Doctorial Tutorial and IE Theses — LUT University, Finland

To introduce and evaluate on-going IB and IE doctoral thesis projects at various universities and business schools, the LUT University School of Business and Management in Finland recently organized the FIGSIB (The Finnish Graduate School of International Business) Doctorial Tutorial using the Teams platform enabling live paper presentations.

Indeed, according to IE-Ambassador for Finland and Sweden, Dr. Lasse Torkelli, there has been a surge in terms of number of doctoral dissertations with IE-related topics. Three of them are featured below.

The journeys of becoming and being an international entrepreneur: a narrative inquiry of the ‘I’ in international entrepreneurship” by Satu Korhonen

Defended October 30. Opponents Dr. Nicole Coviello, Wilfrid Laurier University (Canada), and Dr. Ulla Hytti, University of Turku (Finland). Custos Dr. Tanja Leppäaho of LUT University acted as custos. Electronic copy: http://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-952-335-558-3

Exploring novelty in the internationalization process – understanding disruptive events” by Päivi Aaltonen

Defended November 13. Opponent Mika Gabrielsson, University of Eastern Finland, Finland. Custos Dr.  Olli Kuivalainen of LUT University (Finland).  Electronic copy of the can be found here: http://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-952-335-569-9.

 “Internationalization of born-digital companies” by Ioan-Iustin Vadana

To be defended on November 20, 3pm Helsinki time. Opponents Dr. Tamer S. Cavusgil of Robinson College of Business, Georgia State University (US) and Dr. Arto Ojala of School of Marketing and Communication, University of Vaasa (Finland). Custos Dr. Olli Kuivalainen of LUT University (Finland). The electronic copy can be found here.  http://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-952-335-571-2 IE-scholars members are free and welcome to join live at https://lut.zoom.us/j/838762410

Congratulations and good luck to the doctoral students!

ie-Scholars members are also encouraged to join the IE-related doctoral dissertations listed below. Information on how to join the live events can be obtained by contacting Dr. Lasse Torkelli, the IE Ambassador for Finland and Sweden, and it will be also provided in the bi-weekly ie-Scholars newsletter.

Jaakko Metsola, Dec 4 (opponents Sylvie Chetty and  Niina Nummela)

Hannes Velt, December 11 (opponents Erik Stam and Martin Hannibal).