CV PROFESSOR HÅKAN YLINENPÄÄ
Håkan Ylinenpää , 62 years, Professor in Entrepreneurship & Innovation
at Luleå University of Technology since November 2005, and Research
Director for Centre for Inter-organisational Innovation Research (CiiR)
since January 2011.
Research Focus
Entrepreneurial innovation activities and strategies, and innovation system research
based on cross-sector collaboration.
Examples of project experiences
2014-; Member of the board of directors of the Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth
(Tillväxtverket)
2013- ; Scientific Director for LTUs priority research area Effective Innovation & Organization.
2012- ; External expert in “Familjen Kamprads Stiftelse” on entrepreneurship research.
2011-; Research Director for CiiR (Centre for Inter-organisational Innovation Research) – a VINNOVA
Excellence Center in innovation system research specifically addressing non-metropolitan areas
2008-2013; National project coordinator for an European R&D project “Rural Innovation & Business
Systems (RIBS) funded by EU (Northern Periphery Program).
2006-; Member of senior research group, Faste Laboratory, LTU (national research excellence centre
funded by VINNOVA).
2006-2007; Member of steering committee and project leader for the program “Research platform for
Entrepreneurship in the North (PEN)” funded by EU structural funds.
2002-2007; Manager for the research school of ‘Forskarstation Östra Norrbotten’.
1998-2014; Different ongoing evaluation projects related to national and European programs together with
Ledningskonsulterna Stockholm and Oxford Resarch.
Publications – Selected examples
Frishammar, J., Söderholm, P., Bäckström, K., Hellsmark, H. & Ylinenpää, H. (2015). The Role of Pilot
and Demonstration Plants in Technological Development: Synthesis and Directions for Future
Research. Technology Analysis & Strategic Management, 27, 1: 1-18.
Ylinenpää, H., Tham, H., Johansson, E. & Klofsten, M. (2014). Measuring impact from policy
interventions: A theoretical and practical framework depicting structural change. International Journal
of Innovation and Regional Development, 5, 6: 481-499.
Andersson, M., Anokhin, S., Autio, E., Ejermo, O., Lavesson, N., Lööf, H., Savin, M., Wincent, J., &
Ylinenpää, H. (2013). Det innovativa Sverige: Sverige som kunskapsnation i en internationell kontext.
Stockholm: Vinnova & ESBRI.
Ylinenpää, H. (2013). ‘In search of excellence’ or ‘stuck in the middle’? The quest to build a (more)
entrepreneurial third-generation university. Int. J. Entrepreneurial Venturing, 5, 2: 153-167
Sackey, J., Fältholm, Y., & Ylinenpää, H. (2013). ’ Working with or against the system: Ethical dilemmas
for entrepreneurship in Ghana’. J. of Developmental Entreprenenurship, 18, 1.
Carlsson, B., Braunerhjelm, P., McKelvey, M., Olofsson, C., Persson, L., & Ylinenpää, H. (2013). The
evolving domain of entreprenenurship research. Small Business Economics, 41, 4: 913-930.
Johansson J. & Ylinenpää, H. (2012). ‘Can innovation systems be constructed?’. In Rickne, A., Laestadius,
S. & Etzkowitz, H. (eds.), Innovation governance in an open economy: Shaping regional nodes in a
globalized world. London: Routledge.
Teräs, J. & Ylinenpää, H. (2012). ‘Regional dynamics in non-metropolitan hi-tech clusters: a longitudinal
study of two Nordic regions. In Rickne, A., Laestadius, S. & Etzkowitz, H. (eds.), Innovation
governance in an open economy: Shaping regional nodes in a globalized world. London: Routledge.
Ylinenpää, H. (2012), Entrepreneurship and Innovation Systems: Towards a Development of the
ERIS/IRIS Concept. In Johannisson B & Lindholm Dahlstrand Å (Eds.), Enacting Regional Dynamics
and Entreprenenurship. Bridging the Territorial and Functional Rationales. London: Routledge.
Sandström A & Ylinenpää, H (2012), Research, industry and public sector co-operation – A dynamic
perspective. Int. J. of Innovation and Regional Development. 4, 2: 144-159.
Parida, V., Johansson, J., Ylinenpää, H., & Braunerhjelm, P. (2010). Barriers to inforrnation and communication technology adoptation in small firms. Research report KTH.
Westerberg, M & Ylinenpää, H. (2009). Nytta med samarbete. Samverkan i svenska småföretag 2008.
Tillväxtverket rapport R 2009:1.
Roininen, S. & Ylinenpää, H. (2009). New venture’s entry strategies – a comparison of academic and nonacademic business start-ups. In Holmquist, C. & Wiklund, J. (Eds.), Entrepreneurship and the
Creation of Small Firms: Empirical Studies of New Ventures. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing,
p. 65-89.
Roininen, S. & Ylinenpää, H. (2009). Schumpeterian versus Kirznerian Entrepreneurship: a comparison of
academic and non-academic new venturing. Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development,
16, 3: 504-520.
Ylinenpää, H. (2008). Entrepreneurship and innovation systems: Towards a development of the ERIS/IRIS
concept. European Planning Studies. 17, 8: 1153 - 1170.
Laestadius, S., Nuur, C. & Ylinenpää, H. (eds., 2007). Regional växtkraft i en global ekonomi. Det svenska
Vinnväxtprogrammet. Santéreus Academic Press Sweden.
Frishammar, J. & Ylinenpää, H. (2007). Managing Information in New Product Development: A
Conceptual Review, Research Propositions and Tentative Model. Int. J. of Innovation Management,
11(4).
Nilsson, J-E., Arbo, P., Dahl, M.S., Dahlum, B., Edvardsson, I.R., Eskelinen, H., Nielsen, K., Uhlin, Å &
Ylinenpää, H. (2006). The role of universities in regional innovation systems: A Nordic perspective.
Copenhagen Business School Press.
Ylinenpää, H., Johansson, B. & Johansson, J. (2006; Eds.). Ledning i Småföretag. Studentlitteratur.
Ylinenpää, H. (2005). If management can be learned – can learning be managed? Reflections on HEI-based
management training in smaller firms. International Journal of Lifelong Education, vol. 24, No. 6,
507-524.
Ylinenpää, H. (2004). Triple helix co-operation in a cross-border perspective – experiences from an
interactive research project. In Karlsson, C., Flensburg, P. & S-Å Hörte, Knowledge Spillovers and
Knowledge Management. Northampton, MA, USA: Edward Elgar Publishing, pp. 347-370.
Ylinenpää, H. & Westerberg, M. (2004). Tio frågor och svar om samverkan i småföretag. Rapportserien
”Företagens villkor och verklighet”, NUTEK R 2004:10.
Ylinenpää, H. (2003), Science and Technology Parks as Hubs of Specialized Knowledge and as Potential
Levers for Regional Development. In Riukulehto, S. (ed.), New Technologies and Regional
Development, University of Helsinki, Series A:6, pp. 81-102.
Ylinenpää, H. & Strömbäck, M. (2003). Regionalt samarbete för kunskapsproduktion – tidiga erfarenheter
från Forskarstation Östra Norrbotten. I Ekstedt E. & Wolvén, L-E (red), Relationsbyggande för
ekonomisk utveckling, Arbetsliv i omvandling 2003:15, 171-180.
Pihkala, T., Ylinenpää, H. & Vesalainen, J. (2002). Innovation barriers among clusters of European SMEs,
International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management 2, 6: 520-536.
Ylinenpää, H. (2000). Typical Traits of Competence Management in Small Manufacturing Firms. In
Heene, A. & Sanchez, R. (eds.), Advances in Applied Business Strategy, Volume 6B, Chapter 12, JAI
Press, Greenwich, Connecticut, USA, pp. 243-275.
Ylinenpää, H. (1999). Competence Management and Small Firm Performance. In Johannisson, B. &
Landström, H. (eds.), Images of Entrepreneurship and Small Business – Emergent Swedish
Contributions to Academic Research, Lund, Studentlitt., s. 217-240.
Lundgren, N-G. & Ylinenpää, H. (1999). Varför i Uleåborg men inte i Luleå? High-tech och tillväxt i
Nordfinland och Nordsverige. I Westlund, H. (red.), Platser, regioner och aktörer. Antologi från
Forskarforum 1998. Institutet för regionalforskning, rapport 113/1999, s. 111-157.
Hörte, S-Å & Ylinenpää, H. (1997). The firm’s and its customers’ views on order-winning criteria.
International Journal of Operations & Production Management, 17, 10: 1006-1019.