TORNIKOSKI Erno

Education

Docteur en Sciences de Gestion (2005), IAE-AIX-ESSEC.

Doctor in Economics and Business Administration (2005), University of Vaasa, Finland.

European Entrepreneurship Colloquium on Participant-Centred Learning (2007), Harvard Business School.

Minor topic in Education & Pedagogy (2005), Tampere University, Finland.

Experience

Erno T. Tornikoski is the Dean of the Faculty at the Saint-Etienne School of Management since September 2009. Before joining SESOM, he was an Associate Professor in Entrepreneurship at EMLYON Business School (2007-8/2009), Principle Lecturer in Entrepreneurship at Seinäjoki University of Applied Sciences (2003-2006), and Research Fellow at ESSEC New Business Center (2002). He was one of the founders of the entrepreneurship research team in Seinäjoki, and the Center for Research in New Venture Creation and Growth at EMLYON Business School.

Research and Publication

Erno T. Tornikoski’s most recent research work focuses on the development of entrepreneurial intentions among general population, new venture creation, and new venture growth. He has been the member of Academy of Management and its Entrepreneurship Division since 2000. He has presented research papers in Academy of Management Conference, Babson Conference, EURAM, ICSB, EGOS, RENT, and IECER.

[1] Kautonen, T., Kibler, E. & Tornikoski, E. (Forthcoming). Age norms and entrepreneurial intentions in the third age. Small Business Economics.

[2] Kautonen, T., Luoto, S. & Tornikoski, E. (Forthcoming). The influence of work history on entrepreneurial intentions in ‘prime age’ and ‘third age’ : A preliminary study. International Small Business Journal.

[3] Tornikoski, E. (2009). Legitimating behaviors and firm emergence : A resource dependence perspective. The International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, 5(2) : 121-138.

[4] Tornikoski, E., & Kautonen, T. (2009) Enterprise in sunset career ? Entrepreneurial intentions in the ageing population. International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, 8(2) : 278-291.

[5] Tornikoski, E. & V. Puhakka (2009). Exploring Firm Emergence : Initially Conditioned or Actively Created ? International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, 7(1) : 123-138.

[6] Kohtamäki, M., E. Tornikoski & E. Varamäki (2009). Strategic management competence of small and medium sized growth companies. International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, 7(1) : 139-150.

[7] Tornikoski, E. Legitimating characteristics and firm emergence (2008). Journal of Enterprising Culture, 16(3) : 233-256.

[8] Tornikoski, E. & S. Newbert (2007). Exploring determinants of organizational emergence : A legitimacy perspective. Journal of Business Venturing, 22(2), 311-335.

[9] Tornikoski, E. & S. Newbert (2007). Personal networks, networking activity, and organizational emergence. Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research, 27(7), Article #2, Wellesley, MA : Babson College.