Biography
Dr. Kati Suomi is an Assistant Professor (tenure track) of Business and Entrepreneurship at the Turku School of Economics at the University of Turku (Pori Unit). She holds a title of docent (adjunct professorship) at the Faculty of Management and Business at the Tampere University.
Before joining academia in 2008, Kati worked for several years in the financial sector, as well as in retailing.
Teaching
Kati is an experienced educator with over 15 years' teaching experience from University of Turku. She is responsible for studies in entrepreneurship at the Pori unit of Turku School of Economics. She teaches entrepreneurship courses and supervises doctoral theses.
Research
Kati's current research interest include topics such as entrepreneurship education, entrepreneurial marketing and branding of SMEs.
Kati has published a number of articles in peer reviewed journals, including Journal of Business Research,Tourism Management, European Journal of Marketing, International Journal of Public Sector Management, among others.