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. He also serves as a Deputy Editor-in-Chief at the Journal of Information Technology, and as a member of the Research Advisory Committee at Numeris. Aleksi holds a PhD from the London School of Economics and Political Science.

PDF files for my journal publications can be downloaded from papers.aleksi.info. My working papers are in SSRN.

Research Handbook on Digital Data cover Research Handbook on Digital Data: Interdisciplinary Perspectives is now available from Edward Elgar!

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

Curriculum Vitae (April 19, 2026)
Faculty profile at Stevens
Google Scholar
LinkedIn
ORCID profile (0000-0003-4756-6784)
ResearchGate
Slideshare (presentations)

I maintain the Data Studies Bibliography with Marta Stelmaszak and Daisy Xu.

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.