Mike Mekkanen's dissertation analyzes and evaluates the performance of the IEC 61850 standard within modern electrical systems. IEC 61850 is a relatively new international standard of communications for substations and smart grid.
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October’s Research News of the University of Vaasa has been published. It is a newsletter presenting the research at the University of Vaasa.
The ambassador of Namibia to Finland Bonny Haufiku was visiting the University of Vaasa on Wednesday. He suggests, that the University of Vaasa and the University of Namibia could have co-operation in research and education.
– Common research, exchange students and exchange professors and maybe assisting to set up some institutions, he says.
– Common research, exchange students and exchange professors and maybe assisting to set up some institutions, he says.
The new United States Ambassador to Finland Charles C. Adams visited today Vaasa and the University of Vaasa. He met the rectors of the University of Vaasa and the University of Applied Sciences in Vaasa (VAMK) and made a tour around campus area with the students.
- I’m very impressed by the facilities, the talent and the ambition, said Charles C. Adams today at the press conference.
- I’m very impressed by the facilities, the talent and the ambition, said Charles C. Adams today at the press conference.
Teemu Mäenpää's thesis in information technology "Utilization of adjacency model in graph analysis" examines ways to process complex data structures to make them operable for relational databases.
Anne Kujala’s dissertation focuses on a very important and current issue – health and social management.
In general media discussion it has been said many times that hospitals have poor management and especially the doctors are bad managers.
In general media discussion it has been said many times that hospitals have poor management and especially the doctors are bad managers.
Nnamdi Oguji's thesis in marketing “Foreign acquisition entry strategies and performance of Finnish multinationals: The role of entry motives, institutions and host country capabilities” analyzes how and why firms opt for partial, staged and full acquisition strategies when entering into foreign markets. His research also reveals which are the negative impacts of not opting for the optimal acquisition strategy.
According to Niina Kinnunen’s thesis “Tietoturvaohjeistusten noudattamisen motivaatio ja sen muuttuminen” (Motivation for following information security instructions and chage therein) the authorities and the organizations should try to reduce the information security instructions and the number of parties providing the instructions and guidelines.
Mervi Toivanen's thesis in Economics “Essays on Credit Contagion and Shocks in Banking” examines the impact of shocks on banks in the context of financial crises.
Tuija Pitkäkoski's thesis in marketing “Building a Production Concept for experiential Food Service Event – Theming, processing and holistic impression as challenge in marketing management” reveals that most relevant in producing and managing experiential food service event is the management over the whole service system.