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Daniel Ljungberg

Senior Lecturer

Unit for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Telephone
+46 31-786 46 18
Mail
daniel.ljungberg@handels.gu.se
Visiting address
Viktoriagatan 13, plan 7
41124 Göteborg
Room number
716
Postal address
Box 625
40530 Göteborg

About 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.

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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

Characterizing industry collaborators in engineering research: Academic engagement between firms and Chalmers University of technology, 2009–2018

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

How does technology transfer evolve in rural regions? Transferors, recipients, and the role of absorptive capacity in developing economies

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

Innovating in knowledge-intensive entrepreneurial firms: exploring the effects of a variety of internal and external knowledge sources on goods and service innovations

Gifford, E., Ljungberg, D., McKelvey, M. (2022). Industrial and Corporate Change, 31, 1259-1284. https://doi.org/10.1093/icc/dtac026