Marikka
Heikkilä
Research Director, Centre for Collaborative Research (CCR)
D.Sc. (Econ)
Marikka leads a research group focused on Business renewal. The research theme includes topics such as digital transformation, innovation and business models, and collaboration in business networks.
Areas of expertise
Industrial Innovation;
Business Models;
Networked Business
Business Models;
Networked Business
Business ecosystems;
Maritime;
Qualitative Research;
Maritime;
Qualitative Research;
Biography
D.Sc. (Econ) Marikka Heikkilä is Research Director, Industrial Innovation Studies at the School of Economics, Centre for Collaborative Research (CCR). She has an interest in maritime business, business models and business model innovation, and collaboration and coordination in business networks, especially with regard to information systems and services.
She has 20+ years of experience on joint research projects between companies and universities. Most recently she was leading ecosystem and business models research in a consortium consisting of more than 20 maritime companies and research institutes.
She has authored numerous scientific articles, the most recent ones appearing in the journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development, European Management review, and Electronic Markets.Academic background:
- D.Sc. (Econ.), Faculty of Information Technology, University of Jyväskylä 2010
- M.Lic (Econ.), Helsinki School of Economics 1996
- M.Sc. (Econ.), Helsinki School of Economics 1990
Research
Industrial Innovation studies including topics such as
- Innovation of business models and operations, enabled by digitalisation, robotization, data, smart specialisation etc.
- Management and collaboration
- Ecosystems, platform economy
- Change from product to service orientation
Publications
Sea4Value – Future Fairway Navigation (2023)
(Julkaistu kehittämis- tai tutkimusraportti taikka -selvitys (D4))Improving Safety at Seas - research in progress (2023)
Bled eConference, Bled eConference
(Vertaisarvioitu artikkeli konferenssijulkaisussa (A4))
Capabilities for data-driven innovation in B2B industrial companies (2023)
Industrial Marketing Management
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )
Future Fairway Navigation (2023)
(Julkaistu kehittämis- tai tutkimusraportti taikka -selvitys (D4))Sea4Value – Smart Terminals: DIMECC Final Report 1/2023 (2023)
(Julkaistu kehittämis- tai tutkimusraportti taikka -selvitys (D4))Platforms for Smart Fairways - Enhancing Services for Autonomous Maritime Traffic and Other Emerging Uses of Territorial Sea (2023)
Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
(Vertaisarvioitu artikkeli konferenssijulkaisussa (A4))
Unlocking the potential of data-driven business models: an empirical investigation into the role of ecosystems and fair data use (2023)
Bled eConference, Bled eConference
(Vertaisarvioitu artikkeli konferenssijulkaisussa (A4))
Port 4.0 concept – Terminal operator perspectives on port 4.0 development (2022)
(Julkaistu kehittämis- tai tutkimusraportti taikka -selvitys (D4))Uncovering the identity of Electronic Markets research through text mining techniques (2022)
Electronic Markets
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))