SC-Research

About the research group

SC-Research (SCR) is an industrial management research group of the University of Vaasa located in Lapua. Its core competence areas are service innovations, demand- and user-oriented innovation initiatives, competence-intensive services, service businesses in industries, competence protection and management as well as the management of development and innovation operations.

The extensive partner network of SC-Research includes many national and international top-level research departments, universities, research centres and companies.

The research group is headed by dean Raine Hermans.

News and events

Publications

Publications in the SoleCRIS research database

New Publications 2023-2024

2024

Gamification of risk management learning material in the ESF-funded Kompassi project: report on case “Riskivirasto”
Mäenpää, Mikael, 2024, Vaasan yliopiston raportteja, 47, D4 Published development or research report or study

2023

Missiolähtöinen ja inklusiivinen innovaatiopolitiikka
Woodson, Thomas; Kuusisto, Jari; Kunttu, Leena; Kalliomaki, Helka; Kalliokoski, Johanna, 2023, Business Finland Policy Brief, 5, 6 s., D4 Published development or research report or study
R&D in Services
Kuusisto, Jari; Liang, Liting Selina, 2023, Gallouj, Faïz; Gallouj, Camal; Monnoyer, Marie-Christine; Rubalcaba, Luis; Scheuer, Markus, Elgar Encyclopedia of Services, Elgar Encyclopedias in the Social Sciences series, 383-386, DOI: 10.4337/9781802202595.rd.in.services, B2 Book chapter (non-peer-reviewed)
Digitalisaatiosta Etelä-Pohjanmaalla : Mahdollisuuksia hyödyntäen ja riskejä halliten
Suvinen, Nina; Kolehmainen, Jari; Arrasvuori, Juha; Mäenpää, Mikael; Tuuri, Maria; Yli-Viitala, Pirjo, 2023, 36, D4 Published development or research report or study

Research projects

Project	Duration	Actors
PERIL	06/2023 - 03/2025	SC-Research, Technology and Innovations
NextGen	04/2023 - 03/2025	SC-Research, Technology and Innovations, VEBIC
MISS – Practising mission-oriented innovation policy	10/2022 - 09/2024	SC-Research, Technology and Innovations, InnoLab, Public policy and governance, Management
KOMPASSI - Online learning environment for risk management and complementary digital skills	09/2021 - 08/2023	SC-Research, Technology and Innovations
Business ecosystem for food waste -PAJATSO	08/2021 - 12/2022	SC-Research, Technology and Innovations
BID4E: Business and Innovation Development for Enterprises	01/2019 - 06/2021	SC-Research