Keyword: Turku School of Economics

Mekong Region is a scene for one of the most intensive hydropower development globally. New sustainability standards for dams have become an important source of justification for the new projects but they remain highly contested. Mekong has been one of the focus regions for Finnish development cooperation. Finland has supported for example the Mekong River Commission and the Asian Development Bank. Also Finnish companies, such as Pöyry, have had an important role in the region’s hydropower development.

The Annual Report 2013 of the Entrepreneurship unit has been published. By clicking the picture below you will be able to familiarize yourself with the activities of the unit during the year 2013.

The results of Tomi Solakivi’s dissertation encourage businesses to carefully analyse the supply chain management decisions they make concerning, for example, outsourcing. “Although it is generally thought that outsourcing is good, it is best to consider the specific characteristics of the enterprise. More is not always better,” Solakivi says.

Salla-Tuulia Siivonen’s dissertation in the field of Accounting and Finance suggests that strategic changes in basic industry enterprises are posing new challenges for their accounting departments. Accounting departments are now expected to produce calculations and forecasts that provide additional value.

By Finnish standards the unique Up Your Game network will start it operations with a researching the use of games in the advancement of well-being and health.

​​Nearly 40 researchers and experts joined the Up Your Game research network within a few weeks. Jukka Vahlo and Jyrki Korkeila (in the photo) are two of them.

3E Conference 10 - 11 April, 2014