Satu Aaltonen
M.Soc.Sc. / VTM
satu.aaltonen@utu.fi +358 29 450 3955 +358 50 505 3630 Rehtorinpellonkatu 3 Turku Office: 4.23 ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9092-1177 |
Areas of expertise
employee-driven innovations; immigrant entrepreneurship; social value; culture
employee-driven innovations; immigrant entrepreneurship; social value; culture
Biography
I have worked as a project researcher in the Entrepreneurhip Unit at Turku University (TU) since 2006. My previous academic appointments at Turku University were in the Research Unit for the Sociology of Education, Information Systems, Cultural History and Media Studies. I have also worked shortly in Turku Science Park. I have obtained my Master's degree in sociology (TU) in 1998.
Research
I am interested in social and cultural aspects of entrepreneurship, work place studies and entrepreneurship policies.
Currently I study immigrant entrepreneurship and the policy measures supporting it, as well as the changing role of municipalities from service providers to service integrators.
Previously I have studied, among others, the role of cultural heritage in value creation, co-development of working methods, employee-driven innovations, impact of business support policies and business exits. Before I joined the Entrepreneurship unit I have participated in studies focusing on the history of everyday IT, implementation of information systems, public online forums and the interconnectedness of unemployment and adult education.
I am interested in social and cultural aspects of entrepreneurship, work place studies and entrepreneurship policies.
Currently I study immigrant entrepreneurship and the policy measures supporting it, as well as the changing role of municipalities from service providers to service integrators.
Previously I have studied, among others, the role of cultural heritage in value creation, co-development of working methods, employee-driven innovations, impact of business support policies and business exits. Before I joined the Entrepreneurship unit I have participated in studies focusing on the history of everyday IT, implementation of information systems, public online forums and the interconnectedness of unemployment and adult education.
Teaching
I teach a course called Social value creation and YRY Yrittäjämäinen liiketoiminta.
Publications
- Yrittäjyysneuvonnalla monimuotoisuutta yrityskenttään – Suosituksia maahanmuuttajien yrittäjyyden tukemiseen (2018) Satu Aaltonen
(D4 Published development or research report or study ) - Framework Towards a Virtual Tool for the Front-End of Employee-Driven Innovation in Healthcare (2017)
- International Journal of E-Services and Mobile Applications
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Ikkuna yhteiseen kehittämiseen. Virtuaalinen työkalu apuna organisaatioiden kehittämisessä. Yrittäjämäinen uudistuminen ja muotoiluajattelu organisaatioiden kehittämisessä -hankkeen tulosraportti (2017) Satu Aaltonen, Katriina Lahtinen, Mikko Pirttimäki, Outi Teittinen
(D4 Published development or research report or study ) - Organization renewal in elderly care – a case study from the public sector
(Esitys The Eighth Nordic Working Life Conferencessa, Tampere 2.4.11. 2016) (2016) Outi Teittinen, Satu Aaltonen
(Other publication) - The Role of Leadership in Employee Creativity - Uncontrolled Creativity, Controlled Creativity or No Creativity
Paper presented in the 61st ICSB World Conference, June 15–18 in New Jersey/New York City, USA. (2016) ICSB 2016 WORLD CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS Satu Aaltonen, Jarna Heinonen
(A4 Refereed article in a conference publication ) - Yhteiskehittäminen asiantuntijapalvelujen tuotteistamisessa (2016) Arvonluonnin muutoksen aakkoset - arvot, arki ja arvostus Tanja Lepistö, Satu Aaltonen
(B2 Non-refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Enterprise cultural heritage - The source for sustainable competitive advantage and survival for food sector SMEs (2015)
- International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Frameworks towards a virtual co-creation tool for fuzzy front-end of service development in health care context (2015) The 25th Annual RESER Conference ”Innovative Services in the 21st Century” Proceedings Lahtinen Katriina, Aaltonen Satu, Järvinen Marika, Teittinen Outi, Pirttimäki Mikko
(A4 Refereed article in a conference publication ) - Maahanmuuttajayrittäjien palvelutarpeet ja yrittäjyyden edistäminen (2015) Aaltonen Satu, Heinonen Jarna, Valtonen Elina
(D4 Published development or research report or study ) - Negotiating and making sense of joint value proposition as a part of service development process (2015) 23rd Nordic Academy of Management Conference proceedings Niemi Laura, Aaltonen Satu, Lepistö Tanja
(A4 Refereed article in a conference publication ) - Practices hindering employee innovative behaviour in manufacturing SMEs (2015) Context, Process and Gender in Entrepreneurship. Frontiers in European Entrepreneurship Research Aaltonen Satu, Hytti Ulla
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - The role of trust in immigrant business owners’ start-up process (2015) RENT, Research in Entrepreneurship and Small Business Satu Aaltonen, Elisa Akola
(Other publication) - The situated construction of the future – A case study of strategy work between partner entrepreneurs (2015) RENT, Research in Entrepreneurship and Small Business Lepistö Tanja, Aaltonen Satu, Hytti Ulla
(Other publication) - Barriers to employee-driven innovation – A study of regional medium-sized bakery (2014)
- International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Entrepreneurial management and employee-driven innovative work practices (2013)
- RENT : Research in entrepreneurship and small business
(A4 Refereed article in a conference publication ) - Social media in Europe – Lessons from an online survey (2013) UK Academy for Information Systems Conference Proceedings 2013 Aaltonen Satu, Kakderi Christina, Hausmann Verena, Heinze Aleksej
(A4 Refereed article in a conference publication ) - Uudistuva leipomo (2013)
- Työn tuuli
(D1 Article in a professional journal) - Yritystukilain vaikuttavuuden ja toimivuuden arviointi – Arvioinnin kohteena yrityksen kehittämisavustus ja yritysten toimintaympäristön kehittämisavustus (2013) Aaltonen Satu, Akola Elisa, Heinonen Jarna, Laalo Hanna, Nummelin Laura
(D4 Published development or research report or study ) - Lack of trust – the main obstacle for immigrant entrepreneurship? (2012) Satu Aaltonen;Elisa Akola
(A4 Refereed article in a conference publication ) - Yrittäjyyden edistäminen starttirahalla – Starttirahajärjestelmän vaikuttavuus ja toimivuus (2012) Pekka Stenholm;Satu Aaltonen
(D4 Published development or research report or study )