Nina Granqvist
Associate Professor, Department of Management Studies at Aalto University School of Business
Biography
Aalto University School of Business
The focus of my research is how new industries and market categories emerge and develop. The studies explore this topic from multiple theoretical perspectives, including institutional theory, symbolic management, practices of market categorization, temporality, discourse, and agency in nascent fields. Empirically, my collaborative research draws on extensive qualitative datasets on e.g. the development of nanotechnology, functional foods and local foods. I have received Organization Studies Best Paper Award 2011-2012 also known as Roland Calori Prize, and EGOS 2009 Best Paper Award for the studies that examine the emergence of nanotechnology. Additionally, I study the rapid transformation of the university sector by looking into some recent cases of university mergers, and the negotiation of materiality and aesthetics in the Helsinki Guggenheim project. I am also the member of the Executive Committee of the Organization and Management Theory (OMT) Division at the Academy of Management. With regards to corporate projects, I have led a research project for UPM, one of the largest biomaterials companies in Finland, informing on aspects of commercialization of new innovations and entry to new market segments. Prior to my academic career I worked as a consultant for Accenture and a brief time in the media sector at Bertelsmann in Germany
CURRICULUM VITAE
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Durand, R., Granqvist, N. and Tyllström, A. (forthcoming). From Categories to Categorization. Category Studies in Sociology, Organizations and Strategy at the Crossroads. Research in the Sociology of Organizations, Emerald.
Tukiainen, S. & Granqvist, N. (forthcoming). Temporary Organizing and Institutional Change. Organization Studies.
Granqvist, N., Kallio, G. & Nissilä, H. (forthcoming). Doing Qualitative Research on Emerging Fields and Industries. In Mir, R. and Jain, S. (eds.), Routledge Companion to Qualitative Research in Organization Studies, Routledge.
Ritvala. T., Piekkari, R., Franck, H. & Granqvist, N. (forthcoming). Where Local and Global Meets Art and Business: Importing Guggenheim Museum to Helsinki. In Ibed, K. et al. (eds.), Growth Frontiers in International Business, Vol. 24, Palgrave.
Granqvist, N. & Gustafsson, R. (2016). Temporal Institutional Work. Academy of Management Journal 59 (3): 1009-1035.
Granqvist, N. & Ritvala, T. (2016). Drivers of Market Categorization in Functional Foods and Nanotechnology. Journal of Management Studies 53 (2): 210-237.
Grodal, S. & Granqvist, N. (2014). Great Expectations: Discourse, Hype and Emotion during Field Emergence, in Vol. 10 of Research on Emotions in Organizations edited by Neal Ashkanasy, Emerald Group.
Granqvist, N., Grodal, S. & Woolley, J. (2013). Hedging Your Bets: Explaining Executives’ Market Labeling Strategies in Nanotechnology. Organization Science 24 (2): 395-413. (EGOS 2010 Best Paper Award winner)
Granqvist, N. (2013). Acquisitions and Industry Development (in Finnish). Handbooks of Management, Kauppalehti.
Granqvist, N. & Laurila, J. (2011). Rage against Self-Replicating Machines: Framing Science and Fiction in the U.S. Nanotechnology Field, Organization Studies 32 (2): 253-280. (Winner of the Roland Calori Prize)
Ritvala, T. & Granqvist, N. (2009). Institutional Entrepreneurs and Local Embedding of Global Scientific Ideas – The Case of Preventing Heart Disease in Finland, Scandinavian Journal of Management 25 (2): 133-145.
AWARDS
Roland Calori Prize 2013, best paper in Organization Studies chosen out of the articles published during 2011-2012. Awarded for the study Granqvist & Laurila (2011). Rage against Self-Replicating Machines: Framing Science and Fiction in the U.S. Nanotechnology Field, Organization Studies 32 (2): 253-280.
EGOS Conference Best Paper Award 2009 for the paper Granqvist, Grodal & Woolley, Executives’ Labeling Strategies in Emerging Domains of Activity (first out of 948 papers; later version published in Organization Science).
Above and Beyond the Call of Duty, ABCD Award for Excellence in Reviewing, Organization and Management Theory Division, Academy of Management Conference, 2008
Peer-reviewed scientific articles
Journal article-refereed, Original researchFrom categories to categorization A social perspective on market categorization
Durand, Rodolphe; Granqvist, Nina; Tyllstro'm, Anna2017 in RESEARCH IN THE SOCIOLOGY OF ORGANIZATIONS (JAI Press)ISSN: 0733-558XTemporal institutional work
Granqvist, Nina; Gustafsson, Robin2016 in ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT JOURNAL (ACAD MANAGEMENT)ISSN: 0001-4273Beyond Prototypes: Drivers of Market Categorization in Functional Foods and Nanotechnology
Granqvist, Nina; Ritvala, Tiina2016 in JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES (Wiley-Blackwell)ISSN: 0022-2380Temporary Organizing and Institutional Change
Tukiainen, Sampo; Granqvist, Nina2016 in ORGANIZATION STUDIES (SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD)ISSN: 0170-8406Hedging your bets: Explaining executives' market labeling strategies in nanotechnology
Granqvist, Nina; Grodal, Stine; Woolley, Jennifer L.2013 in ORGANIZATION SCIENCE (INFORMS Inst.for Operations Res.and the Management Sciences)ISSN: 1047-7039Rage against self-replicating machines: framing science and fiction in the US nanotechnology field
Granqvist, Nina; Laurila, Juha2011 in ORGANIZATION STUDIES (SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD)ISSN: 0170-8406Institutional entrepreneurs and local embedding of global scientific ideas - The case of preventing heart disease in Finland
Ritvala, T.; Granqvist, N.2009 in SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT (ELSEVIER SCI LTD)ISSN: 0956-5221Book section, Chapters in research booksWhere local and global meets arts and business Importing a Guggenheim museum to Helsinki
Ritvala, Tiina; Piekkari, Rebecca; Franck, Henrika; Granqvist, Nina2017 The International Expansion of an Art Museum: Guggenheim’s Global–Local Contexts
Ritvala, Tiina; Piekkari, Rebecca; Franck, Henrika; Granqvist, Nina2017 in The Academy of International Business (PALGRAVE MACMILLAN)ISBN: 978-3-319-48850-9Conference proceedingsSaving lives vs. king's new clothes?Comparing the emergence of functional foods and nanotechnology
Granqvist, Nina; Ritvala, Tiina2012 Labeling Strategies in Emerging Domains of Activity
Granqvist, N.; Grodal, S.; Woolley, J.L.2009 Executives’ Labeling Strategies in Emerging Domains of Activity: Constructing and Using Nascent Market Labels
Granqvist, N.; Grodal, S.; Woolley, J.L.2009 Executives’ Use of Labels in Emerging Domains of Activity
Granqvist, N.; Groda, S.; Woolley, J.L.2008 Social Movements, Framing and Emergence of New Technological Fields - Case Nanotechnology in United States 1986-2000
Granqvist, N.2007 Institutional Entrepreneurs as Mediators between Global Ideas and Local Institutions in Field Emergence - Cases of Functional Foods and Nanotechnology in Finland
Granqvist, N.; Ritvala, T.2007 Nanotechnology and nanolabeling Identity, projected image, and the construction of new organizational forms
Granqvist, N.2007 Emergence of new technological fields as a framing and counterframing contest by movement protagonists - case nanotechnology
Granqvist, N.2006 Institutional Entrepreneurship in New Field Emergence - Incorporating the Structural Hole Argument
Ritvala, T.; Granqvist, N.2006 Field emergence in functional foods and nanoelectronics in Finland - linking institutional and network approaches
Granqvist, N.; Ritvala, T.2005 Field emergence in nanoelectronics in Finland - linking institutuonal and nwtwork approaches
Granqvist, N.; Ritvala, T.2005 New Industry Emergence in Spatial Context
Granqvist, N.2004 New Industry Creation in Knowledge-Driven Businesses Case Mobile Games Industry in Finland
Granqvist, N.2004 The Effect of Venture Capital Investments to Knowledge Creation in Technology-Based New Firms
Granqvist, Nina2003 Non-refereed scientific articles
Unrefereed journal articlesCall for papers for a special issue on culture, innovation and entrepreneurship
Cornelissen, Joep; Granqvist, Nina; Grodal, Stine; Lounsbury, Michael2017 in INNOVATION-MANAGEMENT POLICY AND PRACTICE (ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD)ISSN: 2204-0226Monitieteisen tiedon tutkimuksen puolesta
Ståhle, P.; Mäkelä, K.; Granqvist, N.2005 in KANAVA (ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD)ISSN: 0355-0303Publications intended for professional communities
Article in professional journalGlobaali peli on muuttunut (Global game has changed)
Penttinen, H.; Granqvist, N.2003 in Avista: Helsingin kauppakorkeakoulun tiedotuslehti (ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD)ISSN: 1237-0061Article in professional conference proceedingsThe negotiation of materiality and aesthetics in the Helsinki Guggenheim project
Granqvist, Nina; Ritvala, Tiina; Franck, Henrika2015 Published development or research reportInstitutional Entrepreneurs and Structural Holes in New Field Emergence - Comparative Case Study of Cholesterol-Lowering Functional Foods and Nanotechnology in Finland
Ritvala, T.; Granqvist, N.2006
From categories to categorization A social perspective on market categorization
Temporal institutional work
Beyond Prototypes: Drivers of Market Categorization in Functional Foods and Nanotechnology
Temporary Organizing and Institutional Change
Hedging your bets: Explaining executives' market labeling strategies in nanotechnology
Rage against self-replicating machines: framing science and fiction in the US nanotechnology field
Institutional entrepreneurs and local embedding of global scientific ideas - The case of preventing heart disease in Finland
Where local and global meets arts and business Importing a Guggenheim museum to Helsinki
The International Expansion of an Art Museum: Guggenheim’s Global–Local Contexts
Conference proceedingsSaving lives vs. king's new clothes?Comparing the emergence of functional foods and nanotechnology
Granqvist, Nina; Ritvala, Tiina2012 Labeling Strategies in Emerging Domains of Activity
Granqvist, N.; Grodal, S.; Woolley, J.L.2009 Executives’ Labeling Strategies in Emerging Domains of Activity: Constructing and Using Nascent Market Labels
Granqvist, N.; Grodal, S.; Woolley, J.L.2009 Executives’ Use of Labels in Emerging Domains of Activity
Granqvist, N.; Groda, S.; Woolley, J.L.2008 Social Movements, Framing and Emergence of New Technological Fields - Case Nanotechnology in United States 1986-2000
Granqvist, N.2007 Institutional Entrepreneurs as Mediators between Global Ideas and Local Institutions in Field Emergence - Cases of Functional Foods and Nanotechnology in Finland
Granqvist, N.; Ritvala, T.2007 Nanotechnology and nanolabeling Identity, projected image, and the construction of new organizational forms
Granqvist, N.2007 Emergence of new technological fields as a framing and counterframing contest by movement protagonists - case nanotechnology
Granqvist, N.2006 Institutional Entrepreneurship in New Field Emergence - Incorporating the Structural Hole Argument
Ritvala, T.; Granqvist, N.2006 Field emergence in functional foods and nanoelectronics in Finland - linking institutional and network approaches
Granqvist, N.; Ritvala, T.2005 Field emergence in nanoelectronics in Finland - linking institutuonal and nwtwork approaches
Granqvist, N.; Ritvala, T.2005 New Industry Emergence in Spatial Context
Granqvist, N.2004 New Industry Creation in Knowledge-Driven Businesses Case Mobile Games Industry in Finland
Granqvist, N.2004 The Effect of Venture Capital Investments to Knowledge Creation in Technology-Based New Firms
Granqvist, Nina2003 Non-refereed scientific articles
Unrefereed journal articlesCall for papers for a special issue on culture, innovation and entrepreneurship
Cornelissen, Joep; Granqvist, Nina; Grodal, Stine; Lounsbury, Michael2017 in INNOVATION-MANAGEMENT POLICY AND PRACTICE (ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD)ISSN: 2204-0226Monitieteisen tiedon tutkimuksen puolesta
Ståhle, P.; Mäkelä, K.; Granqvist, N.2005 in KANAVA (ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD)ISSN: 0355-0303Publications intended for professional communities
Article in professional journalGlobaali peli on muuttunut (Global game has changed)
Penttinen, H.; Granqvist, N.2003 in Avista: Helsingin kauppakorkeakoulun tiedotuslehti (ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD)ISSN: 1237-0061Article in professional conference proceedingsThe negotiation of materiality and aesthetics in the Helsinki Guggenheim project
Granqvist, Nina; Ritvala, Tiina; Franck, Henrika2015 Published development or research reportInstitutional Entrepreneurs and Structural Holes in New Field Emergence - Comparative Case Study of Cholesterol-Lowering Functional Foods and Nanotechnology in Finland
Ritvala, T.; Granqvist, N.2006
Saving lives vs. king's new clothes?Comparing the emergence of functional foods and nanotechnology
Labeling Strategies in Emerging Domains of Activity
Executives’ Labeling Strategies in Emerging Domains of Activity: Constructing and Using Nascent Market Labels
Executives’ Use of Labels in Emerging Domains of Activity
Social Movements, Framing and Emergence of New Technological Fields - Case Nanotechnology in United States 1986-2000
Institutional Entrepreneurs as Mediators between Global Ideas and Local Institutions in Field Emergence - Cases of Functional Foods and Nanotechnology in Finland
Nanotechnology and nanolabeling Identity, projected image, and the construction of new organizational forms
Emergence of new technological fields as a framing and counterframing contest by movement protagonists - case nanotechnology
Institutional Entrepreneurship in New Field Emergence - Incorporating the Structural Hole Argument
Field emergence in functional foods and nanoelectronics in Finland - linking institutional and network approaches
Field emergence in nanoelectronics in Finland - linking institutuonal and nwtwork approaches
New Industry Emergence in Spatial Context
New Industry Creation in Knowledge-Driven Businesses Case Mobile Games Industry in Finland
The Effect of Venture Capital Investments to Knowledge Creation in Technology-Based New Firms
Call for papers for a special issue on culture, innovation and entrepreneurship
Monitieteisen tiedon tutkimuksen puolesta
Publications intended for professional communities
Article in professional journalGlobaali peli on muuttunut (Global game has changed)
Penttinen, H.; Granqvist, N.2003 in Avista: Helsingin kauppakorkeakoulun tiedotuslehti (ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD)ISSN: 1237-0061Article in professional conference proceedingsThe negotiation of materiality and aesthetics in the Helsinki Guggenheim project
Granqvist, Nina; Ritvala, Tiina; Franck, Henrika2015 Published development or research reportInstitutional Entrepreneurs and Structural Holes in New Field Emergence - Comparative Case Study of Cholesterol-Lowering Functional Foods and Nanotechnology in Finland
Ritvala, T.; Granqvist, N.2006
Globaali peli on muuttunut (Global game has changed)
The negotiation of materiality and aesthetics in the Helsinki Guggenheim project
Published development or research reportInstitutional Entrepreneurs and Structural Holes in New Field Emergence - Comparative Case Study of Cholesterol-Lowering Functional Foods and Nanotechnology in Finland
Ritvala, T.; Granqvist, N.2006
Institutional Entrepreneurs and Structural Holes in New Field Emergence - Comparative Case Study of Cholesterol-Lowering Functional Foods and Nanotechnology in Finland
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