Martin Seppälä
-Experience, work and publications (selection)
M.Sc. (Econ.) Åbo Akademi School of Business
Ph.D. (Econ.) Hanken, Swedish School of Economics and Business Administration (Helsinki, Finland) Department of Management and Organization / Entrepreneurship and Management
Research and professional interest areas: Growth strategy, growth markets, alliances, entrepreneurship, CT sector, venture capital, networks, emergin market strategies
Publications/papers:
"Low-cost manufacturing leaves China"
Article in Talouselämä 2011
“Strategy&Eastern Europe / Estonia bridging East and West / …”
Article series in Focus, Magazine of Swedish Chamber of Commerce in Estonia 2007-2008
“Who has an Eastern Europe strategy?” Forum för Ekonomi och Teknik (Business Journal) 08/2006
“Venture capital and the premises of entrepreneurship in China”
Theoretical /review paper (co-authored). CVCA conference in Beijing 11/2005
“Alliance or Investment? –Exploring the relationship between Venture Capitalists and Entrepreneurs” Proceeding from the 35th EISB Conference in Barcelona, Spain
“Venture Capitalists’ Opportunistic Behavior Towards Entrepreneurs: A Review and Avenues to Greater Theoretical Diversity” Working paper (co-authored)
“Operationalizing trust”Working paper/ CERAM Sophia Antipolis 03/2005
“The new challenge for mobile operators: Voice over IP”
Talouselämä (business journal, co-authored)02/2005
“A model for creating strategic alliances -A study of inter-firm cooperation in the North European ICT sector”. PhD Thesis, Publication of the Swedish School of Economics and Business Administration, Helsinki. 12/2004
“Venture capitalists' opportunistic behavior towards entrepreneurs".
Theoretical paper (co-authored) Presented at the the 4th Annual Hawaii International Conference on Business 6/2004
"A new model for creating strategy -Networks as part of strategic analysis".
Theoretical paper, presented at Hanken Research seminar3/2004
"Aliances. A Nordic advantage?”Forum för Ekonomi och Teknik (business journal)
08/2004
“Value is the result of real partnerships”Taloussanomat (business paper) 02/2004
”A networking economy. eBusiness setup Critical Success Factors”
Research report (co-authored)Accenture / Castrén-Snellman / Helsinki School of Economics 02/2001
Professional Affiliations:
Post-doctoral researcher, Hanken, Swedish School of Economics and Business Administration 2005-
Member of Accenture Nordic uCommerce team of experts 2001-2002
Member of Strategic Management Society of Finland (SSJS) 2004-
Member The Graduate School of Management and Information Systems Studies (GRAMIS)
Member of European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management (EIASM)
Member of the Gate2Growth Initiative by the European Commission 2005-2006
Advisory Board member, EP Co-Investors AS, Property investment fund 2006-2007
China-based startup company (www.bibipu.com) advisory board member, financing and strategy advisor 2006-2009
Board member, Technopolis Ülemiste AS, real estate development & management, ~100 MEUR in assets, 2010-
