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Mattia Bianchi, professor at the House of Innovation, Department of Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Technology 

Areas of expertise: 

• How companies can innovate effectively.
• Why innovation projects fail and strategies to prevent common issues such as scope creep, overdesign and jumping to solutions. 
• Strategies for innovation in business, approaches to creating new products, services and business models, applying agile and design principles to creatively solve business problems.

Email: Mattia.Bianchi@hhs.se 
Language: English 

Holmer Kok, associate professor at the House of Innovation, Department of Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Technology

Areas of expertise: 

• Innovation management, creation and commercialization of new technologies. 
• Links between business performance and sourcing of external knowledge through strategic partnerships or mergers and acquisitions (M&A). 
• Intellectual property rights and innovation.  

Email: holmer.kok@hhs.se 
Phone: +46 (0)8 736 95 77 
Language: English, French, Dutch   

Suvi Nenonen, professor at the Department of Marketing and Strategy 

Area of expertise: 

• Market-shaping business strategies and innovation; how companies can proactively influence market dynamics to drive innovation. 
• The role of strategic market-shaping in business growth and competitiveness. 
• Strategies for transforming traditional industries toward sustainability. 

Email: suvi.nenonen@hhs.se  
Languages: English 

Mattias Nordqvist, professor at the House of Innovation, Department of Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Technology 

Area of expertise: 

• Entrepreneurship, governance and succession in family-owned firms. 
• Succession planning in family firms: Challenges and best practices in passing leadership to the next generation and how transition in leadership can open opportunities for innovation and strategic renewal. 
• Social and cultural aspects of family entrepreneurship, diversity and inclusion within family-owned firms. 

Email: mattias.nordqvist@hhs.se 
Phone: +46 (0)73 651 7610 
Language: English, Swedish 

Roxana Turturea, assistant professor at the House of Innovation, Department of Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Technology 

Area of expertise: 

• Entrepreneurial finance, including how entrepreneurs attract investors through mechanisms such as crowdfunding and IPOs. 
• Firm governance, including drivers of gender diversity on boards and CEO compensation.
• State influence, including how state ownership in firms influence firm strategy and performance.  

Email: roxana.turturea@hhs.se 
Language: English 

Karl Wennberg, professor at the Department of Management and Organization, Scientific Director at the House of Governance and Public Policy, Head of the Center for Educational Leadership and Excellence 

Area of expertise: 

• How innovation policies are designed and assessed. 
• Factors that drive or hinder the growth of new ventures, such as funding, team diversity and regulatory environments. 

Email: karl.wennberg@hhs.se 
Phone: +46 (0)70 510 5366 
Language: English, Swedish 

Erik Wetter, assistant professor at the House of Innovation, Department of Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Technology   

• Decision dynamics in venture capital investing, entrepreneurial ventures. 
• Negotiation and conflict resolution, especially in entrepreneurial contexts. 
• Data driven innovation. 

Email: erik.wetter@hhs.se  
Phone: +46 (0)70 893 8837  
Languages: English, Swedish   

Related:

House of Innovation 
Center for Entrepreneurship and Business Creation 
Center for Innovation and Operations Management