Dissertations
Forthcoming dissertations and public defense dates can be found on the Upcoming Events page. Dissertations are published in the Acta Wasaensia series. You can search them in Osuva publication archive.
Dissertations 2023
3.2. Meniina Wik (Communication Sciences)
Tulkinnasta tuotantoon : Audiovisuaalinen shippaustuotanto digitaalisena itseilmaisuna
Opponent: Professor Kaarina Nikunen (Tampere University)
Custos: Professor Tanja Sihvonen
Dissertations 2022
28.10. Ebo Kwegyir-Afful (Industrial Management)
Simulation-Based Countermeasures Towards Accident Prevention: Virtual Reality Utilization in Industrial Processes and Activities.
Opponents: professor Jouni Kivistö-Rahnasto (Tampere university) & adjunct professor Arto Reiman (University of Oulu)
Custos: professor Jussi Kantola.
14.10. Niranjan Sapkota (Finance)
Essays on the New Blockchain-Based Digital Financial Market: Risks and Opportunities
Opponent: John Paul Broussard (University of Oklahoma)
Custos: Professor Timo Rothovius.
30.9. Saara Vaahtoniemi (Economics)
Money, Merits and Gender: Essays on wage differentials
Opponent: Professor Antti Kauhanen (ETLA)
Custos: Professor Panu Kalmi
2.9. Maria Pajuoja (Management)
From mechanistic measuring to up-to-date understanding: Problematising the study of innovative work behaviour
Opponent: Associate Professor Timothy Bednall (Swinburne University of Technology)
Custos: Professor Riitta Viitala
26.8. Siru Kaunisto (Business Law)
Veron kiertämisen tunnistaminen: Oikeuden väärinkäytön kielto VML 28 §:n tulkinnassa
Opponent: Professor Reijo Knuutinen (University of Turku)
Custos: Professor Juha Lindgren
25.5. Ulla-Maria Karhu (Business Law)
Julkiset hankinnat talonrakennusalalla: Keskisuuren yrityksen mahdollisuus toimia pääurakoitsijana
Opponent: Professor Antti Aine (Helsinki University, University of Turku)
Custos: Professor Vesa Annola
18.5. Fang Fang Li (International Marketing)
The integration of social media and marketing strategy: tactics, strategy, and culture
Opponent: Professor Edwin J. Nijssen (Eindhoven University of Technology)
Custos: Professor Peter Gabrielsson
13.5. Maija Vänskä (Social and Health Management)
Työhyvinvointi ja sen kehittäminen julkisessa organisaatiossa
Opponent: Professor Jari Stenvall (Tampere University)
Custos: Professor Harri Jalonen
11.5. Yassine Talaoui (Management)
Business Intelligence (BI) as Simulacra—A radical reflexive look at the BI & analytics sustenance of strategy work
Opponent: Professor David Boje (Aalborg University)
Custos: Professor Marko Kohtamäki
22.4. Mikko Karhu (Regional Science)
Utopiat ja utopiankaltaisuus aluekehittämisessä
Opponent: Adjunct Professor Päivi Rannila (Tampere University)
Custos: University Lecturer, PhD Ilkka Luoto
25.2. Varpu Sankelo (Management)
50+ -ensiyrittäjien identifioituminen ja kerrotut identiteetit toimijuuden rakentamina prosesseina
Opponent: Professor Ulla Hytti (University of Turku)
Custos: Professor Jukka Vesalainen
18.2. Pia Viklund (Public Management)
Monitulkintainen integriteetti : sisäasiainhallinnossa työskentelevien näkemyksiä hyvästä julkisesta toiminnasta
Opponent: Adjunct Professor Elias Pekkola (Tampere University)
Custos: Professor Esa Hyyryläinen
11.2. Virpi Ala-Heikkilä (Accounting)
Evolving Role of Management Accountant – Dreaming of the Perfect Controller Opponent: Professor Kari Lukka (University of Turku)
Custos: Professor Marko Järvenpää
28.1. Daniel Sahebi (Industrial Management)
Improving competitive advantage in 3PL companies in Iran
Opponent: Professor Matloub Hussain (Abu Dhabi University)
Custos: Professor Petri Helo
Dissertations 2021
17.12. Katja Sirviö (Electrical engineering)
The Evolution and Active Management of the Future Electricity Distribution Networks Providing Ancillary Services
Opponent: professor Pierluigi Siano (University of Salerno)
Custos: professor Kimmo Kauhaniemi
Press release
17.12. Hafiz Haq (Energy technology)
Modelling a sustainable industrial ecosystem
Opponent: professor Risto Lahdelma (Aalto University)
Custos: PhD Erkki Hiltunen
Press release
15.12. Petra Lyly (Business law)
Kodin verotuet – tavoite, normi ja vaikutus
Opponent: professor (emeritus) Esko Linnakangas (Helsinki University)
Custos: professor Juha Lindgren
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10.12. Lauri Laaksonen (Marketing)
Co-creating group as a resource for customers’ value formation in a complex service : a case study on provider-driven joint building ventures
Opponent: professor Elina Jaakkola (University of Turku)
Custos: professor Arto Rajala
Press release
10.12. Eveliina Salmela (Communication sciences)
”Ajattelin kysyä palstan asiantuntijoilta ennen kääntymistä lipevien myyntimiesten puoleen.”: Erikoisalaan liittyvien neuvojen ja tiedon pyytäminen verkkoyhteisöissä
Opponent: associate professor, docent Sanna-Kaisa Tanskanen (Helsinki University)
Custos: professor Merja Koskela
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10.12. Valeria Boldosova (Management)
Facts tell, but stories sell : The power of storytelling in influencing human behavior toward big data analytics and smart services
Opponent: professor Vesa Puhakka (University of Oulu)
Custos: professor Marko Kohtamäki
Press release
10.12. Kaisu Kanstrén (Management)
Expatriate partners: career identity, career capital and subjective well-being perspectives
Opponent: professor Julia Richardsson (Curtin University)
Custos: professor Vesa Suutari
Press release
8.12. Sara Yasar (Finance)
Essays on Bank Liquidity Creation
Opponent: professor Gonul Colak (Svenska Handelshögskolan Hanken)
Custos: professor Sami Vähämaa
Press release
3.12. Moussa Ahmad (Industrial Management)
Developing Integration by evaluating Government Program for 2016–2019: Propositions for Decision Makers
Opponents: Docent, D.Sc. (Soc.Sciences) Pekka Kettunen (Institute of Migration) ja Dosentti, D.Sc. (Soc. Sciences), D.Sc. (Econ. & Bus. Adm.) Teppo Sintonen (University of Jyväskylä)
Custos: dosent, D.Sc. (Technology) Raine Hermans
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3.12. Elisa Kannasto (Communication studies)
“I am horrified by all kinds of persona worship!”: Constructing Personal Brands of Politicians on Facebook
Opponent: professor Juha Herkman (Helsinki University)
Custos: professor Tanja Sihvonen
Press release
19.11. Lauri Korkeamäki (Management)
Manufacturer Perspectives on Outcome-based Service Offerings : Essays on the concept, financial consequences and customer relationships
Opponent: professor Christian Kowalkowski (Linköping University)
Custos: professor Marko Kohtamäki
Press release
12.11. Sniazhana Sniazhko (Management)
Uncertainty Management of Integration Managers in MNCs during Post-Acquisition Integration
Opponent: professor Satu Teerikangas (University of Turku)
Custos: professor Adam Smale
Press release
5.11. Taru Mäki (Management)
Ammattikorkeakoulun ja pk-yritysten välisen tiedon jakamisen vaikuttavuus
Opponent: Docent, Dr. Tauno Kekäle
Custos: professor Jukka Vesalainen
Press release
10.9. Josephine Dufitinema (Statistics)
Financial risk forecasting: A case study of the Finnish housing market
Opponent: professor Juho Kanniainen (Tampere University)
Custos: professor Seppo Pynnönen
Press release
3.9. Jari Autioniemi (Public Management)
Vastuullinen julkinen johtaminen: Hallinto-oppien kommunikatiivinen arviointi
Opponent: professor Eija Vinnari (Tampere University)
Custos: professor Esa Hyyryläinen
Press release
1.6. Krista Anttila (Management)
Leader Development as a Cultural and Narrative Phenomenon
Opponent: professor Alf Rehn (University of Southern Denmark)
Custos: professor Riitta Viitala
Press release
21.5. Päivi Kujala (Regional Science)
Kohti mahdollistavaa maaseutuhallintoa. Yrittäjyyden edistäminen Euroopan unionin maaseutupolitiikassa
Opponent: professor Hilkka Vihinen (LUKE)
Custos: professor Seija Virkkala.
Press release
10.5. Milva Finnegan (Business Law)
User-centered design: A key to contract simplification
Opponent: professor Soili Nysten-Haarala (University of Lappland)
Custos: professor Vesa Annola
Press release
23.4. Petra Berg (Marketing)
Power of Marketplace Myths in Energy Transition: Unveiling Timeless Mythologies in Finnish Energy Agora
Opponent: associate professor Pia Polsa (Hanken Svenska handelshögskolan)
Custos: professor Pirjo Laaksonen
Press release
15.4. Rasheed Alabi ()
Machine learning for personalized prognostication of tongue cancer
Opponent: Simo Saarakkala (Oulu University)
Custos: professor Mohammed Elmusrati
Press release
9.4. Lassi Lilleberg (Mathematics)
Generalized Schur functions and passive discrete-time realizations
Opponent: Dr. Michael Dritschel
Custos: professori Seppo Hassi
Press release
13.1. Federica Polo (Industrial Management)
Valorizing Human Capital for dynamic organizations through the triad of training-competency models-participation
Opponent: Professor Jorge Filipe da Silva Gomez (Lisbon School of Economics and Management)
Custos: Professor Jussi Kantola
Press release
Dissertations 2020
18.12. Anne Mäkiranta (Energy Technology)
Renewable thermal energy sources: sediment and asphalt energy applications in an urban northern environment
Opponent: professor Markku Virtanen (Aalto University)
Custos: research director Erkki Hiltunen
Press release
9.12. Heikki Ruohomaa (Industrial Management)
Ecosystem-based development in the transition of fourth industrial revolution
Opponent: adjunct professor Juha Kostiainen
Custos: professor Jussi Kantola
Press release
7.12. Zishan Lin (Accounting)
Research on discretion in accounting: Evidence from the adoption of IAS 19R
Opponent: professor Aila Virtanen (University of Jyväskylä)
Custos: professor Annukka Jokipii
Press release
25.11. Samuel Yaw Kusi (International Marketing)
Decision-making Logic in International Entrepreneurial Branding
Opponent: professor Svante Andersson (Halmstad University, Ruotsi)
Custos: professor Peter Gabrielsson
Publication orders: skusi@uwasa.fi
Press release
17.11. Sanna Joensuu-Salo (Management)
Entrepreneurial intention, behavior and entrepreneurship education. A longitudinal approach
Opponent: professor Vesa Puhakka (Oulu University)
Custos: professor Jukka Vesalainen
Press release
13.11. Teemu Ovaska (Energy Technology)
Exhaust Particle Numbers of High- and Medium-Speed Diesel Engines with Renewable and Recycled Fuels
Opponent: professor Jorma Jokiniemi (University of Eastern Finland)
Custos: professor Seppo Niemi
Press release
23.10. Hilpi Kangas (Management)
Contextualizing leadership. An examination of Leader-Member Exchange relationships in the challenging contexts of a new leader, negative events and globalized work
Opponent: professor Taina Savolainen (University of Eastern Finland)
Custos: professor Liisa Mäkelä.
Press release
16.10. Juha Mäki (Accounting)
Fair Value Appraisal and Financial Reporting
Opponents: professor Mervi Niskanen (University of Eastern Finland)
Custos: professor Teija Laitinen
Press release
14.10. Beatrice Obule-Abila (Industrial Management)
Knowledge management approach for sustainable waste management: evolving a conceptual framework
Opponents: Professor Rodrigo Lozano (University of Gävle)
Custos: professor Petri Helo
Press release
30.9. Ausrine Silenskyte (Management)
Corporate strategy implementation. How strategic plans become individual strategic actions across organizational levels of the MNC
Opponents: professor Rebecca Piekkari (Aalto University) and associate professor Catherine Welch (University of Sydney)
Custos: professor Adam Smale
Press release
30.6. Sara Tilabi (Industrial Management)
"How to apply technology, knowledge and operations decision models for strategically sustainable resource allocation?"
Opponents: professor Andrea Gelei (Corvinus University of Budapest) and professor Jouni Juntunen (Oulu University)
Custos: professor Josu Takala
Press release
17.6. Junhua Jiang (Finance)
"Essays on Financial Connectedness"
Opponent: Associate professor Jarkko Peltomäki (Stockholm Business School)
Custos: professor Janne Äijö
Press Release
3.4. Hanna-Kaisa Pernaa (Social and Health Management)
”Hyvinvoinnin toivottu tulevaisuus – tarkastelussa kompleksisuus, antisipaatio ja osallisuus”
Opponent: professor Jari Stenvall (Tampere University)
Custos: professor Pirkko Vartiainen
Press Release
16.3. Agnieszka Kierner (Management)
"Expatriation of Dual–Career Couples"
Opponent: professor Svetlana Khapova (Vrije University Amsterdam)
Custos: professor Vesa Suutari
Press Release
3.3. Tapio Alho (Industrial Management)
Persoonallinen ajattelu päättelyssä ja päätöksenteossa
Opponents: professor Pekka Kess (Oulun yliopisto), Docent Henry Sivusuo (Maanpuolustuskorkeakoulu)
Custos: professor Josu Takala.
Press Release
28.2. Lotta Alhonnoro (Marketing)
“Turning Points of Food/Waste. Tracing Actors, Relations and Practice-networks in a Retail Setting”
Opponent: Associate Professor Johanna Gummerus (Hanken)
Custos: Professor Pirjo Laaksonen
Press Release
23.1. Antti Mäenpää (Regional Science)
The Challenges of Public Organisations in Coordinating Smart Specialisation and a Connectivity Model as One Solution
Opponent: Professor Vesa Harmaakorpi (LUT University)
Custos: Professor Seija Virkkala
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