Matti Anders Kaulio
Associate Professor and Head of Dept. Industrial Economics Management| KTH Royal Institute of Technology – Sweden

Abstract:
The aim of this seminar is to discuss how established firms elaborate with simultaneous technological and business model innovations, something that is referred to as “double ambidexterity”.
The seminar leverage primarily on a contradictory case, the Swedish‐Finnish Telecom operator TeliaSonera. According to theory, Teliasonera should not have survived as it was considered too slow, with too much organizational inertia. Nevertheless, despite being challenged by three major disruptions; the company not only still lives but also enjoys remarkably good financial performance.
In addition, the seminar also discussed the transformation of the automotive industry. Currently the automotive industry face a double challenge of both a technological shift, in which new technologies in terms of new power lines (hybrid and electrical engines) are substituting combustion engines, and a business model shift where new forms of “mobility relationships” (car sharing, car‐pooling, leasing) challenge the traditional ownership model.
Theoretically, the seminar wants to contribute to the academic debate on the interplay between technological and business model innovation in relationship to the long‐term performance of firms. Thereby the seminar contributes to both business model innovation research and ambidexterity research.

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Venue
Department of Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering
Building B26/B – Room 3.23 – third floor
Via Lambruschini 4/B, Milano