BORN GLOBAL: Growth and Internationalization Strategies of Infocom SMEs - Business Models, Cooperation, Resources and Intellectual Property Rights

Co-operation Between Service Providing SMEs and Operator in Telecommunication Sector

Global Network Management (GNM)

Internet, brands and magazines (IBM)

Online innovations and firm capabilities

Online Triathlon

STEPS- Internationalization Steps for Software Product Businesses

Ellonen, H-K., Kuivalainen, O. & Tarkiainen, A. (2008). Research Reports 10: Internet, brändit ja aikakauslehdet

Kuivalainen, O., Lindqvist, J., Saarenketo, S. and Äijö, T. (2006). Conceptualizing international pathways of Finnish software firms. In Larimo, J. and Rumpunen, S. (ed.) Internationalization and Management of Foreign Operations, 15-34, Vaasan yliopiston julkaisuja. Selvityksiä ja raportteja 130, Vaasa 2006.

Ellonen, H.-K. and Kuivalainen, O. (2005). Magazine publishers and their online strategies. Working Paper 19, Working Paper Series of Technology Business Research Center, Lappeenranta University of Technology.

Kuivalainen, O., Lindqvist, J. and Saarenketo, S. (2005). High technology small firms and critical incidents in growth. High Technology Small Firms Conference, Manchester, May 26-27, 2005.

Kuivalainen, O., Lindqvist, J. and Saarenketo, S. (2005). Supporting international software entrepreneurship. The 8th McGill International Entrepreneurship Conference, Uddevalla, Sweden, September 15-17, 2005.

Kuivalainen, O., Lindqvist, J., Saarenketo, S. and Äijö, T. (2005). Conceptualizing international pathways of Finnish software firms. 8. Vaasa International Business Conference, Vaasa, Finland, August 21-23, 2005.

Kuivalainen, O. and Sundqvist, S. (2004). Does higher internationalization intensity lead towards better performance? In Larimo., J. and Rumpunen, S. (ed.) Recent European research on SME export behavior and internationalization. Proceedings of the University of Vaasa, Reports 111, 150-162.

Kuivalainen, O., Sundqvist, S. and Cadogan, J. (2004). High-tech, high turbulence, high performance? - The role of competitive environment in the relationship between technology intensity, customer orientation and export performance. 31st Annual conference of the Academy of International Business (AIB) UK chapter, University of Ulster, Magee Campus, April 23-24, 2004.

Kuivalainen, O., Sundqvist, S., Puumalainen, K. and Cadogan, J. (2004). The effect of environmental turbulence and leader characteristics on international performance: Are knowledge-based firms different? Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences, 21(1), 35-50.

Saarenketo, S., Puumalainen, K., Kuivalainen, O. and Kyläheiko, K. (2004). On dynamic knowledge-related learning processes in internationalizing high-tech SMEs. International Journal of Production Economics, 89, 363- 378.

Kuivalainen, O. (2003). Knowledge-based view of internationalisation – Studies on small and medium-sized information and communication technology firms. Lappeenranta University of Technology.

Kuivalainen, O., Kyläheiko, K., Puumalainen, K. and Saarenketo, S. (2003). Knowledge- based view on internationalization: Finnish telecom software suppliers as an example. In Von Zedtwitz, M., Haour, G., Khalil, T. and Lefebvre, L. (Ed) Management of technology: growth through business, innovation and entrepreneurship. Pergamon press: Oxford, 2003.

Saarenketo, S., Kuivalainen, O., Puumalainen, K. and Kyläheiko, K. (2003). Effects of technological knowledge on international performance – Evidence from Infocom SMEs. Forthcoming in Hosni, Y. and Khalil, T. (ed.) Internet Economy: Opportunities and Challenges for Developed and Developing Regions of the World. Elsevier Science ltd, 2004.

Saarenketo, S., Kuivalainen, O., Puumalainen, K., Sintonen, S and Kyläheiko, K. (2003). Effect of internal capabilities on internationalisation of the small information and communication technology firms. Proceedings of the conference on Organizational Knowledge, Learning and Capabilities (OKLC 2003), Barcelona, Spain, April 13-14, 2003.

Varis, J., Kuivalainen, O. and Saarenketo, S. (2003). Partner selection for international marketing and distribution in corporate new ventures. The 6th McGill Conference on International Entrepreneurship: Crossing Boundaries and Researching New Frontiers, University of Ulster, Magee Campus, Londonderry, Northern Ireland, September 19-22, 2003.

Kuivalainen, O., Asikainen, S.-K. and Puumalainen, K. (2002). Effect of environmental turbulence and leader characteristics on international performance: Are knowledge-based firms different? The 3rd Biennial McGill Conference on International Entrepreneurship, Montreal, Canada, September 13-16.

Saarenketo, S., Kuivalainen, O., Puumalainen, K. and Kyläheiko, K. (2002). Effects on technological knowledge on international performance – Evidence from Infocom SMEs.
Proceedings of IAMOT 2002, Miami, USA, March 10-14, 2002.

Varis, J., Kuivalainen, O., Saarenketo, S. and Sintonen, S. (2002). Contingency approach to partnering in internationalization of small information and communication technology companies.
Proceedings of 10th High Technology Small Firms Conference, Twente, Netherlands, June 10-11.

Blomqvist, K., Edelmann, J., Hurmelinna-Laukkanen, P., Kuivalainen, O., Niiranen, J., Reingoldt, T., Saarenketo, S. and Varis, O. (2001). Kumppanuudella kasvuun. (toim. Jari Varis) Telecom Business Research Center, 2001.

Kuivalainen, O., Kyläheiko, K., Puumalainen, K. and Saarenketo, S (2001). Knowledge-based view on internationalization: Finnish telecom software suppliers as an example. IAMOT 2001, Lausanne, March 19-22, 2001. Best paper award.

Kuivalainen, O., Kyläheiko, K., Puumalainen, K. and Saarenketo, S. (2001). Knowledge-based view on internationalization and effect of product / service types. Portland International Conference on Management of Engineering and Technology, (PICMET 2001), Portland (OR), USA, July 29 - August 2, 2001.

Kuivalainen, O., Kyläheiko, K., Puumalainen, K. and Saarenketo, S. (2001). Knowledge-based view on internationalization and effect of product/service types. In Kocaoglu, D. and Anderson, T. (ed.) TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT IN THE KNOWLEDGE AREA. Portland International Conference on Management of Engineering and Technology. IEEE Catalog Number 01CH37199, ISBN 1-890843-05-9.

Kuivalainen, O., Saarenketo, S. and Varis, J. (2001). Internationalization of systemic software producers – Use and selection of value-adding partners. Proceedings of 17th Annual IMP Conference, Oslo, Norway, September 11-13, 2001.

Reingoldt, T., Kuivalainen, O. and Saarenketo, S. (2001). Value networks in internationalization – The case of infocom service aggregators. Published in the Proceedings of ISPIM 2001 Conference, Lappeenranta University of Technology, Lappeenranta, Finland, June 18-20, 2001.

Saarenketo, S. and Kuivalainen, O. (2001). Infocom-yritys – syntynyt kansainväliseksi? (Infocom-firm – a born global?) In Varis, J. (ed.) Kumppanuudella kasvuun -käsikirja (Growth through Co-operation – handbook), Lappeenranta University of Technology, Telecom Business Research Center, Lappeenranta 2001. ISBN 951-764-529-5.

Saarenketo, S., Kuivalainen, O. and Puumalainen, K. (2001). Emergence of born global firms: Internationalization patterns of the Infocom SMEs as an example. Published in the Proceedings of Fourth McGill Conference on International Entrepreneurship, Strathclyde International Business Unit, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK, September 21-23, 2001.

Kuivalainen, O. (2000). Impact of the product characteristics in the internationalization processes of the born globals. The 8th Annual High-Technology Small Firms Conference, Twente, May 22-23, 2000.

Kuivalainen, O., Saarenketo, S. and Jääskeläinen, J. (2000). Creating value to the international network - The case of an e-commerce software producer and value added resellers. The 16th Annual IMP Conference, Bath, September 7-9, 2000.

Puumalainen, K., Varis, J., Saarenketo, S., Niiranen, J., Blomqvist, K., Kuivalainen, O., Kyläheiko, K., Porras, J., Virolainen, V.-M., Äijö, T. and Savolainen, P. (2000). Research Reports 3. Tietoliikennetoimialan PK-lisäarvopalvelutuottajat Suomessa - Tutkimusraportti.

Kuivalainen, O., Äijö, T., Saarenketo, S., Lindqvist, J. and Hanninen, H. (2005). Internationalization handbook for software business. Centre of Expertise for Software Product Business, 204 p.