Tommi
Pukkinen
Senior Researcher, Entrepreneurship
D.Sc. (Econ. & Bus. Adm.)
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Areas of expertise
entrepreneurial attitudes
entrepreneurial abilities
entrepreneurial intentions
entrepreneurial actions, entrepreneurial orientation, dynamic capabilities, start-ups, firm performance
Biography
I hold a doctor’s degree in Entrepreneurship. I have worked over fifteen years as a researcher in the field of entrepreneurship at Turku School of Economics. I have participated in numerous research projects funded, for example, by Finnish Ministries and Associations, Tekes, Sitra and European Commission. In addition to research I have been teaching in several courses at the University of Turku since 2011. In my role as a teacher I have been coaching nearly a hundred student-based startup teams in their business model creation and testing.
Teaching
I teach in several courses at the University of Turku, related to, for example, lean startup method, value creation and business models.
Research
My work centers around entrepreneurial action from different perspectives including individuals, firms and the society. My dissertation is about opportunity search and firm performance. The focus is especially on firm-level attitudes, abilities and actions related to innovativeness, risk-taking and proactiveness that may possibly benefit firms in their effort to improve performance. I am currently working in a project that focuses on examining young people's paths to entrepreneurship in rural areas of Finland.
Publications
Policy Analysis (ECORIN Project Fact sheet 3) (2024)
(O2 Muu julkaisu )Income adequacy among creative professionals—An interplay of identities and skills (2024)
Creativity and Innovation Management
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )
HIWE-hankkeen politiikkasuositukset politiikka-analyysin valossa – vastaavatko palvelut kansainvälisten osaajien kokemiin haasteisiin? (2024)
(D4 Julkaistu kehittämis- tai tutkimusraportti tai -selvitys )“I never chose Finland” - Lived experiences of international talent in the Finnish ICT sector (Presentation at the 22nd Nordic Conference on Small Business Research 2024) (2024)
Nordic Conference on Small Business Research
(O2 Muu julkaisu )
Engaging in entrepreneurship as a highly skilled international in Finland – regulatory pumps on the road (HIWE writing series on key results of the project: Part II) (2024)
(O2 Muu julkaisu )Creative Ecosystem Needs (ECORIN Project fact sheet 2) (2024)
(O2 Muu julkaisu )How to Promote the Participation of Highly Skilled Internationals in Policy Making, Service Development, and Workplaces in Finland? (2024)
(D4 Julkaistu kehittämis- tai tutkimusraportti tai -selvitys )Policy designs for advancing entrepreneurship in two developed countries : the Netherlands and Finland (Presemtation at the 22nd Nordic Conference on Small Business Research 29.-31.5.2024 in Turku, Finland) (2024)
Nordic Conference on Small Business Research
(O2 Muu julkaisu )
“I Never Chose Finland" - The Lived Experiences of International Talent in the Finnish ICT Sector (Presentation at the Nordic Academy of Management Conference 2024) (2024)
Nordic Academy of Management Conference
(O2 Muu julkaisu )