Responsible Business & Sustainable Value Creation

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In today’s world, stakeholders demand companies to operate in a responsible and sustainable manner, but also to ensure business profitability. Demands for responsibility may also create new business opportunities. Therefore, it is vital to understand new paradigms of responsibility and sustainable value creation, and to identify phenomena which can generate innovations.

Henkilökuva Päivi Karhunen

Päivi Karhunen

Chief Specialist, D.Sc. (Econ. & Bus Adm), Leader of the Research Group. Päivi has studied responsible business from the perspective of economic responsibility and business ethics. She is currently pursuing research on topics related to sustainable working life, including the management of multinational and multilingual organizations.

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Henkilökuva Meri Jalonen

Meri Jalonen

Chief Specialist, D.Sc (Tech), a scholar of work and organizing specialized on sustainability issues. Meri’s research focuses on developing sustainable production and consumption practices, including circular economy, smart city development and the automation of work. She also studies experiments as vehicles of innovation and RDI collaboration.

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Heli Kasurinen

RDI Specialist, D.Sc. (Tech) in the field of environmental technology. Heli is interested in research on the interaction and harmony between human actions and the natural environment. She has expertise in developing holistically sustainable business and systematic life cycle based sustainability assessment.

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Heidi Myyryläinen

Heidi Myyryläinen

I am an RDI Specialist, MSc (Econ. & Bus. Adm.), doctoral researcher, and Project Manager. My research focuses on how perceptions of value, new business opportunities, business models, and impact are shaped through human experiences, interactions, and governance models. I draw on a variety of research methods and participatory approaches to inquiry and development.

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Henkilökuva Terhi Saarijärvi

Terhi Saarijärvi

RDI Specialist, D.Sc. (Econ. & Bus. Adm). Terhi is interested in issues related to CSR, sustainable business models (e.g. cooperatives), well-being and organizational behavior. She has scientific and teaching experiences in the field of co-operatives and CSR. She has also worked in the entrepreneurship development projects to Zambia and Namibia.

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Ville Sarpo

Ville Sarpo

Senior lecturer, business, D. Sc. (Econ.). Ville is researching the organizational structures and design and their relationship with the organizational strategy. His particular interest is the perspective of responsible business in relation with the organizational structures.

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Mika Tonder

Mika Tonder

Principal lecturer, D.Soc.Sci. Expert in leadership and entrepreneurship, specializes in the study of discourses of interaction and the individual's world of experience. Mika touched sustainability issues in his doctoral dissertation on the protection of the Saimaa ringed seal. As an entrepreneur, Mika has founded and managed five growth companies.

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Henkilökuva Lasse Torkkeli

Lasse Torkkeli

Chief Specialist, D.Sc. (Econ. & Bus. Adm.), Lasse’s research focuses on international business and entrepreneurship, with a special interest in SME internationalization, sustainability, and digitalization, particularly in the context of responsible business and sustainable value creation.

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Päivi Karhunen
Chief specialist
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