Research at Entrepreneurship
We are Finland's leading, internationally active Entrepreneurship Research Unit. We produce new information about entrepreneurship and its significance, manifestations and promotion in society.
Research focuses on
- entrepreneurship and new working modes
- entrepreneurial behaviour and business growth
Selected ongoing research projects
High-skilled internationals: bottom-up insights into policy innovation for work and entrepreneurship in Finland (HIWE)
SUSTAINABLE AND INNOVATIVE CREATIVE ECOSYSTEMS: Ecological Approach to Policy Innovation for Creative Sectors in Finland (ECOCRIN)
Transforming Entrepreneurship Education (TrEE)
Featured past projects
Academic Entrepreneurship as a social process (ACE)
Boosting business founding activity and growth!
Developing Inclusive & Sustainable Creative Economies (DISCE)
Selected publications
What I’ve learned about teaching entrepreneurship : perspectives of five master educators (2025)
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book)Industry 5.0 beyond technology: Mental health initiatives for innovation in Nigerian small businesses (2025)
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book)Mompreneurship and resilience : Exploring entrepreneurship for mothers of children with additional needs (2025)
Business research quarterly
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Academic Leaders’ Perspectives on Entrepreneurship at Finnish Universities : A Comparative Case Study (2025)
South asian journal of business and management cases
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Academics and entrepreneurs : Enablers of hybrid identity centrality among university researchers (2024)
Journal of Small Business Management
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)