Leif Melin

Naldi, L., Nordqvist, M., Chirico, F., Gómez-Mejia, L., Ashforth, B., Swartz, R., Melin, L. (2024). From “FIBER” to “FIRE”: construct validation and refinement of the socioemotional wealth scale in family firms Entrepreneurship and Regional Development. More information

Brundin, E., McClatchey, I., Melin, L. (2023). Leaving the family business: The dynamics of psychological ownership The Journal of Family Business Strategy, 14(2). More information

Salvato, C., Chirico, F., Melin, L., Seidl, D. (2019). Coupling family business research with organization studies: Interpretations, issues, and insights Organization Studies, 40(6), 775-791. More information

Waldkirch, M., Nordqvist, M., Melin, L. (2018). CEO turnover in family firms: How social exchange relationships influence whether a non-family CEO stays or leaves Human Resource Management Review, 28(1), 56-67. More information

Achtenhagen, L., Brunninge, O., Melin, L. (2017). Patterns of dynamic growth in medium-sized companies: beyond the dichotomy of organic versus acquired growth Long range planning, 50(4), 457-471. More information

Sund, L., Melin, L., Haag, K. (2015). Intergenerational ownership succession: Shifting the focus from outcome measurements to preparatory requirements The Journal of Family Business Strategy, 6(3), 166-177. More information

Brundin, E., Florin Samuelsson, E., Melin, L. (2014). Family ownership logic: Framing the core characteristics of family businesses Journal of Management and Organization, 20(1), 6-37. More information

Sund, L., Melin, L. (2013). Intergenerational ownership succession: a stakeholder perspective European Business Law Review, 24(4), 407-429. More information

Achtenhagen, L., Melin, L., Naldi, L. (2013). Dynamics of Business Models - Strategizing, Critical Capabilities and Activities for Sustained Value Creation Long range planning, 46(6), 427-442. More information

Bjursell, C., Melin, L. (2011). Proactive and reactive plots: Narratives in entrepreneurial identity construction International Journal of Gender and Entrepreneurship, 3(3), 218-235. More information

Achtenhagen, L., Naldi, L., Melin, L. (2010). "Business growth": do practitioners and scholars really talk about the same thing? Entrepreneurship: Theory & Practice, 43(2), 289-316. More information

Nordqvist, M., Melin, L. (2010). Entrepreneurial families and family firms Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, 22(3/4), 211-239. More information

Nordqvist, M., Hall, A., Melin, L. (2009). Qualitative Research on Family Businesses: The Relevance and Usefulness of the Interpretive Approach Journal of Management and Organization, 15(3), 294-308. More information

Sund, L., Melin, L. (2008). Family Businesses and the EU Recommendation on the Transfer of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises European Business Law Review, 19(2), 279-291. More information

Melin, L., Salvato, C. (2008). Creating Value Across Generations in Family-Controlled Businesses: The Role of Family Social Capital Family Business Review, 21(3), 259-276. More information

Nordqvist, M., Melin, L. (2008). Strategic Planning Champions: Social Craftspersons, Artful Interpreters and Known Strangers Long range planning, 41(3), 326-344. More information

Melin, L., Nordqvist, M. (2007). The reflexive dynamics of institutionalization: the case of the family business Strategic Organization, 5(3), 321-333. More information

Brundin, E., Melin, L. (2006). Unfolding the dynamics of emotions: how emotion drives or counteracts strategising International Journal of Work Organisation and Emotion, 1(3), 277-302. More information

Naldi, L., Helin, J., Melin, L., Achtenhagen, L. (2005). Ganaron el Gröna Kvisten hace diez años. ¿Y ahora? Iniciativa Emprendedora, 47((April-Mayo-Junio)), 71-83. More information

Melin, L., Johnson, G., Whittington, R. (2003). Guest Editors' Introduction. Micro Strategy and Strategizing: Towards an Activity-Based View Journal of Management Studies, 40(1), 3-22. More information

Hall, A., Melin, L., Nordqvist, M. (2001). Entrepreneurship as Radical Change in the Family Business: Exploring the Role of Cultural Patterns Family Business Review, 14(3), 193-208. More information

Roland, C., Melin, L., Atamer, T., Gustavsson, P. (2000). Innovative international strategies Journal of World Business, 35(4), 333-354. More information

Ericson, T., Melin, L. (1999). Strategic Change in Hospital Organizations: The Role of Actors’ Way-of-Thinking Management ed economia sanitaria, 8, 109-117. More information

Gustavsson, P., Melin, L., Macdonald, S. (1994). Learning to Glocalize Advances in Strategic Management, 10 B, 255-288. More information

Melin, L. (1992). Internationalization as a Strategy Process Strategic Management Journal, 13(S2), 99-118. More information

Melin, L. (1989). The Field-of-Force Metaphor Advances in International Marketing, 3, 161-179. More information

Melin, L. (1987). The Field-of-force Metaphor International: A Study in Industrial Change International Studies of Management and Organization, 17(1), 24-33. More information

Melin, L. (1985). Strategies in Managing Turnaround Long range planning, 18(1), 80-86. More information

Melin, L. (1976). Strategic Purchasing – Organizational Learning Scandinavian Journal of Materials Administration. More information

Johnson, G., Langley, A., Melin, L., Whittington, R. (2007). Strategy as Practice: Research Models and Resources. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press More information

Melin, L., Brundin, E., Haag, K., Hall, A., Nordqvist, M., Wigren, C. (2007). Ägarskifte med förnuft och känsla: Vägledning inför ägar- och ledarskiften i företag. Stockholm: Verket för näringslivsutveckling (NUTEK) More information

Bjuggren, P., Melin, L., Ericsson, A., Hall, A., Haag, K., Nordqvist, M. (2004). Ägarskiften och ledarskiften i företag: En fördjupad analys. Stockholm: Nutek More information

van Helvert-Beugels, J., Nordqvist, M., Melin, L. (2020). Engaging practitioners in qualitative family business research: an engaged scholarship approach. In: A. De Massis & N. Kammerlander (Ed.), Handbook of qualitative research methods for family business (pp. 399 -417). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing More information

Sharma, P., Melin, L. (2015). Editors’ Introduction: Evolution and Scope of Family Business Studies. In: Sharma, P. & Melin, L. (Ed.), Family Business: Volume I: Scope, Boundaries, and Impact of Family Business (pp. 21 -52). London: Sage Publications More information

Ericson, M., Melin, L., Popp, A. (2015). Studying Strategy as Practice through Historical Methods. In: Golsorkhi, D., Rouleau, L.; Seidl, D. and Vaara, E. (Eds.) (Ed.), Cambridge Handbook of Strategy as Practice Cambridge: Cambridge University Press More information

Nordqvist, M., Melin, L., Waldkirch, M., Kumeto, G. (2015). Introducing theoretical perspectives on family business. In: Mattias Nordqvist, Leif Melin, Matthias Waldkirch and Gershon Kumeto (Ed.), Theoretical Perspectives on Family Businesses (pp. 1 -17). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing More information

Sharma, P., Melin, L., Nordqvist, M. (2014). Introduction: Scope, evolution and future of family business studies. In: Melin, L., Nordqvist, M., Sharma, P. (Ed.), The SAGE handbook of family business (pp. 1 -23). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications More information

Brundin, E., Melin, L. (2012). Managerial practices in family-owned firms: strategizing actors, their arenas, and their emotions. In: Stefan Tengblad (Ed.), The work of managers: towards a practice theory of management (pp. 281 -298). Oxford: Oxford University Press More information

Hall, A., Melin, L. (2012). Ägarskiftet som ett relationsdrama. In: Ethel Brundin, Anders W. Johansson, Bengt Johannisson, Leif Melin, Mattias Nordqvist (Ed.), Familjeföretagande: Affärer och känslor Stockholm: SNS förlag More information

Bjursell, C., Melin, L. (2012). Kvinnors berättelser om företagaridentitet. In: Brundin, E., Johansson, A.W., Johannisson, B., Melin, L. och Nordqvist, M. (Ed.), Familjeföretagande: Affärer och känslor (pp. 213 -226). More information

Melin, L., Nordqvist, M., Boers, B. (2012). Familjeföretagets bolagsstyrning. In: Brundin, E., Johansson, A.W., Johannisson, B., Melin,. L & Nordqvist, M. (Ed.), Familjeföretagande: affärer och känslor (pp. 125 -145). Stockholm: SNS förlag More information

Brundin, E., Nordqvist, M., Melin, L. (2012). Kultur och entreprenörskap över generationer. In: Ethel Brundin, Anders W. Johansson, Bengt Johannisson, Leif Melin, Mattias Nordqvist (Ed.), Familjeföretagande: affärer och känslor (pp. 69 -89). Stockholm: SNS förlag More information

Melander, A., Melin, L., Nordqvist, M. (2010). The Strategic Arena Approach to Strategy Process Research. In: Pietro Mazzola; Franz W Kellermanns (Ed.), Handbook of Research on Strategy Process (pp. 67 -89). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing More information

Brundin, E., Nordqvist, M., Melin, L. (2010). Entrepreneurial orientation across generations in family firms: the role of owner-centric culture for proactiveness and autonomy. In: Mattias Nordqvist and Thomas M. Zellweger (Ed.), Transgenerational Entrepreneurship: Exploring Growth and Performance in Family Firms Across Generations (pp. 123 -141). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar More information

Ericson, M., Melin, L. (2010). Strategizing and history. In: D. Golsorkhi, L. Rouleau, D. Seidl and E. Vaara (Ed.), Cambridge Handbook of Strategy as Practice (pp. 326 -343). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press More information

Brunninge, O., Melin, L. (2009). Continuity in Change: Path Dependence and Transformation in Two Swedish Multinationals. In: Georg Screyögg & Jörg Sydow (Ed.), The Hidden Dynamics of Path Dependence: Institutions and Organizations (pp. 94 -109). Houndmills: Palgrave More information

Nordqvist, M., Habbershon, T., Melin, L. (2008). Transgenerational entreprenuership: exploring enterpreneurial orientation in family firms. In: Entrepreneurship, Sustainable Growth and Performance: Frontiers in European Entrepreneurship Research (pp. 93 -116). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar More information

Wigren, C., Melin, L. (2007). Vinnväxt-Tävlingen: Spelregler för vinnare och förlorare. In: Regional växtkraft i en global ekonomi: det svenska Vinnväxtprogrammet (pp. 261 -284). Stockholm: Santérus förlag More information

Nordqvist, M., Hall, A., Melin, L. (2007). The Relevance of the Interpretive Research Approach in Family Business Studies. In: Juha Kansikas & Stiina Lehti (Ed.), Dimensions on Family Business Research: Vol. 1, Values and responsible ownership (pp. 25 -45). Jyväskylä: University of Jyväskylä More information

Hall, A., Melin, L., Nordqvist, M. (2006). Understanding Strategizing in the Family Business Contexts. In: Handbook of research on family business (pp. 253 -268). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar More information

Achtenhagen, L., Helin, J., Melin, L., Naldi, L. (2006). One Decade Later: Following Up the ‘Gröna Kvisten’ Prize-winning Growth Firms. In: P. Rind Christensen & F. Poulfelt (Ed.), Managing Complexity and Change in SMEs: Frontiers in European Research (pp. 10 -34). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing More information

Agndal, H., Axelsson, B., Melin, L. (2005). Understanding Strategic Change. In: Developing Sourcing Capabilities: creating strategic change in purchasing and supply management Chichester: John Wiley More information

Johnson, G., Melin, L., Whittington, R. (2005). Micro Strategy and Strategizing: Implications for Strategy Process Research. In: Innovating Strategy Process (pp. 176 -185). Malden, Mass.: Blackwell Publishing More information

Melin, L., Risberg, A. (2005). Portfolio Internationalization: The Case of a Successful Concept. In: Media Product Portfolios: Issues in Management of Multiple Products and Services (pp. 225 -252). Mahwah, N.J.: Lawrence Erlbaum More information

Brundin, E., Melin, L. (2005). Strategic Leadership and Media Portfolio Development: Leaders and Impression Management. In: Media Product Portfolios: Issues in Management of Multiple Products and Services (pp. 63 -93). Mahwah, N.J.: Lawrence Erlbaum More information

Brundin, E., Melin, L., Axelsson, B. (2005). Leadership and values for competitive sourcing. In: Developing Sourcing Capabilities: creating strategic change in purchasing and supply management (pp. 107 -133). Chichester : Wiley More information

Achtenhagen, L., Helin, J., Melin, L., Naldi, L. (2005). Tracing patterns of growth: A first analysis of the 'Gröna Kvisten' high-growth ventures. In: Advances in Interdisciplinary European Entrepreneurship research: Vol. 2 (pp. 101 -132). Münster: Lit Verlag More information

Achtenhagen, L., Melin, L. (2003). Managing the Homogeneity-Heterogeneity Duality. In: Innovative Forms of Organizing: international perspectives (pp. 301 -328). London: SAGE More information

Achtenhagen, L., Melin, L., Müllern, T. (2003). Learning and Continuous Change in Innovating Organizations. In: Innovative Forms of Organizing: international perspectives (pp. 72 -94). London: SAGE More information

Achtenhagen, L., Ericson, T., Melin, L., Müllern, T. (2003). Leadership: The Role of Interactive Strategizing. In: Innovative Forms of Organizing: international perspectives (pp. 49 -71). London: SAGE More information

Nordqvist, M., Melin, L. (2002). The Dynamics of Family Firms: An Institutional Perspective on Corporate Governance and Strategic Change. In: Denise E. Fletcher (Ed.), Understanding the small family business (pp. 94 -). London: Routledge More information

Ericson, T., Melander, A., Melin, L. (2001). The Role of the Strategist. In: Rethinking Strategy London: Sage More information

Melin, L., Nordqvist, M. (2000). Ägande och strategisk ledning i familjeföretag. In: Familjeföretag och familjeföretagande Örebro: Forum för småföretagsforskning (FSF) More information

Ericson, T., Lindell, P., Melin, L. (1998). Collective Thinking in Strategic Change Processes. In: Michael A Hitt; Joan E Ricart i Costa; Robert D Nixon (Ed.), New Managerial Mindsets: Organizational Transformation and Strategy Implementation Chichester: John Wiley More information

Melin, L. (1998). Strategic Change: Its Driving Forces and Inherent Dynamics. In: Barbara Czarniawska (Ed.), Organisationsteori på svenska Malmö: Liber ekonomi More information

Lindell, P., Melin, L., Gahmberg, H., Hellqvist, A., Melander, A. (1998). Stability and change in a strategist's thinking. In: Managerial and organizational cognition: theory, methods and research (pp. 76 -92). London: SAGE More information

Melin, L., Hellgren, B. (1994). Patterns of Strategic Processes: Two Typologies. In: Howard Thomas (Ed.), Building the strategically–responsive organization Chichester: John Wiley More information

Lindell, M., Melin, L. (1994). Acquisitions and Realization of Vision. In: Howard Thomas (Ed.), Building the strategically-responsive organization Chichester: John Wiley More information

Hellgren, B., Melin, L. (1993). The Role of Strategists’ Way-of-thinking in Strategic Change Processes. In: John Hendry and Gerry Johnson with Julia Newton (Ed.), Strategic Thinking: Leadership and the Management of Change Chichester: John Wiley More information

Lindell, M., Melin, L. (1993). Strategic Management: Rational and Irrational Perspectives. In: Hans H. Hinterhuber (Ed.), Fallstudien zum Strategischen Management Wiesbaden: Gabler Verlag More information

Hellgren, B., Melin, L., Pettersson, A. (1993). Structure and Change: The Industrial Field Approach. In: Industrial networks (pp. 87 -106). Greenwich, Conn.: JAI Pres More information

Melin, L. (1991). Reorientation and Strategic Ways-of-thinking. In: Göran Arvidsson och Rolf Lind (Ed.), Ledning av företag och förvaltningar: förutsättningar, former, förnyelse Stockholm: SNS Förlag More information

Hellgren, B., Melin, L. (1991). Business Systems: Industrial Wisdom and Corporate Strategies – The Case of the Pulp-and-Paper Industry. In: The Social Foundations of Enterprise: European Comparing PerspectiveMore information

Hellgren, B., Melin, L. (1990). Corporate Strategies in Nordic Firms Facing Europe: Acquisitions and other Collaborative Strategies. In: Lars-Gunnar Mattsson and Bengt Stymne (Ed.), Corporate and Industry Strategies for Europe: adaptations to the European single market in a global industrial environment Amsterdam: North-Holland More information

Melin, L. (1987). Commentary: Understanding Strategic Change. In: Management of Strategic Change (pp. 154 -165). More information

Holmström, M., Melin, L. (1983). Company Group Logic and Local Influence. In: Local MobilizationMore information

Melin, L. (1981). Organizing Strategic Purchasing. In: Marketing: Nordic PerspectivesMore information

Waldkirch, M., Melin, L., Nordqvist, M. (2023). TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING?: PROFESSIONALIZATION AS A MULTIPLE PRACTICE ADOPTION PROCESS. 83rd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, AOM 2023 Boston 4 August 2023 through 8 August 2023. More information

Nazir, I., Melin, L. (2019). Dynamic Entrepreneurial Capabilities: Strategizing, Activities and Actors in Family Firms Launching New Businesses. SMS 39th Annual Conference, October 19-22, 2019, Minneapolis, USA. More information

Nazir, I., Brundin, E., Melin, L. (2019). Dynamic influence of family capital on corporate venturing activities in entrepreneurial family firms. 15th EIASM Workshop on Family Firm Management Research, Nantes, France, May 23-25. More information

Brundin, E., Melin, L. (2018). Meanings Of Ownership And Emotional Coping With Loss Of Ownership. 14th Workshop On Family Firm Management Research, Larnaca, Cyprus, May 17-19, 2018. More information

Waldkirch, M., Melin, L., Nordqvist, M. (2017). When the cure turns counterproductive: Parallel professionalization in family firms. 77th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, AOM 2017; Atlanta; United States; 4 - 8 August 2017. More information

Achtenhagen, L., Brunninge, O., Melin, L. (2016). Growth strategies in medium-sized companies - Beyond the dichotomy of organic versus acquired growth. Strategic Management Society 36th Annual Conference, Berlin, September 17-20, 2016. More information

Baù, M., Eddleston, K., Melin, L. (2015). Becoming manager in a family firm: A gendered path. Family Firm Institute Global Conference, London, 21-24 October, 2015.. More information

Hall, A., Helin, J., Brundin, E., Melin, L. (2013). Understanding the meaning of ownership: Family business as an unrealized potential in ownership research. 13th Annual IFERA World Family Business Conference, July 2-5, 2013, St.Gallen, Switzerland. More information

Helin, J., Hall, A., Brundin, E., Melin, L. (2012). The de-humanized world of ownership research. 8th Workshop on Family Firm Management Research, JÖNKÖPING, SWEDEN, MAY 31-JUNE 2, 2012. More information

Melander, A., Melin, L. (2011). The Meaning of Depth in Practice Oriented and Interactive Studies. 21st Nordic Academy of Management (NFF) conference, Stockholm University School of Business, August 20-24, 2011.. More information

Brundin, E., Melin, L. (2011). Family capital as an inherent capacity for trans-generatinal potential. The 7th Workshop on Family Firms Management Research: The Challenge of Family Businesses to Balance Tradition and Change, Witten Germany, May 27-29. More information

Melander, A., Melin, L. (2010). Strategic planning in turbulent times - towards more agile practices and new dynamic capabilities. Strategic Management Society Special Conference, Levi, Kittila, Finland, 17-19 March, 2010. More information

Bjursell, C., Melin, L. (2010). Ethnography and co-interpretation: qualitative methods in family business research. 10th IFERA "Long Term Perspectives on Family Business: Theory - Practice - Policy" Lancaster, UK 6 - 9 July, 2010. More information

Bjursell, C., Melin, L. (2010). To be or not to be in the family business?: Development of an entrepreneurial identity. 10th IFERA "Long Term Perspectives on Family Business: Theory - Practice - Policy" Lancaster, UK 6 - 9 July, 2010. More information

Melander, A., Melin, L. (2009). The Other Side of Outsourcing: Old Strategic Practices and Procedures Shaping a Renewed Growth Strategy. The 29th SMS Annual International Conference, Strategies in an Uncertain World, Washington, D.C., 12-14 Oct. 2009. More information

Bjursell, C., Melin, L. (2009). Unwinding organizational culture: A study of a post-merger integration process between two family businesses. 5th EIASM Workshop on Family Firms Management Research, Hasselt University, 7-9 June, 2009. More information

Bjursell, C., Brundin, E., Melin, L., Florin Samuelsson, E. (2009). The Circle of Trust: The Logic and Praxis of Acquisitions in the Family Owned Business. EURAM 9th Conference, May 11-14, 2009, Liverpool, UK. More information

Brundin, E., Nordqvist, M., Melin, L. (2009). Entrepreneurial orientation across generations in family firms: the role of owner-centric culture in for proactiveness and autonomy. Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference, June 3-6, 2009, Babson, Ma., USA. More information

Arregle, J., Mari, I., Melin, L., Nordqvist, M. (2009). Board Creation and Composition in Family Firms: A Conflict-resolution Perspective. 5th EIASM Workshop on Family Firm Management, Hasselt University, Hasselt, Belgium, June. More information

Leona, A., Melin, L., Naldi, L. (2009). How do companies achieve sustained and profitable business growth?: Business models in continuously growing companies. Washington 29th Annual International Conference, Strategic Management Society. More information

Bjursell, C., Melin, L. (2008). Merging Two Family Businesses by Creating a New Ownership Logic. 8th Annual IFERA Conference 2008 'The Entrepreneuring Family', Breukelen, The Netherlands July 2nd-5th, 2008.. More information

Bjursell, C., Brundin, E., Melin, L., Florin Samuelsson, E. (2008). The Circle of Trust: Management in Acquiring and Acquired Family Businesses. the 4th workshop on family firms management research, June 8-10, 2008, Naples, Italy. More information

Brundin, E., Melin, L., Nordqvist, M. (2008). Strategic Dialogue as an Important Practice of Strategizing. The 24th EGOS Colloquium in Amsterdam, July 10-12, 2008. More information

Brundin, E., Melin, L., Nordqvist, M. (2008). Strategic Dialogues: An Important Practice in Family Businesses. 4th Family Enterprise Research Conference (FERC), Milwaukee, WI, April, 2008. More information

Brunninge, O., Melin, L. (2008). Continuity in change: Path dependence and transformation in two Swedish multinationals. “Studying Path Dependencies of Business, Institutions and Technologies” at the Freie Universität Berlin February 28-29, 2008. More information

Brundin, E., Melin, L., Nordqvist, M. (2007). Keep the flow going: The strategic dialogue as a key to transgenerational entrepreneurial behavior. “Studying Path Dependencies of Business, Institutions and Technologies” at the Freie Universität Berlin February 28-29, 2008. More information

Achtenhagen, L., Melin, L. (2007). Continuous entrepreneurship: The case of SYSteam, a Swedish consultancy firm. “Studying Path Dependencies of Business, Institutions and Technologies” at the Freie Universität Berlin February 28-29, 2008. More information

Brunninge, O., Melin, L. (2007). Continuity in Chage: Strategy dynamics in two Swedish multinationals. “Studying Path Dependencies of Business, Institutions and Technologies” at the Freie Universität Berlin February 28-29, 2008. More information

Achtenhagen, L., Brunninge, O., Melin, L. (2007). How Do SMEs Achieve Growth?: Exploring The Modes of Organic Growth And Growth By Acquisition. “Studying Path Dependencies of Business, Institutions and Technologies” at the Freie Universität Berlin February 28-29, 2008. More information

Ericson, M., Melin, L. (2007). Developmental Growth as a World of Practice. 23rd EGOS Colloquium. More information

Nordqvist, M., Melin, L. (2006). Conceptualizing Strategizing: Actors and Arenas in teh Everyday Strategic Work of Family Firms. 23rd EGOS Colloquium. More information

Nordqvist, M., Melin, L. (2006). The Practice of Strategic Planning in the Family Firm Context. 23rd EGOS Colloquium. More information

Haag, K., Helin, J., Melin, L. (2006). Practices of Communication in the Strategic Context of Succession. 23rd EGOS Colloquium. More information

Brundin, E., Florin Samuelsson, E., Melin, L. (2006). Ownership logic: A study of ownership characterstics in family firms. The 3rd EIASM Family Firm Management Research Conference, Nice, France. More information

Haag, K., Helin, J., Melin, L. (2006). Succession in Family Business: Communication practices and the role of power. The 3rd EIASM Family Firm Management Research Conference, Nice, France. More information

Haag, K., Helin, J., Melin, L. (2006). Practices of Communication in the Strategic Context of Succession. The 3rd EIASM Family Firm Management Research Conference, Nice, France. More information

Achtenhagen, L., Helin, J., Melin, L., Naldi, L. (2006). Investigating Patterns of Development in SMEs. The 3rd EIASM Family Firm Management Research Conference, Nice, France. More information

Naldi, L., Achtenhagen, L., Melin, L. (2006). The role of SME internationalization for Pursuing Opportunities. Bason Park, MA: Babson College, Twenty-sixth Annual Entrepreneurship Research Conference. More information

Brundin, E., Melin, L., Florin Samuelsson, E. (2005). Family Ownership Logic: Core Characteristics of Family Controlled Businesses. Family Business Network (FBN) 16th Annual World Conference, Brussels, Belgium, September 14-16, 2005. More information

Achtenhagen, L., Melin, L. (2005). Pursuing a strategy of continuous growth: A longitudinal, in-depth case study. Family Business Network (FBN) 16th Annual World Conference, Brussels, Belgium, September 14-16, 2005. More information

Brundin, E., Melin, L., Florin Samuelsson, E. (2005). The Logic of Ownership in Family Controlled Businesses. Paper presented at the workshop on Family Firm Management Research (EIASM), Jönköping, Sweden, June 9 – 11, 2005. More information

Brundin, E., Melin, L., Florin Samuelsson, E. (2005). The Logic of Ownership in Family Controlled Businesses. Presented at The Fifth Annual IFERA Conference, Barcelona, April, 2005. More information

Achtenhagen, L., Helin, J., Melin, L., Naldi, L. (2005). A process-view on the role of resource practices for SME growth. Presented at The Fifth Annual IFERA Conference, Barcelona, April, 2005. More information

Achtenhagen, L., Helin, J., Melin, L., Naldi, L. (2005). Business firm growth: Are we talking about the same thing?. Presented at The Fifth Annual IFERA Conference, Barcelona, April, 2005. More information

Achtenhagen, L., Helin, J., Melin, L., Naldi, L. (2005). Tricks of twigs: how the ‘Gröna Kvisten’-winning firms grew big(ger). Presented at The Fifth Annual IFERA Conference, Barcelona, April, 2005. More information

Achtenhagen, L., Melin, L. (2004). Organizing for a strategic balance: Two extreme cases of managing dualities. Presented at The Fifth Annual IFERA Conference, Barcelona, April, 2005. More information

Brundin, E., Florin Samuelsson, E., Melin, L. (2004). Logic of ownership, accountability, emotions and family dynamics in family controlled firms. Presented at IFERA 4th Annual Research Conference, Jönköping International Business School (JIBS), Sweden, March 26-27, 2004. More information

Achtenhagen, L., Helin, J., Melin, L., Naldi, L. (2004). Tracing patterns of growth: An analysis of the 'Gröna Kvisten' high-growth ventures. Presented at IFERA 4th Annual Research Conference, Jönköping International Business School (JIBS), Sweden, March 26-27, 2004. More information

Achtenhagen, L., Helin, J., Melin, L., Naldi, L. (2004). Towards a re-conceptualization of firm growth. Babson Park, Mass.: Arthur M. Blank Center for Entrepreneurship, Babson College, Presented at IFERA 4th Annual Research Conference, Jönköping International Business School (JIBS), Sweden, March 26-27, 2004. More information

Achtenhagen, L., Helin, J., Melin, L., Naldi, L. (2004). One decade later?: Following up the Gröna kvisten prize-winning high-growth firms. Presented at IFERA 4th Annual Research Conference, Jönköping International Business School (JIBS), Sweden, March 26-27, 2004. More information

Brundin, E., Melin, L. (2003). Unfolding the Dynamics of Emotions in Strategizing: How Emotions Drive or Counteract Change Activities. Presented at IFERA 4th Annual Research Conference, Jönköping International Business School (JIBS), Sweden, March 26-27, 2004. More information

Achtenhagen, L., Melin, L. (2003). Facing the Organizational Challenge of Managing Dualities. Presented at IFERA 4th Annual Research Conference, Jönköping International Business School (JIBS), Sweden, March 26-27, 2004. More information

Melander, A., Nordqvist, M., Melin, L. (2002). Governance Forms in Competition: Business Networks and Trade Associations in the Wood Processing Sector. Presented at IFERA 4th Annual Research Conference, Jönköping International Business School (JIBS), Sweden, March 26-27, 2004. More information

Brunninge, O., Melin, L. (2001). Divergent Business Recipes - Internationalization Strategies in the Swedish Banking Sector. Presented at IFERA 4th Annual Research Conference, Jönköping International Business School (JIBS), Sweden, March 26-27, 2004. More information

Achtenhagen, L., Melin, L., Müllern, T., Ericson, T. (2001). Beyond leadership: Shared organizing and strategizing processes in innovative organizational settings.. Presented at IFERA 4th Annual Research Conference, Jönköping International Business School (JIBS), Sweden, March 26-27, 2004. More information

Larsson, J., Axelsson, B., Lundgren, M., Melin, L. (2000). The current status and future perspectives for small subcontractors - an empirical study of buyers and sellers in an industrial district. London, Ontario The 9th International Annual IPSERA Conference, Richard Ivey School of Business, University of Western Ontario, May 24 to 27, 2000. More information

Ericsson, T., Hellqvist, A., Melander, A., Melin, L. (2000). Shaping new strategies in professional organizations: the strategic arena approach. The 9th International Annual IPSERA Conference, Richard Ivey School of Business, University of Western Ontario, May 24 to 27, 2000. More information

Melander, A., Melin, L. (1999). The Industrial Wisdom of Internationalization: Dominating ideas and strategic actions in the Swedish pulp and paper industry 1945-1995. The 9th International Annual IPSERA Conference, Richard Ivey School of Business, University of Western Ontario, May 24 to 27, 2000. More information

Ericson, T., Melin, L., Müllern, T. (1999). Organizing is Strategizing: Innovative forms of organizing means continuous strategizing.. The 9th International Annual IPSERA Conference, Richard Ivey School of Business, University of Western Ontario, May 24 to 27, 2000. More information

Müllern, T., Stein, J., Melin, L. (1998). Who’s Writing the Text: – The Rhetorical Dialogue of Strategic Change Projects. The 9th International Annual IPSERA Conference, Richard Ivey School of Business, University of Western Ontario, May 24 to 27, 2000. More information

Melander, A., Melin, L., Müllern, T., Stein, J. (1997). The Rhetoric of Strategy Making: A Study of Annual Speeches from Four Generations of CEOs.. The 9th International Annual IPSERA Conference, Richard Ivey School of Business, University of Western Ontario, May 24 to 27, 2000. More information

Müllern, T., Stein, J., Melin, L. (1997). On the Rhetoric of Managing Change – the Initial Phase. The 9th International Annual IPSERA Conference, Richard Ivey School of Business, University of Western Ontario, May 24 to 27, 2000. More information

Melin, L., Pettersson, A. (1994). The Dynamics of Industrial Beliefs and Strategic Ways-of-Thinking. The 9th International Annual IPSERA Conference, Richard Ivey School of Business, University of Western Ontario, May 24 to 27, 2000. More information

Pettersson, A., Hellqvist, A., Melin, L. (1993). Kvalitetsfrågor i Organisatoriska Förändringsprocesser. The 9th International Annual IPSERA Conference, Richard Ivey School of Business, University of Western Ontario, May 24 to 27, 2000. More information

Hellqvist, A., Melin, L., Pettersson, A. (1992). Transformation of a Hospital Organisation: An Arena of Strategic Issues. The 9th International Annual IPSERA Conference, Richard Ivey School of Business, University of Western Ontario, May 24 to 27, 2000. More information

Bonora, E., Hård af Segerstad, S., Melin, L., Pettersson, A. (1992). Norrköping, En Framtida Industristad: Från Textil till Mikrovågor. More information

Pettersson, A., Melin, L. (1991). Klinikstruktur - 2000. More information

Waldkirch, M., Melin, L., Nordqvist, M. . Tonic or toxin? Investigating the adoption of  ‘professional’ practices in family firms. More information

(2015). Volume I: Scope, Boundaries, and Impact of Family Business. London: Sage Publications More information

(2015). Family Business: Volume IV: Governance and Behavioral Issues in Family Business. London: Sage Publications More information

(2015). Family Business: Volume II: The Business Family. London: Sage Publications More information

(2015). Family Business: Volume III: The Family Business. London: Sage Publications More information

(2015). Theoretical perspectives on family businesses. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing More information

(2014). The SAGE handbook of family business. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications More information

(2012). Familjeföretagande: Affärer och känslor. Stockholm: SNS förlag More information

Brundin, E., Melin, L. (2011). Owners' strategizing in the family firm: Dialogue as an influential practice. More information

Ramírez-Pasillas, M., Melin, L. (2010). Ägarskifte i familjeföretag och slopade skatter. More information

Nordqvist, M., Hall, A., Melin, L. (2008). Methodology and Family Business Studies: The Interpretive Approach. Jönköping: Center for Family Enterprise and Ownership, Jönköping International Business School More information

Brundin, E., Florin Samuelsson, E., Melin, L. (2008). The Family Ownership Logic: Core Characteristics of Family-Controlled Businesses. Jönköping: Center for Family Enterprise and Ownership, Jönköping International Business School More information

Brundin, E., Melander, A., Melin, L., Wiklund, J. (1998). Från Puppa till Fjäril. More information