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View article: Booming opportunities and looming challenges? Expansion strategies among finance-controlled providers in the field of Swedish eldercare
Booming opportunities and looming challenges? Expansion strategies among finance-controlled providers in the field of Swedish eldercare Open
The financialisation of eldercare has become an internationally widespread phenomenon with significant implications. Previous literature has shown how finance-controlled providers (FCPs) initially launch their eldercare services throughout…
View article: Navigating the creation of educational offers: insights from Swedish upper secondary schools
Navigating the creation of educational offers: insights from Swedish upper secondary schools Open
Purpose Our aim in this paper is to develop new knowledge about the creation of educational offers amidst competing schools. Turning to sociological theorizing on “menus”, we pose the following research question: How do school leaders navi…
View article: Locus in focus: locus inflection episodes unfolding through the dynamics of competition
Locus in focus: locus inflection episodes unfolding through the dynamics of competition Open
Purpose My aim is to advance competitive dynamics scholarship by presenting and developing the notion of locus inflection episodes. Such episodes refer to situations featuring changes that specifically generate shifts in the levels at whic…
View article: Teaching schools to compete: the case of Swedish upper secondary education
Teaching schools to compete: the case of Swedish upper secondary education Open
Significant efforts have been made to promote competition in public service sectors, expanding the reach of competition into non-economic fields. Surprisingly little is, however, known about the process by which competition is introduced i…
View article: Producing and sustaining field-configuring events: the role of prizes in a Swedish Book Fair
Producing and sustaining field-configuring events: the role of prizes in a Swedish Book Fair Open
We approach field-configuring events (FCEs) as gatherings that engender formative moments in the trajectory of technologies, professions, or industries. Previous research has focused on the field-level consequences of FCEs, implying we sti…
View article: Who is to blame? Evaluations in academia spreading through relationships among multiple actor types
Who is to blame? Evaluations in academia spreading through relationships among multiple actor types Open
We draw on a general model of the governance of organizations to analyze the dynamics among various actor types given the present ubiquity of evaluations in and around universities. Regulators demand evaluations to assess the return on tax…
View article: Caring about competition in eldercare? Staff groups, nursing homes, and Swedish market-inspired reforms
Caring about competition in eldercare? Staff groups, nursing homes, and Swedish market-inspired reforms Open
During the past 30 years, Swedish eldercare has undergone extensive reforms featuring, among others, far-reaching efforts to construct municipal markets characterised by competition between nursing homes for service provision. Our aim in t…
View article: Society on board? External board members and the embedding of Swedish higher education organizations in society, 1998–2016
Society on board? External board members and the embedding of Swedish higher education organizations in society, 1998–2016 Open
Boards in higher education organizations (HEOs) play multiple roles. While they govern, boards are also expected to embed HEOs in society. Indeed, recent higher education reforms in Europe have emphasized the embedding role of HEO boards m…