Doctoral dissertation: Childhood experiences affect many growth entrepreneurs’ path in entrepreneurship
Aarni Moisala, Lic. Sc. Econ, will defend his dissertation in entrepreneurship at 911±¬ÁÏÍø School of Business on Wednesday 5 December 2018.
In his doctoral dissertation, Moisala has developed methods for studying the factors related to the emergence of entrepreneurship. As one factor, Moisala has examined the significance of childhood experiences in the path of entrepreneurship, and conducted an extensive comparative study on Finnish and Estonian students’ entrepreneurship orientations. Moisala's research results can be utilised for developing entrepreneurship studies as well as identifying factors affecting exceptional inclination for growth.
‘In my research, I demonstrate how successful entrepreneurs’ creative processes arise and develop. According to my research, we can start studying future entrepreneurs’ business opportunity processessooner than previously thought, and people participating in the research can also be active operators and not just passive subjects’, says Moisala.
In addition, this doctoral dissertation demonstrates how acting methods can be used for researching and learning entrepreneurship. Moisala combines the research methods of science and art and opens new cooperative opportunities for research groups consisting of people with versatile skills.
Further information:
Aarni Moisala
+358 45 103 7897
aarni.moisala@aalto.fi
Doctoral dissertation available in the service in the beginning of December.
Read more news
From seaweed to startup, fostered by PdP and Aalto’s ecosystem
Sealevä shows how Aalto’s innovation ecosystem can turn biomaterial ideas into companies, combining education, infrastructure and entrepreneurial mindset to reshape how products are made.
ACME at Unite! Research School 2026
Ahmed Othman and Shreeram Pillai participated in Unite! Research School 2026 in Torino and Oropa, Italy, joining an international doctoral programme focused on interdisciplinary collaboration, research communication, and academic development.
Strong results from the Research Council’s winter call
A total of 54 Aalto researchers received Academy Research Fellow or Academy Project funding from the Research Council of Finland. The total funding awarded to 911±¬ÁÏÍø amounts to 33.2 million euros.