Alf Steinar Sætre
Publications
Sætre´s reasearch interests include the management of ambiguity in the innovation process, termination of innovation projects, organizational search, organizational adaptation and absorptive capacity, and innovation strategy.
Browse a selection of research activities below.
Outreach
Kommunikasjon i organisasjoner perspektiver og prosesser
Boka gir leseren en bred oversikt over fagfeltet samt et grunnlag for å bedre egne ferdigheter til å kommunisere i og utenfor organisasjoner. Boka kobler teorien i hvert kapittel med relevante problemstillinger i dagens organisasjoner.
PIMS Executive Forum in Innovation Management and Innovation Strategy
Three or four times a year, we bring together a small group of executives from each of the participating companies with leading thinkers and scholars in the fields of innovation and strategy to discuss central issues in innovation management and strategy.
2025
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Conference lecture(2025) Turning Hype into Value: A Systematic Review on AI Implementation in Organizations. Academic Conference - Managing with Purpose
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Conference poster(2025) Implementing AI in Practice: Insights from a Multi-Case Study Across Organizational Levels. NorwAI Innovate Conference 2025
2024
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Conference poster(2024) Barriers and enablers to implementing AI in organizations: a systematic literature review. NorwAI Innovate Conference 2024
2019
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Conference lecture(2019) Unpacking Strategic Problem Formulation in Top Management Teams. Academy of Management Annual Meeting
2018
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Conference lecture(2018) A behavioral measure of strategic problem formulation: scale development and validation. DRUID 18 Academic Conference
2016
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Conference lecture(2016) Bringing new knowledge into the organization: Scanning, framing and connecting. The XXVII ISPIM Innovation Conference: Blending Tomorrow’s Innovation Vintage
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Feature article
2015
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Conference lecture(2015) How size of failure affects learning from failure in innovation. The 75th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management
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Conference lecture(2015) How size of failure affects learning from failure in innovation. Research School Conference 2016
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Conference lecture(2015) PR Landscapes for strategic search. SMS 35th Annual International Conference - Strategy Expanding: Making Sense of Shifting Field and Firm Boundaries
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Conference lecture(2015) The effect of failures' size on learning from them: Implication for innovation. The 2015 EGOS Colloquium
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Conference lecture(2015) How size of failure affects learning from it in innovation. The 75th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management .
2014
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Conference lecture(2014) Innovation strategy and the management of ambiguity: A simulation approach. 30th EGOS Colloquium
2013
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Interview(2013) Døren på gløtt for forskere.
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Interview(2013) Geniforklarer Amazon sjefen.
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2012
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2010
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Conference lecture(2010) Innovation Strategy and the Management of Ambiguity. Invited research presentation to the Faculty of Applied Economics
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Interview
2009
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Conference lecture(2009) Effects of ambiguity in new product development. at the 2009 North American Association for Computational Social and Organizational Sciences (NAACSOS) Annual Conference
2008
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Conference lecture(2008) Competitive advantage through the management of ambiguity as a dynamic capability. the 9th International CINet Conference: Radical Challenges in Innovation Management
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Conference lecture(2008) COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE THROUGH THE MANAGEMENT OF AMBIGUITY AS A DYNAMIC CAPABILITY. The 9th International Continuous Innovation Network (CINet) Conference
2007
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Conference lecture(2007) A model for ambiguity reduction at the front end of new product development projects. 14th International Product Development Management Conference
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Conference lecture(2007) Ambiguity as strategy at the front end of new product development projects. 14th International Product Development Management Conference
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Conference lecture(2007) The diffusion of individual practices in the electronic Garbage Can: A communicative approach. National Communication Association (NCA) Annual Convention
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Conference lecture(2007) A Burkean analysis of stability and change: The use of the term “platform”. 57th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association
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Conference lecture(2007) Managing Ambiguity in New Product Development Projects. 8th International CINet Conference, "Continuous Innovation - Opportunities and Challenges"
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Conference lecture(2007) A model for ambiguity reduction in new product development projects. 14th International Product Development Management Conference
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Conference lecture(2007) Benefits of sustaining ambiguity in new product development projects. 14th International Product Development Management Conference
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2006
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Conference lecture(2006) Towards a Taxonomy of Ambiguity at the Fuzzy Front End of New Product Development. 13th International Product Development Management Conference
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Conference lecture(2006) Towards a taxonomy of ambiguity at the fuzzy front end of new product development. 13th International Product Development Management Conference
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Conference lecture(2006) Garbage can model of information communication technology choice; From qualitative data to computer simulation. 56th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association
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Conference lecture(2006) Information and communication technologies in organizations: Uncovering the reasons people use sequences of ICTs. National Communication Association 2006 Annual Convention
2005
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Conference lecture(2005) The complexity of information communication technologies. 55th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association - Communication, Questioning the Dialogue
2003
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Conference lecture(2003) Organizational Members' Enactment of Organizational Envirionments and Media Use: A Study of ICT Practices in Norway and the United States. 2003 Informing Science and Information Technology Education Joint Conference
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Conference lecture(2003) Leveling Differences and Reinforcing Similarities: The Interaction between Information and Communication Technologies and National Culture. 2003 Informing Science and Technology Education Joint Conference
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Conference lecture(2003) A garbage can model of information and communication technology choice. European Communication Congress
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Conference lecture(2003) The Study of a Sequence: a narrative analysis of ICT practices. Communication in Borderlands: 53rd Annual Conference of the International Communication Association
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Conference lecture(2003) Organizational Members' Enactment of Organizational Envirionments and Media Use: A Study of ICT Practices in Norway and the United States. 2003 Informing Science and Information Technology Education Joint Conference
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Conference lecture(2003) Leveling Differences and Reinforcing Similarities: The Interaction between Information and Communication Technologies and National Culture. 2003 Informing Science and Technology Education Joint Conference
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Conference lecture(2003) The Study of a Sequence: a narrative analysis of ICT practices. Communication in Borderlands: 53rd Annual Conference of the International Communication Association
2002
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Conference lecture(2002) A reflexive model of ICT practices in Norway and the US: An integration of adaptive structuration theory and self-organizing systems theory. International Communication Association's Annual Conference
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Conference lecture(2002) A reflexive model of ICT practices in Norway and the US: An integration of adaptive structuration theory and self-organizing systems theory. International Communication Association's Annual Conference
2001
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Conference lecture(2001) Coporate Applications of Basic Research: An Experiment With Hewlett-Packard. 51st Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Communication Research Matters
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Conference lecture(2001) Coporate Applications of Basic Research: An Experiment With Hewlett-Packard. 51st Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), Communication Research Matters
1999
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Conference lecture(1999) Organizational agility as core competence. The 4th International conference on competence-based management