Fredrik Tell, PhD
Department of Management and Engineering,
Linköping University
SE-581 83 Linköping, Sweden
Tel: +46-(0)13-282599
E-mail: fredrik.tell@liu.se
Bibliometric analysis (as of April 19, 2013)
12 entries in ISI Web of Knowledge (search)
with 206 non-self citations
69 entries in Google Scholar with 790
citations
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Dissertations
Tell, F. (2000), Organizational Capabilities – A Study of Electrical Power Transmission
Equipment Manufacturers, 1878-1990, Linköping Studies in Management and Economics,
Dissertations No. 41, Dissertations from IMIE No. 36, Linköping University
Tell, F. (1997), Knowledge and Justification – Exploring the Knowledge Based Firm, Faculty
of Arts and Sciences Thesis No. FiF-a 8, Dissertations from IMIE No. 5, Linköping
University
Peer-reviewed scientific journal articles
Söderlund, Jonas & Fredrik Tell (2011), Strategy and Capabilities in the P-form Corporation:
Linking Strategic Direction to Organizational Capabilities, Advances in Strategic
Management, 28: 235-263
Enberg, C., L. Lindkvist and F. Tell (2010), Knowledge integration at the edge of technology:
On teamwork and complexity in new turbine development, International Journal of
Project Management, 28(8): 756-765
Bergek, A., C. Berggren and F. Tell (2009), Do technology strategies matter? A comparison
of two electrical engineering corporations, 1988-1998, Technology Analysis and Strategic
Management, 21(4): 445-470
Söderlund, J. and F. Tell (2009), Exploring the dynamics of the P-form organization: Project
epochs in Asea/ABB 1950-2000, International Journal of Project Management, 27(2) 101112
Tell, F. (2008), Epilogue: Acquiring information and integrating knowledge in New Product
Development projects, International Journal of Technology Intelligence and Planning,
4(2): 364-377
Bergek, A., Tell, F., Berggren, C. and J. Watson (2008), Technological capabilities and late
shakeouts: Industrial dynamics in the advanced gas turbine industry, 1986-2002, Industrial
and Corporate Change, 17(2): 335-392
Yakob, R. and F. Tell (2007), Managing Near Decomposability in Complex Platform
Development Projects, International Journal of Technology Intelligence and Planning,
3(4): 387-407
Enberg, C., L. Lindkvist and F. Tell (2006), Exploring the Dynamics of Knowledge
Integration: Acting and Interacting in Project Teams, Management Learning, 37(2): 143165
Magnusson, T., F. Tell and J. Watson (2005), From CoPS to Mass production? Capabilities
and innovation in power generation equipment manufacturing, Industrial and Corporate
Change, 14(1): 1-26
Tell, F. (2004), What Do Organizations Know? Dynamics of Justification Contexts in R&D
Activities, Organization, 11(4): 443-471
Prencipe, A. and F. Tell (2001), Inter-project learning: processes and outcomes of knowledge
codification in project-based firms, Research Policy, 30(9): 1373-1394
Lindkvist, L., J. Söderlund and F. Tell (1998), Managing Product Development Projects – On
the Significance of Fountains and Deadlines, Organization Studies, 19(6): 931-951
Book chapters in edited volumes
Tell, F. (2013), Knowledge articulation, in: Teece, D. J. and M. Augier (eds.), The Palgrave
Encyclopedia of Strategic Management, Palgrave/Macmillan
Jonsson, A. and F. Tell (2013), Knowledge Management, in: Strannegård, L. & A. Styhre
(eds.), Management - From basics to contemporary research, Lund: Studentlitteratur
Tell, F. (2012), Management i samverkan: En kraftfull svensk modell?, in: Ottosson, J. & L.
Magnusson (eds.), Den hållbara svenska modellen: Innovationskraft, förnyelse, effektivitet,
Stockholm: SNS Förlag
Bengtsson, M. and F. Tell (2012), Rutin – den tysta styrningen, in: Söderlund, J. and F. Tell
(eds.), Styrning: Med projekt och kunskap i fokus, Lund: Studentlitteratur
Söderlund, J. and F. Tell (2012), Organisationsform och styrning: exemplet Saab 1995–2007
och framväxten av en P-formsorganisation, in: Söderlund, J. and F. Tell (eds.), Styrning:
Med projekt och kunskap i fokus, Lund: Studentlitteratur
Tell, F. (2012), Kunskapsstyrning och kunskapstyper: kunskapskuben, in: Söderlund, J. and F.
Tell (eds.), Styrning: Med projekt och kunskap i fokus, Lund: Studentlitteratur
Johansson, M., Axelson, M., Enberg, C. and F. Tell (2011), Knowledge integration in interfirm R&D relationships: How do firms balance problems of coordination with problems of
cooperation?, in: Berggren, C., Bergek, A., M. Bengtsson, Hobday, L. and J. Söderlund
(eds.) (2011), Knowledge Integration and Innovation: Critical Challenges Facing
International Technology-based Firms, Oxford: Oxford University Press
Söderlund, J. and F. Tell (2011), Knowledge integration in project-based corporations:
Complexity and the evolution of project epochs, in: Berggren, C., Bergek, A., M.
Bengtsson, Hobday, L. and J. Söderlund (eds.) (2011), Knowledge Integration and
Innovation: Critical Challenges Facing International Technology-based Firms, Oxford:
Oxford University Press
Söderlund, J. and F. Tell (2011a), The P-form corporation: contingencies, characteristics, and
challenges, in: Morris, P., J. Pinto and J. Söderlund (eds.) (2011), The Oxford Handbook of
Project Management, Oxford: Oxford University Press
Tell, F. (2011), Knowledge integration and innovation: A survey of the literature, in:
Berggren, C., Bergek, A., M. Bengtsson, Hobday, L. and J. Söderlund (eds.) (2011),
Knowledge Integration and Innovation: Critical Challenges Facing International
Technology-based Firms, Oxford: Oxford University Press
Larsson, M. and F. Tell (2010), Två snilleföretags patentstrategier runt förra sekelskiftet, in:
Patent och pirater: Patentstrategier och varumärken under 100 år, Näringslivshistoria: 3,
Stockholm: Centrum för Näringslivshistoria
Yakob, R. and F. Tell (2009), Detecting Errors Early: Management of problem-solving in
product platform projects, in: Gawer, A. (ed.), Platforms, Markets and Innovation,
Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA, US: Edward Elgar
Tell, F. (2008), ASEA – Managing Big Business the Swedish Way, in: Fellman, S. M., M. J.
Iversen, H. Sjögren and L. Thue (eds.), Creating Nordic Capitalism: The Business History
of a Competitive Periphery, pp. 104-136, Basingstoke: Palgrave/Macmillan
Tell, F., (2007), The electrical industry, in: Rider, C. (ed.), Encyclopedia of the Age of the
Industrial Revolution: A Global History, pp. 133-139, Westport, CT: Greenwood
Publishing
Brady, T., N. Marshall, A. Prencipe and F. Tell (2004), Making Sense of Learning
Landscapes in Project-Based Organizations, in: Love, P., I. Zahir and P. Fong (eds.),
Managing Knowledge in Project Environments, pp. 197-217, Oxford: ButterworthHeinemann/Elsevier
Tell, F. (2003), Integrating Electrical Power Systems: From Individual to Organizational
Capabilities, in: Prencipe, A., A. Davies and M. Hobday (eds.), The Business of Systems
Integration, pp. 56-77, Oxford: Oxford University Press
Lindkvist, L., J. Söderlund and F. Tell (2001), Styrning av produktutvecklingsprojekt, in:
Berggren, C. and L. Lindkvist (eds.), Projekt – Organisation för målorientering och
lärande, pp. 52-74, Lund: Studentlitteratur
Tell, F. and J. Söderlund (2001), Lärande mellan projekt, in: Berggren, C. and L. Lindkvist
(eds.), Projekt – Organisation för målorientering och lärande, pp. 220-257, Lund:
Studentlitteratur
Lindkvist, L., J. Söderlund and F. Tell (1996), Leren in projekten – das anpaak van Ericsson,
HRM Handbook, Kluwer
Book reviews
Tell, Fredrik (2010), Book review of ‘Knowledge and Competitive Advantage: The
Coevolution of Firms, Technology, and National Institutions’, Johann Peter Murmann
(2003), Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, Journal of Economic History, 70(2): 530532
Tell, F. (2009), Book review of ‘GN Store Nord – A Company in Transition, 1939-1988’,
Iversen, Martin (2005), Copenhagen: Copenhagen Business School Press, Scandinavian
Economic History Review, 57(2): 212-213
Tell, F. (2006), Book review of ’The Modern Firm: Organizational Design for Performance
and Growth’, Roberts, John (2004), Oxford: Oxford University Press, Journal of
Management and Governance, 10(4): 455-458
Tell, F. (2003), Book review of ‘Entrepreneurship in Business and Research: Essays in
Honour of Håkan Lindgren’, Henreksson, M., M. Larsson and H. Sjögren (eds.) (2001),
Stockholm: EHF/Probus Förlag, Business History, 45(2): 131-132
Teaching cases
Tell, F. (1999), General Electric: A History of Growth & Organization, 1878-1992
Larsson, A. and F. Tell (1997), SAAB - Förändringar inom affärsområde flyg
Dahlgren, J., J. Söderlund and F. Tell (1996), The New Zeeland project: Risks, roles and
relationships in an international project
Work in progress (contact me for offprints)
Bergek, A., Tell, F. and C. Palmberg, Product Complexity and Collaborative Knowledge
Sourcing: The Case of Combined Cycle Gas Turbines (CCGT)
Chaharmahali, S. M., Siadat, S. E., Åman, P. and F. Tell, Balancing Exploration and
Exploitation: The Moderating Role of Market Dynamism
Dittrich, K and F. Tell (eds.), Sectoral Modes of Open Innovation: Strategic Management and
Public Policy, Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA, US: Edward Elgar
Jonsson, A., U. Sandström & F. Tell, Knowledge Management reviewed: A bibliometric
approach
Käfling, Å. & F. Tell, Management of Joint Ventures in an Uncertain World: Evidence from a
Case Study of a Joint Venture in China
Lopez-Vega, H. & F. Tell, R&D internationalization of Swedish Multinationals in Emerging
Economies: The Case of Brazil
Lopez-Vega, H., F. Tell & W. Vanhaverbeke, In search of innovations: Knowledge tensions
in intermediated knowledge acquisition
Melander, L. & F. Tell, Dealing with uncertainty and conflicts! Integration in Collaborative
NPD projects
Melander, L. & F. Tell, Uncertainty in collaborative NPD: effects on the selection of
technology and supplier
Söderlund, J. & F. Tell, Governing project-based firms: Coordination and cooperation in Pform corporations
Söderlund, J., F. Tell & M. Hobday, Capability formation in P-form corporations: An
emerging perspective on project-based organizations
Tell, F., Concept Formation in Knowledge Exploration: Analogical Reasoning in the Early
Days of Electrical Engineering
Tell, F., Organizational learning, and corporate coherence: Complementarities and
substitution effects
Tell, F., Organizational Capabilities in Science-Based Industries: A Comparative History of
Electrical Manufacturers, 1878-1990
Tell, F., AC/DC High Voltage: Generations of gateway technologies and the ‘battle of the
systems’ revisited