Aleksi Aaltonen

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Eight simple statements about effective startup ecosystems for the Internet of Things. —

I am looking for a prospective PhD student to develop an interesting proposal with a view to start in September 2017 at WBS. —

Do this is you want your PhD proposal binned right away. —

Most startups revolve around a unique product or service, not a business model – and quite rightly so! However, a company without a business model is bound to fail so sooner or later you better sort out yours. —

Information systems scholars should grab intellectual land quickly and leave old, depleted pastures to established disciplines. —

This is a rundown of technologies powering my website and a testament to the power of digital components that even a trained social scientist like me can hack. —

Occasional write-ups, working papers and generally random ruminations by Aleksi Aaltonen

Aleksi Aaltonen

Aleksi Aaltonen is a management information systems scholar and a successful entrepreneur with thirty years of experience in digital innovation. He is currently an Associate Professor at Stevens Institute of Technology, where he studies data and data-based innovation and organizing, and serves as a Deputy Editor-in-Chief at Journal of Information Technology. Aleksi holds a PhD from the London School of Economics and Political Science.

aaaltone@stevens.edu
aake@iki.fi (personal email)

Curriculum Vitae (December 12, 2024)
Faculty profile at Stevens
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ORCID profile (0000-0003-4756-6784)
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Social Study of Data symbol I maintain the Data Studies Bibliography together with Marta Stelmaszak.

I write about the production of academic knowledge in my Medium blog and about data in the Data Studies Bibliography blog. Previously, I have also contributed to The Conversation.