Browsing Yhteiskuntatieteiden ja kauppatieteiden tiedekunta by Issue Date
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Accessibility in the provinces of Finland
(Geographical society of FinlandFI, 1981)Relative, mean and integral accessibility in the existing provinces of Finland and in the proposed new provinces was studied applying graph theory, through evaluating the shapes of the provinces by reference to polygonal ... -
Periphery syndrome - a reinterpretation of regional development theory in a resource periphery
(Geographical society of FinlandFI, 1988)A study is made of industrialization and the transition in economic structure as it has affected a remote peripheral region of Finland with a predominantly resource‑based economy over the last twenty years or so. The ... -
Assessment and optimization of economic restructuring in a small peripheral region
(Geographical society of Finland, 1990)An evaluation model is presented which is suitable for planning methods related to the construction of regional economic scenarios. The model is constructed for assessment and optimization the regional economic structure ... -
Commuting with on-site accommodation in the mining industry and its effects on spatial structures
(Geographical society of FinlandFI, 1996)An analysis is made of experiences and spatial effects of commuting by air with on-site accommodation for the purposes of resource extraction in sparsely populated areas. The case concerned is that of the Forrestania Nickel ... -
Potentials for innovative restructuring in industry in Northwestern Russia
(Geographical society of FinlandFI, 1998)This paper examines the innovative restructuring of industry in Northwestern Russia, an area that includes St. Petersburg and its hinterlands and extends to the Barents Sea and the Ural Mountains. Profound restructuring ... -
From Top Research to Business - A Case Study of the Barriers Involved with Academic Commercialization
(Bloomsbury India, 2015)This intensive case study examines the barriers for commercializing academic research. The data is collected from a twoyear commercialization project, KnoPro, in which one university, several life science companies, and a ... -
Engaging consumers online through websites and social media: A gender study of Italian Generation Y clothing consumers
(Elsevier BV, 2015-05-13)Consumers increasingly search for, evaluate, and buy items via social media and websites, but little is known about how these activities affect their level of trust, attitudes toward online retailing, and online shopping ... -
Feelings over facts – a university merger brings organisational identity to the forefront
(Informa UK Limited, 2015-06-08)This article presents a qualitative case study based on an analysis of the outcomes and meanings attributed by university academics to an institutional merger, from the perspective of organisational identity. The change ... -
Survivor - innovation: Dynamism and instability in networks
(International society of professional innovation management, 2015-06-14)In intra- and interorganizational innovation networks, complementary, collaborative, coopetitive and competitive elements are present continuously. This can give start to instability and tensions that eventually lead to ... -
Inspirations for organizational trust through story-telling: What people talk in work places
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From Disunited to Joint Action: Dialogue Reflecting the Construction of Organizational Identity After a Merger
(SAGE Publications, 2015-08-10)Inter-organizational collaboration can be understood as a product of sets of conversations that draw on existing discourses. This article examines one public organization going through a fundamental organizational change. ... -
Typology of senior travellers as users of tourism information technology
(2015-08-27)The importance of senior travellers as a travel segment for the tourism industry is continuously increasing as the number of pensioners increases in the Western world. These new senior travellers differ from earlier ... -
The neuropeptide oxytocin modulates consumer brand relationships
(Nature Publishing Group, 2015-10-09)Each year, companies invest billions of dollars into marketing activities to embellish brands as valuable relationship partners assuming that consumer brand relationships (CBRs) and interpersonal relationships rest upon ... -
Community of Practice as a Source of Dynamic Capability in Academy-Industry Collaboration - A Case Study
(Academic Conferences and Publishing International Limited, 2015-11-05)This article examines the potential of a community of practice (CoP) to generate the dynamic capability of organisations in an academy industry collaboration. This case study was carried out within the Northern Research ... -
Self-employment in a worker co-operative: Finding a balance between individual and community needs
(The Committee on Co-operative Research (CCR), 2015-11-08)This research explores self-employment in a worker co-operative context. The empirical case study was conducted using qualitative methods, with a focus on interpreting the motivations for choosing a co-operative as a ... -
An examination of strategic orientation profiles of low- and high-performing international SMEs
(Australian & new zealand marketing academy conference, 2015-11-30)Strategic orientations are believed to be associated with the international performance of SMEs, but empirical evidence on the subject is scarce. Addressing this research gap, the present study examines whether low- and ... -
Does market orientation pay off without brand orientation? A study of small business entrepreneurs
(Informa UK Limited, 2015-12-22)Market orientation and brand orientation are usually modelled as distinct antecedents of business performance, and the simultaneous performance effects of these orientations are empirically under-explored. Moreover, studies ... -
EUBORDERSCAPES - Potentials and Challenges of Evolving Border Concepts
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Maternal and paternal sleep during pregnancy in the Child-sleep birth cohort
(Elsevier BV, 2016)Study objectives Maternal and paternal sleep insufficiency during pregnancy appears to be a risk factor for health and wellbeing in young families. Here, we evaluated the prevalence of sleep insufficiency and symptoms of ... -
Approaching Multifunctionality by a 'Normative View': Finnish Farmers' Visions on Contemporary Agriculture
(De Gruyter Open, 2016)Productivity alone is not the most important defining character of contemporary agriculture. On the grounds of the dominant models of market liberalization and multifunctionality, farmers have been urged to take new roles ...
