Mustan naisen historia : kolminkertaisen alistamisen historiaa

Kirjallisuusarvostelu

Miten tietoisuus muuttuu

Kirjallisuusarvostelu

Miten päästä imperiumeista eroon? : kehityksen kritiikistä kritiikin kehitykseen

Kirjallisuusarvostelu

The value of digitalization of services in the new service development

The purpose of this thesis is to study factors that have an impact on the company’s capabilities to identify and analyze the value of digitalization of services during the early stages of service development process and evaluate them from the perspective of a case company. The research problem was defined: “How digitalization of services affects delivering the services of the future?” The research method of this thesis was based on the qualitative case study which aimed to study both company’s and customer’s set of values. The study included a literature review and a development study. The empirical research part consisted of analyzing three existing services, specifying a new digital service concept and its feasibility analysis as part of a business requirement phase. To understand the set of values, 10 stakeholder interviews were conducted and earlier customer surveys were utilized, and additionally, a number of meetings were conducted with the case company representatives to develop service concept, and evaluate the findings. The impact of the early stages of service development process discovered to reflect directly in the capabilities of the case company to identify and create customer value were related to the themes presented in the literature review. In order to specify the value achieved from the digitalization the following areas of strategic background elements were deepened during the study: Innovations, customer understanding and business service. Based on the findings, the study aims to enhance the case company’s capability to identify and evaluate the impact of the digitalization in delivering services of the future. Recognizing the value of digital service before the beginning of the development project is important to the businesses of both customer and provider. By exploring the various levels of digitalization one can get the overall picture of the value gained from utilizing digital opportunities. From the development perspective, the process of reviewing and discovering the most promising opportunities and solutions is the key step in order to deliver superior services. Ultimately, a company should understand the value outcome determination of the individual services as well as their digital counterparts.

Musiikin merkitys ja sen verbalisointi : kognitiivisen semantiikan näkökulma musiikkia koskevien metaforisten luonnehdintojen tulkintaan

Musiikin semantiikan ongelma ja kognitiivinen semantiikka ; Semantiikan tutkimus musiikkisemiotiikassa ; Metafora semanttisen merkityksen ilmaisijana ; Metafora kognitiivisessa semantiikassa ; Analyysiesimerkki ; Lopuksi.

Tila musiikin semioosissa

Lectio praecursoria.