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Groove as a multidimensional participatory experience

2023

Groove is a popular and widely used concept in the field of music. Yet, its precise definition remains elusive. Upon closer inspection, groove appears to be used as an umbrella term with various connotations depending on the musical era, the musical context, and the individual using the term. Our aim in this article was to explore different definitions and connotations of the term groove so as to reach a more detailed understanding of it. Consequently, in an online survey, 88 participants provided free-text descriptions of the term groove. A thematic analysis revealed that groove is a multifaceted phenomenon, and participants’ descriptions fit into two main categories: music- and experience…

Characteristics and Actors of Impact Investing Ecosystem from the Perspective of Technology Startups

2023

Interest in impact investing within technology startup industry is in-creasing. Regardless of the growing interest in impact investing, there is a significant deficiency in research considering practice of impact investing in the field of technology. Also, technology startup perspective on impact investing ecosystem research is novel research stream which and the existing research on topic is very limited. Ecosystem paradigm is widely adopted in economics and management research and adopting it in impact investing research could increase the comprehension of the phenomenon. Again, it may result in better business decisions among startup company management and foster impact investments alloc…

Impact Investing in Information Technology Business

2022

Impact investing is one of most prominent investing strategies that pursue to generate measurable environmental and social effects in addition to profits. Despite the growth of the impact investing market and plausible results of information technology (IT) solutions and services, impact investments in the IT markets have been scarce and there has been very little research of the phenomenon. This study presents a multivocal literature review (MLR) to narrow the gap between the practitioners and scholars and provides results for further research avenues. The study reviews 374 literature sources in total using pre-selected keywords which were analysed using thematic and content analysis. Resu…

Labour migration and wages

2001

Innovation development to new business in incumbent firms : a case study on the pharmaceutical companies in Finland

2016

This thesis examines new business development in incumbent firms in market environment that is changing faster than ever before. The framework of this study, model to the new business development, is created at the literature re-view part of this study and it is tested for incumbent pharmaceutical companies in Finland. Model enables to study differences between traditional and new businesses in incumbent firms, innovation process for new business develop-ment and business ecosystem structure of incumbent firm. The goal of the re-search is to identify ways of incumbent firms to develop new business to be able to compete against more agile companies. Technological development has enabled new …

Opettajien yrittäjyyskasvatusvalmiudet Etelä-Pohjanmaan lukioissa

2011

Repair work interaction in business e-mail messages - with special reference to interpersonal metadiscourse

2002

Modeling of intracellular transport in realistic cell geometries

2018

The transport of molecules inside cells is a complex process, the characterization of which is important to gain full understanding of cellular processes. Understanding of intracellular transport is also important for medical applications, for example when analyzing transport of medicine inside cells. The intracellular environment is very complex, and at least the most crucial parts of this complexity must be accounted for to solve transport problems in cells. In this thesis the results of studies in modeling intracellular transport are presented. The aim of the work was to model intracellular transport of proteins and viral capsids in realistic cell environments. To this end, microscopic m…

Suomen urheilu- ja hyvinvointiteknologia-ala urheilukulttuurin muutosten ilmentäjänä

2020

Nykypäivänä urheilu- ja hyvinvointiteknologiayritykset muodostavat kansainvälisesti merkittävän kokoluokan markkinan. Alan yritykset ovat keskittyneet liiketoiminnassaan esimerkiksi anturi- ja sensoriteknologioiden tarjoamiin mahdollisuuksiin, älypuhelinsovelluksiin ja tietokoneohjelmistoihin sekä eleohjaukseen, digitaalisiin pintoihin ja tekoälyyn perustuviin liikkumisympäristöihin. Tässä tutkimuksessa selvitetään, mitkä makrotason muutosajurit ovat tehneet toimialasta Suomessa sellaisen kuin se tänä päivänä on. Samalla luodaan katsaus suomalaisten urheilu- ja hyvinvointiteknologia-alan yritysten ominaispiirteisiin. peerReviewed

Yrityksen yhteiskuntavastuu ammattiyhdistysliikkeen näkökulmasta

2013

Tutkimuksen tarkoituksena on hankkia tietoa ammattiyhdistysliikkeen näkemyksestä yrityksen yhteiskuntavastuuseen. Tutkimus koostuu teoriatarkastelusta ja empiirisestä osasta. Varsinaisen teoriaviitekehyksen muodostavat uusi institutionalismi ja kansallinen liiketoimintajärjestelmäteoria. Lisäksi yrityksen yhteiskuntavastuuta tarkastellaan sidosryhmäajattelun ja yritysetiikan kontekstissa. Empiirinen tutkimusaineisto koostuu kymmenen henkilön haastatteluaineistosta. Yhdeksän haastateltua edustavat ay-liikettä ja yksi edustaa ay-liikkeen keskeisintä yhteistyökumppania yrityksen yhteiskuntavastuussa. Kyseessä on monitapaustutkimus, jossa lähestytään yrityksen yhteiskuntavastuu -ilmiötä viiden …