Faculty Area
Interdisciplinary Theme
Faculty Expertise
- Entrepreneurship and Innovation
- Innovation
- Management
- Strategy
- Technology Strategy
- Applied Economics
Contact
Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
607.255.7588
Biography
Professor Aija Leiponen's expertise focuses on organizational strategies in innovation, particularly cooperation between organizations. She has studied the organization of innovation through inter-organizational contracts, organizational structures at the firm level, and inter-organizational networks of repeated collaborative innovation, particularly in digital industries. Her recent work has examined the interaction between conflict and cooperation in wireless telecommunication standard development and the nature and implications of markets for (big) data.
Selected Publications
- Koutroumpis, P.; Thomas, L.; Leiponen, Aija. "Markets for Data"Industrial and Corporate Change. 29.3 (2020): 645–660
- Koutroumpis, Pantelis; Leiponen, Aija; Thomas, Llewellyn. "Digital instruments as invention machines"Communications of the ACM. 64.1 (2021): 70-78
- Leiponen, Aija; Delcamp, Henry. "The Anatomy of a Troll: Patent Licensing Business Models in the Light of Patent Reassignment Data"Research Policy. 48.1 (2019): 298-311
- Grosman, Anna; Leiponen, Aija. "Organizational transparency and power in firm ownership networks"Journal of Comparative Economics. 46.4 (2018): 1158-1177
- Koutroumpis, P.; Leiponen, Aija. "Crowdsourcing mobile coverage"Telecommunications Policy. 40.6 (2016): 515-594
- Bar, Talia; Leiponen, Aija. "Committee Composition and Networking in Standard Setting: The Case of Wireless Telecommunications"Journal of Economics and Management Strategy. 23.1 (2014): 1-23
- Leiponen, Aija. "The Benefits of R&D and Strategic Breadth in Innovation: A Comparison of Finnish Service and Manufacturing firms"Industrial and Corporate Change. 21.5 (2012): 1255-1281
- Leiponen, Aija; Helfat, C. "Location, Decentralization, and Knowledge Sources for Innovation"Organization Science. 22.3 (2010): 641-658
- Leiponen, Aija; Helfat, Constance. "Innovation Objectives, Knowledge Sources, and the Benefits of Breadth"Strategic Management Journal. 31.2 (2010): 224 - 236
- Leiponen, Aija. "Competing Through Cooperation: Standard-Setting in Wireless Telecommunications"Management Science. 54.11 (2008): 1904-1919
Recent Courses
- AEM 3220/AEM 5220 - Digital Business Strategy
Academic Degrees
- PhD Helsinki School of Economics, 2000
- MS Helsinki School of Economics and Business Administration, 1993