February’s Research News of the University of Vaasa has been published. It is a publication presenting the research at the University of Vaasa. In it you can find information on our latest research.
News articles
The public examination of M.Sc. Charles Osifo's doctoral dissertation ”The Effects of Ethical Governance on Public Trust: A Comparative Analysis of Anti-Corruption Policies and Procedures in Nigeria, Ghana, and Cameroon" will be on Friday 16 November at 12 o´clock in Auditorium Kurtén (Tervahovi). The field of dissertation is Public Management.
The public examination of M.Sc. Aminah Nalikka’s doctoral dissertation ”Essays on Information Disclosure in Company Annual Reports. Evidence from Finland and the United Kingdom” will be on Friday 9 November at 12 o´clock in Auditorium Kurtén (Tervahovi). The field of dissertation is Accounting and Finance.
The public examination of M.Sc. Ethiopia Segaro’s doctoral dissertation ”Internationalization of family small and medium sized enterprises: Impact of ownership, governance and top management team” will be on Friday 5 October at 12 o´clock in Auditorium Palomäki (Tervahovi A201). The field of dissertation is Marketing.
The University of Vaasa, Department of Production takes part in the European FP7 Project ADVENTURE (ADaptive Virtual ENterprise ManufacTURing Environment). The idea of the project is to promote flexibility and the fast emergence of new innovations. The project is especially useful for the creation and operation of so called virtual factories that are networks of several independent manufacturing companies.
The Well-being week takes place at the University of Vaasa on the first week of October (1-5 October 2012). The program includes lectures, and you also have a chance to visit a variety of stands from Tuesday to Thursday in the lobby of restaurant Mathilda. Most of the events during the Well-being week are arranged in Finnish, but some of them will be available in English or otherwise suitable for non-Finnish speakers.
The public examination of MSc (Administrative Sciences) Ville Tuomi´s doctoral dissertation ”Quality Management in Public Sector. What kind of quality management there is and how it is implemented. Some cases from universities, academic libraries and health care services between the years 2000-2010” will be on Friday 28 September at 12 o´clock in Nissi auditorium (Tritonia). The field of dissertation is industrial management.
The 21st Annual Conference by International Management Development Association (IMDA) was organized on July 4th-8th 2012 in Helsinki. The best paper award of the conference was given to the research group from the international marketing unit of the University of Vaasa. The group consisted from Samuel Dadzie, Jorma Larimo and Huu Le Nguyen and the title of the paper was “Foreign subsidiary performance: Evidence from Ghana”.
The public examination of M.Sc. Henrik Luit Wietsma´s doctoral dissertation ”On Unitary Relations between Krein Spaces” will be on Wednesday 15 August at 12 o´clock in room C203 (Kurtén, Tervahovi). The field of dissertation is mathematics.
Tekes – the Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation has awarded competitive funding amounting to €580,000 to University of Vaasa and its partners for a two-year project on "Valuable, Intangible and Prestigious Service Experiences".