News
Triumph, embrace or offset? Entrepreneurs have different storytelling styles for presenting business closure
New pioneering research shows that entrepreneurs communicate to strengthen their professional image and stakeholder relationships - and avoid blaming others.
Our CEMS exchange (incoming) student Helena Egge to act as the new Student Board President in 2020
Sustainability and diversity in focus on the development of the CEMS alliance.
Alumnus Jesús Manuel Castro Félix: It is important to develop skills that help working with all kinds of people
Good communication and continuous learning were the most important takeaways for the MIB alumnus.
Change can only succeed with the people on board
Culture is the cheapest and most efficient management system, says Professor of Practice Pekka Mattila.
New podcast: Puttonen & Vilkkumaa
The new podcast from the School of Business discusses the idea that better business builds a better society.
School of Business’ Dean awarded successful business students
Dean Ingmar Björkman awarded graduates who had completed their degree within the normative length of studies and with excellent grades. The yearly award was given to 13 Bachelor’s students and 14 Master’s students on 20 November 2019.
Creative Sustainability included in Financial Times’ list of best practices for sustainability in business schools
School of Business was included among the best practices for sustainability in teaching and student projects.
Work is changing faster than before
At the seminar of Aalto’s Future of Work network, you could hear about research results and share your own experiences.
Iiris Saittakari’s doctoral dissertation awarded
Postdoctoral researcher Iiris Saittakari’s dissertation "The Location of Headquarters: Why, When and Where are Regional Mandates Located?” was awarded as the best dissertation in the Aalto University School of Business in 2018.
Dissertation: Finland may become one of the largest users and producers of biofuels by 2030
Societal efforts to become more sustainable may actually lead to unsustainable outcomes.
Finland is well positioned to become a world leader in the responsible textile and fashion industry
Fast fashion pushes beyond the Earth’s limits.
Smarter energy
From research into electro-chemical conversion to creating policy for demand-response planning, Aalto University is working on ways to develop smarter and more sustainable energy grids
New study reveals what happens when public services and market forces collide
Research shows that when a government agency becomes a state-owned company, responsibilities for decision-making get less clear, and risk-taking and salaries can go up
Virva Salmivaara: I study the role of entrepreneurs in sustainable development
According to the researcher of entrepreneurship, researchers must have a personal vision they believe in, and they need to be prepared to work persistently to achieve their goals.
High energy works in an entrepreneurial community, but peace works in the funeral home
Affect research explores how affects, sensory and bodily sensations, are created, and how they have an effect on employees and customers in organisations.
Dean Ingmar Björkman received the prestigious Educator of the Year Award
The award granted by the Academy of International Business was handed out at the Academy’s yearly congress in Copenhagen.
Locally-based Haitian social entrepreneurs empower disaster-stricken villagers to rebuild and improve their communities
The Academy of Management Journal has just published a paper titled Collective emotions in institutional creation work, which has been produced at Aalto University School of Business in collaboration with the University of Birmingham. The paper addresses the often overlooked issue of how communities rebuild long after the NGOs have moved onto the next disaster.
Wider introduction of renewable energy is possible also in Finland
The dismantling of obstacles to decentralised energy should continue.
What does entrepreneurship mean for sustainable development? 3 distinct things, according to EU policy
Mixed meanings may muddy take-aways for firms and national governments
CEMS Club Helsinki promotes sustainable development
Aalto University’s CEMS Club encourages students to enjoy vegetarian food with the Good Citizen Card.
