Melander, Anders http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6229-3414
Mullern, Tomas
Anderssson, David
Elgh, Fredrik
Löfving, Malin
Funding for this research was provided by:
VINNOVA (2013-02483)
Jönköping University
Article History
Received: 2 September 2021
Revised: 15 November 2021
Accepted: 23 December 2021
First Online: 5 January 2022
Declaration of Conflicting Interest
: This article is a part of a collaborative research project funded by a research grant from the Swedish Governmental Agency for Innovation Systems (VINNOVA) between 2013 and 2016. The aim of the project was to adapt the Hoshin Kanri strategic management system (HK) to small—and medium-sized companies (SMEs) (HK is further described in the article). The project was organized as a collaborative management research project with a research team of five and 64 representatives from 14 companies. The purpose of the project was approved by all parties (<i>“The aim of this project is to establish an agile method for strategy work in SMEs, a method that enhances innovative growth.”)</i> and the research team regularly on an aggregated level reported the level of activity in the project to the financer. The final reporting of the project, in terms of a handbook and several research articles, is approved by the financer without any remarks.We hereby declare that there to our knowledge existed no conflict of interest in the above-mentioned research project.