Anna Dubois (born April 20, 1962) is a Swedish

organizational theorist Organizational theory refers to the set of interrelated concepts that involve the sociological study of the structures and operations of formal social organizations. Organizational theory also attempts to explain how interrelated units of organiz ...

and professor of technology management and economics at

Chalmers University of Technology Chalmers University of Technology ( sv, Chalmers tekniska högskola, often shortened to Chalmers) is a Swedish university located in Gothenburg that conducts research and education in technology and natural sciences at a high international level ...

in Gothenburg, and director of Chalmers Transport Area of Advance. She is best known for her work with

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, boundaries of the firm, and managing suppliers interfaces.

Biography

Dubois obtained her M.Sc. in mechanical engineering at

with a specialisation in industrial organisation in 1987. At Chalmer's Division of Industrial Marketing, she obtained her licentiate of technology in 1990, and her PhD in 1994 with the thesis, entitled "Organising Industrial Activities — An analytical framework"Curriculum vitae: Anna Dubois
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. Dubois spends her academic career at Chalmers University of Technology. After her graduation, she started in 1995 as assistant professor in the Division of Industrial Marketing, where in 2000 she got promoted associate professor and in 2004 full professor. From 2000 to 2006 she also chaired the Division of Industrial Marketing. In 2006, she moved to the Department of Technology Management and Economics, which she chaired a year, and where she is full professor of industrial marketing and purchasing since 2007. From 2007 to 2010, she was vice president of Chalmers University of Technology, and since 2010 she is also director of Chalmers Transport Area of Advance. Dubois has been visiting professor and/or lectured at

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, Sweden; in Norway at the

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and

Molde University College Molde University College - Specialized University in Logistics ( no, Høgskolen i Molde - Vitenskapelig høgskole i logistikk, abbreviated HiM) is a Norwegian specialized university. It is located in the town of Molde in Molde Municipality, M ...

; in Finland at the

Aalto University Aalto University ( fi, Aalto-yliopisto; sv, Aalto-universitetet) is a public research university located in Espoo, Finland. It was established in 2010 as a merger of three major Finnish universities: the Helsinki University of Technology, the He ...

; in Britain at

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and the

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; and in The Netherlands at the

Eindhoven University of Technology The Eindhoven University of Technology ( nl, Technische Universiteit Eindhoven), abbr. TU/e, is a public technical university in the Netherlands, located in the city of Eindhoven. In 2020–21, around 14,000 students were enrolled in its BSc a ...

. Since the new millennium, she participates in the

Industrial Marketing and Purchasing Group The Industrial Marketing and Purchasing Group or International Marketing and Purchasing Group (abbreviated IMP Group) is a European research initiative in the field of Industrial marketing established in 1976 by researchers from different countries ...

. She became a member of the

Royal Society of Arts and Sciences in Gothenburg The Royal Society of Arts and Sciences in Gothenburg ( sv, Kungliga Vetenskaps- och Vitterhets-Samhället i Göteborg, abbreviated KVVS and often known simply as ''Samhället'') is a Swedish Royal Academy. Its predecessor was founded in Gothenburg ...

in 2009 and of the

Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences The Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences or ''Kungliga Ingenjörsvetenskapsakademien'' (IVA), founded on 24 October 1919 by King Gustaf V, is one of the royal academies in Sweden. The academy is an independent organisation, which promo ...

in 2015.

Selected publications

* Dubois, Anna. ''Organising Industrial Activities - An Analytical Framework.'' PhD thesis,

, 1994. * Dubois, Anna. ''Organizing industrial activities across firm boundaries.'' Routledge, 2006. Articles, a selectionAnna Dubois
Google Scholar] profile. * Araujo, Luis, Anna Dubois, and

. "Managing interfaces with suppliers." ''Industrial marketing management'' 28.5 (1999): 497-506. * Dubois, Anna, and

.
Supply strategy and network effects—purchasing behaviour in the construction industry
" ''European Journal of Purchasing & Supply Management'' 6.3 (2000): 207-215. * Dubois, Anna, and

.
Systematic combining: an abductive approach to case research
" ''Journal of business research'' 55.7 (2002): 553-560. * Dubois, Anna, and

.
The construction industry as a loosely coupled system: implications for productivity and innovation
" ''Construction Management & Economics ''20.7 (2002): 621-631.

References

External links

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at Chalmers University of Technology
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