Research, training, and consulting activities of Tiit Elenurm focus on innovative entrepreneurship and international business. As a member of the Estonian Business Angel Network ESTBAN, he has invested in 12 start-ups and has studied learning needs and cooperation between start-up founders and business angels. His courses and modules in France, Slovenia, Germany, and Czechia help young entrepreneurs from these countries find opportunities for cooperation with start-up entrepreneurs in the Baltic countries to scale internationally. He is supervising doctoral students interested in action research to manage change and to enter international markets.
Tiit Elenurm has participated in training and consulting Ukrainian and Georgian entrepreneurs on entering the European markets. He studies how to connect innovative business ideas and the entrepreneurship journeys of growth-oriented entrepreneurs with international networking, virtual teamwork, and the application of new artificial intelligence tools for business model development and knowledge management. Aligning business students' values with those of their dream employers is also among his research directions. He is contributing to the EBS Action Research course for doctoral students and to the course where MBA students develop case studies. Tiit Elenurm has a vision to link hiking trips to generating and discussing creative business ideas.
Recent publications:
- Żukowska, J., Koch, B., Koch, P. T., & Elenurm, T. (2026). Value Statements of CEE Companies and Diversity Challenges. In Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Central and Eastern Europe: A Multidisciplinary Approach Beyond Borders (pp. 257-282). Cham: Palgrave MacMillan.
- Żukowska, J., Bernardelli, M., & Elenurm, T. (2025). Corporate Website Values and Stock Market Prospects of Companies Espousing Environmental and Social Responsibility. e-mentor, 110(3), 41-50.
- Elenurm, T. (2025). Social media as an e-learning tool for understanding the challenges of COVID-19 for students. E-Learning and Digital Media, 22(1), 86-101.
- Elenurm, T. (2025). Custom ChatGPT application in entrepreneurship learning and research. In EDULEARN25 Proceedings (pp. 2618-2623). IATED.
- Elenurm, T. (2024, September). Challenges of Preparing Students for International Entrepreneurship in the Era of Artificial Intelligence. In European Conference on Innovation and Entrepreneurship (pp. 184-190). Academic Conferences International Limited.
- 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.