Publications


Refereed journal articles:


• Ojala, A. & Tyrväinen, P. (2011). Developing cloud business models: A case study on cloud gaming. IEEE Software, 28(4), 42-47. Abstract Full Article

• Ojala, A. & Tyrväinen, P. Value networks in cloud computing. Journal of Business Strategy, 32(6), 40-49. Abstract Full Article

• Ojala, A. & Isomäki, H. (2011). Entrepreneurship and small businesses in Russia: A review of empirical research. Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development, 18(1), 97-119. Abstract Full Article

• Kontinen, T. & Ojala, A. (2011). Network ties in the international opportunity recognition of family SMEs. International Business Review, 20(4), 440-453. Abstract Full Article

• Kontinen, T. & Ojala, A. (2011). International opportunity recognition among small and medium-sized family firms. Journal of Small Business Management, 49(3), 490-514. Abstract Full Article

• Ojala, A. & Heikkilä, J. (2011). Entrepreneurship training for new ventures. International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, 7(3), 297-310. Abstract Full Article

• Kontinen, T. & Ojala, A. (2011). Social capital in relation to the foreign market entry and post-entry operation of family SMEs. Journal of International Entrepreneurship, 9(2), 133-151. Abstract Full Article

• Kontinen, T. & Ojala, A. Social capital in the international operations of family SMEs. Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development, forthcoming.

• Kontinen, T. & Ojala, A. (2010). The Internationalization of Family Businesses: A Review of Extant Research. Journal of Family Business Strategy, 1(2), 97-107. Abstract Full Article

• Kontinen, T. & Ojala, A. (2010) Internationalization pathways of family SMEs: psychic distance as a focal point. Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development, 17(3), 437-454. Abstract Full Article

• Kontinen, T. & Ojala, A. (2010) Bridging social capital in the foreign market entry and entry mode change of family SMEs. Electronic Journal of Family Business Studies, 4(1), 24-38. Full Article

• Ojala, A. (2009). Internationalization of knowledge-intensive SMEs: The role of network relationships in the entry to a psychically distant market. International Business Review, 18(1), 50-59. Abstract Full Article

• Ojala, A. & Tyrväinen, P. (2009). Impact of psychic distance to the internationalization behavior of knowledge-intensive SMEs. European Business Review, 21(3), 263-277. Abstract Full Article

• Pykäläinen, T. & Ojala, A. (2009). International activities of knowledge-intensive small- and medium-sized enterprises: The example of an open source software firm. Management Research News, 32(7), 645-658. Abstract

• Ojala, A. (2009). Is globalization reducing distances between countries? Some empirical evidence from foreign software firms operating in Japan. Journal of Japan Academy for Asian Market Economies, 12(1), 95-101. Full Article

• Ojala, A. (2008). Entry in a Psychically Distant Market: Finnish Small and Medium-sized Software Firms in Japan. European Management Journal, 26(2), 135-144. Abstract Full Article

• Ojala, A. & Tyrväinen, P. (2008). Market entry decisions of US small and medium-sized software firms. Management Decision, 46(2), 187-200. Abstract Full Article

• Ojala, A. & Tyrväinen, P. (2008). Best practices in the Japanese software market. Global Business and Organizational Excellence, 27(2), 52-64. Abstract Full Article

• Ojala, A. & Tyrväinen, P. (2008). Marketing software in Japan: Success factors in different product strategies. Romanian Marketing Review, 3(4), 53-79. Full Article

• Parikka, M. & Ojala, A. (2008). Entrepreneurship- and technology education in the context of information society. Journal of the Japan Society of Technology Education, 50(1), 9-16. Full Article

• Ojala, A. & Tyrväinen, P. (2007). Market Entry and Priority of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in the Software Industry: An Empirical Analysis of Cultural Distance, Geographical Distance, and Market Size. Journal of International Marketing, 15(3), 123-149. Abstract Full Article

• Ojala, A. & Tyrväinen, P. (2007). Entry Barriers of Small and Medium-sized Software Firms in the Japanese Market. Thunderbird International Business Review, 49(6), 689-705. Abstract Full Article

• Ojala, A. & Tyrväinen, P. (2006). Business Models and Market Entry Mode Choice of Small Software Firms. Journal of International Entrepreneurship, 4(2-3), 69-81. Abstract Full Article

• Ojala, A. & Nahar, N. (2006). Cross-border IT-support for the Management of International Subsidiary Operations: The Diffusion of Innovations-based Conceptual Model. Journal of International Technology and Information Management, 15(2), 75-86. Full Article