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News 13.11.2018

Dissertation: Language use in business newspapers brings to front what is praised and blamed in ...

Praising and blaming are targeted mostly to things rather than human beings in the leading articles of business newspapers. When evaluating is targeted to human beings, they are usually politicians and rarely economic actors. Behind the evaluative language use can be seen the values of the business newspapers and journalists that go along with the supposed values of readers.

News 12.11.2018

Dissertation: Learning from the customer can boost your business towards international growth

Do you really know your customer needs? A new doctoral dissertation in international business at the University of Vaasa explores learning in supplier-customer relationship interactions.
– It is inevitable to comprehend how and if firms learn from their relationships and interactions. Firms intending to internationalize, have to nurture relationship development capability, says Waheed Akbar Bhatti, who will defend his doctoral thesis on Thursday, 15th of November.

Dissertation 05.11.2018

Dissertation: Reorganization – a slow path to go bankrupt?

According to Eija-Leena Kärkinen's doctoral dissertation, most of the firms go bankrupt during reorganization.

News 28.10.2018

Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation has granted funding to eight University of Vaasa researchers

Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation has granted funding to eight doctoral students and researchers of the University of Vaasa.

News 12.10.2018

Selina Liang is the new Executive Director of the Sino-Finnish Research Centre for Science, Technology and Innovation

Dr Liting (Selina) Liang has been appointed as the new Executive Director of the Sino-Finnish Research Centre for Science, Technology and Innovation (the Sino-Finnish STI Centre) at the University of Vaasa.

News 10.10.2018

Study Programme Pages moved to the Students Section

News 14.09.2018

Suvi Karirinne to head VEBIC research platform at University of Vaasa

Doctor of Science Suvi Karirinne, 46, has been appointed Director of the Vaasa Energy Business Innovation Centre VEBIC research platform of the University of Vaasa. VEBIC is an open multidisciplinary research and innovation platform focused on energy and sustainable development. Karirinne will take up her duties on 19 November 2018.

News 11.09.2018

New opportunity for American researchers in Vaasa – the University of Vaasa and Fulbright ...

The University of Vaasa and Fulbright Finland Foundation have signed a collaboration agreement that launches the Fulbright-University of Vaasa Scholar Award scholarship programme. The agreement provides American researchers an opportunity to either conduct research or also additionally teach at the University of Vaasa.

News 04.09.2018

Dissertation: Some tourists simply seek home away from home while on holiday

Not all the tourists want to have experiences that are different from their everyday lives while on holiday and distance themselves from what they perceive as the typical tourist role. They simply seek a home away from home. This doesn’t only mean that they want to have the same kind of food or a pillow that resembles the one at home, but that they also want to do the same kind of leisure activities on holiday that they carry out at home.

News 20.08.2018

Doctoral dissertation: The dieter's curse – merely thinking about the food store could lead ...

Merely thinking about the food store could lead a dieter to make the wrong food choices, explains a new doctoral dissertation. What is happening if a consumer on a diet is being guided towards unhealthy food choices without being aware of it?