Researchers from Europe and North America met at Karlstad University to discuss the broader perspective of Marketing ethics and CSR with a focus on the role of positive and normative marketing ethics, and the change in business ethics due to Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Blockchain Technology at “The 7th Pat Murphy International Symposium on Marketing Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility”.
More than 25 researchers from several countries in Europe and North Ameri
2012-10-02
Jörg Pareigis defended his doctoral thesis in Business Administration "Customer experiences of resource integration - Reframing servicescapes using scripts and practices" on September 28. Professor Peter Thilenius from Uppsala University was the opponent.
Abstract
It is widely acknowledged that value can be regarded as interactively formed by customers through the integration of a variety of resources.
2021-06-24
Swedish schools often receive criticism for failing to provide optimal stimulation for pupils who have no problem achieving the learning objectives. There is a need for in-depth knowledge about gifted pupils and the government therefore recently tasked the National Agency for Education with mapping out needs and developing initiatives for the education of gifted pupils.
2019-04-30
In the most recent CTF publication, Lars E. Olsson and Margareta Friman have examined user characteristics, motives, and barriers to carpooling, this to gain insights about carpool interventions.
Carpooling can be viewed as a simple intervention to reduce congestion, environmental problems, and land use for parking spaces.
2022-09-26
Per Skålén, Professor of Business Administration, is one of the authors behind the article “Marketing-as-practice: A framework and research agenda for value-creating marketing activity” published in Marketing Theory. In the article, the researchers approach marketing in a new way.
– Marketing has traditionally focused on company resources and how these can create value.
2025-04-29
Mia Larson, professor of business administration at Karlstad Business School, and Cecilia Cassinger, senior lecturer at Lund University, recently published the article “Platform Stories: The Role of Ideological Narratives in the Development of a Tourism Sharing Business Model”.
Mia Larson, tell us what your article is about
– It is about how an entrepreneur in adventure tourism creates a new digital sharing platform.
2021-12-20
Karlstad University receives 27 million SEK from the Knowledge Foundation to develop and offer courses to strengthen the competence needs in the Swedish business sector with the purpose of ultimately strengthening Sweden's competitiveness.
CTF, Service Research Center at Karlstad University, has for more than 30 years conducted research education with focus on services and value creation.
2024-12-13
As the festive season approaches, and with it the opportunity for some rest, we are preparing to close the book on CTF’s 38th year and look forward to new and exciting opportunities in research and education.
Reflecting on the past year, I feel pride in several significant achievements and moments of excitement. Most importantly, I am grateful for everyone’s contributions in doing research that is externally funded and oriented.
2019-12-02
Through the exhibition "Support male entrepreneurship", Sara Högström, who teaches the master course Sustainable Business, wants to highlight gender equality issues.
2025-05-12
The research project Music Ecosystems Inner Scandinavia (MECO) aims to strengthen the music industry in inner Scandinavia through increased knowledge and innovation. The project has received SEK 21 million from various actors and will now be carried out by Karlstad University, the Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences (INN University), and Studiefrämjandet.
2020-10-16
Collaboration, data and service design are examples of what will be discussed at Service Convention Sweden 2020 which will be held on 25-26 November. We invite representatives from the public and private sectors and academia to focus on how to solve some of our most important societal challenges.
"We live in challenging times where we constantly need to adapt and adjust – something that most of us have experienced during the current pandemic.
2020-03-23
New applications such as autonomous cars, robot surgery, and the next generation automation and manufacturing technologies demand ever more flexibility and capacity in computer networks.
2023-12-11
The project group DRIVE, together with Ericsson AB, invited partner companies to a two-day joint workshop with the aim of showcasing and discussing how to work with mobile services.
Profiles of keynote speakers, panelists and artists.
Opening Keynote Speakers and Speakers:Denise Ferreira da Silva (Artist and Philosopher, Samuel Rudin Professor in the Humanities and Co-Director of the Critical Racial & Anti-Colonial Study Co-Laboratory, New York University, USA, Adjunct Professor at the Monash University School of Art, Architecture, and Design, AUS),Jyoti Mistry (Professor in Film, University of Gothenburg, SE, Leverhulme Visiting Professor,
Fredrik Karlsson, Professor of Information Systems at örebro University, presents his and Karin Hedström's article "Evaluating the End User Development as a Requirements Engineering Technique for Communicating Across Social Worlds During Systems Development"; (SJIS, Vol.
Chair
Mia Larson, Professor of business administration, Karlstad University.
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Board members
Annette Hill, Professor of media and communication studies, Jönköping University.
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Natasha Webster, Associate professor in human geography, Örebro University.
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Mia Landin, CEO, Visit Värmland.
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Every year, our researchers contribute to the academic literature by producing a large number of publications of various types — including articles for academic journals, research reports, books, and dissertations.
Examples of our recent publicationsClick the links in the right column for more publications.Radclyffe-Thomas, N., Schmitz, M., Breitbarth, T., Miandar, T., Maria Pietrzak, M., Sebhatu, S. & Simaens, A. (2025).
Cybersecurity concerns you, your work and your research - it is becoming increasingly important, and a sustainable society without cybersecurity does not exist. This was the main message when researcher and expert Fredrik Blix, Stockholm University and Cybercom, gave an open guest lecture at Karlstad University.
On October 25, CTF, Service Research Center at Karlstad University, organized an open guest lecture with the researcher and cybersecurity expert Fredrik Blix.
Members of Geomedia
Sol Agin
Georgia Aitaki
Susanne Almgren
Linda Ryan Bengtsson
Sofia Billebo
Lotta Braunerhielm
Cornelia Brantner
Svetlana Chuikina
Christer Clerwall
Jessica Edlom
Peter van Eerbeek
Richard Ek
Karin Fast
Raul Ferrer Conill
Laila Gibson
Lena Grip
Per Göransson
Fredrik Hoppstadius
André Jansson
Michael Karlsson
Joanne Kuai
Håkan Liljegren
John Lynch
Mats Nilsson
Doris Posch
Mia Toresson Runemark
Linnea Saltin
Vladimir Cotal San Martin
Mekonnen Tesfahu
Professor in Business Administration and Assistant Vice-Chancellor of Karlstad University. This spring you were invited to Monterrey Tech and EGADE Business School in Mexico to discuss research and collaboration. Can you tell us about some of your impressions from the trip?
- Monterrey Tech, which is considered to be one of the top universities in South America, has well-developed
collaboration with other universities, companies and organizations.
