Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management: Volume 31 Issue 8

Guest editorial

Kristina Safsten, Glenn Johansson

Interactive research: concepts, contributions and challenges

Per-Erik Ellström, Mattias Elg, Andreas Wallo, Martina Berglund, Henrik Kock

This paper introduces interactive research as an emerging approach within a broad family of collaborative research approaches in management and organization research. Interactive…

Exploring the work and competence of interactive researchers

Peter E. Johansson, Andreas Wallo

The purpose of this paper is to provide insight into the competence in use when working with interactive research, which is a continuation and elaboration of action research.

Interactive research in production start-up—application and outcomes

Martina Berglund, Ulrika Harlin, Kristina Säfsten

The purpose of this paper is to reflect on interactive research as a means to create relevant knowledge in the domain of operations management in general and specifically in the…

Establishing SME–university collaboration through innovation support programmes

Martin Kurdve, Anna Bird, Jens Laage-Hellman

The research purpose is to analyse when and how innovation support programmes (ISPs) can affect collaboration between universities and established small and medium sized…