Elisa Aro
elisa.aro@utu.fi +358 29 450 3968 +358 50 505 8741 Rehtorinpellonkatu 3 Turku |
Internationalisation; international entrepreneurship; R&D; sustainability and digitalization within maritime industry
MA and M.Sc. (Economics and Business Administration) Elisa Aro works at Finland Futures Research Centre in various R&D projects, currently especially in projects related to the maritime industry, but also within other industries.
She has several years’ experience at the University of Turku from projects that focused on making global maritime processes more sustainable by digitalising them.
Prior to University of Turku, she worked within international business and marketing in several organisations in Finland and Spain.
Elisa's main interests focus on the internationalisation of enterprises, international entrepreneurship and R&D management of enterprises with a special emphasis on sustainability and digital transformation.
- ECOPRODIGI: Synthesis of Digital Technology Pilots - Monitoring Vessel Performance (2020) Elisa Aro, Otto Lappalainen
(D4 Published development or research report or study ) - ECOPRODIGI: Synthesis of Digital Technology Pilots - Optimising Shipyard Processes (2020) Elisa Aro, Otto Lappalainen
(D4 Published development or research report or study ) - ECOPRODIGI: Synthesis of Digital Technology Pilots - Optimising the Cargo Stowage Process (2020) Elisa Aro, Otto Lappalainen
(D4 Published development or research report or study ) - Maritime industry processes in the Baltic Sea Region – Synthesis of eco-inefficiencies and the potential of digital technologies for solving them (2020) Elisa Aro, Niels Gorm Malý Rytter, Teemu Itälinna
(D4 Published development or research report or study ) - Internationally scalable business from digitality
Final report 2019 (2019) Elisa Aro, Taina Eriksson, Antero Hirvensalo, Aki Koponen, Tommi Rissanen, Lasse Torkkeli
(D4 Published development or research report or study ) - Yhteistyön kautta ekotehokkuutta merisektorille (2019)
- Pulloposti
(E1 Popularised article) - A case study on the commercialisation of digital technology (2018) Elisa Aro
(Other publication) - Russian FDI in Finland: Empirical Evidence from a Knowledge-Driven Investment (2017) The Russian Economy and Foreing Direct Investment Kari Liuhto, Elisa Aro
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Russian knowledge-driven investments in Finland (2016)
- Baltic Rim Economies
(D1 Article in a professional journal)
- Foresight in Ecosystems FORECO01.01.2026 - 30.06.2028
- Centre for Collaborative Research (CCR)



