We carry out strategic network research projects, scientific basic research, and company-specific tailored research projects. Our partners are typically different companies (industrial firms, service sector, knowledge-intensive business etc.; large, medium, small) and public sector organizations (other research teams, communities/cities, public administration, associations, non-profit organizations, etc.). We have versatile methodological capabilities, ranging from qualitative case studies and constructive studies to questionnaire surveys and document-based studies. Research strategies are agreed together with the research partners.
Ongoing research:
- CaPS – Citizens as Pilots of Smart Cities. NordForsk project, 2020-2023.
- I AM RRI – Webs of innovation and value chains of Additive Manufacturing under consideration of Responsible Research and Innovation 2018-2021 (funded by European Union`s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Grant Agreement number No. 788361).
- Prestudy: Innovation governance at the different levels of project-based organizations 2018-2021. Current topic: managing uncertainty in and between project portfolios of large firms.
We are currently preparing new research projects in the following topics:
- Managing systemic change – Successful implementation of innovations in networked autonomous systems
- Temporary learning networks as compasses in societal change
- Industrial Maintenance Ecosystems
- Data-based industrial services in SMEs
- Digital renewal in project business
- Effective and flexible project management practices in SMEs
- Leading and organizing multi-project operations
Our prior research covers e.g. the following topics:
- D2W – From data to wisdom: Approaches enabling the circular economy 2016-2019
- Infra projects: Stakeholder influence promoting lifecycle value in infrastructure projects , 2017-2018
- Välkky: Demanding digital manufacturing generating ecosystem added value, SMACC / ERDF, 2016-2018
- Prestudy: Good practices of project control in change programs 2015-2017
- ELLIS – Dynamic service delivery systems for distributed fleet – FIMECC’s S4Fleet program, 2015-2017
- ROaMING – Reshoring of Manufacturing, 2015-2017
- ProcuValue – Value from procurement, 2015-2017
- Service business capabilities for technology based firms – FIMECC FutIS program, ended 2016
- EU COST Action: The Effective Design and Delivery of Megaprojects in the European Union
- LEAPS: Leadership in the productization of services, ended 2015
- StraSus: Strategic business models and governance for sustainable solutions, ended 2016
- SIMI: Service business innovation in intelligent machines industry
- HAVERI: Supply chain risks in business
- Prestudy: supply chain decisions in product development processes
- Prestudy: uncertainties and change management in project portfolios
- FinnLean: Lean Roadmap for Finnish industry
- The front end of new business innovations in technology-based firms
- Management control in the front end of product innovations
- Performance in project portfolio management
- Initiation of strategic change programs
- Project autonomy and control in complex networks
- Knowledge sharing and integration in service development portfolios
- Supplier integration in delivery projects
