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
Business model innovation for resilient international growth (2022)
Small Enterprise Research
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Innovation in Smart Ports: Future Directions of Digitalization in Container Ports (2022)
Journal of Marine Science and Engineering
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Port 4.0 concept – Terminal operator perspectives on port 4.0 development (2022)
(Julkaistu kehittämis- tai tutkimusraportti taikka -selvitys (D4))Crafting SME Business Model for International Expansion with Data-Driven Services (2021)
(Vertaisarvioitu artikkeli kokoomateoksessa (A3))Business Continuity in the COVID-19 Emergency: A Framework of Actions Undertaken by World-Leading Companies (2021)
Business Horizons
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Topical Research Cluster of BLED Community: a Text Mining Approach (2020)
Bled eConference, Bled eConference
(Vertaisarvioitu artikkeli konferenssijulkaisussa (A4))
Business model tooling: where research and practice meet (2020)
Electronic Markets
(Kirjoitus tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (B1))
Explaining Diversity and Conflicts in Privacy Behavior Models (2020)
Journal of Computer Information Systems
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Uudistuva metsäyrittäjä - kuinka voit uudistaa bisnesmallisi (2019)
(Julkaistu kehittämis- tai tutkimusraportti taikka -selvitys (D4))Business continuity of business models: Evaluating the resilience of business models for contingencies (2019)
International Journal of Information Management
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))