The health care sector is becoming more and more digital. Recent studies have shown that treatment with IT can be as effective as other traditional treatments at a lower cost. Therefore eHealth have emerged as a new area where innovation needs to take place to decrease the healthcare cost. To be able to succeed with these innovations there is a recommendation from the Swedish government to use open innovation. Based on this there is a variety of national actors who wants to stimulate and accelerate innovation in eHealth in an open innovation manner. Therefore we have studied four different eHealth projects to form a better understanding of how open innovation is applied in the innovationprocess and how the national actors affects this process. Our findings show that the innovationsprocess in eHealth projects are using external knowledge to accelerate their internal innovation. We have also found that the external knowledge that are integrated in the innovationsprocess is not used for organizational processinnovation. Lastly our studie shows that the national actors have no impact on the innovationprocess.

An increasing number of manufacturing firms are developing new business models to improve sustainability in the face of growing environmental and social challenges. Product-service systems (PSS) are regarded as promising sustainable business models with significant potential to synergise economic, environmental and social value, together termed ‘sustainable value’. This research investigates ways in which manufacturing firms can identify opportunities for sustainable value creation in PSS business models. The research aims to make theoretical and practical contributions to the fields of sustainable business models, sustainable PSS and sustainable value. The research adopts a qualitative theory building approach, in which theory can be transformed into practice. It involves eight case studies and one focus group formed of manufacturers who provide PSS solutions. A practical-research tool, the Sustainable Value Analysis Tool, is developed to collect data and to provide business support. The key research findings and contributions to theory and practice are: · The research proposes a new PSS classification system based on the ownership of products and changes in ownership. This classification distinguishes the potential for sustainability of each PSS type more clearly than existing PSS classifications. · The research introduces a new concept, value uncaptured, and identifies four forms of this. The introduction of this concept provides a novel perspective of studying value exchange in business models. · The research identifies 26 sources of value uncaptured throughout the product life cycle. These can be used to help industrial practitioners to identify value uncaptured in a structured way. · The research proposed that the act of turning value uncaptured into value opportunities is an effective approach for improving sustainable value creation in business models. This has been empirically demonstrated. · The research proposes a model to understand how and where value uncaptured can be turned into value opportunities. This model comprises two mechanisms, two directions, and fourteen key tactics. The model improves theoretical understanding of the sustainable value creation system and can be applied in practice to help companies search for value opportunities in a systematic and strategic way. · The challenges of turning value opportunities into value are identified. The findings have been used to develop a framework for sustainable value creation in PSS business models. The proposed tool has been validated and used in workshops for purposes including research, consultancy, business education and university education. This research thus makes contributions to both academic knowledge and industrial practice.

Additiv tillverkning, AM, är en teknik som utvecklas med stormsteg. Konventionella tillverkningsmetoder, som exempelvis svarvning eller formgjutning, är begränsade när det kommer till att ta fram produkter med komplexa geometrier och därför är AM ett bra komplement. Tidigare har dock andra materialegenskaper såsom brott- och sträckgräns varit något som kompenserats med inom AM. Men i den takt som AM utvecklas kan tekniken snart ersätta de flesta konventionella tillverkningsmetoderna helt. Syftet med denna rapport är att redogöra vad som är möjligt att producera med dagens AM och vad som kan förväntas i framtiden.Eftersom att komplexa former inte är ett problem med AM så går produkterna att ta fram i ett enda steg jämfört med när de tidigare blivit hopmonterade av flera mindre delar. AM i metall är något som är under snabb utveckling och i dagsläget finns det många metoder för detta, bland annat Selective Laser Sintering, Selective Laser Melting, Beam Metal Deposition, Electron Beam Melting och Binder Jetting. Metoderna använder olika typer av teknik för att skapa modeller och de har alla sina för- och nackdelar vad gäller kostnad, hållfasthet och arbetshastighet.Verktyg i alla dess former är exempel på produkter som kräver hög prestanda och lång livslängd. För att integrera de höga kraven på prestanda och möjligheterna till komplexa geometrier med AM så är det en spiralborr med invändiga kylkanaler som tas fram i denna rapport. De invändiga kylkanalerna skiftar i diameter för att optimera intaget av kylmedel samtidigt som trycket på utloppet ökar.Som tidigare nämnt finns det många metoder för AM i metall. Den metod som anses bäst lämpad för detta ändamål är Selective Laser Melting då denna metod skapar kompakta metallprodukter med hög hållfasthet. En 3D-modell av Spiralborren skapas i Solid Edge ST9 och modellen simuleras i ANSYS Workbench för att se hur kylkanalerna påverkar borren vid användning. Resultatet av simuleringen visar på att den totala deformationen blir 0,68μm och den maximalaspänningen blir 33,95MPa, båda uppstår i mitten på spiralborren. Varken totala deformationen eller spänningen i borren når alltså en kritisk gräns, och därför dras slutsatsen att detta är en konstruktion som skulle klara de krav som finns på en borr.Utvecklingen av nya metoder för AM i metall går snabbt och inom en snar framtid kommer de nya teknikerna ha så pass hög arbetshastighet och vara så pass priseffektiva att de kommer kunna ersätta de flesta konventionella tillverkningsmetoderna helt och hållet. / Additive manufacturing, AM, is a technique that is developing in an incredible pace. Conventional manufacturing methods, like lathe turning or casting for instance, are limited when it comes to creating products with complex geometries, in these cases AM is a good complement. Previously though, material characteristics like tensile strength and yield point is something that AM has been compensating with. But in the current rate of development, the AM-technique can soon replace most conventional manufacturing methods completely. The purpose of this project is to describe the possibilities in AM today and what could be expected in the future.Since complex geometries is not a problem with AM, the products can be produced in only one step compared to conventional methods where it often takes several steps to produce a product. AM with metal is something that is developing fast and there are already many different methods, for instance Selective Laser Sintering, Selective Laser Melting, Beam Metal Deposition, Electron Beam Melting and Binder Jetting. These methods use different techniques to create prototypes and they all have their pros and cons what matters cost, strength and working speed.Tools in all forms are examples of products that requires high performance and a long life-span. To integrate the requirement of high performance and the possibilities with complex geometries through AM, a twisted drill with internal cooling channels is produced in this project. The internal cooling channels are shifting in diameter to optimize the inlet of coolant and at the same time increase the outlet.As mentioned earlier there are many different methods for AM in metal. The method that is considered the best for this purpose is Selective Laser Melting since this method creates compact metal products with high strength. A 3D-model of the twisted drill was created in Solid Edge ST9 and was then analyzed in ANSYS Workbench to see the impact of the internal cooling channels during use of the drill. The results show that the total deformation is 0,68μm and maximum tension is 33,95MPa, both in the middle of the drill. Neither the total deformation or the maximum tension reaches a critical limit and therefor the drawn conclusion is that this model would reach the requirements given to a drill.The development of new methods in AM with metal is going fast and in a near future the new techniques will have increased in working speed so much and be price effective enough to replace most of the conventional manufacturing methods completely.