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Overview

Aino Kianto is affiliated with Lappeenranta University of Technology in Finland. Their research primarily spans the fields of Business, Management and Accounting, with additional contributions to Social Sciences. Within these areas, Kianto has concentrated on several subfields, including Strategy and Management, Communication, Management of Technology and Innovation, Management Information Systems, and Artificial Intelligence.

The main topics covered in Kianto's work include:

  • Intellectual Capital and Performance Analysis
  • Innovation and Knowledge Management
  • Knowledge Management and Sharing
  • Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences
  • Organizational and Employee Performance
  • Corporate Finance and Governance
  • Technology Adoption and User Behaviour

Kianto has contributed to academic literature through publications in various venues. The frequent publication venues include:

  • European Conference on Knowledge Management
  • Journal of Business Research
  • Knowledge Management Research & Practice
  • VINE Journal of Information and Knowledge Management Systems
  • Knowledge and Process Management

Their recent papers feature the following titles and publication details:

  • Knowledge sharing, intellectual capital and organizational results in SMES: are they related? (2020, Journal of Intellectual Capital)
  • Does country environment matter in the relationship between intellectual capital and innovation performance? (2021, Journal of Business Research)
  • Knowledge-friendly organisational culture and performance: A meta-analysis (2021, Journal of Business Research)
  • Demystifying the link between knowledge management capability and innovation ambidexterity: organizational structure as a moderator (2022, Business Process Management Journal)
  • The neglected role of knowledge assets interplay in the pursuit of organisational ambidexterity (2022, Technovation)

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated multiple times with Kianto include:

  • Mika Vanhala
  • Sladjana Cabrilo
  • Gang Liu
  • Eric Tsui
  • Henri Hussinki

In addition to journal articles, Kianto has authored a book titled Futurizing Intellectual Capital, published by Springer International Publishing, expected in 2025.

Best Publications

  • Knowledge-based human resource management practices, intellectual capital and innovation☆

    Aino Kianto;Josune Sáenz;Nekane Aramburu

  • Does knowledge management really matter? Linking knowledge management practices, competitiveness and economic performance

    Tatiana Andreeva;Aino Kianto

  • Knowledge processes, knowledge‐intensity and innovation: a moderated mediation analysis

    Tatiana Andreeva;Aino Kianto

  • The impact of knowledge management on job satisfaction

    Aino Kianto;Mika Vanhala;Pia Heilmann

  • The interaction of intellectual capital assets and knowledge management practices in organizational value creation

    Aino Kianto;Paavo Ritala;John-Christopher Spender;Mika Vanhala

  • Knowledge management practices and innovation performance in Finland

    Henri Tapio Inkinen;Aino Kianto;Mika Vanhala

  • Intellectual capital, knowledge management practices and firm performance

    Henri Hussinki;Paavo Ritala;Mika Vanhala;Aino Kianto

  • Intellectual capital in service‐ and product‐oriented companies

    Aino Kianto;Pia Hurmelinna‐Laukkanen;Paavo Ritala

  • Knowledge sharing and individual work performance: an empirical study of a public sector organisation

    Kaisa Henttonen;Aino Kianto;Paavo Ritala

  • Knowledge management and business performance: global experts’ views on future research needs

    Peter Heisig;Olunifesi Adekunle Suraj;Aino Kianto;Cosmas Kemboi

  • The impact of intellectual capital management on company competitiveness and financial performance

    Aino Kianto;Tatiana Andreeva;Yaroslav Pavlov

  • Knowledge management strategies, intellectual capital, and innovation performance: a comparison between high- and low-tech firms

    Marta Buenechea-Elberdin;Josune Sáenz;Aino Kianto

  • What do we really mean by the dynamic dimension of intellectual capital

    Aino Kianto

  • The impact of knowledge management on knowledge worker productivity

    Aino Kianto;Muhammad Shujahat;Saddam Hussain;Faisal Nawaz

  • Development and validation of a survey instrument for measuring organisational renewal capability

    Aino Kianto

  • Assessing the universality of knowledge management practices

    Henri Hussinki;Aino Kianto;Mika Vanhala;Paavo Ritala

  • Structure of intellectual capital – an international comparison

    Henri Inkinen;Aino Kianto;Mika Vanhala;Paavo Ritala

  • Linking social capital to organizational growth

    Aino Kianto;Jussi Waajakoski

  • When the fit between HR practices backfires: Exploring the interaction effects between rewards for and appraisal of knowledge behaviours on innovation

    Tatiana Andreeva;Mika Vanhala;Anastasia Sergeeva;Paavo Ritala

  • Knowledge sharing, intellectual capital and organizational results in SMES: are they related?

    Mírian Oliveira;Carla Curado;Andrea Raymundo Balle;Aino Kianto

  • USING INTELLECTUAL CAPITAL MANAGEMENT FOR FACILITATING ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE

    Antti Lönnqvist;Aino Kianto;Virpi Sillanpää

  • Does knowledge management reallymatter? Linking knowledge managementpractices, competitiveness and economicperformance

    Tatiana Andreeva;Aino Kianto

Frequent Co-Authors

Paavo Ritala
Paavo Ritala Lappeenranta University of Technology
John S. Edwards
John S. Edwards Aston University
Pia Hurmelinna-Laukkanen
Pia Hurmelinna-Laukkanen University of Oulu
Susanne Durst
Susanne Durst Reykjavík University

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