University of Vaasa and VTT are collaborating to develop a new real-time marketplace for demand-side management of electricity.
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Laura Perttola’s doctoral thesis in Public Law deals with the legal conditions for access to care services for older people in Finland. It focuses on procedural provisions for granting the services and on the implementation of the provisions in the light of municipal application directives.
The way we produce and consume goods heavily relies on limited natural resources and produce negative side effects such as waste and pollution. In order to become future-fit, businesses need to integrate these increasing pressures and become aligned with a circular economy blueprint, in which waste is designed out and products and materials can generate additional value by being recirculated.
Cultural values significantly influence the motivation to buy environmentally friendly products. For example, Finns buy organic food because its high price is a guarantee of quality, while Pakistanis buy it for good taste.
According to M.Sc (Tech) Aappo Kontu's doctoral thesis in the field of industrial management, industrial service companies in the electrical and telecom network sectors are facing a profitability crisis. The profitability of their customers, i.e., companies that own electrical and telecom networks, has, on the other hand, remained strong and their performance has improved.
What's in it for me? The question describes well what young engineers think about their rights and obligations towards their employer. This emerges from Roger Nylund's doctoral dissertation in the field of management, where he explored the thoughts of young engineers in relation to their work and their employer from a psychological contract perspective.
Customers found the quality of services outsourced to private health centres and of those provided by public-sector health centres to be homogenous, reveals a new doctoral dissertation from the University of Vaasa. However, local authorities are unable to estimate the amount of invisible costs associated with public provision of health care services or with their outsourcing.
Google searches can indicate investors' market sentiment and, thereby, also forecast market development. Antti Klemola, M.Sc. (Econ.), reveals in his doctoral thesis that small investors' Google searches are linked to future stock market returns.
Wireless sensor networks are effective and low-cost solution for collecting data. According to Caner Çuhac’s doctoral thesis at the University of Vaasa, they can provide solutions such as measuring solar power in the energy research, human detection for military purposes and detecting faults in agricultural machines.
The University of Vaasa and its Digital Economy research platform are about to get support for developing their research and operations from influencers of business and society.
Digital industry leaders from different business fields have been invited to the new advisory board of the Digital Economy research platform. The members of the board are Chief Digital Officer Anni Ronkainen from Kesko, Director, EU Government Relations Corinna Schulze from SAP, Managing Director Finland and Baltics Mervi Airaksinen from Cisco, Senior Vice President, Private Customers and Digital Sales Sari Heinonen from OP Group, and member of SEB's Board of Directors and owner of Vallila Interior Anne Berner.
Digital industry leaders from different business fields have been invited to the new advisory board of the Digital Economy research platform. The members of the board are Chief Digital Officer Anni Ronkainen from Kesko, Director, EU Government Relations Corinna Schulze from SAP, Managing Director Finland and Baltics Mervi Airaksinen from Cisco, Senior Vice President, Private Customers and Digital Sales Sari Heinonen from OP Group, and member of SEB's Board of Directors and owner of Vallila Interior Anne Berner.