Master of Social Sciences Hanna-Mari Soini has been appointed as the new marketing and communications director of the University of Vaasa. She will officially start on 9 January 2023.
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Eleven University of Vaasa researchers and three part-time or visiting international professors have been named in the recent edition of the Stanford University list of World Top 2% scientists.
The University of Vaasa has started a review and development project which aims to enhance international students' integration into the university community and eventually into working life. The focus is on improving the subject associations' readiness for internationality to ensure that the academic community will stay strong as the number of international degree students increases.
Institutional differences including cultural, economic, and political differences influence the propensity of multinational companies to divest their foreign investments, shows a doctoral thesis by Ha Nguyen at the University of Vaasa. The dynamic management capabilities of senior headquarter executives also modify firms' propensity to divest.
Better use of data could help small and medium-sized circular economy enterprises solve the sustainability challenge, shows Anne-Mari Järvenpää’s dissertation on industrial management. If relevant data from different sources could be combined, the material cycles could be developed. SMEs also find it challenging to refine data and use analytics.
Rodrigo Rabetino Sabugo, Doctor of Philosophy, has been appointed Professor of Strategic Management at the University of Vaasa. Born in Argentina, Rabetino has previously worked with us as an Associate Professor and Programme Manager for the international master's programme in Strategic Business Development. He is our first researcher to progress to a full professorship through the tenure track path.
The master’s programme in industrial management at the University of Vaasa offered Manmeet Singh exactly the courses he was looking for. The high quality of education and the possibility of getting a high-paying job and staying and living here after studies also affected his decision to choose Finland and Vaasa.
The use of social media can be beneficial to international new ventures and help them to survive. A new dissertation by Emmanuel Kusi Appiah from the University of Vaasa shows that newly established international firms and start-ups with limited resources can effectively use social media to learn about their new foreign markets and customers in a fast and inexpensive way.
A well-executed new employee induction can be one solution to the current labour shortage. Successful onboarding promotes learning on the job, strengthens commitment to the work community and improves work performance. According to Heidi Saarinen's doctoral dissertation on human research management at the University of Vaasa, onboarding should be measured and developed comprehensively. If a development process and performance measurements are missing, the company will not reap the benefits of systematic training and will not be able to use them to its advantage.