Lene Kromann, Western University

Research

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Firm productivity Firm performance Innovation Automation Worker Inequalities Worker Aging

Latest papers

Overcoming obstacles to innovation: Can an educated workforce help?
Journal of Innovation & Knowledge · 2025
Influence of educational composition on firm innovation and performance
Economics of Innovation and New Technology · 2024 · first author
Automation and productivity—a cross-country, cross-industry comparison
Industrial and Corporate Change · 2019 · first author

All 28 publications

28 publications.

01

Overcoming obstacles to innovation: Can an educated workforce help?

Benoît Dostie, Lene Kromann, Anders Ravn Sørensen

Journal of Innovation & Knowledge20251 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.jik.2025.100707

02

Influence of educational composition on firm innovation and performance

Lene Kromann, Anders Ravn Sørensen

Economics of Innovation and New Technology20246 citationsFirst author

DOI: 10.1080/10438599.2024.2392133

03

Automation and productivity—a cross-country, cross-industry comparison

Lene Kromann, Nikolaj Malchow‐Møller, Jan Rose Skaksen, Anders Ravn Sørensen

Industrial and Corporate Change2019165 citationsFirst authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.1093/icc/dtz039

04

Automation, performance and international competition: a firm-level comparison of process innovation

Lene Kromann, Anders Ravn Sørensen

Economic Policy201935 citationsFirst authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.1093/epolic/eiaa002

05

Adoption of Automation Technologies: Evidence from Denmark

Lene Kromann, Anders Ravn Sørensen

2019First author

06

Evaluating treatment effects using data envelopment analysis on matched samples: An analysis of electronic information sharing and firm performance

Peter Bogetoft, Lene Kromann

European Journal of Operational Research201814 citationsSenior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2018.03.013

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Automation and Productivity – A Cross‐Country, Cross‐Industry Comparison

Lene Kromann, Nikolaj Malchow-Møller, Jan Rose Skaksen, Anders Ravn Sørensen

SSRN Electronic Journal20184 citationsFirst authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3096432

08

Curriculum Choice, Educational Performance, and Wages within STEM

Lene Kromann, Anders Helding Sørensen, Jeanette Walldorf

2018First author

09

Performance effects of manufacturing technology - studying the causal links in a mature setting

Rikke Vestergaard Matthiesen, Lene Kromann, Anders Ravn Sørensen, John Johansen

VBN Forskningsportal (Aalborg Universitet)2018

10

Fagvalg, lønning og lederstilling: Indsigter fra DTU og CBS

Lene Kromann, Anders Ravn Sørensen, Jeanette Walldorf

2018First author

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Lene Stentoft

DAN Management and Organizational Studies

28 shared papers, latest 2025

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Firm productivity Dear Professor Kromann, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Overcoming obstacles to innovation: Can an educated workforce help?" (2025), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]