Lone Kavin
Ph.D student
University of Southern Denmark
Department of Entrepreneurship and Relationship Management
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Research interest
Supply Chain Management, Supply Chain Innovation, Industrialization, Business Models, Sustainability and Relationship Management
PhD - Process innovation in the offshore wind power industry
The purpose of the Ph.D is to identify and evaluate
the incentives, practices
and tools that the suppliers in the offshore wind industry can employ to
foster innovation across their supplier networks.
The Ph.D seeks to answer the research question: What incentives, practices, and tools can immature industries employ to foster innovation across their supplier networks?
- By analyzing how the Energy Agreement polices of the Danish goverment encourage or act as barriers to innovation in supplier relationships
- By analyzing the internal incentives, pratices and tools used to foster process innovation in supplier networks
- By analyzing how process innovations affect the supply network structure
Method
The method used is in-depth case studies within the Danish offshore wind
industry.
Empirical Foundation
- Semi-structured interviews with senior management across the offshore wind supply network - how is the external incitements in the Energy agreement affecting innovation across the supllier networks?
- In-depth case studies - how are the interactions between the prime contractor, major subcontractor, and sub-tier suppliers involved in the offshore wind power subsystems' design. development, and production?
- In-depth case study - how does process innovation affect the supply network structure?
Teoretical Frame
The teoretical frame for this Ph.D is Supply Chain Management, in particular
with a focus on process innovation, network structures and management of
networks.