Milla Unkila
Doctor of Science in Economics and Business Administration
Centre for Collaborative Research milla.unkila@utu.fi +358 29 450 3974 +358 40 513 4543 Rehtorinpellonkatu 3 Turku |
Digitalization; strategizing; uncertainty; philosophy of science; organizational capabilities
Currently I work as a research manager in the Laboratory of Business Disruption in CCR after defending my dissertation “Strategizing in the
New Normal” in November 2018. With a background in strategic communications,
management consulting, board work and entrepreneurship I value interventionist
research virtues that seek contributions to both theory and practice. My
research interests include digitalization as a sociotechnical trinity of
technological systems, humans and perceptions, strategy as a process and
practice, organizational capabilities and philosophy of science. Prior to the
doctoral degree in economics and administration I hold the degrees of
Executive Master of Business and Administration (EMBA) and Master of Music
(MMus), in addition to being a certified board member (HHJ).
My research can be positioned in the nexus of international business, strategic management, information systems and futures research streams. My theoretical contribution aims are integrative: in my research I wish to connect the dots of existing atomistic knowledge in order to facilitate understanding the bigger picture.
- BIODIFUL Politiikkasuositus : Luonnon köyhtyminen vaarantaa turvallisuutemme (2024) Sääksjärvi, Ilari; Unkila, Milla; Puustinen, Sari; Quarshie, Anne; Teerikangas, Satu; Räikkönen, Juulia; Oksanen, Hanna; Salo, Matti; Salo,Mia; Uusitalo Outi; Onkila, Tiina; Uusitalo, Ville; Pecoraro Maria; Mäkelä, Marileena; Tyrväinen, Liisa; Hopia, Anu; Rouhiainen, Henna; Svels, Stina; Grenman, Miia; Kuhmonen, Irene; Ahvenharju, Sanna; Lauttamäki, Ville; Järviö, Natasha; Tuomasjukka, Saska; Turunen, Marja; Veijalainen, Anu; Sorakunnas, Esko; Lappalainen, Otto; Walhsten, Aliisa
- Uusi kausi, uudet (ja vanhat) kujeet! (2024)
- BIODIFUL-blogi
- Addressing the biodiversity crisis via leadership – An interdisciplinary review, concept development & research agenda
(Presentation at the Corporate Responsibility Research Conference (CRRC) 2023) (2023) Teerikangas Satu, Sääksjärvi Ilari, Räikkönen Juulia, Salo Matti, Uusitalo Outi, Pecoraro Maria, Onkila Tiina, Puustinen Sari, Uusitalo Ville, Mäkelä Marileena, Unkila Milla, Salo Mia, Tyrväinen Liisa, Hopia Anu, Rouhiainen Henna, Svels Stina, Grenman Miia, Kuhmonen Irene, Ahvenharju Sanna, Lauttamäki Ville, Järviö Natasha, Tuomasjukka Saska, Turunen Marja, Veijalainen Anu, Sorakunnas Esko, Lappalainen Roni, Lappalainen Otto, Walhsten Aliisa, Luoma Tommi, Hakulinen Anna, Oksanen Hanna, Möksy Juulia, Kervinen Ville, Lehtovaara Katri - Biodiversity and Business – A Literature Review and Future Research Agenda
(Presentation at the Corporate Responsibility Research Conference (CRRC) 2023) (2023) Teeikangas Satu, Unkila Milla, Mäkelä Marileena, Möksy Juulia, Kervinen Ville, Lappalainen Otto, Turunen Marja - Biodiversity and Business – A literature review
(Conference poster: BIODIFUL - Consortium Leadership Forum 2023)A Research Agenda for International Business and Management. Edward Elgar Publishing. Ö. Bozkurt, M. Geppert (Eds.) Edward Elgar Publishing (2021) ISBN: 978 1 78990 203 7 (2023) Unkila Milla, Teerikangas Satu, Möksy Juulia, Turunen Marja, Marileena Mäkelä - (2022)
- Journal of International Management
- Biodiversiteetti pelastuu johtajuudella (2022)
- BIODIFUL-blogi
- Luonnon monimuotoisuutta kunnioittava johtajuus (BIODIFUL): Tilannekuvaraportti (2022) Sääksjärvi Ilari, Teerikangas Satu, Räikkönen Juulia, Unkila Milla
- Miten ekonomit voivat ratkaista biodiversiteettikriisiä? (2022)
- Turun seudun ekonomit
- Positiivinen psykologia viestinnän voimavaranaExploring the Disruptiveness of Cryptocurrencies: A Causal Layered Analysis-Based Approach (2022) Poikkeuksellinen viestintä Grénman Miia, Uusitalo Outi, Unkila Milla
- Tapahtumateollisuuden toimialatutkimus 2020 - osa 1 (2020)
- Lecture Notes in Computer Science
- Guidelines on How to implement MaaS in Local Contexts (2020) Stella Aaltonen, Milla Wiren, Aki Koponen, Helber Y. López Covaleda, Nuppu Ervasti, Nuria Blanco, Christian Grundmann, Helene Carlsson, Nikolay Simeonov, Ruth Schawohl
- 2020 Milla Wiren, Thomas Westerholm, Annika Liikamaa
- Tapahtumateollisuuden toimialatutkimus 2020 - osa 2Scoping the Impact of Digitalization (2020) Milla Wirén, Thomas Westerholm, Annika Liikamaa
- The Role of Transformative Business Ecosystems in Pursuing sustainable Economy - the Case Oxygen2050 (2020) 36th European Group for Organizational Studies Colloquium (EGOS), University of Hamburg Milla Wirén, Thomas Westerholm, Annika Liikamaa, Jari Ala-Ruona
- Big Data Value Chain: Making Sense of the Challenges (2019)
- Lecture Notes in Computer Science
- Digitalization capabilities in global maritime transportation industry (2019)
- Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Academy of International Business
- Six Ontological Questions
(Academy of Management Annual Meeting -konferenssin abstrakti, Boston 9.-13.2019)Strategic Positioning in Big Data Utilization: Towards a Conceptual Framework (2019)- Academy of Management annual meeting proceedings
- (2018)
- Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Academy of International Business
- (2018)
- Lecture Notes in Computer Science



