Vesa Puhakka

University of Oulu, Oulu Business School

Professor

P.O. Box 4600

Oulu FIN-90014, 90570

Finland

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Effectuation and Causation in Entrepreneurship Education

International Journal of Entrepreneurial Venturing, 5(1), pp. 68-83, 2013
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 29 Mar 2013
Soili Mäkimurto-Koivumaa and Vesa Puhakka
Kemi-Tornio Polytechnic - Department of Business and Administration and University of Oulu, Oulu Business School
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entrepreneurship education; effectuation; opportunity

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Entrepreneurial Creativity as Discovery and Exploitation of Business Opportunities

In T. Burger-Helmchen (ed.), Entrepreneurship – Creativity and Innovative Business Models, Rijeka, InTech, 3-24, 2012
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 29 Mar 2013
Vesa Puhakka
University of Oulu, Oulu Business School
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Entrepreneurship, Creativity, Opportunity

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The Concept of International Opportunity in International Entrepreneurship: A Review and a Research Agenda

Mainela, T., V. Puhakka & P. Servais: The Concept of International Opportunity in International Entrepreneurship: A Review and a Research Agenda. International Journal of Management Reviews, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 27 Mar 2013 Last Revised: 28 Mar 2013
Vesa Puhakka, Tuija Mainela and Per Servais
University of Oulu, Oulu Business School, University of Oulu and Independent
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International entrepreneurship, international opportunity, internationalization, innovation, arbitrage

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Role of Networks in Emergence of International New Ventures

International Journal of Entrepreneurial Venturing, 3(1), 5-25 (2011)
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 29 Mar 2013
Tuija Mainela and Vesa Puhakka
University of Oulu and University of Oulu, Oulu Business School
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international new venture, entrepreneurial networking, opportunity, network, emergence, process

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Creating Entrepreneurial Opportunities: An Organisational and Social Constructive Phenomenon in the Creation of New Businesses

International Journal of Entrepreneurial Venturing 4(1), 432-448 (2010)
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 30 Mar 2013
Vesa Puhakka
University of Oulu, Oulu Business School
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creative view, entrepreneurial opportunities, human activity

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Organising New Business in a Turbulent Context: Opportunity Discovery and Effectuation for IJV Development in Transition Markets

Journal of International Entrepreneurship, 7, 111-134 (2009)
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 30 Mar 2013
Tuija Mainela and Vesa Puhakka
University of Oulu and University of Oulu, Oulu Business School
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International entrepreneurship, International business, Entrepreneurship, Opportunity discovery, Entrepreneurial behavior, International joint venture, Process

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Embeddedness and Networking as Drivers in Developing an International Joint Venture

Scandinavian Journal of Management, 24(1), 17-32 (2008)
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 30 Mar 2013
Tuija Mainela and Vesa Puhakka
University of Oulu and University of Oulu, Oulu Business School
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International business, International entrepreneurship, International joint venture, Embeddedness, Networking

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The Development of a High-Tech International New Venture as a Process of Acting: A Study of the Lifespan of a Venture in Software Business

Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development, 18(1), 430- 456 (2011)
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 29 Mar 2013
Tuija Mainela, Elina Pernu and Vesa Puhakka
University of Oulu, University of Oulu and University of Oulu, Oulu Business School
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International new ventures, High-tech, Networking, Process, Entrepreneurialism, New products, International business, Computer software

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Exploring Firm Emergence: Initially Conditioned or Actively Created?

International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, 7(1): 123-138, 2009
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 26 Jun 2013
Erno T. Tornikoski and Vesa Puhakka
Grenoble Ecole de Management and University of Oulu, Oulu Business School
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Firm emergence, Initial conditions, Active behaviors

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Inside the Entrepreneurial Event: Creating Schemata of Opportunity for New Business

T. Burger-Helmchen (ed.), Entrepreneurship – Creativity and Innovative Business Models, Rijeka, InTech, 25-38 (2012)
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 29 Mar 2013
Vesa Puhakka
University of Oulu, Oulu Business School
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Entrepreneurship, Creativity, Opportunity

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Organizing MNC Internal Networks to Manage Global Customers: Strategies of Political Compromising

in Torben Pedersen, Markus Venzin, Timothy M. Devinney, Laszlo Tihanyi (ed.) Orchestration of the Global Network Organization (Advances in International Management, Volume 27), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, pp.349-376
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 20 Jul 2014
Elina Pernu, Tuija Mainela and Vesa Puhakka
University of Oulu, University of Oulu and University of Oulu, Oulu Business School
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multinational corporation, internal network, global customer, politics, strategy

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Competence Block Approach to High-Tech New Venture Creation: The Case of the Octopus Programme

Journal of International Business and Entrepreneurship Development, 6(1), 34-49 (2012)
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 29 Mar 2013
Vesa Puhakka
University of Oulu, Oulu Business School
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competence block, high-tech entrepreneurship, new venture creation, Finland

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Exploring Firm Growth as a Process of Creation

Mainela, T., V. Puhakka & S. Sipola (2011). Exploring firm growth as a process of creation. In J. Borch, A. Fayolle, P. Kyrö & E. Ljunggren (eds.), Entrepreneurship Research in Europe: Evolving Concepts and Processes. Cheltenham, Edward Elgar. 214-227.
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 29 Mar 2013
Tuija Mainela, Vesa Puhakka and Sakari Sipola
University of Oulu, University of Oulu, Oulu Business School and University of Oulu
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Firm growth, process, creation