Nikodemus Solitander currently works as Assistant Professor (acting) in Supply Chain Management and Corporate Geography at Hanken School of Economics in Helsinki, Finland.
He acts as coordinator for Hanken's study module in Corporate Responsibility and has been heavily involved in the implementation of the Principles of Responsible Management Education at Hanken. He teaches in the areas of corporate responsibility, business ethics, and location studies and has a keen interest in pedagogical development and techniques.
He has also been working as program leader for various Hanken & SSE Executive Education programs.
Teaching
Teaching on masters and undergraduate level. Main areas of teaching: CSR, environmental management, business environment studies, corporate/economic geography, Latin American business, and design management.
Currently (2008-2009) I teach in the following courses: Corporate Sustainability; The Corporation and the Community; Theories and Research in Corporate Geography; and Service Logistics and Geographies
Research Interest
Research interests: sustainable development, Corporate Social Responsibility, creative industries, design management, globalization and its discontent, political ecology, industrial clusters, regional and urban development, airport cities, critical management studies
Selected publications
Recent publications
(2010) (jointly with Martin Fougère) ‘Governmentality and the Creative Class: Harnessing bohemia, diversity and freedom for competitiveness’. International Journal of Management Concepts and Philosophy, 4(1), pp. 41-59
(2010) (jointly with Maria Solitander) 'The sharing, protection and thievery of Intellectual Assets— The Case of the Formula 1 Industry', Management Decision, 48 (1), pp.37-57
(2009) 'Better by Design? A critical appraisal of the creative economy in Finland', In Rusten G., Bryson J. (eds.) Industrial Design, Competition and Globalization, Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, UK.
(2009) (jointly with Martin Fougère) ‘Against Corporate Responsibility: Critical reflections on thinking, practice, content and consequences’. Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, 16(4), 217-227.
(2009) (jointly with Martin Fougère) ‘Sustainable Development in the Age of Natural Capitalism: Making the world while saving profits’. In S.B. Banerjee, V.C.M. Chio and R. Mir (eds.) Organizations, Markets and Imperial Formations: Towards an Anthropology of Globalization. Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, UK.
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