Virtuaalisuus esimiesviestinnässä

Pro gradu tutkielman tavoitteena on kuvata virtuaalisten viestintätyökalujen käyttöä osana esimiesviestintää. Erityisesti työssä käsitellään esimiesviestintää tehostavia keinoja sekä kriteereitä, joiden mukaan virtuaalinen viestintätyökalu voidaan valita eri viestintätilannetta kohden. Tarkoituksena oli myös empiirisen tutkimuksen avulla kartoittaa suomalaisten esimiesten virtuaalisten viestintätyökalujen käyttöä osana heidän esimiestyötään. Tutkielman empiiristä osiota varten haastateltiin kymmentä esimiestä eri yrityksistä ja toimi-aloilta. Tutkimuksen analyysi tehtiin käyttäen kvalitatiivisia tutkimusmenetelmiä. Virtuaaliset viestintätyökalut nähtiin erittäin tärkeäksi osaksi esimiesten arkipäiväisiä toimia. Niiden valinnassa käytettiin erilaisia kriteereitä, joista tärkeimmät perustuivat rationaaliseen valintaan. Erilaisia esimiesviestinnällisiä keinoja viestinnän tehostamiseksi käytettiin vähän. Tutkimuksen perusteella voitiin myös tehdä johtopäätös, että virtuaalisten viestintätyökalujen luokittelussa oli ristiriitoja haastateltavien kokemuksiin peilattuna.

International Partner Management in the Software Industry

The purpose of this research is to describe how the scope of internationalization affects partner management in software companies. The effects are analyzed separately for small and large companies. Partner management is described from three perspectives: who should manage partnerships, how they should be managed and how does the context affect the choice of management style. Inductive case study is selected as research design. Eventually four case companies are chosen. The findings reveal that the size of the company affects the volume whereas the scope of internationalization affects the choice of partner management activities. Companies with high scope of internationalization required a more formal yet flexible management system whereas companies with low scope of internationalization relied more on the informal relations and personal management.

Consumer valuation of energy-saving features of residential air conditioners with hedonic and choice models

The promotion of energy-efficient appliances is necessary to reduce the energetic and environmental burden of the household sector. However, many studies have reported that a typical consumer underestimates the benefits of energy-saving investment on the purchase of household electric appliances. To analyze this energy-efficiency gap problem, many scholars have estimated implicit discount rates that consumers use for energy-consuming durables. Although both hedonic and choice models have been used in previous studies, a comparison between two models has not yet been done. This study uses point of sale data about Japanese residential air conditioners and estimates implicit discounts rates with both hedonic and choice models. Both models demonstrate that a typical consumer underinvests in energy efficiency. Although choice models estimate a lower implicit discount rate than hedonic models, the latter models estimate the values of other product characteristics more consistently than choice models.

Effects of institutional environment and technology development on payment choice

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the combination of institutional factors and technology advances as determinants of payment systems choice. The theoretical set up suggests that countries entering into a new institutional environment approach accepting group attitudes towards payment choices as a consequence of institutional pressure and technology development. We apply the results of the model to 2004 European Union enlargement process. Results confirm the relevance of both institutional environment and technology development in retail payment system decisions of newly acceded countries.

Strategic choices and performance – an empirical analysis of largest European and North American energy companies

Energy industry has gone through major changes globally in past two decades. Liberalization of energy markets has led companies to integrate both vertically and horizontally. Growing concern on sustainable development and aims to decrease greenhouse gases in future will increase the portion of renewable energy in total energy production. Purpose of this study was to analyze using statistical methods, what impacts different strategic choices has on biggest European and North American energy companies’ performance. Results show that vertical integration, horizontal integration and use of renewable energy in production had the most impact on profitability. Increase in level of vertical integration decreased companies’ profitability, while increase in horizontal integration improved companies’ profitability. Companies that used renewable energy in production were less profitable than companies not using renewable energy.

Disputatio pro articulo VIII. Libri concordiae

Painovuosi nimekkeestä.

Disputatio pro articulo V. Libri concordiae

Arkit: A-B4.

Disputatio pro articulo IV. Libri concordiae

Arkit: A-C4.

Disputatio pro articulo II. Libri concordiae

Arkit: A-C4 D2.

Disputatio pro articulo VI. Libri concordiae

Arkit: A-C4.

Disputatio pro articulo XI. Libri concordiae

Painovuosi nimekkeestä.

Argumentum pro existentia Dei ex consensu gentium desumtum

Arkit: 1 arkintunnukseton lehti, A-B4 C3.

Quaedam rationum pondera pro positiva et reali qualitatum physicarum, in sphaerâ naturalia existentia

Dedicatio: Gudmundus Höök, Petrus Hagelberg, Erlandus Colliander, Erlandus Dryselius, Nicolaus Flint, Jonas Svalander, Zacharias Melovius, Matthias Olai, Johannes Dräfling, Nicolaus Ingerman, Laurentius Krokius, Zacharias Collander, Ericus Erling, Gabriel Hagelman.

Validissima quaedam rationum momenta pro positivâ formarum substantialium in sphaerâ naturali existentiâ

Grat.: Petrus Laurbecchius, Enevald. Sven., Jacob. Flachsenius, Johannes Flachsenius, Simon Tålpo, And. Wanochius.

Examen argumentorum praecipuorum pro existentia Dei

Arkit: 1 arkintunnukseton lehti, A-B4.