CURRICULUM VITAE Kalevi Kyläheiko 8.5.2015

FAMILY NAME: Kyläheiko FORENAMES: Erkki Kalevi GENDER: Male DATE OF BIRTH: 7 April 1952 PLACE OF BIRTH: Laitila, HOME ADDRESS: Kuusitie 3A, 53810 Lappeenranta, Finland OFFICE ADDRESS: School of Business, Lappeenranta University of Technology, Box 20, FIN-53851 Lappeenranta, FINLAND PHONE: +358 40 550 2779 FAX: +358 5 621 7299 E-MAIL: [email protected] NATIONALITY: Finnish PERSONAL: married, four children

DEGREES:

x D.Sc. (Econ), Lappeenranta University of Technology (LUT) 1995. Economics. Topic of the doctoral dissertation: Coping with Technology: A Study on Economic Methodology and Strategic Management of Technology. x Licentiate Thesis, Turku School of Economics, Economics, 1982 x Master’s Thesis in theoretical philosophy, 1978 x M.Sc. (Econ.), Turku School of Economics, Economics 1976 x Matriculation examination, Senior High School of Laitila 1971

LANGUAGE SKILLS: x Finnish, native x English, fluent spoken and written x German, fluent spoken and written x Swedish, moderate spoken and written

EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIPS:

09/1998 - present Professor, LUT / School of Business / Economics, especially Technology Research 08/2011 - present Honorary Professor of Economics, esp. Strategy Research, University of Bremen, Germany 08/2009 – 07/2010 Senior Scientist of the Academy of Finland at the University of Bremen, Germany 02/1996 - 08/1998 Associate professor (acting), LUT / Dept. of Business Administration, Economics 03/1991 - 07/1991 Professor (acting), LUT, Dept. of Industrial Engineering and Management 08/1986 - 07/1987 Associate professor (acting), University of Joensuu, Economics 09/1981 - 01/1996 Senior lecturer, LUT / Dept. of Industrial Engineering and Management and later Dept. of Business Administration, Economics 10/1980 – 09/1981 Military service in the Finnish Army, second lieutenant, Säkylä, Finland 09/1979-08/1980 Ph.D. Student funded by DAAD, University of Göttingen, Germany 08/1975 - 08/1979 Research Associate, Turku School of Economics, the Academy of Finland, and University of Turku

MOST IMPORTANT ACADEMIC POSITIONS:

01/2007 – 08/2009 Dean of LUT / School of Business, 08/2003 – 12/2006 1st. Vice Rector of LUT, charged in research 09/1999 – 08/2003 Dean, LUT / Dept. of Business Administration 01/1998 – 08/1999 Vice-Dean, LUT / Dept. of Business Administration

RESEARCH PROJECTS AND THEIR FUNDING:

NAME OF THE PROJECT TIME FUNDING MY ROLE LUT Grant for promoting research 2013-14 LUT, 100 k€ Responsible internationalization leader LUT Grant for Research in Excellence 2012-13 LUT, 200 k€ Responsible leader Sustainable Competitive Advantage: 2009- Academy of Finland, 124 k€ Responsible Special Role of Knowledge Assets, Senior 2010 leader scientist of Academy of Finland Game Global II 2006-7 TEKES(Finnish Funding Agency for 1 2 3 Technology and Innovation) , EAKR, 3 companies, 300 k€ LUT grants for Research in Excellence 2006-7, LUT 100 k€ 1 2 3 Sustainable Competitive advantage I and II 2008-9 LUT 140 k€ ADVANTAGE – in search of sustainable 2006-9 Academy of Finland, 165 k€ Responsible competitive advantage leader , 1 2 3 Game Global – challenges in forest 2005-6 TEKES, EAKR, 5 companies, 369 k€ 1 2 3 industries Intangible assets and firm performance, 2003-4 Liikesivistysrahasto (Foundation for Responsible DynCap Economic Education), 20 k€ leader, 1 2 3 Growth and Internationalization Strategies 2001-3 TEKES, 8 companies, 500 k€ 1 2 3 of ICT SMEs, Born Globals Partnerships between internationalizing 1999- TEKES, 4 companies, 420 k€ 1 2 3 small ICT-companies and telecom operator 2001 Regional Impact of Universities in Eastern 1996-7 Ministry of Education Responsible Finland leader, 1,3

Key to my role: 1 = I have been supervising Master’s or doctoral theses. 2 = I have authored or co-authored journal articles, conference papers, and research reports 3 = I have given presentations in workshops, seminars and conferences

SUPERVISED DOCTORAL DISSERTATIONS at LUT:

Author Title Year Pendo Kivyiro Foreign Direct Investment, Clean Development Mechanism, and 2015 Environmental Management: A Case of Sub-Saharan Africa Mikko Paananen On innovative search: the use of internal and external sources of 2012 innovation among Finnish innovators Jan Edelmann Experiences in Using a Structured method in Finding and Defining 2011 new Innovations: A Strategic Options Approach Hanna Kuittinen Analysis on Firm Innovation Boundaries 2011 Anni Tuppura Market entry order and competitive advantage of the firm 2007 Pia Hurmelinna- Dynamics of appropriability – finding a balance between 2005 Laukkanen efficiency and strength in the appropriability regime Ari Jantunen Dynamic capabilities and firm performance 2005 Lauri Frank Mobile communications within the European union: The role of 2003 location in the evolution and forecasting of the diffusion process Olli Kuivalainen Knowledge-based view of internationalization – studies on small 2003 and medium-sized information and communication technology firms Sami Saarenketo Born globals – internationalization of small and medium-sized 2002 knowledge-intensive firms Eero Pätäri Essays on portfolio performance measurement 2000

Assignments as examiner and opponent: Doctoral thesis pre-examiner: Mikael Collan, Markku Heikkilä and Wang Xiaolu (Åbo Akademi, Finland) Master’s thesis supervisor: about 60 times in LUT and 15 times in the University of Joensuu.

SCIENTIFIC EXPERT POSITIONS:

Editorial board member: International Journal of Business Excellence, 2007 – present Editor of the special issues: International Journal of Business Innovation and Research and International Journal of Process Management and Benchmarking, both 2013 Executive board member: ISIR (International Society for Inventory Research), 2006 – 2014 Member of the scientific board: ISPIM, Lappeenranta 2001, IPSERA, Lappeenranta 2010, Finnish Operations Research 40th Anniversary Workshop 2013 (FORSA), Lappeenranta

Scientific memberships: x member of International Society for Inventory Research (ISIR) 2002 – present x member of Strategic Management Society (SMS) 2003 – present

ACADEMIC POSITIONS OF TRUST:

Administrative positions at international and national level: x External Assessment for the research projects funded by Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (2009). x Evaluator of the research projects funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (2002). x Member of the evaluation boards of TEKES (Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation) and Ministry of Trade and Industry concerning research projects. x Member of the Finnish Higher Education Evaluation Council (FINHEEC) when choosing the Centers for Excellence in university education (twice). x Vice chair of Foundation for Economic Education, the board of Southern Carelia (1995 – 2009). x Member and chair of the board of regional innovation-promoting holding company, Innokarelia (2003 – 2007).

Administrative positions at LUT level: x Member and vice chair of the LUT University Council (2003-2006), x Member and chair (1997-8) of the board of LUT research grant foundation (1992-2003), x Chair of the board of NORDI (Northern Dimension Research Institute)(2003 – 2009), x Member and chair of the Eastern Finland University Education and Science Council (2001- 2003, 2007 - 2009) x Member and chair (2003 – 2006) of Technology Business Research Center.

MOST IMPORTANT FOREIGN VISITS: 06/2011 - present Honorary professor of Economics, esp. Strategy Research, University of Bremen, Germany (about 5-6 months pro year, 40 months together until now) 09/2010 -06/2011 Visiting professor, University of Bremen, Germany (6 months together) 08/2009 - 07/2010 Senior Scientist (Academy of Finland) and Guest Professor, University of Bremen, Germany (12 months) 05/2001 – 06/2001 Visiting professor, University of Bremen, Germany (2 months) 08/1991 – 09/1992 Visiting researcher, University of Bremen, Germany (12 months) 05/1984 – 08/1984 Visiting Ph.D. student, University of Manchester, U.K. (4 months) 09/1979 - 08/1980 Ph. D. student, University of Göttingen, Germany (10 months)

REVIEWS AND DUTIES IN SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS AND CONFERENCES: x International Journal of Production Economics (reviewer) x Technovation (reviewer) x International business review (reviewer) x Journal of Manufacturing Technology (reviewer) x Asia Pacific Management Review (reviewer) x Journal of International Entrepreneurship (reviewer) x Engineering Costs and Production Economics (reviewer) x The Finnish Journal of Business Economics (reviewer) x IAMOT 2003, 2005, and 2007 (international program committee member) x ISPIM 2001 (organizing committee member) x ISIR 2006 and 2008 (scientific board member) x IPSERA 2010, (scientific board member) x FORSA 2013 (scientific board member)

AWARDS AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: x Best paper award in IAMOT 2001 conference x Lecturer of year 1988 and 1998 nominated by the Student Union of LUT x Best teacher award nominated by LUT, 2015.

PUBLICATIONS: x More than 200 scientific contributions in academic journals, books, and conferences x About 70 articles published in scientific journals and books with referee practice

Lappeenranta 15.6.2015 Kalevi Kyläheiko Professor of Economics, esp. Technology Research