HEAVY METAL * bands as entrepreneurs * cultural export * FINNISH IDENTITY

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BF PUBLICATIONS

Journal papers 

Laaksonen, Laura; Ainamo, Antti & Karjalainen, Toni-Matti (2011). Entrepreneurial passion: an explorative case study of four metal music ventures. Journal of Research in Marketing and Entrepreneurship, 13 (1), 18 - 36.


Book chapters

Karjalainen, Toni-Matti & Ainamo, Antti (2011). Metallic looks: Thoughts on the visual identity of Finnish heavy metal bands. In T-M.Karjalainen, M.Koria & M.Salimäki (eds.), IDBM papers vol 1. Helsinki: IDBM Program, Aalto University. 98-110. PDF-version here.

Conference papers 


Karjalainen, Toni-Matti & Ainamo, Antti (2011). Designing visual narratives for heavy metal bands. 9th International Conference of the European Academy of Design. 4 - 7 May 2011. Porto, Portugal 


Laaksonen, Laura; Ainamo, Antti & Karjalainen, Toni-Matti (2010). “Dark Passion Play”: Exploring Entrepreneurial Passion in Creative Industries. EURAM 2010. May 19-22, 2010. Rome, Italy.

Laaksonen, Laura; Ainamo, Antti & Karjalainen, Toni-Matti (2010). Cycles in causation and effectuation: A case study of four metal-music ventures. HTSF Conference. May 27 & 28, 2010. Enschede, the Netherlands. Acknowledged with “Best Ph.D. paper award” in the conference.

Laaksonen, Laura; Ainamo, Antti & Karjalainen, Toni-Matti (2010). Entrepreneurial Passion – a case study of metal music ventures. 2010 Research Symposium on Marketing and Entrepreneurship. August 12-13. Boston, MA.

Karjalainen, Toni-Matti; Laaksonen, Laura & Ainamo, Antti (2009). Design for b(r)and identity: Exploring visual concept building within the metal music genre. IASDR 2009. October 19-22 2009. Seoul, South Korea.

Karjalainen, Toni-Matti; Laaksonen, Laura & Ainamo, Antti (2009). Occult, a Tooth, and the Canopy of the Sky: Conceptualizing Visual Meaning Creation of Heavy Metal Bands. DeSForM 2009. October 26-27 2009. Taipei, Taiwan.

Laaksonen, Laura; Karjalainen, Toni-Matti & Ainamo, Antti (2009). Symbolic value creation: learnings from Finnish metal music. 25th EGOS Colloquium. July 2-4 2009. Barcelona, Spain.

Laaksonen, Laura; Karjalainen, Toni-Matti & Ainamo, Antti (2009). Understanding Cultural Exports- Finnish heavy metal music in the United States. IASDR 2009. October 19-22 2009. Seoul, South Korea.

Working papers, short papers & other



Karjalainen, Toni-Matti; Ainamo, Antti & Dorman, Matthew John (2011). Exporting metal from the land of the thousand lakes. "Heavy Metal and Place", Home of Metal Conference. Wolverhampton, UK. September 1-4 2011.

Karjalainen, Toni-Matti (2011). Designing visual references and narratives in heavy metal."Heavy Metal and Place", Home of Metal Conference. Wolverhampton, UK. September 1-4 2011.


Karjalainen, Toni-Matti & Ainamo, Antti (2011). Visual identity of Finnish heavy metal bands. IASPM Benelux Conference: Music Theory and Practice in the Lowlands. 14-15 April 2011. Haarlem, Netherlands.

Ainamo, Antti; Laaksonen, Laura & Karjalainen, Toni-Matti (2010). Small groups go global: Interlocking of local tendencies and cyclical transformations in the global music industry. Music, Law and Business; The IASPM-Norden 2010 Conference. 24–26 November 2010. Helsinki/Espoo, Finland.
 
Karjalainen, Toni-Matti (2010). The looks of isolation. Visual narration in music industry. Music, Law and Business; The IASPM-Norden 2010 Conference. 24–26 November 2010. Helsinki/Espoo, Finland.

Laaksonen, Laura (2010). “Would you like to become a fan?” - Exploring social media in b(r)and communication. Music, Law and Business; The IASPM-Norden 2010 Conference. 24–26 November 2010. Helsinki/Espoo, Finland.

Karjalainen, Toni-Matti; Laaksonen, Laura & Ainamo, Antti (2009). Analyzing concept building and visual communication within heavy metal music. 8th Nordcode Seminar & Workshop. May 27-28 2009. Kolding, Denmark.