Paula Savolainen

Paula Savolainen serves as a Lecturer in Business, Entrepreneurship and Marketing at Turku University of Applied Sciences, based at the Kupittaa Campus. Her position falls under the Business education program within the university's structure.

Her research centers on Customer Behavior, Entrepreneurship, and Value Creation, with significant contributions to Software Project Management. She investigates critical dynamics in customer-supplier relationships, project initiation challenges, and failure factors in software development, particularly emphasizing the supplier's perspective during early project phases.

Analysis of her publication timeline (2020-2008) reveals persistent focus on project start-up practices, knowledge transfer obstacles, and contractual influences on project outcomes. Her work bridges business management and software engineering, highlighting how vague project starts, manager transitions, and misaligned expectations critically impact project success.

No scientific awards were documented in the provided materials.

Available information contains no details regarding student advising activities or research grant acquisitions.

She actively participates in research groups dedicated to Customer Behavior and Entrepreneurship and Value Creation, driving collaborative investigations in these domains.