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Uutisen oletuskuva
News 08.08.2017
Many “anti-globalists” think that globalization is a scam. They also question the bliss of free trade. Some have claimed that globalization and unfair competition from foreigners has destroyed jobs at home. Globalization undoubtedly has its losers, but under key firm-specific advantages such as patents, trademark, and brand image the companies become winners?

A new doctoral study from the University of Vaasa reveals under which circumstances the companies can really benefit from globalization and internationalization.
Uutisen oletuskuva
News 26.06.2017
It is surprising how often technology companies make decisions concerning the organization of their product development work into internal tasks and projects outsourced to suppliers based on subjective and non-rational reasons. However, innovative product development activities would benefit from more rational decision making. A dissertation published in University of Vaasa provides new insights and methods on this matter.
Uutisen oletuskuva
News 15.06.2017
The Academy of Finland has granted Dr. Muhammad Shafiq post-doctoral funding for three years.

Shafiq will begin his post-doctoral project “Smart Condition Monitoring System for Power Grid” at the University of Vaasa in September. Today’s distribution grid is undergoing various operational and architectural changes. With the new renewable energy sources and distributed power generation the grids are getting bigger and more complex. The distributed generation, the growing number of components and growing infrastructure are challenges for existing monitoring practices.
Uutisen oletuskuva
News 12.06.2017
In his dissertation, Juha Lindell proposes that changes in organizations can be hampered due the neglected wicked problems within. They should be taken into account in the leadership policies and resolve in a comprehensive manner.



– Organizations change constantly, but it has been estimated that even 90 percent of all change initiatives fail. It is vital, however, for organizations to make changes to succeed and something needs to be done, notes Lindell from the University of Vaasa.
Uutisen oletuskuva
News 08.05.2017
Even though we think ourselves as global citizens, we still differ in terms of how we behave online and what motivates our behavior online. A new doctoral study in the field of international marketing by Agnieszka Chwialkowska reveals that the cultural values and practices are still very much influencing the way consumers use different social media platforms when engaging with their favourite companies.
Uutisen oletuskuva
News 03.04.2017
Terho Uusitalo’s doctoral thesis in Industrial Management studies focuses on enterprise competitiveness.
Based on his research findings, Uusitalo develops the case company’s competitiveness by implementing a process management approach to its challenging and dynamic global business environment. He also creates a process development concept for developing and maintaining the case company’s sustainable competitive advantage.
Uutisen oletuskuva
News 27.03.2017
In a new project, researchers from the University of Vaasa is studying the energy literacy of consumers.

- The purpose of the research is to create information on the consumer action in electricity markets, says Professor Panu Kalmi.The survey data will be collected by using an internet tool. The researchers will combine data on electricity consumption to survey data.
Uutisen oletuskuva
News 27.01.2017
The University of Vaasa granted the Research Act and Teaching Act awards of last year in the anniversary ceremony on Friday 27th of January. Research Act of the Year 2016 award was granted to Assistant Professor Susanna Kultalahti from the Faculty of Business Studies. Professor Pirkko Vartiainen from the Faculty of Philosophy received the Teaching Act of the Year 2016 award.