Iiris Saittakari is an Assistant Professor of International Business. She defended her Doctoral dissertation entitled The location of headquarters: why, when and where are regional mandates located? in May 2018. Her research interests include the location and relocation of headquarters, the meaning of location, the politization of multinational corporations, and the associated policy implications. She is currently working in a research project that aims to understand the multifaceted meaning of location ranging from physical to perceptual aspects. This Academy of Finland and Marcus Wallenberg Foundation funded project focuses on the location of multinational corporations’ headquarters due to their importance for businesses and societies alike. Various types of headquarters employ high-skilled employees, bring tax revenues and attract further investments into a location, making potential host locations compete for them. Furthermore, multinational corporations are powerful politicized institutions that are not afraid to use their bargaining power during the location negotiation processes. At the same time, they have become targets for political campaigns mobilized against their location decisions. In her research, Saittakari thus not only focuses on the physical aspects but also the political, social and emotional dimensions associated with location.