Tero Rantala

2.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
55 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Tero Rantala is a scholar working on Strategy and Management, Marketing and Management Information Systems. According to data from OpenAlex, Tero Rantala has authored 55 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Strategy and Management, 20 papers in Marketing and 15 papers in Management Information Systems. Recurrent topics in Tero Rantala's work include Innovation and Knowledge Management (13 papers), Digital Transformation in Industry (12 papers) and Sustainable Supply Chain Management (11 papers). Tero Rantala is often cited by papers focused on Innovation and Knowledge Management (13 papers), Digital Transformation in Industry (12 papers) and Sustainable Supply Chain Management (11 papers). Tero Rantala collaborates with scholars based in Finland. Tero Rantala's co-authors include Juhani Ukko, Minna Saunila, Mina Nasiri, Jouni Havukainen, Hannu Rantanen, Satu Parjanen, Sanna Pekkola, Sanni Väisänen, Lea Hannola and Juha Kortelainen and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Cleaner Production, European Journal of Operational Research and Journal of Business Research.

In The Last Decade

Tero Rantala

49 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Managing the digital supply chain: The role of smart technologies

2020 378 citations Mina Nasiri, Juhani Ukko et al. profile →
Sustainability as a driver of green innovation investment and exploitation

2017 305 citations Minna Saunila, Juhani Ukko et al. Journal of Cleaner Production profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Tero Rantala Finland	20	955	642	393	338	312	55	1.9k
Rosa Palladino Italy	18	963 1.0×	512 0.8×	385 1.0×	306 0.9×	277 0.9×	28	2.4k
René Bohnsack Portugal	16	939 1.0×	475 0.7×	376 1.0×	385 1.1×	426 1.4×	33	2.2k
Lara Bartocci Liboni Brazil	19	968 1.0×	695 1.1×	379 1.0×	295 0.9×	145 0.5×	60	1.8k
Lixu Li China	30	947 1.0×	455 0.7×	612 1.6×	277 0.8×	165 0.5×	60	2.4k
Romana Rauter Austria	15	1.6k 1.6×	1.1k 1.7×	376 1.0×	351 1.0×	309 1.0×	34	2.6k
Marcelo Nogueira Cortimiglia Brazil	24	1.3k 1.4×	1.1k 1.6×	336 0.9×	231 0.7×	404 1.3×	50	2.4k
Cinzia Battistella Italy	25	1.2k 1.2×	573 0.9×	308 0.8×	282 0.8×	617 2.0×	66	2.4k
Luca Dezi Italy	18	1.2k 1.2×	346 0.5×	343 0.9×	181 0.5×	508 1.6×	34	2.2k
Maximilian Palmié Switzerland	20	844 0.9×	350 0.5×	289 0.7×	214 0.6×	344 1.1×	38	1.7k
Karl Warner United Kingdom	1	862 0.9×	241 0.4×	364 0.9×	499 1.5×	391 1.3×	2	1.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Tero Rantala

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tero Rantala

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All Works

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Saunila, Minna, et al.. (2025). Striving for Sustainability Performance Through Digital Platforms and Advanced Collaboration in Digital Transformation. Business Strategy and the Environment. 35(1). 665–680.

Saunila, Minna, Tero Rantala, & Juhani Ukko. (2025). Artificial intelligence-driven digital servitization: The importance of platform characteristics and firm-level factors. Industrial Marketing Management. 130. 35–45. 1 indexed citations

Ukko, Juhani, et al.. (2025). Leadership behaviours to promote organisational performance in private sector digital transformation – A systematic literature review. Econstor (Econstor). 5(2). 100155–100155.

Saunila, Minna, et al.. (2024). The interplay between smart technologies, business sustainability, and environmental sustainability: An empirical analysis of SMEs. Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management. 32(1). 835–848. 4 indexed citations

Ukko, Juhani, et al.. (2024). Diagnosing leadership – construction and validation of the leadership impact inventory. International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management. 73(11). 294–324.

Ukko, Juhani, et al.. (2023). The value of novel technologies in context to performance measurement and management: A systematic review and future research directions. 8(1). 100054–100054.

Kortelainen, Juha, et al.. (2022). On the alleviation of imminent technical and business challenges of long-lasting functional digital twins. Computers in Industry. 141. 103701–103701. 7 indexed citations

Ukko, Juhani, et al.. (2022). Digital twins’ impact on organizational control: perspectives on formal vs social control. Information Technology and People. 35(8). 253–272. 12 indexed citations

Parjanen, Satu & Tero Rantala. (2021). Building an open innovation platform as a part of city renewal initiatives. European Planning Studies. 29(12). 2165–2183. 11 indexed citations

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Nasiri, Mina, Juhani Ukko, Minna Saunila, Tero Rantala, & Hannu Rantanen. (2020). Digital-related capabilities and financial performance: the mediating effect of performance measurement systems. Technology Analysis and Strategic Management. 32(12). 1393–1406. 68 indexed citations

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Havukainen, Jouni, Sanni Väisänen, Tero Rantala, Minna Saunila, & Juhani Ukko. (2020). Environmental impacts of manure management based on life cycle assessment approach. Journal of Cleaner Production. 264. 121576–121576. 15 indexed citations

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Ukko, Juhani, Minna Saunila, & Tero Rantala. (2019). Connecting relational mechanisms to performance measurement in a digital service supply chain. Production Planning & Control. 31(2-3). 233–244. 20 indexed citations

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Rantala, Tero, et al.. (2019). Creating sustainable customer value through digitality. World Journal of Entrepreneurship Management and Sustainable Development. 15(4). 325–340. 14 indexed citations

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Saunila, Minna, Juhani Ukko, & Tero Rantala. (2018). What determines customers’ engagement in the digital service process?. Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management. 30(8). 1216–1229. 9 indexed citations

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Ukko, Juhani, Minna Saunila, Tero Rantala, & Jouni Havukainen. (2018). Sustainable development: Implications and definition for open sustainability. Sustainable Development. 27(3). 321–336. 45 indexed citations

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Rantala, Tero & Juhani Ukko. (2018). Performance measurement in university–industry innovation networks: implementation practices and challenges of industrial organisations. Journal of Education and Work. 31(3). 247–261. 22 indexed citations

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Hannula, Mika, Sanna Pekkola, Hannu Rantanen, & Tero Rantala. (2018). Evolution of obstacles restraining productivity improvement. International Journal of Productivity and Quality Management. 25(1). 64–64. 1 indexed citations

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Rantala, Tero, Juhani Ukko, Minna Saunila, & Jouni Havukainen. (2017). The effect of sustainability in the adoption of technological, service, and business model innovations. Journal of Cleaner Production. 172. 46–55. 84 indexed citations

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Ukko, Juhani, et al.. (2016). Effectiveness of innovation capability development methods. Innovation. 18(4). 513–535. 21 indexed citations

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Pekkola, Sanna, et al.. (2014). Value creation through measurement of innovation capability - an intellectual capital management perspective. International Journal of Intelligent Enterprise. 2(2/3). 196–196. 3 indexed citations

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