Mika Westerlund

Mika Westerlund, D.Sc. Econ, is an Associate Professor at the Sprott School of Business at Carleton University. Previously a technology entrepreneur, he is teaching and educating aspiring entrepreneurs in Carleton’s Technology Innovation Management (TIM) program. Mika is an innovation researcher interested in emerging technologies, practices and phenomena that may have major social, economic, ecological or other types of implications on our current and future societies. His current research interests include open and user innovation, the Internet of Things, social big data analytics, AI & autonomous systems, business strategy, SME, and management models in high-tech and service-intensive industries, among others. He has published widely in both the academic and practitioner literatures in the areas of technology and innovation management, entrepreneurship, and industrial marketing.

Education

• D.Sc. (Tech) Aalto University (2014 — 2022)
• D.Sc. (Econ) Helsinki School of Economics (2003 — 2009)
• Carleton University

Companies

• Associate Professor Carleton University, Sprott School of Business (2015)
• Assistant Professor Carleton University, Sprott School of Business (2012 — 2015)
• Postdoctoral Scholar University of California Berkeley, Haas School of Business (2011 — 2012)
• Postdoctoral Scholar Aalto University School of Economics (2010 — 2012)
• Visiting Scholar London Business School (2010 — 2011)
• Researcher Helsinki School of Economics (2001 — 2009)