Liisa Välikangas

Professor, Innovation Management at Aalto University School of Business

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  • Aalto University School of Business

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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

Publications intended for the general public

Popular article, newspaper article

Shokit ovat kansainvälistymisen lämmittelybändi

Järvenpää, Sirkka L.; Välikangas, Liisa
2013 in Tekniikka & Talous (PALGRAVE MACMILLAN)
ISSN: 0785-997X

Shokit kehittävät innovoinnin pelisääntöjä

Järvenpää, Sirkka L.; Välikangas, Liisa
2013 in Tekniikka & Talous (PALGRAVE MACMILLAN)
ISSN: 0785-997X

Johtamisen maagiset voimat

Välikangas, Liisa
2013 in Tekniikka & Talous (PALGRAVE MACMILLAN)
ISSN: 0785-997X

Miten johdat ilman kriisiä?

Välikangas, Liisa
2013 in Tekniikka & Talous (PALGRAVE MACMILLAN)
ISSN: 0785-997X

Oppiako outolinnuista?

Välikangas, Liisa
2013 in Tekniikka & Talous (PALGRAVE MACMILLAN)
ISSN: 0785-997X

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