Marikka Heikkilä
D.Sc. (Econ)
marikka.heikkila@utu.fi +358 29 450 2194 +358 50 440 2882 Rehtorinpellonkatu 3 Turku ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7298-7217 |
Industrial Innovation;
Business Models;
Networked Business; Business ecosystems;
Maritime;
Qualitative Research;
Marikka leads a research group focused on Business renewal. The research theme includes topics such as digital transformation, innovation and business models, and collaboration in business networks.
Marikka Heikkilä, research director, specialized on Industrial Innovation studies at School of Economics, University of Turku, is leading a research group focused on Business renewal. The research theme includes topics such as digital transformation, innovation and business models, and collaboration in business networks.
She has 30 years of experience on joint research with companies and authorities. She has led over 30 major projects funded by Business Finland, the Academy of Finland and the European Commission. Recent research projects such as SpacEconomy, GreenConnect, COMMA, Sea4Value, and EnvisionAlliances connect companies and researchers to develop data-driven, sustainable, and resilient business and ecosystems. These projects address the strategic challenges of maritime digitalization, autonomous systems, smart ports, green logistics and space economy.
The publications in leading journals such as Business Horizons, Industrial Marketing Management, Systems, Scandinavian Journal of Management, and Journal of Marine Science and Engineering reflect a commitment to applied research that supports competitiveness and renewal across sectors.- D.Sc. (Econ.), Faculty of Information Technology, University of Jyväskylä 2010
- M.Lic (Econ.), Helsinki School of Economics 1996
- M.Sc. (Econ.), Helsinki School of Economics 1990
Industrial Innovation studies including topics such as
- Innovation of business models and operations, enabled by digitalisation, robotization, data, smart specialisation etc.
- Management and collaboration
- Ecosystems, platform economy
- Change from product to service orientation
- maritime
- Explaining Diversity and Conflicts in Privacy Behavior Models (2020)
- Journal of Computer Information Systems
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Topical Research Cluster of BLED Community: a Text Mining Approach (2020)
- Bled eConference
(A4 Refereed article in a conference publication ) - Bridging entrepreneurial competencies and business model innovation: insights on business renewal in the small horticulture businesses in Finland (2019)
- Agricultural and Food Science
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Business continuity of business models: Evaluating the resilience of business models for contingencies (2019)
- International Journal of Information Management
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Does BMI help business to succeed? (2019)
- Bled eConference
(A4 Refereed article in a conference publication ) - Global service platforms in local markets: case taxi services (2019)
- Bled eConference
(A4 Refereed article in a conference publication ) - Ratkaisuja asiakkaan tarpeisiin monipuolisesti verkoston avulla (2019) Uudistumisen eväitä metsäyrittäjälle Hilkka Halla, Marikka Heikkilä
(D2 Article in a professional compilation book) - Uudistuva metsäyrittäjä - kuinka voit uudistaa bisnesmallisi (2019) Marikka Heikkilä, Hilkka Halla, Jukka Heikkilä
(D4 Published development or research report or study ) - Achieving agility using business model stress testing (2018)
- Electronic Markets
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Business Model Implementation within Networked Enterprises: A Case Study on a Finnish Pharmaceutical Project (2018)
- European Management Journal
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
