The Graduate School of the University of Vaasa has granted several scholarships, donated by Evald and Hilda Nissi Foundation and Vaasa University Foundation as well as two-year doctoral student positions.
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The Foundation for Economic Education (Liikesivistysrahasto) has granted several scholarships to the researchers of the university.
The primary aim of Lars E. Palmroos´s study is to explore and construct a new performance management system for use in a public sector organization. Field of the study is finance and accounting.
Jari Koskinen’s doctoral thesis presents a new view of firms’ dynamic capabilities and flexibility operations, introducing a new business model called the dynamic business model (DBM). Field of the study is industrial management.
Ruifeng Duan studies the possibilities of cognitive radios. Field of the study is telecommunications engineering.
Professor Donald Huisingh from the University of Tennessee gave a lecture at the University of Vaasa on 29th of January. The topic of the lecture was “Climate changes: evolving technical, political, economic, ecological and values challenges and opportunities”.
University granted in the anniversary ceremony of the University of Vaasa Research Act of the Year 2013 award to professor Petri Helo, Research group leader of the Network Value Systems (with professor Marko Kohtamäki). University Teacher Minna Maarit-Jaskari received Teaching Act of the Year 2013 award in the same ceremony.
In response to the world energy crisis, global warming and climate change, microalgal biodiesel production has received much interest in an effort to search for sustainable development. M.Sc. Liandong Zhu’s research shows that Chlorella zofingiensis cultivation in piggery wastewater for biodiesel production can realize environmental sustainability, especially water sustainability. Field of the study is industrial management.
The objective of Sauli Harjamäki’s research is to reduce the uncertainty of the selection of values in organizations, to improve the validity of the values from the perspective of different reference groups, and the improvement of the value based actions experienced in the company. Field of the study is industrial management.
The purpose of Alemu Moges Belay’s research is to model concurrent engineering and improve product development performance by considering multi-attributes, such as cost and time and investigate the effects of related concepts for better results. Field of the study is industrial management.