Ville Piispanen
Research Manager
Business School, Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies
[email protected] | +358 40 355 3982
My mission is to create knowledge and understanding of sustainable transition from the perspective of entrepreneurship. I am interested in how entrepreneurs and companies create and develop their business towards the sustainable circular economy. By creating new sustainable business opportunities, business models and sustainable innovations they provide means to tackle deep-rooted economic, social, and environmental problems, such as climate change and sustainable use of natural resources.
I work as a Research Manager at the Business School in the Innovation Management Research Group (INNO) and Sustainable Resource Society (RESOURCE) research community.
Research groups
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Innovation Management (INNO) 24.10.2017 - -
Sustainable Innovation Lab 01.08.2022 - -
Research Center for Sustainable Circular Economy 01.08.2021 -
Projects
Publications
48/48 items-
Business Models
Piispanen, Ville-Veikko; Henttonen, Kaisa; Lehtimäki, Hanna, 2025, Eriksson, Päivi; Montonen, Tero; Laine, Pikka-Maaria; Hannula, Anna, Elgar Encyclopedia of Innovation Management, 17-20. A3 Book section, Chapters in research books -
Digital platforms
Suokas, Sini-Tuulia; Henttonen, Kaisa; Piispanen, Ville-Veikko, 2025, Eriksson, Päivi; Montonen, Tero; Laine, Pikka-Maaria; Hannula, Anna, Elgar Encyclopedia of Innovation Management, 79-83. A3 Book section, Chapters in research books -
Sustainable Innovation Framework: A Review of Organization, Strategic Management, and Entrepreneurship Literature
Lehtimäki, Hanna; Leppälä, Kristina; Mielonen, Nuppu; Piispanen, Ville-Veikko; Henttonen, Kaisa; Sengupta, Subhanjan; Parkkinen, Ida; Liakh, Olena, 2025, Sustainable development, [First published: 20 August 2025], 1-31. A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Toward a Typology of Circular Economy Agency
Teerikangas, Satu Päivi; Aarikka-Stenroos, Leena; Onkila, Tiina; Lehtimäki, Hanna; Korsunova, Angelina; Hirvensalo, Antero; Jokinen, Ari; Koistinen, Katariina; Valkjärvi, Mira; Sarja, Milla; Jokinen, Pekka; Henttonen, Kaisa; Piispanen, Ville-Veikko; Uusikartano, Jarmo; Kaipainen, Jenni; Harala, Linnea; Mäkelä, Marileena; Reynolds, Noelia-Sarah, 2025, Academy of Management annual meeting proceedings. Abstract -
Building a strategic ecosystem for circular plastics – stakeholder alignment in value creation
Piispanen, Ville-Veikko; Lehtimäki, Hanna; Leppälä, Kristina, 2024. Abstract -
Smart circular economy – review of digital technologies and circular economy in manufacturing
Razzaq, Muhammad Zeshan; Henttonen, Kaisa; Piispanen, Ville-Veikko, 2024. Abstract -
Understanding the tensions of conflicting stakeholder interests in sustainability
Strunk, Kim; Grabl, Susanne; Henttonen, Kaisa; Piispanen, Ville-Veikko; Lehtimäki, Hanna P, 2024, Academy of Management annual meeting proceedings. Abstract -
3rd International Conference for Sustainable Resource Society: Water Cycle in the Environment and Society. Conference Proceedings and Abstract Collection
Leppälä, Kristina; Piispanen, Ville-Veikko, 2023, Itä-Suomen yliopisto. D6 Edited professional book -
Abstract collection. 2nd international conference for sustainable resource society: seizing a sustainable future
Piispanen, Ville-Veikko; Leppälä, Kristina, 2023, Itä-Suomen yliopisto. D6 Edited professional book -
Oveluutta ja ketteryyttä tarvitaan
Henttonen, Kaisa; Piispanen, Ville-Veikko; Lehtimäki, Hanna, 2023, Uusio-uutiset, 18. D1 Article in a trade journal