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Personal profile
Artistic and research interests
Professor of International Business at Aalto University School of Business. She has written extensively on the organization of multinational corporations and its evolution over time. She is most well-known for her contributions to language-sensitive research in international business and for advancing qualitative methods, particularly the case study, in international business. She has been Visiting Professor at Leeds University and St. Petersburg State University.
Her research has been published in the leading journals of management and international business such as Academy of Management Review, Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of International Business, Journal of Management Studies, Journal of World Business and Organizational Research Methods. She has also co-authored books and edited volumes (e.g., Handbook of Qualitative Research Methods for International Business, 2004; Rethinking the Case Study in International Business and Management Research, 2011 and Language in International Business: The Multilingual Reality of Global Business Expansion, 2014).
She was elected Fellow of the European International Business Academy (EIBA) in 2012 and Fellow of the Academy of International Business (AIB) in 2018. She is also member of the Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters and member of the Executive Board of AIB (Vice President Program). She serves on editorial boards of many leadings journals in her field.
External positions
Research Fellow, Hanken School of Economics
2002 → 2004Lecturer, University of Bath
2000Research Associate, University of Sheffield
1999Keywords
- International human resource management
- International Mobility
- International management
- Corporate language
- The case study
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Research Output
A processual view of organizational stigmatization in foreign market entry: The failure of Guggenheim Helsinki
Ritvala, T., Granqvist, N. & Piekkari, R., 3 Jun 2020, In : Journal of International Business Studies.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Holding on while letting go: Neo-colonialism as organizational identity work in a multinational corporation
Storgaard, M., Tienari, J., Piekkari, R. & Michailova, S., 7 Mar 2020, In : Organization Studies. p. 1-21Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Reversing the Translation Flow: Moving Organizational Practices from Japan to the U.S.
Westney, D. E. & Piekkari, R., Jan 2020, In : Journal of Management Studies. 57, 1, p. 57-86 30 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
"Trust but verify": How middle managers in a multinational use proverbs to translate an imported management concept
Outila, V. T., Piekkari, R., Mihailova, I. & Angouri, J., 26 May 2020, In : Organization Studies.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Adaptation of Compensation Practice in China: The Role of Sub-National Institutions
Lu, W., Saka-Helmhout, A. & Piekkari, R., 1 Jun 2019, In : Management and Organization Review. 15, 2, p. 235-267Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Projects
- 1 Active
The shifting meaning of firm location: From a physical setting to a perceptual sense of place
01/09/2019 → 30/09/2023
Project: Academy of Finland: Other research funding
Prizes
2014 Top Paper of the Social Construction Division in National Communication Association (NCA) Centennial Conference in Chicago
Minna Logemann (Recipient), Rebecca Piekkari (Recipient) & Mirja-Liisa Charles (Recipient), 2014
Prize: Award or honor granted for a specific work
2016 Highly Commended Paper certificate from the Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Minna Logemann (Recipient) & Rebecca Piekkari (Recipient), 2016
Prize: Award or honor granted for a specific work
Aalto University School of Business, PhD supervisor of the year award 2015
Rebecca Piekkari (Recipient), 2015
Prize: Award or honor granted for a specific work
Aalto University School of Business, Teacher of the year award 2010
Rebecca Piekkari (Recipient), 2010
Prize: Award or honor granted for a specific work
Academy of International Business, Best reviewer award 2014
Rebecca Piekkari (Recipient), 2014
Prize: Award or honor granted for a specific work
Activities
Supervisor of doctoral dissertation as Committee Chair
Rebecca Piekkari (Supervisor)2018
Activity: Examination types › Pre-examination of dissertation or acting as opponent to doctoral students
Supervisor of doctoral dissertation as Committee Chair
Rebecca Piekkari (Supervisor)2018
Activity: Examination types › Pre-examination of dissertation or acting as opponent to doctoral students
Academy of International Business (External organisation)
Rebecca Piekkari (Member)2018 → …
Activity: Membership types › Position of trust in an academic community
Academy of International Business (External organisation)
Rebecca Piekkari (Member)2018 → 2021
Activity: Membership types › Position of trust in an academic community
External examiner of Doctoral dissertation with public defense
Rebecca Piekkari (Opponent)2018
Activity: Examination types › Pre-examination of dissertation or acting as opponent to doctoral students
Press / Media
Jaakko Honko medals to eight people distinguished in research and promotion of economics
08/04/2015
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Media appearance