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Uutisen oletuskuva
News 15.08.2016
According to Ari Sivula’s doctoral thesis at the University of Vaasa "Generic Crowdsourcing Model for Holistic Innovation Management" organizations should be more customer focused in innovation production.



Companies generally strive to produce innovations which do not necessarily have a wide range of demand in the markets. These innovations can be really expensive for companies, says Sivula.



Crowdsourcing is one of the best models to bring customers and other stakeholders into innovation development which can be, for instance, new products and services.
Uutisen oletuskuva
News 05.08.2016
M.Sc. Veli-Tapani Peltoketo's doctoral thesis defines a new benchmarking method for mobile phone cameras. The benchmarking combines different image quality and camera performance metrics to a comparable, single value benchmarking score. According to the research, heavy image quality algorithms used nowadays may slow down functionality of mobile phone cameras. Moreover, the research highlights the main principles to compare mobile phone cameras. For example, cameras should be measured in different light environments.
Uutisen oletuskuva
News 27.06.2016
Hanna Peltokangas studies in her dissertation the association between leaders' personality, job performance and burnout. The results were rather surprising. For example the narcissistic leaders seemed to get good assessments from their subordinates. However, when the topic was studied more thoroughly, it was noticed that the more narcissistic features the leader had the less time he/she had been in the position.
Uutisen oletuskuva
News 03.06.2016
Professor Adam Smale from the University of Vaasa has been granted funding from the Academy of Finland for a joint project with professor Kristiina Mäkelä from the Aalto University. Smale's part of the funding was 280 000 euros. The research project is called "Brave New HR? The Digitalisation of People Management".
Uutisen oletuskuva
News 23.05.2016
Self-initiated expatriation does not always enhance perceived employability of an employee and may appear as a risk for the employers according to a doctoral dissertation of Paula Makkonen.

Self-initiated expatriation has traditionally been connected to perceptions of high employability and career satisfaction. Self-initiated expatriates have also felt to increase the local talent pool available for staffing.
Uutisen oletuskuva
News 20.05.2016
Finnish invention, a vertical axis Savonius wind turbine can be further improved according to doctoral thesis of Svetlana Marmutova from the University of Vaasa.

Due to the mechanical modification of the rotor the power coefficient was shown to be increased by around 8 percent (2% units). The power coefficient is the ratio of the power extracted by the rotor to the available kinetic power in the air flow.
Uutisen oletuskuva
News 13.05.2016
Women narrate their life stories, with problems and adversities. Cosmopolitan UK offers a mix of self-narratives of trouble, alongside its own descriptions of the ideal woman, the Cosmo girl. Since readers will realize that the Cosmo girl is less than realistic, the magazine also has to offer stories of adversities in the life of a woman. It is a question of the magazine’s credibility. But it is also about encouraging the reader to see that her problems can be resolved: she can once again be a Cosmo girl.

These results are found in a PhD thesis by Maj-Britt Höglund, Phil.Lic., to be presented for public examination at the University of Vaasa, Finland.
Uutisen oletuskuva
News 28.04.2016
The Graduate School of the University of Vaasa has granted several scholarships, donated by Evald and Hilda Nissi Foundation and Vaasa University Foundation.