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News 31.05.2019

Dissertation: The customer has become a resourceful consultant for companies – these factors ...

Co-creation, which means improving and developing products and services in collaboration with customers, has significantly changed the product and service development of companies. In his doctoral dissertation in the field of industrial management, Balaji Gopalan has studied which attributes can facilitate value co-creation.

News 06.05.2019

South Ostrobothnia Regional Fund awarded grants to University of Vaasa PhD students

The South Ostrobothnia Regional Fund of the Finnish Cultural Foundation awarded grants to nine University of Vaasa PhD students.

News 26.04.2019

Dissertation: Diagnosing your health with a wrist band? Machine intelligence could make this happen

"Imagine if you could diagnose your heart with your watch? It would be like having a stethoscope on your wrist. Not just counting heartbeats as sport tracking devices do, but actually listening to your heart sound and analysing its condition – just like a doctor would do. New eHealth technology could save lives."

News 24.04.2019

Several scholarships granted for doctoral research

The Graduate School of the University of Vaasa granted several scholarships on Wednesday 24th of April, donated by Evald and Hilda Nissi Foundation and Vaasa University Foundation.

News 18.04.2019

Dissertation: Open innovation needs rules and reliable partners – avoid the risks of ...

R&D-intensive firms, especially in the pharmaceutical and ICT industries, face continuous pressure to produce new innovations and patents in order to survive and compete in the market. One of the solutions has been to lower costs by collaborating openly or partnering with other companies. However, according to Afnan Zafar’s doctoral dissertation, the cheapest way to be competitive is not always the best.

News 21.02.2019

Dissertation: These individuals are needed by the aviation industry to succeed: "Obedience ...

Finnish companies in the aviation industry have practices that will help them emerge as winners from global competition, reveals Jaakko Sivusuo's doctoral dissertation in Industrial Management. Competitive advantage can arise, for example, from partnerships, productised services as well as entrepreneurial and passionate individuals.

News 28.01.2019

The University of Vaasa awarded Research Act and Teaching Act of the Year 2018

The University of Vaasa granted the Research Act and Teaching Act awards of last year in the anniversary ceremony on Monday 28th of January. Research Act of the Year 2018 award was granted to Professors Vesa Suutari and Liisa Mäkelä and Assistant Professor Olivier Wurtz from the School of Management. Associate Professor Hanna Leipämaa-Leskinen and University Teacher Olli Raatikainen from the School of Marketing and Communication received Teaching Act of the Year 2015 award.

News 28.01.2019

Global career mobility interests at the University – researchers in the GLOMO project study ...

The international GLOMO project has selected Tania Biswas and Rodrigo de Melo to University of Vaasa as project researchers. As a part of the international research project, they study global mobility from the viewpoints of wellbeing and success.

News 17.12.2018

Business studies and economics the strongest research discipline in Finland - University of ...

The Academy of Finland's annual report on the State of Scientific Research in Finland 2018 (Tieteen tila) was published on 10 December. The report shows that the overall level of Finnish science and research when compared to world standards, continues to improve as it has done for the past few years.

News 17.12.2018

Dissertation: Growth trajectories of established companies - effectuation and causation in focus

The SMEs are often mentioned as sources of growth. According to Marko Matalamäki's doctoral dissertation at the University of Vaasa, not only the start-ups but also the established companies can be successful growth companies. The established companies selecting a customer-oriented approach, seem to achieve success and growth regardless of the status in their field of operations.