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Martin W. Wallin

Affiliated Research Fellow, Professor - Chalmers University

Martin W. Wallin is an Affiliated Research Fellow with the House of Innovation in addition to being a Professor at Chalmers University of Technology’s Department of Technology Management and Economics.

His research focuses on the organizational and motivational implications of open innovation, and he is engaged in emerging phenomena that intersect technology, innovation and organization. His primary interests rest with the challenges companies face when they open up their innovation process to include outside stakeholders. For example, his research covers innovation intermediation in the chemical industry, proactive diagnosis of client problems in the professional service industry and practice-based motivation in open source software development.

Selected Publications

Papers in peer-reviewed journals

Hacklin, F., Björkdahl, J. and Wallin, M.W. 2018. Strategies for business model innovation: How firms reel in migrating value. Long Range Planning, 51(1): 82-110. 

Sandström, C., Wennberg, K., Wallin, M.W. and Zherlygina, Y. 2018. Public policy for academic entrepreneurship initiatives: A review and critical discussion. Journal of Technology Transfer, 43: 1232-1256. 

Jell, F., Henkel, J. and Wallin, M.W. 2017. Offensive patent portfolio races. Long Range Planning, 50(5): 531-549. 

Holgersson, M. and Wallin, M.W. 2017. The patent management trichotomy: Patenting, publishing, and secrecy. Management Decision, 55(6):1087-1099.

Trantopoulos, K., von Krogh, G., Wallin, M.W. and Woerter, M. 2017. External knowledge and information technology: Implications for process innovation performance. MIS Quarterly, 40(1): 287-300. 

Fischer, A., Sieg, J.H., Wallin, M.W. and von Krogh, G. 2014. What motivates professional service firm employees to nurture client dialogues? The Service Industries Journal, 34(5): 399-421.

Alexy, O., Henkel, J. and Wallin, M.W. 2013. From closed to open: Job role changes, individual predispositions, and the adoption of commercial open source software development. Research Policy, 42(8): 1325-1340.

Hacklin, F. and Wallin, M.W. 2013. Convergence and interdisciplinarity in innovation management: A review, critique, and future directions. The Service Industries Journal, 33(7-8): 774–788.

Wallin, M.W. 2012. The bibliometric structure of spin-off literature. Innovation: Management, Policy & Practice, 14(2): 162-177.

Sieg, J.H., Fischer, A., Wallin, M.W. and von Krogh, G. 2012. Proactive diagnosis: How professional service firms sustain client dialogue. Journal of Service Management, 23(2): 253-278.

von Krogh, G., Haefliger, S., Spaeth, S. and Wallin, M.W. 2012. Carrots and rainbows: Motivation and social practice in open source software development. MIS Quarterly, 26(2): 649-676.

Vie, O.E., Wallin, M.W. and von Krogh, G. 2011. Integrasjon i hybride organisasjoner gjennom omsorgsfulle ledere. Nordiske Organisasjonsstudier, 13(1): 46–66. (In Norwegian, English translation: Integration in hyper-text organizations through caring managers).

Sieg, J.H., Wallin, M.W. and von Krogh, G. 2010. Managerial challenges in open innovation: A study of innovation intermediation in the chemical industry. R&D Management 40(3): 281-291.

Wallin, M.W. and von Krogh, G. 2010. Organizing for open innovation: Focus on the integration of knowledge. Organizational Dynamics 39(2): 145-154.

Dahlander, L. and Wallin, M.W. 2006. A man on the inside: Unlocking communities as complementary assets. Research Policy 38(8): 1243-1259.

Wallin, M.W. and Lindholm Dahlstrand, Å. 2006. Sponsored spin-offs, industrial growth and change. Technovation 26(5-6): 611-620.

Peer-reviewed book chapters

Wallin, M.W., von Krogh, G., Sieg, J.H. 2018. A problem in the making: How firms formulate sharable problems for open innovation contests. In C. Tucci, A. Afuah a