Esa Hiltunen
University Lecturer
I work as a Senior Lecturer in Innovation Management at UEF Business School and I am an expert of organizational change in the retail and health sector. Another research interest focuses on retail sector and participatory innovation.
Business School, Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies
esa.hiltunen@uef.fi | +358 40 355 3367
I work as a Senior Lecturer in Innovation Management at UEF Business School and I am an expert of organizational change in the health sector. Another research interest focuses on retail sector and participatory innovation. I also supervise theses in master and doctoral programs.
I have a special competence in qualitative research in organizations, particularly observation-based ethnography, which I have applied in research that is based on Bourdieu’s field theory. I have a wide collaboration network in different research fields, both business studies and sociology.
Research groups
Publications
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Employee-Driven Innovation (EDI) in Finland
Hiltunen, Esa. Teoksessa: Tan, Justina; On Lee, Wing(toim.) , 2023. Making Employee-Driven Innovation Achievable : Approaches and Practices for Workplace Learning. s. 126-145. Routledge -
Promoting Circular Economy from the Perspective of Appreciative Inquiry in the Real Estate and Construction Industry
Hiltunen, Esa; Taira, Aku. Teoksessa: Mishra, Shreya(toim.) , 2023. Case Studies on Sustainability and Innovations Across Entrepreneurial and Other Contexts. s. 5-15. Bloomsbury Publishing India -
Sustainability reporting related to the profitability of healthcare companies in Asia, Europe, and the United States
Holopainen, Riikka; Li, Kang; Hiltunen, Esa; Rissanen, Sari. 2023. Itä-Suomen yliopisto -
The study of sustainability report disclosure and its influence on firm performance: evidence from Finnish listed companies.
Li, Kang; Holopainen, Riikka; Hiltunen, Esa. 2022. -
“It’s Time to Focus on Humanity”: Millennial Business Students’ Perceptions of Competencies Needed by Future Leaders
Koponen, Jonna; Heikkilä, Essi; Karhapää, Sari-Johanna; Ikonen, Mirjami; Hiltunen, Esa. 2022. Nordic journal of business. 71: 102-125 -
Appreciative Work Engagement
Hiltunen, Esa; Leppänen, Hanna. Teoksessa: Dey, Ajoy K; Piispanen, Ville-Veikko; Mishra, Shreya(toim.) , 2021. Sustainable Entrepreneurship: Innovation and Transformation. s. 104-115. Bloomsbury Publishing India -
Barriers of Employee-driven Innovation in a Small Retail Store
Hiltunen, Esa; Laitinen, Teemu. Teoksessa: Dey, Ajoy K; Piispanen, Ville-Veikko; Mishra, Shreya(toim.) , 2021. Sustainable Entrepreneurship: Innovation and Transformation. s. 93-103. Bloomsbury Publishing India -
Creating and Implementing Standardized Management Innovation in a Large Organization
Hiltunen, Esa; Palo-oja, Outi-Maaria; Perkkiö, Markus. 2021. South asian journal of business and management cases. 10: 77-87 -
Doing Good, Being Bad? - Making Sense of Private Healthcare Firm's Profitability
Holopainen, Riikka; Hiltunen, Esa; Li, Kang. Teoksessa: Dey, Ajoy K; Piispanen, Ville-Veikko; Mishra, Shreya(toim.) , 2021. Sustainable Entrepreneurship: Innovation and Transformation. s. 282-290. Bloomsbury Publishing India -
Employee-Driven Innovation in Strategy Planning: A Case Study of Engineering Industry
Hiltunen, Esa; Markkanen, Olli. Teoksessa: Piispanen, Ville-Veikko; Dey, Ajoy Kumar; Mishra, Shreya(toim.) , 2021. Case Studies on Perspectives on Management and Digital Business. s. 142-149. Bloomsbury Publishing India