Liisa Välikangas

Professor, Innovation Management at Aalto University School of Business

Schools

Aalto University School of Business

Expertise

Biography

Aalto University School of Business

Aalto University School of Business, Helsinki Professor, 2007 – Innovation Management Department of International Business and Management

Board Memberships:

TEKES, The Finnish Technology and Innovation Agency, 2011 –
SCANCOR, the Scandinavian Consortium on Organizational Research, Stanford University, A Member of the Board, 2009 –
Sanoma Foundation, supporting the scientific study of communications, freedom of speech and futures research, Member of the Board, 2009 -
Innovation Democracy, Inc., A California-based nonprofit supporting local innovation and entrepreneurship in countries important to world stability, Founder and President, Member of the Board, 2005 –
Robin Hood Minor Investment Co-operative, Member of the Board, 2011 -

BACKGROUND

Academic Experience

London Business School, London
Research Fellow, 2007
The Laboratory for Management Innovation; Visiting Associate Professor, 2006
Strategic and International Management & The Laboratory for Management Innovation
Helsinki School of Economics
“Docent”, appointed in 2004 - 2007 Business strategies and innovation Department of Organization and Leadership
Stanford University, California
Post-doc scholar (SCANCOR), 1994-1995
Keio Graduate School of Business, Japan Visiting Scholar, 1993-1994
Fellowship funded by the Japan Foundation
Academy of Finland
Research fellow, 1987-1990

Professional Experience

Innovation Democracy, Inc., 2006- , California Founder and President A non-profit organization dedicated to supporting local innovation and entrepreneurship in countries of import to world stability; with a research mission to develop grounded theories of transformational change (www.innodemo.com)

Woodside Institute, 2002 – 2006, California Co-Founder (with Dr. Gary Hamel) and Managing Director A private research organization and management laboratory for the study of strategic resilience in the private and public sector; leadership development projects with leading companies in the USA and Europe

Strategos, 1998-2001, USA and Europe Director of research, leader of the Strategos Institute, a research organization for the Fortune 500 companies in pursuit of innovation as an organizational capability; management consultant to Fortune 500 companies in innovation and strategy

SRI International (Stanford Research Institute), 1996-1998 Senior researcher, leader of innovation and knowledge management programs at the Business Intelligence Center Member company liaison and speaker (in-company program presentations)

IMD, 1989-1992, Switzerland Research associate Senior researcher, World Competitiveness Report (in collaboration with the World Economic Forum)

University of Tampere, 1987-1988 Educational planner of the Executive Education Program JOKO, Various teaching engagements

Peer-reviewed scientific articles

Journal article-refereed, Original research
Enabling Open Innovation: Lessons from Haier
Lewin, Arie Y.; Välikangas, Liisa; Chen, Jin
2017 in International Journal of Innovation Studies
ISSN: 2096-2487
From governance void to interactive governing behaviors in new research networks
Järvenpää, Sirkka; Välikangas, Liisa
2016 in Academy of Management Discoveries
ISSN: 2168-1007
Learning lessons in strategic novelty from outliers
Välikangas, Liisa; Gibbert, Michael
2016 in STRATEGY AND LEADERSHIP (Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.)
ISSN: 1087-8572
Dialogue, debate, and discussion
Välikangas, Liisa
2015 in MANAGEMENT AND ORGANIZATION REVIEW (Cambridge Univ Press)
ISSN: 1740-8776
Opportunity creation in innovation networks: interactive revealing practices
Jarvenpaa, Sirkka L.; Välikangas, Liisa
2014 in CALIFORNIA MANAGEMENT REVIEW (Haas School of Business)
ISSN: 0008-1256
Traveling with ideas - Encounters between people and perspectives at Scandor
Välikangas, Liisa
2013 in NORDISKE ORGANISASJONSSTUDIER (Haas School of Business)
ISSN: 1501-8237
How to design for strategic resilience: a case study in retailing
Välikangas, Liisa; Romme, A.Georges L.
2013 in JOURNAL OF ORGANIZATION DESIGN (Haas School of Business)
Building resilience capabilities at "Big Brown Box, Inc."
Välikangas, Liisa; Romme, A.Georges L.
2012 in STRATEGY AND LEADERSHIP (Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.)
ISSN: 1087-8572
The art of rapid, hands-on execution innovation
Tuulenmäki, Anssi; Välikangas, Liisa
2011 in STRATEGY AND LEADERSHIP (Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.)
ISSN: 1087-8572
Of managers, ideas and jesters, and the role of information technology
Välikangas, Liisa; Sevón, Guje
2010 in JOURNAL OF STRATEGIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS (Elsevier)
ISSN: 0963-8687
How resource constraints spark creativity
Gibbert, M.; Hoegl, M.; Välikangas, L.
2009 in MIT SLOAN MANAGEMENT REVIEW (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
ISSN: 1532-9194
Strategies for breakthrough innovation
Hoegl, M.; Weiss, M.; Gibbert, M.; Välikangas, L.
2009 in Leader to Leader (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
ISSN: 1087-8149
Why learning from failure isn’t easy (and what to do about it): Innovation trauma at Sun Microsystems
Välikangas, L.; Hoegl, M.; Gibbert, M.
2009 in EUROPEAN MANAGEMENT JOURNAL (Elsevier Limited)
ISSN: 0263-2373
Sun Ray's struggle to overcome innovation trauma
Moldenhauer-Salazar, J.; Välikangas, L.
2008 in STRATEGY AND LEADERSHIP (Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.)
ISSN: 1087-8572
Less is More - Financial aid discourages innovative solutions to poverty
Välikangas, L.; Gibbert, M.
2008 in Stanford Social Innovation Review (Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.)
ISSN: 1542-7099
Innovaation ihmeet
Välikangas, L.
2008 in LIIKETALOUDELLINEN AIKAKAUSKIRJA (Liiketaloustieteellinen Yhdistys Ry)
ISSN: 0024-3469
In Praise of Resource Constraints
Gibbert, M.; Hoegl, M.; Välikangas, L.
2007 in MIT SLOAN MANAGEMENT REVIEW (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
ISSN: 1532-9194
Rigidity, Exploratory Patience, and the Ecological Resilience of Organizations
Välikangas, L.
2007 in SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT (ELSEVIER SCI LTD)
ISSN: 0956-5221
The Case for Amateurs
Jett, Q.; Välikangas, L.
2006 in STRATEGY AND LEADERSHIP (Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.)
ISSN: 1087-8572
Managing Internal Corporate.Venturing Cycles
Burgelman, R.A.; Välikangas, L.
2005 in MIT SLOAN MANAGEMENT REVIEW (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
ISSN: 1532-9194
Metrics for Innovation: Guidelines for Developing a Customized Suite of Innovation Metrics
Muller, A.; Välikangas, L.; Merlyn, P.
2005 in STRATEGY AND LEADERSHIP (Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.)
ISSN: 1087-8572
Strategic resilience: staying ahead of a crisis
Välikangas, L.; Merlyn, P.
2005 in Handbook of Business Strategy (Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.)
ISSN: 0894-4318
Boundary-Setting Strategies for Escaping Innovation Traps
Välikangas, L.; Gibbert, M.
2005 in MIT SLOAN MANAGEMENT REVIEW (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
ISSN: 1532-9194
The Myth of Unbounded Growth
Mackey, J.; Välikangas, L.
2004 in MIT SLOAN MANAGEMENT REVIEW (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
ISSN: 1532-9194
Four Steps to Corporate Resilience
Välikangas, L.
2004 in Strategy + Business (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
ISSN: 1083-706X

Review article, Literature review, Systematic review
Building Reservoirs for Resilience
Välikangas, L.
2009 in ODC Newsletter, Summer 2009, Academy of Management (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

Book section, Chapters in research books
Constraints and ingenuity: the case of Outokumpu and the development of flash smelting in the copper industry
Korhonen, Janne M.; Välikangas, Liisa
2014
ISBN: 978-1-78254-903-1
Exploring the dynamic of evoking intuition
Teerikangas, Satu; Välikangas, Liisa
2014
ISBN: 978-1-78254-598-9
Engaged employees!An actor perspective to innovation
Teerikangas, Satu; Välikangas, Liisa
2012
ISBN: 978-1-84980-257-4
Kohti yliopistojohtamisen innovaatiota
Välikangas, Liisa
2012
ISBN: 978-952-495-222-4
Metsän monet kasvot
Temmes, Armi; Välikangas, Liisa
2011
ISBN: 978-951-1-26110-0
ISSN: 0785-8388
Possessed: Where are the fools?
Välikangas, Liisa
2011
ISBN: 978-87-630-0241-7
The National Innovation System in Finland
Lovio, R.; Välikangas, L.
2010
ISBN: 978-1-405-16049-0
Managers who can transform institutions
Chapman, R.; Välikangas, L.
2008
ISBN: 978-1-4129-1218-1
Strategia ajatteluna ja puheena: Kehys strategiselle uudistumiselle
Mantere, S.; Tienari, J.; Välikangas, L.
2008
ISBN: 978-951-579-280-8

Conference proceedings
Intuition in entrepreneurial discovery
Välikangas, Liisa; Teerikangas, Satu
2014
Shaping openness in distributed innovation: The governing behaviors of diverse constituents
Järvenpää, Sirkka; Välikangas, Liisa
2013
Punching above your weight: outliers, incumbents and amplification
Paukku, Markus; Välikangas, Liisa
2013
Enabling social change: gamification and jestering as catalysts for cognitive expansion
Välikangas, Liisa; Stenfors, Sari; Järvilehto, Mikko
2013
Outlier organizations and systemic transitions: towards a research agenda
Paukku, Markus; Välikangas, Liisa
2012
Breaking from the peloton: Outlier driven innovation systems
Paukku, Markus; Välikangas, Liisa
2012
Distributed Processes on Virtual Platforms Designs of Effective and Innovative Collaboration Spaces
Collins, James; Stenfors, Sari; Välikangas, Liisa
2011
ISBN: 978-1-936338-30-6
When in Rio, do as the Cariocas do?
Välikangas, Liisa; Teerikangas, Satu; Koria, Mikko
2011
At the source of passion for work - toward a capability perspective to employee engagement
Teerikangas, S.; Välikangas, L.
2010
The Emergence of Dominant Managerial Logics in an Industrial Firm - An Empirical Investigation
Temmes, A.; Välikangas, L.
2010
Decision streams and creeping outcomes: A longitudinal case study of attention-based shaping of strategy
Temmes, A.; Välikangas, L.
2009
Attention dynamics and creeping outcomes: a longitudinal case study of attention in decision-making
Temmes, A.; Välikangas, L.
2009
Of managers, Ideas and Jesters
Välikangas, L.
2009
Beyond programmatic change: Building reservoirs for resilience
Välikangas, L.
2009
Less is More: The Battle between resources and imagination
Välikangas, L.
2008
The Challenge of Inventive Experimentation to Management Research
Välikangas, L.
2008
On Commitment Creep, An academic workshop on cognitive framing and strategy making
Välikangas, L.
2008
Social Mobilization through Extreme Framing: Teaching Entrepreneurship in Afghanistan
Välikangas, L.
2008
From Small Ideas to Global Change: Innovation Democracy, Inc.
Välikangas, Liisa
2007
Can Organization Science Become More Like a laboratory for Management Innovation?
Välikangas, Liisa
2007
The quest for resilience
Välikangas, L.
2007
From small ideas to global change: supporting innovation and entrepreneurship
Välikangas, L.
2007
Opening up the Mangement Innovation Box
Välikangas, Liisa
2007

Non-refereed scientific articles

Unrefereed journal articles
Dialogue, Debate, and Discussion Introduction to "Bringing Political Context Back into International Business Studies of Human Rights"
Välikangas, Liisa
2017 in MANAGEMENT AND ORGANIZATION REVIEW (Cambridge Univ Press)
ISSN: 1740-8776
Dialogue, Debate, and Discussion Introduction to "Assessing Statistical Results in MOR Articles: An Essay on Verifiability and Ways to Enhance It"
Välikangas, Liisa
2017 in MANAGEMENT AND ORGANIZATION REVIEW (Cambridge Univ Press)
ISSN: 1740-8776
Dialogue, Debate, and Discussion Introduction to "Human Rights and International Business Research: A Call for Studying Emerging Market Multinationals"
Välikangas, Liisa
2016 in MANAGEMENT AND ORGANIZATION REVIEW (Cambridge Univ Press)
ISSN: 1740-8776
Dialogue, debate, and discussion Introduction to "Haier is the sea"
Välikangas, Liisa
2016 in MANAGEMENT AND ORGANIZATION REVIEW (Cambridge Univ Press)
ISSN: 1740-8776
Editorial statement for MOR Dialogue, Debate, and Discussion
Välikangas, Liisa
2015 in MANAGEMENT AND ORGANIZATION REVIEW (Cambridge Univ Press)
ISSN: 1740-8776
Introduction to the special issue: Financial resource constraints and innovation
Gibbert, Michael; Hoegl, Martin; Välikangas, Liisa
2014 in JOURNAL OF PRODUCT INNOVATION MANAGEMENT (Wiley-Blackwell)
ISSN: 0737-6782
Brasilian salaisuudet
Välikangas, Liisa; Teerikangas, Satu
2011 in KANAVA (Wiley-Blackwell)
ISSN: 0355-0303
Introduction: Boundaries and Innovation
Gibbert, M.; Välikangas, L.
2004 in LONG RANGE PLANNING (Elsevier Limited)
ISSN: 0024-6301
Luovuuden johtajuus monimutkaisessa maailmassa - Small Beginnings -aloitteet mahdollisuutena
Välikangas, Liisa; Välikangas, Katariina
2004 in HALLINNON TUTKIMUS (Elsevier Limited)
ISSN: 0359-6680

Book section
Taivaallista komediaa?Strategia ja huumori
Mantere, Saku; Tienari, Janne; Vaara, Eero; Välikangas, Liisa
2011
ISBN: 978-951-0-37817-5
Mikä strategiakeskustelussa pelottaa?
Välikangas, Liisa; Vaara, Eero
2011
ISBN: 978-951-0-37817-5

Unrefereed conference proceedings
Amplifying strategy: lessons from vanguard companies
Välikangas, Liisa
2013

Scientific books (monographs)

Book
Strategic innovation : the definitive guide to outlier strategies
Välikangas, Liisa; Gibbert, Michael
2015
ISBN: 978-0-13-398944-1
Strateginen ajautuminen
Temmes, Armi; Välikangas, Liisa
2010
ISBN: 951-0-36880-0
The resilient organization : how adaptive cultures thrive even when strategy fails
Välikangas, Liisa
2010
ISBN: 0071663665

Book (editor)
Long Range Planning
Gibbert, M.; Välikangas, L.
2004
ISSN: 0024-6301

Publications intended for professional communities

Article in professional journal
Amplifying strategic thinking through outliers
Välikangas, Liisa
2013 in Boardview (Unknown Publisher)
ISSN: 2323-4210
Kymmenen kärpästä yhdellä iskulla: Miten kymmenkertaistaa vaikuttavuus?
Välikangas, Katariina; Välikangas, Liisa
2011 in Työn tuuli (Henkilöstöjohdon ryhmä - HENRY ry.)
ISSN: 1235-2035
Voittaja tekee toisella tavalla
Tuulenmäki, A.; Välikangas, L.
2009 in Talouselämä (Henkilöstöjohdon ryhmä - HENRY ry.)
ISSN: 0356-5106
Totunnaiset päätökset vievät umpikujaan
Temmes, A.; Välikangas, L.
2008 in Talouselämä (Henkilöstöjohdon ryhmä - HENRY ry.)
ISSN: 0356-5106

Article in professional hand or guide book or in a professional data system, or text book material
Strategic resilience
Välikangas, Liisa
2014

Published development or research report
Global leadership challenges - and possibilities for tackling them
Teerikangas, Satu; Temmes, Armi; Välikangas, Liisa
2011
Managers, Ideas and Jesters
Sevon, G.; Välikangas, L.
2009

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Aalto University School of Business

Board Memberships:

Academic Experience

Professional Experience

Peer-reviewed scientific articles

Enabling Open Innovation: Lessons from Haier

From governance void to interactive governing behaviors in new research networks

Learning lessons in strategic novelty from outliers

Dialogue, debate, and discussion

Opportunity creation in innovation networks: interactive revealing practices

Traveling with ideas - Encounters between people and perspectives at Scandor

How to design for strategic resilience: a case study in retailing

Building resilience capabilities at "Big Brown Box, Inc."

The art of rapid, hands-on execution innovation

Of managers, ideas and jesters, and the role of information technology

How resource constraints spark creativity

Strategies for breakthrough innovation

Why learning from failure isn’t easy (and what to do about it): Innovation trauma at Sun Microsystems

Sun Ray's struggle to overcome innovation trauma

Less is More - Financial aid discourages innovative solutions to poverty

Innovaation ihmeet

In Praise of Resource Constraints

Rigidity, Exploratory Patience, and the Ecological Resilience of Organizations

The Case for Amateurs

Managing Internal Corporate.Venturing Cycles

Metrics for Innovation: Guidelines for Developing a Customized Suite of Innovation Metrics

Strategic resilience: staying ahead of a crisis

Boundary-Setting Strategies for Escaping Innovation Traps

The Myth of Unbounded Growth

Four Steps to Corporate Resilience

Review article, Literature review, Systematic reviewBuilding Reservoirs for ResilienceVälikangas, L.2009 in ODC Newsletter, Summer 2009, Academy of Management (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

Building Reservoirs for Resilience

Constraints and ingenuity: the case of Outokumpu and the development of flash smelting in the copper industry

Exploring the dynamic of evoking intuition

Engaged employees!An actor perspective to innovation

Kohti yliopistojohtamisen innovaatiota

Metsän monet kasvot

Possessed: Where are the fools?

The National Innovation System in Finland

Managers who can transform institutions

Strategia ajatteluna ja puheena: Kehys strategiselle uudistumiselle

Intuition in entrepreneurial discovery

Shaping openness in distributed innovation: The governing behaviors of diverse constituents

Punching above your weight: outliers, incumbents and amplification

Enabling social change: gamification and jestering as catalysts for cognitive expansion

Outlier organizations and systemic transitions: towards a research agenda

Breaking from the peloton: Outlier driven innovation systems

Distributed Processes on Virtual Platforms Designs of Effective and Innovative Collaboration Spaces

When in Rio, do as the Cariocas do?

At the source of passion for work - toward a capability perspective to employee engagement

The Emergence of Dominant Managerial Logics in an Industrial Firm - An Empirical Investigation

Decision streams and creeping outcomes: A longitudinal case study of attention-based shaping of strategy

Attention dynamics and creeping outcomes: a longitudinal case study of attention in decision-making

Of managers, Ideas and Jesters

Beyond programmatic change: Building reservoirs for resilience

Less is More: The Battle between resources and imagination

The Challenge of Inventive Experimentation to Management Research

On Commitment Creep, An academic workshop on cognitive framing and strategy making

Social Mobilization through Extreme Framing: Teaching Entrepreneurship in Afghanistan

From Small Ideas to Global Change: Innovation Democracy, Inc.

Can Organization Science Become More Like a laboratory for Management Innovation?

The quest for resilience

From small ideas to global change: supporting innovation and entrepreneurship

Opening up the Mangement Innovation Box

Non-refereed scientific articles

Dialogue, Debate, and Discussion Introduction to "Bringing Political Context Back into International Business Studies of Human Rights"

Dialogue, Debate, and Discussion Introduction to "Assessing Statistical Results in MOR Articles: An Essay on Verifiability and Ways to Enhance It"

Dialogue, Debate, and Discussion Introduction to "Human Rights and International Business Research: A Call for Studying Emerging Market Multinationals"

Dialogue, debate, and discussion Introduction to "Haier is the sea"

Editorial statement for MOR Dialogue, Debate, and Discussion

Introduction to the special issue: Financial resource constraints and innovation

Brasilian salaisuudet

Introduction: Boundaries and Innovation