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Ylioppilaskokeiden arvosanojen vertailtavuus eri aineissa vuosina 2007-2011
2013
Environmental Responsibility as a Factor in Gaining Competitive Advantage in the Aviation Industry
2015
In recent years there has been increasing interest in the environmental impacts of aviation, and some airlines have begun to address this issue more seriously. At the same time, competition in the aviation industry has become much tougher. This study focuses on the question of whether showing proactive environmental behavior could work as a differentiation strategy for airlines that are acting more responsibly, and thus help them to improve their competitiveness. This paper presents the results of a questionnaire conducted among 148 air travelers on their opinions and attitudes towards environmental aspects of flying, such as a modern and fuel-efficient fleet, direct flights, and carbon off…
Comment on “Outside the Safe Operating Space of the Planetary Boundary for Novel Entities”
2022
Finnair competitive advantage through environmental responsibility
2011
Air transportation plays a vital role in many aspects of our every day life. Due to strong growth and the increasing amount of green house gases released, the aviation industry cannot be considered as operating sustainable. To change this all stakeholders of the aviation industry have to act. A special role hereby play the airlines as they can most directly influence the amount of green houses gases released e.g. by operating modern and fuel efficient aircraft. Offering flights that are producing less emissions has its price as e.g. acquiring modern aircraft can be very costly. At the same time competition between airlines is getting continually tougher forcing also established airlines to …
Meeting the WHO 24-h guidelines among 2–6-year-old children by family socioeconomic status before and during the COVID-19 pandemic : a repeated cross…
2023
Background The World Health Organization (WHO) has developed guidelines for 24-h physical activity (PA), sedentary behaviour and sleep for young children. Lower socioeconomic status (SES) has been linked to a lower likelihood of meeting these guidelines. The outbreak of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) raised concerns about young children’s opportunities to meet the guidelines. The study focused on the prevalence of meeting the WHO’s 24-h guidelines on screen time (ST), PA and sleep among 2–6-year-old children, in association with family SES, before COVID-19 outbreak in 2019, and during the pandemic in 2020 and 2021 in Finland. Methods Data were collected at three timepoints by an o…
Yritysten saamat resurssit Kasvu Open 2012 -sparrausprosessista
2014
Kasvu Open on Keski-Suomen Kauppakamarin organisoima kasvuyrittäjyyskilpailu ja sparrausprosessi. Vuonna 2012 Kasvu Open järjestettiin toisen kerran ja siihen valittiin osallistujiksi 16 yritystä. Tämän tutkimuksen tarkoitus on selvittää, millaisia kasvuun vaikuttavia resursseja yritykset saivat vuoden 2012 Kasvu Openista ja mitkä asiat Kasvu Open -prosessissa hyödyttivät yrityksiä kasvun tiellä parhaiten. Tutkimuksessa haastateltiin seitsemää Kasvu Openiin osallistunutta yritystä kvalitatiivisen teemahaastattelun metodilla. Tutkimuksen teoreettisena pohjana on käytetty resurssiteoriaa sekä siihen läheisesti liittyviä resurssien käyttämiseen liittyviä teorioita dynaamisista kyvykkyyksistä j…
Creating entrepreneurial opportunities : interpretative research about role of POP Advertising Displays in customer purchase decision making
2013
Euroopan Unionin kilpailupolitiikka ja vientitoimialojen yritysten horisontaaliset fuusiot Suomessa
2002
Re-establishing traditional Czech family businesses : a multiple case study on the present challenges
2004
After virtually 50 years of expropriation and state ownership, a large number of Czech traditional family businesses were returned to their original owners. Despite the volatile and risky socio-economical and political conditions of the early 90’s, many businesses have been re-established by their former family owners and have carried out their activities with varying degrees of success until now.The main goal of this study is to monitor the challenges that family businesses face today and to investigate whether some of these might be facilitated through well suited business education and counseling. The study is a non-positivistic study – a multiple case study performed in the Czech Republ…