TY - JOUR
T1 - An Exploration of Blockchain-based Traceability in Food Supply Chains: On the Benefits of Distributed Digital Records from Farm to Fork
JF - Technology Innovation Management Review
Y1 - 2021
A1 - Mika Westerlund
A1 - Soham Nene
A1 - Seppo Leminen
A1 - Mervi Rajahonka
KW - blockchain
KW - distributed ledger technology
KW - food innovation
KW - Food safety
KW - food supply chain
KW - supply chain management
KW - traceability
AB - There are growing internal and external pressures for traceability in food supply chains due to food scandals. Traceability refers to tracking food from the consumer back to the farm and vice versa for quality control and management. However, many traceability solutions have failed to meet the needs of supply chain stakeholders. Blockchain is a novel distributed database technology that could solve some issues of traditional traceability systems, such as cost of adoption and vulnerabilities to hacking and data tampering. This study aims to gain insights on the benefits of applying blockchain technology for traceability in food supply chains through literature review and an investigation of five companies that are experimenting with blockchain-based food traceability. Our findings suggest that, upon implementation and contribution by all supply chain participants, blockchain-based traceability can provide cost-savings, reduced response time to food scandals and food-borne illness outbreaks, improved security and accuracy, better compliance with government regulations, and thus increase consumer trust.
PB - Talent First Network
CY - Ottawa
VL - 11
UR - timreview.ca/article/1446
IS - 6
U1 - Carleton University
Mika Westerlund, DSc (Econ), is an Associate Professor at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. He previously held positions as a Postdoctoral Scholar in the Haas School of Business at the University of California Berkeley and in the School of Economics at Aalto University in Helsinki, Finland. Mika earned his doctoral degree in Marketing from the Helsinki School of Economics in Finland. His research interests include open and user innovation, the Internet of Things, business strategy, and management models in high-tech and service-intensive industries.
U2 - Universities Canada
Soham Nene is a Business Systems Analyst with Universities Canada in Ottawa, Ontario since August 2019. He works on designing student scholarship software / system solutions by performing requirements analysis, developing software system workflows, and studying system capabilities. He holds a master’s degree in the Technology Innovation Management program at Carleton University and holds an undergraduate degree in Information Technology from Pune University, India. He is passionate about technology and food innovation and entrepreneurship. While pursuing master’s degree Soham worked on ‘Benefits of Blockchain-based Traceability in Food Supply Chains’ as his research project.
U3 - University of South-Eastern Norway
Seppo Leminen is Drammen City Municipality chaired (Full) Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship in the USN School of Business at the University of South-Eastern Norway in Norway, an Adjunct Professor of Business Development at Aalto University in Finland and an Adjunct Research Professor at Carleton University in Canada. He holds a doctoral degree in Marketing from the Hanken School of Economics and a doctoral degree in Industrial Engineering and Management in the School of Science at Aalto University. He is an Associate Editor in Techovation and an Associate editor in BRQ, Business Research Quarterly. His current research topics includes digital business models and ecosystems (cf. Internet of Things), robotics, block chains, living labs, innovation ecosystems, collaborative and networked models of innovations, collaborative methods of innovations, as well as management and marketing models for different types of companies. Results from his research have been reported in Industrial Marketing Management, the Journal of Cleaner Production, the Journal of Engineering and Technology Management, the Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing, Management Decision, the International Journal of Innovation Management, and the Technology Innovation Management Review, among many others.
U4 - South-Eastern Finland University of Applied Sciences XAMK
Mervi Rajahonka, DSc (Econ), works as an RDI Advisor at the Small Business Center (SBC) at South-Eastern Finland University of Applied Sciences XAMK, Finland, and she is an Adjunct Research Professor at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. She has been working at SBC for about 10 years, participating in numerous EU-funded projects. She earned her doctoral degree in Logistics from the Department of Information and Service Economy at Aalto University School of Business in Helsinki, Finland. She also holds a Master’s degree in Technology from Helsinki University of Technology and a Master’s degree in Law from the University of Helsinki. Her research interests include business models, service modularity, and service innovations. Her research has been published in a number of journals in the areas of logistics, services, and operations management.
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T1 - Technology Project Summaries as a Predictor of Crowdfunding Success
JF - Technology Innovation Management Review
Y1 - 2021
A1 - Mika Westerlund
A1 - Ishdeep Singh
A1 - Mervi Rajahonka
A1 - Seppo Leminen
KW - backers
KW - crowdfunding
KW - failure
KW - funding
KW - fundraising
KW - Kickstarter
KW - prediction
KW - project
KW - success
KW - topic modelling
AB - Crowdfunding has emerged in recent years as an important alternative means for technology entrepreneurs to raise funds for their products and business ideas. While the success rate of crowdfunding projects is somewhat low, scholarly understanding of what distinguishes projects that reach their fundraising goals from those that fail remains incomplete. Further, studies on crowdfunding success often examine a number of variables that make predicting success a challenge for entrepreneurs wiling to use crowdfunding. This study uses topic modelling on a data set of over 21,000 technology projects from Kickstarter to investigate if short-text project summaries can reveal predictors of fundraising success on crowdfunding platforms. The results indicate that compared to those that fail in fundraising, project summaries of successfully funded technology projects put forward more trendy topics, use wording that reflects novelty, and focus on solving a social problem. Our results contribute to theory and practice by suggesting the importance of summarizing project content for crowdfunding success.
PB - Talent First Network
CY - Ottawa
VL - 11
UR - timreview.ca/article/1472
IS - 11-12
U1 - Carleton University
Mika Westerlund, DSc (Econ), is an Associate Professor at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. He previously held positions as a Postdoctoral Scholar in the Haas School of Business at the University of California Berkeley and in the School of Economics at Aalto University in Helsinki, Finland. Mika earned his doctoral degree in Marketing from the Helsinki School of Economics in Finland. His research interests include open and user innovation, the Internet of Things, business strategy, and management models in high-tech and service-intensive industries.
U2 - Carleton University
Ishdeep Singh is a web developer at the ITS web services Team at Carleton University. He is a technology enthusiast and has completed his master's in Technology Innovation Management (TIM) program from Carleton University. He has worked with big consulting firms - Infosys as well as small-scale digital marketing and real estate technology startups. Ishdeep is an inventive IT professional receptive to novel technologies and measures that are specially associated with societal benefits. He is proficient in researching and analyzing data to identify, create and execute technological problems related to the Implementation, Adaptation and scalability of Products. His present research interests include business technology strategy, social analytics, technology optimization, adaptation strategy, SME and marketing.
U3 - South-Eastern Finland University of Applied Sciences
Mervi Rajahonka, DSc (Econ), MSc (Tech), LLM, works as RDI Specialist in the field of Digital Economy at South-Eastern Finland University of Applied Sciences Xamk, Finland, and as Adjunct Research Professor at Carleton University in Canada. Her research interests include digitalization, entrepreneurship, business models, working women, service innovations and sustainable logistics. Her research has been published in numerous publications and international refereed journals. Her publications are listed on Google Scholar.
U4 - University of South-Eastern Norway
Seppo Leminen is Drammen City Municipality chaired (Full) Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship in the USN School of Business at the University of South-Eastern Norway in Norway, an Adjunct Professor of Business Development at Aalto University in Finland and an Adjunct Research Professor at Carleton University in Canada. He holds a doctoral degree in Marketing from the Hanken School of Economics and a doctoral degree in Industrial Engineering and Management in the School of Science at Aalto University. He is an Associate Editor in Techovation and an Associate editor in BRQ, Business Research Quarterly. His current research topics includes digital business models and ecosystems (cf. Internet of Things), robotics, block chains, living labs, innovation ecosystems, collaborative and networked models of innovations, collaborative methods of innovations, as well as management and marketing models for different types of companies. Results from his research have been reported in Industrial Marketing Management, the Journal of Cleaner Production, the Journal of Engineering and Technology Management, the Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing, Management Decision, the International Journal of Innovation Management, and the Technology Innovation Management Review, among many others.
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Women Managers and Entrepreneurs and Digitalization: On the Verge of a New Era or a Nervous Breakdown?
JF - Technology Innovation Management Review
Y1 - 2019
A1 - Mervi Rajahonka
A1 - Kaija Villman
KW - domestication
KW - family
KW - ICT
KW - technology
KW - wellbeing
KW - women
KW - work
AB - The purpose of this article is to examine how female managers and entrepreneurs are employing digital technologies in their working and private lives and what they think about digitalization. The material for the study was gathered through interviews with women in South Savo, Finland. The article builds on the theory of technology domestication, emphasizing the role of users in making a technology usable in their everyday contexts. The findings show that women experience challenges but also gain clear benefits when employing digital technologies. Among the challenges is that women are traditionally rather reserved when it comes to applying technology. Among the benefits is the practice-oriented stance of women towards digital technologies. Moreover, the rise of digital social media and its increasing importance in the working and business environments could make it easier for women to manage both work- and family-related communication. This may improve their wellbeing at work and help women towards equality at work. However, they need support in finding their digitalized career paths.
PB - Talent First Network
CY - Ottawa
VL - 9
UR - https://timreview.ca/article/1246
IS - 6
U1 - South-Eastern Finland University of Applied Sciences XAMK
Mervi Rajahonka, DSc (Econ), works as an RDI Advisor at the Small Business Center (SBC) at South-Eastern Finland University of Applied Sciences XAMK, Finland, and she is an Adjunct Research Professor at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. She has been working at SBC for about 10 years, participating in numerous EU-funded projects. She earned her doctoral degree in Logistics from the Department of Information and Service Economy at Aalto University School of Business in Helsinki, Finland. She also holds a Master’s degree in Technology from Helsinki University of Technology and a Master’s degree in Law from the University of Helsinki. Her research interests include business models, service modularity, and service innovations. Her research has been published in a number of journals in the areas of logistics, services, and operations management.
U2 - South-Eastern Finland University of Applied Sciences XAMK
Kaija Villman, MMus in Arts Management, works as a Project Manager at the Small Business Center (SBC) at South-Eastern Finland University of Applied Sciences XAMK, Finland. She has been working at SBC for about 8 years, participating in numerous national and international EU-funded projects in the fields of creative industries, service development, and digitalization. She is experienced in coordinating interdisciplinary projects, workshops, and training and she acted as the Project Manager for the DigiJoko - Digitalisation, women and management project.
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TY - JOUR
T1 - A Topic Modelling Analysis of Living Labs Research
JF - Technology Innovation Management Review
Y1 - 2018
A1 - Mika Westerlund
A1 - Seppo Leminen
A1 - Mervi Rajahonka
KW - big data
KW - data mining
KW - innovation
KW - Living lab
KW - living laboratory
KW - research trends
KW - text analytics
KW - topic modeling
KW - topic modelling
AB - This study applies topic modelling analysis on a corpus of 86 publications in the Technology Innovation Management Review (TIM Review) to understand how the phenomenon of living labs has been approached in the recent innovation management literature. Although the analysis is performed on a corpus collected from only one journal, the TIM Review has published the largest number of special issues on living labs to date, thus it reflects the advancement of the area in the scholarly literature. According to the analysis, research approaches to living labs can be categorized under seven broad topics: 1) Design, 2) Ecosystem, 3) City, 4) University, 5) Innovation, 6) User, and 7) Living lab. Moreover, each topic includes a set of characteristic subtopics. A trend analysis suggests that the emphasis of research on living labs is moving away from a conceptual focus on what living labs are and who is involved in their ecosystems to practical applications of how to design and manage living labs, their processes, and participants, especially users, as key stakeholders and in novel application areas such as the urban city context.
PB - Talent First Network
CY - Ottawa
VL - 8
UR - http://timreview.ca/article/1170
IS - 7
U1 - Carleton University
Mika Westerlund, DSc (Econ), is an Associate Professor at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. He previously held positions as a Postdoctoral Scholar in the Haas School of Business at the University of California Berkeley and in the School of Economics at Aalto University in Helsinki, Finland. Mika earned his doctoral degree in Marketing from the Helsinki School of Economics in Finland. His research interests include open and user innovation, the Internet of Things, business strategy, and management models in high-tech and service-intensive industries.
U2 - Aalto University
Seppo Leminen is an Adjunct Professor of Business Development at Aalto University in Helsinki, Finland, and an Adjunct Research Professor at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. He holds a doctoral degree in Marketing from the Hanken School of Economics in Finland and a doctoral degree in Industrial Engineering and Management from the School of Science at Aalto University. His research and consulting interests include living labs, open innovation, innovation ecosystems, robotics, the Internet of Things (IoT), as well as management models in high-tech and service-intensive industries. He is serving as an associate editor in the BRQ Business Research Quarterly, on the editorial board of the Journal of Small Business Management, as a member of the Review Board for the Technology Innovation Management Review, and on the Scientific Panel of the International Society for Professional Innovation Management (ISPIM). Prior to his appointment at Aalto University, he worked in the ICT and pulp and paper industries.
U3 - South-Eastern Finland University of Applied Sciences XAMK
Mervi Rajahonka, DSc (Econ), works as an RDI Advisor at the Small Business Center (SBC), currently a part of the South-Eastern Finland University of Applied Sciences XAMK, Finland, and she is an Adjunct Research Professor at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. She has been working at the SBC for about 10 years. She earned her doctoral degree in Logistics from the Department of Information and Service Economy at Aalto University School of Business in Helsinki, Finland. She also holds a Master’s degree in Technology from the Helsinki University of Technology and a Master’s degree in Law from the University of Helsinki. Her research interests include sustainable logistics and supply chain management, business models, service modularity, and service innovations. Her research has been published in a number of journals in the areas of logistics, services, and operations management.
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Effects of Business Model Development Projects on Organizational Culture: A Multiple Case Study of SMEs
JF - Technology Innovation Management Review
Y1 - 2017
A1 - Ulla Santti
A1 - Tuomo Eskelinen
A1 - Mervi Rajahonka
A1 - Kaija Villman
A1 - Ari Happonen
KW - business model
KW - business model canvas
KW - competing values framework
KW - development project
KW - organizational culture
KW - service design
KW - SME
AB - Previous research has shown that links between organizational culture and innovativeness/performance may act as a “social glue” that helps a company develop organizational culture as a competitive advantage. In this study of three case companies, the organizational culture change due business model development projects is studied using the Competing Values Framework (CVF) tool and interviews with respondents about discovered changes. To reveal intervention and implied effects between business model development project and organizational culture changes, we used CIMO logic (context, intervention, mechanism, and outcome) to bridge practice and theory by explanatory, backward-looking research. Our case studies of companies in relatively short-duration business model development projects indicate that organizational culture may have some dynamic characteristics, for example, an increase of the adhocracy organizational type in all case companies or an increase in the hierarchical leadership type in one case company. Thus, the development of an organizational culture type can be partly controlled. Our results also indicated business model development projects do have a minor effect on organizational culture, even when development activities have not been put fully into practice. However, the more comprehensively business model development project activities have been put into practice, the larger the effect on organizational culture.
PB - Talent First Network
CY - Ottawa
VL - 7
UR - http://timreview.ca/article/1096
IS - 8
U1 - Savonia University of Applied Sciences
Ulla Santti, MSc (Econ), has experience as a teacher of Business Administration and Marketing, and she is an expert on research, development, and innovation projects at the Savonia University of Applied Sciences in Finland. She has also undertaken SME business development through practical field work in healthcare, industrial factories, advertising, and the tourism industries. Currently, she is preparing her doctoral thesis at the Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland. Her research interest includes business models and organizational culture development of SMEs with an interest in what kind of common ground, effects, and connections these concepts have on each other.
U2 - Savonia University of Applied Sciences
Tuomo Eskelinen, PhD, works as an RDI Advisor at the Savonia University of Applied Sciences in Finland. His background is in Environmental Sciences, and his expertise and research interests include sustainable value networks, development of business partnerships, and sustainable business models. He organizes research, development, and innovation processes with enterprises and other organizations, with scientists, end users, and customers, from idea generation to business model development and commercialization. He has participated in more than 20 EU-funded projects in the fields of forestry, energy, food, water safety, and processing. He is experienced in performing and coordinating interdisciplinary, international, large-scale research projects, workshops and training.
U3 - South-Eastern Finland University of Applied Sciences XAMK
Mervi Rajahonka, DSc (Econ), works as an RDI Advisor at the Small Business Center (SBC), currently a part of the South-Eastern Finland University of Applied Sciences XAMK, Finland. She has been working at the SBC for about 10 years, participating in numerous EU-funded projects. She earned her doctoral degree in Logistics from the Department of Information and Service Economy at Aalto University School of Business in Helsinki, Finland. She also holds a Master’s degree in Technology from the Helsinki University of Technology and a Master’s degree in Law from the University of Helsinki. Her research interests include sustainable logistics and supply chain management, business models, service modularity, and service innovations. Her research has been published in a number of journals in the areas of logistics, services, and operations management.
U4 - South-Eastern Finland University of Applied Sciences XAMK
Kaija Villman, MMus in Arts Management, works as a Project Manager at the South-Eastern Finland University of Applied Sciences XAMK, Small Business Center (SBC), Finland. She has been working at the SBC for about 7 years, participating in numerous EU-funded projects in the fields of creative industries, service development, and digitalization. She is experienced in coordinating interdisciplinary projects, workshops, and training and she acted as the Project Manager for the PaKe Savo Project.
U5 - Lappeenranta University of Technology
Ari Happonen, DSc (Tech) is Head of Computer Science Bachelor programme in Innovation and Software at Lappeenranta University of Technology (LUT), Finland. Ari has been working for the LUT for more than 15 years, participating in numerous RDI projects with Finnish and international companies in the contexts of international logistics services, consumer products industries, service development, consultation, business development, mobile services, construction industries, digitalization, and so on. Ari has a long history working as an intermediate and collaboration facilitator in interdisciplinary projects, workshops, innovation facilitation, development mentoring, teaching, and training and has also acted as the LUT Project Manager for the Akseli project.
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Improving Internal Communication Management in SMEs: Two Case Studies in Service Design
JF - Technology Innovation Management Review
Y1 - 2017
A1 - Tuomo Eskelinen
A1 - Mervi Rajahonka
A1 - Kaija Villman
A1 - Ulla Santti
KW - business model
KW - internal communication management
KW - participative process
KW - service design
KW - stakeholder involvement
KW - training
AB - Effective information management is a success factor for business growth, but small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) face challenges in transferring knowledge and information from one organizational unit to another. In this study of two case companies, participative business model development processes were designed to identify challenges and solutions in internal communication management. A service design approach based on CIMO logic (context, intervention, mechanism, and output) showed that the participative business model technique and process can identify problems and challenges in internal communication management, as well as in the prioritization of actions. The process is a creative service design process including both divergent and convergent phases. The process increased motivation among personnel to find solutions, encouraged communication, and created joint understanding on how to solve problems. The technique helped to bring tacit information into use.
PB - Talent First Network
CY - Ottawa
VL - 7
UR - http://timreview.ca/article/1081
IS - 6
U1 - Savonia University of Applied Sciences
Tuomo Eskelinen, PhD, works as an RDI Advisor at the Savonia University of Applied Sciences in Finland. His background is in Environmental Sciences, and his expertise and research interests include sustainable value networks, development of business partnerships, and sustainable business models. He organizes research, development, and innovation processes with enterprises and other organizations, with scientists, end users, and customers, from idea generation to business models development and commercialization. He has participated in more than 20 EU-funded projects in the fields of forestry, energy, food, water safety, and processing. He is experienced in performing and coordinating interdisciplinary, international, large-scale research projects, workshops and training.
U2 - South-Eastern Finland University of Applied Sciences XAMK
Mervi Rajahonka, DSc (Econ), works as an RDI Advisor at the Small Business Center (SBC), currently a part of the South-Eastern Finland University of Applied Sciences XAMK, Finland. She has been working at the SBC for about 10 years, participating in numerous EU-funded projects. She earned her doctoral degree in Logistics from the Department of Information and Service Economy at Aalto University School of Business in Helsinki, Finland. She also holds a Master’s degree in Technology from the Helsinki University of Technology and a Master’s degree in Law from the University of Helsinki. Her research interests include sustainable logistics and supply chain management, business models, service modularity, and service innovations. Her research has been published in a number of journals in the areas of logistics, services, and operations management.
U3 - South-Eastern Finland University of Applied Sciences XAMK
Kaija Villman, MMus in Arts management, works as a Project Manager at the South-Eastern Finland University of Applied Sciences XAMK, Small Business Center, Finland. She has been working at the SBC for about 7 years, participating in numerous EU-funded projects in the fields of creative industries, service development, and digitalization. She is experienced in coordinating interdisciplinary projects, workshops, and training and she acted as the Project Manager for the PaKe Savo Project.
U4 - Savonia University of Applied Sciences
Ulla Santti, MSc (Econ), has experience as a teacher of Business Administration and Marketing, and she is an expert on research, development, and innovation projects at the Savonia University of Applied Sciences in Finland. She has also undertaken SME business development through practical field work in healthcare, industrial factories, advertising, and the tourism industries. Currently, she is preparing her doctoral thesis at the Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland. Her research interest includes business models and organizational culture development of SMEs with an interest in what kind of common ground, effects, and connections these concepts have on each other.
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T1 - Towards Third-Generation Living Lab Networks in Cities
JF - Technology Innovation Management Review
Y1 - 2017
A1 - Seppo Leminen
A1 - Mervi Rajahonka
A1 - Mika Westerlund
KW - city
KW - co-creation
KW - collaborative innovation
KW - innovation
KW - Living lab
KW - networks
KW - Open innovation
KW - smart city
KW - third-generation
AB - Many cities engage in diverse experimentation, innovation, and development activities with a broad variety of environments and stakeholders to the benefit of citizens, companies, municipalities, and other organizations. Hence, this article discusses such engagement in terms of next-generation living lab networks in the city context. In so doing, the study contributes to the discussion on living labs by introducing a framework of collaborative innovation networks in cities and suggesting a typology of third-generation living labs. Our framework is characterized by diverse platforms and participation approaches, resulting in four distinctive modes of collaborative innovation networks where the city is: i) a provider, ii) a neighbourhood participator, iii) a catalyst, or iv) a rapid experimenter. The typology is based on an analysis of 118 interviews with participants in six Finnish cities and reveals various ways to organize innovation activities in the city context. In particular, cities can benefit from innovation networks by simultaneously exploiting multiple platforms such as living labs for innovation. We conclude by discussing implications to theory and practice, and suggesting directions for future research.
PB - Talent First Network
CY - Ottawa
VL - 7
UR - http://timreview.ca/article/1118
IS - 11
U1 - Laurea University of Applied Sciences
Seppo Leminen is a Principal Lecturer at the Laurea University of Applied Sciences in Espoo, Finland, and he serves as an Adjunct Professor of Business Development at Aalto University in Helsinki, Finland, and an Adjunct Research Professor at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. He holds a doctoral degree in Marketing from the Hanken School of Economics and a doctoral degree in Industrial Engineering and Management from the School of Science at Aalto University. His research and consulting interests include living labs, open innovation, innovation ecosystems, robotics, the Internet of Things (IoT), as well as management models in high-tech and service-intensive industries. Results from his research have been reported in Industrial Marketing Management, the Journal of Engineering and Technology Management, the Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing, Management Decision, the International Journal of Technology Management, the International Journal of Technology Marketing, the International Journal of Product Development, and the Technology Innovation Management Review, among many others.
U2 - South-Eastern Finland University of Applied Sciences XAMK
Mervi Rajahonka, DSc (Econ), works as an RDI Advisor at the Small Business Center (SBC), currently a part of the South-Eastern Finland University of Applied Sciences XAMK, Finland, and as an Adjunct Research Professor at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. She has been working at the SBC for about 10 years, participating in numerous EU-funded projects. She earned her doctoral degree in Logistics from the Department of Information and Service Economy at Aalto University School of Business in Helsinki, Finland. She also holds a Master’s degree in Technology from the Helsinki University of Technology and a Master’s degree in Law from the University of Helsinki. Her research interests include sustainable logistics and supply chain management, high-tech and service business models, service modularity, and service innovations. Her research has been published in a number of journals in the areas of logistics, services, and operations management.
U3 - Carleton University
Mika Westerlund, DSc (Econ), is an Associate Professor of Technology Innovation Management at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. He previously held positions as a Postdoctoral Scholar in the Haas School of Business at the University of California Berkeley and in the School of Economics at Aalto University in Helsinki, Finland. Mika earned his doctoral degree in Marketing from the Helsinki School of Economics in Finland. His current research interests include open and user innovation, the Internet of Things, business strategy, and management models in high-tech and service-intensive industries.
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T1 - Orchestrators of Innovation-Driven Regional Development: Experiences from the INNOFOKUS Project and Change2020 Programme
JF - Technology Innovation Management Review
Y1 - 2015
A1 - Mervi Rajahonka
A1 - Toni Pienonen
A1 - Riikka Kuusisto
A1 - Jari Handelberg
KW - agile project development
KW - experimentation-driven development
KW - high-impact projects
KW - orchestrator
KW - regional development
KW - regional innovation ecosystem
KW - smart specialisation
KW - smart specialization
AB - The article takes a practical view of regional innovation ecosystems and presents ways to advance more efficient uses of public funding instruments by regional developers. Documenting the views of Finnish regional developers into two workbooks and a toolbox, the results of the INNOFOKUS project and its Change2020 development programme identified that promoting a high-impact project culture and smart specialization in Finland requires a continuous learning and participation process. Key individuals who can make this happen are innovation orchestrators who facilitate activities and compose the big picture. This article aims to bring forth an overview of the building blocks of an enriching and energizing environment and high-impact projects, and it presents an overview of how to enable the work of innovation orchestrators, who play a critical role in facilitating innovation ecosystems.
PB - Talent First Network
CY - Ottawa
VL - 5
UR - http://timreview.ca/article/937
IS - 10
U1 - Aalto University
Mervi Rajahonka (D.Sc. (Econ)) works in the Aalto University School of Business Small Business Center (SBC) in Helsinki, Finland, as a project specialist and a researcher working with various research themes such as innovation, impact evaluation, and business and service models in areas such as creative industries, entrepreneurship, and logistics services. Mervi acted as a researcher in the INNOFOKUS project.
U2 - Business Arena Oy
Toni Pienonen is a Project Designer at the Business Arena Oy in Jyväskylä, Finland, where he works on themes related to university–business cooperation, entrepreneurship, and participatory regional development. Toni acted as a facilitator in the INNOFOKUS Change2020 programme and is a co-author of the two programme workbooks.
U3 - Aalto University
Riikka Kuusisto works in the Aalto University School of Business Small Business Center (SBC) in Helsinki, Finland, and he was project manager of the INNOFOKUS project. She has nearly ten years of experience and expertise in innovation and knowledge management systems development. Riikka is also a specialist in e-learning, online collaboration, and online working models.
U4 - Aalto University
Jari Handelberg (D.Sc. (Econ)) is Research Director at the Aalto University School of Business Small Business Center (SBC) in Helsinki, Finland. He has long-term experience in managing EU-funded projects. His research interests focus on entrepreneurship and regional development. Jari was a member of the INNOFOKUS project steering group and was an active participant in the Change2020 programme.
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T1 - Designing Business Models for the Internet of Things
JF - Technology Innovation Management Review
Y1 - 2014
A1 - Mika Westerlund
A1 - Seppo Leminen
A1 - Mervi Rajahonka
KW - business model
KW - design tool
KW - ecosystem
KW - Internet of Things
KW - IOT
KW - value
KW - value design
AB - This article investigates challenges pertaining to business model design in the emerging context of the Internet of Things (IOT). The evolution of business perspectives to the IOT is driven by two underlying trends: i) the change of focus from viewing the IOT primarily as a technology platform to viewing it as a business ecosystem; and ii) the shift from focusing on the business model of a firm to designing ecosystem business models. An ecosystem business model is a business model composed of value pillars anchored in ecosystems and focuses on both the firm's method of creating and capturing value as well as any part of the ecosystem's method of creating and capturing value. The article highlights three major challenges of designing ecosystem business models for the IOT, including the diversity of objects, the immaturity of innovation, and the unstructured ecosystems. Diversity refers to the difficulty of designing business models for the IOT due to a multitude of different types of connected objects combined with only modest standardization of interfaces. Immaturity suggests that quintessential IOT technologies and innovations are not yet products and services but a "mess that runs deep". The unstructured ecosystems mean that it is too early to tell who the participants will be and which roles they will have in the evolving ecosystems. The study argues that managers can overcome these challenges by using a business model design tool that takes into account the ecosystemic nature of the IOT. The study concludes by proposing the grounds for a new design tool for ecosystem business models and suggesting that "value design" might be a more appropriate term when talking about business models in ecosystems.
PB - Talent First Network
CY - Ottawa
VL - 4
UR - http://timreview.ca/article/807
IS - 7
U1 - Carleton University
Mika Westerlund, D.Sc. (Econ) is an Assistant Professor at Carleton University’s Sprott School of Business in Ottawa, Canada. He previously held positions as a Postdoctoral Scholar in the Haas School of Business at the University of California Berkeley and in the School of Economics at Aalto University. Mika earned his doctoral degree in Marketing from the Helsinki School of Economics. His doctoral research focused on software firms’ business models and his current research interests include open and user innovation, business strategy, and management models in high-tech and service-intensive industries.
U2 - Laurea University of Applied Sciences
Seppo Leminen holds positions as Principal Lecturer at the Laurea University of Applied Sciences and Adjunct Professor in the School of Business at Aalto University in Finland. He holds a doctoral degree in Marketing from the Hanken School of Economics and a licentiate degree in Information Technology from the Helsinki University of Technology (now the School of Electrical Engineering at Aalto University). His doctoral research focused on perceived differences and gaps in buyer-seller relationships in the telecommunication industry. His research and consulting interests include living labs, open innovation, value co-creation and capture with users, neuromarketing, relationships, services, and business models in marketing as well as management models in high-tech and service-intensive industries.
U3 - Aalto University
Mervi Rajahonka, D. Sc. (Econ) is a Researcher at Aalto University's School of Business in Helsinki, Finland. She also holds a Master’s degree in Technology from the Helsinki University of Technology and a Master’s degree in Law from Helsinki University. Mervi earned her doctoral degree in Logistics from the Department of Information and Service Economy at the Aalto University. Her research interests include supply chain management, business models, modularity, processes, and service innovations. Her research has been published in a number of journals in the areas of logistics, services, and operations management.
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