Janne Ruohonen

Associate Professor (tenure track), Professor of Business Law

Faculty of Management and Business | Business Studies | Business Law and Tax Law

Tampere University

janne.ruohonen [at] tuni.fi

+358503186030

City Centre Campus

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9134-2799

About me

Dr. Janne Ruohonen is Associate Professor of Business Law (tenure track) and Director of Master's Program on Auditing. He is Adjunct Professor (docent) in company law at the University of Turku. Dr. Ruohonen's research interest is focused on business law, especially company law and audit law. He is specialised in company directors, municipally owned companies (MOCs) and sustainability reporting of companies (EU). His doctoral thesis dealt with limited liability company's profit distribution and solvency test. He has also written articles about companies' auditing. Ruohonen also actively gives lectures about business law (in English / in Finnish). He's a member of editorial board of European Company Case Law (ECCL). He is member of Law and Tax Committee of Tampere Chamber of Commerce and Industry (2015-).

Responsibilities

Director of Master's Program on Auditing.

Fields of expertise

Company law, company directors, audit law, MOCs.

Main positions of trust

Leader of research projects: Creditor protection project (Prime Minister's Office, 2019-) and Munical companies (The Foundation for Municipal Development, 2022-), Expertize of the board of listed company (Finnish Foundation for Share Promotion, 2022-), Sustainability Reporting of Companies (Foundation for Economic Education, 2023-)

Chairman of Supervisory Board (OP Bank Tampere), Chairman of Board (Sisä-Suomen OP-liitto / Bank Union of Inner-Finland)

Research fields

Business law

Funding

Leader of the creditor protection project (funded by Prime Minister's Office), 2019-2020

Research career

Full list of publications, please see https://researchportal.tuni.fi/en/persons/janne-ruohonen

Latest publications

Ajankohtaiset ilmiöt tilintarkastuksen ja evaluaation tutkimuskohteina

Kihn, L-A., Oulasvirta, L., Ruohonen, J. & Veikkola, E., 2023, Tilintarkastus ja evaluaatio: Talouden ja sääntelyn vuoropuhelu. Ruohonen, J., Kihn, L-A., Oulasvirta, L. & Veikkola, E. (eds.). Tampere: Tampere University Press, p. 15-23

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review

Epävarmat ajat kysyvät yrityksen hallitukselta asiantuntemusta

Ruohonen, J., 13 Sept 2023, In: Hallituspaikka-blogi (Hallituspartnerit ry).

Research output: Contribution to journal › Other online publication › Professional

Kuntakonsernien omistajaohjauksessa parannettavaa

Vahtera, V. & Ruohonen, J., 28 Aug 2023, In: Tilisanomat. 45, 4, p. 64-67 4 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Professional

Kuntakonsernin kokonaisedun edistäminen kuntayhtiöissä konserniohjeen avulla

Translated title of the contribution: Promoting the overall benefit of MOCsRuohonen, J., 2023, Tilintarkastus ja evaluaatio: Talouden ja sääntelyn vuoropuhelu. Ruohonen, J., Kihn, L-A., Oulasvirta, L. & Veikkola, E. (eds.). Tampere University Press, p. 298-313 16

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review

Hallinnon tarkastus tilintarkastuksessa - kyse myös johdon välineestä vakuuttaa yhtiön sidosryhmät toiminnan asianmukaisuudesta

Ruohonen, J., Jan 2021, In: Edilex / Lakikirjasto. 5 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific

All publications

CV

https://researchportal.tuni.fi/en/persons/janne-ruohonen