Teija Lehtonen - Aalto Global Impact

Co-creating Business Ecosystems in Emerging Markets Finland, 17th June 2014

Aalto Global Impact promotes and facilitates Aalto’s research and educational programs for societal impact globally. We are actively orienting innovation towards long-term societal needs.

It supports the Aalto University mission to change the world for a better place.

What we do?

Support multidisciplinary action research in emerging markets

Build students’ capabilities through interactive real-life learning environments

Promote social entrepreneurship and responsible global leadership

Create new global alliances for societal impact

Project highlights 2013

Example of research projects: The New Global –project: Co-creating Frugal and Reverse Innovation in emerging markets 2014-2018, Focus on Tanzania, India, Mexico and Brazil in 2014

Example of Student projects: UNICEF-Academia-Private Sector Partnership Project in Uganda in 2014-2016

Global BOP Learning Lab Network

teija.lehtonen@aalto.fi www.aaltoglobalimpact.org