Publication Authors: Sampo Tukiainen

Jukka I. Mattila, Anu Nuut, Sampo Tukiainen, Erkki Ormala

Consultants and technological and management consultancy are a part of systemic relationships between invention, innovation and in particular the institutions which are present in a geographical or sectoral space which support and moderate the behavior of innovation actors. The purpose of this paper is to examine how companies use the help of consultancy as part […]

IN: Proceedings IFKAD 2017 – Knowledge Management in the 21st Century: Resilience, Creativity and Co-creation
1099-1107
Sami Kajalo, Sampo Tukiainen, Jukka I. Mattila

The purpose of this paper is to examine how management consulting is linked to the performance of the firm. We claim that the acquiring consulting services in order to gain expertise or Best Practices improves the customer’s decision and finally leads to better organizational performance. The theoretical model consisted of six theoretical constructs about the […]

IN: Proceedings IFKAD 2016 – Towards a New Architecture of Knowledge: Big Data, Culture and Creativity
442-454
Jukka Mattila, Ewa Kicinska, Sampo Tukiainen

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to increase understanding of the reciprocal nature of the client-consultant relationship in management consulting. Although different aspects of the client–consultant relationship have been addressed – including interaction between client and consultant (Fincham, 1999; Pellegrinelli, 2002; Werr and Styhre, 2002), the multitude of roles of both the client […]

IN: Proceedings IFKAD 2014 – Knowledge and Management Models for Sustainable Growth
1164-1182