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Department
Département
Entrepreneurship, Strategy & Innovation
Teaching areas
Domaine d’enseignement
Entrepreneurship
Research methods
Research areas
Domaine de recherche
Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Organization Studies
Biography
Biographie
Virva Salmivaara examines the intersection of entrepreneurship and global challenges, such as climate change, demographic shifts, and inequality.
She has conducted projects and policy reports for the United Nations, for Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the European Commission on inclusive entrepreneurship.
Prior to joining academia, Virva Salmivaara worked in public and investor relations in the corporate and public sectors.
Section CV
Formation
Doctorate of Business Administration, Entrepreneurship
Aalto University School of Business, Helsinki
(2017)
Master of Business Administration, Entrepreneurship
Helsinki School of Economics, Helsinki
(2008)
Master of Social and Human Sciences, Communication
University of Helsinki, Helsinki
(2002)
Experience
Visiting External Researcher
Saïd Business School - Oxford University, Oxford, Great Britain
2019 - 2019
Visiting External Researcher
EM Lyon, Lyon, France
2019 - 2019
Policy Consultant
United Nations Organization, New York, United States of America
2018 - 2018
Post-Doctoral Researcher
Aalto University School of Business, Helsinki, Finland
2018 - 2021
Coordinator for project funded by the European Regional Development Fund, Finland
2018 - 2020
Policy Consultant
OECD, Paris, France
Since 2016
Doctoral Student
Aalto University School of Business, Helsinki, Finland
2013 - 2017
Senior Vice President and several other positions in Corporate Communications
YIT Corporation, Finland
2003 - 2013
Communications
Ministry of Finance
2002 - 2002
Communications
University of Helsinki
2001 - 2002
Publications
Published
MUNOZ, P., FARNY, S., KIBLER, E., SALMIVAARA, V. (2024). How founders harness tensions in hybrid venture development. Business and Society, 63 (8), 1842-1886.
KIBLER, E., SIREN, C., MARESCH, D., SALMIVAARA, V., FINK, M. (2024). Aging and Entrepreneurs’ Emotional Exhaustion: The Role of Entrepreneurial Strategy, Psychological Capital, and Felt Age Gap. Journal of Business Venturing, 39 (5), 106418.
MURMANN, M., SALMIVAARA, V., KIBLER, E. (2023). How does late-career entrepreneurship relate to innovation?. Research Policy, 52 (6), 104763.
KIBLER, E., MANDL, C., FARNY, S., SALMIVAARA, V. (2021). Post-Failure Impression Management: A Typology of Entrepreneurs’ Public Narratives After Business Closure. Human Relations, 74 (2), 286-318.
SALMIVAARA, V., HEIKKILÄ, J.-P. (2021). MEGE—An Educational Partnership Supporting Migrant Entrepreneurship. Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 25 (4), 119-132.
SALMIVAARA, V., KIBLER, E. (2020). “Rhetoric Mix” of Argumentations: How Policy Rhetoric Conveys Meaning of Entrepreneurship for Sustainable Development. Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice, 44 (4), 700-732.
KIBLER, E., SALMIVAARA, V., STENHOLM, P., TERJESEN, S. (2018). The Evaluative Legitimacy of Social Entrepreneurship in Capitalist Welfare Systems. Journal of World Business, 53 (6), 944-957.
SALMIVAARA, V., MUNOZ, P., KIBLER, E., MAIR, J. (2023). How does civil society shape the development of entrepreneurial places?. EGOS.
SALMIVAARA, V. (2021). Case Studies on Migrant Entrepreneurship (OECD).
SALMIVAARA, V. (2020). World Youth Report 2020 on Youth Social Entrepreneurship and the 2030 Agenda. Chapter 2: Youth Development and Participation. (United Nations).
CHLIOVA, M., FARNY, S., SALMIVAARA, V. (2018). A Background Paper: Supporting Refugees in Entrepreneurship. (OECD).
SALMIVAARA, V., KAUTONEN, T., KIBLER, E. (2016). Supporting business creation from unemployment in Finland. Rapid Policy Assessment of Inclusive Entrepreneurship Policies and Programmes. (OECD).
SALMIVAARA, V., KAUTONEN, T. (2016). Country level assessments of inclusive entrepreneurship policies and programmes (Finland). (OECD).
Scientific activities
Associate Editor of an academic journal
Technological Forecasting and Social Change,
2024
Reviewer for an academic journal
Journal of Business Ethics,
2024
Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice,
2024
Journal of Management Studies,
2023
Human Relations,
2023
European Management Journal,
2023
International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior and Research,
2022
Baltic Journal of Management,
2022
Small Business Economics,
2022
Entrepreneurship and Regional Development,
2021
Technological Forecasting & Social Change,
2021
International Small Business Journal,
2019
Journal of Social Entrepreneurship,
2019
Journal of Business Venturing Insights,
2019
IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management,
2018
Social Enterprise Journal,
2018
Organisation and Environment,
2016
Awards and honors
Entrepreneurship Research Recognition Award, 2024
Newhall Entrepreneurship Research Impact Award, 2019
Best Paper Award at Entrepreneurship Summer University, 2016