Rebecca Piekkari

Professor
Professori
E706 Dept. Management Studies

Professor of International Business at Aalto University School of Business. She has written extensively on the organization of multinational corporations and its evolution over time. She is most well-known for her contributions to language-sensitive research in international business and for advancing qualitative methods, particularly the case study, in international business. She has been Visiting Professor at Leeds University and St. Petersburg State University.

Her research has been published in the leading journals of management and international business such as Academy of Management Review, Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of International Business, Journal of Management Studies, Journal of World Business and Organizational Research Methods. She has also co-authored books and edited volumes (e.g., Handbook of Qualitative Research Methods for International Business, 2004; Rethinking the Case Study in International Business and Management Research, 2011 and Language in International Business: The Multilingual Reality of Global Business Expansion, 2014).

She was elected Fellow of the European International Business Academy (EIBA) in 2012 and Fellow of the Academy of International Business (AIB) in 2018. She is also member of the Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters and member of the Executive Board of AIB (Vice President Program). She serves on editorial boards of many leadings journals in her field.

Full researcher profile
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Areas of expertise

International human resource management, International Mobility, International management, Corporate language, The case study

Honors and awards

Best Paper Award

Paper included in the best paper proceedings for the Organization and Management Theory Division, Academy of Management
Award or honor granted for a specific work Department of Management Studies Jan 2014

Honorary mention as the doctoral dissertation of the year

Award or honor granted for a specific work Department of Management Studies Jan 1996

Best Paper Award

EIBA 2017 Milan Conference, the track "MNEs and Sustainable Development"
Award or honor granted for a specific work Department of Management Studies Dec 2017

2016 Highly Commended Paper certificate from the Emerald Group Publishing Limited

For article Logemann, M. and Piekkari, R. (2015). Localize or local lies? The power of language and translation in the multinational corporation, critical perspectives on international business, 11(1), pp. 30 – 53.
Award or honor granted for a specific work Department of Management Studies Jan 2016

2014 Top Paper of the Social Construction Division in National Communication Association (NCA) Centennial Conference in Chicago

Award or honor granted for a specific work Department of Management Studies Jan 2014

EIBA (European International Business Academy) Fellow

EIBA (European International Business Academy) Fellow (2012-) in recognition of outstanding research and educational achievements in the field of International Business, together with contributions to EIBA; co-chair of the John Dunning doctoral tutorial (2011-2014).
Award or honor granted for academic or artistic career Department of Management Studies Jan 2012

Member of The Finnish Academy of Science and Letters

Award or honor granted for academic or artistic career Department of Management Studies Jan 2016

Conference on Corporate Communication, Best paper award 2005

Award or honor granted for a specific work Department of Management Studies Jan 2005

National Communication Association, Top paper award 2014

Award or honor granted for a specific work Department of Management Studies Jan 2014

Academy of International Business, Best reviewer award 2014

Award or honor granted for a specific work Department of Management Studies Jan 2014

Publications

Building a global business school in the local language? : A knotted and nested paradox system in shaping international student inclusion

Hilla Back, Rebecca Piekkari, Stephanie Schrage, Janne Tienari 2025 Academy of Management Learning and Education

Another set of eyes: The role of intermediaries in doing qualitative research in low-income settings in emerging markets

Ira Chatterjee, Minna Halme, Rebecca Piekkari, Marleen Wierenga 2025 Handbook for Qualitative Research in Emerging Markets

AI-Mediated Communication: A Transformative Force for Multilingual Virtual Teams

Helene Tenzer, Stefan Feuerriegel, Rebecca Piekkari, Niina Nurmi 2025 Academy of Management Proceedings

Language-based discrimination in multilingual organizations

Hilla Back, Rebecca Piekkari 2024 Journal of World Business

Rigour vs. Reality: Contextualizing Qualitative Research in the Low-Income Settings in Emerging Markets

Minna Halme, Rebecca Piekkari, Stelvia Matos, Marleen Wierenga, Jeremy Hall 2024 British Journal of Management

The Moomins in Japan: How to Build a Profitable Licensing Business Overseas?

Hiroshi Kanno, Ingmar Björkman, Arto Lindblom, Rebecca Piekkari, Naoto Nadayama 2024

Leading collaboration in global teams

Niina Nurmi, Rebecca Piekkari, Bettina Gehrke 2024 Global Leadership Practices

Introducing the Helsinki Model of the internationalization processes of the firm

Rebecca Piekkari, Catherine Welch 2024 The Helsinki Internationalization Process Model

Language in international business

Rebecca Piekkari 2024 Encyclopedia of International Strategic Management