Strategy and Venturing
The Institute of Strategy and Venturing enjoys an international reputation for research and teaching excellence in its core areas.
Research Groups
At DIEM, creating and transforming technology-based business is approached from three complementary perspectives: strategy and venturing, operations, and people.
Research Groups
Logistics Research
We have conducted research since 1990s on, among other things, e-commerce, e-grocery logistics, supply chain management, technologies on product-centric material flow management, manufacturing operations control, and sourcing.
Service Engineering and Management
The Service Engineering and Management (SEM) group investigates services and service operations in inter-organizational service systems. Services have become a salient focus of economic and industrial activity and the body of scientific knowledge on services is growing rapidly. The SEM research group combines multidisciplinary knowledge to conducting multi-method research on services.
Project Business
The PB research group examines projects in their wider business contexts, beyond traditional single project management. Research topics include, among others, the management of global projects, strategic and result-oriented project management, portfolio and stakeholder management and performance measurement in project business, and project sales and marketing.
Virtual and Mobile Work
The VmWork group examines dispersed and mobile work in its contexts by analyzing and modeling it.
Organization Design and Leadership
The Organization Design and Leadership group conducts research and contributes to teaching area of knowledge and competence management, with a special interest in knowledge-intensive businesses.
Latest publications
Elevating Business Models to the Ecosystem Level: Evidence from Web3 and Beyond
Annika Bengts, Ville Eloranta, Esko Hakanen, Taija Turunen, Valeska Tullney
2024
Explorative Study on the Utilization of Patient Pathways in Finnish Public Healthcare
Amanda Eklund, Märt Vesinurm, Paulus Torkki
2024
Proceedings of the 57th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
The virtuous cycle of prosocial behaviour and perceived prosocial impact in organizations : a longitudinal three-wave study
Marcos Gómez, Álvaro Espejo, Frank Martela, Catalina Bastías, Diego Bravo, Wencesalo Unanue
2024
European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology
Interpersonal mattering and the experience of meaning in life
Devin Guthrie, Joe Maffly-Kipp, Chase Gause, Jinhyung Kim, Frank Martela, Joshua A. Hicks
2024
JOURNAL OF POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY
Lessons Learned from Frontier Entrepreneurship Education in North Korea
Jukka-Pekka Heikkilä
2024
Science & Diplomacy
Pitfalls and Opportunities of the Therapist’s Metacommunication : A Self-determination Perspective
Édua Holmström, Virpi Liisa Kykyri, Frank Martela
2024
Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy
Machine Learning Applications for Smart Building Energy Utilization: A Survey
Matti Huotari, Kary Främling, Avleen Malhi
2024
Archives of Computational Methods in Engineering
Temporal Relation Between Myocardial Infarction and New-Onset Atrial Fibrillation : Results from a Nationwide Registry Study
Elin Karlsson, Tuomas Kiviniemi, Olli Halminen, Ossi Lehtonen, Konsta Teppo, Jari Haukka, Pirjo Mustonen, Jukka Putaala, Miika Linna, Juha Hartikainen, K. E. Juhani Airaksinen, Mika Lehto
2024
American Journal of Cardiology
Reciprocal Relations Between Meaning in Life, Beneficence, and Psychological Needs for Autonomy, Competence, and Relatedness : Evidence from a Three-Wave Longitudinal Study
Frank Martela, Jesús Unanue, Marcos Gómez, Wenceslao Unanue
2024
JOURNAL OF HAPPINESS STUDIES
Which Predicts Longevity Better : Satisfaction With Life or Purpose in Life?
Frank Martela, Elmeri Laitinen, Christian Hakulinen
2024
Psychology and Aging
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