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Exploring the Relationship Between Trust and Business Start-Ups in 52 Countries Over 16 Years
2021
A well-functioning social network involves attributes such as honesty, benevolence, fairness and confidence. When this network – trust - has formed, participants can count on reliable and consistent economic transactions. This has the effect of higher level of co-operation, but also co-dependence. Strong social networks, as measured in this study by the degree of interpersonal trust and trust in institutions, are foundational elements for societies wishing to progress to new higher levels of entrepreneurship and development. In a pooled OLS of up to 52 countries and 16 years, this study estimates how changes in interpersonal trust and trust in institutions affect new business creation. The …
Mentored to feel free : exploring family business next generation members' experiences of non-family mentoring
2005
The purpose of this study was to create a substantive theory of non-family mentoring that can be applied to the use of family businesses. The experiences of non-family mentoring were explored by using a Grounded Theory approach and the data was gathered through in-depth interviews from seven next generation members (NGM).In this study, the essence of non-family mentoring is discussed from three perspectives of freedom. The feeling of freedom covers the NGMs’ aspirations that coincide with different phases in their preparation. First, freedom to personal mastery reveals the NGM’s aspiration to create own area of applying one’s capability. Due to the effective experience of non-family mentori…
Innovation expectations and patenting in private and public R&D projects
2017
peer-reviewed In this paper, we investigate how the innovation expectations of public financiers are related to realized patents. The analysis is based on a novel dataset of collaborative R&D projects subsidized by the Finnish Agency of Technology and Innovation (Tekes) and the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) during the period 2000–2004. Innovation expectations are measured using reports submitted by Tekes experts during ex ante assessments of projects. Our probit model results reveal that Tekes’ patent expectations are positively related to realized patents for projects led by private firms (but not by public organizations). For large organizations, Tekes’ innovation expectations…
Co-Evolutionary Coupling Between Captured and Uncaptured GDP Cycles : Cross Learning from Amazon and Finland Models for Sustainability
2019
A solution to the critical problem of a dilemma between R&D expansion and productivity decline that a majority of information and communication technology (ICT) leaders have been confronting in the digital economy is expected. It can be expected by a spinoff from economic functionality-seeking GDP-based coevolution cycle to supra-functionality beyond an economic value-seeking uncaptured GDP-driven coevolution cycle. However, the transformation dynamism remains a black box. By means of numerical simulations based on empirical analyses of the development trajectories of global ICT leaders, focusing on Amazon and Finland, together with an intensive review of preceding analyses, this paper atte…
Työn ja työelämän opintokokonaisuus Jyväskylän yliopistossa
2020
Physical Work, Customer Service, or Teamwork? : Language Requirements for Seasonal Cleaning Work in the Booming Arctic Tourism Industry
2021
In many parts of the world, cleaning services are mostly subcontracted, which means intense competition and increased demand for efficiency. Consequently, the terms and conditions of employment have declined and the turnover of workers is high. Remote areas such as the Arctic face particular difficulties recruiting and retaining cleaning workers. Nonetheless, possibilities to earn and aspirations for a better life bring center – periphery, cross-border, and lifestyle mobilities to the peripheral north, especially in winter. This chapter examines cleaning as seasonal blue-collar work in a booming tourist destination in Arctic Finland. Applying an ethnographic and discourse analytical approac…
Lapsen asemoituminen perheterapian vuorovaikutuksessa
2019
Perheterapian ydinajatus kiteytyy sen dialogisuuteen, mutta lapsilla ei ole tasavertaista asemaa perheterapian vuorovaikutuksessa. Tutkimuksessa tarkastellaan, miten terapeuttisen systeemin aikuiset asemoivat uhmakkuus- tai käytöshäiriödiagnoosin saaneita lapsia perheterapiassa. Ilmiötä lähestytään vuorovaikutuksen ongelmatilanteiden ja lapsen näkökulman kautta. Aineisto koostuu yhdestä lastenpsykiatrian poliklinikalla ja yhdestä kotona toteutetun perheterapiaistunnon ääni- ja videotallenteista. Lapsi asemoitiin lasta itseään ja ei (lasta) itseään koskevan keskustelun sivustaseuraajaksi, selontekovelvolliseksi ja kuunteluvelvolliseksi. Aiheen muuttuessa sensitiivisemmäksi, saattoi tapahtua …
Eteläpohjalaisten pienten ja keskisuurten yritysten Venäjän kaupan esteet ja motiivit
2012
Tutkimuksella halutaan löytää vastaus neljään kysymykseen: missä vaiheessa eteläpohjalaiset pk-yritykset ovat kansainvälistymisessään, tekevätkö ne Venäjän kauppaa, mitkä ovat Venäjän kaupan motiivit ja esteet ja minkälainen persoona on yrityksenpäätöksentekijä. Katsauksessa aikaisempiin tutkimuksiin kuvataan kansainvälistymisen U-mallia ja I-mallia sekä verkostomallia. Kurt J. Miesenbockin mukaan yrityksen päätöksentekijä on tärkein yrityksen kansainvälistymiseen vaikuttava tekijä. Snown, Cornon ja Jacksonin kolmiosaisen konstruktion mukaan älykkyys ja persoonallisuus jakaantuvat kognitiiviseen, konatiiviseen ja affektiiviseen osa-alueeseen. Tutkimuksella löydetään vastaus siihen, onko yri…
"Me ei haluta niitä huti-investointeja tehdä, mitä vähemmän sen parempi" : maahanmuuttajien rekrytointiprosessi maaseudun pk-yrityksissä
2020
Tässä pro gradu -tutkielmassa tutkitaan maaseudun pk-yritysten maahanmuuttajien rekrytointiprosessia ja maahanmuuttajien rekrytointiin liittyviä ongelmia. Tutkimuksen tavoitteena on kuvata ja ymmärtää maahanmuuttajien rekrytointiprosessia maaseudun pk-yrityksissä ja siten lisätä tietoa ja ymmärrystä maahanmuuttajien rekrytoinnista. Pk-yritysten rekrytointiprosessia tarkasteltiin etenkin Breaughn (2016) rekrytointiprosessin mallin avulla. Valmiiksi kerätty aineisto oli tehty osana WeAll Finland -tutkimushanketta. Haastattelut tehtiin pk-yritysten omistaja-yrittäjille tai toimitusjohtajille eri puo- lella Suomea. Tässä tutkimuksessa tutkittavia yrityksiä oli mukana 11 eri maakunnasta. Tutkitt…
Creaky voice and utterance fluency measures in predicting perceived fluency and oral proficiency of spontaneous L2 Finnish
2022
While utterance fluency measures are often studied in rela tion to perceived L2 fluency and proficiency, the effect of creaky voice remains ignored. However, creaky voice is frequent in a number of languages, including Finnish, where it serves as a cue for phrase-boundaries and turn-taking. In this study we inves tigate the roles of creaky voice and utterance fluency measures in predicting fluency and proficiency ratings of spontaneous L2 Finnish (F2) speech. In so doing, 16 expert raters participated in assessing narrative spontaneous speech samples from 160 learn ers of Finnish. The effect of creaky voice and utterance fluency measures on proficiency and fluency ratings was studied using …