Thomas Kalling

Professor Thomas Kalling received his PhD in Business Administration from the School of Economics and Management in 2000, and became Associate Professor and Docent in 2004. He became a professor in 2008. The dissertation concerned IT and competitive advantage, and since then he has divided his research into IT and strategy. Frequently, the two fields overlap.

After the dissertation, Thomas Kalling spent 2 years working for SCA Packaging in Brussels. Upon returning to the School of Economics and Management, he shared his time between the Institute of Economic Research and the Department of Informatics. In 2006, he changed affiliation to the Department of Business Administration, where he currently is employed as professor of strategic management. Since October 2006, Dr Kalling is the Director of the Institute of Economic Research. In addition, Thomas Kalling is involved in the following research projects:

IS and Strategy: the primary focus is on the mechanisms that drive organisations and individuals to succeed or fail in creating competitive advantage and performance improvements based on IT and IS. Over the last years, business model configuration and management have become increasingly important.

IS and knowledge management: the ways in which organisations and individuals succeed or fail to adopt new IT and IS is in focus. Often, the polarisation of knowledge related to 1) decision-makers, 2) technology and 3) usage means there is a lack of relevant knowledge and support. In successful IT and IS implementations, organisations find a way to merge these three cultural subfields in terms of comprehension, language and norms and values.

Organisational learning and knowledge sharing: one synthetic framework for organisational learning and knowledge sharing says that their success depends upon three groups of factors: knowledge itself, organisational context and institutional forces. Of particular interest in this research project is to unveil the complexity of the latter two: what makes individuals wanting to learn and how does this willingness or unwillingness interdepend upon the organisational context?

Innovation management: innovative behaviour is studied from a learning perspective, and the primary research focus is how organisations behave in order to make sure they learn, and - more importantly - how they transform any learning into activity and even financial performance through new processes, products and services.

Empirically, Thomas Kalling currently works with five corporations: SCA Packaging, Trelleborg, Axis Communications, E.ON, and Ericsson.

Professor Kalling has supervised Carl Cederström (PhD 2009) and Lisen Selander (2008) at the Department of Informatics, and Niklas Persson (2010) and Katarzyna Cieslak (2011) at the Department of Business Administration. He also co-supervised Gunilla Nordström and John Gibe (both 2007) at the Department of Business Administration and Stefan Henningsson (2008) and Michel Thomsen (2010) at the Department of Informatics.

Professor Kalling is currently the supervisor to Benjamin Weaver, Lena Hohenschwert, Yaqian Wang, Wen Pan, Linn Andersson, Porntepin Sooksaengprasit and Nathalie Larsson at the Department of Business Administration, and Markus Lahtinen and Paul Pierce at the Department of Informatics.

Thomas Kalling is the programme director for the Paper and Packaging Research Programme and the Trelleborg Research Programme, and co-directs the Lusax Research Programme within the security sector.

Research makes out the bulk of Professor Kalling’s duties, but other than research and research management he takes on a range of administrative duties connected to the university:

* Director, The Institute of Economic Research
* Programme Director, Learning Partnerships at the Institute of Economic Research
* Board member, the Advisory Board of the School of Economics and Management
* Board member, the Institute of Economic Research
* Board member, the Alumni association for the School of Economics and Management
* Board member, the Partnership Foundation
* Board member, the Insamlingsstiftelsen för Ekonomisk Forskning
* Board member, the Venturelab
* Board member, the Research Committee at Lusem
* Faculty member, the Executive Foundation Lund (EFL)

In the past, Professor Kalling has been a member of the boards of the School of Economics and Management and of the Department of Informatics.

Thomas Kalling also teaches on and coordinates the Strategic Management course at the Dept. of Business Administration, and teaches and supervises at the E-MBA and other programmes hosted by the EFL. In addition, Professor Kalling supervises several Master theses annually within Strategic Management at the Department of Business Administration.

Calendar
Apr, 16: Lund
Apr, 17: Lund
Apr, 18: Lund
Apr, 19: Lund
Apr, 20: Gothenburg

Apr, 23: Lund
Apr, 24: Lund
Apr, 25: Lund
Apr, 26: Lund
Apr, 27: Malmö

Apr, 30: Lund
May, 1: Lund
May, 2: Lund
May, 3: Lund
May, 4: Lund

May, 7: Malmö
May, 8: Lund
May, 9: Bjärsjölagård
May, 10: Bjärsjölagård
May, 11: Bjärsjölagård

May, 14: Nice
May, 15: Nice
May, 16: Lund
May, 17: Lund
May, 18: Lund

May, 21: Lund
May, 22: Lund
May, 23: Lund
May, 24: Lund
May, 25: Lund

Publications (sample)

Monographs

Eriksson-Zetterquist, U., Kalling, T. and Styhre, A. (2011): Organizing Technologies. Malmö: Liber. Copenhagen: CBS Press.

Bengtsson, L., and Kalling, T. (2007) Specialisering och förnyelse i organisationer. Malmö: Liber.

Hedman, J., Kalling, T., Khakhar, D., and Steen, O. (eds) (2005): Lund on Informatics. Malmö: Liber.

Eriksson-Zetterquist, U., Kalling, T. and Styhre, A. (2005): Organisation och Organisering. Malmö: Liber.

Kalling, T. and Styhre, A. (2003): Knowledge Sharing in Organizations. Malmö: Liber; Copenhagen: CBS Press.

Hedman, J. and Kalling, T. (2002a): IT and Business Models. Theories and Concepts. Malmö: Liber; Copenhagen: CBS Press.

Kalling, T. (1999a): Gaining Competitive Advantage through Information Technology. A Resource-Based Approach to the Creation and Employment of Strategic IT Resources. Doctoral Dissertation. Lund: Lund Business Press.

Kalling, T. (1999b): Creating and Employing Strategic Resources. A Case Study of SCA Packaging and the CBS. Licentiate Dissertation. Lund: Lund Business Press.

Peer reviewed articles, book chapters and select conference proceedings

Kalling, T. (2003a): “ERP Systems and the Strategic Management Processes that Lead to Competitive Advantage”. Information Resources Management Journal, 16 (4), 46-67.

Kalling, T. (2003b): “Knowledge Management and the Occasional Links with Performance”. Journal of Knowledge Management, 7 (3), 67-81.

Kalling, T. (2003c): “Organisation-internal Transfer of Knowledge and the Role of Motivation. A Qualitative Study”. Knowledge and Process Management, 10 (2), 115-126.

Hedman, J. and Kalling, T. (2003c): “The Business Model Concept: Theoretical Underpinnings and Empirical Illustrations”. European Journal of Information Systems, 12 (1), 49-59.

Kalling, T. (2007). “The Lure of Simplicity: Learning Perspectives on Innovation”. European Journal of Innovation Management, Vol 10 (1), 65-89.

Ihlström, C, Kalling, T, Åkesson, M, and Fredberg, T, (2007): “Business models for mobile news media. Exploring the e-newspaper case from content provider and consumer views”. Forthcoming the Journal of Electronic Commerce in Organizations.

Jonsson, A. and Kalling, T. (2007). “Challenges to knowledge sharing across national and intra-organizational boundaries. Case studies of IKEA and SCA Packaging. Forthcoming in Journal of Knowledge Management Research and Practice.

Kalling, T., Fazekas, L. & Tobisson, M. (2005). ”’It’s all e-biz, kids.’ A Quantitative study of Swedish Executives’ View on E-business between 1997 and 2001”. In Hedman, J., Kalling, T., Khakhar, D,. and Steen, O. (eds), Lund on Informatics. Malmö: Liber; Copenhagen: Copenhagen Business Press (2005)

Kalling, T. (2005c). “ERP Systems and competitive advantage: A case study of key success factors and strategic processes.” In Khosrow-Pour, M. (ed) Advanced Topics in Information Resources Management, Volume 4. Hershey, PA: Idea Group Inc.

Cederström, C. and Kalling, T. (2005): “Technology implementation: A qualitative case study of e-procurement”. In Flensburg, P and Ihlström, C. (eds): IRIS 27, Plenary Papers. Växjö and Halmstad: IRIS.

Hedman, J. and Kalling, T. (2003a): “Analysing E-Business Models”. In, Monteiro, J.L., Swatman, P.M.C., Tavares, L.V. (ed), Towards the Knowledge Society. E-business, E-commerce and E-government. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht.

Hedman, J. and Kalling, T. (2002c): “The Business Model : A Means to Comprehend the Management and Business Context of Information and Communication Technology”. In Wrycsa, S (ed), Information Systems and the Future of the Digital Economy. Gdansk: ECIS.

Carlsson, S.A. and T. Kalling (2006a): Why is it that a Knowledge Management Initiative Works or Fails, Proceedings of the Fourteenth European Conference on Information Systems, Gothenburg.

Carlsson, S.A. and T. Kalling (2006b): Decision Support through Knowledge Management: What Works and What Breaks, In F. Adam, P. Brézillon, S. Carlsson & P. Humphreys (Eds.): Creativity and Innovation in Decision Making and Decision Support, Decision Support Press, London.

Kalling, T. & Selander, L. (2007): “Returns to ERP investments. Managerial and organisational factors”. Paper presented at the Academy of Management Conference, Philadelphia, Aug 3-8.

Selander, L. & Kalling, T. (2007): “The surprise of candor. Employee cynicism and technogical change in late modernity work”. Best Paper Proceedings, Academy of Management Conference, Philadelphia, Aug 3-8.

Misc conferences and working papers

Björklund, M., Kalling, T. & Åkerlindh, K. (2008). “Specificities vs Enthusiasm: Nine European Case Studies of Commercialization of Innovation”. Paper presented at the ICICKM Conference, New York, US, October 8-10.

Bengtsson, L. & Kalling, T. (2007). “Leveraging technological core competencies worldwide through close customer interaction”. Paper presented at the 19th Scandinavian Academy of Management Conference on Business Studies, Bergen, Norway, August 9-11.

Björklund, M., Kalling, T. & Setterberg, S. (2007). “Return on product design. A new measurement of development performance”. Paper to be presented at the 19th Scandinavian Academy of Management Conference on Business Studies, Bergen, Norway, August 9-11.

Kalling, T. & Weaver, B. (2007). “Knowledge dynamics in the security sector: how decentralization and unit autonomy hamper learning”. Paper to be presented at the 19th Scandinavian Academy of Management Conference on Business Studies, Bergen, Norway, August 9-11.

Cieslak, K. & Kalling, T. (2007): “Contemporary roles of budgeting”.Paper to be presented at the 19th Scandinavian Academy of Management Conference on Business Studies, Bergen, Norway, August 9-11.

Kalling, T. & Selander, L. (2007): “ERP success factors: The impact of knowledge, organisational context and institutional forces”. Paper presented the ACIS Conference, Toowoomba, Australia, December.

Selander, L. & Kalling, T. (2007): “Managing technological change in a call centre context – a question of learning?”. Paper presented the ACIS Conference, Toowoomba, Australia, December.

Hedman, J. and Kalling, T. (2002d): “Yet Another Useful Business Model”. Paper presented at Information Systems Research in Scandinavia’s 25th conference on New Ways of Working in IS, Copenhagen.

Hedman, J. and Kalling, T. (2002b): “Behind the Scenes of the E-Business Model Construct”. Paper presented at the 4th International Conference on Electronic Commerce, Hong Kong.

Hedman, J. and Kalling, T. (2003d). “Organising Complex IT activities: A Case Study of a Swedish IT department turned profit centre”. Paper presented the 17th Scandinavian Academy of Management Conference on Business Studies, Reykjavik, Iceland.

Kalling, T. and Selander, L. (2005a). “A Learning Perspective on CRM Consequences: the Vattenfall Case”. Paper presented at the 28th IRIS Conference, Kristiansand, August 6-8.

Kalling, T. and Selander, L. (2005b). “CRM systems : A Learning Perspective on How Organisations Manage to Understand the Customer”. Paper presented at the IBIMA conference, Cairo, December 13-15.

Jonsson, A. and Kalling, T. (2006a). “Knowledge, Organisational Context and Institutional Forces: Knowledge Sharing in IKEA and SCA”. Paper presented at the OLKC Conference, Warwick, March 20-22.

Jonsson, A. and Kalling, T. (2006b). “Institutional Challenges to Knowledge Sharing Across National and Intra-Organisational Boundaries. Case Studies of IKEA and SCA”. Paper presented at the EGOS Conference, Bergen, July 6-8.

Kalling, T. and Selander, L. (2006). “Critical Aspects of CRM Learning Processes”. Paper presented at the EGOS conference, Bergen, July 6-8.

Ihlström, C., and Kalling, T. (2007). ”Proposing a Business Model Framework for the e-newspaper”. Paper presented at the ECIS Conference, St. Gallen, June 7-9

Kalling, T. & Selander, L. (2007): “The workplace that switched to mono. Learning challenges to modern day call centres”. Paper presented at the EGOS Conference, Vienna, July 7-9.

Kalling, T. (1998): “Resource Management: Processes of Resource Identification, Development, Internal Distribution and Protection”. Paper presented at the 14th annual EGOS Colloquium, Maastricht.

Kalling, T. and Knutsson, H. (1998): “Customer Relation Impact on Strategic and Organisational Change: Resource-Based and Transaction Cost Explanations Combined”. Paper presented at the 14th annual EGOS Colloquium, Maastricht.

Kalling, T., Kohn, K. and Setterberg, S. (2003b). ”The Evolution of Strategic Capabilities: A Case Study of the Volvo Car Corporation”. Paper presented at the 17th Scandinavian Academy of Management Conference on Business Studies, Reykjavik, Iceland.

Kalling, T., Linnerz, F. and Sanders, D. (2004): “Knowledge Transfer in the Industrial MNC and the Role of Motivation and the Managing of Incentives”. Paper presented at the Strategic Management Society’s 24th international conference, Puerto Rico, USA.

Kalling, T. and Skärvad, P-H. (2004): ”Organisational learning and the materialisation of knowledge into performance improvements: The Studsvik case 1987-1999.” Paper presented at the Strategic Management Society’s 24th international conference, Puerto Rico, USA.

Kalling, T., Nordström, G., Linnerz, F., Malm, A., and Sanders, D. (2004): ”A resource-based view of innovation in mature MNC’s. A case study of SCA Packaging.” Paper presented at the Strategic Management Society’s 24th international conference, Puerto Rico, USA.

Gibe, J., Kalling, T., Murcott, D., Malm, A. and Jönsson, P. (2003): ”The Emergence of E-Business Capabilities in Business-to-Business Industries: An Empirical Study into Organisational Processes”. Paper presented at the Strategic Management Society’s 23rd international conference, Baltimore, USA.

Kalling, T. (2002d): “Enterprise Resource Planning Systems: Strategic and Organisational Processes”. Working Paper 2002/3, Lund Institute of Economic Research, Lund University.

Hedman, J. and Kalling, T. (2001): “The Business Model: A Means to Understand the Business Context of Information and Communication Technology”. Working Paper 2001/9, Lund Institute of Economic Research, Lund University.

Kalling, T., Linnerz, F. and Sanders, D. (2003): “Knowledge Transfer in the Industrial MNC and the Role of Motivation and the Managing of Incentives”. Paper presented at the Strategic Management Society’s 23rd international conference, Baltimore, USA.

Kalling, T. (2002g): “The Business Model and the Resource Management Model: A Tool for Strategic Management Analysis”. Working Report 2002/4, The Paper and Packaging Research Programme, Institute of Economic Research, Lund University.

Kalling, T., Kohn, K. and Styhre, A. (2002): “Customer Relationship Management or Simply CRM? A Comparative Knowledge-Based Study of Two Scandinavian Manufacturing Companies”. Paper presented at the Strategic Management Society’s 22nd international conference, Paris.

Kalling, T. and Styhre, A. (1999): “Management as Text: Deconstruction and the Language of the Resource-Based View on Strategy”. Paper presented at the Strategic Management Society’s 19th annual international conference, Berlin.

Bengtsson, L. and Kalling, T. (1999): “Corporate Strategy in a Small Industrial Country MNC’s – Reducing Product Diversification while Increasing International Diversification”. Paper presented at the Strategic Management Society’s 19th annual international conference, Berlin.

Kalling, T. and Bengtsson, L. (1998): “The Resource-Based View: Does Management Make a Difference? A Case Study of a Packaging Company.”. Paper presented at the Strategic Management Society’s 18th annual international conference, Orlando.

 

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