Forskningsområder

My research and teaching take a predominantly qualitative approach to the disciplines of economic geography and international business.


In respect of economic geography my focal point is the facilitation and orchestration of diverse types of agglomerations, such as networks, clusters, and national/regional innovation systems. Clusters such as Silicon Valley and BioValley are highlighted for their entrepreneurial and innovative milieu and their high productivity. My current research focuses on how these benefits are achieved, through which type of facilitation, and by whom. The starting point for my research is several studies and surveys of Danish clusters.

Keywords: Cluster facilitation, cluster policy and strategy, cluster development.


The second area of my research concentrates on in-/outsourcing and offshoring of business activities approached from an international business perspective. Here, the focus is on dynamic location advantages and knowledge sourcing by firms, before a relocation of their activities. Outsourcing and offshoring have become very familiar concepts in Denmark and the rest of the western world. First production activities and later service and administrative activities were moved in order to take advantage of cheap resources and/or market access. However, what happens when these incentives for relocation change and perhaps become a disadvantage over time, and does this influence how firms prepare for future outsourcings or offshorings?

Keywords: In-/Outsourcing, offshoring, dynamic location advantages, knowledge sourcing.


My research is published in international research journals and in edited book volumes (see my publication list). Alongside the research, I also participate in knowledge transfer activities and external projects for governments and consultancy firms (see my activity list).

All these different activities happen in close co-operation with my colleagues at the Department of Entrepreneurship and Relationship Management at the University of Southern Denmark and with researchers from abroad, for example from Stockholm School of Economics (Sweden), Flensburg University (Germany) and Ulster University (Northern Ireland).

Arbejdsopgaver

Research

Teaching and supervision

Member of Centre for Entrepreneurship and Small Business Studies (CESFO). CESFO is the Danish network for international research in Entrepreneurship and Small and Medium-sized Companies' Management and Organisation. The centre emphasises interdisciplinary and interfaculty research in close co-operation with users and other national and international research institutions. CESFO is organisationally anchored with the Department of Entrepreneurship and Relationship Management at the University of Southern Denmark.

Affiliated with the Danish Cluster Academy (REG X). REG X is the Danish national platform for competency building, knowledge sharing and networking for people working with clusters, open innovation, and regional development. REG X is located at the University of Southern Denmark and it is funded by the Danish Enterprise Authority, the Region of Southern Denmark, the Bitten and Mads Clausen Foundation, and the European Social Fund.

Affiliated with the international business school network of the Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness by Professor Michael Porter, Harvard Business School. The network consists of university faculty members from around the globe which teach the course ‘Microeconomics of Competitiveness: Firms, Clusters, and Economic Development’.

CV

Mr. Mads Bruun Ingstrup

Research assistant, PhD
Department of Entrepreneurship and Relationship Management
University of Southern Denmark
Engstien 1
6000 Kolding
Denmark

Phone: +45 6550 1329
E-mail: mbi@sam.sdu.dk


Mads Bruun Ingstrup (born 1981) is a researcher in the intersection between business administration and economic geography. His research and teaching areas are within global sourcing, international business development, regional development, and cluster development and facilitation. Mads has been affiliated with the Center for Strategy and Competiveness, Stockholm School of Economics, in 2011 as a doctorial researcher, and with the Danish Cluster Academy REG X from 2009. He received his bachelor degree in International Business Administration and Modern Languages from the University of Southern Denmark in 2006, his master degree in Economics and Business Administration from the University of Southern Denmark in 2008, and his PhD degree in 2013 from the Faculty of Business and Social Sciences, University of Southern Denmark. During his studies, Mads has been enrolled at the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration, Austria, and at the Helsinki School of Economics, Finland.


Education:

2009-2013 PhD in Business Administration
Department of Entrepreneurship and Relationship Management
University of Southern Denmark

2006-2008 MSc in Economics and Business Administration
University of Southern Denmark

2003-2006 BSc in International Business Administration and Modern Languages
University of Southern Denmark


Employment:

2012- Research assistant
Department of Entrepreneurship and Relationship Management
University of Southern Denmark

2009-2012 PhD Student
Department of Entrepreneurship and Relationship Management
University of Southern Denmark

2008-2009 Research assistant
Department of Entrepreneurship and Relationship Management
University of Southern Denmark


Teaching:

International Business Development
The Global Location of Firms
Doing Business in Clusters and Networks


Supervision:

Business Seminar
Bachelor Thesis


Reviewer:

International Journal of Globalisation and Small Business
Management Revue


Memberships:

Member of the department council
Member of the marketing and supply chain research group

Publikationer

Aktiviteter