Raine Isaksson

Understanding sustainability – the case of building blocks in Tanzania and Uganda

Isaksson, Raine; Buregyeya, Apollo

Part of The TQM Journal, p. 1900-1916, 2024

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Exploring opportunities for sustainable housing: The case of East Africa

Rosvall, Max; Palm, Klas; Ramanathan, Swaminathan; Isaksson, Raine

Part of Systemic Practice and Action Research, p. 1205-1240, 2024

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Assessing project management maturity in Sweden

Dahlin, Gunnar; Molinder, Olof; Isaksson, Raine

Part of International Journal of Project Organisation and Management, p. 22-45, 2024

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A Sustainability Opportunity Study: The case of Swedish Building

Isaksson, Raine; Li, Baodong; Rosvall, Max

2024

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Quality for Sustainability (Q4S): The case of Sweden

Isaksson, Raine; Garvare, Rickard; Karapetrovic, Stan; Mauléon, Christina et al.

Part of 27^th Excellence In Services International Conference, 2024

Understanding sustainability – the case of building blocks in Tanzania and Uganda

Isaksson, Raine; Buregyeya, Apollo

Part of The TQM Journal, p. 1900-1916, 2024

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Exploring opportunities for sustainable housing: The case of East Africa

Rosvall, Max; Palm, Klas; Ramanathan, Swaminathan; Isaksson, Raine

Part of Systemic Practice and Action Research, p. 1205-1240, 2024

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Assessing project management maturity in Sweden

Dahlin, Gunnar; Molinder, Olof; Isaksson, Raine

Part of International Journal of Project Organisation and Management, p. 22-45, 2024

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Sustainability reporting as a 21st century problem statement: using a quality lens to understand and analyse the challenges

Ramanathan, Swaminathan; Isaksson, Raine

Part of The TQM Journal, p. 1310-1328, 2023

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The sustainability opportunity study (SOS): diagnosing by operationalising and sensemaking of sustainability using Total Quality Management

Isaksson, Raine; Ramanathan, Swaminathan; Rosvall, Max

Part of The TQM Journal, p. 1329-1347, 2023

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Supplementary Cementitious Materials in Building Blocks-Diagnosing Opportunities in Sub-Saharan Africa

Isaksson, Raine; Rosvall, Max; Babaahmadi, Arezou; Buregyeya, Apollo et al.

Part of Sustainability, 2023

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How Is Building Sustainability Understood?-A Study of Research Papers and Sustainability Reports

Isaksson, Raine; Rosvall, Max; Espuny, Maximilian; Nunhes, Thais Vieira et al.

Part of Sustainability, 2022

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Excellence for sustainability –: maintaining the license to operate

Isaksson, Raine

Part of Total Quality Management and Business Excellence, p. 489-500, 2021

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Understanding building sustainability: The case of Sweden

Isaksson, Raine; Rosvall, Max

Part of Total Quality Management and Business Excellence, p. 1-15, 2020

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Are They Reporting the Right Thing and Are They Doing It Right?: A Measurement Maturity Grid for Evaluation of Sustainability Reports

Cöster, Mathias; Dahlin, Gunnar; Isaksson, Raine

Part of Sustainability, 2020

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A proposed preliminary maturity grid for assessing sustainability reporting based on quality management principles

Isaksson, Raine

Part of Total quality management (Print), p. 451-466, 2019

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Creating a sense of urgency for sustainable development: Testing two system models

Isaksson, Raine

Part of Journal of Cleaner Production, p. 1173-1184, 2019

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Opportunities for improved sustainability in house building: The case of Dar es Salaam

Isaksson, Raine; Babatunde, Oluwayomi

Part of African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development (AJSTID), p. 457-463, 2019

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Making sense of quality philosophies

Fredriksson, Maria; Isaksson, Raine

Part of Total Quality Management and Business Excellence, p. 1452-1465, 2018

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From global goals and planetary boundaries to public governance: A framework for prioritizing organizational sustainability activities

Ranängen, Helena; Cöster, Mathias; Isaksson, Raine; Garvare, Rickard

Part of Sustainability, 2018

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Process based system models for detecting opportunities and threats: the case of World Cement Production

Isaksson, Raine

Part of International Journal of Quality and Service Sciences, p. 246-262, 2016

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The crippled bottom line: measuring and managing sustainability

Isaksson, Raine Birger; Garvare, Rickard; Johnson, Mikael

Part of International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management, p. 334-355, 2015

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Sustaining Sweden’s competitive position: lean lifelong learning

Isaksson, Raine; Garvare, Rickard; Johnson, Mikael; Kuttainen, Christer et al.

Part of Measuring Business Excellence, p. 92-102, 2015

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Making sense of opportunities in building material production

Isaksson, Raine

Part of The TQM Journal, p. 781-797, 2015

A Preliminary Model for Assessing University Sustainability from the Student Perspective

Isaksson, Raine; Johnson, Mikael

Part of Sustainability, p. 3690-3701, 2013

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Implementing Lean: Discussing Standardization Versus Customization with Focus on National Cultural Dimensions

Abrahamsson, Sten; Isaksson, Raine

Part of Management and Production Engineering Review, p. 4-13, 2012

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How Could Stereotypes Promote Diversity

Norberg, Monica; Isaksson, Raine

Part of The International Journal of Diversity in Organizations,Communities & Nations, p. 89-103, 2010

Detecting Supply Chain Innovation Potential for Sustainable Development

Isaksson, Raine; Johansson, Peter; Fischer, Klaus

Part of Journal of Business Ethics, p. 425-442, 2010

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Where to Go with Corporate Sustainability?: Opening Paths for Sustainable Businesses through the Collaboration between Universities, Governments, and Organizations

Vieira Nunhes, Thais; Viviani Garcia, Enzo; Espuny, Maximilian; Homem de Mello Santos, Vitor et al.

Part of Sustainability, 2021

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Striding towards Sustainability: A Framework to Overcome Challenges and Explore Opportunities through Industry 4.0

da Motta Reis, José Salvador; Espuny, Maximilian; Vieira Nunhes, Thaís; de Souza Sampaio, Nilo Antonio et al.

Part of Sustainability, 2021

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The support of Quality Management to sustainable development: a literature review

Siva, Vanajah; Gremyr, Ida; Bergquist, Bjarne; Garvare, Rickard et al.

Part of Journal of Cleaner Production, p. 148-157, 2016

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Utbildningskvalitet: vad är det och hur ser den ut i campus- respektive distansutbildning?

Ljungblom, Mia; Isaksson, Raine

Part of Gotlandsakademiker tycker om ..., p. 111-132, Gotland University Press, 2011

A Sustainability Opportunity Study: The case of Swedish Building

Isaksson, Raine; Li, Baodong; Rosvall, Max

2024

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Quality for Sustainability (Q4S): The case of Sweden

Isaksson, Raine; Garvare, Rickard; Karapetrovic, Stan; Mauléon, Christina et al.

Part of 27^th Excellence In Services International Conference, 2024

Understanding University Sustainability: A preliminary study

Isaksson, Raine; Ramanathan, Swaminathan; Rosvall, Max

Part of Proceedings of the 25th EISIC (August, 25-26, 2022, Visby) 2022, 2022

Using a Process Based System Model (PBSM) for sensemaking: the case of sustainable building blocks in Sub Saharan Africa

Isaksson, Raine

Part of Proceedings of the 28th Annual Conference, International Sustainable Development Research Society, p. 1783-1795, 2022

Understanding, defining and measuring educational quality and sustainability in basic education: The case of Gotland, Sweden

Lindström, Carina; Isaksson, Raine

Part of Proceedings of 24th Excellence in Services International Conference, 2021

Diagnosing Sustainability Opportunities in Swedish Cement and Concrete

Rosvall, Max; Isaksson, Raine

Part of Proceedings of 24th Excellence in Services International Conference, 2021

Building Sustainability: Understanding, Defining and Measuring Building Sustainability

Rosvall, Max; Isaksson, Raine

Part of Accelerating the progress towards the 2030 SDGs in times of crisis, p. 2052-206, 2021

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Understanding sustainable tourism-building: a case for studying Gotland

Liu, Shuangqi; Ramanathan, Swaminathan; Isaksson, Raine

Part of Proceedings of 24th Excellence in Services International Conference, 2021

Sustainability Opportunity Study - Diagnosing

Isaksson, Raine; Rosvall, Max; Ramanathan, Swaminathan

Part of Proceedings of 24th Excellence in Services International Conference, 2021

Cement and Concrete - Quality and Sustainability: Understanding, defining and measuring opportunities

Isaksson, Raine; Rosvall, Max

Part of Accelerating the progress towards the 2030 SDGs in times of crisis, p. 2061-2078, 2021

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How could sustainability and sustainable development be understood based on stakeholder needs focus?: A preliminary suggestion

Isaksson, Raine

Part of Proceedings of the 22nd QMOD/ICQSS Quality Management and Organisational Development / an International Conference on Quality and Service Sciences, 2019

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Describing building sustainability innovation potential: Block making in Tanzania and Uganda

Isaksson, Raine; Buregyeya, Apollo

Part of Proceedings of 22nd Excellence in Services International Conference, Thessaloniki (Greece) | 29-30 August 2019, 2019

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Testing a Maturity Grid for Assessing Sustainability Reports

Isaksson, Raine; Cöster, Mathias

2018

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Modelling and Measuring Excellence for Sustainability: Examples from building in Tanzania

Isaksson, Raine; Kinabo, Leandri

Part of Conference proceedings of Le Cnam 21th Excellence in Services International Conference Paris (France) , 30 and 31 August 2018, p. 395-412, 2018

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TQM from theory to practice: the ideal knowledge transfer process

Isaksson, Raine

Part of 19th  QMOD Proceeedings, p. 1320-1332, 2016

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Relevance, consequences and change needs of the current Tanzania Concrete Bricks and Blocks standard TZS 283:2002

Sabai, Shadrack; Isaksson, Raine; Kinabo, Leandri; Maganga, Johanes et al.

Part of 2nd International Conference on Advances in Cement and Concrete Technology in Africa 2016, p. 623-634, 2016

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Cement Performance in Sand Cement Blocks – A Case Study from Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Mrema, Alex; Isaksson, Raine

Part of Advances in Cement and Concrete Technology in Africa (ACCTA) conference January 27-29, 2016 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania http://www.accta2016.bam.de/en/home/index.htm, p. 383-391, 2016

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Synergies of quality and sustainability - shared value in the building supply network

Isaksson, Raine

2014

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Lean Higher Education And Lean Research

Isaksson, Raine; Kuttainen, Christer; Garvare, Rickard

Part of 16th Toulon – Verona Conference, 2013

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Towards a Model for Measuring University Sustainability

Isaksson, Raine; Johnson, Mikael; Garvare, Rickard

Part of Proceedings of the 5th European Conference on Intellectual Capital 2013, p. 213-221, 2013

Defining Quality and Sustainability – Looking for Synergies

Isaksson, Raine

Part of 16th QMOD−ICQSS Proceedings Quality Management and Organizational Development Conference 4th—6th September 2013 Portorož, Slovenia, p. 833-843, 2013

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Visualising improvement and innovation potential: the case of sustainable building in Dar es Salaam

Isaksson, Raine

Part of How may organizations use learning, creativity and innovation in realizing their dreams of excellence and recover from the economic crisis?, p. 741-754, 2012

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Improving Strength Testing and Customer Value

Koski, Pentti; Johansson, N.; Isaksson, Raine; Taylor, N. et al.

Part of International Congress on the Chemistry of Cement Madrid 2011, 2011

University Services for regional Development: Ideas on Stakeholder Based Quality Management in a Region

Abrahamsson, Sten; Fredriksson, Maria; Isaksson, Raine

Part of Proceedings : 14th QMOD Conference on Quality and Service Sciences, p. 36-54, 2011

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Integrated Management Systems: testing a model for integration

Abrahamsson, Sten; Hansson, Jonas; Isaksson, Raine

Part of 14th Toulon-Verona Conference, p. 22-35, 2011

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University Services for Regional Development: The case of Knowledge Management of Change Competence in Gotland

Ljungblom, Mia; Isaksson, Raine; Hallencreutz, Jacob

Part of Proceedings: QMOD Conference on Qualityand Service Sciences 2011, p. 1102-1115, 2011

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Sustainable Development in Universities: the power and role of visions and goals

Isaksson, Raine; Johnson, Mikael

Part of Proceedings : QMOD Conference on Qualityand Service Sciences 2011, p. 902-914, 2011

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Change Management from a Stakeholder Perspective

Isaksson, Raine; Hallencreutz, Jacob; Turner, Dawn-Marie; Garvare, Rickard

Part of Proceedings : QMOD Conference on Quality and Service Sciences 2011, p. 886-901, 2011

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University Support to Regional Development: Process Based Stakeholder Management in Gotland

Isaksson, Raine

Part of Toulon-Verona Conference - 14th International Conference on Quality and Service Sciences – ICQSS - «Excellence in Services», p. 1-11, 2011

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Quality management: integrating leadership and quality methodologies

Ljungblom, Mia; Isaksson, Raine

2010

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Knowledge management challenges

Ljungblom, Mia; Hallencreutz, Jacob; Isaksson, Raine

2010

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Improving Supply Networks: Identifying drivers for sustainable change using process models

Isaksson, Raine; Cöster, Mathias

Part of Proceedings of the 13TH TOULON-VERONA CONFERENCE, p. 1-11, 2010

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Barriers to and drivers for change: analysing causes for improvement potential in the building supply system in Dar es Salaam

Isaksson, Raine; Hallencreutz, Jacob; Taylor, Neil

Part of Proceedings of the 13th QMOD Conference, 30 August - 01 September 2010, Cottbus, Germany, p. 1-14, 2010

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Integrated Management Systems: advantages, problems and possibilities

Abrahamsson, Sten; Isaksson, Raine; Hansson, Jonas

Part of 13th Toulon-Verona Conference, p. 1-12, 2010

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Adding requirements on customers to current quality models toimprove quality: development of a customer ‐ vendor interaction

Abrahamsson, Sten; Isaksson, Raine

Part of 13^th QMOD conference on Quality and Service Sciences ICQSS 2010, p. 1-9, 2010

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Business Administration and Leadership for Sustainable Development: a case study of a cross functional candidate program

Dahlin, Gunnar; Isaksson, Raine

2010

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How to describe, define and work with sustainable development and how it relates to quality management: a study of Swedish Universities

Johnson, Mikael; Isaksson, Raine

Part of Proceedings of the 13th QMOD Conference, 30 August - 01 September 2010, Cottbus, Germany, p. 1-15, 2010

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Leadership and employee commitment for quality management: a critical analysis of quality management literature

Ljungblom, Mia; Isaksson, Raine

2009

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Drivers for sustainability: Making better use of cement in Dar es Salaam

Isaksson, Raine; Taylor, Neil

Part of International Conference - Quality and Service Sciences 2009, 2009

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Teaching leadership for improvement: a case study in distance learning effectiveness

Ljungblom, Mia; Isaksson, Raine

2008

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Product Quality and Sustainability in the Cement Industry

Isaksson, Raine

2007

Slutrapport för projektet ”Flipped Classroom med stöd av Scalable Learning”

Fredriksson, Maria; Isaksson, Raine

2016