My primary research interests are innovative and cross-border entrepreneurship, international business, co-creative and individual entrepreneurial orientations, international business opportunities in virtual networks, and aligning values of employers and employees in different cultures.
Areas of Expertise
- Co-operation between start-up founders and business angels;
- Online teamwork for international business development and action research;
- Development journeys that match different entrepreneurial orientations of students.
Some Publications
- Elenurm, T. (2024). Social media as an e-learning tool for understanding the challenges of COVID-19 for students. E-Learning and Digital Media.
- Elenurm, T., & Fabritius, J. (2023). Managing task and relationship conflicts in international online team learning. Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 60(3), 426–435.
- · Elenurm, T. (2022). Training business students to use online networking for self‐development. International Journal of Training and Development, 26(3), 516–530.
- Elenurm, T., Tafel-Viia, K., Lassur, S., & Hansen, K. (2019). Opportunities of entrepreneurship education for enhancing cooperation between start-up entrepreneurs and business angels. International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, 38(3), 379–394.
- Elenurm, T. (2019). Comparing online and face-to-face creativity development for international business. In The Palgrave Handbook of Learning and Teaching International Business and Management (pp. 63–84). Palgrave Macmillan.
Courses Currently Taught
- I teach a case writing course for EBS MBA students.
- I am also conducting the course Doing business in the Baltic countries for University of Lille in France.
Awards and Honors
- Economic Award of the Estonian Republic: Flexible system of continuing education and training publications as the support system for transition to the market economy.
- Outstanding Reviewer Award: Emerald Literati Network.
Media Appearances
I have been interviewed by Newsweek about Estonian e-residency.
For the Estonian business newspaper Äripäev, I have written about engaging students in finding new export opportunities and about new opportunities for entrepreneurship education.
My recent appearances in Postimees deal with the challenges of applying smart home IT-systems and the heritage of EBS Rector Madis Habakuk in preparing Estonian managers for the market economy.
My recent publications in Eesti Päevaleht focus on new forms of censorship in social media and on challenges of repairing and reusing mobile phones in the context of the green agenda.
Further Interests
I apply entrepreneurship and investment knowledge in business angel activities and as a mentor for start-ups. As a hiking enthusiast, I am interested in developing an action learning and research activity, where students and their potential employers hike together and during their joint trip generate innovative business development ideas. My vision is also to develop such international e-learning and networking applications, where young talents around the World assist European enterprises in studying and entering new foreign markets.