Associate Professor - Department of Strategy and Entrepreneurship
Biography
I am Associate Professor and Head of Centre for the Construction Industry at the Department of Strategy, BI Norwegian Business School.
Research areas
My research interests are within themes related to innovation processes and inter-organizational relationsships, particularly using the construction industry as an empirical setting.
Teaching areas
My teaching areas are within purchasing and SCM.
It is widely held that collaborative project delivery models, such as partnering, represent a key means of improving construction project performance. Institutionalizing these models in practice, however, is not straightforward. We suggest that the (in)ability to establish new routines may be one reason for the variance in partnering outcomes. Based on a study of a partnering project, we develop a model of how partnering is institutionalized through the establishment of routines, enabled through common understanding and truces between the partners’ interests. The model illustrates how such routines develop through a balance between top-down structural interventions and emergent social learning processes.
Bygballe, Lena Elisabeth & Kvålshaugen, Ragnhild (2018)
Practices in Institutional Prosjects as Moblizers of Change: A Case of Adaptation to Climate Change
Purpose – Previous research shows that implementing lean construction is not a straightforward task. The purpose of this paper is to examine the role of formal and informal mechanisms in implementing lean principles in construction projects. Design/methodology/approach – The paper draws on a single case study of the implementation of innovative lean principles in a public construction project in Norway. The study is based on qualitative data, including 17 semi-structured interviews with 21 individuals, document analysis, and observations in meetings and seminars, in addition to informal conversations. Findings – Formal mechanisms, including contractual arrangements, have the potential to both facilitate and hamper the implementation of innovative lean principles in a construction project. They might create coherence, but at the same time they might limit the scope of the concept in such a way that others do not accept it. Informal mechanisms, including social and lateral relationships and trust aid implementation, both directly by creating commitment and by modifying the challenges that the formal mechanisms potentially incur. Formal mechanisms may, in turn, nurture the informal ones. Research limitations/implications – The research is based on a single case study within the Norwegian public sector, which is dependent on specific public procurement regulations and subject to strong contractual traditions. Originality/value – The research extends the existing knowledge of implementation of lean construction in the construction industry. It helps refining the understanding of the role played by formal and informal mechanisms, and the interplay between them in the implementation process. This knowledge is also relevant for process innovations in construction in general.
Swärd, Anna & Bygballe, Lena Elisabeth (2017)
Lean Construction i et Strategisk perspektiv
Kalsaas, Bo Terje (red.). Lean Construction. Forstå og forbedre prosjektbasert produksjon
Pryke, Stephen; Badi, Sulafa & Bygballe, Lena Elisabeth (2017)
Editorial for the special issue on social networks in construction
Almås, Anders-Johan; Time, Berit, Bygballe, Lena Elisabeth & Lisø, Kim Robert (2016)
How can a research centre facilitate innovations for climate adaptation of buildings and infrastructure?
et al, . (red.). 4th Nordic Conference on Climate Change Adaptation "From Research to Actions and Transformation", August 29-31 2016 in Bergen, Norway. Book of Abstracts
Bygballe, Lena Elisabeth & Swärd, Anna Sundberg (2015)
Strategizing in Project-Based Organizations: The Role of Internal and External Relationships
Das, T.K. (red.). The practice of behavioral strategy
Bygballe, Lena Elisabeth; Dewulf, Geert & Levitt, Raymond E. (2015)
The interplay between formal and informal contracting in integrated project delivery
Construction Management and Economics, 27(7), s. 695- 704.
Harrison, Debbie & Bygballe, Lena (2006)
Learning and routines in resourcing
Resourcing in Business Logistics. The Art of Systematic Combining, Jahre et al
Hinna, Anne Kari & Bygballe, Lena Elisabeth (2013)
Bruk av innleie i norsk byggenæring
[Avis]
Bygballe, Lena Elisabeth (2012)
Nye konkurranseforhold i byggebransjen
El magasinet [Avis]
Bygballe, Lena Elisabeth (2012)
Endringer i arkitektbransjen
Arkitektnytt [Avis]
Bygballe, Lena Elisabeth; Flygansvær, Bente Merete, Harrison, Debbie & Soldal, Olav B. (2021)
Hvordan få til sirkulær massehåndtering for bygg- og anleggsprosjekter i Oslo-området?
[Report]. BI Norwegian Business School.
Dette forprosjektet har hatt som formål å identifisere interessante aspekter og problemstillinger knyttet til spørsmålet: Hvordan kan man få til sirkulær massehåndtering til og fra bygg- og anleggsprosjekter i Oslo-området? For å svare på spørsmålet, har vi ved Handelshøyskolen BI gjennomført en casestudie av et konsept for massehåndtering på Grønlia i Oslo havn i regi Skanska Industrial Solutions (SIS) i samarbeid med Oslo Havn KF og AF Decom. Konseptet er fortsatt ikke realisert, og ligger til politisk klagebehandling etter avslag i plan- og bygningsetaten i Oslo kommune, men caset representerer et interessant eksempel på hva som skal til for å utvikle og implementere sirkulære løsninger for massehåndtering. I tillegg til Grønlia-konseptet, er det flere andre pågående initiativer som er satt i gang i løpet av de siste årene med tanke på å håndtere utfordringen med masser i Oslo-området. Dette vitner om at problemstillingen har blitt satt på agendaen, både på politisk- og næringsnivå samt blant ulike interessegrupper. Grønlia-caset må dermed sees på som en del av et større økosystem for massehåndtering i Oslo og omegn.
Bygballe, Lena Elisabeth; Flygansvær, Bente Merete & Harrison, Debbie (2020)
Initiating a circular network: Quantifying monetary and carbon trade-offs in butterfly resource interactions
[Academic lecture]. 36th annual IMP conference.
Bygballe, Lena Elisabeth & Swärd, Anna (2020)
The Role of Middle Managers in the Strategic Renewal Process: From Mediators to Generators
[Academic lecture]. SMS 40th Annual Conference in London.
Bygballe, Lena Elisabeth; Thomassen, Maria Kristina Kollberg & Riis, Christian (2020)
Temasamling. Samfunnsøkonomiske aspekter ved klimatilpasning
[Report]. SINTEF akademisk forlag.
Bygballe, Lena Elisabeth; Kokkonen, Anne & Kvålshaugen, Ragnhild (2020)
What makes collaboration works?
[Report]. SINTEF Community.
Kvålshaugen, Ragnhild; Swärd, Anna & Bygballe, Lena Elisabeth (2020)
Controlling as caring: Exploring Control-trust dynamics in interorganizational relationships
[Academic lecture]. AOM conference.
Bygballe, Lena Elisabeth; Swärd, Anna & Vaagaasar, Anne Live (2020)
The role of connective technologies in mediating tensions between temporal logics across organizational levels in project based firms
[Academic lecture]. EURAM.
Bygballe, Lena Elisabeth; Swärd, Anna & Vaagaasar, Anne Live (2019)
Routines as truces in temporary multi-organizations
[Academic lecture]. Academy of Management Meeting.
Swärd, Anna; Vaagaasar, Anne Live & Bygballe, Lena Elisabeth (2019)
On connectivity, temporality, and organizational change processes
[Academic lecture]. Academy of Management Meeting.
Kvålshaugen, Ragnhild; Swärd, Anna & Bygballe, Lena Elisabeth (2019)
Controlling for trust or distrust?
[Academic lecture]. Academy of Management Meeting.
Bygballe, Lena Elisabeth; Swärd, Anna & Vaagaasar, Anne Live (2019)
Connective technologies and temporality in the realm of organizational change processes
[Academic lecture]. Process Symposium.
Bygballe, Lena Elisabeth; Swärd, Anna & Vaagaasar, Anne Live (2019)
Routines as truces in inter-organizational projects
[Academic lecture]. EURAM.
Bygballe, Lena Elisabeth; Klovning, Frida & Paulsen, Linda (2019)
Integrated Project Delivery (IPD): En litteraturstudie