Current Research Projects
Industry Engagement
Advisory services and tailored trainings and seminars for executive audiences linking business strategy to innovation or change in the specified sector. Examples include:
Advisory Board of a Dutch recruitment SAAS growth startup.
B2B family company – refinement of the ownership strategy for a 90-year-old family business undergoing a generational leadership transition.
Telecoms sector – three-day strategy and new venture development event for large multinational’s employees without a business background.
Public sector – translating business strategy tools for public administration innovation. Audience included top leadership from all Finnish government ministries.
Creative industries - Masterclass in business strategy for creative sector entrepreneurs
Select Publications
and Invited Talks
Strategy and International Business:
Paukku, M. Lindman, J. Inclusive governance and organizational culture in digital commons
Target: Organization ScienceAlexiev, A. Paukku, M. For Whom Does the Fat Lady Sing? Disruption in the Creative Industries
and Becoming “World Class” – The Case of the Royal Danish Opera’s House
Working paper – Target: Organisation StudiesBinnendijk, A. Paukku, M. Digitization of international strategies of non-digital organizations
Target: International Business Review
Pedagogy and Teaching Innovation:
Paukku, M. Lehtonen, M. Decoupled experiential learning in international classrooms.
Target: Academy of Management Learning and EducationPaukku, M. Lehtonen, M. Multimodal syllabi and gamification for learner engagement
Target: Journal of Business Education
Paukku,M. and Välikangas, L. (2021) Harried or Myopic Leadership: An Undue Bias for Action, in Örtenblad, A. (Ed.). (2021). Debating Bad Leadership: Reasons and Remedies. Springer Nature.
Paukku, M. and Alexiev, A. (2020) For Whom Does the Fat Lady Sing? Disruption in the Creative Industries and Becoming “World Class”. Strategic Management Society Conference Presentation – London, UK.
Kourula, A., Paukku, M., Peterman, A. & Koria, M. (2018) Intermediary Roles in Regulatory Programs: Toward a Role-Based Framework. Regulation and Governance.
Paukku, M. and Välikangas, L. (2017). The Discovery of Strategic Novelty: Learning from Things Yet to Happen. (ed. Roberto Poli) Handbook of Anticipation: Theoretical and Applied Aspects of the Use of Future in Decision Making, p. 1-14. Springer.
Lehtonen, M. and Paukku, M. (2017) All Nippon Airways (ANA) – Back To Our Rebellious and Innovative Roots. The Case Centre. Ref no. 317-0126-1
Paukku, M. and Välikangas, L (2016), 'Daring to Learn: Novelty as an Innovation Strategy' BoardView – Director’s Institute Finland, no. Q3.
Paukku, M. (2015) Strategic Innovation: The Definitive Guide to Outlier Strategies. Pearson. (with L. Välikangas, M. Gibbert, L. Nair and I. Piexoto)
TJ. Vapola, M. Paukku and M. Gabrielsson. (2010) Portfolio management of strategic alliances: An international business perspective. International Business Review. 19(3), 247-260.
Paukku, M. (2000) European Union and United States Trade Relations. No. 723. ETLA Discussion Papers, The Research Institute of the Finnish Economy (ETLA).
