Selaus koulutusohjelman mukaan kokoelmassa VäitöskirjatSchool of Business and Management, Kauppatieteet
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A connected future : the influence of the Internet of Things on business models and their innovation
Acta Universitatis Lappeenrantaensis (Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology LUT, 25.11.2022)This dissertation investigates the impact of the Internet of Things (IoT) on the adaptation of existing business models (BM) also referred to business model innovation (BMI) and the development of new BMs, to improve the ... -
A project management office as a project organization’s strategizing tool
Acta Universitatis Lappeenrantaensis (Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology LUT, 12.09.2019)Organizations are increasingly searching for ways to create value and enhance competitiveness. One way to increase the value contribution of an organization’s assets is to establish a project management office (PMO). A PMO ... -
Augmented reality in consumer retail : a presence theory approach
Acta Universitatis Lappeenrantaensis (Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology LUT, 20.10.2023)This doctoral dissertation investigates the role of virtual try-ons (VTOs) enabled by augmented reality (AR) to foster positive consumer responses using a presence theory approach. Presence refers to the sense that a virtual ... -
Business model innovation as crisis response strategy
Acta Universitatis Lappeenrantaensis (Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology LUT, 25.05.2022)The world was hit by one of the hardest crises in modern history starting in December 2019, with the COVID-19 pandemic impacting companies and their business activities across the planet. Governments extensively restricted ... -
Business model innovation opportunities when news has become a public good
Acta Universitatis Lappeenrantaensis (Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology LUT, 24.11.2023)This dissertation explores business model opportunities for news when information is freely accessible. It asks: How have news agencies responded to the declining commercial value of news in their strategies and business ... -
Co-creation, Brokering and Innovation networks: A Model for Innovating with Users
Acta Universitatis Lappeenrantaensis (Lappeenranta University of Technology, 19.10.2018)The most recent shift in the innovation paradigm stresses collaboration amongst many different stakeholders and areas of knowledge to emphasise the role of users. While the importance of users for successful innovation has ... -
Complementarity and contextualization of firm-level strategic orientations
Acta Universitatis Lappeenrantaensis (Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology LUT, 08.02.2019)Strategic orientations, which reflect strategic behaviors implemented by a firm, have been widely associated with a firm’s competitiveness and performance. An extensive theoretical and empirical consideration has been ... -
Employee trust repair in the context of organizational change – identification and measurement of active trust repair practices
Acta Universitatis Lappeenrantaensis (Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology LUT, 21.01.2022)Organizational trust is positively related with employee job satisfaction, firm performance and productivity. However, the current disrupted work environment with unpredictable changes is challenging for employee trust. ... -
Entrepreneurial Ecosystems and Born Global Start-ups
Acta Universitatis Lappeenrantaensis (Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology LUT, 11.12.2020)This doctoral dissertation introduces the entrepreneurial ecosystem phenomenon to international entrepreneurship research to address its fragmentation. The main focus is systemic elements of entrepreneurial ecosystems and ... -
Essays on Stock Market Anomalies
Acta Universitatis Lappeenrantaensis (Lappeenranta University of Technology, 05.12.2018)The objective of this doctoral thesis is to examine the efficacy of anomaly-based equity trading strategies in the Finnish and the U.S stock markets. The main focus in the papers included in this thesis is on different ... -
Exploring novelty in the internationalization process - understanding disruptive events
Acta Universitatis Lappeenrantaensis (Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology LUT, 13.11.2020)The literature on international business combines a multitude of paradigms from organizational learning to entrepreneurship and economic theories. The behavior-based model of the internationalization process (IP) theory, ... -
From observation to insight: Computational abduction and its applications in sustainable strategy research
Acta Universitatis Lappeenrantaensis (Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology LUT, 08.12.2023)The term computational abduction broadly refers to the use of computational methods in combination with patterns of abductive reasoning. This dissertation focuses on the application of computational abduction in management ... -
Good for wealth or bad for health? Socioemotional wealth in the internationalisation process of family SMEs from a network perspective
Acta Universitatis Lappeenrantaensis (Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology LUT, 04.12.2020)This dissertation investigates how family SMEs (small- and medium-sized enterprises) internationalise from a network perspective, to reach both noneconomic socioemotional wealth (SEW) and economic goals. SEW encompasses ... -
Growth for the Common Good? Social enterprises’ growth process
Acta Universitatis Lappeenrantaensis (Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology LUT, 09.12.2019)Social enterprises are expected to contribute to solving some of the most vicious problems of our time, including poverty, inequality and environmental threats. Thus, social enterprises need to tailor scalable operational ... -
Intellectual capital and innovation: A comparison between high technology and low technology firms
(University of Deusto, 11.12.2018)The turbulent and challenging environment in which companies operate has contributed to the increasing interest of researchers to find new ways of innovating. Innovation essentially involves utilising knowledge resources ... -
Internationalization of born-digital companies
Acta Universitatis Lappeenrantaensis (Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology LUT, 20.11.2020)This dissertation addresses the digitalization of the value-chain activities of companies and its impact on the internationalization strategy and international performance of these companies. Literature provides an incomplete ... -
Knowledge Ecosystem Formation: An Institutional and Organisational Perspective
Acta Universitatis Lappeenrantaensis (Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology LUT, 27.04.2019)The main purpose of this thesis is to provide a better understanding on knowledge ecosystem formation, that is, the factors and processes that result in the emergence of knowledge ecosystems and their particular forms of ... -
Learning and entrepreneurial opportunity development within a Finnish telecommunication International New Venture
Acta Universitatis Lappeenrantaensis (Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology LUT, 05.12.2019)This dissertation investigates the development of entrepreneurial opportunity in a Finnish International New Venture (INV) operating in the telecommunication sector by applying a learning-based approach. Despite decades ... -
Leveraging digitalization opportunities to improve the business model
Acta Universitatis Lappeenrantaensis (Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology LUT, 26.11.2020)The opportunities of digitalization and the digital revolution are opening up completely new ways of doing business, producing and distributing services, and creating a significant threat to incumbent businesses that remain ... -
Maintenance policies optimization in the Industry 4.0 paradigm
Acta Universitatis Lappeenrantaensis (Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology LUT, 10.12.2021)Maintenance management is a relevant issue in modern technical systems due to its financial, safety, and environmental implications. The need to rely on physical assets makes maintenance a necessary evil, which, on the ...
