Professor Guy Ahonen,   10 February 2022
CEO, Intangibles Management Finland Oy

www.imafi.fi

 Current professional activities:

• Professor emeritus (March 2016-)
• External Expert of Industrial Relations (covering social dialogue and reporting of working life developments), EUROFOUND, Dublin, Ireland, 2018-2022
• PhD, affiliated researcher M&O, Hanken, Helsinki, Finland (May 2016- )
• President and CEO of Intangibles Management Finland Oy (1997- )
• Member of the scientific panel (work organization) of the Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare (Forte), Stockholm, Sweden (2016-)
• Member of Editorial Board of Journal of Human Resource Costing and Accounting, Stockholm, Sweden (2004-)
• Member of the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Learning and Intellectual Capital (IJLIC), Madrid, Spain (2003-)
• Member of the Advisory Editorial Board  (AEB) of the Journal of Intellectual Capital (JIC), Madrid, Spain (2002- )

 

 

 Previous positions and acknowledgements

 

• Member of scientific expert group on "Sustainable Work Life" at AFA Insurance, Stockholm, Sweden (2016-2020)
• Research Professor,  FIOH (2009-2016 )
• Board Member of  Nordic Institute for Advanced Training in Occupational Health. Helsinki. (2010-16)
• Member of  the Work environmental research committee, Nordic Council of Ministers, Copenhagen, (2010-16)
• Director, Knowledge Management, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health (FIOH) (2011-14)
• Member of Executive Committee,  FIOH (2011-14)
• Web-editor-in-chief, FIOH (2011-2014)
• Docent in Politics and Business, Hanken, (1987-2014 )

·       Decorated by the president of Finland: Knight, First Class, of the Order of the White Rose of Finland (2013)

• Chairman of Board of Directors of  Nordic Institute for Advanced Training in Occupational Health. Helsinki. (2011)
• Member of the State Council for Administrative and Managerial Issues (2007-2010)
• Board member of Corporate Image Ltd (2004-2009)
• Board Member of  the European doctoral program EUDOKMA (2002-2009)
• Member of the steering group the Finnish State Personnel Well-being Group (Kaiku) (2005-2007)
• Visiting Professor at the Mälardalen University, School of Business (2007)
• Professor (permanent)of Knowledge Management, especially Human Resource Accounting, Hanken (2006-2009)
• Referee for Scandinavian Journal of Political Studies (2005)
• Editor in Chief of the Publication series at Hanken, Helsinki, Finland, 1996-2005
• Local committee chairman (Hanken) of the Professors' Union of Finland (Akava) 2000-5
• Board member of the Professors’ Union of Finland (Akava) 2004-5
• Finnish National Work Environment Award 2005 (Työsuojelupalkinto)
• Board Member of VAKAVA (The Finnish Graduate School in Political Science) 1998- 2005
• Head of Department of Management and Organisation, Hanken 2003-2004
• Visiting Co-Editor of Special Issue of Journal of Learning and Intellectual Capital 2004
• Co-chairman of International IC Congress at Hanken 2-4 September 2004
• Professor of Knowledge Management, especially Human Resource Accounting, Hanken (2001-2006)
• Leader of the Research Consortium on Human Resource Reporting, the Ministry of Labour in Finland 2000-20002
• Member of the EU funded MERITUM (Measuring Intangibles to Understand and ImproveInnovation Management) 1998-2001
• Leader of the Occupationel Health Economics Unit at the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health 1998-2002
• Member of the Coordination Group for the Research and Assessment Programme of Work Ability Activity in Finland, The Ministry of Health and Social Affairs 2000-2002
• Safety and Health Representative , Hanken, 1997-2002
• Member of Editorial Board, Affärer och Forskning, Helsinki ,1997-2002
• Referee JHRCA 2001
• Member of the Leading Group of the Action Programme for Small and Medium Size Enterprises,Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, 1996-2001
• Professor in Political Science, Hanken, 1998-2001
• Board Member of the Future Academy of Finland, 1997-2001
• Member of the Knowledge Society Team at the Ministry of Labour, Finland 1999-2000
• Research Director, Hanken, 1986-1990, 96-98
• Finalist of the biannual Pro Oeconomica literature price in Finland 1998
• Executive secretary of the Leading Group for Doctoral Studies at Hanken, 1996-1998
• Chairman, Scientific Expert Committee, Work Environment Fund,Helsinki, Finland, 1997- 1999
• Director, Nordic Institute for Advanced Training in Occupational Health. Helsinki. 1992-1996
• Executive secretary for the Work environmental research committee, Nordic Council of Ministers, Copenhagen, 1992-1996
• Competence for a professorship in empirical business research, Hanken 1991.
• Acting Professor in Political Science, Swedish School of Economics (Hanken), Helsinki, 1991
• Visiting Scholar, Manchester Business School, England, 1985
• Assistant Professor, Political Science, Hanken 1983-1984
• Researcher, Academy of Finland, 1979-1982
• Consultant, Ibis Consult, Helsinki 1978

 

Completed doctoral supervision tasks:

•  Farsimadan, Daryoush: Reforming Public Administration Based on New Public Management Concepts – The case of the Public Administration Reform in Kyrgyz republic (Hanken 2001)
•  Zashev, Peter: IMF in Esatern Europe – Success or Failure? International Monetary Fund Operations in Eastern Europe – Comparing the Results (Hanken 2001)
•  Borg, Kristiina: Henkilöstöinformaation tulkinta ja käyttö julkisissa organisaatioissa. (TKK 2002)
•  Cederlöf, Magnus: Ecological Modernisation and market-Based Policy Instruments – The Use of New Instruments in Environmental Policy in Finland and Sweden (Hanken 2002)
•  Pekkola, Juhani: Etätyö Suomessa – fyysiset, virtuaaliset, sosiaaliset ja henkiset työtilat (Telework in Finland) (Hanken 2002)
•  Haldin-Herrgård, Tua: Hur höra tyst kunskap? Utveckling av en metod för studier av tyst kunnande (Hanken 2005)
•  Salojärvi, Sari: Increasing Knowledge Focus – a Means for Entrepreneurs to Remain on a Growth Path: Essays on the Role and Nature of Knowledge Managaement in Finnish SMEs (Hanken 2005)
•  Hussi, Tomi:  Essays on Managing Knowledge and Work Related Wellbeing  (Hanken 2005)
• Ossi Aura: Worksite Fitness Policy in an Intellectual Capital Framework (Hanken2006)
• Veli-Matti Lehtonen: Henkilöstöjohtamisen tehostaminen valtionhallinnossa henkilöstötilinpäätösinformaation avulla (HR Reporting in the Finnish State-Sector) (Hanken 2007)
• Hannu Ritvanen: Managing Intellectual Capital-Related Risks – A Relational Approach (Hanken 2019)

 

Current research interests:

•  Intellectual capital, Human resource accounting, The productivity impacts of work environmental investments, Industrial relations of Finland, Working capacity and productivity of small enterprises, employee self-determination and productivity.

 

 

Main publications

 

Monographs

·        Towards a New Labour Protection Paradigm, Tampere University (1981),

·        Labour Protection and Economics, Hanken, Helsingfors (Diss.) (1983),

·        Spelöppningen, Hanken, Helsingfors (1990), 

·        Arbetsmiljöregler - ekonomiska konsekvenser. En nordisk handledning. Nordisk Ministerråd. NORD 1987:9, Kobenhavn 1987 (Bjurström et.al.)

·        Henkilöstövoimavarojen laskentatoimi, Hanken, Helsinki (1992), 

·        Varför varierar sjukfrånvaron i Norden? (Selenius L, Ahonen G), NMR, Copenhagen 1995

·        Henkilöstötilinpäätös - yrityksen ikkuna menestykselliseen tulevaisuuteen. Kauppakaari, Helsinki 1998, 2nd edition 2000

·        Työhyvinvointi tuloksen tekijänä. WSOY 2003, 2^nd  completely revised edition WSOY 2005 (Otala L, Ahonen G)

·        DRUVAN. Den personalekonomiska nyttan av mångdimensionell företagshälsovårds- och personalutvecklingsverksamhet baserad på Metal Age-konceptet i Dragsfjärds kommun (2002-2005). Helsingfors 2008. (Ahonen G, Näsman O).

·        Rakennusten kosteus- ja homeongelmat. Eduskunnan tarkastusvaliokunnan julkaisu 1/2012. Eduskunta, Helsinki (Reijula K, Ahonen G et.al.)

·        Working environment and productivity.  A register-based analysis of Nordic enterprises. Copenhagen: TemaNord 2014:546.. ( Foldspang et al.)

·        Julkista johtamista jalostamassa. Työterveyslaitos. Helsinki 2015 (Ahonen, G, et.al)

·        Strategisen hyvinvoinnin johtaminen. Talentum Pro. Helsinki 2016. (Aura O & Ahonen G). https://www.talentumshop.fi/strategisen-hyvinvoinnin-johtaminen.html

·        Johtaminen ja tuottavuus – Henkilöstön johtaminen menestystekijänä. Helsinki:  Aalto yliopisto, Kauppakorkeakoulu, Crossover 1 /2019. (Aura O, Eskelinen J, Ahonen G, Kuosmanen T) https://aaltodoc.aalto.fi/handle/123456789/35823

·        Balans - en självbiografi. Intangibles Management Finland Oy. Helsingfors 2022. www.imafi.fi

 

Edited books:

• 21097 steg. Studier i ekonomisk politologi tillägnad Ralf Helenius, Hanken 1988. (Ahonen et al.)
• Studier i politik, historia och ekonomi. Festskrift tillägnad Lolo Krusius-Ahrenberg . Hanken 1989 (Ahonen et al.)
• "Työkyky yksilön, pienyrityksen ja yhteiskunnan menestystekijänä", (Working capacity as a success factor in a small enterprise and in society), Työ ja ihminen, Finnish Institute of  Occupational Health, Research report 10, Helsinki 1997. (Bergström et al.)
• "Politik, hälsa och ekonomi. Festskrift tillägnad professor Ralf Helenius på 60-årsdagen den 10.10.1998". Hanken 1989. (Ahonen,G; Matilainen R)
• "From Information Society to Knowledge-Based Society. Employment by Innovation". Final Report of the Knowledge Society Team. Ministry of Labour, Helsinki 2000. (Salmenperä et.al)
• Work Health and Management Control. Thomson Fakta 2007. (Johanson U, Ahonen G, Roslender R)
• Inspired by Knowledge in Organisations. Essays in Honor of Professor Karl-Erik Sveiby on his 60th Birthday. Hanken, Helsinki 2008.

 

 

Complete list of publications

 

Other information

Main hobby:(NYCM 2005: Berlin 2008, 2010, PB: 3.35)
Family: Wife (Harriet)  and two sons (Tommi and Ville)