This thesis looks to investigate cultural effects on research organizations work with core facilities and how to adhere to the cultural setting in a core facility. Previous literature on core facilities have ignored culture as a concept and literature on organizational culture have little empirical material regarding core facilities. Through a qualitative study this thesis aims to fill some of the gaps. An overview of literature is presented and frameworks to categorize and conducting deeper analysis are chosen. Empirical material was collected from Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm which has an ongoing work with addressing issues of change and developing their CFs. The analysis shows that culture can be a cause for value misalignments, inefficient practices and create barriers for collaborations. Further it shows that an organization's need to have clear definitions, create structures which are sufficient for the culture, work with evaluation and more. As a final contribution the thesis suggests that venturing into areas such as knowledge management could be relevant for further studies. / Denna uppsats undersöker kulturella effekter som uppstår i forskningsorganisationers arbete med core faciliteter och hur de kan tillägna sig den rådande kulturella miljön. Tidigare litteratur på området core faciliteter utesluter kultur som koncept och litteratur inom organisationskultur har begränsat empiriskt material gällande core faciliteter. Genom en kvalitativ studie ämnar denna uppsats att fylla i några av nämnda luckor. En överblick av rådande litteratur presenteras och ett ramverk för att utföra en analys har valts. Empiriskt material has insamlats från Karolinska Institutet i Stockholm där de har pågående arbete med att tillmötesgå utmaningar inom och utveckla sina core faciliteter. Analysen visar att kultur kan vara orsaken till felriktade värderingar, ineffektiva metoder och barriärer för kommunikation. Vidare visas att en organisation behöver ha tydliga definitioner, skapa strukturer som är linje med sin kultur samt jobba med uppföljning och utvärdering. Som ett avslutande bidrag visar studien även på ett annat teoretiskt område där vidare undersökningar skulle vara relevant, nämligen knowledge management.

Si depuis la fin des années 1990 des travaux portent sur l’intrapreneuriat en entreprise, au sein d’une université, ce phénomène reste globalement peu étudié. Pour contribuer à pallier ce manque, une exploration suivie de quatre études de cas sont réalisées. Notre recherche porte sur une forme récente d’intrapreneuriat universitaire : les plateformes technologiques. Sur le plan méthodologique, notre démarche s’appuie sur un raisonnement abductif. Elle mobilise cinquante-trois entretiens semi-directifs réalisés auprès d’experts et de responsables de plateformes, ainsi que des observations non participantes et des données secondaires relatives à douze plateformes du grand ouest français et dix-sept plateformes européennes. Cette recherche vise à comprendre les tensions vécues par les intrapreneurs universitaires et leur manière de les résoudre. L’apport est la proposition d’un cadrage théorique néo institutionnel visant à lire les tensions comme issues de la coexistence de trois logiques institutionnelles potentiellement paradoxales : logique de recherche et de formation, logique de soutien aux entreprises, logique de gestion. Nous montrons que l’hétérogénéité des plateformes universitaires en termes d’activités, ne provient pas uniquement du degré de maturité des technologies présentes. Elle se comprend surtout à travers l’analyse des différentes réponses des intrapreneurs face aux tensions paradoxales, ainsi que par leur manière d’hybrider les logiques institutionnelles (travail institutionnel). Nous soulignons l’importance d’étudier l’influence des parties prenantes sur l’intrapreneur pendant le processus de travail institutionnel. / Although organizational intrapreneurship has been studied since the end of the nineties, academic intrapreneurship is still less examined. In order to fill this gap, an exploratory study followed by four case studies have been undertaken. Our study deals with a recent form of intrapreneurship : technological core facilities. Our methodology includes 53 semi-directive interviews of experts and facilities managers, non-participant observations, and secondary data about twelve western french facilities and seventeen european facilities. The aim of this research is to provide in-depth understanding of the tensions perceived by intrapreneurs and the way they are resolved. Our contribution is the proposition of a neo institutional theoritical framework to read the tensions as coming from the coexistence of three potentially paradoxical institutional logics: a logic of research and formation, a logic of firms support and a logic of management. We point that the heterogeneity of facilities in terms of activities, does not solely come from the maturity degree of technologies. It is rather understandable through the analyse of the different responses adressed by intrapreneurs face to paradoxical tensions, and by the way institutional logics are hydridized (institutional work). We highlight the necessity to study stakeholders influence on the intrapreneur during the institutional work process.

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