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Rate My Professor Nina Granqvist

Aalto University

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5.05/4/2026

Encourages students to think outside the box.

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About Nina

Nina Granqvist serves as Professor of Management and Head of the Department of Management Studies at Aalto University School of Business. She earned her Doctoral degree in Business and Economics from Helsinki School of Economics in 2007 and her Master's degree in Business and Economics from the University of Tampere in 2001. Before entering academia, she gained professional experience as a consultant at Accenture and worked briefly in the media sector at Bertelsmann in Germany. Her research centers on the emergence and development of new industries and market categories, investigating how novel ideas, trends, and technologies progress from peripheral positions to mainstream acceptance. Employing theoretical lenses such as institutional theory, market categorization, temporality, narratives, and agency in nascent fields, her work features collaborative, multidisciplinary studies utilizing extensive qualitative data from domains including quantum computing, nanotechnology, cultural industries, food trends, and impact investing.

Rate My Professor Nina Granqvist | Aalto University