Spring 2015

 

YRJÖ UITTO FOUNDATION

By decision of the Yrjö Uitto Foundation  on May 22, 2015, grants of 35.000 euros were made on the basis of applications submitted by April 13, 2015.

Olga Gorskikh             5.000 €
Eeva Houtbeckers      1.000 €
Ari Kuismin                 2.500 €
Emma Mäenpää          6.000 €
Charlotta Sirén           1.800 €
Hannele Wallenius   10.000 €

Letters will be sent to grant recipients by the Yrjö Uitto Foundation.

Helsinki, June 3, 2015 Yrjö Uitto Foundation

 

 

HSE Foundation      

 

Grants, spring 2015 

By decision of the HSE Foundation Board on April 28, 2015, grants of 452,998 euros were made on the basis of applications submitted by February 28, 2015 to researchers, teachers, employees and students of the Aalto University School of Business. In addition, grants of 17,740 euros in support of theses were made separately from donated funds. Recognition awards of 32,000 euros in support for articles published in academic journals.


Abbreviations used for the sources of grants:      

The HSE Foundation General Funds:    
TS = The HSE Foundation General Funds    
LAHJ = Donations        

Special Finds of the HSE Foundation:    
JH = The Chancellor Jaakko Honko Fund   
KKK = HSE 50th Anniversary Fund    
ST
= Oy Stockmann Ab Fund    
W = Oy Wärtsilä Ab Jubilee Fund 

                 

RESEARCH GRANT        

Research project    
Kauppi Katri, KTT  4 300 TS Sourcing from Africa: a comparison of the best practices applied by Finnish companies and Chinese companies          

Dissertation    
Apajalahti Eeva-Lotta, KTM (Econ. and Bus. Admin.)   8 500 TS Organizational continuity in Energy System Transition - Role of Large Incumbent Energy Companies
Dike Marcellinus, M.Sc.   8 500 TS International Expansion Strategies of Service-sector Firms: The Case of Multinational Mobile Telecoms Operators in Sub-Saharan Africa
Durgam Pradeep, Ph.D.  10 200 TS Investigating the Knowledge Creating Capacity of Social Customer Relationship Management (SCRM) Approach: Its place and value
Haataja Vera, KTM  10 000 TS Entrepreneurial Empowerment
Korhonen Janne, DI  10 000 TS Constraints and Technological Change in Copper Smelting, 1840-1970: A Multi-Theoretical Approach
Lehtimäki Aku-Ville, KTM  10 000 TS Väitöskirjani kostuu neljästä hinnoittelua käsittelevästä artikkeleista nimeltään: , 1)Factors Influencing Attractiveness Of Discount Depth, 2)Imputing Biased Answers In The Context Of Pricing, 3)Pricing And Group (In)dependent Behavior, 4)Does Current Reference Price Determine Future Reference Price
Lund Rebecca, MA Polsci  5 100 TS Gender Perspectives on the Aalto University Merger., , For finalizing doctoral degree and my post doc application
Malik Marta, MSc  20 000 TS Forecasting environmental peroformance within supply chains.
Miettinen Taisto, KTL, OTK  10 000 TS Veron minimointi yritysjärjestelyissä
Outila Virpi, KTM  8 500 TS Employee empowerment in the Russian context
Penttilä Anu, KTM  10 000 TS Vastuullisuus ammattilaisten arkityönä – käytäntöteoreettisia lähestymisiä yritysvastuuseen
Pinjamaa Noora, KTM  10 000 TS Digitalisaation vaikutus media-alan murrokseen
Rikala Veli-Matti, KTM  10 000 KKK Four Essays on Behavioral Pricing
Sandelin Mikko, KTM  8 500 TS Management control systems as a package
Sirkjärvi Maija, KTM  6 000 TS Equilibrium Model of Sorting for Helsinki Metropolitan Area Housing Market
Soliman Wael, D.Sc.  10 000 TS People-driven, ICT-enabled innovation: Crowdsourcing
Tillotson Jack, Doctoral Candidate  1 000 TS Intolerant Tensions: Myth, Technology and Nature
Upreti Bikesh Raj, Doctoral Candidate in Business and Economics  6 800 TS Application of Text Analytics in Prediction Models          

Emeritus professor    
Lilja Kari, KTT  7 500 TS Emeritus-apuraha; kirjanluvun ja aikakauslehtiartikkelin kirjoittaminen yhdessä prof. Eli Moenin (Norwegian Business School, BI) kanssa. Teema: Suomen metsäteollisuuden uudistuminen. Haastattelujen teko, esitykset kansainvälisissä konferensseissa
Möller Kristian, KTT  7 500 TS Emeritusprofessoriapuraha, Haen kolmatta emeritusprofessoriapurahaa kaudelle 2015-2016. Tavoitteenani on jatkaa aktiivista liiketoiminta- ja innovaatioverkostojen ja markkinoinnin teorian tutkimusta sekä väitöskirjojen ohjaus- ja seminaaritoimintaa. , Ks. liitteet
Tainio Risto, KTT  7 500 TS Emeritus apuraha          

Other scholarly research    
Horst Sven-Ove ja työryhmä, Dr. (Dr. of Business and Economics)  5 000 TS Learning emotions for management: Empathetic consulting builds better strategizing
Lu Wei, PhD (Econ.)  10 000 TS English competence, organisational culture and managers’ commitment          

Sabbatical    
Moisander Johanna, KTT  13 000 TS
 1. On the Complexities of Organization-Stakeholder Dialogue in Contested Issue Fields – A Critical CSR Perspective, , 2.Managing Continuous Change in Multi-platform Media Companies
Piekkari Rebecca, KTT  2 800 TS Sapattivapaa lukuvuonna 2015-2016, jolloin olen suunnitellut tekeväni useita lyhyitä tutkimusvierailuja seuraaviin ulkomaisiin yliopistoihin:, - Stanfordin yliopisto,USA, 6 vkoa kesäkuussa, - Warwickin yliopisto, UK, 1 vko huhtikuussa, - St. Gallenin yliopisto, Sveitsi, 2 vkoa,   helmikuussa             

Study/research abroad    
Itani Sami, KTM  14 000 TS 
Ideological evolution of human resource management in the era of multinational corporations
Murto Pauli, TkT  5 000 W Tutkimusvierailu Yalen yliopistoon
Riikkinen Rilana, M.Sc., MIM  16 000 TS Visiting Student Fellowship
Rudra Piyali, MBA (Pursuing PhD)  3 000 JH Exchange Studies in Sweden - The Social License to Operate: Examining the Social Acceptance of Firm Operations in Multi-Stakeholder Complex Environment          

Master's thesis    
EL Cheikh Walid , B.Sc.  2 460 LAHJ
 Productising Finnish Education: the search for new business models
Rissanen Minna, KTK  5 000 TS The Aalto BIZ brand and why female upper secondary school students do not apply as eagerly as before to the School’s B.Sc. programme
Riutta Simo, KTK  10 000 LAHJ Electronics Project Folders - Document Management System
Vähälummukka Tiia, KTK  5 280 LAHJ Competitor Identification and Entry Mode Analysis in International Expansion          

TRAVEL GRANT  

Course    
Beletskiy Anton, MSc  2 000 TS
 Methods for Social Analysis and Statistics: Leximancer Next Steps
Del Rio Olivares Maria Jose, MSc.  1 115 TS Doctoral Course: Multilevel Regression Analysis
Gloukhovtsev Alexei, KTM  1 200 TS Kolme tutkimusmetodologian kurssia europpalaisissa huippuyliopistoissa.
Hakkarainen Tuuli, KTM  2 800 TS Nordic Research School of International Business (Nord-IB)
Harjanne Atte, DI  1 200 TS EDEN Doctoral Seminar on Innovation Management and Economics: Theories, Methods, Empirical Evidence and Policy Challenge
Lam Ngan, Master  1 800 TS ME310: Mechanical Engineering 310: Design Innovation
Long Feiya, Master's degree  1 800 TS ME310: Mechanical Engineering 310: Design Innovation
Nummelin Linda, KTK  1 800 TS Stanfordin yliopiston ME310-kurssiin liittyvä globaali EXPE-tapahtuma, joilla esitellään kurssilla vuoden aikana kehitetty lopputuote.
Riikkinen Rilana, M.Sc., MIM  2 800 TS Nord-IB remaining modules
Rudra Piyali, MBA (Pursuing PhD)  400 TS Framtidens Gruv och Mineralindustri 2015, Stockholm, Sweden
Yu Tian, Master  1 800 TS ME310: Mechanical Engineering 310: Design Innovation          

Conference paper/working paper    
Apajalahti Eeva-Lotta, KTM (Econ. and Bus. Admin.)   1 800 TS
 Academy of Management (Lopullinen vahvistus konferenssiin hyväksymiselle tulee maaliskuussa)
Asatiani Aleksandre, M.Sc. Information and Service Management  1 200 TS 23rd European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS 2015)
Badham Mark, PhD  1 800 TS APROS (Asia Pacific Researchers in Organization Studies) Conference
Blakaj Hedon, Marketing   1 800 TS Consumer Culture Theory Conference
Boyallian Patricia, Doctor  1 200 TS The Financial Intermediation Research Society (FIRS) Conference
Comi Alice, PhD  1 800 TS Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management (AOM 15), August 7-11, 2015 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Dehghan Hardoroudi Nasim, MSc.  1 200 TS 27th European Conference on Operational Research
Del Rio Olivares Maria Jose, MSc.  1 200 TS 28th EMAC 2015 Doctoral Colloquium
Diaz Ruiz Carlos Adrian, Doctor of Sciences (Economics and business administration)  1 800 TS The 2015 North American Conference of the Association for Consumer Research
Dike Marcellinus, M.Sc.   1 800 TS Conferences (AIB Bengalaru June 27-30, 2015; AOM Vancouver August 7-11, 2015; AIBSSA Johannesburg August 26-28, 2015)
Durgam Pradeep, Ph.D.  1 150 TS 28th Bled eConference
Eräranta Kirsi, D.Soc.Sci. (VTT)  1 200 TS 31st EGOS Colloquium "Organizations and the Examined Life: Reason, Reflexivity and Responsibility", July 2–4, 2015, Athens, Greece
Graff Daniel, MBA  1 800 TS Annual Meeting - Academy of Management, Vancouver, Canada
Haataja Vera, KTM  1 200 TS ESU 2015 Conference and Doctoral Programme
Hakkarainen Tuuli, KTM  1 800 TS European International Business Academy (EIBA)
Harju Anu, FM  1 200 TS "Challenging Boundaries" - 42nd International Systemic Functional Congress, RWTH Aachen University | July 27-31, 2015
Horst Sven-Ove, Dr. (Dr. of Business and Economics)  1 200 TS European Group for Organization Studies, the 31st EGOS Colloquium, Athens, Greece
Houtbeckers Eeva, KTM  1 075 TS 10th Organization Studies Summer Workshop on "Organizational Creativity, Play and Entrepreneurship"
Huikku Jari, KTT  1 500 TS 10th ENROAC Conference
Hursti Kristian, FM  1 200 TS European Accounting Association, 38th Annual Congress
Iivonen Kirsti, KTM, FM  1 200 TS 31st EGOS Colloquium 2015, Ateena, Greece, ALBA Graduate Business School at The American College of Greece
Jyrämä Annukka, KTT  1 200 TS 2015 Naples Forum of Service - konferenssi
Järventie-Thesleff Rita, KTT  1 100 TS Vaihtoehtoisesti osallistuminen joko , - Academy of Marketing, tai, - Seventh International Symposium on Process Organization Studies
Kajalo Sami, KTT  1 800 TS The 2015 International Conference on Business and Information (BAI2015)
Kallio Galina, KTM  1 800 TS The 75th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, AOM 2015, Theme: Opening Governance
Katila Saija, KTT  1 200 TS 1.7th International Process Symposium, Theme: Skillful Performance: Enacting Expertise, Competence, and Capabilities in Organizations, , 2.31st EGOS Colloquium, Organizations and the Examined Life: Reason, Reflexivity and Responsibility
Kauppi Katri, KTT  1 200 TS European Operations Management Association (EurOMA)-konferenssi Sveitsissä (Neuchatel) 28.6-1.7.2015
Keshvari Abolfazl, Ph.D.  1 200 TS 27th European Conference on Operational Research
Kilpinen Paula, KTT  1 800 TS Strategic Management Society (SMS), 35th Annual
International Conference, Strategy Expanding: Making Sense of Shifting Field and Firm Boundaries
Kuula Markku, KTT  1 200 TS EDSI 2015 Conference
Kähäri Perttu, KTT, DI  1 200 TS Rethinking Corporate Headquarters: , Innovative Approaches for Managing the Multi-Divisional Firm - Strategic Management Society Special Conference
Laihonen Maarit, KTM  1 340 TS International conference of critical geography 2015 (http://iccg2015.org/)
Lankinen Anita, Master's  1 800 ST European Institute of Retailing and Services Studies (EIRASS) Conference on Retailing and Consumer Services Science in Montreal, Canada
Launonen Pentti, DI  1 800 TS Collaborative Innovation Networks COINS15
Leppälä Mia, KTM  1 800 TS CCI Conference on Corporate Communication 2015
Liesiö Juuso, TkT  1 200 TS The 27th European Conference on Operational Research (EURO2015)
Lillqvist Ella, KTM  1 200 TS 31st EGOS Colloquium
Lindström Sara, VTM  1 200 TS EGOS Pre-Colloquium PhD Workshop ja 31st EGOS Colloquium
Logemann (Mars) Minna, KTT  1 200 TS Samalla matkalla esitykset eri kulmista työn alla olevasta artikkelimanuskriptistamme seuraavissa konferensseissa:, 1) ETDW (European Theory Development Workshop) - Cardiff, UK (teoriakontribuutio), 2) EGOS (European Group of Organization Studies) - Athens, Greece (kokonaisuus)
Louhiala-Salminen  Leena , FT; FL; KTM  1 800 TS 80th Annual Conference of the Association for Business Communication (ABC)., ABC-konferenssissa 2014 minulle myönnettiin  "Outstanding Researcher Award" -palkinto. Tämän palkinnon saajan odotetaan pitävän "Outst. Researcher Address"  seuraavan vuoden konferenssissa (järjestö ei kuit.korvaa kuluja!)
Luotonen Niilo, KTM  1 200 TS 2015 Annual Meeting of the Midwest Finance Association
Lätti Sonja, KTM  1 200 TS Doctoral Colloquium, European Academy of Management 2015
Malmelin Nando, VTT  1 200 TS (1) 10th Organization Studies Summer Workshop, (2) 31st EGOS Colloquium
Mao Yaping, doctorate  1 200 TS British accounting and finance association (BAFA) annual conference 2015, & European accounting association (EAA) annual congress 2015
Mattila Jukka, KTM  1 200 TS DRUID15 Conference on The RELEVANCE of INNOVATION
Mihailova  Irina, KTT  1 800 TS The 75th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management
Miihkinen Antti, KTT  1 600 TS Annual Congress of the American Accounting Association in Chicago
Mikkonen Ilona, KTT  1 800 TS Consumer Culture Theory, University of Arkansas
Moisander Johanna, PhD  1 200 TS 10th Organization Studies Summer Workshop and Special Issue, Organizational Creativity, Play and Entrepreneurship
Mäkelä Kristiina, KTT  1 800 TS Academy of International Business (AIB) -konferenssi Bangaloressa, Intiassa 27.-30.6.2015
Mäkinen Jukka, KTT  1 200 TS 31st EGOS Colloquim
Outila Virpi, KTM  1 800 TS EIBA (European International Business Academy) 41st annual conference
Paavola Lauri, DI  1 800 TS EIRASS-conference
Pacauskas Darius, Master  1 200 TS 28th Bled eConference
Pajala Tommi, DI  1 000 TS 23rd International Conference on Multiple Criteria Decision Making MCDM 2015
Penttilä Visa, KTM, HuK  1 200 TS 31st EGOS Colloquium in Athens
Piekkari Rebecca, KTT  1 200 TS EGOS (European Group for Organisation Studies) 31. vuosikokous
Porttikivi Merja, KTM  1 200 TS EGOS Colloquium , July 2–4, 2015, Ateena Kreikka, järjestäjä ALBA Graduate Business School,  at The American College of Greece
Puranen Pasi , FM  1 800 TS GloCall 2015 -konferenssi
Pälli Pekka, FT  1 200 TS European Group of Organization Studies -konferenssi, Ateena, 2-4.7.2015
Quarshie Anne, KTM  1 800 TS Academy of Management Annual Meeting 2015, Vancouver, Kanada
Raitasuo Pinja, KTM  1 200 TS EurOMA 2015 Conference, June 26th - July 1st, 2015 Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Riikkinen Rilana, M.Sc., MIM  1 800 TS Academy of International Business Annual Meeting, 27.-30.6.2015, Bangalore, India
Rinkinen Jenny, MSc Econ  1 200 TS 31st EGOS Colloquium
Rintamäki Jukka, KTM  1 100 TS European Group for Organization Studies Annual Colloquium 2015
Saastamoinen Antti, FT  1 200 TS EURO 2015, 27th European Conference on Operational Research, 12.7.-15.7.2015, Glasgow, University of Strathclyde
Salo-Toyoki Anna, KTM  1 800 TS 2015 IASDR Conference: Interplay
Schulze Hans-Joachim, Dipl.-Hdl.  1 000 TS EUROCALL 2015, Padova/Italia
Simoes de Brito Peixoto Ines, MSc Management  950 TS 27th SASE Annual Conference 2015
Tiittala  Pirjo Terttu Sinikka, KTM  1 200 TS 31st EGOS Colloquium, Athens, July 2-4, 2015, Pre-Colloquium Workshops June 29-30, 2015
Tillotson Jack, Masters of Business Administration  1 800 TS Consumer Culture Theory Conference (CCTC) in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
Tuunainen Virpi, KTT  1 800 TS AMCIS 2015
Vanhala Sinikka, KTT  1 800 TS The 75th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management
Vaniala Iiro Tapani, KTM  1 800 TS 2015 Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management
Virtanen Tuija, KTT  1 200 TS The 38th Annual Congress of the European Accounting Association, Glasgow, UK
Volchek Daria, PhD  1 800 TS Academy of International Business 2015
Vuorenmaa Hertta, FT  1 200 TS EGOS conference, Athens, Greece, July 2–4, 2015, Organizations and the Examined Life: Reason, Reflexivity and Responsibility, ALBA Graduate Business School at The American College of Greece
Wei Lu, PhD (Econ.)  1 200 TS 31st EGOS Colloquium 2015
Wittkowski Kristina, Dr. rer. pol. (similar to PhD)  1 300 TS Quis14 symposium
Ylinen Tuuli, KTM  1 200 TS Haen apurahaa kahteen konferenssiin (ei vielä tietoa hyväksymisestä). 1: Sixth meeting of the Society for the Study of Economic Inequality (ECINEQ), 2: 30th Annual Congress of the European Economic Association (EEA)     

Other trip    
Heikkilä Jukka-Pekka Mikael, KTT  1 800 TS 
Teaching visit to North Korea
Laihonen Maarit ja Apajalahti Eeva-Lotta, KTM  1 000 TS Aineistonhankinta
Sasi Viveca, KTT  1 200 TS RENT XXIX Entrepreneurship Conference, Zagreb, Croatia
Vuorenmaa Hertta, FT  1 600 TS Writing visit to work with Professor Saku Mantere  currently working at McGill University in Montreal Canada          

GRANT FOR LANGUAGE REVISION         

Language revision for dissertation    
Hamari Juho, M.Sc.  589 TS 
Gamification: Motivations & Effects
Kähäri Perttu, KTM (väit.), DI  1 413 TS Why do regional headquarters live and die?
Riepula Mikko, DI  583 TS Openness of Innovation in Services and Software: Essays on Service Innovations, Open Source, and Hybrid Licensing Models          

Language revision for other scholarly research    
Koveshnikov Alexei, DSc.(Econ.)  744 TS
 Stereotyping in managerial identity work in Multinational Corporations
Lehto Anne, KTM  1 339 TS The Role of Organizational Culture in Mergers and Acquisitions               

OTHER GRANT    

Aalto on Fire -opiskelijaryhmä / Laurila Anssi, KTK  5 000 TS Apuraha on tarkoitus käyttää Aalto on Fire -projektin matka- ja majoituskuluihin. Projektin tarkoitus on poikkitieteellisen opiskelijaryhmän voimin toteuttaa interaktiivinen taideinstallaatio ja viedä se näytteille USA:han Burning Man -tapahtumaan. Projekti on jatkumoa Aalto on Tracks, Waves ym.
Karjalainen Toni-Matti Antero, TaT  5 000 TS Kansainvälisen tutkimuskonferenssin "Modern Heavy Metal: Markets, Practices and Cultures" proceedings-kirja
Rahoituksen laitos / Puttonen Vesa, KTT  5 000 TS Rahoituksen laitos järjestää 16.-18.8.2015 Helsingissä konferenssin ”5th Helsinki Finance Summit” (HFS), jonka teemana ovat sijoittajien käyttäytyminen ja siihen läheisesti liittyvät alat.
Vaara Eero, KTT  2 000 TS Hallituksen jäsenyys EIASMissa.          

RECOGNITION AWARD FOR QUALITY PUBLICATIONS    
Lof Matthijs, PhD ja työryhmä  2 000 TS
 Aid and Income: Another Time-series Perspective
Merikivi Jani, KTT ja työryhmä  2 000 TS Does a contextualized theory of planned behavior explain why teenagers stay in virtual worlds?
Merikivi Jani, KTT ja työryhmä  2 000 TS Benefitting from virtual customer environments: An empirical study, of customer engagement
Möller Kristian, KTT, Lampikoski Tommi, KTM ja työryhmä  4 000 TS Green Innovation Games: Value-Creation Strategies for Corporate Sustainability
Schildt Henri, Dr. ja työryhmä  2 000 TS Open data partnerships between firms and universities: The role of boundary organizations
Tienari Janne, KTT ja työryhmä  2 000 TS Headhunters and the ‘Ideal’ Executive Body
Tienari Janne, KTT ja työryhmä  2 000 TS Hidden Contexts and Invisible Power Relations: A Foucauldian Reading of Diversity Research
Tuunainen Virpi, KTT ja työryhmä  2 000 TS When mobile is the norm: researching mobile information systems and mobility as post-adoption phenomena
Vaara Eero, KTT ja työryhmä  4 000 TS Putting Communication Front and Center in Institutional Theory and Analysis
Vesa Mikko, KTT ja työryhmä  2 000 TS Strategic ethnography 2.0: Four methods for advancing strategy process and practice research
Välikangas Liisa, KTT ja työryhmä  4 000 TS Opportunity Creation in Innovation Networks: Interactive Revealing Practices, California Management Review, 57:1, 68-87.
Hamari Juho, M.Sc.  2 000 TS Why do people buy virtual goods? Attitude toward virtual good purchases versus game enjoyment
Seppälä Tomi, Ph.D. ja työryhmä  2 000 TS Antibiotic prophylaxis for hysterectomy, a prospective cohort study: cefuroxime, metronidazole, or both?          

VOLUNTEER ASSISTENT    
Aalto BIZ Volunteer assistent reservation,   30 000 TS 
Varataan käytettäväksi laitosten esityksistä          

 

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THE HSE FOUNDATION             

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Managing director   

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