Vesa Harmaakorpi

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
40 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Vesa Harmaakorpi is a scholar working on Strategy and Management, Management of Technology and Innovation and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, Vesa Harmaakorpi has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Strategy and Management, 20 papers in Management of Technology and Innovation and 14 papers in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in Vesa Harmaakorpi's work include Innovation and Knowledge Management (21 papers), University-Industry-Government Innovation Models (20 papers) and Regional Development and Policy (13 papers). Vesa Harmaakorpi is often cited by papers focused on Innovation and Knowledge Management (21 papers), University-Industry-Government Innovation Models (20 papers) and Regional Development and Policy (13 papers). Vesa Harmaakorpi collaborates with scholars based in Finland, Germany and United States. Vesa Harmaakorpi's co-authors include Helinä Melkas, Satu Pekkarinen, Tuomo Uotila, Timo Pihkala, Pekka Aula, Satu Parjanen, Sanna Pekkola, Raine Hermans, Lea Hennala and Jari Porras and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Technological Forecasting and Social Change and Urban Studies.

In The Last Decade

Vesa Harmaakorpi

39 papers receiving 931 citations

Hit Papers

Social capital in building regional innovative capability 2005 2026 2012 2019 2005 40 80 120
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.

  1. Social capital in building regional innovative capability
    2005 145 citations Vesa Harmaakorpi et al. Regional Studies profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Vesa Harmaakorpi Finland 21 446 406 272 258 209 40 1.0k
Ingo Liefner Germany 22 587 1.3× 322 0.8× 303 1.1× 572 2.2× 147 0.7× 62 1.5k
Philip R. Tomlinson United Kingdom 20 567 1.3× 262 0.6× 334 1.2× 572 2.2× 173 0.8× 72 1.4k
Cristina Chamináde Sweden 22 879 2.0× 326 0.8× 207 0.8× 499 1.9× 108 0.5× 77 1.5k
Federica Rossi United Kingdom 21 598 1.3× 589 1.5× 333 1.2× 400 1.6× 93 0.4× 67 1.4k
F.W.M. Boekema Netherlands 17 375 0.8× 258 0.6× 343 1.3× 442 1.7× 254 1.2× 49 1.1k
Guido Buenstorf Germany 21 462 1.0× 548 1.3× 132 0.5× 785 3.0× 159 0.8× 68 1.5k
Matthias Menter Germany 23 604 1.4× 963 2.4× 221 0.8× 453 1.8× 126 0.6× 42 1.5k
Doris Schartinger Austria 12 628 1.4× 576 1.4× 185 0.7× 366 1.4× 111 0.5× 23 1.2k
Roel Rutten Netherlands 20 284 0.6× 244 0.6× 290 1.1× 408 1.6× 316 1.5× 42 1.0k
Michael H. Best United States 12 702 1.6× 249 0.6× 351 1.3× 682 2.6× 254 1.2× 22 1.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Vesa Harmaakorpi

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Vesa Harmaakorpi

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Harmaakorpi, Vesa, et al.. (2019). Business and innovation ecosystems: innovation policy implications. International Journal of Public Policy. 15(3/4). 248–248. 16 indexed citations
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Majava, Jukka, et al.. (2019). Business ecosystem perspective on innovation policy: a case study of San Diego life sciences. International Journal of Innovation and Learning. 27(1). 19–19. 5 indexed citations
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Harmaakorpi, Vesa, et al.. (2019). Business and innovation ecosystems: innovation policy implications. International Journal of Public Policy. 15(3/4). 248–248. 3 indexed citations
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Harmaakorpi, Vesa, et al.. (2014). Advisory Professorship Model as a Tool for Practice-Based Regional University–Industry Cooperation. European Planning Studies. 23(3). 475–493. 2 indexed citations
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Parjanen, Satu, et al.. (2013). Interpretative dimension of user‐driven service innovation. Baltic Journal of Management. 8(2). 166–182. 9 indexed citations
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Uotila, Tuomo, Vesa Harmaakorpi, & Raine Hermans. (2012). Finnish Mosaic of Regional Innovation System—Assessment of Thematic Regional Innovation Platforms Based on Related Variety. European Planning Studies. 20(10). 1583–1602. 20 indexed citations
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Pekkarinen, Satu, et al.. (2011). Clashes as potential for innovation in public service sector reform. International Journal of Public Sector Management. 24(6). 507–532. 25 indexed citations
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Parjanen, Satu, et al.. (2010). Collective Creativity and Brokerage Functions in Heavily Cross-Disciplined Innovation Processes. Interdisciplinary Journal of Information Knowledge and Management. 5. 1–21. 33 indexed citations
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Harmaakorpi, Vesa, et al.. (2009). Absorptive Capacity and Social Capital in Regional Innovation Systems: The Case of the Lahti Region in Finland. Urban Studies. 47(2). 303–319. 49 indexed citations
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Harmaakorpi, Vesa, Raine Hermans, & Tuomo Uotila. (2008). Suomen alueelliset innovaatiostrategiat. Econstor (Econstor). 337(24). 1764–6. 1 indexed citations
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Harmaakorpi, Vesa, et al.. (2008). Breaking inside the black box: towards a dynamic evaluation framework for regional innovative capability. Science and Public Policy. 35(10). 733–744. 30 indexed citations
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Aula, Pekka & Vesa Harmaakorpi. (2008). An Innovative Milieu – A View on Regional Reputation Building: Case Study of the Lahti Urban Region. Regional Studies. 42(4). 523–538. 48 indexed citations
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Uotila, Tuomo, Vesa Harmaakorpi, & Helinä Melkas. (2006). A method for assessing absorptive capacity of a regional innovation system. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 19 indexed citations
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Harmaakorpi, Vesa. (2006). Regional Development Platform Method (RDPM) as a tool for regional innovation policy1. European Planning Studies. 14(8). 1085–1104. 76 indexed citations
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Pekkarinen, Satu & Vesa Harmaakorpi. (2006). Building regional innovation networks: The definition of an age business core process in a regional innovation system. Regional Studies. 40(4). 401–413. 80 indexed citations
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Pihkala, Timo, et al.. (2005). Kohti kuntaklusteria : verkostoitumisen logiikka kuntien palvelutuotannossa. Doria (University of Helsinki). 33(3). 228–245. 1 indexed citations
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Harmaakorpi, Vesa, et al.. (2005). Social capital in building regional innovative capability. Regional Studies. 39(8). 1111–1125. 145 indexed citations breakdown →
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Harmaakorpi, Vesa. (2004). Building a competitive regional innovation environment : the regional development platform method as a tool for regional innovation policy. Aaltodoc (Aalto University). 40 indexed citations
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Harmaakorpi, Vesa, et al.. (2002). Increasing regional competitiveness by network strategy case: The strategy process of Lahti University Network. Econstor (Econstor). 1 indexed citations
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Harmaakorpi, Vesa, et al.. (2002). Ydinprosessin määrittely alueellisessa innovaatiojärjestelmässä.Case Ikäbusines lahden alueella. 2 indexed citations

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