Jarna Heinonen is Professor of Entrepreneurship, Head of the Entrepreneurship unit and responsible for teaching in entrepreneurship at the Turku School of Economics, University of Turku. Jarna is also a visiting professor at Kingston University in the United Kingdom. She is a versatile and respected researcher, educator and head of research projects specialising in entrepreneurship, … Continued
When: 8.11.2016 from 12:30 to 15:00 Where: Radisson Blu Royal Hotel, Runeberginkatu 2, Helsinki Registration: By 31.10.2016 here More info: Here The sharing economy and platform mediated work are rapidly becoming more common in Finland. The phenomenon is expected to have a significant impact on firms, the labour market and to the way society … Continued
Digital platforms and the jobs that emerge in the platform economy are a core area of research in the SWiPE-project. These issues are also being actively taken up in public conversation. Indeed, change in working life and digital platforms that bring together work and workers were topics in the YLE A2 “pay gap-night” on the … Continued
Professor John Zysman is a valued researcher and an expert on public policy, economics and business strategy. His recent research has looked into, among other things, how developed economies are adapting to radical change in the global economy as well as the implications digital platforms have for business strategy and for national policy. John Zysman … Continued
Professor Martin Kenney is an internationally acclaimed expert on the platform economy at the University of California. Professor Kenney is one of the first researchers in the United States to have analysed impact of the platform economy globally, including to global workforce mobility and skills. Martin Kenney has served as a visiting professor at several … Continued
Annu Kotiranta works as a researcher in Etlatieto Ltd, that concentrates in business and innovation research. Recently she has been involved, among other things, in the building of effectiveness of Tekes and preparing the backgroung notes to OECD about Finnish innovation system and its recent changes. In addition she has been deliberating about the growth … Continued
Elisa Akola is a research coordinator at the entrepreneurship unit of Turku School of Economics at the University of Turku and with the SWiPE research project. Elisa has also participated in other research projects at the Entrepreneurship unit and is Secretary of the European Council for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (ECSB) as the point of … Continued
Tarja Valde-Brown is the SWiPE project Stakeholder Relations Coordinator and, together with her team, she supports the SWiPE consortium in communication, stakeholder relations and interaction.Tarja is a Partner and Executive Senior Consultant at Eurofacts a management consulting house specialising in communications, public relations and public affairs. She has almost 25 years of experience of advising … Continued
Pekka Stenholm is a senior researcher at the entrepreneurship unit of the Turku School of Economics at the University of Turku. To the SWiPE project, Pekka brings his expertise in the early stages of business, the emergence of new business ideas as well as of institutions and entrepreneurship. Pekka Stenholm has played an active role … Continued
Sanna Rouhiainen is a project researcher at the University of Turku School of Economics entrepreneurship unit. In the SWiPE research project, she investigates expert work and the platform economy. Sanna is particularly interested in the transformation of working life, new forms of work and the qualities, skills and capabilities needed to work in a changing … Continued