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Otaniementie 17
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I am an Associate Professor of Strategic Management at the Department of Industrial Engineering and Management (TUTA) at Aalto University. My research area is strategy and organization in industry and market disruptions (technology-induced disruptions). My current focus is on digitalization and platform economy, specifically how industries are disrupted, sources of competitive advantage in the digital age, platform and data business models, open science and innovation, and agile and playful strategy work. I teach advanced courses in strategy, platform and data business strategy, and innovation strategy at the Masters, doctoral, and MBA, and EMBA level.
My research has been published in top tier journals, such as the Academy of Management Journal, International Journal of Management Reviews, Information Systems Review, Research Policy, Research in the Sociology of Organizations, Technology Innovation Management Review, R&D Management, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, and Organization Studies.
My research provides inputs to strategy work, strategic decision making, and strategic organization in industry-wide change, open digital platform strategizing and design, governance of open research and innovation, and policy. I have specialized in flipped classroom and experienced-based learning methods, including the Harvard case teaching method, and LEGO® Serious Play® facilitation method. I work frequently with SMEs and large-company managers and executives, as well as government officials and public sector leaders from different parts of the world, facilitating their strategy and policy work, and supporting their skills development in agile strategy work and strategizing in the age of digital and platform economy.
Ongoing research projects:
Digital Disruption of Industries
Policy Rationles in the Shift to Digital Platform Economy
Playfulness at Work & in Workshops
The Consortium of 'Digital History of Telco and Exchanges in Finland and Sweden'
SUPERVISION OF DOCTORAL STUDENTS
Current doctoral students who I am the supervisor for
1st supervisor: Eero Aalto, Anita Golzarjannat, Janne Leinonen, Tomasz Mucha, Ruben Vicente-Saez and Derek Selin.
2nd supervisor: Timo Ahopelto and Sarri Nykänen
Supervised Doctoral Student
Zeerim Cheung (2019), Thesis: Analytically Structured History Approach Using a Relational Database - Essays on the Historical Embeddedness of Strategy Formulation
Kimmo Karhu (2017), Thesis: Managing Competitive and Cooperative Strategizing in Open PLatform Ecosystems using Boundary Resources
Christopher Rowell (2017), Thesis: Signaling and Shaping Legitimacy - Weaving webs of meaning in time and new markets
SUPERVISION OF MASTER THESES
I have supervised over 50 master thesis. I also supervise bachelor's theses. Here a selected set of exemplary Master Theses I have supervised which can be found electronically (alt. summaries of them):
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Doctoral degree, Engineering and Technology, Aalto University
Award Date: 9 Mar 2010
Master's degree, Engineering and Technology, Helsinki University of Technology
Award Date: 10 Jun 1997
Research output: Contribution to journal › Review Article › Scientific › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Meeting Abstract › Scientific › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Gustafsson, R., Aalto, E. & Lipiäinen, N.
01/08/2019 → 28/02/2022
Project: Business Finland: Other research funding
Aalto, E., Lipiäinen, N. & Gustafsson, R.
01/01/2018 → 31/10/2021
Project: Academy of Finland: Strategic research funding
Cheung, Z., Rowell, C., Aalto, E. & Gustafsson, R.
01/05/2015 → 31/12/2017
Project: Academy of Finland: Strategic research funding
01/06/2014 → 31/12/2016
Project: Other external funding: Other foreign funding
Gustafsson, Robin (Recipient), Jun 2017
Prize: Award or honor granted for a specific work
Gustafsson, Robin (Recipient), 2013
Prize: Award or honor granted for academic career
Alireza Jaribion (Speaker), Siavash Haghighat Khajavi (Contributor), Ulriikka Järvihaavisto (Contributor), Iiro Nurmi (Contributor), Robin Gustafsson (Contributor) & Jan Holmström (Contributor)
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Conference presentation
Nina Granqvist (Speaker) & Robin Gustafsson (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Conference presentation
Robin Gustafsson (Visiting researcher)
Activity: Visiting an external institution types › Visit abroad
Robin Gustafsson (Member)
Activity: Membership types › Regular membership of a society or network
Robin Gustafsson (Organiser)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Membership of an organizing committee or other positions of trust of a conference or a seminar
03/01/2022
1 item of Media coverage
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11/11/2021
1 item of Media coverage
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30/10/2021
1 item of Media coverage
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19/07/2021
1 item of Media coverage
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03/05/2021
1 item of Media coverage
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