We advance the global body of knowledge in business studies and economics by conducting high-quality research on important business and societal challenges.
The Financial Times (FT) list included 40 journals in 2007, 45 journals in 2012, and 50 journals in 2017.
Impactful research
In addition to doing high-quality research, our faculty members play key roles in societal debates and policy-making, contribute to executive education in Finland and abroad, and are responsible for teaching in our portfolio of bachelor's, master's and doctoral programs.
To learn more about the impact we make, get to know our latest research outputs on research.aalto.fi and six departments and two centres (links to the department web pages at the end of this page).
Additionally, we wish you warmly welcome to our research events.
Dissertations 22.1.2021 13:00 – 16:00
Defense of Dissertation in Organization and Management, Lauri Paavola, M.Sc. (Tech)
The title of the thesis is: "Exploring microfoundations of field-level change – Essays on transformations in the retailing industries".
Delve into our research – find the people behind it!
During this year (2020), many articles by the Aalto University School of Business affiliated authors have appeared in FT50 journals. Source: ACRIS, 29 September 2020. For further information, please contact: [email protected]
3. Listing of research outputs
3.1. Department of Information and Service Management
3.1.1. Published
3.1.1.1. A PEER-REVIEWED SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES - A1 JOURNAL ARTICLE-REFEREED
3.1.1.1.1. 2020
Salo M, Makkonen M, Hekkala R. The Interplay of IT Users' Coping Strategies: Uncovering Momentary Emotional Load,
Routes, and Sequences. MIS Quarterly. 2020 Sep;44(3):1143-1175. https://doi.org/10.25300/MISQ/2020/15610
3.2. Department of Finance
3.2.1. Accepted/In press
Kaustia M, Rantala V. Common Analysts: Method for Defining Peer Firms. Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis. 2020 Jul 6;1-53. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022109020000514
3.2.2. E-pub ahead of print
Keloharju M, Linnainmaa JT, Nyberg P. Are return seasonalities due to risk or mispricing? Journal of Financial Economics. 2020 Jul 15. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfineco.2020.07.009
Choi J, Hoseinzade S, Shin SS, Tehranian H. Corporate bond mutual funds and asset fire sales. Journal of Financial
Economics. 2020 May 20. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfineco.2020.05.006
Focke F, Ruenzi S, Ungeheuer M. Advertising, Attention, and Financial Markets. Review of Financial Studies. 2020
Oct;33(10):4676-4720. https://doi.org/10.1093/rfs/hhz142
Pitkäjärvi A, Suominen M, Vaittinen L. Cross-asset signals and time series momentum. Journal of Financial Economics.
2020 Apr;136(1):63-85. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfineco.2019.02.011
Etula E, Rinne K, Suominen M, Vaittinen L. Dash for Cash: Monthly Market Impact of Institutional Liquidity Needs. Review of Financial Studies. 2020 Jan;33(1):75-111. https://doi.org/10.1093/rfs/hhz054
3.3. Department of Management Studies
Laine L, Kibler E. The Social Imaginary of Emancipation in Entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice. 2020
Sep 24. https://doi.org/10.1177/1042258720959251
Muñoz P, Kibler E, Mandakovic V, Amorós JE. Local entrepreneurial ecosystems as configural narratives: A new way of
seeing and evaluating antecedents and outcomes. Research Policy. 2020 Jul 19. 104065. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2020.104065
Ehrnrooth M, Barner-Rasmussen W, Koveshnikov A, Törnroos M. A new look at the relationships between transformational leadership and employee attitudes: Does a high-performance work system substitute and/or enhance these relationships? HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT. 2020 Jul 15. https://doi.org/10.1002/hrm.22024
Buffart M, Croidieu G, Kim PH, Bowman R. Even winners need to learn: How government entrepreneurship programs can support innovative ventures. Research Policy. 2020 Dec;49(10). 104052. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2020.104052
Nurmi N, Hinds P. Work design for global professionals: Connectivity demands, connectivity behaviors, and their effects on psychological and behavioral outcomes. Organization Studies. 2020 Jun 11.
Ritvala T, Granqvist N, Piekkari R. A processual view of organizational stigmatization in foreign market entry: The failure of Guggenheim Helsinki. Journal of International Business Studies. 2020 Jun 3. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41267-020-00329-7
Outila VT, Piekkari R, Mihailova I, Angouri J. "Trust but verify": How middle managers in a multinational use proverbs to translate an imported management concept. Organization Studies. 2020 May 26.
Shulist P, Kistruck GM. Linking Management Theory with Poverty Alleviation Efforts Through Market Orchestration. Journal of Business Ethics . 2020 May 17. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-020-04533-1
Storgaard M, Tienari J, Piekkari R, Michailova S. Holding on while letting go: Neo-colonialism as organizational identity work in a multinational corporation. Organization Studies. 2020 Mar 7;1-21. https://doi.org/10.1177/0170840620902977
Cappellaro G, Compagni A, Vaara E. Maintaining Strategic Ambiguity for Protection: Struggles over Opacity, Equivocality,
and Absurdity around the Sicilian Mafia. Academy of Management Journal. 2020 Jan 21. https://doi.org/10.5465/amj.2017.1086
Kibler E, Mandl C, Farny S, Salmivaara V. Post-failure impression management: A typology of entrepreneurs' public narratives after business closure. Human Relations. 2020 Jan 20. https://doi.org/10.1177/0018726719899465
Katila S, Kuismin A, Valtonen A. Becoming upbeat: Learning the affecto-rhythmic order of organizational practices. Human Relations. 2020 Sep 1;73(9):1308-1330. https://doi.org/10.1177/0018726719867753
Piekkari R, Tietze S, Koskinen K. Metaphorical and Interlingual Translation in Moving Organizational Practices Across Languages. Organization Studies. 2020 Sep 1;41(9):1311-1332. https://doi.org/10.1177/0170840619885415
Salmivaara V, Kibler E. "Rhetoric Mix" of Argumentations: How Policy Rhetoric Conveys Meaning of Entrepreneurship for Sustainable Development. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice. 2020 Jul 1;44(4):700-732. https://doi.org/10.1177/1042258719845345
Chliova M, Mair J, Vernis A. Persistent category ambiguity: The case of social entrepreneurship. Organization Studies.
2020 Jul 1;41(7):1019-1042. https://doi.org/10.1177/0170840620905168
Siltaoja ME, Lähdesmäki M, Granqvist N, Kurki S, Puska P, Luomala H. The dynamics of (de)stigmatisation: Boundary construction in the nascent category of organic farming. Organization Studies. 2020 Jul 1;41(7):993-1018. https://doi.org/10.1177/0170840620905167
Partanen J, Kauppila O-P, Sepulveda F, Gabrielsson M. Turning strategic network resources into performance: the mediating role of network identity of small and Medium‐Sized enterprises. Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal. 2020 Jun;14(2):178-197. https://doi.org/10.1002/sej.1296
Meyer RE, Vaara E. Institutions and Actorhood as Co-Constitutive and Co-Constructed: The Argument and Areas for Future Research. Journal of Management Studies. 2020 Jun;57(4):898-910. https://doi.org/10.1111/joms.12561
Välikangas L, Carlsen A. Spitting in the Salad: Minor Rebellion as Institutional Agency. Organization Studies. 2020 Apr 1;41(4):543-561. https://doi.org/10.1177/0170840619831054
Sasaki I, Kotlar J, Ravasi D, Vaara E. Dealing with revered past: Historical identity statements and strategic change in Japanese family firms. Strategic Management Journal. 2020 Mar;41(3):590-623. https://doi.org/10.1002/smj.3065
Schildt H, Mantere S, Cornelissen J. Power in Sensemaking Processes. Organization Studies. 2020 Feb 1;41(2):241-265.
Westney DE, Piekkari R. Reversing the Translation Flow: Moving Organizational Practices from Japan to the U.S. Journal
of Management Studies. 2020 Jan;57(1):57-86. https://doi.org/10.1111/joms.12435
3.3.2.2. B NON-REFEREED SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES - B1 ARTICLE IN A SCIENTIFIC MAGAZINE
Arora B, Kourula A, Phillips R. Emerging Paradigms of Corporate Social Responsibility, Regulation, and Governance:
Introduction to the Thematic Symposium. Journal of Business Ethics. 2020 Mar;162:265-268. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-019-04236-2
3.4. Department of Accounting
Malmi T, Bedford DS, Brühl R, Dergård J, Hoozée S, Janschek O et al. Culture and management control interdependence: An analysis of control choices that complement the delegation of authority in Western cultural regions.
ACCOUNTING ORGANIZATIONS AND SOCIETY. 2020 Mar 19. 101116. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aos.2020.101116
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Department of Information and Service Management
The Department of Information and Service Management refers to the creative use of information and digital technology in business and the move from industrial to service dominant forms of production.
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