (TLO), “ he inancial in e media y” o ins ance, a
en u e capi alis and, inally, “ he ins i u ional in e media y” o en a public
agency (ibid. 1170). Using his ypology, he au ho a gues ha he di e en
in e media ing pa ies play di e en , some imes o e lapping, oles, bu oge he
hey aim o make he knowledge exchange smoo h and e ec i e. One migh no ice
he dis inc ion in s udies such as his be ween he main pa ies in ol ed in
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collabo a ion, e e ed o in gene al e ms as uni e si ies and businesses, and
pa ies ha ac o me ely suppo he main in e ac ion. To alk abou
in e media y o ganiza ions as sepa a e om he main pa ies equi es ce ain
assump ions abou esea ch ac i i ies as being qui e sepa a e om adminis a i e
and unding ac i a es. This in ol es an implici ca ego iza ion o esea ch, o
which I will now a end.
Pas eu scien is s and Mode 2 ac i i ies
Acco ding o esea ch policy s udies uni e si y-indus y in e ac ions hus come in
mul iple di e en o ms. Such s udies hus gene ally o e a ious ways o
ca ego izing hese o ms and ypes. Fo an example, conside he a icle “How do
collabo a ions wi h uni e si ies a ec i ms’ inno a i e pe o mance? The ole o
“Pas eu scien is s” in he ad anced ma e ials ield” (Baba e al. 2009). He e,
Yasuno i Baba e al. d aw on Donald S okes’ ca ego iza ion o esea ch wi h
di e en d i es (see Chap e 8). D awing on S okes’ model o Pas eu ’s quad an s,
Baba e al. de ine wo di e en esea che ypes, a guing ha “Pas eu scien is s”
a e people “who ne e lose sigh o he desi e o ad ance scien i ic unde s anding,
bu whose esea ch has po en ial eal-wo ld u ili y” (ibid. 757). In compa ison,
hey de ine “s a scien is s” as “scien is s who conduc pu e basic esea ch,
o ien ed o he scien i ic disco e y, ha ing li le in e es in he po en ial uses o
he esea ch indings o he eal wo ld (such as Niels Boh )” (ibid.).
Based on his classi ica ion, he au ho s explo e he oles ha esea che s wi h
di e en expe iences ypically play in collabo a ions and hey examine how
esea che s’ expe iences a ec he inno a i e pe o mance o he companies hey
collabo a e wi h. They conclude ha ““Pas eu scien is s” inc ease i ms’ R&D
p oduc i i y, measu ed as numbe o egis e ed pa en s”, whe eas “s a
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scien is s” exe li le e ec on hei [companies’] inno a i e ou pu ” (ibid. 756).
The endea o o dis inguish be ween di e en ypes o esea che s a he han
di e en esea ch p ac ices has some pa icula e ec s. In pa icula , we can
obse e a shi om conside ing o ien a ions a an o e all le el o cha ac e izing
he beha io o indi iduals wi h he pu pose o e alua ing hei e ec on
indus ial inno a ion. This ocus equi es he s abiliza ion o a numbe o ac o s
ela ed o bo h esea ch collabo a ion and indus ial inno a ion. Fo example, i
equi es s abilizing he ype o esea che and he impac ha one esea che has
on an inno a ion p ocess. In he pa icula case o Baba e al., i also equi es he
assump ion ha pa en s can be seen isola ed as illus a ions o inno a ion. Using
S okes’ model o discuss di e en esea ch ac i i ies a he han esea che ypes,
howe e , sugges s ha he same esea che migh in ac be in ol ed in a ious
p ac ices, which would no lead o a uni o m se o esea che beha io s.
Fo ano he example o he endea o o classi y esea che ypes, we can consul
Ca ole Es ab ooks e al.’s “Knowledge ansla ion and esea ch ca ee s: Mode l
and Mode ll ac i i y among heal h esea che s” (Es ab ooks e al. 2008). This
pape d aws on he concep ual amewo k o Mode 2 esea ch, in oduced by
Michael Gibbons, Helga Nowo ny e al., in o de o cha ac e ize he ac i i ies o
indi idual esea che s. I e u n o a mo e de ailed discussion o he Mode 2
amewo k below. He e I no e ha he au ho s pu pa icula emphasis on
cha ac e izing he indi idual esea che by dis inguishing be ween “applied
esea che s” and “basic esea che s”, which hey ende equi alen o Mode 2 and
Mode 1 knowledge p oduc ion (Es ab ooks e al. 2008: 1066). Using his
e minology, he au ho s compa e he gene al cha ac e is ics o heal h
esea che s wi h he speci ic “knowledge ansla ion ac i i ies” o hese
esea che s. They p opose, o ins ance, ha ‘applied esea che s’ who engage in
mo e ‘Mode 2 ac i i ies’ also epo mo e impac o hei wo k and “highe
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ela ional capi al” han basic esea che s (ibid.). The au ho s hen use hese
indings o discuss po en ial ensions be ween Mode 1 and Mode 2 ac i i ies,
p oposing ha Mode 2 migh ake place a he cos o p omo ion, enu e, g an s
and awa ds.
O he analyses a e p emised no on he in oduc ion o no el schemes o
classi ica ion bu on mo e adi ional ca ego ies. Thus, Ma kus Pe kmann e al.’s
“Engaging excellence? E ec s o acul y quali y on uni e si y engagemen wi h
indus y” (Pe kmann e al. 2011) o e s he no ion o ‘excellence’ as signi ican o
classic uni e si y esea ch and p oceeds o explo e how excellen esea ch
engages wi h indus y. Acco dingly, he emphasis is on how he quali y o
uni e si y esea ch shapes engagemen s wi h indus y. They ask, o ins ance,
whe he i is always he case ha he e is a posi i e ela ionship be ween he
esea ch quali y p oduced by indi idual academics and he subsequen
comme cializa ion o ha esea ch. They also insis ha he ela ionship be ween
esea ch quali y and comme cial ac i i y a ies om discipline o discipline: in
echnology o ien ed disciplines such as he medical and biological sciences
acul y, quali y is posi i ely ela ed o indus ial in ol emen , whe eas in he
social sciences hey ind his no o be he case (ibid. 756).
This s udy hus illus a es a conce n wi h links be ween excellen basic esea ch
and indus ial inno a ion based on he idea ha basic esea ch and indus ial
inno a ion cons i u e wo ex emes in a linea spec um akin o he one we ha e
p e iously encoun e ed in he con ex o Danish policy. Because o he imagined
dis ance be ween hese ex emes, he idea o connec ing hem again becomes a
ma e o conce n. Again, we encoun e an idea o a ‘gap’ and a no ion o
‘disciplina y dis ance’ o be ‘b idged’. In his a gumen , howe e , he excellence o
echnology-o ien ed disciplines is mo e easily used o applied in indus y han
excellen esea ch om social science. In o he wo ds, aside om he dis inc ion
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be ween basic esea ch and indus ial inno a ion, i also in oduces a
classi ica ion o scien i ic disciplines acco ding o how well hei basic esea ch
ac i i ies ma ch he demands o indus y.
While Pe kmann e al. discuss he impac o scien i ic disciplines on indus y,
o he s udies add ess he in e ace be ween public and p i a e esea ch mo e
di ec ly. An example o his is And ew Toole’s s udy “The impac o public basic
esea ch on indus ial inno a ion: E idence om he pha maceu ical indus y”
(Toole 2012). Toole is conce ned wi h he complex ela ionship be ween public
esea ch and pha maceu ical inno a ion and, in pa icula , wi h he ela ion
be ween public clinical esea ch and inno a ion o new molecula en i ies (NME).
Toole a gues ha indus ies a e o en assumed o bene i om publicly suppo ed
uni e si y esea ch. Based on his s udy o pha maceu ical indus y, he ques ions
whe he his is he case. He a gues ha ac o s ha a e usually seen as ex e nal o
esea ch, such as ma ke size and he egula o y s uc u e imposed by o
ins ance, he U.S. Food and D ug Adminis a ion (FDA), play a much mo e
signi ican ole han he in ol emen o uni e si y esea ch. This s udy sugges s
ha public uni e si y esea ch does no ha e di ec impac on indus ial
inno a ion and i hus ques ions p e alen ideas abou inno a ion as being me ely
a ma e o a disconnec ion o public and p i a e esea ch sphe es. Pe haps e en
mo e in iguingly, Toole discusses he b oade con ex o uni e si y-indus y
in e ac ion. Ra he han ocusing exclusi ely on uni e si ies, indus ies and hei
in e ac ions, he concludes ha he inno a ion o companies in he pha maceu ical
indus y is mainly a ec ed by mundane and adi ional ac o s such as ma ke
size. Thus, e en i his analysis is based on a adi ional sepa a ion o public and
p i a e ac i i ies, i ends up insis ing on he need o ake o he ac o s in o
conside a ion.
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The a ious s udies o Pas eu scien is s, Mode 2 ac i i ies, excellen esea ch, and
indus ial inno a ion ha I ha e examined exempli y di e en ca ego iza ions o
esea ch ha s uc u e he analysis o uni e si y-indus y in e ac ion wi hin he
ield o esea ch policy s udies. Acco ding o Pe kmann e al. we a e p esen ly
wi ness o a s ong ocus on he esea che as an indi idual, which has opened up
o new insigh s in wha d i es collabo a ion. In “Academic engagemen and
comme cializa ion: A e iew o he li e a u e on uni e si y–indus y ela ions”
(Pe kmann e al. 2013), Pe kmann e al. i s no e he inc easing p e alence o
s udies ocusing on academic scien is s’ in ol emen in esea ch collabo a ion. As
hey a gue, academic esea che s a e in ol ed in a ious o ms o collabo a ion,
including “collabo a i e esea ch, con ac esea ch, consul ing and in o mal
ela ionships o uni e si y-indus y knowledge ans e ” (ibid. 423).
Subsequen ly, he au ho s a gue ha hese ac i i ies should be seen as “academic
engagemen s” a he han “comme cializa ion” ac i i ies. These “academic
engagemen s” hey a gue a e no in con as o adi ional academic ac i i ies bu
a he “closely aligned” wi h hem and “pu sued by academics o access esou ces
suppo ing hei esea ch agendas” (ibid.). So we see he e a o m ca ego iza ion o
esea ch and esea che s ha po en ially ques ions he ele ance o ini ia ing
analysis o uni e si y-indus y in e ac ion based on only conside ing he
alignmen o undamen ally misaligned in e es s and ac i i ies. Ins ead, hey
sugges ha indi idual esea che s a e al eady engaging in di e se ac i i ies wi h
companies wi hou comp omising hei own esea ch agenda. Thus, al hough
many p e alen ca ego iza ions o esea ch suppo he idea o uni e si ies and
indus ies as sepa a e domains, he e a e also ca ego iza ions, such as academic
engagemen s, ha seem o allow o a di e en pe spec i e on in e ac ion.
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A s able image o in e ac ion
So wha cha ac e izes some o hese p e alen ways o p esen ing and s udying
uni e si y-indus y in e ac ion? Fi s , I ha e iden i ied a ecu en endency o
analyze uni e si y-indus y in e ac ion in e ms o ‘b idging gaps’ and ‘b eaking
ba ie s’. Al hough gaps and ba ie s ake on di e en meanings in he li e a u e,
bo h e ms assume ha uni e si y and indus y ope a e as dis inc domains,
ei he sepa a ed by a space o by an obs acle. Consequen ly, using hese
me apho s gene a es s udies o he mul i ude o mechanisms, o ganiza ions and
s a egies ha migh be imagined o connec hese se e ed domains.
Second, I ha e obse ed a widely sha ed in e es in wha we migh call
op imiza ion, ocused on how o make he bes and mos e ec i e use o
uni e si y-indus y in e ac ion, o ins ance, in he o m o indus ial inno a ion.
As we ha e seen, au ho s sugges ha in e ac ion can be imp o ed h ough ocus
on di e se o ms o go e nance, means o collabo a ing and communica ing, and
suppo mechanisms in he o m o in e media y o ganiza ions. Finally, I ha e
commen ed on bo h adi ional and no el ways o classi ying esea ch and
esea che s. Among he adi ional ca ego iza ion schemes, we ind hose ha
jux apose excellen esea ch and indus ial inno a ion. Newe schemes sepa a e
S a scien is om Pas eu scien is s o Mode 1 om Mode 2 ac i i ies. Like he
me apho s o gaps and ba ie s hese ca ego iza ions o esea ch ha e
implica ions o how uni e si y-indus y in e ac ion is app oached. Ra he han
in es iga e ca ego iza ions as hey de elop in p ac ice, d awing on heo e ical
models hese ca ego iza ions a e applied o explo e pa icula assumed o ms o
beha io and ac i i ies among esea che s.
Conside ing hese indings oge he , which kind o image do we ge o uni e si y-
indus y in e ac ion, he na u e o esea ch managemen , esea ch collabo a ion,
and di e en o ms o esea ch? I sugges we ge an image o ela i ely s able
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Sho ly a e he eme gence o he T iple Helix, howe e , ano he model
appea ed, which has gained p ominence and which seems o p o ide a sligh ly
mo e nuanced amewo k o dealing wi h hese issues. Thus, I con inue o
conside he amewo k o Mode 2 o ‘ he new p oduc ion o knowledge’ as i is
also called. This amewo k is de eloped by Michael Gibbons e al. in The New
P oduc ion o Knowledge. The Dynamics o Science and Resea ch in Con empo a y
Socie ies (Gibbons e al. 1994) and by Helga Nowo ny e al. in Re-Thinking Science.
Knowledge and he Public in an Age o Unce ain y (Nowo ny e al. 2001). Ra he
han look a uni e si y-indus y-go e nmen ela ions speci ically, his model
conside s he ela ionship be ween science and socie y mo e b oadly. Like he
T iple Helix, he Mode 2 model a gues ha he ins i u ion o science is p esen ly
unde going apid change and ha i is s ongly a ec ed by a a ie y o socie al
agendas. Conside ing he ex en o which na ional and Eu opean esea ch
s a egies emphasize, o ins ance, esea ch as “socie al pa ne ships”
(Rege ingen 2012) his, o say he leas , seems o be a ele an pe spec i e oday.
So wha a e he elemen s o his model?
Science and socie y in pa ne ship
In The New p oduc ion o Knowledge, Gibbons e al. a gued ha we ha e
expe ienced a shi in he way knowledge is p oduced and a changing ela ionship
be ween science and socie y (Gibbons e al. 1994). Nowo ny e al. u he
de eloped he amewo k in 2001 wi h he book Re- hinking Science. Knowledge
and he Public in an Age o Unce ain y (Nowo ny e al. 2001). Like E zkowi z and
Leydesdo , Gibbons and Nowo ny e al. p opose an open dynamic amewo k o
e- hinking science and i s ela ion o socie y; one ha di e s om p e ious
sociological models in which science and socie y a e seen as sepa a e domains
(Me on 1973). Howe e , a he han a guing ha p e ious models we e w ong,
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he au ho s a gue ha oday we a e wi ness o a change in science-socie y
ela ions so ha he Me onian model equi es adap a ion.
The Mode 2 amewo k is cha ac e ized by much close in e ac ions be ween
science and socie y han hose p e ious gene a ions o sociologis s o science
encoun e ed. Speci ically, in Mode 2 science has become “con ex -sensi i e” and
e en s a ed o me ge wi h socie y (Nowo ny e al. 2001). Consequen ly, we a e
also wi ness o a new o m o socie y, e e ed o as Mode 2 socie y ha has
s a ed o “speak back” o science (ibid.). In a ges al swi ch, socie y has become
an agen in luencing science, a he han a s able backg ound suppo ing i . I is
eadily appa en ha his amewo k di e s adically om some o he s udies
p e iously discussed ha look a uni e si ies and indus y as sepa a e domains
connec ed mainly by ‘b idges’ (Ko ha e al. 2013; B uneel e al. 2010; F ei as e al.
2013; Yusu 2008). Fo Gibbons and Nowo ny e al., he ele an change ha is
occu ing be ween science and socie y conce ns no only he ‘b idge’ be ween
science and socie y bu also he e y cons i u ion o science and socie y. Science
and socie y a e equally a ec ed and ans o med by hei mu ual in e ac ions.
Gibbons and Nowo ny e al. a gue ha he con ex -sensi i i y o science is a
s eng h a he han a weakness. Fo example, oday, good science is no only
e alua ed by s anda ds only de eloped wi hin science bu also de ined by socie al
in e es s, needs and p ac ices. We migh see he idea o esea ch based on
demand-d i en inno a ion as illus a ing con ex -sensi i i y.
The Mode 2 model has been widely adop ed, bo h in academic discussions and
among policy make s. Fo ins ance, oday, i is widely assumed among policy
make s ha we need o know how knowledge is p oduced be o e we can
dis ibu e public unds op imally. One migh e en see his amewo k as sel -
exempli ying, de eloping a he in e sec ion o academic discussion and policy
making, since one o i s main de elope s, Helga Nowo ny, is bo h p esiden o he
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Eu opean Resea ch Council and P o esso eme i us o Social S udies o Science,
ETH Zu ich. Howe e , as we see in Danish esea ch policy (see Chap e 8), mo e
linea models also cons an ly challenge his dynamic amewo k. I seems ha
while he o e all public esea ch s a egies d aw on Mode 2 hinking,34 he
speci ic o ganiza ion o public unds u n o mo e linea models. This sugges s
ha while i is easy o accoun o science and socie y ela ions a an o e all
s a egic le el, i is much ha de o o ganize and manage acco ding o hem.
Asymme ical desc ip ions o science and socie y
Al hough he Mode 2 amewo k has been widely adop ed in esea ch policy, i
has also been c i icized. One impo an c i icism comes om he an h opologis
Ma ilyn S a he n whose a icle “Re-desc ibing Socie y” discusses he
implica ions o he me apho o a “pa ne ship” be ween science and socie y
(S a he n 2003a). S a he n sugges s ha while he Mode 2 model gene ally
a gues agains a sepa a ion o science and socie y, he me apho s o “co-
e olu ion” and “co-mingling” ha i d aws on none heless implies jus such a
sepa a ion. A e all, he p e- ix “co-” means ‘join ly’, ‘mu ually’ o ‘ oge he wi h
ano he ’. E en i his e minology is used o desc ibe closely in e mingled, e en
po en ially me ging, ela ions i also con inues o main ain an image o wo
componen s. Consequen ly, “e e y a emp o show how science and socie y a e
implica ed in one ano he also enews each as dis inc objec s” (ibid. 268). In he
amewo k o Mode 2, science and socie y appea s as each o he ’s he o ical
e e ence poin , which acco ding o S a he n has p oblema ic analy ical
consequences: socie y is consequen ly always cons i u ed in ela ion o science
34 See he Danish “Inno a ion S a egy” (Rege ingen 2012) and he Eu opean esea ch
amewo k p og am “Ho izon 2020”.
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and ne e conside ed on i s own e ms. S a he n does no a gue o a sepa a ion
o domains bu a he o a mo e lexible app oach wha science and socie y
migh mean. The ac ha he idea o sepa a e domains con inues o haun he
Mode 2 amewo k becomes clea e when we conside ha he no ion o a
pa ne ship. Acco ding o S a he n, he no ion o a pa ne ship is closely ela ed
o he idea o a ‘ ansac ion space’ be ween science and socie y.
Nowo ny e al. bo ow he idea o “ ansac ion” om he his o ian o science Pe e
Galison whose no ion o he ading zone (i sel adop ed om an an h opological
li e a u e) illus a es how scien is s ep esen ing “di e en cul u es” wo k
oge he (Galison 1997). La e in his chap e , I discuss he no ion o he ading
zone. Nowo ny e al. uses he no ion o a ansac ion space o a gue ha when
in e ac ing, science and socie y migh ha e di e en in e es s: “each a ge s wha
i wan s” (S a he n 2003a: 268). Howe e , S a he n sugges s, e en hough he
Mode 2 model sees science and socie y as ha ing po en ially di e en in e es s,
he e y idea ha hey ha e en e ed a ansac ion space c ea es he expec a ion
ha hey a e none heless pa o a mu ual communica ion. In his way, S a he n
a gues ha he Mode 2 amewo k en ails no only a no ma i ely imposed
necessi y o in e ac ion bu also a d i e owa ds consensus: “The epis emology can
be a ied, bu communica ion has o ake place” (ibid.). Again, as we ha e seen
be o e, in e ac ion implies some kind o alignmen because science and socie y
“appea o be consonan wi h one ano he ” (ibid. 274-275). Wha al e na i e does
S a he n p opose?
Acco ding o S a he n, we do no need o imagine science and socie y as
in e ac ing pa ne s. D awing on e hnog aphy om Papua New Guinea, she
desc ibes a con o e sy be ween a g oup o local mine s and go e nmen al
ep esen a i es. In his si ua ion, no appeal was made o a common language o o
any necessa y ela ionship be ween science and socie y. Science and socie y we e
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no named as dis inc sphe es and he e o e he e was no need o acili a e “co-
mingling”. Ins ead he mine s and go e nmen al ep esen a i es made wha
S a he n e ms a se lemen in which hey each subsc ibed o an accoun abili y
ha did no equi e ag eemen o consensus. Each side simply had i s own
agenda. Con a y o Nowo ny e al.’s amewo k, he in e ac ing pa ies in
S a he n’s example did no see alignmen as a basic condi ion o hei in e ac ion
bu wan ed ins ead o make hei lack o ag eemen explici : “In sho , hey we e
eady o en e in o a social a angemen on he basis o di e ence, no consensus.”
(ibid. 272)
S a he n’s c i ique o he Mode 2 amewo k is pa ly d i en by he idea ha any
gene al ca ego iza ion o he componen s o science-socie y in e ac ion misses
he poin : i ne e becomes comple ely clea wha cons i u es i and wha i
p oduces. E en so, some hing akin o he no ion o a ‘ ansac ion space’ can be
ex emely ele an when used o explo e pa icula cases. Fo ins ance, acco ding
o S a he n, he Papua New Guinean example illus a es a si ua ion in which wo
g oups en e a social a angemen on he basis o di e ence and no consensus
and ansac s based on ha ecogni ion. Wha can ansac howe e , a e no
abs ac ions, like science o go e nmen , bu a he speci ic people wi h pa icula
p oblems, issues and agendas (S a he n 2003a: 272). In his way, S a he n
a gues o an analy ical sensi i i y o he con ex s o ansac ions and o
subs an ia ing wha Gibbons, Nowo ny e al. abs ac ly call Mode 2. Below, I
e u n o wha such an empi ically o ien ed amewo k migh look like.
The models o T iple Helix and Mode 2 desc ibe dynamic ela ions be ween he
ins i u ions o uni e si ies, indus ies and go e nmen s and science and socie y.
These models bo h highligh he complex and dynamic ela ionships be ween
science, socie y and business. F om he pe spec i e o hese models, we clea ly
see en angled ela ions a he han sepa a ed domains. Acco ding o he models
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o T iple Helix and Mode 2 in e ac ion is a condi ion a he han an achie emen
c ea ed by ‘b idging gaps’ o ‘b eaking ba ie s’. The main ques ion hey aises
he e o e conce n he quali ies o he in e ac ion.
Bu as S a he n no es, he image o in e ac ion emain a he ha monious. Wha
i science, go e nmen and business con inuously in e ac bu wi hou any
p emise o consensus? In ac , o he models a gue speci ically o such mo e
an agonis ic o ms o con e gence and o he p e alence o asymme ical
ela ions. Fo ins ance, he sociologis s S e en Pe e Vallas and Daniel Lee
Kleinman p opose ha he ou come o inc easingly close ela ions be ween
uni e si ies and indus ies is wha hey e m “asymme ical con e gence”
(Kleinman and Vallas 2006: 37; Vallas and Kleinman 2008). They no e ha
uni e si ies and companies a e ce ainly con e ging as a esul o inc easingly
igh collabo a i e ela ions and de elop inc easingly simila cha ac e is ics,
p ac ices and no ms. Thus, uni e si ies become ocused on comme cial ou comes
and companies become in e es ed in basic knowledge p oduc ion. Bu his
con e gence is somewha imbalanced, hey sugges . Fo by ocusing on
comme cializa ion, he o e all pu pose o uni e si ies is, in ac , changing while
indus y only ocuses on basic knowledge p oduc ion as a means o main ain hei
o e all pu pose o comme cializa ion. The au ho s conclude ha his in e ac ion
o en esul s in some kind o indus ial domina ion, a possibili y ha nei he he
T iple Helix no Mode 2 a o ds. 35
35 In Denma k, he discussion o “imbalance” in uni e si y-indus y collabo a ion has been
p e alen in bo h academic and public deba es (Emmeche and Faye 2010). See also Vedel and
Gad 2011.
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F om in e ac ion o co-p oduc ion
Un il now, I ha e explo ed some o he p e alen ways in which uni e si y-
indus y ela ions a e concep ualized in academic li e a u e ela ed o esea ch
policy ma e s. As I ha e indica ed, hese s udies open up o di e en
pe spec i es on in e ac ion be ween science, socie y and indus y. Bu e en so,
we also see ce ain e minology, embedding pa icula me apho s and
assump ions, sha ed by s udies o uni e si y-indus y ela ions. Implici ly o
explici ly, uni e si y and indus y a e seen as sepa a e domains ha a e somehow
misaligned o disconnec ed. Acco dingly, collabo a ion equi es alignmen and
econnec ion, which akes place as conce n o ‘b idge building’.
I ha e also iden i ied a pa icula language o op imiza ion. In o de o collabo a e,
he e a e ce ain hings ha can and ough o be done such as inding an ideal
pa ne o iden i ying he ideal means o communica ion. All o his p esupposes
ha in ad ance o he ac ual in e ac ions ce ain kinds o ela ions can be
iden i ied as pa icula ly p omising. In con as , he pe spec i e o op imiza ion
shows a he li le a en ion o he ac ual dynamics o pa icula ins ances o
uni e si y-indus y in e ac ion. The e a e, howe e , some models, such as he
T iple Helix and Mode 2, which speci ically add ess such dynamics. These models
iew he in e ela ions be ween uni e si ies, indus y and go e nmen , and
science and socie y, as an al eady exis ing condi ion. Howe e , hey imply a he
ha monious ela ionships among he in e ela ing pa ies. Co espondingly, hey
a e less adequa e o analyzing he kinds o asymme ies such in e ela ions can
imply, in he o m o di e gences in in e es s and agendas. As S a he n a gues, i
is he e o e impo an o be empi ically a en i e o he di e en o ms o
in e ela ions ha ac ually occu , and o hei speci ic implica ions. S a he n
de elops wha we migh see as a ‘ hi d’ posi ion ha in ol es nei he sepa a e
domains no ha monious consensus bu app oaches science-socie y in e ac ion as
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an empi ical ques ion. This app oach implies desc ibing ac ual empi ical ela ions,
as he i le “Re-desc ibing Socie y” indica es.
Inspi ed by S a he n, I am in e es ed in de eloping a amewo k sui able o
s udying s a egic esea ch in Lundbeck om such as hi d posi ion. Ra he han
claiming o know in ad ance he gene al ea u es o science-indus y
collabo a ions, I am in e es ed in in es iga ing hem empi ically. Bu al hough I
insis on an empi ical in es iga ion his does no diminish my need o a
concep ual amewo k o suppo , guide and ocus my in es iga ion. To de elop
his, I now look a how in he ield o STS science-socie y in e ac ion has also been
concep ualized in e ms o ‘co-p oduc ion’ (Jasano 2004). Fi s , I look a co-
p oduc ion mo e gene ally and subsequen ly I discuss co-p oduc ionis concep s
ha ha e been de eloped speci ically o analyze esea ch collabo a ion.
A co-p oduc ion amewo k
In discussions o science and policy, Sheila Jasano has in oduced he concep o
co-p oduc ion o desc ibe ela ions be ween science and socie y (Jasano 2004).
One o he me i s o co-p oduc ion is ha i o e s an al e na i e o he analy ical
models su eyed abo e, which ocus ei he on pa ne ships o main aining a
disconnec ion be ween science and indus y. Acco ding o Jasano , “ he dominan
discou ses o economics, sociology and poli ical science lack ocabula ies o make
sense o he un idy, une en p ocesses h ough which he p oduc ion o science
and echnology becomes en angled wi h social no ms and hie a chies” (ibid. 2).
Thus, co-p oduc ion is p emised on a c i ique o models ha sepa a e science
om socie y, o he domain o “science, na u e, ac s, objec i i y, eason, and
policy” om he domain o “cul u e, alues, subjec i i y, emo ion and poli ics”
(ibid. 3). Co-p oduc ion is in line wi h S a he n’s p oposal o emain commi ed
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o in es iga ing and accoun ing o complex phenomena empi ically, while
a oiding he s a egic dele ions o pa icula con ex s ha acili a e a clea
pic u e.
In STS, analyses in he idiom o co-p oduc ion ha e co e ed a numbe o hemes
ha Jasano e e s o as “ he eme gence o new phenomena” (Das on 2000;
Picke ing 1995: La ou 1993), “ he esolu ion o con o e sy” (Richa ds and
Ma in 1995; Shapin and Sha e 1985; Collins 1985), “ he s anda diza ion o
knowledge and echnology” (Bowke and S a 1999; Jasano 1995; Shapin 1994;
Po e 1992; La ou 1987; Kuhn 1962), and “ he encul u a ion o scien i ic
p ac ices” (Kno Ce ina 1999; Rabinow 1996; T aweek 1988) (Jasano 2004: 5-
6). Viewing co-p oduc ion as some hing o an umb ella app oach a he han an
in eg a ed heo e ical amewo k, I mo e on o conside a numbe o concep s
each o which migh be seen o exempli y co-p oduc ion. All o hese concep s
ha e been de eloped o analyze esea ch collabo a ion bu , as we shall see, hey
engage in his ask om di e en angles and wi h somewha di e en esul s.
One main ques ion ha has been asked in STS is wha cha ac e izes he
bounda ies o science (Galison and S ump 1996; Gie yn 1999). Acco ding o he
sociology o science a ilia ed wi h Robe Me on (Me on 1973), he ins i u ion
o science has a numbe o unique ea u es, which make i s no ms and p ac ices
dis inc om o he social domains. No leas , Me on a gued, he ins i u ion o
science is cha ac e ized by he obliga ion o se aside p i a e in e es and add ess
scien i ic ques ions in a disin e es ed manne (ibid.). This idea has been widely
con es ed. Fo ins ance, he Belgian philosophe o science Isabelle S enge s has
a gued ha a om being “dis-in e es ed” scien is s a e linked h ough in e es
(S enge s 1997). New indings, echnologies and hypo heses a ac in e es ,
while he e y p ocess o “becoming in e es ed” can be li e changing o scien is s
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equi ed o e hink hei heo ies, p ojec s, me hods and echnologies (ibid. 83-
84).
Among STS schola s, in e es has also been a key no ion in unde s anding how
labo a o y indings become scien i ic ac s (La ou 1983; 1988). In Labo a o y
Li e (La ou and Woolga 1979), La ou and Woolga showed how ac s gain
c edibili y and g adually become ha de o con es as hey a e aken up in socie al
p ac ices ou side o labo a o y. One amous example is Louis Pas eu ’s in en ion
o mic obes ha g adually was adop ed o an ibio ic accina ion ac oss F ance
(La ou 1988). He e, he e is no s ong bounda y be ween he scien i ic lab and
he ou side wo ld. Ins ead, he inside and he ou side we e, in Jasano ’s e m, co-
p oduced. The sociologis Thomas Gie yn summa izes his iew wi h his
obse a ion ha he bounda ies o science a e cul u al and “pe meable” (Gie yn
1999: 27).
I he bounda ies be ween science and socie y a e pe meable and he e a e
usually many in e es s a s ake hen how o unde s and he phenomenon o
esea ch collabo a ion? Se e al s udies o scien i ic collabo a ion, which b oadly
align wi h he no ion o co-p oduc ion, ha e deal speci ically wi h he ques ion o
how scien is s wi h di e en backg ounds and iewpoin s wo k oge he and
come o de ine sha ed objec s o collabo a ion. I now look a some o hese
concep s ha ha e been de eloped speci ically o desc ibe esea ch collabo a ion.
Fi s I p esen hem and hen I commen on he ele ance o hese concep s o
my case and esea ch ques ions.
Bounda y objec s
Mos amous among hese concep s is S a and G ieseme ’s no ion o he
bounda y objec (S a and G ieseme 1989). S a and G ieseme de ined hei
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is p e en ing e ec i e esea ch. Ra he , hey a gue ha scien i ic p ac ice is
he e ogeneous and, he e o e, he ac ha none heless esea che s do collabo a e
is conside ed an in e es ing esea ch p oblem. Agains all odds, he pa icipan s
somehow manage o collabo a e; so how is his p ac ically possible? Add essing
his ques ion, hese schola s show how co-p oduc ion akes place in e ms o
p o isional alignmen ia bounda y objec s, doable p oblems and ading zones.
E en i , wi hin a co-p oduc ionis imagina y, his alignmen is only a empo a y
cons uc ion, i is s ill wo hwhile o look u he in o wha is p esumed by his
mode o analysis conce ning collabo a i e sameness and di e ence. In gene al, he
s a ing poin o all h ee concep s is ha some hing needs o be done, whe he i
is cons uc ing sha ed goals, common languages, s anda dized packages, o ules o
exchange. Each o hese e ms di ec s he a en ion o cons uc ion o sameness
a he han di e ence. Analyzing uni e si y-indus y collabo a ion in e ms o
cons uc ing ading zone en ails ocusing on how he collabo a ing pa ies
connec by es ablishing a kind o mu ual unde s anding h ough a sha ed
language. Focusing on how such ading zones become cons uc ed has he
implica ion ha di e ences be ween he pa icipan s become less dis inc . The
awa eness o he analys is on how alignmen akes place. Bu pe haps, as
S a he n sugges s, some a angemen s migh be based on explica ing and
keeping in iew hese di e ences?
Whe eas he no ions o bounda y objec s, ading zones and doable p oblems
migh see he cons uc ion o empo a y homogenei y as he main d i e o
collabo a ion, I am in e es ed in a concep ual amewo k ha is also sui able o
analyzing collabo a ion as a p ocess o explica ing di e ence. I seems possible o
hink o si ua ions whe e he pa icipan s in a science-indus y collabo a ion do
no me ge bu a he de elop ela ions based on di e en ia ing cons uc ions o
hei ela ion. I am wonde ing i i migh no be ele an and use ul o de elop a
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co-p oduc ion amewo k ha gi es a en ion o bo h he cons uc ion o
sameness and di e ence. No p edic able, s able o gene al di e ences be ween
science and indus y bu sub le and ongoing di e en ia ions ha eme ge and
dissol e in he cou se o a collabo a ion. Migh we e en hink o he doabili y o a
esea ch p ojec as he esul o explica ing such di e ences? Wha kind o
amewo k would make i possible o explo e such explica ion? D awing on
Fujimu a’s e minology, migh we no expec o see a icula ion wo k ela ed o
de eloping di e ences?
Thus d awing on S a and G ieseme , Fujimu a, and Galison, I aise a sligh ly
di e en ques ion. A e he e collabo a ions ha wo k in spi e o e y li le
alignmen ? Wha is he ole o explica ing di e ence in collabo a ions? How a e
he ac ions o he collabo a ing pa icipan s ela ed, o no ela ed, o ins i u ional
a ilia ions? In o de o explo e hese ques ions, I in oduce and de elop he
concep o he sc een in he emaining pa s o his chap e . The no ion is o be
seen as a u he de elopmen o co-p oduc ionis s udies o esea ch
collabo a ion. I hink o my esea ch in e es in e ms o wha I call ‘misaligned
co-p oduc ion’, sugges ing ha co-p oduc ion some imes also akes he o m o
misalignmen . In Chap e s 10-13, i will be clea e wha his means in p ac ice
when I explo e science-indus y collabo a ion in he con ex o Lundbeck.
In oducing sc eens
When I s a ed o explo e s a egic esea ch and science-indus y collabo a ion in
Lundbeck, I no iced ha esea ch manage s spoke a lo abou some hing hey
called sc eening. Sc eening appea ed in many o ms. In he labo a o y, sc eening
seemed o in ol e he design o assays o es a ious hypo heses. In scien i ic
jou nals and a con e ences, sc eening o new ideas in ol ed e alua ing he s a e
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o he a o esea ch ields. Then he e we e sc eening ac i i ies ela ed o
e alua ing he quali y and sui abili y o po en ial ex e nal pa ne s. Such
sc eening in ol ed sea ch ou s and mee ings wi h ex e nal esea che s and
companies. Finally, I no iced a o m o sc eening ela ed o iden i ying new
ma ke s o de ining unme needs in he landscape o pa ien s, compe i o s and
egula o y ins i u ions. I seemed ob ious ha hese o ms o sc eening we e
qui e di e en . Whe e some o ms, such as sc eening in he lab, seemed a e y
pu pose ul ac i i y, o he o ms, such as sc eening o new pa ne s, in ol ed
mo e expe imen a ion. Bu al hough hey en ailed di e en ac i i ies, o ms o
sc eening also seemed o sha e some hing impo an . They implied ways o
ca ego izing and o de ing esea ch in Lundbeck.
Upon his ealiza ion, I no iced ha he no ion o sc eens has also been discussed
in he ield o STS. In STS, sc eens a e used o analyze o ms o ca ego izing and
o de ing. O pa icula ele ance is he wo k o he philosophe and e hnog aphe
Helen Ve an who has a gued ha analy ical a en i eness o sc eens holds he
p omise o acili a ing no el accoun s o science and echnology (Win he eik e al.
2011). As Ve an no es, and in line wi h my empi ical obse a ions, sc eens can
be many hings and hey can ake many o ms. Di e en sc eens, she sugges s,
su ound us. The e a e he ob ious physical sc eens o compu e s, came as o
phones. The e a e also en i ies ha we migh no immedia ely hink o as sc eens
bu none heless imply sc eening, in he sense o ca ego izing, like diag ams, lis s,
and maps. Finally, we migh hink o sc eens in a mo e analy ical sense as speci ic
concep ual, discu si e o ma e ial amings o wha ma e s o a p ac ice (La ou
2004).
Due o his empi ical and concep ual con e gence, I g adually became cu ious
abou he po en ial alue o using sc eens as an analy ical de ice o desc ibing
esea ch collabo a ion and managemen . In pa icula , I wonde ed whe he he
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no ion o sc eens could be used as a esou ce o add essing how s a egic
esea ch un olded in he empi ical con ex o Lundbeck. The po en ial alue o
his would be o in oduce a concep ha had an empi ical bea ing among my
in o man s while, a he same ime, being e y di e en om he usual me apho s
ou lined abo e desc ibing s a egic esea ch in e ms o ‘b idging’, connec ing o
gene ally aligning. In ha sense, he no ion o sc eens implies a pa icula kind o
undecided o la e al posi ion (Mau e 2005), nei he qui e empi ical and no
qui e concep ual, o bo h a once, bu wi h a ying alences depending on con ex .
Below I lesh ou his idea, by speci ying no ion o sc eens ha allow me o ake
in o accoun some o he mul iple sc eens encoun e ed empi ically. To s eng hen
his analy ical de ice, I also discuss a numbe o o he concep s om STS, which
esemble sc eening in he sense ha I wo k wi h he concep . This amewo k, I
sugges , allow me o shed u he ligh on issues o science-indus y collabo a ion
and s a egic esea ch p ac ices in he ollowing chap e s.
Sc eens in STS
The no ion o sc eens is no a mains eam concep in STS. Howe e , Helen Ve an
has ecen ly discussed sc eens in a way ha I ind aluable o he pu pose o his
p ojec . Ve an d aws a pa allel be ween sc eens and indices, and she a gues ha
sc eens a e p ima ily in e es ing o s udy o hei in e en ionis capaci ies.
Ve an de elops he concep o sc eens by way o semio ics. In pa icula ,
inspi ed by Cha les Sande s Pei ce, Ve an p oposes ha sc eens a e like ‘indices’
(Win he eik e al. 2011; Ve an 2013). In Pei ce’s e minology, an index is de ined
by ha ing a di ec ela ion o i s e e en . The s a emen “no smoke wi hou i e”
exempli ies an index. He e, smoke indices i e, since i e is a p econdi ion o
smoke, o which i di ec ly gi es ise. Fo ano he example, one migh hink o a
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medical symp om as an index o a disease. He e, a disease p oduces he symp om,
and he symp om, like e e , indexes he disease. By unde s anding sc eens as
indices, Ve an a gues ha sc eens ha e a di ec ela ion o a p ac ice.36
Though semio ics is o en aken as a pu ely linguis ic endea o , Ve an sugges s
ha sc een-indices go beyond language: hey in e ene in he wo ld, o ganize i
and shape ac ion. Like a book index, o example, a sc een implies a pa icula
o ganiza ion ha acili a es ce ain o ms o in e ac ion ( inding he passages
wi h he key wo ds lis ed in he index) bu p ecludes o he s ( inding passages
wi h wo ds no indexed). The keywo ds hus enable a pa icula and highly
s uc u ed kind o in e ac ion wi h he book. I is no simply a ep esen a ion o
he book’s con en ; i in e enes in he eade s’ wo lds by a anging hings in a
pa icula way and c ea ing speci ic op ions o in e ac ing wi h hem.
Ve an’s sc een-indices a e ele an s a ing poin s o my in es iga ion o
science-indus y collabo a ion and aim o de eloping a amewo k capable o
desc ibing misaligned co-p oduc ion. A en i eness o he mul iple o ms o
sc eening ha occu in esea ch collabo a ion and managemen acili a es
analysis o he implied o de s and o ms o o de ing ha hese p ac ices d aw
upon. In ecen wo k, Ve an has engaged in a simila analysis o o ganiza ional
isk communica ion, which ollowed he ela ion be ween sc eens and p ac ices
o isk (Ve an and de Weyden hal o hcoming). He e, she demons a es how he
no ion o sc eens migh be used in analyses o o ganiza ional dynamics. Bu e en
so my p oblems a e also in some ways di e en .37
36 Ve an also bases he concep on Gilles Deleuze’s no ion o sc eens. Deleuze a gues ha
sc eens a e like memb anes ha il e hings in pa icula ways (Deleuze 1993).
37 See Vedel 2011 o a discussion o sc eens. I became in e es ed in sc eens in 2010 du ing a
PhD cou se on he opic wi h Helen Ve an and Lucy Suchman.
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Whe e Ve an uses sc eens o look a somewha es ablished o de s and he
o de ing hey en ail I am in e es ed in using sc eens o s udy p ac ices ha imply
mo e dynamic cons uc ions o o de . My ma e ial implies de eloping s a egies
and collabo a ions a he han consis o ai ly ins i u ed cons uc ions.
The e o e, I de elop he concep o i my esea ch in e es s in misaligned co-
p oduc ion and my empi ical con ex o eme gen s a egies and collabo a ions.
In o de o u he de elop he no ion o sc eens, I d aw on wo addi ional
concep s ha I use o emphasize and explo e impo an aspec s o my empi ical
ma e ial.
Sc eens as eme gen ela ions and mul iple jus i ica ions
The i s no ion ha I d aw on o u he de elop a no ion o sc eens is S a he n’s
idea o “eme gen ela ions” (S a he n 2003b). S a he n sugges s ha we should
see scien i ic p ac ice as a con inuous p ocess o eme gen ela ions. In his way,
he no ion di ec ly add esses he dynamic na u e o collabo a ion. In he
discussion o eme gen ela ions, S a he n d aws on he his o ian o science
Ma io Biagioli’s idea o “mul i-au ho ship” (Biagioli 2003). Mul iple au ho s
cons i u e scien i ic p ac ice o he ex en ha i may e en be di icul o clea ly
de e mine who and wha has been in ol ed in scien i ic in en ions (S a he n
2003b: 167). D awing a pa allel be ween “kinship ela ions” and “au ho ship”,
S a he n u he a gues ha in p esen scien i ic p ac ices no ions such as
“concep ion”, “o igin” and “owne ship” a e no gi en bu a he con inuously
econ igu ed (S a he n 2003b: 168-169). Ins ead o seeing science-indus y
collabo a ion as a wo-sided a ai in which uni e si y-based esea che s o m
one cohe en pa and indus ial esea che s cons i u e ano he pa , his
encou ages a iew o collabo a ion as p oduced by mul iple con ibu ions. I
becomes less p edic able which con ibu ions will be made by whom and om
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whe e. In addi ion, an in e es in eme ging ela ions gi e a en ion o ways in
which objec s and esea che s change o e he cou se o a scien i ic p ojec .
Ra he han assuming well-es ablished ela ions be ween pa icipan s, we can
hus hink o collabo a ions as cons i u ed by de eloping connec ions be ween
di e en “au ho s” and hei a ious o ms o collabo a i e “wo k”.
I also ake inspi a ion om he wo k o F ench sociologis s Luc Bol anski and
Lau en Thé eno on di e en “logics o jus i ica ion” (Bol anski and Thé eno
2006).38 Ra he han iewing collabo a i e misunde s andings as due o cul u al
di e ences we migh see hem as exempli ying how pa icipan s appeal, mo e o
less consciously, o di e en ways o jus i ying ac ion. Bol anski and Thé eno ’s
no ion helps o expand he spec um o explana ions o collabo a o s’ ac ions by
o e ing a nuanced al e na i e o he no ion ha collabo a o s mus be ei he
academic o indus ial and ha each elies on a single mode o jus i ica ion. I do
no di ec ly apply Bol anski and Thé eno ’s amewo k bu a he ake
inspi a ion om he gene al idea ha he same si ua ion migh be seen and
in e p e ed based on di e en epe oi es o explana ion. Thus, I use his
app oach o explo e he di e en jus i ica o y logics ha migh be used e en by
he same esea che o g oup o esea che s in a ious si ua ions. As desc ibed
ea lie , we o en encoun e he idea ha academic esea che s apply one
consis en line o hinking caused by hei p o essional and ins i u ional
a ilia ion.
By de eloping he no ion o mul iple sc eens o ake in o accoun di e en o ms
o o de ing, eme gen ela ions and he a ied use o jus i ica o y logics in
esea ch collabo a ion, I hope o o e a ich pic u e o such collabo a ions,
p emised on di e ence and di e gence a he han on consensus and ha mony o
38 Bol anski and Thé eno ca ego ize jus i ica ion in o six “logics”: ci ic, ma ke , indus ial,
domes ic, inspi a ion and ame (Bol anski and Thé eno 2006).
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on inhe en ly incommensu able di e ences. I now con inue o speci y he
concep ual and empi ical p oblems ha my use o sc eens should be able o
co e .
The mul iple sc eens o collabo a ion
In his sec ion, I begin o de elop a no ion o sc eens based on he pa icula
empi ical and concep ual p oblems ha my esea ch opic aises. So i s , wha
kind o p oblems should my no ion o sc eens add ess? Answe ing his ques ion
equi es e lec ion on bo h he na u e o my ma e ial and he esea ch in e es s o
his hesis, which a e di e en om Ve an’s.
Fi s , I s udy how s a egic esea ch un olds in Lundbeck. These a e no s a egies
ha a e al eady se led. My ma e ial conce ns he making o new s a egies and
app oaches, which akes place in dynamic, con inuous p ocesses o
expe imen a ion. Ve an’s no ion o sc eens as indices ha imply o de s and a e
o de ing is no comple ely adequa e o s udying p ac ices and s a egies ha a e
unse led and in p ocess. Ra he han d awing on s a egies, diag ams and lis s,
hese hings eme ge in an expe imen al p ocess and display di e en expec ed
u u es o Lundbeck. I would like o add ess his dynamic, expe imen ing and
“ u u e-gene a ing” aspec o s a egy making (Jensen 2005; Rheinbe ge 1997)
in my sc eens. Also, s a egic esea ch seems o in ol e a aching pa icula
impo ance o some hing, which is also an aspec o his expe imen ing p ocess
ha I would like o add ess. So I am concep ually in e es ed in some hing mo e
dynamic han s udying o de s and o de ing imply.
Second, I s udy science-indus y collabo a ion and his is an a ena o dynamic and
de eloping en i ies a he han s able ones. In Lundbeck, he abo e-men ioned
s a egy making in ol es expe imen a ion no only wi h s a egies bu also wi h
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ac ual collabo a ion and condi ions o hese. As men ioned, he no ion o he
sc een should acili a e analysis o how collabo a ion de elops no only in
alignmen p ocesses bu also in ac i i ies ha misalign he pa icipan s in
di e en ways. Ve an’s o de s could po en ially co e alignmen and
misalignmen as in ol ing di e en o de s wi h implica ions o p ac ice.
Howe e , o de s seem o imply some hing sligh ly mo e pe manen han wha I
ha e in mind. Like Fujimu a, I wan o conside collabo a ions om beginning o
end and see how he pa icipan s cons uc hei ela ion in di e en ways and
wi h changing implica ions o he collabo a ion.
Thi d, my ma e ial conce ns di e en o ms o di e en ia ion. Bo h science-
indus y collabo a ion and s a egy-making seem no only o be abou showing
and making isible, bu also abou hiding and igno ing. In science-indus y
collabo a ion, some hings a e sha ed while o he s a e ende ed in isible, o
hidden. Collabo a i e s a egies in he pha maceu ical indus y a e amous o
hei con iden iali y. In p ac ice, he conce ns wi h con iden iali y in ol e no
only sha ing knowledge bu also s a egically hiding knowledge. Simila ly, he
making o s a egies implies ha some oppo uni ies a e chosen while o he s a e
s a egically igno ed. The analy ical sc eens ha I de elop should be able o co e
his aspec o co-p oduc ion, which conce ns lea ing some hing ou o sigh o
simply unsha ed.
Ra he han use one sc een o co e hese equi emen s, I will hus de elop a
amewo k o mul iple sc eens.
In e e yday language and dic iona y de ini ions sc eens ha e many meanings.
Some appea a he mo e s aigh o wa d han Ve an’s iew o sc eens as
indices. Fo example, o sc een means:
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x To conceal, p o ec , o shel e (someone o some hing) wi h a sc een o
some hing o ming a sc een
x To show (a ilm o ideo) o b oadcas (a ele ision p og am)
x To es (a pe son o subs ance) o he p esence o absence o a disease
x To pass (a subs ance such as g ain o coal) h ough a la ge sie e o sc een,
especially so as o so i in o di e en sizes39
Acco ding o dic iona y de ini ions, “ o sc een” also means “ o keep some hing
sa e and shielded om he ou side” and, in ac , also he opposi e, “ o show and
pu o wa d”. To sc een can also ha e a scien i ic meaning, namely o es
some hing in a sys ema ic way. Finally, sc eening can be used o emphasize he
ac i i y o ca ego izing and so ing acco ding o a pa icula pu pose o aim.
Conside ing hese di e se de ini ions and compa ing hem wi h he kind o
p ocesses and p oblems I wish o add ess in my ma e ial has allowed me o
iden i y h ee o ms o sc eens ha I iew as pa icula ly impo an o he
p esen analysis. Toge he , I p opose hey enable he analysis o a se ies o
impo an aspec s o how s a egic esea ch and uni e si y-indus y ela ions
e ol e in Lundbeck. I e e o hese sc eens as p ojec ing sc eens, ca ego izing
sc eens and occluding sc eens.
P ojec ing sc eens
Se e al hings migh be unde s ood as p ojec ing sc eens. Resea ch s a egy
documen s illus a e one e y ma e ial o m o sc eens ha display an
expec a ion o esea ch and he u u e i gene a es. As p ojec ing sc eens, s a egy
documen s desc ibe a ela ion be ween p esen esea ch ac i i ies and u u e
39 www.ox o ddic iona ies.com.
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esea ch in e es s a e di e en – I explo e expe imen a ion, s a egies and
collabo a ion – I de elop he no ion o sc eens u he . Wi h inspi a ion om
S a he n and Bol anski and Thé eno , I ha e de ined h ee speci ic o ms o
sc eens – p ojec ing, ca ego izing and occluding sc eens. These sc eens assis me
de elop nuanced empi ically o ien ed accoun s o s a egic esea ch and science-
indus y collabo a ion in Lundbeck.
Wi h his concep ual amewo k o sc eens in mind, I now u n o Lundbeck.
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10. MANAGING EMERGENT RELATIONS
Ea ly in my ieldwo k, I ook an in e es in a pa icula collabo a ion ha
Lundbeck had ini ia ed wi h a g oup o uni e si y-based esea che s. Lundbeck
esea ch manage s e e ed o his collabo a ion as “ he neu ocell
collabo a ion”.45 I conce ned he e ec o a biological mechanism, neu ocell, o
d ug disco e y. This chap e in es iga es how s a egic esea ch de eloped in
Lundbeck in ela ion o a speci ic collabo a ion. My inqui y ocuses on he
ollowing ques ions: How did Lundbeck esea ch manage s come o see his
collabo a ion as s a egic esea ch? Wha cha ac e ized he esea ch as science-
indus y collabo a ion? Wha did managing his collabo a ion imply? I analyze
hese ques ions using he concep o sc eens ha I de ined in Chap e 9 as an
analy ical ool. I look a how s a egic esea ch de eloped in his collabo a ion in
p ocesses o p ojec ing, ca ego izing and occluding sc eenings.
Discussion in his chap e is based on pa icipan obse a ion in app oxima ely
20 mee ings ha occu ed du ing he yea s om 2008 o 2010. In addi ion, his
discussion d aws on in e iews wi h se e al Lundbeck esea ch manage s ha
we e pa icula ly in ol ed in his collabo a ion. I also base his chap e on
in o mal discussions wi h esea ch manage s, since a pa o he ac i i y ela ed
45 Neu ocell is a pseudonym. In he ollowing ou empi ical chap e s, I use pseudonyms o
esea ch manage s in Lundbeck and hei key collabo a o s. See Appendix D o an o e iew o
key people. I men ion he esea ch manage s’ ac ual i le in Lundbeck o gi e he eade insigh
in o hei posi ion in he company and in o how hey, in e ms o hei posi ion, a e ela ed o
o he esea ch manage s. I ha e chosen o use pseudonyms o be able o di e en ia e he
esea ch manage s. Fo ins ance, using pseudonyms, I illus a e how he esea ch manage s
saw pa icula e en s di e en ly, how he same esea ch manage some imes e lec ed on he
same e en in di e en ways, and how he esea ch manage s we e in ol ed in qui e di e en
ac i i ies. I some imes g oup he esea ch manage s as “ esea ch manage s in Lundbeck” as
hey also a imes desc ibed hemsel es in gene al e ms, ypically in ela ion o collabo a o s
inside o ou side Lundbeck.
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o his collabo a ion ook place ou side o o mal mee ings, in hallways and du ing
lunch. Hallway discussion o en ended wi h e lec ions such as “by he way, I
hough abou he neu ocell collabo a ion, and his is wha I hink we should do.”
Taking in o mal discussions in o conside a ion, o mal mee ings we e o en
summa izing e lec ions ha he esea ch manage s con inuously had abou on-
going collabo a ions.
Fi s , I o e a sho in oduc ion o wha cha ac e ized Lundbeck esea ch
manage s’ ac i i ies conce ning science-indus y collabo a ions in gene al. Then, I
desc ibe wha cha ac e ized he neu ocell collabo a ion and how he
collabo a ion changed and de eloped du ing key e en s. These e en s bea
wi ness o he eme gen na u e o he collabo a ion. Subsequen ly, I analyze
disconce men in wo episodes. I p opose ha in es iga ing he disconce men
ha eme ged in he p ocess o managing his collabo a ion highligh s impo an
dimensions o he na u e o s a egic esea ch and science-indus y collabo a ion.
Finally, I summa ize how he concep o sc eens is use ul o making sense o his
case.
Becoming in e es ed in science-indus y collabo a ion
I began o in es iga e ex e nal collabo a ion in Lundbeck by obse ing speci ic
collabo a ions and ac i i ies ela ed o managing hem. A ound 2009 o 2010, a
g oup o Lundbeck esea ch manage s egula ly discussed a hand ul o esea ch
collabo a ions. These esea ch manage s we e Jens, who was he head o
esea ch; La s, who was head o d ug disco e y; and Hans, he di isional di ec o
o molecula neu obiology. Occasionally, his g oup was expanded o include
membe s o he wo main managemen g oups, he Resea ch Managemen Boa d
(RMB) and he D ug Disco e y Managemen Team (DDMT). On o he occasions,
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he g oup expanded o include membe s om o he pa s o Lundbeck, such as
Finance, Business De elopmen , Pa en s and T adema ks, and Legal. Besides he
neu ocell collabo a ion, he collabo a ions ha he esea ch manage s egula ly
discussed we e a collabo a ion wi h an Ame ican non-p o i esea ch ins i u ion,
a po en ial esea ch collabo a ion wi h a Du ch bio ech company, and a
collabo a ion wi hin a la ge Eu opean esea ch ini ia i e ha in ol ed bo h
uni e si ies and companies.
One o my immedia e obse a ions was ha each o hese collabo a ions was e y
di e en om one ano he . Each o hem e en appea ed o ep esen a di e en
model o collabo a ion. Lundbeck’s collabo a o s a ied om bio ech companies
o academic esea ch g oups, and he size o he collabo a ions also changed om
small g oups o ex ensi e ne wo ks o pa icipan s. Likewise, i di e ed who had
aken he ini ia i e o collabo a e. Howe e , in spi e o hese appa en di e ences,
i was equally appa en ha he g oup o esea ch manage s s a egically
ca ego ized hese ou collabo a ions oge he and d ew pa allels be ween hem.
Indeed, hey o en desc ibed hem as alike, simply because he collabo a ions
sha ed an ex e nal elemen . They also o en e e ed o hese collabo a ions as
simila because hey all ocused on a pa icula biological mechanism ha was
expec ed o ha e an impo an ole in diseases in he cen al ne ous sys em.
Resea ching hese biological mechanisms equi ed ex e nal collabo a ion since
building up he expe ise in-house was seen as oo long- e m and in lexible. The
biological mechanisms we e hus bo h indica i e in e ms o a new s a egy and
had he po en ial o p o oundly change he u u e pipeline o Lundbeck.
Discussing collabo a ions and making speci ic decisions abou hem we e
he e o e a once a ma e o dealing wi h hem indi idually and in ela ion o
o e all s a egy.
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Fo his in es iga ion, I ocused on hose ac i i ies ha could be obse ed when
a emp ing o make sense o hese s a egic conside a ions abou collabo a ions.
Fi s o all, I obse ed ha he esea ch manage s spen a lo o ime in mee ings
in which indi idual collabo a ions we e discussed and plans we e made.
Collabo a ion implied asks such as planning up-coming mee ings wi h ex e nal
collabo a o s; discussing scena ios o collabo a ion con ac s; deba ing
go e nance s uc u es, bo h in-house and in ela ion o he ex e nal g oups; and
e lec ing on incen i e s uc u es and u u e scena ios o hese collabo a ions.
Dealing wi h ex e nal collabo a ion also included p epa ing p esen a ions o
Lundbeck’s gene al managemen in he o m o he Boa d o Di ec o s46 and he
Co po a e Managemen G oup47 ha we e o app o e la ge in es men s in new
esea ch. The esea ch manage s aised a numbe o ques ions du ing he
ea men o each collabo a ion: Wha a e he p ima y incen i es ha mo i a e
and encou age his esea ch, o us and o he ex e nal collabo a o s? How do we
manage and in luence he de elopmen o he collabo a ion? How does he
po en ial ou come o his collabo a ion ela e o in-house ac i i ies? How do we
p esen his oppo uni y o he gene al managemen as aluable and wo h
in es ing in?
Al hough hese ques ions we e a om i ial and we e gi en se ious hough ,
he esea ch manage s app oached hem wi h an in e es ing mix o ease and
op imism. Though he de eloping collabo a ions ep esen ed some hing new and
in some sense un amilia , his g oup o esea ch manage s had a amilia way o
dealing wi h new and unce ain hings, on which hey we e clea ly d awing. Thus,
46 Lundbeck’s Boa d o Di ec o s consis s o six ex e nal di ec o s ha a e elec ed by
Lundbeck’s sha eholde s and h ee membe s elec ed by Lundbeck’s Danish employees.
47 The Co po a e Managemen G oup (un il 2011) consis ed o he heads o Lundbeck’s main
di isions. Today his la ge g oup is eplaced wi h he Execu i e Managemen ha consis s o
he CEO, he head o R&D, and he head o Finance & IT.
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despi e he appa en isks o engaging in hese collabo a ions, I no iced bo h
laugh e and con idence among his g oup o manage s.
The neu ocell collabo a ion pa icula ly caugh my a en ion. I obse ed ha he
g oup o Lundbeck esea ch manage s spen a lo o ime on his collabo a ion,
and ha hey we e especially a en i e o how his collabo a ion was aking
shape. They had p e iously in e ac ed wi h membe s o he uni e si y-based
esea ch g oup wi h whom hey we e collabo a ing, bu i appea ed ha he
esea ch had only ecen ly s a ed o look pa icula ly in e es ing and p omising.
Thus, deciding wha o do abou he collabo a ion was pa icula ly c ucial.
The neu ocell collabo a ion
In 2003, a g oup o esea che s made a disco e y abou he beha io o he
ecep o , neu ocell, a disco e y ha soon a e was published in a leading
scien i ic jou nal. The au ho s had ound ha neu ocell, a biological mechanism in
he b ain, which was usually seen as playing an ac i e ole in cell g ow h, was
some imes, unde ce ain condi ions, ac i ely in ol ed in he opposi e p ocess o
cell dea h. The au ho s no ed he ascina ing phenomenon ha in ce ain
si ua ions, o ins ance, in he case o s oke, he body’s own p o ein immedia ely
s a s o kill b ain cells, wi hin minu es making he damage o a s oke wo se.
This disco e y had b oad ele ance, no only o u u e esea ch bu also o d ug
disco e y. Fo one hing, i became immedia ely in e es ing o unde s and how
one migh p e en he ac i a ion o he neu ocell in si ua ions o cell degene a ion
h ough d ug-based con ol o molecule in e ac ion.
The disco e y o he su p ising e ec s o neu ocell c ea ed a lo o a en ion, no
only in in e na ional esea ch ci cles, bu also in he Danish na ional con ex .
Thus, in 2005, he Lundbeck Founda ion, an indus ial ounda ion g an ing money
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o biomedical and na u al science, and he majo sha eholde o Lundbeck A/S,
unded a Cen e o Excellence wi h he wo leading Danish au ho s o he
disco e y, Ma in and Sø en. The cen e , known as BRAIN, was es ablished a a
uni e si y in conjunc ion wi h a depa men o biomedicine. BRAIN ocused on
he molecula , cellula , as well as physiological, unc ions o neu ocell. Hence, he
cen e ’s ac i i ies we e inhe en ly in e disciplina y, spanning s udies o ecep o
c ys al-s uc u e and s udies o physiological unc ions in animal models. I also
d ew on a la ge numbe o me hodologies, including neu ophysiology, p o ein
s uc u e, gene ics and s e eology. A he uni e si y, he cen e connec ed a
numbe o depa men s ac oss acul ies and ac oss special ies wi hin he acul y
o heal h, such as he depa men s o biomedicine and clinical medicine. The
cen e also had a numbe o o icial in e na ional collabo a ion pa ne s, among
hese he co-au ho o he 2004 publica ion, Hen ik, who was employed a a
di e en uni e si y.
Howe e , he disco e y o neu ocell’s le hal beha io did no me ely esul in
s eng hening academic esea ch a BRAIN. Simul aneously, Ma in and Hen ik
ounded a p i a e bio ech company called PsychoIndex, h ough which hey iled
a numbe o pa en s in ol ing neu ocell echnologies. As owne s o PsychoIndex,
Ma in and Hen ik con ac ed esea ch manage s a Lundbeck o discuss a
collabo a ion ag eemen . Acco ding o my in e iews wi h Lundbeck esea ch
manage s, Ma in and Hen ik we e exci ed abou he po en ial comme cial
aspec s o hei esea ch and pa icula ly in e es ed in he oppo uni y o de elop
a d ug o ea ing Alzheime ’s disease. Thei ini ial con ac led o a numbe o
mee ings, including isi s a he uni e si y and a Lundbeck. Finally, i led o a
small esea ch ag eemen in which Lundbeck would es he echnologies o
PsychoIndex.
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In he yea s 2006-2008, he esea ch ield o neu ocell g ew s onge . A BRAIN
and a he uni e si y ha he cen e collabo a ed wi h, in ensi ied esea ch
ac i i ies esul ed in se e al new disco e ies ha we e published in high-p o ile
jou nals including Na u e Neu oscience, Na u e Re iews, and Jou nal o
Neu oscience. As mo e speci ic ideas o how o use he indings in d ug disco e y
de eloped, he collabo a ion be ween Lundbeck and he ounde s o PsychoIndex
g ew inc easingly in e es ing. The g oup o esea ch manage s a Lundbeck spen
much ime con empla ing how o de elop he collabo a ion. They we e especially
cu ious abou he alue o he pa en ilings om PsychoIndex and abou he isk
o ano he pha maceu ical company pu chasing hese pa en s, hus blocking he
way o Lundbeck’s ideas conce ning de eloping a d ug o ea Alzheime ’s
disease. Wo ying abou how o espond o his isk in ol ed conside a ion o a
numbe o ques ions. Fo example, would i be be e o acqui e he pa en
applica ions o a he o le hem ma u e in he con ex o PsychoIndex and in
ela ion o BRAIN’s esea ch ac i i ies? Conside ed in isola ion, he pa en iles
we e no o ob ious alue. The iles p oposed a e y b oadly de ined pa en ha
would only a ely be app o ed. E en i hey we e app o ed, i was no ob ious
how hey would lead o a new d ug. None heless, he e was some hing po en ially
aluable and in e es ing abou he pa en iles and hei p ospec s o comme cial
use.
As he esul o a ho ough due diligence p ocess in 2009, he esea ch manage s
a Lundbeck decided o buy PsychoIndex, he eby making PsychoIndex a
subsidia y o Lundbeck. Ma in emained in cha ge o PsychoIndex as he key
execu i e. This gene a ed a numbe o new ela ions be ween Lundbeck and he
esea che Ma in. F om he pe spec i e o Lundbeck, he collabo a ion changed.
O iginally, he collabo a ion had elied on one main ela ion be ween Lundbeck
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and he owne s o PsychoIndex. Now, i elied on h ee sepa a e ela ions
be ween Lundbeck and ex e nal collabo a o s.
These new ela ions we e desc ibed in h ee con ac s. The i s con ac
conce ned he acquisi ion in which Lundbeck pu chased he asse s o
PsychoIndex; his was an exchange o money o pa en s. The second con ac was
a consul ancy ag eemen wi h he owne s o PsychoIndex in which he owne s
ad ised Lundbeck on how o use he pa en s and echnologies in hei u he
in es iga ions in o he use o neu ocell as a a ge o d ugs; his was an exchange
o money o ad ice. Finally, a hi d con ac ela ed o Ma in implied a new
ela ion be ween Lundbeck and he uni e si y esea ch g oup. This con ac
s ipula ed ha Lundbeck would gi e an annual g an o he g oup in e u n o a
‘ i s igh o e usal’ o disco e ies made by Ma in. This igh implied ha ,
be o e publishing, Ma in would sha e new disco e ies wi h Lundbeck and gi e
he company he chance o pa en hese disco e ies be o e any o he companies
was gi en he op ion.
Bo h he uni e si y and Lundbeck iewed hese ag eemen s as a success. A he
uni e si y, i was p esen ed as a case o how unds o “ ee” basic esea ch
u ned in o knowledge ha could subsequen ly be aken ad an age o by
indus y. In Lundbeck, i was seen as a success o ha e acqui ed he pa en s and
es ablished a s ong collabo a ion wi h he uni e si y-based esea ch g oup.
Wi h his backg ound in mind, I now u n o a mo e ca e ul discussion o he
neu ocell collabo a ion. Jus om lining up he key e en s, i is clea ha he
collabo a ion e ol ed a ound a biological mechanism and a numbe o key people,
among hese h ee Lundbeck esea ch manage s, Jens, La s, and Hans, and h ee
esea che s employed a uni e si ies, Ma in, Sø en, and Hen ik. Wha I wan o
highligh , howe e , is he way key people eme ged in di e en oles and ela ions,
bo h as use s and p oduce s o knowledge, h ough he collabo a ion (Woolga
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1991). In he uni e si y con ex , o ins ance, Ma in is a p oduce o new
knowledge abou neu ocell beha io . Howe e , he is also a use o he same
knowledge in he con ex o PsychoIndex, whe e he iles pa en s o sell o
Lundbeck. This al eady sugges s ha he is in ac ela ed o bo h Lundbeck and o
he uni e si y esea ch g oup in mul iple ways. Ma in, we migh say, single-
handedly c ea es nume ous science-indus y ela ions ac oss adi ional
ins i u ional bounda ies.
The ac ha we can obse e his me ely by desc ibing he main e en s o he
collabo a ion sugges s ha unde s andings o esea ch collabo a ion indeed a e
in need o mo e complex and dynamic cha ac e iza ions han he black and whi e
al e na i es wi h which we a e oo o en p esen ed. Using S a he n’s e ms, we
a e wi ness o a si ua ion in which he ela ions be ween au ho and wo k a e
nei he s aigh o wa d no s able, bu a he eme gen and nego ia ed in he
p ocess (S a he n 2003b). In ac , explo ing he no ion o he o igin o ideas and
disco e ies became impo an o managing he collabo a ion. So, how, mo e
speci ically, can we cha ac e ize he eme gen ela ions ha cons i u e his
collabo a ion? To explo e his, I now a end o wo momen s o disconce men
ha I obse ed while pa icipa ing in discussions o he neu ocell collabo a ion
ha ook place in Lundbeck. As desc ibed in Chap e 7, I use disconce men as a
ool o selec ing and explo ing ins ances whe e di e en sc eens appea and
collide, c ea ing a undamen al unse lemen .
The ans e documen
Ea ly in 2009, he esea ch manage s’ conside a ions in ela ion o aking o e
PsychoIndex in ol ed a p ocess o due diligence. Due diligence is a de ailed
in es iga ion o e e y hing ela ed o a business ha akes place p io o signing a
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While ou ask was o s imula e discussion abou p ojec leade s, he lis seemed
a once uni e sal and disconnec ed om he cu en si ua ion in Lundbeck. I
ailed o gi e a quali ied es ima e o he u u e ha Synapse was gene a ing, and i
also ailed o make a s ong connec ion be ween ha po en ial u u e and he
speci ic implica ions o p ojec leade s. None heless, o my conside able
su p ise, he desc ip ion o he p ojec leade o he u u e did no a all
disconce he RMB, which I e u n o. Be o e desc ibing he ecep ion o he
desc ip ion, I b ie ly in oduce he con ex o he goal coo dina ion mee ing. As
he name sugges s, a his ime in Lundbeck coo dina ion was a he cen e o he
esea ch manage s’ a en ion.
The goal coo dina ion mee ing
The annual goal coo dina ion mee ing had he pu pose o o ganizing and aligning
he speci ic goals o each a ea wi hin esea ch in Lundbeck. These a eas we e
D ug Disco e y Resea ch, Non-Clinical Sa e y Resea ch, and Pa en s and
T adema ks. Wi hin he a ea o D ug Disco e y, wo esea ch si es needed o be
aligned: he si e in Denma k and he si e in he US. Coo dina ing ideas o esea ch
be ween he Danish and he US si e was a cons an ma e o conce n o esea ch
manage s. E en hough he US si e also in ol ed d ug disco e y, i was seen as
jus as ex e nal o Danish d ug disco e y as o he di isions o Lundbeck.57 The
coo dina ion o goals hen implied ha he head o each esea ch a ea wi hin he
RMB would gi e a p esen a ion abou he coming yea ’s goals, and hey would
lead o a join discussion abou cohe ence. A his pa icula mee ing wo
57 The coo dina ion be ween he Lundbeck DK and US esea ch si es is a s o y in i sel ha I
ha e chosen no o include in his hesis. I isi ed he US si e in New Je sey in May 2010. He e, I
conduc ed app oxima ely 20 in e iews wi h US esea ch manage s. In addi ion, I held wo
wo kshops simila o he “Op imize Ex e nal Resea ch Collabo a ion” and “Fu u e models o
collabo a ion” semina s.
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addi ional i ems we e on he agenda. The i s was a new se o ope a ional
p inciples in oduced by he gene al managemen o Lundbeck. The second was
he p ojec leade o he u u e.
The goals coo dina ion mee ing ook place a Munkebo K o, a luxu ious
es au an and con e ence enue in No he n Funen, Denma k. The pa icipan s
we e he RMB membe s and each o hei managemen eams. Thus, he DDMT
pa icipa ed along wi h he managemen eams o Non-Clinical Sa e y Resea ch,
Pa en s and T adema ks, and he US managemen eams. In addi ion o hese
o dina y pa icipan s, a numbe o gues s we e in i ed in ela ion o he
addi ional agenda i ems. Mo en, he human esou ce manage , and Elena, a
human esou ce manage om he US si e, led he discussion abou he new
ope a ing p inciples, and And eas and I pa icipa ed in he discussion o p ojec
leade s. The mee ing ook place o e h ee days. The pa icipan s a i ed in he
e ening on he i s day o ha e dinne and socialize. On he second day, he wo
addi ional agenda i ems we e discussed. On he hi d day, he gues s pa ed and
he esea ch manage s had hei goal coo dina ion discussion. Le us hen
conside he sc eening o esea ch ha eme ged du ing hese discussions, and he
subsequen sc eening o p ojec leade s and he u u e o ganiza ion o Lundbeck.
The cul u e o esea ch
On he second day o he mee ing, Jens began by gi ing a p esen a ion ha ela ed
he ask o coo dina ing goals and de eloping join ope a ing p inciples o
Lundbeck’s cu en si ua ion. This in ol ed depic ing he b oade pu pose o
Synapse and he way in which Lundbeck, in ecen yea s, had de eloped as a
company. To do his, he used a me apho o ees.
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Illus a ion 7: The ee me apho o Lundbeck’s de elopmen .
Jens’ slide showed wo ees. One was wi he ed, in b own and g ey colo s; i was
li eless wi h almos no b anches. The o he was la ge and s ong, wi h lo s o
b anches and hick wi h g een lea es. A e a sluggish pe iod, Lundbeck had
ecen ly expe ienced e y conside able g ow h. The h i ing g een ee
illus a ed his. Howe e , as also illus a ed by his ee, he g ow h was a he
uncon olled. In his image y, each b anch ep esen ed a esea ch p ojec ha had
been ini ia ed wi hou p io coo dina ion wi h o he p ojec s. Because he e had
been li le coo dina ion in ecen yea s, he esul had been ha esea ch had
de eloped a he chao ically. The ask o Synapse was consequen ly o “p une he
ee”, as Jens desc ibed. This illus a ed a new app oach o esea ch ha en ailed
much mo e communica ion and coo dina ion be ween di e en esea ch
p ac ices, as he me apho o he synapse i sel indica ed.
Al hough “p uning he ee” immedia ely seemed o sugges some hing adically
new and di e en compa ed wi h he image o a g een lea y ee, i did no , o my
su p ise, e oke any s ong eac ions om he g oup o esea ch manage s. The
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use o images was ascina ing, since he g een ee was con as ed wi h he
wi he ed ee ha ep esen ed he pas . Howe e , he slide did no ha e an image
o a ee a e i had been p uned, and hus he g een ee seemed o illus a e
some hing heal hy and desi able. Bu he g een ee did no ep esen he new
di ec ion; a he he new di ec ion was e oked wi h he exp ession o “p uning
he ee”. The idea o “p uning he ee” seemed o sugges educing esea ch
p ojec s in numbe o con olling hem o a much la ge ex en han p e iously.
Thus, i su p ised me ha he g oup o esea ch manage s did no eac mo e
explici ly o wha he images we e sugges ing, and ha hey seemed o accep ha
esea ch needed o be subjec ed o mo e con ol. I see he image o he ees,
combined wi h he exp ession o “p uning he ee,” as a sc een ha p ojec s an
idea o u u e esea ch p ac ices in Lundbeck as inc easingly con olled.
In con as o Jens’ p esen a ion, he ollowing p esen a ion on he new ope a ing
p inciples deeply dis u bed some o he pa icipa ing esea ch manage s. Elena,
he human esou ce manage om he US esea ch si e, opened he discussion o
Lundbeck’s u u e ope a ing p inciples. Wi h he aim o s imula ing a mo e
cohe en cul u e in Lundbeck, he gene al managemen had in oduced ou
p inciples ha we e, acco ding o esea ch manage s, somewha en o ced on
hem. Indeed, i was qui e unclea o many o he esea ch manage s whe e he
p inciples came om and wha hey mean . They sugges ed ha he main idea
was ha i employees in Lundbeck ollowed hese p inciples in wha e e
p ac ices in which hey we e in ol ed, Lundbeck would ope a e be e as a
business. Fi s , Elena in oduced he ou new p inciples. They we e: “Own he
u u e”, “Be ambi ious and ake ac ion”, “Be e o less” and “C ea e esul s –
oge he ”. As she explained, hese p inciples we e mean o be included as soon as
possible, bo h in he annual goals and in he indi idual goals o all employees. Bu
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wha migh hey mean in he p ac ical con ex o esea ch? Fo ins ance, wha
would exempli y a “Be e o less” app oach?
To inspi e a discussion abou hei adap a ion, Elena, o e ed an in oduc ion o
he no ion o “cul u e”. “Each o ganiza ion has a unique cul u e”, she a gued, “and
so does Lundbeck”. “Bu wha is cul u e?” she asked. The e we e no esponses
om he audience. The si ua ion s a ed o g ow uncom o able. “Well, I ha e
b ough some examples o cul u e,” she said, and pu on a slide show. The i s
slide had he i le “Wha is Cul u e?” and showed a ca oon.
Illus a ion 8: The ca oon illus a ion o co po a e cul u e.
Two men sa behind desks wea ing o e sized ha lequin ha s. One o hem says o
he o he : “I don’ know how i s a ed, ei he . All I know is ha i is pa o ou
co po a e cul u e.” He second example conce ned a company in which he CEO
was always hos ile owa ds his employees. He would o en h ow pens a his
employees i hey did no do as old. Elena a gued, “This is also cul u e.” Then
Elena said o he c owd o manage s, “So, you see, cul u e is impo an ,” and she
asked, “The ques ion is how do we mo i a e employees o adap o hese
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ope a ing p inciples, o example, how do we mo i a e hem o ‘ hink be e wi h
less’?”
Anne, one o he membe s o DDMT, was clea ly a ec ed by he p esen a ion.
Wi h mani es i i a ion she exclaimed: “Bu his has no hing o do wi h us!” This
ab up con on a ion clea ly unse led he pa icipan s in he oom. Some s a ed
o laugh since he con on a ion i sel was sligh ly emba assing. Bu Anne
con inued, “The way you alk abou cul u e has no hing o do wi h us.” Elena
looked comple ely su p ised by he sudden a ack and asked why. “Resea che s
a e clea ly di e en ,” Anne a gued, poin ing o he slide wi h he wo men
wea ing ha lequin ha s. “They a e no mo i a ed by ex e nal ac o s like you’ e
sugges ing. My employees a e d i en by cu iosi y, no some o e all p inciples.”
Wha seemed o ake place in he si ua ion was a discussion be ween wo
di e en pe spec i es. Whe e Elena ga e an image o cul u e by d awing on a
somewha popula idea o cul u e, Anne p esen ed esea ch as a unique p ac ice.
Elena sugges ed ha cul u e is wha makes a g oup o people cohe e. Then she
add essed he ques ion o wha mo i a es people o wo k mo e e icien ly and
cohe en ly in a company, hus making esea ch a p ac ice qui e simila o o he
non- esea ch p ac ices. Anne’s image o esea ch as a unique p ac ice gene a ed a
di e en sc een, ca ego izing esea che s om non- esea che s. D awing on his
sc een, Anne sugges ed ha esea che s a e no mo i a ed by ex e nal ac o s bu
a he wo k om a p o ound in e es . The sc een ha Anne’s accoun o
esea che s p oduced has he implica ion o p esen ing esea che s in Lundbeck
almos as academics, o some ex en de ached om he business o Lundbeck.
This was somewha su p ising, conside ing ha his sc eening o esea ch ha I
ead as sugges ing some hing academic ook place in he op esea ch
managemen in Lundbeck. Howe e , i was a signi ican sc eening ha was no
le unchallenged.
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Ano he esea ch manage , I ene, who was Danish bu wo king as a di isional
di ec o in he US si e, in e up ed he discussion be ween Anne and Elena wi h
ep essed laugh e o say, “Well, esea che s hink hey a e di e en bu hey a e
eally no .” This c ea ed some amusemen , bu he a ec ed esea ch manage ,
Anne, did no laugh. Clea ly annoyed, she esponded, “Tell me speci ically how his
applies o us and wha we a e con on ed wi h?” She added ha she saw no poin
in discussing ope a ional p inciple “in loose e ms”. Then Anne e u ned o
Elena’s in oduc ion o ope a ing p inciples, which sugges ed ha al hough he
ou ope a ing p inciples we e sha ed, hey we e supposed o be adap ed o
pa icula wo k asks in he di e en di isions. Adap ing hem mean p io i izing
a join discussion o hem, as was wha ook place a he goal coo dina ion
mee ing, and, as soon as possible, in eg a ing he p inciples in bo h annual goals
o each di ision and employees’ indi idual goals. Anne asked, “How does
discussing cul u e ela e o he ask o in eg a ing he ope a ing p inciples in he
goals o my employees?” Again, his ques ion made he a mosphe e in he oom
g ow ense. Elena did no answe his di ec ques ion.
A his poin , Jens, who had kep in he backg ound du ing his hea ed discussion,
in e up ed. He a gued ha he in oduc ion o ope a ing p inciples in he
Resea ch di ision was a li le “en o ced” bu i was none heless he common
pe cep ion in gene al managemen ha in oducing he p inciples had a high
p io i y. Howe e , he also said, “Le ’s see how a we ge wi h his”, which seemed
o calm he di isional di ec o , Anne. La s suppo ed his sugges ion o ake i
easy by sugges ing ha using he ope a ing p inciples in p ac ice could be pa o
he e alua ion o goals in he sp ing.
How can we make sense o his in e ac ion as p oducing sc eens wi h
implica ions o esea ch managemen in Lundbeck? This is an example o a
public momen o disconce men . Al hough i was mainly he esea ch manage ,
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Anne, and e en ually he human esou ce manage , Elena, ha el disconce ed,
he unse lemen ha hey el sp ead o he o he pa icipan s. I in e p e he
disconce men as s emming om a collision o wo sc eens o esea ch ha we e
p oduced by Anne and Elena. Elena’s desc ip ions o cul u e, using images o men
wea ing unny ha s wi hou knowing why hey do so, c ea ed a sc een ha
ca ego ized all employees in Lundbeck as he same. The analogy she made o he
ca oon p o oked Anne, who expe ienced i as condescending. Anne, he esea ch
manage , desc ibed esea ch as a unique p ac ice ha dly adap able o o e all
ideas abou cul u e and ope a ing p inciples. Thus, he accoun gene a ed a
comple ely di e en sc een in which esea ch is sepa a ed om non- esea ch.
In o de o unde s and he ela ion be ween he wo con adic o y sc eens we
migh back ack a li le. The head o esea ch p esen s he image o ees and
p oposes ha in o de o become a heal hy company, Lundbeck esea ch
ac i i ies mus become mo e coo dina ed wi h o he pa s o he o ganiza ion and
also become mo e con olled. Following om his image, o sc een, Elena’s
in oduc ion o ope a ing p inciple makes good sense, as he ope a ing p inciples
a e mean , and p esen ed as, de ices o c ea ing mo e coo dina ion. Howe e ,
he e is some hing abou he sc een ha Elena p oduces ha is highly p o oking.
I sugges ha he image o he wo men wea ing ha s p esen s an idea o
coo dina ion in which he coo dina ion is incomp ehensible. The co e o he s o y
is ha he wo men do no see he immedia e pu pose o adap ing o his cul u e
o wea ing ha s. This is p o oking because, acco ding o Anne, he s a egy on
in ensi ying coo dina ion in Lundbeck does ha e a comp ehensible pu pose o
s imula ing be e esea ch and p oduc s, and is no only a ma e o cul u e. Also,
as we shall see, many esea ch manage s did no associa e collabo a ion wi h ull
in eg a ion and me ging in o one homogenous cul u e. Ra he hey saw
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coo dina ion as a ma e o connec ing wi h a speci ic pu pose, while keeping
hei dis inc esea ch p ac ices in ac .
Thus, I used he no ion o sc een o explo e eme gen ideas abou collabo a ion
in-house. In his case, we ha e an encoun e be ween esea che s and non-
esea che s ( ep esen ed by he human esou ce manage ). I is simila o he
encoun e be ween Lundbeck esea ch manage s and Mayo Clinic esea che s
because i also gene a es sc eenings o esea che s and indus ialis s. Ye i is also
qui e di e en om ha encoun e since i ook place in Lundbeck as an in-house
discussion abou s a egies and ope a ing p inciples. None heless, in his in-house
con ex we also ind si ua ions in which misaligned co-p oduc ion akes place, a
poin I e u n o. Bu how did he idea o esea ch as a unique cul u e ela e o he
eme gen no ion o p ojec leade s?
“The spide in he web”
A e his commo ion, Richa d ga e ou p esen a ion on he p ojec leade o he
u u e. This in ol ed p esen ing a ange o implica ions o Synapse and he
a o emen ioned lis o skills, which u u e p ojec leade s we e expec ed o ha e.
Su p isingly, he ( o my mind) excessi e lis o skills did no a all pe u b he
g oup o esea ch manage s. Indeed, when asked o p io i ize he lis ed quali ies,
he esponse was as ollows: “Well, hey a e all impo an .” While I had
an icipa ed disconce men abou an ideal image o a p ojec leade p esen ed on
a slide ha seemed dense wi h unso ed in o ma ion, he manage s did no
pe cei e his as a p oblem. In ac , i seemed ha o ha e a lis was a p io i y ha
su passed he ele ance o he lis ed elemen s.
In he con ex o coo dina ing goals, howe e , he discussion o he u u e p ojec
leade se ed a gene al pu pose ha wen beyond he quali y o he lis . A e he
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mee ing, Jens explained ha pu ing p ojec leade s on he agenda signi ied ha
he RMB was al eady de eloping ideas abou p ojec leade s be o e en e ing in o
a discussion o leade ship in he b oade o um o he Synapse managemen . By
ha ing made his speci ica ion, i was possible o en e in o discussions abou
u u e equi emen s o p ojec leade s wi h manage s om he De elopmen
di ision ha saw p ojec managemen in qui e di e en ways, as I e u n o. A
his ime, i was an icipa ed ha Synapse would ocus p ecisely on he ole o
managemen o imp o ing collabo a ion be ween pa s o Lundbeck.
While he lis o p ojec leade compe encies did no gene a e disconce men as
an unso ed lis , i did aise ques ions ha sugges ed a di e en sc eening o he
ole o p ojec leade s han he mul i- ace ed p ojec leade . Du ing his
p esen a ion, Richa d emphasized ha , in he u u e, p ojec leade s would ha e a
c ucial ole in Lundbeck. P ojec leade s would be ini ia ing new esea ch
p ojec s, de eloping hem and pa ing he way wi hin he o ganiza ion, and hey
would be coo dina ing wi h bo h in-house and ex e nal collabo a o s. He a o ed
an image depic ing he p ojec leade as, as he said, “a spide in a web”. In his
accoun , he spide was he p ojec leade and he web illus a ed he many
ela ions, in e nal and ex e nal in which he p ojec leade was in ol ed. The
image o a spide in a web p oduced a qui e di e en idea abou collabo a ion
han he eme gen ela ions ha Hans had desc ibed in he neu ocell
collabo a ion. Acco ding o he spide in he web me apho , a collabo a ion
consis ed o ai ly s able ela ions ( he pa e n o he web), and he p ojec leade
o he collabo a ion had a key ole (sa in he middle) in con olling hese
ela ions. In ac , Richa d sugges ed ha in ex e nal collabo a ions, he spide was
a Lundbeck p ojec leade ha had ull con ol o ela ions o he o he
pa icipan s in he p ojec . All communica ion would go h ough his p ojec
leade . The coun e a gumen , p omo ed by mysel amongs o he s, was ha
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people in De elopmen had o change hei pe cep ion in o de o become mo e
aligned wi h esea ch manage s.
In he same way ha esea ch manage s saw hei o m o nea ly academic
esea ch as a mo e desi able o m o esea ch han clinical esea ch, hey also
saw hei compa a i ely un es ained o m o leade ship as mo e a ac i e han
he con olled o m o managemen . Since hey associa ed leade ship wi h hei
own o m o esea ch, i was di icul o discuss hese di e ences ou in he open.
One episode, howe e , p esen ed an opening in which o add ess and discuss jus
his di e ence.
Du ing one wo kshop in he beha io wo k g oup, a human esou ce manage ,
Hanne, p esen ed a numbe o slides ha desc ibed how he di isions o Resea ch
and De elopmen had p e iously desc ibed he skills o di e en manage s and
leade s. These discussions had aken pa sepa a ely in he espec i e di isions.
Bu Hanne had p oduced a slide in which hese ole desc ip ions we e combined.
In he wo kshop, he slide eme ged as a ca ego izing sc een ha made he
di e ences be ween beha io s and leade ship oles explici , and hus made i
possible o speci ically add ess he di e ences be ween Resea ch p ojec leade s
and De elopmen p ojec manage s.
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Illus a ion 9: The “As Is” slide illus a ing he di e ences be ween Resea ch leade ship and
De elopmen managemen .
Hanne had named he diag am “The ‘As is’”, e e ing o how his slide
ep esen ed he way in which he wo di isions p esen ly desc ibed a ious oles.
The diag am combined a numbe o p ojec manage and leade oles – o
ins ance, he “PM/D” e e ed o p ojec manage s in he de elopmen di ision
and he “P ojec Leade /R” poin ed o he p ojec leade s in he esea ch di ision.
These oles we e hen combined wi h “essen ial” and “desi able” beha io s o
each ole, d awing on a amewo k o desc ibing compe encies, de eloped by a
company. These beha io s we e, o ins ance, “Deciding and Ini ia ing Ac ions”,
“Lea ning and Resea ching” and “Planning and O ganizing”. The e we e 20
beha io s lis ed. Fo each ole, esea ch and de eloped manage s had ma ked
which beha io s hey ound ei he “essen ial” (ma ked by a g een do ),
“desi able” (ma ked by yellow) o “no ele an ” (ma ked by no do ).
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Hanne did no make much ou o he slide and was al eady p epa ing o mo e on
when Jø gen who chai ed he beha io wo k g oup, asked he o wai a minu e.
“Aha! This is in e es ing!” he said. This inc eased he a en ion o he wo king
g oup membe s who we e now s a ing in en ly a he slides. Jon, a chie scien is
who had been occupied wi h his iPad, looked up and immedia ely said, “Isn’ i
in e es ing ha c ea ing and inno a ing isn’ seen as essen ial o De elopmen
manage s? I ’s no e en ma ked as a desi able beha io .” The g oup looked a he
slide. Jø gen poin ed o he slide and sugges ed: “This migh be he p oblem. We
ha e qui e di e en ideas abou leade ship and managemen .” The pa icipa ing
esea ch manage s, including he BCG consul an , all seemed o be uncom o able
abou he slide ha so ob iously spelled ou a di e ence ha o he wise ended o
emain aci . Howe e , he e was also some elie ha he discussion o he
ma e , wi hou coming o he poin , seemed o ha e come o an end.
Ra he han showing any sign o disconce men , Tanja, a de elopmen manage ,
esponded: “No, I disag ee. I don’ see ha he e is a p oblem he e”. In he iew
he slide illus a ed pe ec ly bo h how hings we e and how hey should be. “I do
no wan p ojec leade s unning a ound and dis u bing hings,” she explained.
She calmly a gued ha in de elopmen p ocesses “c ea ing and inno a ing” was
in ac no app op ia e beha io . She explained ha she saw esea ch and
de elopmen as wo qui e di e en hings, and he slide accu a ely displayed his.
She hen a gued ha in de elopmen p ocesses, managemen was he p ope
solu ion, since de elopmen was abou “keeping hings on ack” and no
di e ging in all di ec ions. This in e en ion ook place du ing he Hanne’s
p esen a ion. Jø gen, who had ini ia ed a discussion abou he slide, seemed o
accep ha Tanja did no see he di e ence as a p oblem. A e a momen o
quie ly con empla ing he slide, he sugges ed mo ing on.
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In o de o in e p e his disc epancy, we may no e ha he slide in oduces a
sc een ha de ines speci ic ela ions be ween Resea ch and De elopmen , and
also be ween leade ship and managemen . Acco ding o he slide, esea ch
p ojec leade ship is essen ially abou “deciding and ini ia ing ac ions”, “wo king
wi h people”, “ ela ing and ne wo king”, “pe suading and in luencing”,
“p esen ing and communica ing knowledge”, “planning and o ganizing”, and
“en ep eneu ial and comme cial hinking”. In con as , acco ding o he slide
de elopmen p ojec managemen is essen ially abou “Wo king wi h people”,
“planning and o ganizing”, “deli e ing esul s and mee ing collabo a o s
expec a ions”, “en ep eneu ial and comme cial hinking” and “adap ing and
esponding o change”. Chai ing esea ch manage , Jø gen, sugges s ha he slide
isualizes a p oblem o collabo a ion because esea ch and de elopmen p ojec s
a e no managed acco ding o he same ideas abou wha managemen should
in ol e. To him, collabo a ion should e ol e om a mo e aligned o m o
managemen s yle, based on he essen ial quali ies o p ojec leade ship in
esea ch. In con as , he de elopmen manage , Tanja, sees a di e en sc een
ha ca ego izes Resea ch and De elopmen as oo qui e di e en p ac ices ha
equi e di e en managemen . She sugges s ha he di e ence ha he sc een
makes isual is no a p oblem. In he accoun , he diag am as sc een only displays
ha collabo a ion should be based on an unde s anding o he impo an
di e ences be ween esea ch and de elopmen . Collabo a ion is no a ma e o
aligning managemen s yles bu abou app ecia ing di e ence.
In Lundbeck, in he con ex o Synapse, ideas abou collabo a ion and leade ship
de eloped om ideas abou wha esea ch implies in Lundbeck, and how i
po en ially connec s wi h o he (non- esea ch) p ac ices. As we saw a he goal
coo dina ion mee ing, he inc easing in eg a ion and alignmen ha Synapse and
he new ope a ing p inciples in oduced made i mo e c ucial o esea ch
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manage s o explica e wha was dis inc abou esea ch. As he di ec
collabo a ion be ween Resea ch and De elopmen manage s in he beha io
wo k g oup illus a ed, in-house collabo a ion was uelled by misalignmen as
well as alignmen . Seen as illus a i e o a o m o science-indus y collabo a ion,
we migh no ice a di e ence be ween esea ch manage s’ collabo a ion wi h
ex e nal academic esea che s and wi h in-house de elopmen manage s. I
seemed ha whe e ex e nal collabo a ion mean becoming academic a some
c ucial poin s, in-house collabo a ion did no imply ha esea ch manage s
became de elopmen manage s a some poin .
I p opose ha compa ing his case o collabo a ion wi h Lundbeck’s ex e nal
collabo a ions shows some hing impo an abou science-indus y collabo a ion.
In bo h cases, we see ins ances o misaligned co-p oduc ion in which
collabo a ion de elops om ideas abou being di e en . In ex e nal
collabo a ions he need o misalign eme ges om condi ions in which Lundbeck
esea ch manage s a e in ac e y simila o hei academic collabo a o s.
Howe e , in Lundbeck misalignmen de elops om being pa o he same
company bu none heless esis ing ha his condi ion implies cohe ence and
sameness. Lundbeck esea ch is consequen ly sc eened as di e en in bo h cases,
howe e o qui e di e en easons and wi h di e en ou comes.
Be o e concluding, I b ie ly conside he speci ic ou comes o Synapse in he yea s
2011 o 2013. Synapse o icially came o an end in 2011 and was eplaced by a
phase o implemen a ion. This phase was e e ed o as “Syne gy” in o de o
emphasize con inued e o s o s eng hen in e ac ion be ween di e en pa s o
Lundbeck. Bu wha we e he ou comes o Synapse? And wha ideas abou
in eg a ion, collabo a ion and esea ch managemen did hese ou comes e lec ? I
add ess hese ques ions in he ollowing sec ion.
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Synap ic ou comes
One o he mos impo an and angible ou comes o Synapse Poin 5.2 was an
“R&D ope a ing model”. The model was cons i u ed by he indi idual
ecommenda ions ha he wo king g oups had de eloped, and on which he
Synapse managemen had signed o . The model hus eme ged di ec ly om he
Synapse wo k s eams. I included a new go e nance model o R&D eple e wi h
new boa ds, managemen eams and guidelines o knowledge sha ing. I also
included guidelines o he expec ed beha io o boa d membe s and p ojec
leade s.
In he beha io wo k g oup i became clea ha de ining a uni e sal model o
p ojec leade ship in Lundbeck was ha dly possible o e en ele an . Ra he , he
g oup’s wo k sugges ed ha he e we e qui e signi ican di e ences be ween
p ojec leade ship and p ojec managemen , co esponding o he di e en wo k
asks o he wo di isions. In he Resea ch di ision, p ojec leade s we e mul i-
ace ed scien is s ha had a key ole in mo ing esea ch p ojec s o wa d. This
in ol ed a pa icula kind o e lexi i y, known as “doing he igh hing”, e en i
doing so wen agains no mal p ac ice and in ol ed doing some hing unexpec ed.
In he De elopmen di ision, in con as , p ojec manage s we e p o essional
manage s ha we e o ganized in a P ojec Manage uni . De elopmen p ojec s
we e esou ced wi h p ojec manage s om his uni , no in en ed by hem.
Ra he han ein en p ocesses, de elopmen p ojec manage s we e o keep
p ojec s “on ack” by s abilizing as many ac o s as possible. This di e ence
be ween leade s and manage s was no coinciden al, no did i e lec a mo e
ad anced cul u e in Resea ch. Ra he , i illus a ed a di e ence in he objec i es
hese p ojec leade s o manage s we e wo king wi h and owa ds.
Ins ead o de eloping one gene al concep o manage s/leade s in Lundbeck, i
was e en ually decided o accep he di e ences. The esea ch manage s accep ed
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ha hey should no aim o u n de elopmen manage s in o leade s by e e ing
o he dis inc na u e o esea ch. Focusing on he di e ences mean c ea ing a
join unde s anding o he di e se p ocesses o he alue chain. In p ac ice, a new
p ojec leade aining p og am was de eloped and ini ia ed. The p og am
b ough p ojec leade s om Resea ch and p ojec manage s om De elopmen
oge he in one-day mee ings, du ing which hey ocused on he pa icula
cha ac e is ics and aims o each pa o he p ocess. The in en was o c ea e a
mu ual unde s anding based on he idea ha collabo a ion would become much
easie once he pa icipan s had a ho ough unde s anding o he speci ic
challenges and conce ns o o he s.
Synapse 5.2 was amed as an exe cise ha had he pu pose o de eloping a close
connec ion be ween he di isions o Resea ch and De elopmen , and di e en
ideas o collabo a ion we e shaped in his con ex o join p ojec leade aining.
In he con ex o he beha io wo k g oup, some esea ch manage s p oposed
ha c ea ing a close connec ion would equi e de eloping simila app oaches
wi h an emphasis on p ojec leade ship. This simila i y was no imagined o ake
he o m o a “ hi d” app oach o managemen /leade ship. Ra he i implied ha
p ojec manage s om he De elopmen di ision would simply adap o he
cul u e o esea ch and leade ship. The idea o adap a ion was in iguing in his
con ex . Resea ch manage s sugges ed ha esea ch was a dis inc p ac ice ha
did no easily adap o gene al o ganiza ional p inciples. None heless, some o he
pa icipan s in he beha io wo k g oup sugges ed ha o he pa s o Lundbeck
migh adap o he cul u e o esea ch. Collabo a ion, om he pe spec i e o
esea ch manage s, became equi alen o a kind o imposed alignmen . In
con as , a e Synapse, in he con ex o he new R&D p ojec leade p og am,
collabo a ion became a ma e o “unde s anding di e ences” wi hou
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an icipa ing s ong alignmen o he me ging o dis inc cul u es and managemen
o ms.
In he con ex o he pos -Synapse p ojec leade p og am, an idea o
collabo a ion as “unde s anding di e ences” eme ged. Collabo a ion was de ined
as esul ing om a p ocess o c ea ing inc eased unde s anding o he pa icula
phases o de eloping a d ug. P ojec leade s and manage s we e en olled in a
join cou se in which a conside a e pa o he aining conce ned he
pha maceu ical alue chain, om d ug disco e y o sales and ma ke ing. A
di isional di ec o om he De elopmen di ision and wo membe s o he
p ojec leade wo king g oup (And eas, he chie scien is s and Mo en, he
human esou ce manage ) de eloped he p ojec leade aining p og am. I was
based on he assump ion ha he mo e in o ma ion he pa icipan s gained abou
each o he ’s wo k p ac ices, he be e hey would unde s and each o he .
E en ually coo dina ion would also become easie . I sugges ha we migh see
his p ojec leade aining p og am as g adually de eloping a new sc een o
ca ego izing collabo a ion. Ra he han me ge and align di e en p ac ices, he
new sc een d ew on sub le classi ica ion o di e en wo k asks and how hey
ela ed o each o he . The main conce n was no o smoo h ou di e ences
be ween wo k p ac ices, bu a he o de elop mu ual app ecia ion o hose
di e ences. I p opose ha , in his phase, di e en pa s o Lundbeck we e made
accoun able o each o he while also acknowledging ha collabo a ion did no
equi e using wo k in o one p ac ice. We migh conside his a o m o
in en ional misaligned co-p oduc ion. The p ojec leade aining p og am was
based on an idea o co-p oduc ion be ween Resea ch and De elopmen . Bu i was
also de eloped om an acknowledgemen o misalignmen , which was di e en
om he gene al ope a ing p inciples and sha ed no ions o
managemen /leade ship. In he con ex o he p ojec leade aining p og am,
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misaligned co-p oduc ion was in ended and seen as a cons uc i e app oach o
collabo a ion be ween esea ch and de elopmen in Lundbeck.
Conclusion
This chap e has shown how a ious ac i i ies in Lundbeck gene a ed sc eenings
wi h implica ions o esea ch, managemen and collabo a ion. Fi s , in he
con ex o he “Op imize Ex e nal Resea ch Collabo a ion” wo kshops, we saw a
sc een ha di e en ia ed ex e nal collabo a ion om in-house esea ch. Then, a
he coo dina ion mee ing, and in pa icula in he discussion o adap ing o
gene al ope a ing p inciples, we saw a sc een ha di e en ia ed esea ch om
non- esea ch. Subsequen ly, in he beha io wo k g oup, we saw a sc een ha
dis inguished p ojec leade s om p ojec manage s, de eloping a hie a chy
be ween leade s and manage s by a ibu ing mo e alue o leade s, and o
esea ch. Finally, in he con ex o he p ojec leade aining p og am, ac i i ies
p oduced a sc een ha sepa a ed d ug disco e y om d ug de elopmen , wi hou
simul aneously p ojec ing his di e ence as a p oblem o u u e inno a ion. Thus
we saw a numbe o sc eens. Many o hese sc eens s a ed ou as a he c ude
sc eens ha hen g adually dissol ed, as hey we e challenged by ce ain hings
o en ela ed o p esen p ac ices. We see s a egic esea ch de eloping h ough
sc eens ha ca ego ize, occlude and p ojec .
This chap e also illus a ed ha collabo a ion wi hin Lundbeck akes place as a
o m o misaligned co-p oduc ion in which he esea ch manage is seen as
ha ing a pa icula ole. This ole pa ly esembles he no ion o p ojec leade s
seen as ‘b idge builde s’, as de eloped in bo h Danish esea ch policy and policy
esea ch (See Chap e s 8 and 9). In policy, p ojec leade s a e expec ed o connec
he di e se cul u es o uni e si ies and companies, and in Lundbeck p ojec
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leade s a e in pa an icipa ed o play an impo an ole in connec ing he
domains o Resea ch and De elopmen . Bu he idea o p ojec leade s as b idge
builde s in Lundbeck also di e s om he no ion ound in policy. As we saw,
he e a e di e en ypes o leade s and manage s in Lundbeck, no all o which
a e seen as connec ing sepa a e p ac ices. Despi e he Synapse p ojec ion o
making connec ions, pa s o Lundbeck a e no seen as comple ely disconnec ed.
The e is also a sense o cohe ence ha comes om being pa o one company
ha we do no ind in policy desc ip ions o science-indus y ela ions.
Misaligned co-p oduc ion was pa icula ly isible in h ee cases. Fi s , in he
si ua ion whe e esea ch manage s encoun e ed gene al ope a ing p inciples. In
his si ua ion, bo h Synapse and he in oduced ope a ing p inciples desc ibed co-
p oduc ion. Howe e , he esea ch manage s challenged he idea o oo s ong an
alignmen , wi h e e ence o he dis inc na u e o esea ch, which p oduced a
misalignmen wi hin co-p oduc ion. Second, in he con ex o he beha io wo k
g oup, again Synapse and poin 5.2 c ea ed an an icipa ion o collabo a ion and
me ging. Howe e , he de elopmen manage esis ed his idea and sugges ed
misalignmen by e e ing o he di e ences be ween Resea ch and De elopmen
p ac ices. Finally, in he con ex o he p ojec leade aining p og am, co-
p oduc ion was no longe seen as a ma e o me ging cul u es, bu was om he
s a amed as misaligned.
The inding o misaligned co-p oduc ion aises ques ions abou wha he main
challenges o science-indus y collabo a ion a e, bo h be ween academic and
indus ial esea che s, and wi hin esea ch-based companies. ‘B idge building’
migh no be he bes way o unde s anding such collabo a ion since he
pa icipan s migh no be sepa a e in any s able o p edic able way. Thus
unde s anding hese ela ions, and how hey a e managed, emains an empi ical
ques ion. I now mo e o he conclusion o he hesis.
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somewha easie o be speci ic abou wha hese objec s do as sc eens. In addi ion
o obse ing wha hese documen s do in p ac ice si ua ions, he ma e iali y o
hem makes i possible o ake hem home wi h you, si wi h hem and e lec on
how and wha hey ca ego ize, occlude o p ojec .
In con as , mo e discu si e hings a e ela i ely ha d o handle analy ically as
sc eens. I is mo e di icul o be speci ic abou hei sc eening quali ies and o en
hey appea in e es ing only as pa o a pa icula composi ion o hings. Again
he i s encoun e wi h he Mayo Clinic se es as a good example. He e, he
sc een was no a documen o a single exp ession bu a he a se o
ci cums ances. The sc een was comp ised by a mix u e o he pa icipan s’
a i udes, by how hey we e a anged in he oom, and by wha hey said and how
hey ac ed. This si ua ion is mo e di icul o analyze as a sc een bu no less
in e es ing.
In ac , I would sugges ha al hough he no ion o sc eens migh appea o be
somewha s e ched when i is used o look a ob iously discou se ocused e en s
like mee ings, such e en s a e po en ially wha i is mos in e es ing o s udy.
Indeed, looking a mee ings and encoun e s opens up a lo o explici a icula ion
wo k ela ed no only o desc ibing and planning esea ch bu also o de ining he
pa icipan s’ engagemen s and oles.
I is pa icula ly in e es ing o examine he p ocesses whe eby sc eens change.
Fo ins ance, I ha e o e ed examples o how esea che s in Lundbeck
encoun e ed speci ic ca ego iza ions o hem as in es o s o indus ialis s. A
ce ain imes, hese ca ego iza ions we e welcomed; indeed hey we e impo an
o making wha I e e ed o as misaligned co-p oduc ion. Bu a o he imes,
hese ca ego iza ions p e en ed deep engagemen in new esea ch a eas. Thus, I
ha e also discussed how Lundbeck esea che s a emp ed o change ca ego izing
sc eens by ac ing o alking in a way ha s imula ed di e en o ms o
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classi ica ion. Indeed, we ha e come ac oss some e y ac i e o ms o sc een
change such as he adop ion o cul u al codes, like pu ing on a c eased shi o
asking echnical ques ions when in he company o academics. This goes o show
ha sc eens a e no always passi ely accep ed bu ha people engage in ac i i ies
o change hem.
S eng hs and weaknesses o he no ion o sc eens
The main s eng h o he concep o sc eens is i s concep ual lexibili y. This has
allowed me o concei e science-indus y collabo a ion in a new way. Thus,
ocusing on sc eens has allowed me o conside he simul aneous co-p oduc ion
o sameness and di e ence in science-indus y collabo a ion. In pa icula ,
sc eens o e ed a amewo k o explo ing cons uc ions o ela ions, wi hou in
ad ance se ing up expec a ions o inding ei he sameness o di e ence. My
in en was hus o a oid bo h he p e alen idea ha science and indus y a e
sepa a e domains and he opposi e, ha such collabo a ions ei he p esume o
c ea e simila i y. The analy ical ool o sc eens hus o e ed a lexible way o
e hinking he dynamics o science-indus y collabo a ion by cha ac e izing how
a ious cons uc ions make collabo a ion possible.
This lexibili y made he analy ical amewo k o sc eens adap able o my
empi ical con ex bu po en ially i also makes i ans e able o o he con ex s.
Al hough I ha e emphasized ca ego izing, occluding and p ojec ing sc eens, in
o he con ex s di e en sc eens may be ele an , and he ones I ha e iden i ied
less so. My main poin is simply ha he amewo k o sc eens is i sel po en ially
lexible and adap able o di e se con ex s.
Howe e , his lexibili y is also, as I see i , he cen al po en ial weakness o his
analy ical ool. Thus i migh be objec ed ha he e y lexibili y o sc eens is a
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consequence o no using he concep wi h su icien cla i y, p ecision and
consis ency. In u u e esea ch, I he e o e belie e i will be bo h in e es ing and
aluable o explo e mo e speci ic aspec s o sc eens. This migh , o ins ance,
en ail looking a speci ic objec s in e ms o pa icula sc eens. This could be done
by s udying collabo a ion con ac s only, and in de ail, as ca ego izing sc eens. I
migh also en ail s udying he analy ical phenomenon o in en ional sc een
change, as desc ibed abo e. In his sense, na owing and speci ying i s analy ical
and empi ical a eas o applica ion may enhance he concep o sc eens. In his
hesis, howe e , my main pu pose was o de elop and es he amewo k o
sc eens and o see wha new insigh s his migh gi e in e ms o unde s anding
s a egic esea ch, science-indus y collabo a ion and esea ch managemen .
Disconce men
Disconce men was one o he cen al me hodological ools wi h which I ha e
explo ed s a egic esea ch in Lundbeck. Disconce men was used as a de ice o
selec ing pa icula cases and si ua ions o analysis. I has also wo ked as an
o ganizing ool ha has gi en ce ain e en s and accoun s a p ominen ole in he
hesis. Hence, he hesis has o e ed mo e accoun s o su p ising o unusual
si ua ions han desc ip ions o wha esea che s do when hey no mally do
esea ch in Lundbeck.
As pa o his p ocess, I ha e iden i ied di e en o ms o disconce men . Fi s ,
he e is he esea che s’ disconce men , which is wha Ve an encou ages us o
ake se iously (Ve an 2001). The esea che encoun e s su p ising hings in he
ield hough hey a e no necessa ily su p ising o people in he ield. Second, I
ha e poin ed o public o ms o disconce men in which he esea che and
people in he ield sha e a momen o disconce men . A e he e en , he e migh
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be di e en in e p e a ions o wha caused he disconce men bu his o m o
disconce men is cha ac e ized by a sha ed sense ha some hing was w ong.
Finally, I ha e iden i ied a hi d o m o disconce men , which ook he o m o
people in he ield e elling s o ies abou pas disconce ing e en s. This is nei he
he esea che ’s disconce men no a sha ed o m o disconce men . The c i ical
momen o disconce men has passed (i migh e en be yea s ago) bu i is s ill
i idly ecalled because i illus a ed some hing impo an abou wha wen on in
a pa icula si ua ion.
Disconce men is an in e es ing me hodological ool because i add esses
si ua ions whe e hings a e ou o o de . Explo ing hese momen s hus gi es us a
key o unde s anding wha ha o de is assumed o be. Fo ins ance, in he case o
he Mayo Clinic, I would no ha e been able o see ha he e was some hing
w ong wi h he mee ing si ua ion unless he pa icipan s ha I la e in e iewed
had desc ibed hei disconce men . Indeed, i seemed pe ec ly easonable o
expec ha esea ch manage s om Lundbeck would be in e es ed in
p esen a ions o ongoing esea ch a he Mayo Clinic. Ye , explo ing his ecalled
disconce men e ealed ha he Lundbeck esea ch manage s a his pa icula
poin in he collabo a ion did no see hemsel es as in es o s bu in ac as
esea che s. To make he collabo a ion possible, i was c ucial o change his
pe cep ion. Thus, disconce men wo ks as a ool o explo ing p ac ices and
embedded assump ions h ough he unusual.
As a ool, disconce men can be used in he h ee ways iden i ied in he hesis:
de eloping sensi i i y o one’s own disconce men , o public sha ed
disconce men and o in o man s’ e lec ions on pas disconce ing momen s.
Fo u u e esea ch i appea s o me pa icula ly p omising o u he explo e he
ollowing ques ion: Wha makes ‘a good case’ o explo ing disconce men ? Fi s ,
i seems ha using disconce men equi es ge ing qui e close o wha one
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s udies. Being in i ed o explo e si ua ions whe e hings a e in he making,
unce ain, o al eady gone w ong equi es es ablishing some kind o us ha i
akes ime o build. In my case, being employed a Lundbeck made his easie bu
s ill i equi ed engaging ac i ely in he ield o e a long pe iod o ime. Second,
he e a e po en ially many disconce ing hings o analyze. So ing ou which
disconce ing hings say some hing speci ically impo an abou he esea ch
opic equi es amilia i y wi h he ield. Thus disconce men seems o equi e
longi udinal e hnog aphic s udies.
I seems o me ha he public sha ed o ms a e highly in e es ing and s ong
cases o disconce men . Again he mee ing be ween Lundbeck and he Mayo
Clinic esea che s illus a es his. He e a la ge g oup o pa icipan s a gued ha
some hing was w ong in his mee ing. Though hey ga e qui e di e en
explana ions o wha was w ong he ac ha hey all poin ed o he e en as
unusual made i seem o ob ious in e es . In con as , i seemed less use ul o
explo e in dep h he disconce men ha a single esea ch manage exp essed
abou he Synapse p ocess. Ra he han sugges ing some hing gene ally
signi ican abou science-indus y collabo a ion, his disconce men could, in
hindsigh , jus as well say some hing pa icula abou his esea ch manage ’s
unce ain y abou pa icula p ocesses o change. Thus, I p opose ha s udying
disconce men is pa icula ly ele an when he empi ical ma e ial allows
explo ing mo e public and collec i e o ms o disconce men . These public o ms
po en ially e eal mo e impo an aspec s o he phenomenon o s a egic
esea ch as a collec i e p ac ice han mo e p i a e o ms o disconce men .
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Implica ions o u u e academic wo k
The hesis con ibu es o s udies o science-indus y collabo a ion, bo h in STS
and in he ield o esea ch policy. Cen ally, I ha e a gued ha since many
analy ical amewo ks a e based on he p esump ion ha he main challenge o
such collabo a ion is o o e come di e ence, ca e ul analysis o wha such
di e ence ac ually consis s in, is e y impo an . The hesis has gi en some inpu s
o wha cha ac e izes such collabo a i e di e ence. I has shown ha in many
si ua ions he e a e al eady o e laps and coinciding in e es s, so ha making
di e ence be ween he aims and oles o he pa icipan s is in ac wha o ganizes
and cons i u es collabo a ion. This insigh o e s a u he se o oppo uni ies o
u u e esea ch.
The hesis has d awn on a numbe o concep s de eloped in s udies o scien i ic
collabo a ion wi hin uni e si ies among academic esea che s om di e se
disciplines ( o ins ance, Galison 1996). These s udies desc ibe no so much
science-indus y di e ences as di e ences be ween disciplines and be ween
scien i ic cul u es. An in e es ing ques ion o u u e esea ch would
consequen ly be: Wha migh such s udies o scien i ic collabo a ion lea n om
s udies o science-indus y collabo a ion? Do he pa icipan s in scien i ic
collabo a ions also ac i ely di e en ia e hemsel es om each o he ? Migh we
e en ind si ua ions whe e disciplina y a ilia ion does no ma e much and
whe e o he o ms o sameness and di e en ia ion become mo e impo an ?
The hesis also o e s insigh in o esea ch managemen . As we ha e seen, wha
cha ac e izes esea ch managemen is ela ed o how esea ch and collabo a ion
a e sc eened. I s a egic esea ch de elops om eme gen ela ions, and i
science and indus y a e no clea ly sepa a e domains, he managemen o
esea ch is no mainly a ma e o ‘b idge building’. Ra he , managing esea ch
becomes a ques ion o dealing wi h isk, unce ain y and uns able ela ionships,
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and abou making impo an links and di e en ia ions. Fo u u e esea ch, i
would be in e es ing o explo e he managemen o esea ch in e ms o such
‘adap i e amewo ks’ and hei equi emen s (Vedel e al. 2013). Al hough we
de eloped his e m in he con ex o dissemina ion o p ac i ione s, i migh also
be in e es ing o he academic s udy o esea ch managemen , no simply, ha is,
as an adminis a i e managemen p ac ice bu as a c ea i e p ac ice o
in eg a ing esea ch con en and con ex .
Implica ions o p ac i ione s
F om he ou se his hesis had he ambi ion no only o speaking o academic
conce ns bu also o hose o p ac i ione s. In his endea o , I hink o his hesis
as a o m o in e en ionis and “se iceable STS” (Webs e 2007: 459) ha aims
a no only “decons uc ing” bu also “shaping” policies (ibid. 462-463). And ew
Webs e sugges s ha he e a e se e al “in e en ion spaces” o STS esea ch,
among hese ‘ he cha ac e iza ion and an icipa ion o eme ging echnoscience
ields’, ‘ he exploi a ion o ( u u e) echnoscience’, and ‘ he con ex o use o
echnoscience applica ions’ (ibid. 462). I would add o hese a new in e en ion
space ha migh be called: ‘basic assump ions abou s a egic esea ch and
science-indus y collabo a ion’. Wi hin his in e en ion space, he hesis has
p ac ical implica ions o bo h policy make s and esea ch manage s.
Implica ions o esea ch manage s
Fo p ac i ione s, one o he main ou comes o his hesis is he pape
“Ex e nalizing esea ch h ough adap i e amewo ks”. The pape add esses a
p ac i ione audience ( eade s o Na u e Re iew D ug Disco e y), i was co-
au ho ed wi h a p ac i ione and i o e s ecommenda ions o how o wo k wi h
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adap i e amewo ks. These ecommenda ions d aw a en ion o wha an
adap i e amewo k app oach implies. I implies de eloping mo e lexible ideas
abou wha collabo a ion is (beyond “cash and ca y”) and speci ic con ac ual
amewo ks based on hese.
The no ion o adap i e amewo ks add esses he p ac ical challenges o
managing s a egic esea ch and science-indus y collabo a ions. As we ha e
seen, hese ela e o an inbuil ension in managing s a egic esea ch. On he one
hand, managing s a egic esea ch implies s abilizing ce ain esea ch by a guing
o i s po en ial ele ance and alue. On he o he hand, i implies openness and
allowing he esea ch o des abilize hese ini ial concep ions o ele ance and
alue. Thus in p ac ice managing s a egic esea ch means a guing o he alue
and po en ial o esea ch one minu e and allowing plans and amewo ks o
change in he nex .
In ela ion o de eloping con ac ual amewo ks deploying an adap i e
amewo k app oach implies ca e ul in e oga ion o wha needs o be se led in
ad ance and wha migh be le open in science-indus y collabo a ion. Fo
ins ance, while in ellec ual p ope y igh s and inancial a angemen s migh ha e
o be se led up- on , scien i ic con en migh be allowed o o de elop in he
cou se o he collabo a ion. O cou se, his does no lea e e e y hing open, since
con en de elops in ela ion o ce ain de ined ambi ions and ques ions. Bu how
hese ambi ions and ques ions a e le a he open and se led in he p ocess.
We also d aw a en ion o he ac ha al hough de eloping an adap i e
amewo k app oach migh seem easy i none heless en ails conside able
o ganiza ional challenge. I equi es ha esea ch manage s ha e bo h echnical
skills and expe ience wi h esea ch. In addi ion, communica ing an adap i e
amewo k app oach o he o ganiza ion migh be qui e ha d, since i is p emised
on an in-buil and p oduc i e ension be ween s abilizing hings and keeping
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hem open. I is pa icula ly challenging when his app oach mee s o he
o ganiza ional amewo ks ha aim a se ling hings. In Lundbeck, his was
illus a ed no leas by he esea ch manage s’ gene al skep icism abou “b inging
in he lawye s” o sol e collabo a ion p oblems. In any case, i would be
in e es ing o de elop he no ion o adap i e amewo ks u he , especially in
e ms o gene a ing e en mo e speci ic ecommenda ions o an audience o
p ac i ione s.
Implica ions o policy make s
Finally, le me conside he implica ions o my indings o policy. In ecen yea s,
a pa icula o m o s a egic esea ch has eme ged as inc easingly impo an in
Danish esea ch policy. New s a egies and an ongoing eo ganiza ion o he
Danish esea ch ad iso y and unding sys em ha e pu inc easing emphasis on
ea ing s a egic esea ch on i s own e ms and de eloping i in e ms o
demand-d i en inno a ion. This sugges s ha s a egic esea ch con inues o be
seen as sepa a e om basic (“ ee”) esea ch and based on qui e speci ic eques s
a icula ed by poli icians and companies. I is based on he assump ion ha i is
possible o p edic u u e socie al and indus ial needs o esea ch and shape
public esea ch unding p ocesses acco dingly.
This hesis has de eloped qui e a di e en accoun o s a egic esea ch. Whe e
s a egic esea ch in con empo a y Danish policy deba es is seen as a p edic able,
aluable, and goal-o ien ed o m o esea ch, his hesis has o e ed a desc ip ion
o s a egic esea ch in which di ec ion and alue, a leas o some ex en , de elop
in he p ocess o collabo a ion. These indings migh s imula e a mo e ca e ul
discussion abou wha s a egic esea ch is, wha makes esea ch s a egic
aluable, and how companies in ac iden i y hei needs and s a egies.
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In ela ion o his, i is cen al o emphasize ha he ou comes o s a egic-
explo a i e esea ch a e no po en ially less use ul o less ele an han ou comes
o a mo e es ic ed o m o s a egic esea ch. Indeed, he opposi e migh well be
he case, as s a egic-explo a i e esea ch (buil on adap i e amewo ks) implies
an inbuil ale ness o po en ially use ul and ele an oppo uni ies ha a e no
p edic able in ad ance. Thus we migh no hink o s a egic-explo a i e esea ch
as po en ially less capable o add essing socie al o indus ial p oblems bu in ac
as a mo e e lexi e and ele an app oach o bo h iden i ying and wo king wi h
such p oblems.
In his ega d, one pa icula conce n ela es o he kind o esea ch p ojec s ha
migh ecei e unding wi hin a public policy amewo k o s a egic esea ch
based on demand-d i en inno a ion. Compa ed o a p i a e co po a e con ex ,
whe e esea ch p ojec s can be ini ia ed and ended wi h lexibili y he e is a
di e en accoun abili y ela ed o public esea ch unding. The e is a demand o
ecei ing a cohe en case o esea ch a he han mainly elucida ed
oppo uni ies. Howe e , e en i we ake his di e ence in o accoun , we migh
imagine he emphasis on demand-d i en inno a ion would imply p io i izing
p ojec s ha clea ly add ess a demand, an icipa e a solu ion and de ine c ucial
s eps o each his end. Consequen ly, we migh also imagine ha esea ch
p ojec s ha desc ibe a di ec ion bu o he wise lea e he esea ch p ocess mo e
open will ha e mo e di icul y in ecei ing unding. This de elopmen o s a egic
esea ch is p oblema ic because i o e looks a g ea s a egic po en ial in
esea ch in he a emp o con olling i .
Ano he issue is how unded public unding agencies will manage and app oach
unded s a egic esea ch p ojec s. To wha ex en a e he ecei e s o esea ch
unds accoun able wi hin p ede ined esea ch agendas? To s imula e discussion
on hese ques ions, adap i e amewo ks migh again be use ul, also in his policy
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17. APPENDIX C: LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
Illus a ion 1: The linea o ganiza ion o he Danish public esea ch ad iso y and
unding sys em (Rege ingen 2012). ........................................................ 27
Illus a ion 2: The en ance o Lundbeck headqua e s and he building housing
gene al managemen (pic u e aken om he No h Ga e, Au umn 2013). 38
Illus a ion 3: The main s ee c ossing h ough Lundbeck headqua e s. The
yellow building a he cen e o he pic u e houses Molecula
Neu obiology/D ug Disco e y (pic u e aken om he managemen building
in Summe 2013). ............................................................................................ 40
Illus a ion 4: The linea o ganiza ion o he Danish public esea ch ad iso y and
unding sys em (Rege ingen 2012) ......................................................... 77
Illus a ion 5: Donald S okes’ model o Pas eu ’s Quad an (S okes 1997). 81
Illus a ion 6: Lundbeck’s P oduc concep model. ................................ 210
Illus a ion 7: The ee me apho o Lundbeck’s de elopmen . ....... 254
Illus a ion 8: The ca oon illus a ion o co po a e cul u e. ............. 256
Illus a ion 9: The “As Is” slide illus a ing he di e ences be ween Resea ch
leade ship and De elopmen managemen . ...................................... 269
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18. APPENDIX D: LIST OF KEY PEOPLE/PSEUDONYMS
Pseudonym
Age
Posi ion
Lundbeck
Jens
55
Head o esea ch/senio esea ch manage
La s
50
Head o d ug disco e y (DK)
Jø gen
65
Head o he beha io wo king g oup
Hans
50
Di isional di ec o
Anne
45
Di isional di ec o
Niels
45
Di isional di ec o
T ine
40
Depa men manage
Jespe
45
Head o sec ion/ esea ch manage
Thomas
45
Head o sec ion/ esea ch manage
And eas
45
Chie scien is /chemis
Mo en
40
Human esou ce manage
Tanja
45
De elopmen manage
Hanne
55
Human esou ce manage
Bi gi e
45
Di isional di ec o , De elopmen
Richa d
50
Head o d ug disco e y (US)
Jona han – Jon
45
Chie scien is /chemis (US)
Elena
50
Human esou ce manage (US)
William – Will
40
Business de elope (US)
I ene
55
Di isional di ec o (US)
The neu ocell collabo a ion
Ma in
50
Resea che a a uni e si y/co- ounde o
PsychoIndex
Sø en
55
Resea che a a uni e si y
Hen ik
50
Co- ounde o PsychoIndex
302
The Mayo Clinic
Adam
55
Depa men manage
Ge aldo –
Je y
45
P incipal in es iga o
Lau a
40
P incipal in es iga o
Da id - Da e
45
P incipal in es iga o
Nancy
50
Licensing manage
Ma ga e
50
Technology de elopmen liaison o ice
303
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19. Thomas Lyse Hansen
Six Essays on P icing and Wea he isk
in Ene gy Ma ke s
20. Sabine Madsen
Eme ging Me hods – An In e p e i e
S udy o ISD Me hods in P ac ice
21. E is Sinani
The Impac o Fo eign Di ec In e-
s men on E ficiency, P oduc i i y
G ow h and T ade: An Empi ical In e-
s iga ion
22. Ben Meie Sø ensen
Making E en s Wo k O ,
How o Mul iply You C isis
23. Pe nille Schnoo
B and E hos
Om o æ dige b and- og
i ksomhedsiden i e e i e e o isk og
disku s eo e isk pe spek i
24. Sidsel Fabech
Von welchem Ös e eich is hie die
Rede?
Disku si e o handlinge og mag -
kampe mellem i alise ende na ionale
iden i e skons uk ione i øs igske
p essedisku se
25. Kla s Odgaa d Ch is ensen
Sp ogpoli ik og iden i e sdannelse i
fle sp ogede o bundss a e
E kompa a i s udie a Schweiz og
Canada
26. Dana B. Minbae a
Human Resou ce P ac ices and
Knowledge T ans e in Mul ina ional
Co po a ions
27. Holge Højlund
Ma kede s poli iske o nu
E s udie a el æ dens o ganise ing i
pe ioden 1990-2003
28. Ch is ine Mølgaa d F andsen
A.s e a ing
Om mellem æ ende s p ak ik i en
ans o ma ion a menneske og
subjek i i e en
29. Sine Nø holm Jus
The Cons i u ion o Meaning
– A Meaning ul Cons i u ion?
Legi imacy, iden i y, and public opinion
in he deba e on he u u e o Eu ope
2005
1. Claus J. Va nes
Managing p oduc inno a ion h ough
ules – The ole o o mal and s uc u-
ed me hods in p oduc de elopmen
2. Helle Hedegaa d Hein
Mellem konflik og konsensus
– Dialogud ikling på hospi alsklinikke
3. Axel Rosenø
Cus ome Value D i en P oduc Inno-
a ion – A S udy o Ma ke Lea ning in
New P oduc De elopmen
4. Sø en Buhl Pede sen
Making space
An ou line o place b anding
5. Camilla Funck Elleha e
Di e ences ha Ma e
An analysis o p ac ices o gende and
o ganizing in con empo a y wo k-
places
6. Rigmo Madeleine Lond
S y ing a kommunale o al ninge
7. Me e Aagaa d And eassen
Supply Chain e sus Supply Chain
Benchma king as a Means o
Managing Supply Chains
8. Ca oline Agges am-Pon oppidan
F om an idea o a s anda d
The UN and he global go e nance o
accoun an s’ compe ence
9. No sk ph.d.
10. Vi ienne Heng Ke -ni
An Expe imen al Field S udy on he
E ec i eness o G oce Media
Ad e ising
Measu ing Ad Recall and Recogni ion,
Pu chase In en ions and Sho -Te m
Sales
11. Allan Mo ensen
Essays on he P icing o Co po a e
Bonds and C edi De i a i es
12. Remo S e ano Chia i
Figu e che anno conosce e
I ine a io sull’idea del alo e cogni i o
e esp essi o della me a o a e di al i
opi da A is o ele e da Vico fino al
cogni i ismo con empo aneo
13. Ande s McIlquham-Schmid
S a egic Planning and Co po a e
Pe o mance
An in eg a i e esea ch e iew and a
me a-analysis o he s a egic planning
and co po a e pe o mance li e a u e
om 1956 o 2003
14. Jens Gee sb o
The TDF – PMI Case
Making Sense o he Dynamics o
Business Rela ionships and Ne wo ks
15 Me e Ande sen
Co po a e Social Responsibili y in
Global Supply Chains
Unde s anding he uniqueness o fi m
beha iou
16. E a Boxenbaum
Ins i u ional Genesis: Mic o – Dynamic
Founda ions o Ins i u ional Change
17. Pe e Lund-Thomsen
Capaci y De elopmen , En i onmen al
Jus ice NGOs, and Go e nance: The
Case o Sou h A ica
18. Signe Ja lo
Kons uk ione a o en lig ledelse
19. La s S æh Jensen
Vocabula y Knowledge and Lis ening
Comp ehension in English as a Fo eign
Language
An empi ical s udy employing da a
elici ed om Danish EFL lea ne s
20. Ch is ian Nielsen
Essays on Business Repo ing
P oduc ion and consump ion o
s a egic in o ma ion in he ma ke o
in o ma ion
21. Ma ianne Thejls Fische
Egos and E hics o Managemen
Consul an s
22. Annie Bekke Kjæ
Pe o mance managemen i P oces-
inno a ion
– belys i e social-kons uk i is isk
pe spek i
23. Suzanne Dee Pede sen
GENTAGELSENS METAMORFOSE
Om o ganise ing a den k ea i e gø en
i den kuns ne iske a bejdsp aksis
24. Benedik e Do e Rosenb ink
Re enue Managemen
Økonomiske, konku encemæssige &
o ganisa o iske konsek ense
25. Thomas Riise Johansen
W i en Accoun s and Ve bal Accoun s
The Danish Case o Accoun ing and
Accoun abili y o Employees
26. Ann Fogelg en-Pede sen
The Mobile In e ne : Pionee ing Use s’
Adop ion Decisions
27. Bi gi e Rasmussen
Ledelse i ællesskab – de illids alg es
o nyende olle
28. Gi e Thi Nielsen
Reme ge
– skabende ledelsesk æ e i usion og
opkøb
29. Ca mine Gioia
A MICROECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF
MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS
30. Ole Hinz
Den e ek i e o and ingslede : pilo ,
pædagog elle poli ike ?
E s udie i a bejdslede es menings il-
sk i ninge i o bindelse med ellykke
gennem ø else a ledelsesini ie ede
o and ingsp ojek e
31. Kjell-Åge Go assli
E p aksisbase pe spek i på dynami-
ske
læ ingsne e k i oppid e en
No sk ph.d., ej il salg gennem
Sam undsli e a u
32. Hen ie e Langs up Nielsen
Linking Heal hca e
An inqui y in o he changing pe o -
mances o web-based echnology o
as hma moni o ing
33. Ka in Tweddell Le insen
Vi uel Uddannelsesp aksis
Mas e i IKT og Læ ing – e cases udie
i h o dan p oak i p oceshånd e ing
kan o bed e p aksis i i uelle læ ings-
miljøe
34. Anika Li e sage
Finding a Pa h
Labou Ma ke Li e S o ies o
Immig an P o essionals
35. Kaspe Elmquis Jø gensen
S udie i samspille mellem s a og
e h e sli i Danma k unde
1. e densk ig
36. Finn Janning
A DIFFERENT STORY
Seduc ion, Conques and Disco e y
37. Pa icia Ann Placke
S a egic Managemen o he Radical
Inno a ion P ocess
Le e aging Social Capi al o Ma ke
Unce ain y Managemen
2006
1. Ch is ian Vin e gaa d
Ea ly Phases o Co po a e Ven u ing
2. Niels Rom-Poulsen
Essays in Compu a ional Finance
3. Tina B and Husman
O ganisa ional Capabili ies,
Compe i i e Ad an age & P ojec -
Based O ganisa ions
The Case o Ad e ising and C ea i e
Good P oduc ion
4. Me e Rosenk ands Johansen
P ac ice a he op
– how op manage s mobilise and use
non-financial pe o mance measu es
5. E a Pa um
Co po a e go e nance som s a egisk
kommunika ions- og ledelses æ k øj
6. Susan Aagaa d Pe e sen
Cul u e’s Influence on Pe o mance
Managemen : The Case o a Danish
Company in China
7. Thomas Nicolai Pede sen
The Discu si e Cons i u ion o O gani-
za ional Go e nance – Be ween uni y
and di e en ia ion
The Case o he go e nance o
en i onmen al isks by Wo ld Bank
en i onmen al s a
8. Cyn hia Selin
Vola ile Visions: T ansac ons in
An icipa o y Knowledge
9. Jespe Banghøj
Financial Accoun ing In o ma ion and
Compensa ion in Danish Companies
10. Mikkel Lucas O e by
S a egic Alliances in Eme ging High-
Tech Ma ke s: Wha ’s he Di e ence
and does i Ma e ?
11. Tine Aage
Ex e nal In o ma ion Acquisi ion o
Indus ial Dis ic s and he Impac o
Di e en Knowledge C ea ion Dimen-
sions
A case s udy o he Fashion and
Design B anch o he Indus ial Dis ic
o Mon ebelluna, NE I aly
12. Mikkel Fly e bom
Making he Global In o ma ion Socie y
Go e nable
On he Go e nmen ali y o Mul i-
S akeholde Ne wo ks
13. Ane e G ønning
Pe sonen bag
Tils ede æ i e-mail som in e -
ak ions o m mellem kunde og med-
a bejde i dansk o sik ingskon eks
14. Jø n Helde
One Company – One Language?
The NN-case
15. La s Bje egaa d Mikkelsen
Di e ing pe cep ions o cus ome
alue
De elopmen and applica ion o a ool
o mapping pe cep ions o cus ome
alue a bo h ends o cus ome -suppli-
e dyads in indus ial ma ke s
16. Lise G ane ud
Explo ing Lea ning
Technological lea ning wi hin small
manu ac u e s in Sou h A ica
17. Esben Rahbek Pede sen
Be ween Hopes and Reali ies:
Reflec ions on he P omises and
P ac ices o Co po a e Social
Responsibili y (CSR)
18. Ramona Samson
The Cul u al In eg a ion Model and
Eu opean T ans o ma ion.
The Case o Romania
2007
1. Jakob Ves e gaa d
Discipline in The Global Economy
Panop icism and he Pos -Washing on
Consensus
2. Heidi Lund Hansen
Spaces o lea ning and wo king
A quali a i e s udy o change o wo k,
managemen , ehicles o powe and
social p ac ices in open o fices
3. Sudhanshu Rai
Explo ing he in e nal dynamics o
so wa e de elopmen eams du ing
use analysis
A ension enabled Ins i u ionaliza ion
Model; ”Whe e p ocess becomes he
objec i e”
4. No sk ph.d.
Ej il salg gennem Sam undsli e a u
5. Se den Ozcan
EXPLORING HETEROGENEITY IN
ORGANIZATIONAL ACTIONS AND
OUTCOMES
A Beha iou al Pe spec i e
6. Kim Sund o Hald
In e -o ganiza ional Pe o mance
Measu emen and Managemen in
Ac ion
– An E hnog aphy on he Cons uc ion
o Managemen , Iden i y and
Rela ionships
7. Tobias Lindebe g
E alua i e Technologies
Quali y and he Mul iplici y o
Pe o mance
8. Me e e Wedell-Wedellsbo g
Den globale solda
Iden i e sdannelse og iden i e sledelse
i mul ina ionale mili æ e o ganisa io-
ne
9. La s F ede iksen
Open Inno a ion Business Models
Inno a ion in fi m-hos ed online use
communi ies and in e -fi m p ojec
en u es in he music indus y
– A collec ion o essays
10. Jonas Gab ielsen
Re o isk oposlæ e – a s a isk ’s ed’
il pe suasi ak i i e
11. Ch is ian Mold -Jø gensen
F a meningsløs il menings uld
e alue ing.
An endelsen a s uden e il edsheds-
målinge på de ko e og mellemlange
ide egående uddannelse se a e
psykodynamisk sys empe spek i
12. Ping Gao
Ex ending he applica ion o
ac o -ne wo k heo y
Cases o inno a ion in he ele-
communica ions indus y
13. Pe e Mejlby
F ihed og ængsel, en del a den
samme d øm?
E ph one isk base e cases udie a
igø elsens og kon ollens sam-
eksis ens i æ dibase e ledelse!
14. K is ina Bi ch
S a is ical Modelling in Ma ke ing
15. Signe Poulsen
Sense and sensibili y:
The language o emo ional appeals in
insu ance ma ke ing
16. Ande s Bje e T olle
Essays on de i a i es p icing and dyna-
mic asse alloca ion
17. Pe e Feldhü e
Empi ical S udies o Bond and C edi
Ma ke s
18. Jens Hen ik Egge Ch is ensen
De aul and Reco e y Risk Modeling
and Es ima ion
19. Ma ia The esa La sen
Academic En e p ise: A New Mission
o Uni e si ies o a Con adic ion in
Te ms?
Fou pape s on he long- e m impli-
ca ions o inc easing indus y in ol e-
men and comme cializa ion in acade-
mia
20. Mo en Wellendo
Pos implemen e ing a eknologi i den
o en lige o al ning
Analyse a en o ganisa ions kon i-
nue lige a bejde med in o ma ions-
eknologi
21. Eka e ina Mhaanna
Concep Rela ions o Te minological
P ocess Analysis
22. S e an Ring Tho bjø nsen
Fo s a e i o and ing
E s udie i o fice e s kapabili e e un-
de på i kning a om e denens o an-
d ingsp es mod øge s y ing og læ ing
23. Ch is a B eum Amhøj
De sel skab e medlemskab om ma-
nagemen s a en, dens s y ings ekno-
logie og indbygge e
24. Ka oline B omose
Be ween Technological Tu bulence and
Ope a ional S abili y
– An empi ical case s udy o co po a e
en u ing in TDC
25. Susanne Jus esen
Na iga ing he Pa adoxes o Di e si y
in Inno a ion P ac ice
– A Longi udinal s udy o six e y
di e en inno a ion p ocesses – in
p ac ice
26. Luise No ing Henle
Concep ualising success ul supply
chain pa ne ships
– Viewing supply chain pa ne ships
om an o ganisa ional cul u e pe -
spec i e
27. Ma k Mau
Kampen om ele onen
De danske ele on æsen unde den
yske besæ else 1940-45
28. Jakob Halsko
The semiau oma ic expansion o
exis ing e minological on ologies
using knowledge pa e ns disco e ed
on he WWW – an implemen a ion
and e alua ion
29. Ge gana Kole a
Eu opean Policy Ins umen s Beyond
Ne wo ks and S uc u e: The Inno a-
i e Medicines Ini ia i e
30. Ch is ian Geisle Asmussen
Global S a egy and In e na ional
Di e si y: A Double-Edged Swo d?
31. Ch is ina Holm-Pe e sen
S ol hed og o dom
Kul u - og iden i e sa bejde ed ska-
belsen a en ny sengea deling gennem
usion
32. Hans Pe e Olsen
Hyb id Go e nance o S anda dized
S a es
Causes and Con ou s o he Global
Regula ion o Go e nmen Audi ing
33. La s Bøge Sø ensen
Risk Managemen in he Supply Chain
34. Pe e Aagaa d
De unikkes dynamikke
De ins i u ionelle mulighedsbe ingel-
se bag den indi iduelle ud o skning i
p o essionel og i illig a bejde
35. Yun Mi An o ini
B and Communi y Inno a ion
An In insic Case S udy o he Adul
Fans o LEGO Communi y
36. Joachim Lynggaa d Boll
Labo Rela ed Co po a e Social Pe o -
mance in Denma k
O ganiza ional and Ins i u ional Pe -
spec i es
2008
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Essays on P i a e Equi y
2. Jespe Clemen
Visual Influence o Packaging Design
on In-S o e Buying Decisions
3. Ma ius B os øm Kousgaa d
Tid il k ali e småling?
– S udie a ind ulle ingsp ocesse i
o bindelse med in oduk ionen a
kliniske k ali e sda abase i speciallæ-
gep aksissek o en
4. I ene Sko gaa d Smi h
Managemen Consul ing in Ac ion
Value c ea ion and ambigui y in
clien -consul an ela ions
5. Ande s Rom
Managemen accoun ing and in e-
g a ed in o ma ion sys ems
How o exploi he po en ial o ma-
nagemen accoun ing o in o ma ion
echnology
6. Ma ina Candi
Aes he ic Design as an Elemen o
Se ice Inno a ion in New Technology-
based Fi ms
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Teknologi og æ aglighed
– en analyse a diskussionen omk ing
ind ø else a EPJ på en hospi alsa de-
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8. Helene Balsle Clausen
Jun os pe o no e uel os – un es udio
sob e emig an es no eame icanos en
un pueblo mexicano
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Kuns en a sk i e e isions appo e .
En be e ning om o al nings e isio-
nens be e ninge
10. Michael E. Hansen
The poli ics o co po a e esponsibili y:
CSR and he go e nance o child labo
and co e labo igh s in he 1990s
11. Anne Roeps o
Holdning o handling – en e nologisk
unde søgelse a Vi ksomhede s Sociale
Ans a /CSR
12. Claus Bajlum
Essays on C edi Risk and
C edi De i a i es
13. Ande s Bojesen
The Pe o ma i e Powe o Compe en-
ce – an Inqui y in o Subjec i i y and
Social Technologies a Wo k
14. Sa u Reijonen
G een and F agile
A S udy on Ma ke s and he Na u al
En i onmen
15. Ildua a Bus a
Co po a e Go e nance in Banking
A Eu opean S udy
16. K is ian Ande s H ass
A Boolean Analysis P edic ing Indus y
Change: Inno a ion, Imi a ion & Busi-
ness Models
The Winning Hyb id: A case s udy o
isomo phism in he ai line indus y
17. T ine Paludan
De u idende og de ud iklingspa a e
Iden i e som mulighed og es ik ion
bland ab iksa bejde e på de a aylo-
ise ede ab iksgul
18. K is ian Jakobsen
Fo eign ma ke en y in ansi ion eco-
nomies: En y iming and mode choice
19. Jakob Elming
Syn ac ic eo de ing in s a is ical ma-
chine ansla ion
20. La s B ømsøe Te mansen
Regional Compu able Gene al Equili-
b ium Models o Denma k
Th ee pape s laying he ounda ion o
egional CGE models wi h agglome a-
ion cha ac e is ics
21. Mia Reinhol
The Mo i a ional Founda ions o
Knowledge Sha ing
22. F ede ikke K ogh-Meibom
The Co-E olu ion o Ins i u ions and
Technology
– A Neo-Ins i u ional Unde s anding o
Change P ocesses wi hin he Business
P ess – he Case S udy o Financial
Times
23. Pe e D. Ø be g Jensen
OFFSHORING OF ADVANCED AND
HIGH-VALUE TECHNICAL SERVICES:
ANTECEDENTS, PROCESS DYNAMICS
AND FIRMLEVEL IMPACTS
24. Pham Thi Song Hanh
Func ional Upg ading, Rela ional
Capabili y and Expo Pe o mance o
Vie namese Wood Fu ni u e P oduce s
25. Mads Vangkilde
Why wai ?
An Explo a ion o fi s -mo e ad an a-
ges among Danish e-g oce s h ough a
esou ce pe spec i e
26. Hube Buch-Hansen
Re hinking he His o y o Eu opean
Le el Me ge Con ol
A C i ical Poli ical Economy Pe spec i e
2009
1. Vi ian Lindha dsen
F om Independen Ra ings o Commu-
nal Ra ings: A S udy o CWA Ra e s’
Decision-Making Beha iou s
2. Guð ið Weihe
Public-P i a e Pa ne ships: Meaning
and P ac ice
3. Ch is Nøkken ed
Enabling Supply Ne wo ks wi h Colla-
bo a i e In o ma ion In as uc u es
An Empi ical In es iga ion o Business
Model Inno a ion in Supplie Rela ion-
ship Managemen
4. Sa a Louise Muh
Wound, In e up ed – On he Vulne -
abili y o Di e si y Managemen
5. Ch is ine Ses o
Fo b uge ad æ d i e S a s- og Li s-
o ms eo e isk pe spek i
6. Michael Pede sen
Tune in, B eakdown, and Reboo : On
he p oduc ion o he s ess-fi sel -
managing employee
7. Salla Lu z
Posi ion and Reposi ion in Ne wo ks
– Exemplified by he T ans o ma ion o
he Danish Pine Fu ni u e Manu-
ac u e s
8. Jens Fo ssbæck
Essays on ma ke discipline in
comme cial and cen al banking
9. Tine Mu phy
Sense om Silence – A Basis o O ga-
nised Ac ion
How do Sensemaking P ocesses wi h
Minimal Sha ing Rela e o he Rep o-
duc ion o O ganised Ac ion?
10. Sa a Malou S and ad
Inspi a ions o a new sociology o a :
A socioma e ial s udy o de elopmen
p ocesses in he Danish film indus y
11. Nicolaas Mou on
On he e olu ion o social scien ific
me apho s:
A cogni i e-his o ical enqui y in o he
di e gen ajec o ies o he idea ha
collec i e en i ies – s a es and socie ies,
ci ies and co po a ions – a e biological
o ganisms.
12. La s And eas Knu sen
Mobile Da a Se ices:
Shaping o use engagemen s
13. Nikolaos Theodo os Ko fia is
In o ma ion Exchange and Beha io
A Mul i-me hod Inqui y on Online
Communi ies
14. Jens Albæk
Fo es illinge om k ali e og æ aglig-
hed på sygehuse
– skabelse a o es illinge i læge- og
plejeg uppe ne angående ele ans a
nye idée om k ali e sud ikling gen-
nem olkningsp ocesse
15. Maja Lo z
The Business o Co-C ea ion – and he
Co-C ea ion o Business
16. Gi e P. Jakobsen
Na a i e Cons uc ion o Leade Iden-
i y in a Leade De elopmen P og am
Con ex
17. Do e He mansen
”Li ing he b and” som en b ando ien-
e e dialogisk p axis:
Om ud ikling a meda bejde nes
b ando ien e ede dømmek a
18. Aseem Kin a
Supply Chain (logis ics) En i onmen al
Complexi y
19. Michael Nø age
How o manage SMEs h ough he
ans o ma ion om non inno a i e o
inno a i e?
20. K is in Walle ik
Co po a e Go e nance in Family Fi ms
The No wegian Ma i ime Sec o
21. Bo Hansen Hansen
Beyond he P ocess
En iching So wa e P ocess Imp o e-
men wi h Knowledge Managemen
22. Anneme e Sko -Hansen
F anske adjek i isk afled e ad e bie ,
de age p æposi ionssyn agme ind-
led med p æposi ionen à som a gu-
men e
En alensg amma isk unde søgelse
23. Line G y Knudsen
Collabo a i e R&D Capabili ies
In Sea ch o Mic o-Founda ions
24. Ch is ian Scheue
Employe s mee employees
Essays on so ing and globaliza ion
25. Rasmus Johnsen
The G ea Heal h o Melancholy
A S udy o he Pa hologies o Pe o -
ma i i y
26. Ha Thi Van Pham
In e na ionaliza ion, Compe i i eness
Enhancemen and Expo Pe o mance
o Eme ging Ma ke Fi ms:
E idence om Vie nam
27. Hen ie e Balieu
Kon olbeg ebe s be ydning o kausa-
i al e na ionen i spansk
En kogni i - ypologisk analyse
2010
1. Yen T an
O ganizing Inno a ionin Tu bulen
Fashion Ma ke
Fou pape s on how ashion fi ms c ea-
e and app op ia e inno a ion alue
2. Ande s Raas up K is ensen
Me aphysical Labou
Flexibili y, Pe o mance and Commi -
men in Wo k-Li e Managemen
3. Ma g é Sig ún Sigu da do i
Dependen ly independen
Co-exis ence o ins i u ional logics in
he eco ded music indus y
4. Ás a Dis Óladó i
In e na ionaliza ion om a small do-
mes ic base:
An empi ical analysis o Economics and
Managemen
5. Ch is ine Seche
E-del agelse i p aksis – poli ike nes og
o al ningens medkons uk ion og
konsek ense ne he a
6. Ma ianne S ang Våland
Wha we alk abou when we alk
abou space:
End Use Pa icipa ion be ween P oces-
ses o O ganiza ional and A chi ec u al
Design
7. Rex Degnegaa d
S a egic Change Managemen
Change Managemen Challenges in
he Danish Police Re o m
8. Ul ik Schul z B ix
Væ di i ek u e ing – den sik e beslu -
ning
En p agma isk analyse a pe cep ion
og synliggø else a æ di i ek u e-
ings- og ud ælgelsesa bejde
9. Jan Ole Similä
Kon ak sledelse
Relasjonen mellom i ksomhe sledelse
og kon ak shånd e ing, belys ia fi e
no ske i ksomhe e
10. Susanne Boch Waldo
Eme ging O ganiza ions: In be ween
local ansla ion, ins i u ional logics
and discou se
11. B ian Kane
Pe o mance Talk
Nex Gene a ion Managemen o
O ganiza ional Pe o mance
12. La s Ohnemus
B and Th us : S a egic B anding and
Sha eholde Value
An Empi ical Reconcilia ion o wo
C i ical Concep s
13. Jespe Schlamo i z
Hånd e ing a usikke hed i film- og
byggep ojek e
14. Tommy Moesby-Jensen
De ak iske li s o bind lighed
Fø sok a isk in o me e , ny-a is o elisk
τ
ηθος- ænkning hos Ma in Heidegge
15. Ch is ian Fich
Two Na ions Di ided by Common
Values
F ench Na ional Habi us and he
Rejec ion o Ame ican Powe
16. Pe e Beye
P ocesse , sammenhængsk a
og fleksibili e
E empi isk cases udie a oms illings-
o løb i fi e i ksomhede
17. Adam Buchho n
Ma ke s o Good In en ions
Cons uc ing and O ganizing
Biogas Ma ke s Amid F agili y
and Con o e sy
18. Cecilie K. Moesby-Jensen
Social læ ing og ælles p aksis
E mixed me hod s udie, de belyse
læ ingskonsek ense a e lede ku sus
o e p aksis ællesskab a o en lige
mellemlede e
19. Heidi Boye
Føde a e og sundhed i sen-
mode nismen
– En indsig i hygge ænomene og
de ela e ede øde a ep aksisse
20. K is ine Munkgå d Pede sen
Flyg ige o bindelse og midle idige
mobilise inge
Om kul u el p oduk ion på Roskilde
Fes i al
21. Oli e Jacob Webe
Causes o In e company Ha mony in
Business Ma ke s – An Empi ical In e-
s iga ion om a Dyad Pe spec i e
22. Susanne Ekman
Au ho i y and Au onomy
Pa adoxes o Mode n Knowledge
Wo k
23. Ane e F ey La sen
K ali e sledelse på danske hospi ale
– Ledelse nes indflydelse på in oduk-
ion og edligeholdelse a k ali e ss a-
egie i de danske sundheds æsen
24. Toyoko Sa o
Pe o ma i i y and Discou se: Japanese
Ad e isemen s on he Aes he ic Edu-
ca ion o Desi e
25. Kenne h B inch Jensen
Iden i ying he Las Planne Sys em
Lean managemen in he cons uc ion
indus y
26. Ja ie Busque s
O ches a ing Ne wo k Beha io
o Inno a ion
27. Luke Pa ey
The Powe o Resis ance: India’s Na-
ional Oil Company and In e na ional
Ac i ism in Sudan
28. Me e Vedel
Value C ea ion in T iadic Business Rela-
ionships. In e ac ion, In e connec ion
and Posi ion
29. K is ian Tø ning
Knowledge Managemen Sys ems in
P ac ice – A Wo k Place S udy
30. Qingxin Shi
An Empi ical S udy o Thinking Aloud
Usabili y Tes ing om a Cul u al
Pe spec i e
31. Tanja Juul Ch is iansen
Co po a e blogging: Meda bejde es
kommunika i e handlek a
32. Malgo za a Ciesielska
Hyb id O ganisa ions.
A s udy o he Open Sou ce – business
se ing
33. Jens Dick-Nielsen
Th ee Essays on Co po a e Bond
Ma ke Liquidi y
34. Sab ina Speie mann
Mods andens Poli ik
Kampagnes y ing i Vel æ dss a en.
En diskussion a afikkampagne s s y-
ingspo en iale
35. Julie Uldam
Fickle Commi men . Fos e ing poli ical
engagemen in ' he fligh y wo ld o
online ac i ism’
TITLER I ATV PH.D.-SERIEN
1992
1. Niels Ko num
Se icesamkø sel – o ganisa ion, øko-
nomi og planlægningsme ode
1995
2. Ve ne Wo m
No diske i ksomhede i Kina
Kul u speci ikke in e ak ions ela ione
ed no diske i ksomhedse able inge i
Kina
1999
3. Mogens Bje e
Key Accoun Managemen o Complex
S a egic Rela ionships
An Empi ical S udy o he Fas Mo ing
Consume Goods Indus y
2000
4. Lo e Da sø
Inno a ion in he Making
In e ac ion Resea ch wi h he e oge-
neous G oups o Knowledge Wo ke s
c ea ing new Knowledge and new
Leads
2001
5. Pe e Hobol Jensen
Managing S a egic Design Iden i ies
The case o he Lego De elope Ne -
wo k
2002
6. Pe e Lohmann
The Deleuzian O he o O ganiza ional
Change – Mo ing Pe spec i es o he
Human
7. Anne Ma ie Jess Hansen
To lead om a dis ance: The dynamic
in e play be ween s a egy and s a e-
gizing – A case s udy o he s a egic
managemen p ocess
2003
8. Lo e Hen iksen
Videndeling
– om o ganisa o iske og ledelsesmæs-
sige ud o d inge ed idendeling i
p aksis
9. Niels Ch is ian Nickelsen
A angemen s o Knowing: Coo di-
na ing P ocedu es Tools and Bodies in
Indus ial P oduc ion – a case s udy o
he collec i e making o new p oduc s
2005
10. Ca s en Ø s Hansen
Kons uk ion a ledelses eknologie og
e ek i i e
TITLER I DBA PH.D.-SERIEN
2007
1. Pe e Kas up-Misi
Endea o ing o Unde s and Ma ke
O ien a ion – and he concomi an
co-mu a ion o he esea ched, he
e sea che , he esea ch i sel and he
u h
2009
1. To kild Leo Thelle sen
Fundamen al Signs and Signi icance
e ec s
A Semeio ic ou line o Fundamen al
Signs, Signi icance-e ec s, Knowledge
P o iling and hei use in Knowledge
O ganiza ion and B anding
2. Daniel Ronzani
When Bi s Lea n o Walk Don’ Make
Them T ip. Technological Inno a ion
and he Role o Regula ion by Law
in In o ma ion Sys ems Resea ch: he
Case o Radio F equency Iden i ica ion
(RFID)
2010
1. Alexande Ca ne a
Mag en o e li e og li e som mag
S udie i den biopoli iske ambi alens