Janne Harkonen

Dr Janne Harkonen is a senior research fellow and Adjunct Professor at the University of Oulu in Finland, and Associate Professor at International School for Social and Business Studies (ISSBS), Slovenia. He received his Bachelor’s degree (1st Class Honours) in Engineering Business Management from University of Greenwich in the UK and both his M.Sc. in Process Engineering and Dr (Tech) in Industrial Engineering and Management, from the University of Oulu, Finland. He has also studied in the University of North Carolina at Wilmington, USA. He has experience working in the IT and environmental technology industries. His research interests involve product management, service management, product portfolio management, productization, and product data management. The secondary interests include big data, opinion mining, sentiment analysis, product acceptance, technology acceptance, and market intelligence. Dr Harkonen has authored and co-authored over a hundred journal articles, and a number of other publications. He is an associate editor in two indexed journals and an active reviewer in multiple high-ranking journals.