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Lars Huemer

Professor - Institutt for strategi og entreprenørskap

Lars Huemer

Biografi

I have a Ph.D from Umeå School of Business and Economics, Umeå University. Besides academic work in Sweden, and at BI since 1999, I have been a visiting scholar at Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, Chile (2004-2006) and at University of Technology, Sydney, Australia (1995).

Research areas
My research interests include interorganisational relationships and international management. Trust and identity are often core concepts. A recent project concerns interactions between multinational corporations and indigenous groups.

Teaching areas
Strategic management and Supply management. The role of business for economic and social development.

Publikasjoner

Huemer, Lars & Flygansvær, Bente Merete (2025)

Increasing circularity: The importance of resource interactions when adapting from waste management to resource management

125, s. 118- 130. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indmarman.2024.12.010 - Fulltekst i vitenarkiv

The circular economy, which entails a fundamental transition from waste management to resource management, involves waste minimization and prolonged resource utility. Resources should arguably be managed in a manner reducing the likelihood that they turn into waste. Correspondingly, waste should be managed in a way increasing the likelihood that it becomes a useful resource. To achieve such ends, this research highlights the bundled nature of resources (including waste). The study is based on an abductive research process and it de-bundles the resource categories portrayed in the 4R model. The de-bundled framework is applied to a longitudinal case study focusing on a recycling company's participation in the circular economy. This application results in distinctions between endogenous and exogenous adaptation strategies. Endogenous adaptations involve an explicit bundle awareness and attention to interaction processes within 4R resource categories, exogenous adaptations include interaction processes between 4R categories. It is proposed that adaptations involving deliberate tradeoffs between endogenous and exogenous strategies may lead to more circular business models and sustainable resource management.

Prenkert, Frans; Hedvall, Klas, Hasche, Nina, Frick, Jens Eklinder, Abrahamsen, Morten H., Aramo-Immonen, Heli, Baraldi, Enrico, Bocconcelli, Roberta, Harrison, Debbie, Huang, Lei, Huemer, Lars, Kask, Johan, Landquist, Maria, Pagano, Alessandro, Perna, Andrea, Poblete, León, Ratajczak-Mrozek, Milena & Wagrell, Sofia (2022)

Resource interaction: Key concepts, relations and representations

105, s. 48- 59. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indmarman.2022.05.008 - Fulltekst i vitenarkiv

Value co-creation is a core focus area in both B2B marketing and strategy research, necessitating resource utilization within and across organizational boundaries. In the Industrial Marketing and Purchasing (IMP) group, scholars have focused on the interactions among resources as one important way to analyze central questions about resources in business relationships and networks. This has produced a breadth of investigations and concepts that are locally defined and utilized. This may hamper further theoretical development and inhibit analytical precision. The purpose of this paper is to develop a more general shared understanding of resource interaction by identifying and explicating the key concepts used, and to assess its status as an approach. The paper synthesizes 20 years of research to identify key concepts and the relationships across concepts. This provides both a platform for further conceptual and empirical research within IMP and potential for cross-fertilization with parallel B2B areas.

Huemer, Lars & Wang, Xiaobei (2021)

Resource bundles and value creation: An analytical framework

134, s. 720- 728. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2021.06.018 - Fulltekst i vitenarkiv

All organizations intend to create some form of value. Yet, the most influential analytical frameworks focusing on resources emphasize competitive advantage, which is a concern for only some organizations. This study proposes a novel analytical framework focusing on value creation. Moreover, the framework returns to the emphasis on the bundled nature of resources stressed in earlier strategy theory. The concepts of resource interfaces, resource imprints and cogency effects, are combined to (i) highlight the bundled and interdependent nature of resources (ii) reinterpret the classical emphasis on rareness and inimitability and (iii) redefine the meaning of a strategic resource. With help of a longitudinal case study, the scope of value creation is broadened by reconsidering the meaning of the ‘best resource’ and the ‘weakest link’; focusing on being ‘better with…’ rather than being ‘better than….’.

Huemer, Lars (2017)

Everything is one? Relationships between First nations and salmon farming companies

, s. 129- 141. Doi: https://doi.org/10.9774/gleaf.9781783533244_12

Huemer, Lars (2017)

Strategizing in horizons and verizons: Distinguishing between mediators and firms' mediating functions.

11(2) , s. 274- 288. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1108/imp-12-2015-0069 - Fulltekst i vitenarkiv

Purpose The study has two related objectives. At the firm level of analysis, the author proposes that a clearer distinction between firms’ mediating functions and mediators could enhance the understanding of business network strategizing. Whereas firms’ mediating functions have received attention in IMP research, less focus has been given to organizations whose core business is mediation. At the system level of analysis, the study complements the perception of a network horizon with that of a network verizon. Whereas the horizon is closely associated with work on firms’ mediating functions, the network verizon is of particular interest to mediators. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach This conceptual study combines IMP insights with strategic management theory. Findings The notion of a network horizon is important for business network strategizing, but also influences the perception of relevant network structures. These structures tend to be characterized by sequential interdependencies and a long-linked technology, often associated with physical products and production facilities. The notion of a network verizon highlights a network “depth” that has been unnoticed by previous work, which has focused on how narrow or wide a firm’s network horizon should be. The network horizon and the network verizon add strategizing options in terms of connecting key actors in the network to create additional value. Originality/value This paper concerns how IMP scholars understand boundaries and firms, and how perceptions of these influence business network strategizing. The study articulates a distinction between firms’ mediating functions and those organizations that fundamentally create value through mediating services. This distinction has system-level implications. In particular, the claim that the basis for a firm’s strategizing is its network horizon is discussed. The author proposes the notion of a “network Verizon,” providing a boundary perception of specific relevance to mediators. The network verizon portrays a network depth beyond both sequential tiers in a supply chain and links between different supply chains.

Wang, Xiaobei; Persson, Kurt Gøran & Huemer, Lars (2016)

Logistics Service Providers and value creation through collaboration: A case study

49(1) , s. 117- 128. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lrp.2014.09.004

Logistics service provider (LSP) strategy and value creation is a cooperative endeavor. The study focuses on how LSPs create value by taking advantage of being connected and exploring the presence of various forms of interdependence. Using a single case study and a framework addressing network externalities and the concept of value logic interaction, we identify three types of collaborative value creation; distributive, functional and systemic. Whereas the fundamental logic of the LSP is mediation in terms of performing a distributive service, it is also subject to externalities in its functional and systemic value creation initiatives. LSPs are thereby portrayed as strategic entities dealing with a set of interdependencies in order to facilitate value creation in their networks. These firms need a rather advanced understanding of different types of economies and forms of collaboration to succeed. The study also associates different types of LSPs with the identified types of collaborative value creation.

Abrahamsen, Morten H.; Henneberg, Stephan C., Huemer, Lars & Naudè, Peter (2016)

Network picturing: An action research study of strategizing in business networks

59, s. 107- 119. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indmarman.2016.02.006

Our paper is concerned with how managers understand their surrounding network and what strategic actions they take based on this insight. Recent research in the areas of network management and business relationships shows increasing interest in the interplay between cognition and action, particularly on how managers relate perceptions about their business network (“network picturing”) to decision-making and strategizing activities. In this study, we apply a novel research approach combining process research and action research methodology. Our sample is introduced to business network theories and concepts, and the use and adaptation of these concepts results in managerial options being articulated and applied. Our findings add new insight in the field of network strategy and network picturing. Network picturing represents a way to understand the boundaries of the firm and how this understanding affects managers' decisions. This differs from the fundamental distinction between the external and the internal environments of classical strategy analysis. In terms of network picturing, strategizing is a way to understand the resulting actions or network outcomes that managers see as viable within their surrounding network. We also provide a conceptual process exercise as an example of how this insight can be relevant for managers in their decision-making processes.

Huemer, Lars (2014)

Creating cooperative advantage: The roles of identification, trust, and time

43(4) , s. 564- 572. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indmarman.2014.02.011

Huemer, Lars & Furlan, Andrea (2013)

Value Logic Interactions: Perspectives on Logistics Service Provider-Client relationships

(1) , s. 35- 51. Doi: https://doi.org/10.3280/mc2013-001004

Huemer, Lars (2013)

When in Rome, be(come) a Roman? An actor focus on identities in networks

42(7) , s. 1112- 1120. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indmarman.2013.07.007

Huemer, Lars (2012)

Unchained from the chain: Supply management from a logistics service provider perspective

65(2) , s. 258- 264. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2011.05.028

The last few years have seen increasing recognition of the work of logistics service providers, as well as the significance of functioning supply relationships. This paper proposes an alternative view of supply management that builds on the observation that traditional supply chain management focuses on logistics clients rather than the service providers themselves. The paper utilizes the 4 Resource Interaction tool to illustrate how a logistics service provider faces different idea structures and activated structures than its clients in three different markets. The resulting resource perceptions and preferred resource combinations create tensions and tradeoffs between the logistics service provider and its clients. Unchaining logistics from the conventional chain structures achieves a more comprehensive understanding of interactions between shippers and logistics service providers.

Huemer, Lars & Wang, Xiaobei (2012)

From chains and tiers to layers and exchange streams: An analysis of information flows and intelligent goods

, s. 87- 101.

Huemer, Lars (2012)

Organizational identities in networks: Sense-giving and sense-taking in the salmon farming industry

6(3) , s. 240- 253.

Persson, Kurt Gøran & Huemer, Lars (2011)

Samarbeid i forsyningskjeder

, s. 357- 369.

Felzensztein, Christian; Huemer, Lars & Gimmon, Eli (2010)

The effects of co-location on marketing externalities in the salmon-farming industry

25(1) , s. 73- 82. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1108/08858621011009173

Huemer, Lars (2010)

Corporate Social Responsibility and Multinational Corporation Identity: Norwegian Strategies in the Chilean Aquaculture Industry

91(suppl. 2) , s. 265- 277. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-010-0618-7

Huemer, Lars; Boström, Gert-Olof & Felzensztein, Christian (2009)

Control-trust interplays and the influence paradox: A comparative study of MNC-subsidiary relationships

38(5) , s. 520- 528. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indmarman.2008.12.019

Huemer, Lars; Håkansson, Håkan & Prenkert, Frans (2009)

The Becoming of Cermaq: The interplay between network influences and firm level control ambitions

3(3) , s. 53- 75.

Huemer, Lars; Boström, Gert-Olof & Felzensztein, Christian (2009)

Control - Trust Interplays and the Influence Paradox: A comparative study of MNC-subsidiary relationships

38(5) , s. 520- 528.

Becerra, Manuel; Lunnan, Randi & Huemer, Lars (2008)

Trustworthiness, Risk, and the Transfer of Tacit and Explicit Knowledge Between Alliance Partners

45(4) , s. 691- 713. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-6486.2008.00766.x

Huemer, Lars & Fjeldstad, Øystein (2008)

Value configuration analysis. A new view of supply management

Huemer, Lars (2006)

Supply Management: Value creation, coordination and positioning in supply relationships

39(2) , s. 133- 153.

Huemer, Lars (2004)

Balancing between stability and variety: Identity and trust trade offs in networks

33(3) , s. 251- 260.

Huemer, Lars; Becerra, Manuel & Lunnan, Randi (2004)

Organizational identity and network identification: Relating within and beyond imaginary boundaries

20(1/2) , s. 53- 74.

Huemer, Lars (2004)

Activating trust:The redefinition of roles and relationships in an international construction project

21(2) , s. 187- 201.

Gadde, Lars-Erik; Huemer, Lars & Håkansson, Håkan (2002)

Strategizing in industrial networks

32(5) , s. 357- 364.

Becerra, Manuel; Huemer, Lars & Hoivik, Heidi von Weltzien (2002)

Moral character and relationship effectiveness: an empirical investigation of trust within organizations

Huemer, Lars (2001)

Om förtroende och affärsrelationer

Håkansson, Håkan & Huemer, Lars (2001)

Marknader som organiserade nätverk

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Becerra, Manuel & Huemer, Lars (2001)

Moral character and relationship effectiveness : an empirical investigation of trust within organizations

Østergren, Katarina & Huemer, Lars (1999)

Strategic thinking in the swedish construction industry

8(8) , s. 445- 457.

Abrahamsen, Morten H. & Huemer, Lars (2017)

Blikk for bedre ­beslutninger

[Kronikk]

Huemer, Lars (2012)

Fra konflikt til samarbeid

[Kronikk]

Huemer, Lars; Abrahamsen, Morten Høie, Huang, Lei, Lind, Johnny, Mandjak, Tibor, Pagano, Alessandro & Wang, Xiaobei (2023)

Analyzing Business Relationships and Networks ‘The IMP-Way’: A Review and Reflection on existing Tools & Frameworks

[Conference Lecture]. Event

Huemer, Lars & Flygansvær, Bente M. (2022)

Bundling resources to create value in the circular economy: RENAS moves up the zero-waste hierarchy

[Conference Lecture]. Event

Huemer, Lars (2022)

Value creation from a resource perspective: an interactive bundle analysis of the Parqio network

[Conference Lecture]. Event

Huemer, Lars & Abrahamsen, Morten H. (2021)

Strategizing in Networks:Identifying Sources of Value Creation by Network Picturing

[Conference Lecture]. Event

Aramo-Immonen, Heli; Bocconcelli, Roberta, Huemer, Lars, Pagano, Alessandro & Perna, Andrea (2020)

KNOWLEDGE IN RESOURCE INTERACTION: STARTING A DIALOGUE AMONG IMP AND OTHER THEORIES

[Conference Lecture]. Event

Hasche, Nina; Hedvall, Klas, Prenkert, Frans, Abrahamsen, Morten H., Aramo-Immonen, Heli, Baraldi, Enrico, Bocconcelli, Roberta, Carlborg, Per, Frick, Jens Eklinder, Harrison, Debbie, Huang, Lei, Huemer, Lars, Pagano, Alessandro, Perna, Andrea, Poblete, León, Ratajczak-Mrozek, Milena, Wagrell, Sofia & Kask, Johan (2020)

Resource Interaction: Towards a common understanding?

[Conference Lecture]. Event

Aramo-Immonen, Heli; Bocconcelli, Roberta, Huemer, Lars, Pagano, Alessandro & Perna, Andrea (2019)

Knowledge in Resource Interaction: Comparing IMP With Other Theories

[Conference Lecture]. Event

Huemer, Lars & Wang, Xiaobei (2018)

An interactive resource analysis of supply chain interdependencies

[Conference Lecture]. Event

Harrison, Debbie; Huemer, Lars, Andersen, Espen, Kolbjørnsrud, Vegard & Swärd, Anna (2018)

Deliberate network orchestration and deliberate non- network strategizing: Developing seamless travel experiences.

[Conference Lecture]. Event

Huemer, Lars (2018)

The uncertainty of creation and the risk of execution: Trust, predictability and the production of experimental music

[Conference Lecture]. Event

Huemer, Lars (2017)

People, planet, profit: Interactions between Corporations and Indigenous Peoples

[Conference Lecture]. Event

Huemer, Lars & Abrahamsen, Morten H. (2016)

Interdependencies between first nations and salmon farming companies

[Conference Lecture]. Event

Swärd, Anna Sundberg & Huemer, Lars (2016)

Building trust in unlikely setting- trust repair and the role of time

[Conference Lecture]. Event

Huemer, Lars (2016)

Samarbeid i forsyningskjeden: fremtidens konkurransekraft

[Lecture]. Event

Huemer, Lars; Andersen, Espen & Harrison, Debbie (2016)

Innovations in mediating technologies and the reduction of sequential frictions:Building seamless travel networks

[Conference Lecture]. Event

Harrison, Debbie & Huemer, Lars (2016)

Network strategizing: A resource analysis

[Conference Lecture]. Event

Huemer, Lars; Jahre, Marianne & Dreyer, Heidi Carin (2016)

Seamless travel: The importance of network oriented business models

[Conference Lecture]. Event

Jensen, Jesper Kronborg; Arlbjørn, Jan Stentoft, Huemer, Lars & Brodin, Maria Huge (2014)

DRIVERS AND BARRIERS FOR COLLABORATIVE ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY: TRANSPORT BUYERS PERCEPTIONS

[Conference Lecture]. Event

Brodin, Maria Huge; Huemer, Lars, Arlbjørn, Jan Stentoft & Jensen, Jesper Kronborg (2014)

GREENING LOGISTICS THROUGH AND BEYOND TRANSPORT EFFICIENCY

[Conference Lecture]. Event

Wang, Xiaobei & Huemer, Lars (2013)

Supply Network Development and The Influence Paradox: A Case Study of Logistics Service Providers

[Conference Lecture]. Event

Huemer, Lars (2012)

When in Rome, be(come) a Roman?

[Conference Lecture]. Event

Abrahamsen, Morten H.; Henneberg, Stephan C., Huemer, Lars & Naudè, Peter (2012)

Perceiving Network Opportunities – An Action Research Study of Strategizing in Business Networks

[Conference Lecture]. Event

Huemer, Lars (2012)

Relationships between Multinational corporations and Indigenous Peoples: Developing cooperative advantage

[Conference Lecture]. Event

Huemer, Lars & Furlan, Andrea (2011)

RE-CONCEPTUALIZING INTEGRATION STRATEGIES AND POSITIONING CHOICES: BEYOND THE UPSTREAM-DOWNSTREAM DIMENSION

[Conference Lecture]. Event

Huemer, Lars & Wang, Xiaobei (2011)

THE ROLES OF LOGISTICS SERVICE PROVIDERSIN SUPPLY NETWORKS: INSIGHTS FROM THREE THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES

[Conference Lecture]. Event

Huemer, Lars & Kvålshaugen, Ragnhild (2011)

The Influence Paradox in Leadership:A Fundamental Source of Ambidexterity

[Conference Lecture]. Event

Huemer, Lars & Kvålshaugen, Ragnhild (2011)

Redefining Leadership:The Influence Trade-off in Strategic Change

[Conference Lecture]. Event

Huemer, Lars (2011)

Nye perspektiver på verdikjedeintegrasjon

[Lecture]. Event

Huemer, Lars (2010)

Interactions between indigenous peoples and multinational corporations: Strategies and outcomes

[Conference Lecture]. Event

Huemer, Lars (2009)

Interactions between multinational firms and indigenous peoples: Strategies and outcomes

[Conference Lecture]. Event

Prenkert, Frans; Håkansson, Håkan & Huemer, Lars (2008)

There and Back Again: Cermaq’s Entry and Development in the Aquaculture Sector as a Walk through Space

[Conference Lecture]. Event

Huemer, Lars & Cox, M. (2007)

Interactions between Multinational Corporations and Indigenous Peoples: Value(s) Crashes or Value(s) Creation?

[Professional Article]. 25(1) , s. 59- 70.

Huemer, Lars (2003)

Trust and identity tradeoffs in networks

[Conference Lecture]. Event

Huemer, Lars; Becerra, Manuel & Lunnan, Randi (2002)

Organisational Identity and Network Identification: Creating and Perceiving Imaginary Boundaries

[Conference Lecture]. Event

Huemer, Lars; Becerra, Manuel & Lunnan, Randi (2002)

Organisational identity and network identification: Implications for network effectiveness, legitimacy and cooperation

[Conference Lecture]. Event

Huemer, Lars (2002)

Value Creation Strategies in Supply Networks: The Case of Logistics Service Providers

[Conference Lecture]. Event

Huemer, Lars (2001)

Resource-activity dynamics: on the mobilisation of trust and the essence of trusting

[Conference Lecture]. Event

Lunnan, Randi; Huemer, Lars & Becerra, Manuel (2001)

Change options through network relations

[Conference Lecture]. Event

Akademisk grad
År Akademisk institusjon Grad
1998 Umeå University Ph.D.
Arbeidserfaring
År Arbeidsgiver Tittel
2009 - Present BI Norwegian Business School Professor
2000 - 2009 BI Norwegian Business School Associate Professor
2002 - 2003 BI Norwegian Business School Head of Department