The research at Turku School of Economics aims to be of high quality and productive and internationally proven. It is directed towards specific, selected and selective areas of specialisation.
Major aspects of our business knowledge are:
- Business knowledge in global environment
- Foresight
- Entrepreneurship
Special areas of emphasis for TSE are:
- Business knowledge in innovations
- Responsible business and sustainable development
- Business competence and –models in organizational networks
- Global integration
- Strategic management accounting
- Welfare management and public services
Research projects represent an important component of the activities at Turku School of Economics. In project implementation, what has been essential is the active cooperation, both between the various units of our university and with other universities, enterprises and organizations.
The research projects have created an expansive cooperative network for Turku School of Economics. They bring additional resources to the operations and expand our own know-how to the extent that we are able to better respond to the needs of both practical business life and our other interest groups.
Turku School of Economics has had innumerable project coordination tasks, and via the same cooperative relationships nationally as well as internationally with universities, authorities and organizations in the field as well as employer and workers’ associations.
Examples of research projects at Turku School of Economics:
In the C-understanding project the main goal is to deepen knowledge about developing customerships and customer insight in service business.
In the Development and Comparison of Sustainability Indicators (DECOIN) research project, indicators of EU sustainable development are dealt with as well as the links between recognized non-sustainable trends in the EU's renewed sustainable development strategy. What this concerns is an EU framework programme project coordinated by the Finland Futures Research Centre.
In FINNON – Business know-how related disclosures and their value relevance in the global knowledge society research programme more understanding of the nature and value relevance of non-financial information (here social responsibility disclosures of the firm) is produced. The general aim of this research project is to add understanding regarding the determinants and implications of firms’ business know-how reporting especially in the area of social responsibility.
The IT Leadership Potential (itLEPO) research project is developing the IT and business management and service providers’ assessment tool for the capabilities and agility of IT service management.
Research on the management of medication data is supplemented by projects that support the management of national medication data, such as pilotage in national electronic prescriptions and public health care-related regional information system projects. The central theme is a data and service infrastructure for national medication data.
In the Mylly project, change in consumer behaviour is examined, especially the impact of the Mylly shopping centre in its area of influence.
A follow-up study on the mechanisms of SME growth and internationalization continues the previous growth firm research conducted by TSE Entre. In this study, growth is approached from many perspectives and by means of various materials, so that a wide-ranging picture of the growth of the company is obtained. Various growth and internationalization modes are modelled in this research, and recommendations for measures are generated not only for industrial policy actors but for Finnish business life as well for the support and promotion of competitive growth.
The purpose of the Varpe project is to facilitate the day-to-day life of daycare professionals by means of information technology. The best practices and processes and information systems supporting the same are being determined in this project for daycare and early child education. The work is being realized in cooperation with early child education and data administration specialists as well as with software houses that supply information technology.
Entrepreneurship, work and welfare during the lifespan of the individual is a research project being financed by the Academy of Finland in which the goal is to understand the transitions between changing lifespans, new work organization modes and other areas of life, as well as salaried work and entrepreneurship and their impacts on the well-being of entrepreneurs.
Why Renewable Energy Projects Fail? Design and Implementation of Energy Assistance Projects in Cambodia and Lao PDR (DREAM) is funded by the Academy of Finland during 2009-2012. It aims to improve understanding of reasons why energy projects often fail, and seeks to offer means to develop the planning and implementation of future renewable energy projects.
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