Peter Nilsson

Fluorescence quenching and excitation transfer between semiconducting and metallic organic layers

Here we present a simple approach to study the interaction of singlet excitons with polarons in conjugated polymers in organic electronic devices. Interlayer quenching constants KIL of 1.5 M−1 betw ...

Setting the stage for innovation: towards a conceptual model of the HR-innovation link

The article shows that human resource management (HRM) and human resource development (HRD) activities play a potentially important role in facilitating innovation in organisations. Based on previous research, a conceptual model is presented that displays how an organisations human resource (HR) function can facilitate innovation by securing and developing the HR supply chain to ensure the healthy and continuous flow of personnel and competence into, within, and out of the organisation (i.e., by securing the appropriate competences for the job and the organisation, by developing and retaining existing competences, and by transferring competences from employees who are leaving to those who remain in the organisation). This article argues that HR practitioners can set the stage for innovations by actively and strategically implementing HR activities that support the creation of an expansive learning environment in which both adaptive and developmental learning can occur.

Accelerating and Braking in Times of Economic Crisis: Organisational Learning in a Top Management Team.

Purpose – The purpose of this article is to present the results of a study of an industrial companys top management team (TMT) that fought to survive an economic crisis. Specifically, the article seeks to focus on describing the TMTs composition, group processes, and work during a period of high external pressure; analysing the TMTs work in terms of an organisational learning process; and discussing factors that may have enabled the TMT to make appropriate strategic decisions during the crisis.Design/methodology/approach – The empirical foundation of this article is a longitudinal case study of a Swedish industrial company during the economic recession of the late 2000s. Data were collected through observations of meetings involving the TMT from 2009 to 2011 and through semi‐structured interviews with TMT managers.Findings – Two empirical themes – “accelerating” and “braking” – illustrate actions taken by the TMT during the crisis. Accelerating involves activities aimed at accelerating the company out ...

Computer screen photo-assisted spectral fingerprinting of luminescent polythiophene pH reporter

The capability of the computer screen photo-assisted technique (CSPT) for the spectral fingerprinting of a photoactive polythiophene derivative (POWT), used as a pH reporter, is demonstrated. POWT is part of a family of industrial scalable materials, well established for organic electronics and biomedical applications, which is used here to demonstrate the capability of CSPT for tracing key spectral features. The ability of CSPT for substance classification, corroborated by principal component analysis (PCA), successfully compares to standard spectroscopy, especially considering the involved equipment: CSPT is only a computer set and a Web camera.

Employee Resourcing In Elderly Care

Caring for elderly people is a struggle for most public sector organisations around the world. Especially troublesome is the task of attracting, recruiting, and retaining competent employees to work in the elderly care sector (Johansson & Moss, 2004; National Commission on Nursing Workforce for Long-Term Care, 2005).