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Personal profile
Research
Kristian J. Sund is Professor of Strategic Management (Professor (mso) i strategisk ledelse), and programme leader of the PhD program in business, at Roskilde University, Denmark. He is a member of the research group in Management and Organization of the university, and was the head of the group from 2014-16. He was a founding member of the university's council for external relations, and has served on the committee of the Rektor's study environment fund. He teaches strategic management at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Before joining RUC he was a Principal Lecturer at Middlesex University in London, where he was also Director of MBA Programs. Prior to this he held positions in several universities in Switzerland. He has been involved in executive education for close to ten years, both as an educator and a program director. He is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and member of the integration and outreach committee of the MOC Division of the Academy of Management.
His research currently focuses on business model innovation, organizational cognition and perceived environmental uncertainty, as well as more generally organizations and strategic management. He also has a research interest in management education. His research has been applied to the hospitality industry, the postal industry, leisure (service) industry and others and has appeared in a variety of journals. He has authored and edited several books. His most recent work appeared in the MIT Sloan Management Review, International Journal of Organizational Analysis, Studies in Higher Education, and the Best Paper Proceedings of the Academy of Managament. He is co-editor of the book series New Horizons in Managerial and Organizational Cognition (Emerald).
Both as a consultant and regular employee, Kristian has worked with a diverse range of service industries, including banking, telecom, tourism, leisure and the postal sector. He has edited several books on strategy and innovation in the postal sector, and has previously served as a member of the Advisory Council of the Royal Mail Group.
Kristian holds a Doctorate in Management (Dr. en sciences économiques, mention management) and M.Sc. in Economics (Lic. en sc. écon., mention économie politique) from the University of Lausanne (HEC Lausanne), and a M.A. in Society, Science and Technology from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL), where he also spent two postdoc years.
External positions
Principal Lecturer, Middlesex University
2012 → 2013Senior Lecturer, Middlesex University
2009 → 2012Senior Research Associate (Post Doc), Ecole polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
2007 → 2009Dozent und Studienleiter, University of Applied Sciences of Eastern Switzerland
2004 → 2007Doctoral Student, Université de Lausanne
2003 → 2007Keywords
- Management, Organization, Business economy and administration, Management and organization of industry, trade, and communication
- Cognition
- Sensemaking
- Strategy
- Innovation
- Education, Learning, Training
- Executive Education
- Management Education
Publication network
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Research Output
Do You See What I See? How Differing Perceptions of the Environment Can Hinder Radical Business Model Innovation
Egfjord, K. F-H. & Sund, K. J., 2020, In : Technological Forecasting and Social Change. 150, p. 1-10 10 p., 119787.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
From Cooperation to Competition: Changing Dominant Logics and Legitimization in Liberalizing Industries
Sund, K. J., Feb 2020, Handbook of Business Legitimacy: Responsibility, Ethics and Society. Dahl Rendtorff, J. (ed.). Springer VSResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
Open Access
Marketing Challenges and Advertising Partner Selection: Exploring Advertiser-Agency Relationships in the Danish Media Industry
Jensen, H. & Sund, K. J., 2020, In : Nordic Journal of Media Management. p. 297-313Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
Open Access
Suggestions for Moving Teaching Rapidly Online in the Face of the Corona Crisis
Sund, K. J., 12 Mar 2020, Roskilde: Roskilde Universitet.Research output: Working paper › Research
Open Access
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Do you See What I see? How Differing Perceptions of the Environment Can Hinder Radical Business Model Innovation
Egfjord, K. F-H. & Sund, K. J., 2019.Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference abstract for conference › Research › peer-review
Projects
Reducing Knowledge Overconfidence Through Dialectical Bootstrapping
Sund, K. J. & Rydén, P.
01/02/2019 → 31/01/2021
Project: Research
Cognition and Business Models
Sund, K. J., Bogers, M. & Galavan, R.
03/12/2018 → 13/08/2020
Project: Research
Innovation and Hypercompetition in a Global Context
Sund, K. J., Dreyer, J. K. & Lindskov, A.
01/09/2017 → …
Project: Research
Activities
A Conversation on the Intersections of Cognition and Innovation
Kristian J. Sund (Organizer), , Robert Galavan (Organizer), , Brusoni Stefano (Speaker), , Mary Tripsas (Speaker), , Daniella Laureiro Martinez (Speaker), , Rhonda Reger (Speaker), & Yuliya Snihur (Speaker)
13 Aug 2019
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organisation and participation in conference
Cognition and Innovation: a Tentative (Sensemaking) Framework
Kristian J. Sund (Speaker)
10 Aug 2019
Activity: Talk or presentation › Lecture and oral contribution
Liberalization and Emergent Competitive Strategy in the Nordic Postal Market at the Start of the New Century
Kristian J. Sund (Speaker)
15 Jun 2019
Activity: Talk or presentation › Lecture and oral contribution
Surviving the Revision Process and Navigating Questions of Ethics
Kristian J. Sund (Speaker)
23 Aug 2019
Activity: Talk or presentation › Lecture and oral contribution
Developing a Strategic Mindset
Kristian J. Sund (Speaker)
15 Oct 2018
Activity: Talk or presentation › Lecture and oral contribution
Press / Media
Postnord taber millioner på gammel postaftale
23/09/2019
1 item of Media coverage
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Hvis du er den, der står for familiens mobilabonnementer, så har du et svært job
10/04/2019
1 item of Media coverage
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Postnord har fyret deres koncernchef Håkan Ericcson
09/04/2019
1 item of Media coverage
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PostNord vil gøre det nemmere for dig at hente dine pakker
21/03/2019
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
Prizes
Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings
Sund, Kristian J. (Recipient), Marcel Bogers (Recipient) & Juan Andrei Villarroel (Recipient), 2014
Prize: Prizes, scholarships, distinctions
Best Paper Award: British Academy of Management Conference 2010
Sund, Kristian J. (Recipient), Sep 2010
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Best Paper Award: British Academy of Management Conference 2013
Sund, Kristian J. (Recipient), Sep 2013
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Emerald/EMRBI Business Research Award For Emerging Researchers
Sund, Kristian J. (Recipient), 2011
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INEKA Best Paper Award
Egfjord, Kathrine Friis-Holm (Recipient) & Sund, Kristian J. (Recipient), 2019
Prize: Prizes, scholarships, distinctions