Christian Sandström

Christian Sandström is senior associate professor in digital business at the Jönköping International Business School.

Christian wrote his PhD thesis on Disruptive Innovation and, basing his work on historical studies of technological change in e.g. the camera industry, the calculator industry, and video surveillance, he developed new theory on the topic.

Christian’s current research concerns the interplay between digital technological and institutional change, and the competitive implications of such transitions.

Read Dr. Sandström’s book Moonshots and the New Industrial Policy here.

Articles

Industrial Policy, Green Deals, and the Well-Paid New Public Intellectuals

08/26/2024 Power & Market Christian Sandström Magnus Henrekson Mikael Stenkula

The renaissance of industrial policy has been promoted by a breed of public intellectuals with considerable financial interests as they are well paid consultants for governments. Our new book...

Industrial Policy Is Back—and It’s a Gigantic Mistake

05/22/2024 Mises Wire Christian Sandström Magnus Henrekson Mikael Stenkula

Since the financial crisis, policymakers in Western economies have turned increasingly toward large-scale industrial policies. So-called mission-oriented policies are launched as a response to many...

Media

Why We Don’t Need Government Funding for “Moonshots”

03/15/2024 Robert P. Murphy Christian Sandström

Christian Sandström is a Swedish economist who joins Bob to make the case that massive government funding projects aren't necessary to promote science or industrial growth.

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