Eriikka Paavilainen-Mäntymäki
PhD, Docent (Adjunct Professor)
eriikka.paavilainen-mantymaki@utu.fi +358 29 450 2105 +358 40 777 5547 ORCID-tunniste: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6821-8493(external) |
The internationalization process of the firm; SME internationalization; international growth; entrepreneurial opportunities; international entrepreneurship; family business internationalization; business failures; qualitative research methods; longitudinal and process research; case studies; narratives; diary research; visual methods; time in research; philosophy of time
Eriikka defended her doctoral thesis titled "Unique paths. The international growth process of selected Finnish SMEs" in 2009 at Turku School of Economics. Additionally, she operates as an Adjuct Professor in the Faculty of Business Studies at the University of Vaasa, Finland. After defending her thesis she has worked as a Visiting Fellow at the University of Sydney, Australia and as a visiting lecturer at the University of Umeå, Sweden.
Eriikka has published in Organizational
Research Methods, Journal of International Business Studies,
International Journal of Management Reviews, Management International
Review and International Business Review on topics related to research methodology and the
internationalization and international growth processes as well as
failures of entrepreneurial SMEs and family firms. Her particular
interests in research methods include qualitative methods, case studies,
narrative and diary research, longitudinal and process studies, the
role of time in research, philosophy of time and visual research
methods. She has also studied the teaching and
learning of research methods.
Eriikka is a member of the Editorial Review Board of Journal of International Business Studies and she operates as a review in e.g. International Marketing Review, Industrial Marketing Management, Organizational Research Methods, Australian Journal of Management and Management and Organization Review.
Eriikka's teaching revolves around qualitative research methods and philosophy of
science in the business research context. She also supervises Bachelor's, Master's and Doctoral Theses and has developed several courses and course teaching materials in international business and research methods.
- Scaling up and down – A balancing act for international entrepreneurial firms
(Presentation at the 49th Conference of the European International Business Academy (EIBA) 2023) (2023) Nummela Niina, Paavilainen-Mäntymäki Eriikka, Mäkelä Jani
(O2 Muu julkaisu ) - Settling in and inclusion of returnees and global talent – preliminary findings from company perspective
(Presentation at The 5th Odense IE Workshop 2023) (2023) Paavilainen-Mäntymäki Eriikka, Nummela Niina, Harikkala-Laihinen Riikka, Raitis Johanna
(O2 Muu julkaisu ) - Surviving the jungle or driving the change: international entrepreneurs as agents in institutional change (2023) A Research Agenda for International Entrepreneurship Haaja Eini, Karhu Anna, Paavilainen-Mäntymäki Eriikka
(A3 Vertaisarvioitu kirjan tai muun kokoomateoksen osa) - Taming the 'mythical beast': Revisiting the myths of historical research in international business scholarship (2023) Handbook of historical methods for management Plakoyiannaki Emmanuella, Paavilainen-Mäntymäki Eriikka, Hoorani Bareerah Hafeez
(A3 Vertaisarvioitu kirjan tai muun kokoomateoksen osa) - The Helsinki internationalization process model: How Reijo Luostarinen’s legacy can generate a new agenda for IB research
(Presentation at the 17th Vaasa International Business Conference 2023) (2023) Piekkari Rebecca, Arslan Ahmad, Kontkanen Minnie, Kähäri Perttu, Niittymies Aleksi, Niskavaara Johanna, Paavilainen-Mäntymäki Eriikka, Hurmerinta Leila, Ghauri Pervez
(O2 Muu julkaisu ) - Business models and foreign operation modes of digital service providers (2022) Sustainable International Business Models in a Digitally Transforming World Ojala Arto, Paavilainen-Mäntymäki Eriikka
(A3 Vertaisarvioitu kirjan tai muun kokoomateoksen osa) - Cosmopolitans as self-initiated expatriates
(Presentation at the 2nd International Conference on Self-initiated Expatriates 2022) (2022) Paavilainen-Mäntymäki Eriikka, Nummela Niina, Raitis Johanna, Harikkala-Laihinen Riikka
(O2 Muu julkaisu ) - Per aspera ad astra – An exploratory study of Finnish SMEs scaling to international markets
(Presentation at the 48th European International Business Academy Conference (EIBA) 2022) (2022) Mäkelä Jani, Nummela Niina, Paavilainen-Mäntymäki Eriikka
(O2 Muu julkaisu ) - Reconciling theory and context: How the case study can set a new agenda for international business research (2022)
- Journal of International Business Studies
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä ) - Who is a cosmopolitan? Conceptualising the phenomenon in international management
(Presentation at the 26th Biannual NFF Conference 2022) (2022) Nummela Niina, Eriikka Paavilainen-Mäntymäki, Riikka Harikkala-Laihinen, Johanna Raitis
(O2 Muu julkaisu ) - Cosmopolitans as migrant entrepreneurs (2021) Global Migration, Entrepreneurship and Society Nummela Niina, Paavilainen-Mäntymäki Eriikka, Harikkala-Laihinen Riikka, Raitis Johanna
(A3 Vertaisarvioitu kirjan tai muun kokoomateoksen osa) - In-Between Worlds – Liminal Experiences of Finnish-Born Cosmopolitans
(Presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Academy of International Business 2021) (2021) Nummela Niina, Harikkala-Laihinen Riikka, Paavilainen-Mäntymäki Eriikka, Raitis Johanna
(O2 Muu julkaisu ) - Contradictions within the Internationalization Process of Entrepreneurial Family Businesses
(Presentation at the Paper development workshop 2020) (2020) Eriikka Paavilainen-Mäntymäki, Tanja Leppäaho, Jaakko Metsola
(O2 Muu julkaisu ) - Process in family business internationalisation: The state of the art and ways forward (2020)
- International Business Review
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä ) - The case study in family business: current perspectives and suggestions for the future (2020) Handbook of Qualitative Research Methods for Family Business Tanja Leppäaho, Emmanuela Plakoyiannaki, Katerina Kampouri, Eriikka Paavilainen-Mäntymäki
(A3 Vertaisarvioitu kirjan tai muun kokoomateoksen osa) - Theorising from Case Studies: Towards a Pluralist Future for International Business Research (a re-print) (2020) Research Methods in International Business Catherine Welch, Rebecca Piekkari, Emmanuella Plakoyiannaki, Eriikka Paavilainen-Mäntymäki
(O2 Muu julkaisu ) - Theorizing from Cases: Further Reflections (2020) Research Methods in International Business. JIBS Special Collections Eriikka Paavilainen-Mäntymäki, Rebecca Piekkari, Emmanuella Plakoyiannaki, Catherine Welch
(A3 Vertaisarvioitu kirjan tai muun kokoomateoksen osa) - When all doors close: Implications of COVID-19 for cosmopolitan entrepreneurs (2020)
- International Small Business Journal
(B1 Vertaisarvioimaton kirjoitus tieteellisessä lehdessä ) - Career Paths in Time and Space
(WORK2019 Conferencen abstrakti) (2019) WORK2019 abstract book Riikka Harikkala-Laihinen, Niina Nummela, Eriikka Paavilainen-Mäntymäki, Johanna Raitis
(O2 Muu julkaisu ) - Escape Room as Game-Based Learning Process: Causation - Effectuation Perspective (2019)
- Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
(A4 Vertaisarvioitu artikkeli konferenssijulkaisussa)