Projects funded
The Academy of Finland funds the projects mentioned below with a total of 4,25 million euros within the Research Programme on Business Know-how (Liike2) 2006-2009.
For more information please contact:
Programme Manager Asta Salmi, tel. +358 9 4703 8519
Programme Manager Mikko Ylikangas, tel. +358 9 7748 8481
SINGLE PROJECTS
"Does business know how?" The role of corporate communication in the business know-how of globalized operations.
160 500 €
Project's leader: Professor Leena Louhiala-Salminen, Helsinki School of Economics
Economics, Strategy, Policy, Organization, and Operations in a Globalizing Economy
220 000 €
Project's leader: Professor Eero Eloranta, Helsinki University of Technology
The Societal Drivers for Value Creation: A Multiple-stakeholder Perspective to Value Processes in the Finnish Forest Industry
225 000 €
Project's leader: Professor Heikki Juslin, University of Helsinki
Corporate Social Responsibility and Its Links to Business Competence
115 000 €
Project's leader: Professor Eerik Lagerspetz, University of Turku
Owner impatience and corporate behaviour
230 000 €
Project's leader: Professor Eva Liljeblom, Swedish School of Economics and Business Administration
Value Creation and Capture from Emerging Technologies in Globalizing Innovation Environment
225 000 €
Project's leader: Professor Markku Maula, Helsinki University of Technology
Corporate Contracting Capabilities
160 500 €
Project's leader: Professor Soili Nysten-Haarala, University of Joensuu
Leadership in creative economy
220 000 €
Project's leader: Professor Arja Ropo, University of Tampere
Organizational innovations and their role in Finnish companies'
160 500 €
Project's leader: professor Gerd Schienstock, University of Tampere
Who becomes an entrepreneur - When and why? Who survives and who succeeds?A microeconometric study of self-employment and entrepreneurship in Finland 1987 – 2004
145 000 €
Project's leader: Professor Hannu Tervo, University of Jyväskylä
Companies' Social Relations as a Component of Local Business Strategies: Innovative Integration Strategies of Finnish and Russian Companies
250 080 €
Project's leader: Director Riitta Kosonen, Helsinki School of Economics
International dimension of innovation system in Russia - Improving the functionality via networking
249 960 €
Project's leader: Professor, Director Kari Liuhto, Turku School of Economics
Innovativeness in Russian High-tech Industries
Project's leader: Professor Markku Tuominen, Lappeenranta University of Technology
249 950 €
CONSORTIA
ValueNet
ValueNet-Oulu: Value Networks - Emergence and Transformation of Business in Global Competition
160 500 €
Project's leader: professor Kimmo Alajoutsijärvi, University of Oulu
Value Networks - Emergence and Transformation of Business in Global Competition (ValueNet-Turku)
160 500 €
Project's leader: professor Aino Halinen-Kaila, Turku School of Economics and Business Administration
Value Networks - Emergence and Transformation of Business
160 500 €
Project's leader: professor Kristian Möller, Helsinki School of Economics
INVnet
International growth of SMEs
145 000 €
Project's leader: professor Sören Kock, Swedish School of Economics and Business Administration
International growth of SMEs
120 000 €
Project's leader: professor Niina Nummela, Turku School of Economics and Business Administration
International growth of SMEs
120 000 €
Project's leader: professor Sami Saarenketo, Lappeenranta University of Technology
VCCRDI
Value Creation and Capture in R&D Investments: International and Finnish Evidence
100 500 €
Project's leader: professor Juha-Pekka Kallunki, University of Oulu
Value Creation and Capture in R&D Investments: International and Finnish Evidence
100 500 €
Project's leader: professor Tomi Laamanen, Helsinki University of Technology
ADVANTAGE
In search of sustainable competitive advantage
165 000 €
Project's leader: professor Kalevi Kyläheiko, Lappeenranta University of Technology
In search of sustainable competitive advantage
165 000 €
Project's leader: professor Paavo Okko, Turku School of Economics and Business Administration
RESPMAN
Responsible Management and Long-Term Corporate Success: Examining the Process of Firm-Stakeholder Interaction
160 500 €
Project's leader: professor Johanna Kujala, Tampere University of Technology
Responsible Management and Long-Term Corporate Success: Examining the Process of Firm-Stakeholder Interaction.
80 500 €
Project's leader: professor Salme Näsi, University of Tampere