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Developing a Competency Framework for Intergenerational Startup Innovation in a Digital Collaboration Setting
2021
This study proposes a framework for the collaborative development of global start-up innovators in a multigenerational digital environment. Intergenerational collaboration has been identified as a strategy to support entrepreneurs during their formative years. However, integrating and fostering intergenerational collaboration remains elusive. Therefore, this study aims to identify competencies for successful global startups through intergenerational knowledge transfer. We used a systematic literature review to identify a competency set consisting of growth virtues, effectual creativity, technical domain, responsive teamwork, values-based organization, sustainable networking, cultural awaren…
Could a cooperation network between Finnish universities advance adoption and success of Green Office environmental management system?
2013
Finnish universities are increasingly adopting EMSs in order to improve their sustainability performance. Theoretical background includes studies on EMS implementation in universities and sustainability networks. Insufficient management commitment leading to lack of resources and time has been identified as a common hindering factor with regard to implementation of said systems. This study is an empirical research on the possibilities of an inter- university network in facilitating the implementation of the Green Office EMS. The study is providing answers to the following questions: whether a university Green Office cooperation network could assist the progress of the programme and in what …
Sustainable innovation : a new age of innovation and Finland's innovation policy
2010
Viestintää kansainvälisessä innovaatioverkostossa
2015
Tässä empiirisessä pro gradu –työssä tarkastellaan viestintäsuunnitelman toteuttamista kansainväliselle innovaatioverkostolle. Verkostoon kuului niin yliopistoja kuin julkisia ja yksityisiä organisaatioitakin. Verkoston tavoite oli luoda toimintatapoja innovaatioiden kehitykseen, testaamiseen ja levitykseen hyödyntäen erilaisten organisaatioiden ja eri maiden tuomia etuja. Suomalaisen yliopiston koordinoimaan verkostoon kuului noin 70 organisaatiota seitsemästä eri maasta. Tämä pro gradu on muodoltaan työnäyte, jonka tavoitteena on tuottaa viestintäsuunnitelma. Viestintäsuunnitelma perustuu verkoston omiin toiveisiin viestinnän kehittämisestä sekä verkoston havainnointiin ja sen toimijoiden…
Maaseutuyritysten innovaatioprosessit : kaupungin ja maaseudun vuorovaikutuksen näkökulma
2003
Understanding and measuring social entrepreneurship
2017
This thesis aims to understand the phenomenon of social entrepreneurship and measure its component dimensions. In particular, the thesis addresses two research gaps in the social entrepreneurship research. The first gap addressed is the resource mobilization during marketing strategy development of a social enterprise in its start-up stage. Social entrepreneurship is a diverse concept constituting various organizational form and activities. Hence, the second research gap that this research study addresses is the issue of measurement of social entrepreneurship construct. The thesis consists of an introductory essay and five research articles. The first two articles in this compilation addres…
An intergenerational competency framework : Competencies for knowledge sustainability and start‐up development in the digital age
2022
In this study, we looked at the competencies and changes in the competency spectrum required for global start-ups in the digital age. Specifically, we explored intergenerational collaboration as an intervention in which experienced business-people from senior adult groups support young entrepreneurs. We conducted a Delphi study with 20 experts from different disciplines, considering the study context. The results of this study shed light on understanding the necessary competencies of entrepreneurs for intergenerationally supported start-up innovation by providing 27 competencies categorized as follows: intergenerational safety facilitation, cultural awareness, virtues for growth, effectual …