Bulletin 2/2011 

Dear Colleagues,

Nettibulletin includes again new information about the research activities of the TSE Entre. We are currently working with a number of interesting research projects. In addition, we have published the results of our studies in numerous publications and presented them in international conferences. We have also summarized the year 2010 in our Annual Report. Please find further information about our achievements below.

I wish all our stakeholders a very refreshing and sunny summer!

Jarna Heinonen
Professor, Director
TSE Entre
Turku School of Economics
20014 University of Turku, Finland

Projects

• TSE Entre continues to investigate the effects of the start-up grant
  
  
• Finnish entrepreneurial activity is recovering from the economic recession
• Language skills and knowledge of local culture are the prerequisites for successful business
• MNEMOS partner meeting in Turku, 5–6 May, 2011

News

• International Awards and Recognition to the TSE Entre Researchers
• Academy Research Fellow Teemu Kautonen has been appointed an Adjunct Professor at the University of Vaasa, specialised in Business Studies, especially Business Competence and Entrepreneurship.
  
  
• The Annual Report of the TSE Entre 2010 has been published

New publications

•  Aaltonen, Satu - Heinonen, Jarna - Luomala, Katri (2011) Yksinyrittäjätuen vaikuttavuuden ja toimivuuden arviointi, Työ- ja elinkeinoministeriön julkaisuja 18/2011 (Publication in Finnish)
  
  
• Heinonen, Jarna – Hytti, Ulla – Tiikkala, Anne (2011) Yrittäjämäinen oppiminen: tavoitteita, toimintaa ja tuloksia. 
  

Conferences

• AOM, San Antonio, TX, USA http://meetings.aomonline.org/2011/
   
• Nordic Academy of Management conference 2011
  http://www.fek.su.se/en/NFF-2011---start/