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Uutisen oletuskuva
News 10.10.2016
People and policymakers in many developed countries are concerned that domestic firms appear to be increasingly locating their research and development activities abroad and may at the same time erode the national scientific capabilities. However, according to Jaana Rahko’s doctoral dissertation this worry seems to be exaggerated. Her dissertation on the field of Economics presents research results showing that international research and development (R&D) activities increase the patenting and productivity of firms. She will defend her thesis at the University of Vaasa.
Uutisen oletuskuva
News 12.09.2016
Omid Palizban has developed new technology for the decentralized control of microgrids, especially in the energy storage section, and adopted a new standard for hierarchical control in the system. Palizban’s doctoral dissertation for the University of Vaasa is at the field of Electrical Engineering and the research has done in Smart Electric Systems research group. The research is related to energy and power management in the modern grid.
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.