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Elin Smith serves as an Assistant Professor of Business Administration with specialization in Corporate Governance at the Faculty of Economics, Department of Business Administration. She is affiliated with the Governance Regulation Internationalization and Performance (GRIP) research group and maintains an active research profile with an h-index of 8 based on Scopus citations.
Her research focuses on corporate governance mechanisms within Swedish municipal corporations and family firms, with particular emphasis on governance constellations, board functions, and strategic spatial planning. Smith's work explores how organizations navigate competing expectations and stakeholder participation in governance processes, examining paradoxes in decision-making frameworks and the relationship between governance structures and organizational performance.
Analysis of her recent publications reveals a strong concentration on Swedish public sector governance, particularly municipal corporations in industries like waste management, alongside research on family business governance. Her work consistently bridges theoretical corporate governance concepts with practical applications in public administration and spatial planning contexts, demonstrating interdisciplinary connections between business administration, political science, and urban planning.
Smith has supervised 109 student works according to institutional records and leads research projects including 'The regional planning assignment – the collaboration process captured from a stakeholder perspective' (2020-2022), which examined stakeholder participation, participant perceptions, and strategic spatial planning processes. Her research demonstrates significant engagement with both academic and practical governance challenges in Swedish organizational contexts.
