Petri Ahokangas
PhD
Director, Professor
Business models, Strategy, Internationalization, High technology
Petri Ahokangas was born in Kannus in 1966, received his PhD in Economics in 1998 from the University of Vaasa and has worked in industry and in various research and teaching positions, including as a professor of international business. He is an Adjunct Professor of Software Business at the University of Oulu since 2002 and a Professor of Future Digital Business at the University of Oulu School of Economics.
Ahokangas is an international and new business researcher specializing in high technology, digital business, and especially in the connectivity sector (5G and 6G solutions and services) from the perspective of business models, ecosystems, strategies, and internationalization. He has participated in several national and international projects and has over 300 international scientific publications. He has been a Director of the Martti Ahtisaari Institute since October 2022.
Petri Ahokangas focuses on strategic management, futures research, international business, and entrepreneurship in his teaching. He has also long been an EMBA instructor and lecturer in business management.
His scientific publications listed on the University of Oulu website can be found here:
The latest open-access book The Changing World of Mobile Communications
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