2026 Henrikki Tikkanen: Business and Management Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Business and Management	36	2075	1950	23	23	159	5838

Overview

Henrikki Tikkanen is affiliated with Aalto University in Finland and conducts research primarily in the field of Business, Management, and Accounting. Their work spans several subfields including Marketing, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Sociology and Political Science, Philosophy, and Cognitive Neuroscience.

The research topics Henrikki Tikkanen addresses include:

Consumer Market Behavior and Pricing
Management and Organizational Studies
Media, Religion, Digital Communication
Religion, Ecology, and Ethics
Neuroethics, Human Enhancement, Biomedical Innovations
Innovation Diffusion and Forecasting
Customer churn and segmentation

Tikkanen has authored or coauthored several papers, with recent publications that demonstrate a focus on marketing management and business history. Key recent papers include:

"Mapping the absence: a theological critique of posthumanist influences in marketing and consumer research," 2020, Journal of Marketing Management
"Is this company a lead customer? Estimating stages of B2B buying journey," 2021, Industrial Marketing Management
"Online content match-making in B2B markets: Application of neural content modeling," 2021, Industrial Marketing Management
"Chance, Strategy, and Change: The Structure of Contingency in the Evolution of the Nokia Corporation, 1986-2015," 2023, Academy of Management Discoveries
"Towards Americanisation and the corporate university in an elite business school: A leadership history of the Helsinki School of Economics/Aalto University School of Business, 1974-2022," 2023, Business History

Their frequent coauthors include researchers such as Juha-Antti Lamberg, Neda Barzegar Marvasti, Iiro Vaniala, Bikesh Raj Upreti, and Pekka Malo. These collaborations often focus on advancing knowledge within marketing and organizational behavior contexts.

Henrikki Tikkanen publishes predominantly in venues connected to management and marketing scholarship. The main publication venues include:

Academy of Management Proceedings
Industrial Marketing Management
Journal of Marketing Management
Academy of Management Discoveries
Business History

Tikkanen's research integrates interdisciplinary perspectives, touching on ethics, religion, and digital communication alongside traditional business studies. The combination of historical analyses, such as the study of corporate evolution and leadership history, with marketing and consumer behavior, highlights a diverse academic profile.

Best Publications

Managerial cognition, action and the business model of the firm

Henrikki Tikkanen;Juha‐Antti Lamberg;Petri Parvinen;Juha‐Pekka Kallunki

650
Citations
Business model innovation vs replication: financial performance implications of strategic emphases

Jaakko Aspara;Joel Hietanen;Henrikki Tikkanen

390
Citations
Corporate Business Model Transformation and Inter-Organizational Cognition : The Case of Nokia

Jaakko Aspara;Juha-Antti Lamberg;Arjo Laukia;Henrikki Tikkanen;Henrikki Tikkanen

373
Citations
Strategic management of business model transformation: lessons from Nokia

Jaakko Aspara;Juha‐Antti Lamberg;Arjo Laukia;Henrikki Tikkanen

282
Citations
What Counts Versus What Can Be Counted: The Complex Interplay of Market Orientation and Marketing Performance Measurement

Johanna Frösén;Jukka Luoma;Matti Jaakkola;Henrikki Tikkanen;Henrikki Tikkanen

254
Citations
Competitive dynamics, strategic consistency, and organizational survival

Juha-Antti Lamberg;Henrikki Tikkanen;Tomi Nokelainen;Henri Suur-Inkeroinen

240
Citations
The role of communication in business relationships and networks

Rami Olkkonen;Henrikki Tikkanen;Kimmo Alajoutsijärvi

232
Citations
Exploring virtual worlds: success factors in virtual world marketing

Henrikki Tikkanen;Joel Hietanen;Tuomas Henttonen;Joonas Rokka

221
Citations
Market orientation, innovation capability and business performance: Insights from the global financial crisis

Juho Petteri Huhtala;Antti Sihvonen;Johanna Frösén;Matti Jaakkola

212
Citations
Knowledge creation and business format franchising

Arto Lindblom;Henrikki Tikkanen

164
Citations
Sponsorship as relationships and networks: implications for research

Rami Olkkonen;Henrikki Tikkanen;Kimmo Alajoutsijärvi

157
Citations
The marketing strategy of a project-based firm: The Four Portfolios Framework

Henrikki Tikkanen;Jaakko Kujala;Karlos Artto

146
Citations
Relationships and project marketing success

Maria Anne Skaates;Henrikki Tikkanen;Jarno Lindblom

145
Citations
The network approach in analyzing international marketing and purchasing operations: a case study of a European SME’s focal net 1992‐95

Henrikki Tikkanen

131
Citations
"International Project Marketing: An Introduction to the INPM Approach"

Maria Anne Skaates;Henrikki Tikkanen

126
Citations
The Concept Of Satisfaction in Industrial Markets

Henrikki Tikkanen;Kimmo Alajoutsijärvi;Jaana Tähtinen

115
Citations
Customer relationships and the small software firm: A framework for understanding challenges faced in marketing

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110
Citations
Struggles in organizational attempts to adopt new branding logics: the case of a marketizing university

Jaakko Aspara;Hanna-Mari Aula;Janne Tienari;Henrikki Tikkanen

101
Citations
Marketing mix and customer equity of SPA brands:Cross-cultural perspectives

Chang Han Lee;Eunju Ko;Henrikki Tikkanen;Michel Cao Tuan Phan

92
Citations
Customer satisfaction in industrial markets: opening up the concept

Henrikki Tikkanen;Kimmo Alajoutsijärvi

90
Citations
Significance of corporate brand for business-to-business companies

Jaakko Aspara;Henrikki Tikkanen

79
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Samuel Kaski Aalto University

Janne Tienari Hanken School of Economics

Mika Pettersson University of Jyväskylä

Karlos Artto Aalto University

Xueming Luo Temple University

Eunju Ko Yonsei University

Jaakko Kujala University of Oulu

External Links

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