Hannu Kärkkäinen

Hannu Kärkkäinen is Professor of Knowledge Management at the Department of Business Information Management and Logistics at Tampere University of Technology in Finland, and Docent of Knowledge Management at Lappeenranta University of Technology.

His current research interests include knowledge management and decision making in innovation, organizational learning, the early-phase management of R&D, customer needs assessment in business-to-business organizations, and the co-operation and value networks in product innovation. He has published a number of refereed international journal articles in journals like International Journal of Technology Management, R&D Management and International Journal of Production Economics, as well as books and other publications on the above research topics.