Vuorineuvos Ilmo Nurmela 12/10 1965

Kirje

Kansainvälinen markkinavalinta ohjelmistoalan mikroyrityksessä

Tutkielman tutkimusongelmana on, miten kansainvälinen kohdemarkkinoiden valinta pitäisi suorittaa ohjelmistoalan mikroyrityksessä. Tutkielma on kvalitatiivinen, yksittäinen tapaustutkimus. Teoriaosassa tutkimusongelmaa lähestytään tarkastelemalla kirjallisuutta, joka käsittelee kansainväliseen kohdemarkkinavalintaan vaikuttavia tekijöitä sekä olemassa olevia markkinavalintamalleja. Vanhojen mallien pohjalta kehitetään uusi käytännönläheinen ohjelmistoalan mikroyritykselle sopiva maavalintamalli. Kehitetty maavalintamalli koostuu eri vaiheista, joita ovat 1) sisäisten tekijöiden kartoittaminen, 2) alkukarsinta, 3) yrityksen kilpailukyvyn ja markkinoiden houkuttelevuuden mittaaminen matriisin avulla. Kehitettyä mallia sovelletaan tapausyritykseen tekemällä kansainvälinen markkinavalinta perustuen työpöytätutkimukseen, jossa käytetään Internetistä saatavaa sekundääridataa ja markkinatietoa. Työn lopussa esitetään markkinavalinnan tulokset ja toimenpidesuositukset yrityksen johdolle. Tutkimus osoittaa, että resurssipulasta huolimatta systemaattinen ja loogisesti etenevä maavalintaprosessi on mahdollista toteuttaa myös mikroyrityksessä. Ennalta määrätyt numeeriset rajat valintakriteereille mahdollistavat markkinoiden tarkastelun objektiivisuuden. Suurimpana haasteena ohjelmistoalan mikroyrityksen kansainvälisessä kohdemarkkinavalinnassa on yrityksen kilpailukyvyn mittaaminen eri markkinoilla. Tämäjohtuu osin ohjelmistoalan dynaamisesta luonteesta sekä kilpailija-analyysien subjektiivisuudesta.

Juslenius menettää pronssisen mitalin : keskustelua

Kommentti kirja-arvosteluun: Uusi Juslenius-käännös / Tuija Laine. // Historiallinen aikakauskirja. 104 (2006) : 4, s. 495-496

De unctione prophetarum

Invocatio: [hepreaa].

Palautetta Pasi Tuunaiselle

Kommentti Pasi Tuunaisen arvostelemaan teokseen Romahtaako rintama? Historiallinen aikauskirja 4/2007, s. 491-496.

Munificentia

Soitinnus: piano.

De constitutione fyseos [kreikkaa]

Invocatio: I.N.J.

Pohjoismaisen kansansivistystyön traditiota etsimässä

Kirjallisuusarvostelu

Väitöskirjat haastavat pohtimaan antirasistisen koulukasvatuksen ja nuorisotyön edellytyksiä

Kirjallisuusarvostelu

Modelling flexible asset management in industrial maintenance companies and networks

The tightening competition and increasing dynamism have created an emerging need for flexible asset management. This means that the changes of market demand should be responded to with adjustments in the amount of assets tied to the balance sheets of companies. On the other hand, industrial maintenance has recently experienced drastic changes, which have led to an increase in the number of maintenance networks (consisting of customer companies that buy maintenance services, as well as various supplier companies) and inter-organizational partnerships. However, the research on maintenance networks has not followed the changes in the industry. Instead, there is a growing need for new ways of collaboration between partnering companies to enhance the competitiveness of the whole maintenance network. In addition, it is more and more common for companies to pursue lean operations in their businesses. This thesis shows how flexible asset management can increase the profitability of maintenance companies and networks under dynamic operating conditions, and how the additional value can then be shared between the network partners. Firstly, I have conducted a systematic literature review to identify what kind of requirements for asset management models are set by the increasing dynamism. Then I have responded to these requirements by constructing an analytical model for flexible asset management, linking asset management to the profitability and financial state of a company. The thesis uses the model to show how flexible asset management can increase profitability in maintenance companies and networks, and how the created value can be shared in the networks to reach a win-win situation. The research indicates that the existing models for asset management are heterogeneous by nature due to the various definitions of ‘asset management’. I conclude that there is a need for practical asset management models which address assets comprehensively with an inter-organizational, strategic view. The comprehensive perspective, taking all kinds of asset types into account, is needed to integrate the research on asset management with the strategic management of companies and networks. I will show that maintenance companies can improve their profitability by increasing the flexibility of their assets. In maintenance networks, reorganizing the ownership of the assets among the different network partners can create additional value. Finally, I will introduce flexible asset management contracts for maintenance networks. These contracts address the value sharing related to reorganizing the ownership of assets according to the principles of win-win situations.

Flavonoids and other phenolic compounds: characterization and interactions with lepidopteran and sawfly larvae

This thesis focuses on flavonoids, a subgroup of phenolic compounds produced by plants, and how they affect the herbivorous larvae of lepidopterans and sawflies. The first part of the literature review examines different techniques to analyze the chemical structures of flavonoids and their concentrations in biological samples. These techniques include, for example, ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy, mass spectrometry, and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. The second part of the literature review studies how phenolic compounds function in the metabolism of larvae. The harmful oxidation reactions of phenolic compounds in insect guts are also emphasized. In addition to the negative effects, many insect species have evolved the use of phenolic compounds for their own benefit. In the experimental part of the thesis, high concentrations of complex flavonoid oligoglycosides were found in the hemolymph (the circulatory fluid of insects) of birch and pine sawflies. The larvae produced these compounds from simple flavonoid precursors present in the birch leaves and pine needles. Flavonoid glycosides were also found in the cocoon walls of sawflies, which suggested that flavonoids were used in the construction of cocoons. The second part of the experimental work studied the modifications of phenolic compounds in conditions that mimicked the alkaline guts of lepidopteran larvae. It was found that the 24 plant species studied and their individual phenolic compounds had variable capacities to function as oxidative defenses in alkaline conditions. The excrements of lepidopteran and sawfly species were studied to see how different types of phenolics were processed by the larvae. These results suggested that phenolic compounds were oxidized, hydrolyzed, or modified in other ways during their passage through the digestive tract of the larvae.

Krohn, Julius

Julius Krohn, som diktare Suonio f. 19.4.1835 i Viborg d. 28.8.1888 i Viborg Julius Krohn har blivit känd som förkämpe för finskheten under 1800-talet. Han var verksam som diktare, professor i finska språket och litteraturen, översättare och tidningsman. Han bidrog till att jämförelsen mellan tidiga versioner av en berättelse blev en etablerad metod i folkdiktningsforskningen, och fick av den anledningen även internationellt erkännande. Krohn utgav själv under namnet Suonio allegoriska sagor, fosterländska dikter och kärlekslyrik. I produktionen ingår också dikter för barn, psalmer och kärleksdikter skrivna till hans hustru, Emma Krohn, efter hennes död. Julius Krohn språkgranskade även Aleksis Kivis klassiska verk Sju bröder och understödde Kivi ekonomiskt, även om de två männen skildes åt i sin syn på diktning, något som kom till uttryck i Kivis sätt att beteckna sin beskyddare som ”lallaa-runoilija” (sv. ung. ”tralala-diktare”). http://www.blf.fi/artikel.php?id=496 http://www.kansallisbiografia.fi/kb/artikkeli/496/