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Department
Département
Entrepreneurship, Strategy & Innovation
Teaching areas
Domaine d’enseignement
Entrepreneurship
Research methods
Research areas
Domaine de recherche
Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Organization Studies
Biography
Biographie
Virva Salmivaara examines the intersection of entrepreneurship and global challenges, such as climate change, demographic shifts, and inequality.
She has conducted projects and policy reports for the United Nations, for Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the European Commission on inclusive entrepreneurship.
Prior to joining academia, Virva Salmivaara worked in public and investor relations in the corporate and public sectors.
Diplomas
Doctorate of Business Administration, Entrepreneurship
Aalto University School of Business, Helsinki
(2017)
Master of Business Administration, Entrepreneurship
Helsinki School of Economics, Helsinki
(2008)
Master of Social and Human Sciences, Communication
University of Helsinki, Helsinki
(2002)
Experiences
Visiting External Researcher
Saïd Business School - Oxford University, Oxford
2019 - 2019
Visiting External Researcher
EM Lyon, Lyon
2019 - 2019
Policy Consultant
United Nations Organization, New York
2018 - 2018
Post-Doctoral Researcher
Aalto University School of Business, Helsinki
2018 - 2021
Coordinator for project funded by the European Regional Development Fund, Finland
2018 - 2020
Policy Consultant
OECD, Paris
Since 2016
Doctoral Student
Aalto University School of Business, Helsinki
2013 - 2017
Senior Vice President and several other positions in Corporate Communications
YIT Corporation
2003 - 2013
Communications
Ministry of Finance
2002 - 2002
Communications
University of Helsinki
2001 - 2002
Publications
Published
MUNOZ P., FARNY S., KIBLER E., SALMIVAARA V., (2024). How founders harness tensions in hybrid venture development.
Business and Society, 63 (8), 1842-1886
KIBLER E., SIREN C., MARESCH D., SALMIVAARA V., FINK M., (2024). Aging and Entrepreneurs’ Emotional Exhaustion: The Role of Entrepreneurial Strategy, Psychological Capital, and Felt Age Gap.
Journal of Business Venturing, 39 (5), 106418
MURMANN M., SALMIVAARA V., KIBLER E., (2023). How does late-career entrepreneurship relate to innovation?.
Research Policy, 52 (6), 104763
KIBLER E., MANDL C., FARNY S., SALMIVAARA V., (2021). Post-Failure Impression Management: A Typology of Entrepreneurs’ Public Narratives After Business Closure.
Human Relations, 74 (2), 286-318
SALMIVAARA V., HEIKKILÄ J.-P., (2021). MEGE—An Educational Partnership Supporting Migrant Entrepreneurship.
Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 25 (4), 119-132
SALMIVAARA V., KIBLER E., (2020). “Rhetoric Mix” of Argumentations: How Policy Rhetoric Conveys Meaning of Entrepreneurship for Sustainable Development.
Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice, 44 (4), 700-732
KIBLER E., SALMIVAARA V., STENHOLM P., TERJESEN S., (2018). The Evaluative Legitimacy of Social Entrepreneurship in Capitalist Welfare Systems.
Journal of World Business, 53 (6), 944-957
Forthcoming
KIBLER E., SALMIVAARA V., LUTMAN-WHITE E., FARNY S., ANGOURI J., (2025). Collectively Committing to ‘What Is Interesting’ in Qualitative Research: A methodological application of interactional sociolinguistics.
Organization Studies
SALMIVAARA V., MUNOZ P., KIBLER E., MAIR J., (2023). How does civil society shape the development of entrepreneurial places?.
SALMIVAARA V., (2021). Case Studies on Migrant Entrepreneurship (OECD).
SALMIVAARA V., (2020). World Youth Report 2020 on Youth Social Entrepreneurship and the 2030 Agenda. Chapter 2: Youth Development and Participation. (United Nations).
CHLIOVA M., FARNY S., SALMIVAARA V., (2018). A Background Paper: Supporting Refugees in Entrepreneurship. (OECD).
SALMIVAARA V., KAUTONEN T., KIBLER E., (2016). Supporting business creation from unemployment in Finland. Rapid Policy Assessment of Inclusive Entrepreneurship Policies and Programmes. (OECD).
SALMIVAARA V., KAUTONEN T., (2016). Country level assessments of inclusive entrepreneurship policies and programmes (Finland). (OECD).
Scientific activities
Associate Editor of an academic journal
Technological Forecasting and Social Change
2024
Reviewer for an academic journal
Journal of Business Ethics
2024
Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice
2024
Journal of Management Studies
2023
Human Relations
2023
European Management Journal
2023
International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior and Research
2022
Baltic Journal of Management
2022
Small Business Economics
2022
Entrepreneurship and Regional Development
2021
Technological Forecasting & Social Change
2021
International Small Business Journal
2019
Journal of Social Entrepreneurship
2019
Journal of Business Venturing Insights
2019
IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management
2018
Social Enterprise Journal
2018
Organisation and Environment
2016
Awards and honors
Entrepreneurship Research Recognition Award, 2024
Newhall Entrepreneurship Research Impact Award, 2019
Best Paper Award at Entrepreneurship Summer University, 2016