Past GRIP events

2020

GRIP Research Day, 11.06.2020

Mid-Term GRIP Workshop. Participants: Martin Abrahamson, Karin Alm, Daniela Argento, Sören Augustinsson, Rocio Arteaga, Maria Bengtsson, Ulf Ericsson, Giuseppe Grossi, Özgün Imre, Alina Liden, Eva Lövstål, Manuela Schmidt, Thomas Persson, Pär Pettersson, Caroline Pontoppidan, Nils-Gunnar Rudenstam, Sonia Quarchioni (University of Palermo, Italy), Timur Uman, Marie-Louise Österlind.

Research Projects Workshop, 20.05.2020

The Research Environment GRIP and the Forskningsplattformen Verksamhetsutveckling i Samverkan (FPVIS) have jointly organized a Workshop devoted to the Research Projects co-financed by the Platform.

Research Seminar, 28.04.2020

Lene Tolstrup Christensen (Copenhagen Business School, Denmark) and Giuseppe Grossi (HKR), “The institutionalization of the State Guarantee Model into the Danish transport infrastructure governance”.

Research Seminar, 01.04.2020

Sara Lenninger (HKR), “Visual rhetoric in semiotics”.

Research Seminar, 23.03.2020

(open to bachelor students in Business Administration)

Alf Westelius (Linköping University, Sweden), “Concretising Europe-Asia strategic collaboration for sustainability – the development of strategy maps and sustainability scorecards”.

Florian Gebreiter (Birmingham Business School, UK), “Making up ideal recruits. Graduate recruitment, professional socialization and subjectivity at Big Four accountancy firms”.

Research Seminar, 27.02.2020

Lovisa Persson (HKR), “The impact of attending an independent upper secondary school: Evidence from Sweden using school ranking data”.

Martin Abrahamson (HKR), “Sharing Stories of the First Time for Shares”.

2019

Research Seminar, 11.12.2019

Stefan Andersson (HKR) and Carin Linander (HKR), “HR-funktion i framtiden eller HRnd”.

GRIP Research Day, 04.12.2019

Annual GRIP Workshop. Participants: Daniela Argento, Ulf Ericsson, Maria Bengtsson, Lisa Källström, Elin Smith, Eva Schömer, Helene Tjärnemo, Torsten Andersson, Rocio Arteaga, Sören Augustinsson, Karin Alm, Caroline Pontoppidan, Lovisa Persson, Giuseppe Grossi, Martin Kockum, Martin Abrahamson, Özgün Imre.

Research Seminar, 03.12.2019

(open to master students in Business Administration)

Michele Andreaus (University of Trento, Italy), “Accountability and social accounting for social and non-profit organizations. From a hierarchical to a co-defined accountability”.

Research Seminar, 19.11.2019

Peter Svensson (Lund University), “Exploring financial culture: The annual general meeting as a ritual”.

Özgün Imre (HKR) and Malin Granath (Linköping University), “Smart cities: Mapping the Swedish experience”.

Research Seminar, 14.11.2019

(open to master students in Business Administration)

Mariafrancesca Sicilia (University of Bergamo, Italy), “Accounting and corruption in public sector organisations”.

Research Seminar, 05.11.2019

Rocio Arteaga, “Corporate Governance in Family Firms: Family Protocol Relevance”.

Workshop “Writing for publication”, 23-25.10.2019

Prof. Emerita Pam Denicolo (University of Reading, UK) chairs a workshop supporting participants to develop their skills in academic writing with the aim of publishing journal articles. 

Research Seminar, 09.10.2019

(open to master students in Business Administration)

Luca Mora (Edinburgh Napier University, UK), “Smart City Development: Towards an ICT-Driven Approach to Urban Sustainability”.

Lisa Källström (HKR), “A good place to live – Rethinking residents’ place satisfaction and the role of co-creation”.

Research Seminar, 17.09.2019

Lisa Källström (HKR), Giuseppe Grossi (HKR) and Sara Giovanna Mauro (Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Italy), “The strategic games of citizens and stakeholders’ engagement: a longitudinal analysis”.

Maria Bengtsson (HKR), “Joining the club? Not yet – The role of national ideology in China’s IFRS convergence”.

Research Seminar, 16.09.2019

(open to master students in Business Administration)

Antti Rautiainen (University of Jyväskylä, Finland), “Accounting and strategy changes in a cooperative bank: the four realms of change”.

Ulf Ericsson (HKR) and Pär Pettersson (HKR), “Transitory Lived Space as Recovery from Work”.

Research Seminar, 11.06.2019

Giuseppe Grossi (HKR), “When Hybridizations take over: the fate of Public Sector Accounting”.

Sara Giovanna Mauro (Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Italy), “(Un)Performing Universities: the contradictory impacts of powerful numbers”.

Research Seminar, 21.05.2019

Sonia Quarchioni (University of Palermo, Italy), “Family business advising, strategic work and unfolding spaces”.

Eva Lövstål and Daniela Argento (HKR), “Steering collaborative innovation projects in dementia care: work organization’s challenges and opportunities”.

GRIP Research Day, 30.04.2019

Manuela Schmidt (HKR); “Needs of persons who frequently visit psychiatric emergency services – the professionals’ perspective”.

Hannele Mäkkelä (Tampere University, Finland), “Framings of corporate (ir)responsibility and stakeholder accountability: the case of a mining controversy in Finland”.

Karin Alm (HKR), “The UN Sustainable Development Goals in higher education from a Scholarship of Teaching and Learning experience perspective”.

Maria Bengtsson (HKR), “International Accounting Convergence and Divergence: Strategic Responses towards IFRS Adoption”.

Research Seminar, 17.04.2019

Giorgia Mattei (University of Roma Tre, Italy), G. Grossi and T. Uman (HKR), “Images of the European Court of Auditors and their development”.

Rocio Arteaga and Timur Uman (HKR), “Managing Conflict in Family Firms: The Narrative of Family Business History”.

Research Seminar, 25.03.2019

(open to bachelor students in Business Administration)

Peeter Peda (University of Turku, Finland), “Resolving the time-pressure paradox: Implications of digital communication platforms for MCSs design”.

Eva Lövstål (HKR), “Balancing control in innovation processes through top manager’s involvement”. 

Research Seminar, 20.03.2019

Indira Kjellstrand (HKR), “The impact of paradoxical imagery in the in-depth study of emotions in organizations”. 

Sara Brorström (University of Gothenburg), “Plans and situated actions in urban regeneration projects: The role of governance devices”.

Research Seminar, 14.02.2019

Timur Uman (HKR), “Images of the accounting profession and its development: Gender, Contextual Domains and Roles”.

Daniela Argento (HKR), “The role of an individual in accounting changes: Personal aspects of serial institutional entrepreneurship”. 

2018

Research Meeting

The research project: “Between academics and metrics in hybrid universities: performance measurement and management practices in Sweden”, 9.01.2018. Participants: D. Argento, S. Augustinsson, U. Ericsson, G. Grossi, E. Lövstål and M.L. Österlind.

Research Seminar, 28.02.2018:

- Dr. T. Persson (HKR), “External and Internal Corporate Social Responsibility initiatives as human resource development in sport organizations”.

Research Seminar, 16.04.2018:

-M. Bengtsson (Lund University), “National IFRS Adoption: The Case of China”. Jointly organized with research environment AOS.

GRIP Research Day, 24.04.2018:

Participants: D. Argento, U. Ericsson, E. Lövstål, L. Kjällström, O. Olsson, F. Terman, M. Schmidt, I. Malki, R. Arteaga.

Research Seminar, 17.05.2018:

-S.G. Mauro (Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Italy), L. Källström (HKR), G. Grossi (HKR), A. Sancino (Open University, UK), “The Strategic Game of Engaging Citizens in the work of Government and its Multi-Actor Logics – A Longitudinal Analysis”.

Double Research Seminar, 28.05.2018:

-Dr. A. Jääskeläinen (Tampere University of Technology, Finland), “Performance measurement and management development in the public sector”, and “Interventionist research”.

Research Seminar, 11.10.2018:

-Dr. B. Covelli (St Francis University, USA), “Authentic leadership: Exploratory research to apply theory to practical application”.

-Dr. I. Kjellstrand (HKR), “The Institution-in-the-Mind: The unconscious, emotion and institutional work”.

Research Seminar, 20.11.2018:

-Dr. C. Ljungström (HKR), “Connecting the Nodes – An interactive perspective on innovation process of microenterprises”.

-Dr. F. Manes Rossi (University of Salerno, Italy), “Intellectual capital and university ranking: how IC affect University image”.

Research Seminar, 3.12.2018:

- Drs. E. Truant and L. Broccardo (University of Turin, Italy) and D. Argento (HKR), “Making sense of sustainability in hybrid organizations”.

-Dr. A. Lidén (HKR), “Entrepreneurial ecosystems: Towards a systemic approach to entrepreneurship?”

GRIP Research Days, 11-12.12.2018.

Participants: D. Argento, U. Ericsson, R. Arteaga, T. Uman, L. Källström, M.L. Österlind, I. Kjellstrand, S. Augustinsson, T. Persson, G. Grossi, C. Pontoppidan, M. Bengtsson, E. Lövstål, M. Schmidt, C. Ljungström, V. Läppänen, P. Pettersson, N.G. Rudenstam.

2017

Research Seminar, 20.09.2017:

-Prof. M. Skoog (Åbo Akademi, Finland, and Stockholm University, Sweden), “An Integrated Approach on Strategic Management Control”.

Research Seminar, 26.09.2017:

-Prof. T. Haldma (Tartu University, Estonia), “Performance measurement and management using Balanced Scorecard in public sector organizations”.

Research Seminar, 24.10. 2017:

-Dr. A. Sancino (Open University of London, UK), “Conceptualizing City Leadership: Levels, Forms and Elements – A Research Agenda”.

Research Seminar:

-Dr. T. Polzer (University of Essex, UK), Prof. G. Grossi (HKR), and Prof. C. Reichard (Potsdam University, Germany), “Implementation of IPSAS in National Accounting Systems ‐ Local Reactions to Global Accounting Standards in Europe”, 9.11.2017.

Workshop on:

“Accounting and Management Changes in the Public Sector”, 10.11.2017. Participants: D. Argento, J. Emsfors, G. Grossi, E. Lövstål (HKR), T. Polzer (University of Essex, UK), C. Reichard (Potsdam University, Germany), W. Strzelczyk (Kozminski University, Poland), V. Vakulenko (Nord University, Norway).

Research Seminar, 21.11.2017:

-Prof. E. Anessi Pessina (Catholic University of Milano, Italy), “The Effects of CFOs’ style on Accounting Outcomes: an empirical investigation in Italian Municipalities”.

2016

Research seminars

- S. Santis (Salerno University, Italy), "The Consolidated Financial Statements in the public sector: the Swedish and the Italian case", 23 March 2016.
- S. G. Mauro (Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna of Pisa, Italy), "Performance-based budgeting: An institutional analysis of practice variation", 19 April 2016.
- M. Jontoft (HKR), "Human design resources and strategic design collaborations in Swedish furniture design firms", 12 of June 2016.
- T. Kallio, K.M. Kallio, J. Engbloom (University of Turku), G. Grossi (HKR), "Measuring Performance in Finnish Universities: Struggling with Institutional Complexity", 14 June 2016.
- L. Bartocci (Perugia University), G. Grossi, "Toward a Hybrid Logic of Participatory Budgeting", 12 September 2016.
- D. Argento (HKR), F. Culasso, E. Truant (Turin University), "Integrated Reporting in the case of Terna", 27 September 2016.
- Professor Anatoli Bourmistrov, "Beyond Budgeting: A New Tool of Management Control", Nord University (Norway), 31 October 2016
- Associate Professor Marco Giuliani, "You are what you do. Investigating the role of auditors in practice", Universitá Politecnica delle Marche (Italy), 11 November 2016
- Prof. Marie-Soleil Tremblay, "On the Operational Reality of Auditors' Independence: Lessons from the Field", Ecole Nationale d'Ammistration Pubblique (Canada), 16 November 2016
- Associate Professor Sanja Korak, "Attractiveness of public sector employment at the pre-entry level – Status quo of research and validation of a hierarchical model", Alpen-Adria University of Klagenfurt (Austria), 7 December 2016

Workshops

- GRIP Workshop on "Managing, measuring and communicating performance in educational organizations. The potential struggle between institutional logics", Participants from HKR and other Nordic universities, 19-20 January 2016.
- GRIP Workshop on "Governmentality and Performance of the Swedish Smart Cities", with participants from HKR and other Swedish Universities, 14-15 January 2016.
- GRIP Workshop on "Preparing research proposals", chair: prof. P. Denicolo, University of Surrey, organized by G. Grossi, M.L. Osterlind, with several participants from GRIP Research Environment, 18 January 2016.
- "Work 'till you drop?' The effects of New Public Management on higher education; competing logics and new steering models", Panel at the Nordic Working Life Conference 2016, Convenors: M.-L. Österlind, G. Grossi (HKR); T. Kallio, K.M. Kallio (University of Turku), Tampere, 2-4 November 2016.
- GRIP Workshop on "New Public Governance: Ethics and Accountability in the Internationalization of Public Enterprises", with participants from HKR and other European Universities, 12-13 December 2016.

2015

Research seminars

- Bartocci L. (University of Perugia), Participatory Budgeting: Meanings, origins, development,possible evolutions, 14 September 2015
- Fernandes, J. (Instituto Politecnico De Braganca), The economic impact of higher education institutions on regional development, 22 September 2015.
- Ianniello, G. (University of Tuscia), The role of auditors in the Italian listed companies, 23 September 2015.
- Kallio, K.M. (Turku University), Performance measurement and its implications in universities, 10 September 2015.
- Lövstål, E. and Jontoft, A.-M. (Kristianstad University), Exploring tensions between innovation and management control – a literature review, Discussants: prof. Petri Suomala, Tampere University of Technology (Finland), 27 October 2015.
- Manes Rossi, F. (Salerno University), Harmonizing Public Sector Accounting in Europe: Thinking out of the Box, 3 September 2015.
- Servalli, S. (Bergamo University), Accounting Regulation: Socially constructing the public interest, 29 October 2015.
- Terzani, S. (University of Perugia), The role of country- and firm-level determinants in explaining Environmental, Social, and Governance disclosure, 28 September 2015.

Workshop

- GRIP International Workshop on "Writing for Publication", 11-12 May 2015, chaired by prof. Pam Denicolo, organised by G. Grossi and M.L. Osterlind , with 15 participants from GRIP, other research environments in HKR, and two international PhD students one from Italy and one from Norway

2014

Research seminars

- 15 January 2014, Ulf Papenfuß, Leipzig University, Germany. Reporting of Public Authorities on State-Owned Enterprises – A Quality Analysis for Three EU Countries and Future Perspectives for Public Corporate Governance.
- 27 March 2014, G. Grossi, Kristianstad University, Ambiguity of performance indicators in Finnish and Swedish University (co-author A. Autero).
- 29 October 2014, Petri Suomala, Prof. of Management Accounting, Tampere University of Technology – Finland. Battlefield around interventions: A reflective analysis of conducting interventionist research in management accounting.

Workshops

- Comparative International Governmental Accounting Research (CIGAR) Workshop and PhD Seminar on "Whole-of-Government Accounting and Auditing. International comparative trends", 8-10 September 2014, Kristianstad, sponsored by the Swedish Research Council and PwC. A selection of papers presented at the workshop will be published in the Special Issue edited by E. Caperchione, I. Demirag, and G. Grossi on Accounting Forum, 2017.
- GRIP International Workshop on "Public and Private Partnerships in Health Care: Governance and Performance implications", 29-30 September 2014, Kristianstad, with 15 participants from EU countries (Austria, Croatia, Finland, Italy, Portugal, Slovenia) with the aim to apply to Horizon 2020 in Spring 2015.

2013

Research seminars

- 7 February, 2013, 13.00–15.00, Deo Sharma, Prof. in Marketing, Stockholm School of Economics, Musing on Relevance and Rigor of Scholarly Research in Marketing
- 14 March, 2013, Peeter Pada, Tartu University, Estonia. The relationship between governance and performance in water services provision in Estonian municipalities.
- 16 April, 2013, Ingela Furenbäck, Kristianstad University, Development of collaboration: A participatory action research project within Swedish health care.
- 29 of May, Lisa Källström, Kristianstad University, Place Satisfaction
- 12 of June, Anniina Autero, Tampere University, Finland. Ambiguity of performance management: case fire safety policy of Finland.
- 21 October 2013, Jean-Claude Mutiganda, Åbo Akademi University, Finland. Managerial Accountability in Integrated Delivery of Public Health Care Services during Financial Crisis: field study in Finland.
- 30 October 2013, 13.00-14.30 Jan van Helden, Groningen University, Netherlands. A pragmatic view on engaged scholarship in accounting research.
- 20 November 2013, Håkan Pihl, Kristianstad University and Lund University.
When to bind oneself to the mast. Comparing Monetary and Climate Policy.
- 4 December 2013, 13.00-14.30 Paolo Ferri, Stockholm University. Exploring authoritarian forms of control. The absence of performance measurement in Pompeii.
- 18 December 2013, Mark Christensen, Southern Cross University, Australia.
Auditing and the purification of blame.

2012

Research seminars

-12 September 2012, Rachel Baskerville, Prof. of Accounting, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, Power and Domination in the Empire of Conrad Black.
- 12 September 2012, Ulf Ericsson, Kristianstad University, A fragmented professional role - Housing support employees quest for a comprehensible plot.
- 3 October, 2012, Christoph Reichard, Education and Training in Public Management, Prof. Emeritus in Public Management, Potsdam University, Germany
- 21 November 2012, Emil Numminen, Kristianstad University, Offshore Insourcing in Software Development: Structuring the Decision-Making Process.

Workshops

European Academy of Management (EURAM) 
Mini-Conference on "Public Sustainability and cutback management: a global issues for public organisations", 12-13 December 2012, Kristianstad, organised in collaboration with the University of Rome Tor Vergata, sponsored by the Swedish Research Council and PwC, with 35 participants from different EU countries, Israel and Canada. A selection of papers were included in the Special issue edited by G. Grossi and D. Cepiku on Public Money and Management (PM&M), 34: 2, 2014.