Projects per year
Organization profile
Our research group turns food for thought into action. We consider our food-research to be an interdisciplinary challenge toward a sustainable future, in social, economic, and environmental terms. We therefore aim to contribute toward a better understanding of managerial, economic and behavioural issues in food systems, their firms and managers, focusing on three themes. First, the role, functioning and sustainability of food value chains and regional firm clusters, with a focus on inter-firm alliance management, regional specialization and a life-cycle perspective of assessing environmental issues. Second, we aim to improve our understanding of sustainability in the context of network structures and network dynamics, considering not only individual-level networks but also organizational networks and their embedded norms (social capital). Third, we take issue at innovation in food systems, focusing on the management and performance of both organizational innovations and information sharing in food systems. To address these three areas, we combine our backgrounds in economics, management and psychology, attempting to apply both quantitative and qualitative approaches.
Fields of Science
- 512 Business and Management
- Organizational Performance
- Food Business
- Social Capital
- 511 Economics
- Food Economics
- Social Networks and Sustainability in Agri-Food Value Chains
International and National Collaboration
Profiles
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Hannele Suvanto
- Ruralia Institute, Seinäjoki - Doctoral Researcher
- Management & Organizations For Sustainable Food Systems
Person: U1 Research and teaching staff, UH, Extern
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Tuija Virtanen
- Department of Economics and Management - Title of Docent, University Lecturer
- Management & Organizations For Sustainable Food Systems
- Doctoral Programme in Food Chain and Health - Supervisor for doctoral programme
Person: U3 Research and teaching staff, UH
Equipment
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Head of research group, Management & Organizations For Sustainable Food Systems
Prof. Bodo Steiner, PhD (Manager)
Department of Economics and ManagementFacility/equipment: Core Facility
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YDIRE– Through cooperation and digitalisation towards resilience in short food supply chains
01/01/2022 → 31/08/2023
Project: Other project
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Innovations of Green Economy - Boosting the Cooperation of Public and Private Sector in South Ostrobothnia (VITALI)
Lähdesmäki, M., Viitaharju, L., Suvanto, H. & Trogen, A.
01/09/2021 → 31/03/2023
Project: Other project
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Improving the welfare of cattle and nature with traditional rural biotopes (Perinnebiotoopeilla hyvinvointia luonnolle ja naudoille)
Steiner, PhD, P. B. & Wallenius, E. S. M.
03/05/2021 → 30/04/2023
Project: Research project
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Developing customer orientation in short supply chains (ASKEL)
Lähdesmäki, M., Suvanto, H., Viitaharju, L. & Trogen, A.
01/10/2019 → 31/05/2022
Project: Other project
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KUMAKKA – Sustainability, competitiveness and appreciation for agriculture by community supported agriculture
Väisänen, H., Mynttinen, R., Uusitalo, E., Suvanto, H., Viitaharju, L., Rännäri, S., Mantere, N. & Hillebrandt, A. C.
01/10/2019 → 31/12/2022
Project: Other project
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Publications
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Assessing the effects of a deliberate policy mix: The case of technology and innovation advisory services and innovation vouchers
Caloffi, A., Freo, M., Ghinoi, S., Mariani, M. & Rossi, F., 25 Apr 2022, In: Research Policy. 51, 6Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Herkullinen mahdollisuus - Asiakkaista kumppaneita lihatiloille
Suvanto, H. & Mynttinen, R., 2022, In: Limousin (Suomen Limousinkasvattajat ry:n lehti). p. 1Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Professional
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Introducing the sustainability framework of ‘external control’ in interfirm control
Chakhovich, T. & Virtanen, T., 24 Mar 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: South Asian journal of business and management cases. Special Issue, 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Kumppanuutta pellolla
Suvanto, H., 19 Apr 2022, In: Ilkka-Pohjalainen.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › General public
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Accountability for sustainability: An institutional entrepreneur as the representative of future stakeholders
Chakhovich, T. & Virtanen, T., 6 Dec 2021, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Critical Perspectives on Accounting. 102399 .Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Open Access
Activities
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Syötävän hyviä kuvia! – Ruokatuotteiden visualisointi ja tarinallistaminen pientuottajan toiminnassa
Hannele Suvanto (Speaker: Presenter), Leena Viitaharju (Member of organizing committee) & Merja Lähdesmäki (Member of organizing committee)
20 Apr 2022Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
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Lähiruokailmiö REKO yhdistää
Hannele Suvanto (Speaker)
30 Mar 2022Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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Erotu tarinallistamalla
Hannele Suvanto (Member of organizing committee), Leena Viitaharju (Member of organizing committee) & Merja Lähdesmäki (Member of organizing committee)
5 Apr 2022Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
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Työpaja REKO-ylläpitäjille
Hannele Suvanto (Speaker: Presenter), Leena Viitaharju (Speaker: Presenter) & Merja Lähdesmäki (Member of organizing committee)
21 Feb 2022Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
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Supervision of Doctoral candidate Leonie Langeneck, in the doctoral programme "FOOD CHAIN AND HEALTH"
Prof. Bodo Steiner, PhD (Supervisor), Stefano Ghinoi (Co-supervisor) & Teemu Makkonen (Co-supervisor)
2021 → 2025Activity: Examination types › Supervisor or co-supervisor of doctoral thesis
Prizes
Press / Media
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Maukasta, tuoretta ja läheltä – suoramyynti ja kumppanuusmaatalous kasvattavat suosiotaan
11/10/2021
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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