Researchers

Research group leader

Leena Aarikka-Stenroos

Professor
Tuotantotalous
Faculty of Management and Business
Tampere University
+358503015476
leena.aarikka-stenroos@tuni.fi

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9051-6059

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Responsibilities

- Professor and CITER CIRQ team leader in Industrial Engineering and Management

- Consortium leader in national CICAT2025 project (Strategic Research Council)

- Project management and research within externally funded research projects CICAT2025, UPCE, CIRCVOL, ROBINS, UPCE, ILPO

- Research in technology business and management and circular economy

- International and national research collaboration

- Teaching: Turning technologies into business; Turning Circular Economy technologies into business, Kasvuyritysten ekosysteemit; Contemporary Circular Economy challenges and solutions, Circular Economy study module

- Master thesis supervision

Field of expertise

- Business approach to the circular economy and environmental sustainability, circular economy business in technology and service companies

- Ecosystems and networks

- Marketing and commercialization of innovations, creation of markets

- Value creation and customer value

Research unit

CITER: Center for Technology and Innovation Research

Project links

Selected publications

Ingstrup, M. B., Aarikka-Stenroos, L., & Adlin, N. (2020). When institutional logics meet: Alignment and misalignment in collaboration between academia and practitioners. Industrial Marketing Management.

Ranta, V., Aarikka-Stenroos, L., & Mäkinen, S. J. (2018). Creating value in the circular economy: A structured multiple-case analysis of business models. Journal of Cleaner Production, 201, 988-1000.

Ranta, V., Aarikka-Stenroos, L., Ritala, P., & Mäkinen, S. J. (2018). Exploring institutional drivers and barriers of the circular economy: A cross-regional comparison of China, the US, and Europe. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 135, 70-82.

Aarikka-Stenroos, L., & Ritala, P. (2017). Network management in the era of ecosystems: Systematic review and management framework. Industrial Marketing Management, 67, 23-36.

Jaakkola, E., Helkkula, A., & Aarikka-Stenroos, L. (2015). Service experience co-creation: conceptualization, implications, and future research directions. Journal of Service Management.

Aarikka-Stenroos, L., Sandberg, B., & Lehtimäki, T. (2014). Networks for the commercialization of innovations: A review of how divergent network actors contribute. Industrial Marketing Management, 43(3), 365-381.

Sandberg, B., & Aarikka-Stenroos, L. (2014). What makes it so difficult? A systematic review on barriers to radical innovation. Industrial Marketing Management, 43(8), 1293-1305.

Aarikka-Stenroos, L., & Jaakkola, E. (2012). Value co-creation in knowledge intensive business services: A dyadic perspective on the joint problem solving process. Industrial Marketing Management, 41(1), 15-26.

Mirva Peltoniemi

Associate Professor
Technology and Innovation Management
Faculty of Management and Business
Tampere University
+358505950528
mirva.peltoniemi@tuni.fi

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5045-5957

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About me

I am Associate Professor of Technology and Innovation Management at Tampere University. I am also Docent of Strategic Change of Firms and Industries at University of Turku.

Prior to joining TUNI, I have worked at University of Jyväskylä (JSBE), Aalto University School of Science (Institute of Strategy), and Tampere University of Technology. I have completed research visits at University of Manchester, Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, and Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan. I received my Doctor of Science in Technology degree at Tampere University of Technology in 2009.

My research has been published in, e.g., Strategic Management Journal, Research Policy, International Journal of Management Reviews, Long Range Planning, Business History, Industrial and Corporate Change, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Technology Analysis & Strategic Management, and Games & Culture.

I am currently the PI of one project:

Engineers as diplomats: Learning lessons from the Cold War

Emil Aaltonen Foundation
2023-2027
€200.000

Prior projects:

HAT Research: Comparing evolutionary processes in nature and society

KONE Foundation
2021-2025
€200.000

Linking individual-level decision-making to industry evolution: Nanoeconomics of technological change

Research Council of Finland (Suomen Akatemia)
2021-2025
€500.000

I am also on the board of directors of Central Archives for Finnish Business Records.

Field of expertise

Technology strategy
Technological change
Innovation studies
Industry life cycle
Nanoeconomics
R&D alliances
IPR
Standardization
Survival analysis
Archival research
Mixed methods

Selected publications

Mansikkamäki, Susanna, Sihvonen, Antti, Peltoniemi, Mirva & Pajunen, Kalle (2026). Temporary technology and the maintenance of technological sovereignty. Research Policy, 55, 105577.

Peltoniemi, Mirva, Lamberg, Juha-Antti & Ketokivi, Mikko (2026). If the state is incompetent, do it yourself: private alliance as an institutional architect in the catch-up process. Industrial and Corporate Change, Early view.

Raulo, A., Rojas, A., Kröger, B., Laaksonen, A., Orta, C.L., Nurmio, S., Peltoniemi, M., Lahti, L. and Žliobaitė, I. 2023. What are patterns of rise and decline? Royal Society Open Science 10(11): 230052.

Heikkilä, J. T. S. and Peltoniemi, M. 2023. The changing work of IPR attorneys: 30 years of institutional transitions. Technological Forecasting and Social Change 197: 122853.

Nguyen, K., Peltoniemi, M. & Lamberg, J.-A. 2022. Strategic renewal: Can it be done profitably? Long Range Planning. 55(6). 102179.

Lamberg, J.-A. & Peltoniemi, M. 2020. The Nanoeconomics of Firm-Level Decision-making and Industry Evolution: Evidence from 200 Years of Paper and Pulp Making. Strategic Management Journal. 40(3). 499-529.

Heikkilä, J. & Peltoniemi, M. 2019. Great Expectations: Learning the Boundaries of Design Rights. Research Policy. 48(9).

Lamberg, J.-A., Ojala, J. & Peltoniemi, M. 2018. Thinking about industry decline: A qualitative meta-analysis, future research directions and policy implications. Business History. 60(2), 127-156.

Laaksonen, O. & Peltoniemi, M. 2018. The essence of dynamic capabilities and their measurement. International Journal of Management Reviews. 20(2), 184-205.

Faisal, A. & Peltoniemi, M. 2018. Establishing video game genres using data-driven modelling and product databases. Games and Culture. 13(1), 20 - 43.

Peltoniemi, M. 2015. Cultural industries: Product-market characteristics, management challenges and industry dynamics. International Journal of Management Reviews. 17(1), 41-68.

Peltoniemi, M. 2014. How do the determinants of firm survival change in the course of the industry life cycle? A fuzzy-set analysis. Technology Analysis & Strategic Management. 26(2), 223-239.

Lamberg, J.-A., Ojala, J., Peltoniemi, M., and Särkkä, T. (Eds.). 2012. The Evolution of Global Paper Industry 1800–2050: A Comparative Analysis. Dordrecht: Springer.

Peltoniemi, M. 2011. Reviewing Industry Life‐cycle Theory: Avenues for Future Research. International Journal of Management Reviews 13(4), 349–375.