Marleen Wierenga
About
Marleen Wierenga completed her PhD at Aalto University, with her dissertation research focusing on low-income entrepreneurship in India and on Finnish start-ups with innovations for the global South. After receiving her PhD, she worked as an assitant professor in Nijmegen, the Netherlands, at the Radboud University. Marleen is interested in grand sustainability challenges and the ways different types of organizations approach, operate in and cope with these challenges in the complex global business environment. This is manifested in ongoing projects for example on impact investing, entrepreneurship and innovation for low-income communities in emerging markets and corporate social innovation.
Publications
2025
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Wierenga, Marleen.
(2025)
Grassroots innovation ecosystems supporting low-income innovators in emerging markets: A study on the Honey Bee Network.
Business and Society Review
Academic article
2024
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Wierenga, Marleen;
Heucher, Katrin;
Chen, Suwen;
Grewatsch, Sylvia;
Montgomery, A Wren.
(2024)
Communities for impact: Empowering early-career researchers in the pursuit of impact.
Strategic Organization
Academic article
2022
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Levänen, Jarkko;
Hossain, Mokter;
Wierenga, Marleen.
(2022)
Frugal innovation in the midst of societal and operational pressures.
Journal of Cleaner Production
Academic article
2019
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Wierenga, Marleen.
(2019)
Uncovering the scaling of innovations developed by grassroots entrepreneurs in low-income settings.
Entrepreneurship and Regional Development
Academic article
Journal publications
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Wierenga, Marleen.
(2025)
Grassroots innovation ecosystems supporting low-income innovators in emerging markets: A study on the Honey Bee Network.
Business and Society Review
Academic article
-
Wierenga, Marleen;
Heucher, Katrin;
Chen, Suwen;
Grewatsch, Sylvia;
Montgomery, A Wren.
(2024)
Communities for impact: Empowering early-career researchers in the pursuit of impact.
Strategic Organization
Academic article
-
Levänen, Jarkko;
Hossain, Mokter;
Wierenga, Marleen.
(2022)
Frugal innovation in the midst of societal and operational pressures.
Journal of Cleaner Production
Academic article
-
Wierenga, Marleen.
(2019)
Uncovering the scaling of innovations developed by grassroots entrepreneurs in low-income settings.
Entrepreneurship and Regional Development
Academic article