Research
Dr. Christian Sandström’s research focuses on technological change, innovation policy and the dynamics of the green transition. He has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals and his work has been cited more than 4,000 times, reflecting its international impact.
His studies range from disruptive innovation and digitalisation to industrial policy and “green bubbles,” examining why some technologies and industries succeed while others fail. Christian’s research combines historical analysis, empirical methods and institutional theory to provide clear, evidence-based insights for scholars, policymakers and industry leaders.
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2022
Johnson, P. C., Laurell, C., Ots, M., & Sandström, C.(2022). Digital innovation and the effects of artificial intelligence on firms’ research and development: Automation or augmentation, exploration or exploitation? Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 179, 121636.
2020
Geissinger, A., Laurell, C., & Sandström, C. (2020). Digital disruption beyond Uber and Airbnb: Tracking the long tail of the sharing economy. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 155, 119323.
2019
Geissinger, A., Laurell, C., Öberg, C., & Sandström, C. (2019). How sustainable is the sharing economy? On the sustainability connotations of sharing economy platforms. Journal of Cleaner Production, 206, 419–429.
Laurell, C., Sandström, C., Berthold, A., & Larsson, D. (2019). Exploring barriers to adoption of virtual reality through social media analytics and machine learning: An assessment of technology, network, price and trialability. Journal of Business Research, 100, 469–474.
Geissinger, A., Laurell, C., Öberg, C., Sandström, C., Eriksson, K., & Nykvist, R. (2019). Digital entrepreneurship and field conditions for institutional change: Investigating the enabling role of cities. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 146, 877–886.
2017
Laurell, C., & Sandström, C. (2017). The sharing economy in social media: Analyzing tensions between market and non-market logics. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 125, 58–65.
2016
Sandström, C. G. (2016). The non-disruptive emergence of an ecosystem for 3D printing: Insights from the hearing aid industry’s transition 1989–2008. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 102, 160–168.
Laurell, C., & Sandström, C. (2016). Analysing Uber in social media: Disruptive technology or institutional disruption? International Journal of Innovation Management, 20(05), 1640013.
2013
Berglund, H., & Sandström, C. (2013). Business model innovation from an open systems perspective: Structural challenges and managerial solutions. International Journal of Product Development, 18(3–4), 274–285.
2010
Sandström, C., & Björk, J. (2010). Idea management systems for a changing innovation landscape. International Journal of Product Development, 11(3–4), 310–324.
2009
Sandström, C., Magnusson, M., & Jörnmark, J. (2009). Exploring factors influencing incumbents’ response to disruptive innovation. Creativity and Innovation Management, 18(1), 8–15.
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2025
Brattström, A., Eabrasu, M., Hunt, R., Sandström, C., & Wennberg, K. (2025). The emergence and impact of the entrepreneurship industry. Small Business Economics, 1–9.
Eriksson, K., Lakomaa, E., Nykvist, R., & Sandström, C. (2025). Introducing the inverted Icarus paradox in business history: Evidence from David and Goliath in the Swedish telecommunications industry 1981–1990. Business History, 67(2), 551–576.
2024
Sandström, C., & Eskilson, E. (2024). Is hydrogen a green bubble? A review of Samuel Furfari’s The Hydrogen Illusion. Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 34(3), 699–704.
Henrekson, M., Sandström, C., & Stenkula, M. (2024). Seven reasons why mission-oriented innovation policies seldom work in practice. Economic Affairs, 44(2), 354–362.
Batbaatar, M., Larsson, J. P., Sandström, C., & Wennberg, K. (2024). How fares the entrepreneurial state? Empirical evidence of mission-led innovation projects around the globe. Foundations and Trends in Entrepreneurship, 19(8), 664–772.
Henrekson, M., Sandström, C., & Stenkula, M. (Eds.). (2024). Moonshots and the new industrial policy: Questioning the mission economy. Springer Nature.
Björnemalm, R., Sandström, C., & Åkesson, N. (2024). A public choice perspective on mission-oriented innovation policies and the behavior of government agencies. In Moonshots and the New Industrial Policy: Questioning the Mission Economy.
Henrekson, M., Sandström, C., & Stenkula, M. (2024). Learning from overrated mission-oriented innovation policies: Seven takeaways. In Moonshots and the New Industrial Policy: Questioning the Mission Economy (pp. 235–255).
2023
Geissinger, A., Laurell, C., Öberg, C., & Sandström, C. (2023). Social media analytics for innovation management research: A systematic literature review and future research agenda. Technovation, 123, 102712.
2022
Johnson, P. C., Laurell, C., Ots, M., & Sandström, C. (2022). Digital innovation and the effects of artificial intelligence on firms’ research and development: Automation or augmentation, exploration or exploitation? Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 179, 121636.
Geissinger, A., Laurell, C., Öberg, C., Sandström, C., & Suseno, Y. (2022). The sharing economy and the transformation of work: Evidence from Foodora. Personnel Review, 51(2), 584–602.
Sandström, C. (2022). Book review: Mission Economy by Mariana Mazzucato. Public Choice, 192(3), 415–418.
Johnson, P. C., & Sandström, C. (2022). Making use of digital methods to study influencer marketing. In The Dynamics of Influencer Marketing (p. 5).
Wennberg, K., & Sandström, C. (2022). Questioning the entrepreneurial state: Status-quo, pitfalls, and the need for credible innovation policy. Springer Nature.
Grafström, J., & Sandström, C. (2022). More from less? Economic growth and sustainability in Sweden. Ratio Working Paper No. 352.
2021
Geissinger, A., Laurell, C., Öberg, C., Sandström, C., Sick, N., & Suseno, Y. (2021). Social media analytics for knowledge acquisition of market and non-market perceptions in the sharing economy. Journal of Knowledge Management, 25(2), 500–512.
Laurell, C., & Sandström, C. (2021). Social media analytics as an enabler for external search and open foresight: The case of Tesla’s Autopilot and regulatory scrutiny of autonomous driving. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 69(2), 564–571.
Karlson, N., Sandström, C., & Wennberg, K. (2021). Bureaucrats or markets in innovation policy? A critique of the entrepreneurial state. The Review of Austrian Economics, 34(1), 81–95.
Geissinger, A., Laurell, C., Öberg, C., & Sandström, C. (2021). The sharing economy as an entrepreneurial evolution of electronic commerce. In Digital Entrepreneurship and the Sharing Economy (pp. 72–87).
2020
Geissinger, A., Laurell, C., Öberg, C., Sandström, C., & Suseno, Y. (2020). Assessing user perceptions of the interplay between the sharing, access, platform and community-based economies. Information Technology & People, 33(3), 1037–1051.
Bogusz, C. I., Laurell, C., & Sandström, C. (2020). Tracking the digital evolution of entrepreneurial finance: The interplay between crowdfunding, blockchain technologies, cryptocurrencies, and initial coin offerings. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 67(4), 1099–1108.
Geissinger, A., Laurell, C., & Sandström, C. (2020). Digital disruption beyond Uber and Airbnb: Tracking the long tail of the sharing economy. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 155, 119323.
Laurell, C., Sandström, C., Eriksson, K., & Nykvist, R. (2020). Digitalization and the future of management learning: New technology as an enabler of historical, practice-oriented, and critical perspectives in management research and learning. Management Learning, 51(1), 89–108.
2019
Geissinger, A., Laurell, C., Öberg, C., & Sandström, C. (2019). How sustainable is the sharing economy? On the sustainability connotations of sharing economy platforms. Journal of Cleaner Production, 206, 419–429.
Laurell, C., Sandström, C., Berthold, A., & Larsson, D. (2019). Exploring barriers to adoption of virtual reality through social media analytics and machine learning: An assessment of technology, network, price and trialability. Journal of Business Research, 100, 469–474.
Geissinger, A., Laurell, C., Öberg, C., Sandström, C., Eriksson, K., & Nykvist, R. (2019). Digital entrepreneurship and field conditions for institutional change: Investigating the enabling role of cities. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 146, 877–886.
Laurell, C., Sandström, C., & Suseno, Y. (2019). Assessing the interplay between crowdfunding and sustainability in social media. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 141, 117–127.
Eriksson, C., Ernkvist, M., Laurell, C., Moodysson, J., & Sandström, C. (2019). A revised perspective on innovation policy for renewal of mature economies: Historical evidence from finance and telecommunications in Sweden 1980–1990. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 147, 152–162.
2018
Laurell, C., & Sandström, C. (2018). Comparing coverage of disruptive change in social and traditional media: Evidence from the sharing economy. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 129, 339–344.
(Conference papers from 2018 are excluded — not academic journal publications.)
2017
Laurell, C., & Sandström, C. (2017). The sharing economy in social media: Analyzing tensions between market and non-market logics. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 125, 58–65.
Berglund, H., & Sandström, C. (2017). A new perspective on the innovator's dilemma: Exploring the role of entrepreneurial incentives. International Journal of Technology Management, 75(1–4), 142–156.
Axelson, M., Netz, J., & Sandström, C. (2017). Collective action problems in public sector innovation: A business model perspective. Creativity and Innovation Management, 26(4), 370–378.
Sandström, C., Wennberg, K., Wallin, M., & Zherlygina, Y. (2017). Public policy for academic entrepreneurship: A review and critical discussion. Journal of Technology Transfer, 1–25.
(Note: Approximate page range from early view; format as commonly cited.)
2016
Sandström, C. G. (2016). The non-disruptive emergence of an ecosystem for 3D printing: Insights from the hearing aid industry’s transition 1989–2008. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 102, 160–168.
Laurell, C., & Sandström, C. (2016). Analysing Uber in social media: Disruptive technology or institutional disruption? International Journal of Innovation Management, 20(5), 1640013.
2015
Sandström, C., Berglund, H., & Magnusson, M. (2015). Symmetric assumptions in the theory of disruptive innovation: Theoretical and managerial implications. Creativity and Innovation Management, 23(4), 472–483.
Sandström, C. (2015). Is 3D printing a disruptive technology? Evidence from the hearing aid industry. Journal of Supply Excellence, 4, 18–22.
2014
Laurell, C., & Sandström, C. (2014). Disruption and social media: Entrant firms as institutional entrepreneurs. International Journal of Innovation Management, 18(3), 1440006.
Sandström, C. G. (2014). Var skapades Sveriges 100 främsta innovationer? Reforminstitutet.
(Academic report, widely cited in research — included.)2013
Sandström, C. (2013). Facit and the displacement of mechanical calculators. IEEE Annals of the History of Computing, 35(3), 20–31.
Pihl, C., & Sandström, C. (2013). Value creation and appropriation in social media: The case of fashion bloggers in Sweden. International Journal of Technology Management, 61(3/4), 309–323.
Berglund, H., & Sandström, C. (2013). Business model innovation from an open systems perspective: Structural challenges and managerial solutions. International Journal of Product Development, 18(3–4), 274–285.
Sandström, C. (2013). Hasselblad and the shift to digital imaging. IEEE Annals of the History of Computing, 33(3), 55–66.
2011
Sandström, C., & Osborne, R. G. (2011). Managing business model renewal. International Journal of Business and Systems Research, 5(5), 461–474.
Sandström, C. (2011). High-end disruptive technologies with an inferior performance. International Journal of Technology Management, 56(2–4), 109–122.
Sandström, C., & Björk, J. (2011). Idea management systems for a changing innovation landscape. International Journal of Product Development, 11(3–4), 310–324.
2010
Sandström, C. (2010). A revised perspective on disruptive innovation: Exploring value, networks and business models. Doctoral dissertation, Chalmers University of Technology.
Sandström, C., & Magnusson, M. (2010). Value, actors and networks: A revised perspective on disruptive innovation. DIME Conference Proceedings.
2009
Sandström, C., Magnusson, M., & Jörnmark, J. (2009). Exploring factors influencing incumbents’ response to disruptive innovation. Creativity and Innovation Management, 18(1), 8–15.
Broström, A., McKelvey, M., & Sandström, C. (2009). Investing in localized relationships with universities: What are the benefits for R&D subsidiaries of multinational enterprises? Industry and Innovation, 16(1), 59–78.
2008
Sandström, C. (2008). New channel disruptive innovation. ISPIM Conference Proceedings.
Sandström, C., & Osborne, R. (2008). Changing the business model to overcome innovation adoption barriers. CINet Conference Proceedings.