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Daniel Ljungberg
Senior Lecturer
Unit for Innovation and EntrepreneurshipAbout Daniel Ljungberg
Daniel Ljungberg is Associate professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Sweden. His research predominantly addresses collaboration in innovation, entrepreneurship and science. He has a particular interest in the role and activities of universities and academic researchers in innovation and the overall knowledge economy, specifically focusing on questions regarding academic engagement and industry collaboration.
Daniel holds a M.Sc. in Engineering in "Management and Economics of Innovation" and a Ph.D. in "Technology Management and Economics", from Chalmers University of Technology.
Daniel's most recent research project was "Innovation as a competitive advantage for rural entrepreneurship in west Sweden", funded by the Kamprad Family Foundation for Entrepreneurship, Research and Charity.
On other web sites
Research areas
- Economics of innovation; Innovation studies; Academic patenting; University-industry interaction; Economics of universities
Teaching areas
- Innovation and entrepreneurship; Innovation management; Research methods
Latest publication
Ljungberg, D., McKelvey, M., Ström, V., 2025. Characterizing industry collaborators in engineering research: Academic engagement between firms and Chalmers University of technology, 2009–2018. Industry and Higher Education. https://doi.org/10.1177/09504222251337565
Holmén, M., Sanchez-Preciado, D.J., Ljungberg, D., 2025. How does technology transfer evolve in rural regions? Transferors, recipients, and the role of absorptive capacity in developing economies. Journal of Rural Studies 118, 103688. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2025.103688
Gifford, E., Ljungberg, D., McKelvey, M. (2022). Industrial and Corporate Change, 31, 1259-1284. https://doi.org/10.1093/icc/dtac026
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How does technology transfer evolve in rural regions? Transferors, recipients, and the role of absorptive capacity in developing
economies
Magnus Holmén, Deycy Sanchez-Preciado, Daniel Ljungberg
Journal of Rural Studies - 2025 -
Characterizing industry collaborators in engineering research: Academic engagement between firms and Chalmers University of technology,
2009–2018
Daniel Ljungberg, Maureen McKelvey, Viktor Ström
Industry & higher education - 2025 -
On the quest for sustainable fashion and textiles - exploring the development of knowledge-intensive innovation ecosystems through strategic policy
initiatives
Erik Gustafsson, Daniel Ljungberg, Ethan Gifford
Interdisciplinary European Conference on Entrepreneurship Research (IECER) 2024, Innsbruck - 2024 -
Developing knowledge-intensive innovation ecosystems for sustainable transition - exploring the role of strategic policy initiatives in fashion and
textiles
Erik Gustafsson, Daniel Ljungberg, Ethan Gifford
International Schumpeter Society (ISS) Conference 2024, Gothenburg - 2024 -
Openness and Environmental Innovations: The role of ecosystem pressures and firm appropriability
strategy
HANI ELZOUMOR, Daniel Ljungberg, Ethan Gifford
R&D management conference 2024 proceedings, Stockholm, Sweden - 2024 -
Openness, appropriability strategies, and innovation ecosystem pressures: evidence from a large-scale survey study of young innovative
firms
HANI ELZOUMOR, Daniel Ljungberg, Ethan Gifford
DRUID24 conference proceedings - Nice, France - 2024 -
Traversing the endogenous-exogenous nexus: Paradox theory and Swedish
microbreweries
Ethan Gifford, Daniel Ljungberg, Magnus Holmén
22nd Interdisciplinary European Conference on Entrepreneurship Research (IECER) - 2024 -
Recombinant novelty, technological complexity and
impact
Daniel Ljungberg
ISS2024 The International Joseph A. Schumpeter Society conference - 2024 -
Knowledge-Intensive Entrepreneurship, Education and Varieties of Knowledge in
Fashion
Erik Gustafsson, Maureen McKelvey, Daniel Ljungberg, Astrid Heidemann Lassen
European Academy of Management (EURAM) 2023, Dublin, Ireland - 2023 -
Innovating in knowledge-intensive entrepreneurial firms: exploring the effects of a variety of internal and external knowledge sources on goods and service
innovations
Ethan Gifford, Daniel Ljungberg, Maureen McKelvey
Industrial and Corporate Change - 2022 -
Variety in founder experience and the performance of knowledge-intensive innovative
firms
Ethan Gifford, Guido Buenstorf, Daniel Ljungberg, Maureen McKelvey, Olof Zaring
Journal of evolutionary economics - 2021 -
Forskningssamverkan och
kommersialisering
Maureen McKelvey, Karin Berg, Evangelos Bourelos, Linus Brunnström, Ethan Gifford, Daniel hemberg, Ida Hermansson, Sven Lindmark, Daniel Ljungberg, Rögnvaldur J. Saemundsson, Viktor Ström, Olof Zaring
2021 -
Co-evolution of technology transfer and absorptive capacity: Illustrations from rural
regions
Deycy Sanchez, Magnus Holmén, Daniel Ljungberg
18th International Schumpeter Society (ISS) conference - 2021 -
Artistic education as a source of innovation and knowledge-intensive
entrepreneurship
Erik Gustafsson, Maureen McKelvey, Daniel Ljungberg, Astrid Heidemann Lassen
Interdisciplinary European Conference on Entrepreneurship Research (IECER) 2021 - Virtual Community Conversation vol.II - 2021 -
Artistic Education as a Potential Source of Knowledge-Intensive Innovative
Entrepreneurship
Erik Gustafsson, Maureen McKelvey, Daniel Ljungberg, Astrid Heidemann Lassen
22nd CINet Conference - Organising innovation for a sustainable future, 13-15 September 2021 - 2021 -
Promoting Future Sustainable Transition by Overcoming the Openness Paradox in KIE
Firms
Astrid Heidemann Lassen, Daniel Ljungberg, Maureen McKelvey
Sustainability - 2020 -
Moving between creativity and business: fashion design alumni and potential pathways for (not) becoming knowledge-intensive
entrepreneurs
Erik Gustafsson, Maureen McKelvey, Daniel Ljungberg, Astrid Heidemann Lassen
18th Interdisciplinary European Conference on Entrepreneurship Research (IECER) - 2020 -
Academic engagement seen through university-industry co-authorship:
Who are these industry
collaborators?
Karin Berg, Daniel Ljungberg, Maureen McKelvey, Viktor Ström
WOMI 2019, Pisa, Italy - 2019 -
Lone Inventors and Technological
Novelty
Daniel Ljungberg
The Annual Meeting of Academy of Management - 2019 -
The relationship between openness, appropriability mechanisms and innovation performance in KIE
firms
Astrid Heidemann Lassen, Daniel Ljungberg, Maureen McKelvey
20th International CINet Conference - 2019 -
Knowledge Intensive Entrepreneurship in Manufacturing and Creative Industries: Same, Same, but
Different
Astrid Heidemann Lassen, Maureen McKelvey, Daniel Ljungberg
Creativity and Innovation Management - 2018 -
Evolution of systems of technology transfer in rural developing
economies
Magnus Holmén, Daniel Ljungberg, Deycy Sanchez
International Schumpeter Society Conference - 2018 -
Digital disruptors: On the potentials and characteristics of digital knowledge-intensive entrepreneurial
ventures
Astrid Heidemann Lassen, Daniel Ljungberg, Maureen McKelvey
ISPIM Stockholm 2018 conference - 2018 -
Evolution of university-industry collaboration at Chalmers University of
Technology
Sven Lindmark, Maureen McKelvey, Daniel Ljungberg
University-Industry Interaction Conference - 2018 -
The role of founder knowledge in the survival and growth of knowledge intensive new
ventures
Ethan Gifford, Guido Buenstorf, Daniel Ljungberg, Maureen McKelvey, Olof Zaring
Baldy Conference on Universities and Development. 7-8 April 2018. University at Buffalo. - 2018 -
The role of founder knowledge in the survival and growth of knowledge intensive new
ventures
Ethan Gifford, Guido Buenstorf, Daniel Ljungberg, Maureen McKelvey, Olof Zaring
17th International Joseph A. Schumpeter Society Conference: "Innovation, Catch-up, and Sustainable Development - 2018 -
The role of founder knowledge in the survival and growth of knowledge intensive new
ventures
Ethan Gifford, Guido Buenstorf, Daniel Ljungberg, Maureen McKelvey, Olof Zaring
The 30th Annual European Association for Evolutionary Political Economy conference 2018: Evolutionary foundations at a crossroad; Assessments, outcomes and implications for policy makers - 2018 -
How public policy can stimulate the capabilities of firms to innovate in a traditional industry through academic engagement: The case of the Swedish food
industry
Maureen McKelvey, Daniel Ljungberg
R &D Management - 2017 -
Entrepreneurship in Creative Industries as compared to High-tech and Low-tech
Manufacturing
Astrid Heidemann Lassen, Maureen McKelvey, Daniel Ljungberg
Workshop on "Co-evolution of Entrepreneurship and Artistic Innovation", 30 March 2017, Gothenburg - 2017 -
Entrepreneurship in creative industries as compared to high-tech and low-tech
manufacturing
Astrid Heidemann Lassen, Maureen McKelvey, Daniel Ljungberg
XXVIII ISPIM Innovation Conference, Vienna, Austria, 18-21 June 2017 - 2017 -
Lone inventors and technological
novelty
Daniel Ljungberg
DRUID Society Conference, June 12-14 2017 New York - 2017 -
Search and Innovation in Knowledge Intensive Entrepreneurial Firms: Exploring the relationship between external knowledge sources and goods and services
innovation
Ethan Gifford, Daniel Ljungberg, Maureen McKelvey
Presentation at conference "Knowledge and Universities: Impact on science, industry and policy", IIE, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden, 11-13 September 2017 - 2017 -
Förnyelsens källor: Akademikers roller och innovativt
beteende
Magnus Holmén, Daniel Ljungberg
Sveriges entreprenöriella ekosystem : företag, akademi, politik / redaktörer: Maureen McKelvey, Olof Zaring. - 2016 -
Opportunities and Knowledge Intensive Entrepreneurship:A meta-analysis of 86 case
studies
Maureen McKelvey, Daniel Ljungberg, Astrid Heidemann Lassen
Dynamics of knowledge intensive entrepreneurship business strategy & public policy edited by Franco Malerba, Yannis Caloghirou, Maureen McKelvey, Slavo Radosevic. - 2016 -
Structuring the Process of Knowledge Intensive Entrepreneurship: Empirical Evidence and Descriptive Insights from 86 AEGIS Case
Studies
Maureen McKelvey, Daniel Ljungberg, Astrid Heidemann Lassen
Dynamics of knowledge intensive entrepreneurship business strategy & public policy edited by Franco Malerba, Yannis Caloghirou, Maureen McKelvey, Slavo Radosevic. - 2016 -
Towards a behavioral explanation of university
transformation
Magnus Holmén, Daniel Ljungberg, Robert Dalitz
International Joseph A. Schumpeter Society Conference, July 2016, Montreal - 2016 -
Cultural and Creative Entrepreneurship: A new research
agenda?
Astrid Heidemann Lassen, Maureen McKelvey, Daniel Ljungberg
Book of abstracts of the 6th CIM Community Workshop - 2016 -
Collaboration between universities in
Sweden
Daniel Ljungberg, Maureen McKelvey
Mergers and Alliances in Higher Education: International Practice and Emerging Opportunities - 2015 -
Creating innovative opportunities through research collaboration: An evolutionary framework and empirical illustration in
engineering
Maureen McKelvey, Olof Zaring, Daniel Ljungberg
Technovation - 2015 -
New combinations and academic engagement: Do academic inventors affect firms' technological
recombination?
Daniel Ljungberg
Druid Society conference 2015, Rome, June 15-17 - 2015 -
The teaching and societal services nexus: Academics’ experiences in three
disciplines
Magnus Holmén, Daniel Ljungberg
Teaching in Higher Education - 2015 -
To what extent do external sources of knowledge affect the innovative performance of knowledge intensive entrepreneurial firms? The effects of depth and breadth of openness on manufacturing and service
innovations
Ethan Gifford, Daniel Ljungberg, Maureen McKelvey
DRUID Society conference 2015, Rome, June 15-17 - 2015 -
Environmental Orientation and Economic Performance: A quasi-experimental study of small Swedish
firms
Marcus Linder, Joakim Björkdahl, Daniel Ljungberg
Business Strategy and the Environment - 2014 -
Can public policy regenerate a traditional industry through collaborative research? The case of the Swedish food
industry
Maureen McKelvey, Daniel Ljungberg
DRUID Society conference 2014, CBS, Copenhagen, June 16-18 - 2014 -
How public policy can stimulate the capabilities of firms to innovate in traditional industry through academic engagement: The case of the Swedish food
industry
Maureen McKelvey, Daniel Ljungberg
Research Seminar series at the Manchester Institute of Innovation Research - 2014 -
Collaborative Strategies: How and Why Academic Spin-offs Interact with Engineering University
Centers
Maureen McKelvey, Daniel Ljungberg, Olof Zaring, Jens Laage-Hellman, Stefan Szücs
How Entrepreneurs Do What they Do: Case Study of Knowledge Intensive Entrepreneurship / McKelvey, M. and A.H. Lassen (eds.) - 2013 -
Collaborative research in Innovative Food: An example of renewing a traditional low-tech
industry
Maureen McKelvey, Daniel Ljungberg, Jens Laage-Hellman
How Entrepreneurs Do What they Do: Case Study of Knowledge Intensive Entrepreneurship / McKelvey, M. and A.H. Lassen (eds.) - 2013 -
Academic Inventors, Technological Profiles and Patent Value: An Analysis of Academic Patents owned by Swedish-based
firms
Daniel Ljungberg, Evangelos Bourelos, Maureen McKelvey
Industry and Innovation - 2013 -
Collaboration Strategies in University-Industry Relationships for Entrepreneurial
Ventures
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What characterizes firms' academic patents? Academic involvement in industrial invention in
Sweden
Daniel Ljungberg, Maureen McKelvey
Industry and Innovation - 2012
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