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Karlos Artto

Karlos Artto

D-Index & Metrics

Business and Management

D-Index
35
Citations
6389
World Ranking
2185
National Ranking
27

Overview

Karlos Artto is affiliated with Aalto University in Finland and specializes in research that intersects business, management, and decision sciences. Their work predominantly focuses on key areas such as construction project management and performance, innovation and knowledge management, quality and supply management, public procurement and policy, and corruption and economic development.

Their publication record includes multiple papers in prominent venues, with notable frequent appearances in the International Journal of Project Management as well as contributions to the SSRN Electronic Journal.

  • The grand challenge: Effective anti-corruption measures in projects (2022, International Journal of Project Management)
  • When project outcomes matter: Organizational integration in managing long-term target benefits (2024, International Journal of Project Management)
  • What Project-Based Organizations Can Learn from Lean Startups: Managing Solution Deliveries as Joint Innovation Projects with the Customer (2025, SSRN Electronic Journal)

Artto collaborates with several coauthors including Jere Lehtinen, Giorgio Locatelli, Tristano Sainati, Barbara Evans, and Tom Olsson. These collaborations span various aspects of project management and organizational studies.

  • Jere Lehtinen
  • Giorgio Locatelli
  • Tristano Sainati
  • Barbara Evans
  • Tom Olsson

The core fields of study for Artto include Business, Management and Accounting, supported by Decision Sciences. Subfields of research often touch upon Management Science and Operations Research, Strategy and Management, Management Information Systems, and Sociology and Political Science.

  • Business, Management and Accounting
  • Decision Sciences

  • Management Science and Operations Research
  • Strategy and Management
  • Management Information Systems
  • Sociology and Political Science

The main topics that define Artto's research trajectory encompass issues related to construction project management and performance, innovation approaches within projects, the interplay of quality and supply management, policies governing public procurement, and the challenges of corruption in economic development contexts.

  • Construction Project Management and Performance
  • Innovation and Knowledge Management
  • Quality and Supply Management
  • Public Procurement and Policy
  • Corruption and Economic Development

Best Publications

  • Problems in managing internal development projects in multi-project environments

    Suvi Elonen;Karlos A. Artto

  • Intelligent products: a step towards a more effective project delivery chain

    Mikko Kärkkäinen;Jan Holmström;Kary Främling;Karlos Artto

  • Business models in project business

    Kim Wikström;Karlos Artto;Jaakko Kujala;Jonas Söderlund

  • What is project strategy

    Karlos Artto;Jaakko Kujala;Perttu Dietrich;Miia Martinsuo

  • A new governance approach for multi-firm projects: Lessons from Olkiluoto 3 and Flamanville 3 nuclear power plant projects

    Inkeri Ruuska;Tuomas Ahola;Karlos Artto;Giorgio Locatelli

  • What is project governance and what are its origins

    Tuomas Ahola;Inkeri Ruuska;Karlos Artto;Jaakko Kujala

  • The integrative role of the project management office in the front end of innovation

    Karlos Artto;Iiro Kulvik;Jarno Poskela;Virpi Turkulainen

  • Business models in project-based firms - Towards a typology of solution-specific business models

    Saara Kujala;Karlos Artto;Pertti Aaltonen;Virpi Turkulainen

  • Foundations of program management: A bibliometric view

    Karlos Artto;Miia Martinsuo;Hans George Gemünden;Jarkko Murtoaro

  • What is project business

    Karlos A. Artto;Kim Wikström

  • Strategic Business Management through Multiple Projects

    Karlos A. Artto;Perttu H. Dietrich

  • Project business as a research field

    Karlos Artto;Jaakko Kujala

  • From the front end of projects to the back end of operations: Managing projects for value creation throughout the system lifecycle

    Karlos Artto;Tuomas Ahola;Valtteri Vartiainen

  • Managing inter-organizational networks for value creation in the front-end of projects

    Juri Matinheikki;Karlos Artto;Antti Peltokorpi;Risto Rajala

  • Dimensions of distance in a project network: Exploring Olkiluoto 3 nuclear power plant project

    Inkeri Ruuska;Karlos Artto;Kirsi Aaltonen;Päivi Lehtonen

  • Project strategy: strategy types and their contents in innovation projects

    Karlos Artto;Miia Martinsuo;Perttu Dietrich;Jaakko Kujala

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

    Henrikki Tikkanen;Jaakko Kujala;Karlos Artto

  • Project-Based Management as an Organizational Innovation: Drivers, Changes, and Benefits of Adopting Project-Based Management:

    Miia Martinsuo;Nicole Hensman;Karlos Artto;Jaakko Kujala

  • Change decisions in product development projects

    Wolfgang Steffens;Miia Martinsuo;Karlos Artto

  • Impact of services on project business

    Karlos Artto;Kim Wikström;Magnus Hellström;Jaakko Kujala

Frequent Co-Authors

Jaakko Kujala
Jaakko Kujala University of Oulu
Kirsi Aaltonen
Kirsi Aaltonen University of Oulu
Miia Martinsuo
Miia Martinsuo University of Turku
Risto Rajala
Risto Rajala Aalto University
Raymond E. Levitt
Raymond E. Levitt Stanford University
Derek H.T. Walker
Derek H.T. Walker RMIT University
Andrew Davies
Andrew Davies University of Sussex
Henrikki Tikkanen
Henrikki Tikkanen Aalto University
Casper Lassenius
Casper Lassenius Aalto University
Jan Holmström
Jan Holmström Aalto University

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