Third year doctoral student at Hanken. Previously I was employed by JTO. It is the largest training (adult education) insitute in leadership and management in Finland. There I carried out training programs and was teaching in the area of business economics.

I am generally interested in entrepreneurship research topics: new venture creation and management of small firms. Within these areas there are interesting issues such as industry evolution, innovation, decision making (effectuation vs. causation) and finance that I find interesting.

My dissertation projects is about path dependence. The research model is built on the behavioural theory of the firm, the resource dependence theory and the organizational learning theory. Specifically there is the impact of managerial attitudes, resources and competences considered acknowledging that there are two path dependent (age and the presence in the communities of practise) effects present.  These phenomena are demonstrated through panel data set of small and medium sized high technology companies

The working title of the dissertation is: " Path dependence in small and medium sized technology intensive company’s growth".

“Developing growth potential of SMEs – experiences from growth company project 1997 – 2001”. Paper presenteted in the 12th Nordic Conference on Entrepreneurship, May 2002, Kuopio.

“Some features of growth willing companies”. Paper presented in 13th Nordic Conference on Entrepreneurship, June 2004, Tromssö.

"The Management Growth Orientation Approach to Entrepreneurship in Medium Sized Companies".Paper presented in 15th Nordic Conference on Entrepreneurship, May 2008, Tallinn."

"High Tech Entrepreneur’s Growth orientation as a Mediator in the Relationship Between Perceived Opportunities & Perceived Resources and Realized Growth." Paper presented in RENT Conference, November, 2009.

Juuti, P., Rannikko, H., Saarikoski, V. 2004. Muutospuhe. Otava. Helsinki.