Research Output per year
Research Output per year
Personal profile
Artistic and research interests
I am interested in management challenges related to technology firms’ service operations. My colleagues and I study the system-level changes linked with the transformation of technology industries toward service-based value creation.
Our current research focuses on services supporting the sustainability of industrial operations, management of complex service systems, digital transformation of technology industries, and business models of the circular economy.
Our past projects have investigated the management of product-service hybridity in the construction business, payor-provider integration of healthcare services, and the effects of modularity on industrial solution providers’ ambidextrous performance.
I hold a Ph.D. in Information Systems Science and I currently serve as the Head of the Department of Industrial Engineering and Management.
Specialties:
- Service Engineering and Management
- Information Systems
- Innovation Management
- Organizational and Strategic Change
- Technology Entrepreneurship
Keywords
- Management of Service Systems
- Development of Digital Services
- Service Innovation and Business Models
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Research Output
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Continued Use of Mobile Instant Messaging Apps: A New Perspective on Theories of Consumption, Flow, and Planned Behavior
Dhir, A., Kaur, P. & Rajala, R., 2020, In : Social Science Computer Review. 38, 2, p. 147-169 23 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Digital transformation: The interplay of explorative and exploitative capability development
Gao, S., Hakanen, E. & Rajala, R., 7 Jan 2020, p. 4306-4315. 11 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › Scientific › peer-review
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Engaging a product-focused sales force in solution selling: an interplay of individual and organizational conditions
Salonen, A., Terho, H., Böhm, E., Virtanen, A. & Rajala, R., 17 Apr 2020, In : JOURNAL OF THE ACADEMY OF MARKETING SCIENCE. p. 1-49 49 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Integrating CSR with business strategy: A tension management perspective
Siltaloppi, J., Rajala, R. & Hietala, H., 18 Aug 2020, In : Journal of Business Ethics . 47 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Revisiting the unholy alliance of health-care operations: Payor–provider integration of occupational health services
Peltokorpi, A., Matinheikki, J., Lehtinen, J. & Rajala, R., 20 May 2020, In : International Journal of Operations & Production Management. 40, 4, p. 357-387 31 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Projects
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PRO-MaaS 20029-2020
Rajala, R., Wolff, J., Hakanen, E. & Töytäri, P.
01/01/2020 → 31/12/2021
Project: EU: EIT
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BATCircle (Diem) WP4
Rajala, R., Hakanen, E., Pietilä, S. & Töytäri, P.
01/01/2019 → 31/08/2021
Project: Business Finland: Other research funding
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BATtobe
Hakanen, E., Rajala, R. & Töytäri, P.
01/04/2018 → 31/12/2018
Project: Business Finland: Other research funding
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BOND: Blockchains boosting Finnish industry
Huttunen, J., Lähteenmäki, I., Rajala, R. & Schmidt, J.
01/09/2016 → 31/12/2018
Project: Business Finland: Other research funding
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Increasing freedom of choice in international passenger transportation through the Finnish Mobility-as-a-Service concept
01/06/2016 → 31/12/2016
Project: Business Finland: Other research funding
Prizes
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Award for a High-grade PhD Thesis
Rajala, Risto (Recipient), 2011
Prize: Award or honor granted for a specific work
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Best Academic Paper Award
Rajala, Risto (Recipient), 6 Jul 2016
Prize: Award or honor granted for a specific work
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Dissertation of the Year Award
Rajala, Risto (Recipient), 2010
Prize: Award or honor granted for a specific work
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The Best Research Team of Helsinki School of Economics
Rajala, Risto (Recipient), 2008
Prize: Award or honor granted for a specific work
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Yrjö and Senja Koivunen Award for a supervised Thesis
Rajala, Risto (Recipient), 2016
Prize: Award or honor granted for a specific work
Activities
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Carleton University
Risto Rajala (Visitor (research and teaching))
1 Jan 2016Activity: Visiting an external institution types › Visit abroad
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Pre-examiner of a doctoral dissertation, at University of Turku
Risto Rajala (Examiner)
2016Activity: Examination types › Pre-examination of dissertation or acting as opponent to doctoral students
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Pre-examiner of a doctoral dissertation, at Lappeenranta University of Technology
Risto Rajala (Examiner)
2016Activity: Examination types › Pre-examination of dissertation or acting as opponent to doctoral students
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Department of Industrial Engineering and Management (Organisational unit)
Risto Rajala (Chair)
2015 → 2017Activity: Membership types › Position of trust in an academic community
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Linköping University
Risto Rajala (Visiting researcher)
May 2015 → Aug 2015Activity: Visiting an external institution types › Visit abroad