Sami Saarenketo

Dean

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LUT Business School

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Biography

Sami Saarenketo is Dean of LUT Business School and Professor of International Marketing at LUT University, Finland. He is an internationally recognized scholar in the fields of international entrepreneurship, international marketing, and the internationalization of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

His research has made significant contributions to understanding how entrepreneurial and knowledge-intensive firms identify and exploit international opportunities, develop international growth strategies, and compete successfully in global markets. In particular, his work on born-global firms and international new ventures has helped advance the international entrepreneurship field and has been widely cited by scholars around the world.

Professor Saarenketo has published extensively in leading international journals, including Journal of World Business, Management International Review, Technovation, International Marketing Review, International Business Review, European Journal of Marketing, Journal of International Entrepreneurship, and International Small Business Journal.

In addition to his role at LUT University, Professor Saarenketo has held visiting academic appointments at Mälardalen University (Sweden) and Trondheim Business School, NTNU (Norway), and has been a visiting scholar at the Scandinavian Consortium for Organizational Research (SCANCOR) at Stanford University, USA.

Alongside his academic career, he has extensive leadership experience in higher education and has played an active role in the development of internationally accredited business education, research excellence, and international partnerships.