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Awarded grants 2024

Doctoral Candidate Anoop Adhur Kutty Conference presentation at European Academy of Management (EURAM) 2024 1.200

Master of Science (MSc) Raushan Aman Research visit to University of Bologna 9.000

Valentina Arrieta Travel grant for AIB conference 2.200

mehran aslaniyan Participation in 2024 AMA Global Marketing SIG Conference to present a paper regarding Sustainability in International Supply Networks 1.500

C. Grönroos Professor Jaakko Aspara scholarly visit to Luiss University for research project on companies' perceived innovativeness 3.000

D.Sc. (Econ. & BA) Irina Atkova Why Business Model Matter: Resilience and Sustainability in Digital Era 1.500

MSc Hilla Back Post-doctoral research: Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in Multilingual Organizations 18.000

D.Sc. (Econ) Philipp Back Travel grant for HICSS 2025: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Technology and Organizations 2.200

Assistant Professor in Marketing Larissa Carine Braz Becker SERVSIG Conference 2024 1.500

Stefan Burggraf Actor empowerment in volatile service systems 11.500

Mr Lin Chen Doctoral Dissertation: National identity in multinational organisations 6.000

PhD Stutz Christian SCANCOR Research Visit to the USA 9.000

M.Sc. Economics and Business Administration Karelia Dagnaud Doctoral dissertation: Organizing for sustainability with matter and materiality in the Finnish textile sector 6.000

Doctoral Researcher Laleh Davoodi Finalising Ph.D. and dissertation: Improving Customer Satisfaction by AI 6.000

Associate Professor (tenure track) William Degbey Conference 2.200

Ph.D. Carlos Diaz Ruiz Conference fee and travel: American Marketing Academy, Service Special Interest Group (SERVSIG 2024) 1.500

Ms. Ronja Dorairaju Doctoral dissertation on the topic of circularity and sustainability in supply chain management 6.000

Sepehr Ebrahimian Amiri Collective Action for Sustainable Supply Chain 1.500

M.Sc. (Econ.) Lauri Elfsbacka Organizing the selection of senior management: the influence of executive search on executive and board appointments 2.560

Pia Eriksson Mentoring encounters, affect and care 13.000

MSc Emilia Eräpolku Seaports and the environmental upgrading of global value chains 6.000

M. Sc. Miriam Etz Fear of Missing Out (FOMO) in marketing 13.000

PhD WENJIE FAN Assisting Consumer Decision Making using Big Data Curation Function 18.000

Dr. Anisur Faroque Reframing Entrepreneurial Failure: From Liability to Resource for Sustainable Recovery and Growth 20.000

D.(Sc.) Sara Fraccastoro Travel grant for research presentation and development at the 2024 American Marketing Science Conference 2.200

Associate Professor Johanna Frösén Organizing high-quality methodological courses in KATAJA 65.000

Professor of Marketing and Dean of Education Mika Gabrielsson Academy of Marketing Science (AMA) Annual Conference attendance to be held in Coral Gables May 22-24, 2024 2.200

Doctor of Science (Econ & Admin) Peter Gabrielsson Participation in Nordic Academy of Management Conference 2024. 1.500

PhD Tamara Galkina Attending the 2024 Academy of International Business annual meeting 2.200

D.Sc. (Econ) Bernadetta Ginting-Szczesny Fostering social inclusion through everyday entrepreneurship: The case of a Finnish entrepreneurship community 3.220

M.Sc. Daria Hakola The Role of Trust in Entrepreneurship. Conference participation 1.500

PhD Theresia Harrer Attendance of Academy of Management Meeting in Chicago 2.200

Postdoctoral researcher Akram Hatami Beyond the surface: Exploring ethical dynamics at the complex interplay of employee-employer relationship 1.500

PhD student at University of Vaasa Zixin He Travel expenses for joining Nord-IB program 2.500

Helleke Heikkinen Participation in the 36th NOFOMA Conference 900

Doctoral researcher, M.Sc. (Econ.), M.Soc.Sc. Iida Hietala Consumer Subjectivity in Arts Consumption on Social Media 6.000

M.Sc. Thomas Hoeger personal grant 6.000

D.Sc. Maria Holmlund-Rytkönen Conference participation cost coverage 1.000

MSc. Qinglan Huang Attending the EAA Congress 2024 1.400

Mr. Christian Barika Igbeghe Participate in the Publishing Workshop Organized by the Journal of Management Studies 2.200

Doctoral student Yuting Jiang Research funding for the fifth year of PhD study (Doctoral Thesis) 6.000

Associate Professor Paulina Junni Green entrepreneurial acquisitions 6.700

Doctoral Researcher Ines Kaivonen Conference presentation in NFF conference: Accelerating sustainability transitions by slowing down the speed of fashion 1.500

PhD Jenni Kantola Attending to NFF 2024 conference in Reykjavik 1.500

PhD(econ) Hannele Kauppinen-Räisänen Travellers' experiences of their own cultural products 1.500

MISS Canan Keles Inclusive Entrepreneurship in Finland: A Deep Dive into Everyday-Everyone Entrepreneurship 13.000

VTM Anna Kevätsalo Travel grant, presenting a paper at EGOS conference 1.300

Syeda Mansura Khatoon AI-Enhanced Elderly Home Care: Unveiling Co-Customer in Holistic Customer Experiences 13.000

PhD Violetta Khoreva Participation in the 37th ANZAM Conference 2.200

Mr. Hoang Khuat The utilization of generated data from chatbots, particularly unstructured data in decision-making and customer interaction 13.000

Professor Timothy King Finance and Accounting (blockchain) 1.500

Dr. Xiaoshi Kinnunen Conference trip 2.200

Miss Tamara Kirkwood-Wright Travel grant - EurOMA Conference 1.500

Doctoral Researcher Anastasiya Koptsyukh Attendance to the Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference 2024 1.500

Ms Ghazale Kordi Enhancing Finnish Business Resilience: Strategies for designing Sustainable and responsive Supply Chains in Crisis Situations 13.000

Ksenia Kosheleva Research presentation at the international marketing conference 1.500

Master of Arts (Education) Daria Kosinova Dissertation studying digital labour, recruitment, and the gendering of work 10.000

PhD Paula Koskinen Sandberg Travel grant, EGOS 2024 Colloquium 1.405

Master Tejas Kotha Evolution of Digital Creative Markets in the Era of Non-Fungible Tokens 13.000

DSc (Econ) Alexei Koveshnikov AOM 2024 conference 2.200

Professor, Doctor of Science (Econ. and Business Admin.) Olli Kuivalainen Exploring and Investigating Digital Small and Medium Enterprises Online and Offline Communication Strategies in Internationalisation 1.500

Dr Perttu Kähäri Travel grant for AOM Conference 2.200

Professor Harri Laihonen Conference trip: Translating Knowledge into Innovation Dynamics 1.500

Communications specialist, Doctoral researcher Sarita Laine Attending the NFF Conference 2024 1.500

M.Sc. Kseniia Lashkova Inducing customers' well-being and brand value through engagement with the use of AI-driven gamified solutions 13.000

M.Sc. Michaela Lavickova Attending the EURAM Doctoral Colloquium and Conference 1.400

Professor Tanja Leppäaho Advocacy-driven internationalization: founders of Artek under focus 10.000

Master of Engineering Zhiqiang Liao Conference paper presentation on 33rd EURO 1.300

PhD econ. Helena Liewendahl Managing Employee Promise Alignment in ESG investing and the care sector: Disseminating reserach findings in two conferences 1.500

MSc Kaja Kirstine H Lilleng Valuing the non-financial and investing in the future: Essays on the emergence of impact investing in the Nordics 6.000

D.Sc. Yanqing Lin Unlocking Customer (Dis)satisfaction in Robotic Service: An Exploratory Study 1.500

Doctor of Science in Economics and Business Administration Eva-Lena Lundgren-Henriksson Participation in the Gender, Work and Organization 14th International Interdisciplinary Conference 17.6-20.6.2024, Canada 2.200

Doctoral Researcher Merja Luostarinen Travel grant for Egos conference, Milan 2024 1.500

D.Sc. Anna Maaranen Participation in Gender, Work and Organization 14th International Interdisciplinary Conference 2024 2.200

Postdoctoral Researcher Pardeep Maheshwaree How Board Expertise and Networks Shape the Leadership Transition and Its Outcomes 1.500

Dr. Susanna Mansikkamäki Participation in the Strategic Management Society's 44th Annual Conference 1.500

MSc Nuppu Mielonen PhD Research: Organizing sustainable circular economy: Industrial ecosystems of green transition materials for electric mobility 13.000

Dr. (Sc.) Econ. Irina Mihailova The role of digital capabilities for internationalizing startup funding 2.200

Ms Mitra Moghaddam Salimi Research Visit: Investigating Consumer Responses to Corporate ESG Violations 10.000

Integration of Platforms into Multiplatform Ecosystems in the Connected Health Context Mahmoud Mohamed Finalisation of the doctoral dissertation 6.000

Doctor Researcher Rehman Mohsin Abdur Transformative customer experience across the holistic customer journey 1.500

Dr. Mohammad Moshtari EurOMA 2024 Annual Conference 1.500

Dr Sufyan Muhammad Artificial Intelligence and Entrepreneurship Nexus: Exploring Micro-foundations of AI-Based Start-ups 12.000

Mr. John Munyoro Dissertation (Local Food Systems for Local Livelihoods: Supporting Development of Local Food Access via Digitalized Local Food Systems Amid) 13.000

Dr Hannele Mäkelä Construction of commercial viability in the era of sustainability crisis - case Arctic shipping (travel grant) 1.400

Arash Naghdi Mindful Consumption and User-Generated-Content 13.000

Ms Martta Nieminen Multispecies collective work in regenerative forest management 1.209

Dr. Emma Nordbäck Participation in the 15th International Symposium on Process Organization Studies 1.500

Dr Niina Nummela Academy of International Business Annual Meeting 2.200

Dr. Dr. Kalle Nuortimo Creation of continuous SoMe firestorm measurement process in a digitalizing global business context 6.000

Docent Anna-Greta Nyström NFF conference in Iceland August 2024 1.500

M.Sc. (Econ. & Bus. Adm.) Roosa Oinasmaa Participating the Strategic Management Society's 44th Annual Conference in Istanbul, 19-22.10.2024 1.500

Dr Lauri Paavola Attending the HICSS 2025 conference 2.200

Dr Yekaterina Pak Travel expense to attend the Academy of Management (AOM) 2024 Annual Meeting 2.000

KTT Visa Penttilä Conference participation with a study "Constituting sustainability aspirations for organizations through external frameworks" 1.500

Dr. Tiina Ritvala AIB 2024 Conference 2.200

Mr Siddhant Ritwick Travel grant-Academy of Management Conference (AOM) 2.200

Ms Margot Rocheteau Travel grant to attend the EurOMA 2024 conference 1.500

Master of Research Juliana Rodrigues dos Reis Research funding for the fourth year of the Doctorate Program in Management Studies, Entrepreneurship. 13.000

M.Sc. (Econ.) Sonja Saari Exploring the Energy Service Solutions to Foster Sustainable Energy Programming for a Humanitarian Medical Cold Chain 12.000

MSSc (MA in Social Sciences) Pekka Saarikorpi Socio-Spatial Atmosphere Dynamics in Art: Social and Digital Touchpoints Shaping Participation and Interaction 13.000

Ms. Elizaveta Sakhnovskaia Dissertation "Marketing for Higher Education in Finland: Effective Operation Internationally" 6.000

Emma Sandström Travel grant for the 40th EGOS conference in Milan, Italy 1.400

Doctoral Researcher (PhD Student) Muhammad Sarfraz Fostering workplace integration of skilled migrants at multiple levels 13.000

Dr Minna Saunila Conference participation 1.500

MSc (Architect), MA Hanne Savolainen Conference Egos 2024 1.400

Master of Science (Econ. & Bus. Admin) Vera Sevastianova Trademark Law and People's Well-Being: From a Parameter in Automated Commerce to the General Societal Role 1.500

Dr Shah Rukh Shakeel Conference Visit 1.500

Claire Shaw Attending the Academy of Management (AOM) 2024 Annual Meeting 2.200

Post-doctoral researcher Ausrine Silenskyte Social sustainability in business and business education 2.200

Mrs Marzieh Soleimani The Impact of Digitalization on the Internationalization Process Through Opportunity Logic 13.000

Daria Soloveva Conference participation 2.200

Franziska Steiner Doctoral dissertation on social (dis)connection at work 12.000

D.Sc.(Econ.) Isabell Storsjö Conference participation (EurOMA Annual Conference) combined with short research visit at ISCTE-IUL, Lisbon 1.500

Ms. Jiajun Sun Understanding the role of robot facial features in building user trust 13.000

Doctoral Researcher Inka Sylgren Travel grant for European Health Management Conference 1.500

Mr Topi Taipale Presenting a paper in Academy of Management conference 2.000

M. Sc. (Econ.) Inkeri Tanhua Doctoral dissertation: Explaining occupational gender segregation 6.000

PhD (Econ. & Bus. Adm.) Hannu Torvinen Service co-production in public healthcare procurement 1.500

D.Sc. Laura Urrila Participation as a presenter at the Academy of Management conference, Chicago, August 9-13, 2024 2.200

Associate Professor Mikko Vesa Strategizing for sustainability: Digital platform services in heavy-asset industries 10.000

PhD Catharina von Koskull Participation in the Frontiers in Service Conference 2.200

MSc Katri Weckroth Participation at the 27th Nordic Academy of Management Conference in Iceland 1.400

Mr Fredrik Weibull The Genesis of Recruitment 13.000

Mr David Wunder Strategic Management Society 44th Annual Conference 1.500

Ms. Ryoko Yamada Exploring the Nexus of Management Control, Motivation and Innovation in Virtual Teams 13.000

D.Sc., Economics and Business Administration Jialei Yang Travel expenses to attend the Strategic Management Society's 44th Annual Conference in Turkey 1.500

D.Sc. (Econ.) Man Yang The 84th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management 2.200

Doctoral Researcher Nayoung Yoon Doctoral Dissertation: Conspicuous Consumption of Retailing Experiences through Word-of-Mouth 13.000

MSc. Zhen Zeng Conference presentation (IGC2024)-Golden roots, green futures: exploring socio-ecological dynamics in global afforestation financing 1.400

Julia Zhang To finalize the doctoral dissertation on human-centred personal data management 6.000

Doctoral researcher Shaofang Zong Sustainable Global Career 13.000