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Vaasan yliopiston väitöskirjat julkaistaan Acta Wasaensia -sarjassa.
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Leader Development as a Cultural and Narrative Phenomenon
(Vaasan yliopisto, 21.05.2021)
MonografiaväitöskirjaThis dissertation examines the process of leader development as a narrative and cultural phenomenon. The object of interest is Finnish leadership discourse which is approached through dialogical leader talk and culturally ... -
Kohti mahdollistavaa maaseutuhallintoa : Yrittäjyyden edistäminen Euroopan unionin maaseutupolitiikassa
(Vaasan yliopisto, 11.05.2021)
ArtikkeliväitöskirjaTässä väitöskirjassa tarkastellaan mahdollistamista maaseutuhallinnon toimintatapana, jonka kontekstina on Euroopan unionin maaseutupolitiikan mukaisen yrittäjyyden edistämisen käytännöt Suomessa. Yrittäjyyden edistäminen ... -
User-centered design : A key to contract simplification
(Vaasan yliopisto, 07.05.2021)
MonografiaväitöskirjaContracts are a vital part of business-to-business (B2B) exchanges. They guide the exchange relationship and define its terms. A challenge that companies face is the complexity of contract documents. Traditional documents, ... -
Power of Myths in Energy Transition : Unveiling Timeless Mythologies in Finnish Energy Agora
(Vaasan yliopisto, 13.04.2021)
ArtikkeliväitöskirjaShifts in the traditional production and consumption trajectories towards zero emission, sustainable societies are hampered by path dependence and lock-ins. In addition, the notion of value-action gap indicates that people’s ... -
Machine learning for personalized prognostication of tongue cancer
(Vaasan yliopisto, 31.03.2021)
ArtikkeliväitöskirjaTongue cancer constitutes the majority of the malignancies of the head and neck region. Traditionally, the staging system of the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) Tumor-Nodal-Metastasis (TNM) has been shown to be ... -
Generalized Schur functions and passive discrete-time realizations
(Vaasan yliopisto, 29.03.2021)
ArtikkeliväitöskirjaPassive discrete-time systems or contractive operator colligations in Pontryagin space setting are investigated. Transfer functions of such systems are generalized Schur functions, and hence these systems offer state space ... -
Valorizing human capital for dynamic organizations through the triad of training-competency modeling-participation
(Vaasan yliopisto, 30.12.2020)
ArtikkeliväitöskirjaOrganizations operating in a business environment, characterized by market changes and knowledge-based competition, need to develop capabilities to accumulate, integrate and renew knowledge and resources in order to remain ... -
Renewable thermal energy sources : sediment and asphalt energy applications in an urban northern environment
(Vaasan yliopisto, 08.12.2020)
ArtikkeliväitöskirjaThis thesis evaluates if novel shallow geothermal energy, specifically geoenergy sources under sediment and asphalt layer, are viable and usable in Finnish climate conditions. The research consists of case studies implemented ... -
Ecosystem-based development in the transition of fourth industrial revolution
(Vaasan yliopisto, 27.11.2020)
ArtikkeliväitöskirjaSocieties around the globe are facing enormous changes based on new technologies and an exponential growth in the amount of data. At the same time, we are facing the “wicked” problems of world, like climate change, population ... -
Research on discretion in accounting : Evidence from the adoption of IAS 19R
(Vaasan yliopisto, 27.11.2020)
MonografiaväitöskirjaThis dissertation examines the discretionary accounting choices using the setting of IAS 19R employee benefits, which replaced the IAS 19 in 2013. More specifically, two main changes under the IAS 19R have been investigated: ... -
Exhaust Particle Numbers of High- and Medium-Speed Diesel Engines with Renewable and Recycled Fuels
(30.10.2020)
ArtikkeliväitöskirjaThe number of exhaust particles emitted from non-road diesel engines is regulated worldwide. This dissertation aimed to evaluate how different alternative fuels affect the exhaust particle number in high- and medium-speed ... -
Contextualizing leadership : An examination of Leader-Member Exchange relationships in the challenging contexts of a new leader, negative events and globalized work
(Vaasan yliopisto, 13.10.2020)
ArtikkeliväitöskirjaThis dissertation examines leader-follower relationships in challenging situations, dissected through the contextuality of leadership. These different contexts are defined as follows: the context of a new leader entering ... -
Entrepreneurial intention, behavior and entrepreneurship education : A longitudinal approach
(Vaasan yliopisto, 02.11.2020)
ArtikkeliväitöskirjaEntrepreneurship is an important factor in the society creating well-being, new jobs and seeking opportunities to change the world we live in. While entrepreneurial intention and entrepreneurship education are both widely ... -
Knowledge management approach for sustainable waste management: evolving a conceptual framework
(Vaasan yliopisto, 02.10.2020)
ArtikkeliväitöskirjaWaste management is a global issue requiring radical change. Radical change for waste management can be achieved through the application of knowledge management (KM) tools and approaches. This dissertation develops a ... -
Fair Value Appraisal and Financial Reporting
(Vaasan yliopisto, 10 / 2020)
ArtikkeliväitöskirjaThis thesis analyzes phenomena that occur when financial reporting on real estate companies located in the European Union is published under International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). The first and second essays ... -
Corporate strategy implementation : how strategic plans become individual strategic actions across organizational levels of the MNC
(Vaasan yliopisto, 18.09.2020)
MonografiaväitöskirjaManagers often cite strategy implementation as the number one challenge in strategic management. Nevertheless, the topic has attracted relatively little attention, and particularly so from the perspective of how individual ... -
How to apply technology, knowledge and operations decision models for strategically sustainable resource allocation?
(Vaasan yliopisto, 18.06.2020)
ArtikkeliväitöskirjaTechnology is a primary source of competitive advantage that can help a firm to outperform its competitors if the firm’s technology strategy is aligned with its overall business strategy. Because firms’ resources are limited ... -
Essays on Financial Connectedness
(Vaasan yliopisto, 05.06.2020)
ArtikkeliväitöskirjaThis thesis analyzes financial connectedness from different perspectives in four essays. The first essay studies whether the subprime mortgage crisis and European debt crisis intensified the connectedness effect on the ... -
Hyvinvoinnin toivottu tulevaisuus : tarkastelussa kompleksisuus, antisipaatio ja osallisuus
(Vaasan yliopisto, 24.03.2020)
ArtikkeliväitöskirjaTyön teoreettinen viitekehys muodostuu kompleksisuusajattelusta, osallisuudesta ja sen taustalla vaikuttavasta deliberatiivisesta demokratiateoriasta sekä tuoreesta, tulevaisuuksientutkimuksen alalle sijoittuvasta ... -
Expatriation of Dual-Career Couples
(Vaasan yliopisto, 06.03.2020)
ArtikkeliväitöskirjaThis manuscript focuses on the growing phenomenon of expatriation among dual-career couples, where both partners are physically and psychologically committed to their work. Due to both the changing nature of the current ...
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