Peter Lindgren (born Dec 1, 1961) is a Danish organizational theorist, and Professor at Aarhus University's Department of Business and Technology, known for his research involving firms' business models, including about interdependence of partner firms' business models and about innovation..

Biography

Lindgren grew up in

Skive, Denmark Skive is a town in Skive municipality (Danish, ''Skive Kommune'') in Region Midtjylland at the base of Salling Peninsula, a part of the larger Jutland peninsula in northwest Denmark. It is the municipality's main town and the site of its munic ...

, where he attending the Skive Gymnasium from 1977 to 1980. In 1983 he obtained his BA in Business Administration at the

Copenhagen Business School Copenhagen Business School (Danish'': Handelshøjskolen i København'') often abbreviated and referred to as CBS (also in Danish), is a public university situated in Copenhagen, Denmark and is considered one of the most prestigious business scho ...

, and his MA in Business Administration at the

Aarhus School of Business The Aarhus University School of Business and Social Sciences (in short Aarhus BSS) is one of four faculties of Aarhus University in Denmark. The school consists of seven departments: Economics and Business Economics, Management, Political Science, ...

in 1985. In 2003 he obtained his PhD in engineering at the Aalborg University – Copenhagen with a thesis on Network Based High Speed Innovation.Peter Lindgren, Professor: CV
at pure.au.dk. Accessed 16-03-2015. Lindgren started his career in industry as sales assistant in 1985, was Regional Export Manager for a year, and manager for a web-store selling electronic components for three year. He was Marketing Manager for Novopan Treeindustri from 1990 to 1993, before he returned to the academic world. From 1993 to 1999 he worked at the

in various functions. In 1999 he moved to the Aalborg University, where he was appointed Associate Professor at the Department of Mechanical engineering and Manufacturing, and since 2014 has been a full professor.

Work

Business modelling

The OMG (2011) acknowledged:

A
business model A business model describes how an organization creates, delivers, and captures value,''Business Model Generation'', Alexander Osterwalder, Yves Pigneur, Alan Smith, and 470 practitioners from 45 countries, self-published, 2010 in economic, soci ...
describes how an organization creates, captures, delivers, receives and consumes value from the perspective of primary stakeholders. Peter Lindgren defines seven building blocks of a business model: value proposition, user and consumer, value chain, competencies, network, relations and value formula, Lindgren (2011). OMG, ''Value Delivery Modeling Language (VDML),'' Doc. No. bmi/2011-05-11 (2011)

Lindgren depicted these dimensions into a so-called "Business Model Cube".

Selected publications

* Lindgren, Peter, ed. ''NEW global ICT-based business models.'' River Publishers, 2011. ;Articles, a selection: * Lindgren, Peter, Yariv Taran, and Harry Boer.
From single firm to network-based business model innovation
" ''International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management'' 12.2 (2010): 122-137. * Lindgren, P., and Y. Taran. "A Futuristic outlook on business models and business model innovation in a future green society." ''Journal of Green Engineering'' 2 (2011): 1-10. * Lindgren, Peter.
Business Model Innovation Leadership: How Do SME’s Strategically Lead Business Model Innovation?
" ''International Journal of Business and Management'' 7.14 (2012): p53. * Lindgren, Peter, and Ole Horn Rasmussen.
The business model cube
" ''Journal of Multi Business Model Innovation and Technology'' 1.2 (2013): 135-182.

References

External links

at pure.au.dk {{DEFAULTSORT:Lindgren, Peter 1961 births Living people Danish business theorists Copenhagen Business School alumni Aarhus University alumni Aalborg University alumni Academic staff of Aarhus University Academic staff of Aalborg University