Elisa Akola
 M.Sc. (Econ. & Bus. Adm.)
 elisa.akola@utu.fi +358 29 450 3448 +358 50 512 6956 Rehtorinpellonkatu 3 Turku ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3412-9764  | 
 Biography 
UTU Post-award support team
Project coordinator for 
- Erasmus+ project ENVISIONAlliances -  'Entrepreneurial Vision Alliances between Higher Education and Industry' (https://venturealliances.eu/) 
 - ERC INTRAPOL - Intra-party politics in the past and the present (https://utu.fi/intrapol/)
 
 Executive Secretary of the European Council for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (ECSB).
 Publications   
  
            - The Case Story of Inga, an Estonian Craft Shop Owner in Finland  (2019)  Diaspora Networks in International Business Satu Aaltonen, Elisa Akola
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - The role of trust and bridging social capital in immigrant business owners' start-up process  (2018)  The Dynamics of Entrepreneurial Contexts Satu Aaltonen, Elisa Akola
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Self-employment and independent professionals: labour market transitions and myths of entrepreneurship  (2017)  Exploring the Entrepreneurial Society. Institutions, Behaviors and Outcomes Dieter Bögenhold, Jarna Heinonen, Elisa Akola
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Finding a needle in a haystack – Do strategic choices help in recognizing the best and the brightest firms?  (2015)   Pekka Stenholm, Jouni Saarni, Elisa Akola, Jarna Heinonen
(D4 Published development or research report or study ) - 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) - Entrepreneurship and Independent Professionals: Social and Economic Logics  (2014)  
- International Advances in Economic Research
 
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Professionals als Kleinunternehmer: Zur Rationalität von Freiberuflern im realen Business  (2014)  Soziologie des Wirtschaftlichen. Alte und neue Fragen. Dieter Bögenhold, Jarna Heinonen, Elisa Akola
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Determinants of job satisfaction for salaried and self-employed professionals in Finland  (2013)  
- International Journal of Human Resource Management
 
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Entrepreneurship and Independent Professionals: Why do Professionals not meet with Stereotypes of Entrepreneurship?  (2013)   Dieter Bögenhold, Jarna Heinonen, Elisa Akola
(D4 Published development or research report or study ) - Freie Berufe und Unternehmertum: Eine empirische Untersuchung über Freiberufler als Sonderfall des Unternehmertums  (2013)  
- Zeitschrift fur Kmu und Entrepreneurship
 
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific 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 ) - Determinants of Job Satisfaction for Salaried and Self-Employed Professionals  (2012)   Hytti, Ulla;Kautonen, Teemu;Akola, Elisa
(A4 Refereed article in a conference publication ) - Determinants of Job Satisfaction for Salaried and Self-Employed Professionals in Finland  (2012)   Hytti, Ulla;Kautonen, Teemu;Akola, Elisa
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Lack of trust – the main obstacle for immigrant entrepreneurship?  (2012)   Satu Aaltonen;Elisa Akola
(A4 Refereed article in a conference publication ) - Winners, losers, hybrids: Liberal Professions between Necessities and Self-realization  (2012)   Bögenhold, Dieter;Heinonen, Jarna;Akola, Elisa
(B3 Non-refereed article in a conference publication) - Farms as growth firms: A case study of identity construction of two farmers  (2011)   Akola Elisa, Hytti Ulla, Stenholm Pekka
(B3 Non-refereed article in a conference publication) - Satisfaction with work and other life spheres: the role of job characteristics for self-employed and employees  (2011)   Hytti Ulla, Kautonen Teemu, Akola Elisa
(B3 Non-refereed article in a conference publication) - Vastavirtaan kulkijat': Tutkimus maaseudun kasvuyrityksistä  (2011)   Akola Elisa, Hytti Ulla, Stenholm Pekka
(D4 Published development or research report or study ) - Yrittäjyys, työ ja hyvinvointi korkeasti koulutettujen keskuudessa: Selvitys akavalaisten liittojen jäsenistössä.  (2011)   Luomala Katri, Akola Elisa, Heinonen Jarna
(D4 Published development or research report or study )