I’m Christoph Hinske. I’m pursuing a doctorate in Economics and Management at Lappeenranta–Lahti University of Technology (LUT), and I use this website as a public workspace for that research.

What drives my work is simple: assumptions have consequences. Based on assumptions and agreements, we make choices and act together, especially under pressure, and that can either drain the resources we rely on or build them.

A lot of my orientation comes from everyday life. I’m a full-time dad of two teenage girls, and I spend a lot of time outdoors with my dog Luna. They keep my thinking honest. My daughters challenge sloppy reasoning. Luna has a talent for cutting through performance behaviour. That combination matters in research too, because it pushes me to stay close to what people actually do, not just what they say they do.

My research looks at small and medium-sized enterprise ecosystems, with a specific focus on agreements: the explicit and implicit rules that shape decision-making, accountability, and risk-sharing within and across organizational boundaries. I’m interested in the gap between formal statements and lived practice, and in how small exceptions and workarounds compound into real performance effects over time.

This website is my public academic workspace. It is where I develop ideas, reflect on what I am noticing, and share working drafts as part of my work as an engaged scholar and applied researcher. What you find here is exploratory by design and comes before formal academic publication, which follows established institutional processes.

The perspectives shared here emerge from exploratory, qualitative research conversations across many different organizational settings. They are used to surface patterns, tensions, and research questions. They are not intended to document, assess, or evaluate specific organizations or cases.

If you are looking for the factual snapshot (roles, projects, tools, publications), go to ID-Card.

Disclaimer

1. Everything published here reflects my independent academic thinking. It does not represent the views, positions, or practices of any employer, past or present, or of any affiliated institution.

2. Any examples are synthetic, composite, or fully anonymized across multiple contexts and cannot be attributed to any specific organization. No confidential, internal, or proprietary information is used or disclosed.

This site does not provide advisory, consulting, or professional services.