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
- Data Federation By Using a Governance of Data Framework Artifact as the Tool - conference proceedings version (2016) Proceedings of the 26th International Conference on Information Modelling and Knowledge Bases - EJC 2016. Tampere Tomi Dahlberg, Tiina Nokkala, Jukka Heikkilä, Marikka Heikkilä
(A4 Refereed article in a conference publication ) - Management dilemmas in innovative supplier networks (2016)
- International Journal of Procurement Management
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - MetaQRD (2016) Mikhail Belov, Jukka Heikkilä, Marikka Heikkilä
(I2 ICT program or software application ) - Triple role of business model co-creation in business networks (2016)
- Journal of Multi Business Model Innovation and Technology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Business Modelling Agility: Turning ideas into business (2015) The 28th Bled eConference, #eWellbeing Proceedings Jukka Heikkilä, Marikka Heikkilä, Harry Bouwman
(A4 Refereed article in a conference publication ) - Viability Radar: A Practical Tool for Assessing the Viability of Transformative Service Innovations in a Healthcare Context (2015)
- Technology Innovation Management Review
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Knowledge sharing, culture and media usage in an academic network – A network analysis of the eBEREA IRSES case (2014)
- Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems
(A4 Refereed article in a conference publication ) - Open Traffic Data for Future Service Innovation – Addressing the Privacy Challenges of Driving Data (2014)
- Journal of Theoretical and Applied Electronic Commerce Research
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Performance estimation of networked business models – Case study on a Finnish eHealth Service Project (2014)
- Journal of Business Models
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Towards curricula for doctoral education – explorations in china and Finland (2014)
- Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems
(A4 Refereed article in a conference publication )



