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 

      Treves, Luke
      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 

      Otra-Aho, Ville
      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 

      Lavoye, Virginie
      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 ...

    • Building supply chain resilience in the age of digitalization 

      Harju, Aleksi
      Acta Universitatis Lappeenrantaensis : 1202 (Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology LUT, 30.05.2025)
      In an era of rapid digital transformation and increasing sustainability pressures, global supply chains face unprecedented challenges in managing risks and building resilience. This dissertation explores how digitalization ...

    • Business model innovation as crisis response strategy 

      Breier, Matthias
      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 

      Jääskeläinen, Atte
      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 ...

    • Circular economy platforms : enablers and organizers of economic and environmental value creation in the circular economy 

      Blackburn, Outi
      Acta Universitatis Lappeenrantaensis (Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology LUT, 28.06.2024)
      The transition from the traditional linear economy model to the circular economy (CE) has been designed to transform global production/service-consumption cycles into more sustainable ones. However, the transition has been ...

    • Co-creation, Brokering and Innovation networks: A Model for Innovating with Users 

      Konsti-Laakso, Suvi
      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 

      Beliaeva, Tatiana
      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 ...

    • Digital transformation as a driving force in business-to-business sales management 

      Pitman, Titta
      Acta Universitatis Lappeenrantaensis : 1165 (Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology LUT, 01.11.2024)
      Digital transformation is a megatrend which offers challenges and possibilities to business-to-business (B2B) sales management. B2B firms are adopting digital technologies at an increasing pace and researchers are investigating ...

    • Digital transformation of media organizations : developing value propositions and organizational capabilities 

      Piepponen, Amanda
      Acta Universitatis Lappeenrantaensis : 1189 (Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology LUT, 24.01.2025)
      Digitalization is profoundly disrupting both the consumption and production patterns in the media industry. Although digitalization presents new opportunities for value creation, it also requires media organizations to ...

    • Employee trust repair in the context of organizational change – identification and measurement of active trust repair practices 

      Kähkönen, Tiina
      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 

      Velt, Hannes
      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 

      Karell, Ville
      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 knowledge-based business analytics resources in executive decision-making 

      Orjatsalo, Johanna
      Acta Universitatis Lappeenrantaensis : 1197 (Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology LUT, 09.05.2025)
      Business analytics (BA) enables firms to process and analyse data and then use it to generate insight to support their decision-making. The use of BA to support the operational-level, routine-type of decisions has already ...

    • Exploring novelty in the internationalization process - understanding disruptive events 

      Aaltonen, Päivi
      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 

      Kimpimäki, Jaan-Pauli
      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 

      Metsola, Jaakko
      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 

      Tykkyläinen, Saila
      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 

      Buenechea Elberdin, Marta (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 ...