Tommi Pukkinen
D.Sc. (Econ. & Bus. Adm.)
tommi.pukkinen@utu.fi +358 29 450 4041 +358 50 313 4425 Rehtorinpellonkatu 3 Turku Office: 4.27 ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4135-0328 |
Areas of expertise
entrepreneurial attitudes; entrepreneurial abilities; entrepreneurial intentions; entrepreneurial actions, entrepreneurial orientation, dynamic capabilities, start-ups, firm performance
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.
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.
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.
Teaching
I teach in several courses at the University of Turku, related to, for example, lean startup method, value creation and business models.
Publications 
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- Vauhtia yritysten perustamisaktiivisuuteen ja kasvuun : Tilannekuva yrittäjyydestä ja uuden yritystoiminnan edistämisestä Suomessa (2023) Pukkinen Tommi, Stenholm Pekka, Heinonen Jarna, Naumanen Mika, Vainikainen Sari
(D4 Published development or research report or study ) - (2022) Guardans Ignasi, Heinonen Jarna, Comunian Roberta, Crociata Alessandro, Dent Tamsyn, Denti Daria, Gross Jonathan, Hytti Ulla, Kim Sana, Kravcenko Dmitrijs, Pica Valeria, Popova Diana, Pukkinen Tommi, Sauka Arnis, Stenholm Pekka, Wilson Nick
(D4 Published development or research report or study ) - Between labour markets and entrepreneurship: entrepreneurial behaviour in the creative economies (2022) Heinonen Jarna, Hytti Ulla, Hytönen Kaisa, Nieminen Lenita, Pukkinen Tommi, Stenholm Pekka
(D4 Published development or research report or study ) - (2022) 21st Nordic Conference on Small Business Research: Conference Proceedings Stenholm Pekka, Hytönen Kaisa, Pukkinen Tommi, Heinonen Jarna
(A4 Refereed article in a conference publication ) - Policy Recommendations: Value creation modelling and earning logics in the creative economiesYrittäjyys maaseudun nuorten uravaihtoehtona (2022) Hytti Ulla, Heinonen Jarna, Hytönen Kaisa, Kravčenko Dmitrijs, Lemmetyinen Arja, Mumford Jonathan V., Nieminen Lenita, Pohjola Tuomas, Popova Diāna, Pukkinen Tommi, Sauka Arnis, Sihvonen Lilli, Stenholm Pekka
(D4 Published development or research report or study ) - Regional case study report: Lund, Sweden (2022) Pukkinen T., Hytönen K., Burlina C., Comunian R., Crociata A., Dent T., Denti D., Faggian A., Gross J.,Heinonen J., Hytti U., Kim S., Kravcenko D., Lemmetyinen A., Nieminen L., Pica V., Popova D., Sauka A., Sihvonen L., Stenholm P., Wilson N.
(D4 Published development or research report or study ) - Value creation modelling for creative economies: networks, innovation and digitalization (2022) Pukkinen Tommi, Heinonen Jarna, Hytti Ulla, Hytönen Kaisa, Kravčenko Dmitrijs, Lemmetyinen Arja, Nieminen Lenita, Pohjola Tuomas, Popova Diāna, Sauka Arnis, Sihvonen Lilli, Stenholm Pekka, Van Mumford Jonathan
(D4 Published development or research report or study ) - Entrepreneurial value creation in cultural and creative industries – beyond tensions
(Presentation at the RENT-conference 2021) (2021)- RENT : Research in entrepreneurship and small business
(Other publication) - How Early Engagement in Entrepreneurship May Help Youth Become More Resilient
(Presentation at the Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference 2021) (2021) Stenholm Pekka, Renko Maija, Pukkinen Tommi
(Other publication) - (2021) Pukkinen Tommi, Heinonen Jarna, Hytti Ulla, Stenholm Pekka
(Other publication) - Yrittäjyys maaseudun nuorten uravaihtoehtona (2021) Pukkinen Tommi, Heinonen Jarna, Hytti Ulla, Stenholm Pekka
(D4 Published development or research report or study ) - DISCE: Managing creative economies as cultural eco-systems (2020) Gross Jonathan, Heinonen Jarna, Burlina Chiara, Comunian Roberta, Conor Bridget, Crociata, Alexandro, Dent Tamsyn, Guardans Ignasi, Hytti Ulla, Hytönen Kaisa, Pica Valeria, Pukkinen Tommi, Renders Mieke, Stenholm Pekka, Wilson Nick
(D4 Published development or research report or study ) - Entrepreneurial activities at leisure and school in supporting entrepreneurial self-efficacy and desirability of rural adolescents (2020)
- RENT : Research in entrepreneurship and small business
(A4 Refereed article in a conference publication ) - DISCE Case Study Framework (2019) Jonathan Gross, Roberta Comunian, Bridget Conor, Tamsyn Dent, Jarna Heinonen, Ulla Hytti, Kaisa Hytönen, Tommi Pukkinen, Pekka Stenholm, Nick Wilson
(D4 Published development or research report or study ) - Nuorten polut yrittäjyyteen maaseudulla (2019) Kohteena Maaseutu. Maaseutututkijatapaaminen Ähtärissä 22.-23.8.2019 Jarna Heinonen, Ulla Hytti, Tommi Pukkinen, Pekka Stenholm
(Other publication) - The role of entrepreneurial orientation and dynamic capabilities in firm performance (2018) Pukkinen Tommi
(G4 Monograph dissertation) - Firm Growth in Family Businesses—The Role of Entrepreneurial Orientation and the Entrepreneurial Activity (2016)
- Journal of Small Business Management
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Global Entrepreneurship Monitor – Finnish 2015 Report (2016) Suomalainen Sanna, Stenholm Pekka, Kovalainen Anne, Heinonen Jarna, Pukkinen Tommi
(D4 Published development or research report or study ) - Global Entrepreneurship Monitor – Finnish 2014 Report (2015) Stenholm Pekka, Suomalainen Sanna, Kovalainen Anne, Heinonen Jarna, Pukkinen Tommi
(D4 Published development or research report or study ) - Global Entrepreneurship Monitor – Finnish 2013 Report (2014) Stenholm Pekka, Suomalainen Sanna, Kovalainen Anne, Heinonen Jarna, Pukkinen Tommi
(D4 Published development or research report or study )
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