%0 Journal Article %J Technology Innovation Management Review %D 2019 %T Increasing the Impact of Industry–Academia Collaboration through Co-Production %A Anna Sannö %A Anna Ericson Öberg %A Erik Flores-Garcia %A Mats Jackson %K action research %K co-production %K collaboration %K impact %K industry–academia collaboration %K key factors %K relevance %K rigour %X Increased competition and globalization motivate us to join forces to enhance the impact of the research conducted. Collaboration between organizations with different views can, however, be difficult to manage and needs awareness and skills to meet different expectations. This article will consider both a mutual industrial and academic perspective into the development of action research and, in six research project cases, empirically explore how the impact can be enhanced by considering certain key factors in the research process. How the phases of problem formulation, methodology, and results are managed is critical for the success of a collaboration and, thereby, its impact. Counter-productive forces that could dilute the progress over time need to be considered given that combining practical relevance and scientific rigour comes with challenges. %B Technology Innovation Management Review %I Talent First Network %C Ottawa %V 9 %P 37-47 %8 04/2019 %G eng %U https://timreview.ca/article/1232 %N 4 %1 Volvo CE Anna Sannö is the Research Strategy Manager at Volvo CE, previously working as a Senior Lecturer in External Collaboration at Örebro University in Sweden. Her research focus is on sustainable operations management. Anna received her PhD in Innovation and Design from Mälardalen University where she belonged to the research school Innofacture. Anna has an industrial background in surface treatment and the automotive industry. She holds a BSc in Chemical Engineering from Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, Sweden. %2 Volvo CE Anna Ericson Öberg is the Management System and Data Analysis Director at Volvo Construction Equipment and has been working with production, welding, and management since 2004. She has a PhD in Manufacturing Technology from Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, Sweden. Her research interest lies in manufacturing improvements in the intersection between the research areas of quality, welding, and production and is managing and participating in several research projects. Anna holds an MSc in Manufacturing Management from Loughborough University in England and is Six Sigma Black Belt certified. %3 Mälardalen University Erik Flores-Garcia is a doctoral student at Mälardalen University, Sweden. His research interests include discrete event simulation and decision-making. He holds an MSc in Production and Logistics from Mälardalen University and a BSc in Mechatronics from the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education in Mexico. %4 Jönköping University Mats Jackson is Professor of Innovative Production at Jönköping University, Sweden and is the Programme Manager of SPARK, their research and education environment focusing on knowledge-intensive product realization. He was previously the Professor of Innovation and Product Realisation at Mälardalen University in Sweden and the Manufacturing Research Manager at Volvo Construction Equipment. He was also the Project Manager for the research school Innofacture at Mälardalen University. He received his PhD in 2000 in Production System Development at Linköping University and has a background as a production engineer and management consultant in industry. %R http://doi.org/10.22215/timreview/1232