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Henry Lopez Vega

Researching Digital/AI Transformation, Innov. Ecosystems, Global Strategy

Co-ordinator of the AI seminars at the Centre for Transdisciplinary AI and the Professional Programme in Service Management

Research qualifications: Docent
Educational qualifications: Recognised university teacher
0000-0002-7986-5423

Contact

E-mail
henry.lopez-vega@umu.se
Phone
+46 90 786 75 47

Works at

Affiliation
Associate professor at Umeå School of Business, Economics and Statistics (USBE) Section: Business Administration, Management
Location
Samhällsvetarhuset, Biblioteksgränd 6, A34107 Umeå universitet, 901 87 Umeå
Affiliation
Affiliated as other position at Centre for Transdiciplinary AI
Affiliation
Affiliated as associate professor at Department of Computing Science
Location
MIT-huset, Umeå universitet Umeå universitet, 901 87 Umeå

Henry’s research interest lie in innovation capabilities, strategy and global R&D and is currently researching and looking for new collaborations to study the application and impact of disruptive digital technologies across digital platforms and global ecosystems. Some of his ongoing research deals with paths of digital technologies, inventor characteristics leading to impactful digital technologies, and the transformation of the mobility and manufacturing industries in Sweden.

After a job change, are you bound by the past or set free for the new?: inventors’ use of prior work
Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings, Academy of management 2024, Vol. 2024, (1)
Lopez-Vega, Henry; Schubert, Torben
The organization of orchestration in innovation ecosystems and the development of ecosystem-level innovation capabilities: the case of Drive Sweden
WOIC 2023, 10th Annual World Open Innovation conference, California, Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain, November 9-10, 2023
Lopez-Vega, Henry; Annabelle, Gawer
Digital transformation of the automotive industry: an integrating framework to analyse technological novelty and breadth
Industry and Innovation, Routledge 2023, Vol. 30, (1) : 67-102
Lopez-Vega, Henry; Moodysson, Jerker
Tapping into emerging markets: EMNEs ' strategies for innovation capability building
Global Strategy Journal, John Wiley & Sons 2022, Vol. 12, (2) : 394-417
Lopez-Vega, Henry; Lakemond, Nicolette
Playing chess or playing poker?: Assessment of uncertainty propagation in open innovation projects
International Journal of Project Management, Elsevier 2021, Vol. 39, (2) : 154-169
Gomes, Leonardo Augusto de Vasconcelos; Lopez-Vega, Henry; Facin, Ana Lucia Figueiredo
Transformation of mature industries through digitalization: Implications of novelty and scope for nascent technology niches
3rd Nordic Workshop on Digital Foundations of Business, Operations, Innovation and Strategy (DBOSI’21), 10-12 February, 2021
Lopez-Vega, Henry
Technology strategy and MNE subsidiary upgrading in emerging markets
Technological forecasting & social change, Elsevier 2021, Vol. 167
Lopez-Vega, Henry; Tell, Fredrik
Reconsidering Bartlett & Ghoshal’s role typology: a sense-making approach to subsidiary role change
40th Annual Strategic Management Society Conference, London, United Kingdom, October 24-27, 2020
Gillmore, Edward; Lopez-Vega, Henry; Tell, Fredrik
Subsidiary role change during a local economic crisis: A sensemaking approach
80th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, British Columbia, Canada, August 7-11, 2020
Lopez-Vega, Henry; Tell, Fredrik; Gillmore, Edward
Waking the sleeping beauty: Swarovski’s open innovation journey
R&D Management, John Wiley & Sons 2019, Vol. 49, (5) : 775-788
Dąbrowska, Justyna; Lopez-Vega, Henry; Ritala, Paavo
Why don’t endowments of unique natural resources lead to innovation? Aligning strategy, processes, and resources to build innovation capabilitie
Academy of International Business, Copenhagen, Denmark, June 24-27, 2019
Lopez-Vega, Henry; Lakemond, Nicolette
Why don't endowments of unique natural ressoruces lead to innovation? Aligning strategy, processes and resources to build innovation capabilities
2019 Global Gathering of PRME Community RMER - Responsible Management Education Research Multistakeholder Engagement for Agenda 2030, Jönköping, Sweden, September 30 - October 3, 2019
Lopez-Vega, Henry; Lakemond, Nicolette
How do digital capabilities change institutionalised professionalpractices? A response from Swedish media companies
R&D Management Conference, Paris, France, June 17-21, 2019
Lopez-Vega, Henry; Ots, Mart
How digitalization disrupts boundaries: Organizational and individual knowledge boundaries
2A. Digital transformation: Managementtools, capabilities, and outcomes
Lopez-Vega, Henry; Ots, Mart
Dancing with an economic turmoil in emerging markets: A Longitudinal Study of Subsidiary Role Change in Swedish R&D Subsidiaries
Academy of International Business (AIB), Copenhagen, Denmark, June 24-27, 2019
Lopez-Vega, Henry; Tell, Fredrik; Gillmore, Edward
Stretching the knowledge boundaries of the firm: How local newspapers reinvent organizational practices in a digital world
European Media Management Association Conference, "Media Management and Actionable Knowledge: The Relationship between Theory and Practice", Cyprus University of Technology, Limassol, Cyprus, June 5-9, 2019
Ots, Mart; Lopez-Vega, Henry; Johansson, Anette
Open innovation in emerging markets: a longitudinal study of the antecedents, micro-foundations, and outcomes of dynamic capabilities
DRUID18, Copenhagen, Denmark, June 11-13, 2018
Lopez-Vega, Henry
Open innovation in emerging markets and new capabilities generation
SPIM Innovation Symposium
Lopez-Vega, Henry; Lakemond, Nicolette; Garnica, Leonardo Augusto; et al.
Entrepreneurial storying: Winepreneurs as crafters of regional identity stories
International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Sage Publications 2018, Vol. 19, (4) : 282-297
Markowska, Magdalena; Lopez-Vega, Henry
Where lies the difference between open innovation adopters and non-adopters?
77th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Atlanta, August 4-8, 2017
Dabrowska, Ustyna; Podmetina, Daria; Albats, Ekaterina; et al.
How to implement open innovation in practice?: A case study of a cultural transition
2017 R&D Management Conference, Leuven, July 1-5, 2017
Lopez-Vega, Henry; Dabrowska, Justyna; Ritala, Paavo
Open innovation in emerging markets: The connection of strategy and capabilities
33rd EGOS Colloquium: The Good Organization, Copenhagen, July 6-8, 2017
Lopez-Vega, Henry; Lakemond, Nicolette
Winemakers as storytellers: The role of storying in the transformation of a regional identity
DRUID Academy Conference 2017, Odense, January 18-20, 2017
Lopez-Vega, Henry; Markowska, Magdalena
Subsidiary Strategies of MNCs in emerging economies: The case of Brazil
DRUID Academy Conference 2017, Odense, January 18-20, 2017.
Lopez-Vega, Henry; Tell, Fredrik
Determinants of reverse knowledge transfer for emerging market multinationals: the role of complexity, autonomy and embeddedness
Revista de Administração, Universidade de Sao Paulo 2017, Vol. 52, (2) : 176-188
Silveira, Franciane Freitas; Sbragia, Roberto; Lopez-Vega, Henry; et al.
Öppen innovation på tillväxtmarknader
Öppen innovation: i teori och praktik, Lund: Studentlitteratur AB 2016 : 55-74
Lopez-Vega, Henry; Celadon, Kleber Luís; Sbragia, Roberto
The cogs and wheels of open innovation: the role of mechanisms in the capability lifecycle
76th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Anaheim, USA, August 5-9, 2016
Lopez-Vega, Henry; Lakemond, Nicolette
Where and how to search?: search paths in open innovation
Research Policy, Elsevier 2016, Vol. 45, (1) : 125-136
Lopez-Vega, Henry; Tell, Fredrik; Vanhaverbeke, Wim
When research meets development: antecedents and implications of transfer speed
The Journal of product innovation management, John Wiley & Sons 2014, Vol. 31, (6) : 1181-1198
Du, Jingshu; Leten, Bart; Vanhaverbeke, Wim; et al.
Value creation in mid-range emerging economies: Exploring SMEs strategies
2014 Annual Conference Proceedings
Lopez-Vega, Henry; Markowska, Magdalena; Izquierdo, Edgar; et al.
The role of Brazilian subsidiary R&D in Swedish MNEs: towards tropicalized innovations?
Management of innovation and technology, Göteborg: Institute for Management of Innovation and Technology (IMIT) 2014, (3) : 6-8
Lopez-Vega, Henry; Tell, Fredrik; Sbragia, Roberto
Wine makers as cultural entrepreneurs: The tensions in crafting collective identity stories
Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings 2013
Markowska, Magdalena; Lopez-Vega, Henry
Impact of technological uncertainty in supplier selection for NPD collaborations: Literature review and a case study
International Journal of Technology Intelligence and Planning (IJTIP), InderScience Publishers 2013, Vol. 9, (4) : 323-339
Melander, Lisa; Lopez-Vega, Henry
Open innovation and public policy in Europe
Brussels: Science|Business Publishing 2011
Chesbrough, Henry; Vanhaverbeke, Wim; Bakici, Tuba; et al.
Connecting the Mediterranean system of innovation: A functional perspective
EuroMed Journal of Business, Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011, Vol. 6, (1) : 46-62
Lopez-Vega, Henry; Ramis-Puyol, Juan
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