Tiina Ritvala
Associate Professor
Associate Professor
E706 Dept. Management Studies
Sustainability in Business
My research focus is on cross-sector collaboration between multinational corporations, cities and nonprofits in the contexts of high institutional complexity such as sustainable cities, energy transition and cultural fields. My research intersects organizational theory, international business and social purpose.
Currently, I serve as Assistant Dean (Teaching and Eduction) besides my research, teaching and supervision tasks. Prior to joining academia I worked ten years in business consulting and took also part in volunteer work.
I earned my D.Sc. (Econ.) at Helsinki School of Economics in 2008, and was a Visiting Scholar at SCANCOR/Weatherhead (Harvard) and at Queen's University (Canada) in 2016 and WU Vienna in 2019.
Full researcher profile
https://research.aalto.fi/...
Areas of expertise
Cross-sector partnerships, Multinational Corporations, Institutional change, Sustainable cities, Cultural and creative fields, Energy transition
Honors and awards
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
Distinguished in the 1997 McKinsey Award for the highest performing graduates at the Helsinki School of Economics,
Award or honor granted for a specific work
Department of Management Studies
Jan 1997
Distinguished paper in EDAMBA Thesis Competition, EDAMBA European Doctoral Association in Management and Business Administration
Invitation or ranking in competition
Department of Management Studies
Jan 2009
Research groups
- Sustainability in Business
Publications
Multinational Corporations in Sustainable Cities: The Case of a Sustainable Headquarters Building
Tiina Ritvala, Ella Ahmas, Rebecca Piekkari
2023
International Business and Sustainable Development Goals
A review of location, politics, and the multinational corporation: Bringing political geography into international business
Iiris Saittakari, Tiina Ritvala, Rebecca Piekkari, Perttu Kähäri, Sami Moisio, Tomas Hanell, Sjoerd Beugelsdijk
2023
Journal of International Business Studies
Multinational energy utilities in the energy transition: A configurational study of the drivers of FDI in renewables
Samuli Patala, Jouni Juntunen, Sarianna Lundan, Tiina Ritvala
2021
Journal of International Business Studies
A processual view of organizational stigmatization in foreign market entry
Tiina Ritvala, Nina Granqvist, Rebecca Piekkari
2021
Journal of International Business Studies
Geopolitics of the knowledge-based economy
Tiina Ritvala, Rebecca Piekkari
2021
Journal of International Business Studies
Theorizing MNE-NGO conflicts in state-capitalist contexts
Sofia Villo, Minna Halme, Tiina Ritvala
2020
Journal of World Business
The internationalization of early stage social enterprises
Tiina Ritvala, Rilana Riikkinen
2019
International Business in a VUCA World: The Changing Role of States and Firm
Energy Transition of Multinational Energy Utilities: A Configurational Study
Samuli Patala, Jouni Juntunen, Sarianna Lundan, Tiina Ritvala
2018
International Sustainability Transitions Conference
Shades of Foreignness: Towards a Stigma-Based View
Tiina Ritvala, Rebecca Piekkari, Nina Granqvist, Henrika Franck
2018
34th EGOS Colloquium 2018: Surprise in and around Organizations: Journeys to the Unexpected
The Art of Reconstructing a Shared Responsibility: Institutional Work of a Transnational Commons
Tiina Ritvala
2018
Knowledge and Institutions