E-waste management : a case study of Lagos state, Nigeria Tekijä Ideho, Benedicta

“…Utilizing Garrett Hardin’s theory “Tragedy of the Commons” as a theoretical framework and a qualitative approach through a case study with participant observations, quantitative structured questionnaires and semi-structured interviews, this study seeks to determine the relationship between socio-economic factors and informal e-waste management practices in Nigeria. …”
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Political godfathers in Nigeria : a study of Anambra State, 1999-2006 Tekijä Ndukwe, Thaddeus Chijioke

“…While the pro-godfathers argue in pro, using the concepts of social philanthropy and political pedagogy as a rhetorical framework to describe political godfatherism as patriotic, democratic and prodevelopment that should be promoted and permanently embedded in the Nigerian constitution, the anti-godfathers argue in contra, using the concepts of electoral manipulation, candidate imposition and political violence as a rhetorical framework to depict it as unpatriotic, undemocratic and anti-development that should be criminalized and abolished in Nigeria. …”
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Discursive identity battle and the reformation of organisational identity in an M&A process Tekijä Kastarinen, Arja, Vesanen, Elisa

“…This study explores the evolution of organisational identity in a post-merger integration process, applying a hybrid of social actor perspective and social constructionist framework on the organisational identity development. …”
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English in Finland : a case study of globalization's impact on higher education Tekijä Hipke, Sandra

“…Many universities have since adopted a language policy to ensure the language rights of all staff and students at the universities. …”
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The aggregation of sustainability performance measuring at company level : a case study Tekijä Hämäläinen, Saara

“…The theoretical framework forms a basis for the study by looking into the previous research about aggregate indices. …”
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Testing a spectral-based feature set for audio genre classification Tekijä Hartmann, Martín Ariel

“…Moreover, the most common algorithms that are used for this task are not designed for modelling music perception. This study suggests a framework for testing different musical features for use in music genre classification and evaluates the performance of this task based on two musical descriptors. …”
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Holistic and Ecological Approach to Talent Development : A Turkish Volleyball Setting Tekijä Kiper, Sarp

“…This case study examined the athletic talent development of male and female athletes in a Turkish volleyball club, namely Arkas SK. The club has a successful track record in transitioning academy players to senior professional volleyball. …”
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Adult hobby musicians, well-being and motivation : a qualitative survey Tekijä Kauppi, Anu

“…Also, some information about music making as a hobby, definitions of hobby musicians and some previous knowledge about the motivation are included. …”
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Creating the theory of virtual learning environments : an example of a language forum Tekijä Rakhmankulova, Elena

“…This research is conducted qualitatively in the framework of grounded theory. Data from previous research on VLEs and second language learning and second language acquisition theory (SLL/SLA), available information about virtual environments and worlds, and observation of the area, i.e. the forum are analyzed to build a description of VLEs. …”
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Elites in Finnish energy policy and biogas as a motor vehicle fuel Tekijä McDermott, Liisa

“…The intent of this research was to find out what is the state of Finnish energy policy when reviewing it from the vantage point of biogas as a motor vehicle fuel. It seemed, according to previous research, that Finnish energy policy is lead by an elite and that there was a lack in transparency of energy policy. …”
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Cyber-physical systems as a platform for value co-creation : case: intelligent equipment in mining and construction industry Tekijä Hänninen, Johanna

“…The framework for value co-creation in Consumer Information Systems (CIS) is used as a framework for value co-creation to study how the different actors from the case company and their customers (=20) per-ceive value co-creation and what are the system value propositions enabling the value co-creation and the value drivers driving the actors to co-create value in the context of intelligent equipment. …”
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Measuring corporate sustainability maturity : a case study of Valmet Automotive's personnel Tekijä Merikallio, Minna

“…This prompts the question of how one can assess the extent of sustainability maturity within a company. The primary objective of this Master’s Thesis is to develop a viable sustainability maturity framework tailored to a specific company. …”
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Parental autonomy vs. ability : attendance in a low-income elementary school Tekijä Holt, Charlotta

“…Examining the data with this new theoretical framework encouraged a more genuine examination of family dynamics and parental decision-making. …”
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Use of ecolabels by Finnish circular economy forerunner companies : a current perspective Tekijä Saarinen, Iina

“…Transitioning towards sustainability and adopting a new circular economic model can provide solutions for the present issues. …”
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Mapping the customer journey through experiences : a Finnish case company study Tekijä Nolvi, Marianna

“…The objective of this research is to investigate and gain an understanding of journey mapping through customer experiences and examine the process behind its creation. Alongside a framework created based on the existing literature of the theme, the research is executed in the context of a Finnish case company and utilizes qualitative methods to untangle customer experiences and ultimately build a coherent journey map based on customers’ own narrations. …”
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Towards coaching leadership : a study of leadership style transformation in the city of Pudasjärvi Tekijä Kolmonen, Mira

“…The main focus of the theoretical framework is on coaching leadership, the tools it provides, leadership training, and, above all, the coaching work atmosphere. …”
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Aftermarket strategy and business networks : case study of a hydraulic motor firm Tekijä Rosal, Janaleh

“…The theoretical background of this thesis is a multidisciplinary framework including concepts from organizational strategy, market segmentation, international business and business network literature. …”
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Digital transformation, innovation and economic performance : a comparative study of Finland and India Tekijä Chitnis, Aditi

“…Transformations in the information and communication technologies has had a profound effect on innovation and in turn the economic growth within countries. …”
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Copenhagen failure : a rhetorical treatise of how speeches unite and divide mankind Tekijä Kortetmäki, Teea

“…I combine these in my analysis using a revised version of Malone's argument family classification tool putting it into Burke's theoretical framework. …”
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Developing a User Interface for an Interactive Evolutionary Multiobjective Optimization Method in DESDEO Tekijä Valtonen, Perttu

“…This study focuses on developing a user interface specifically for the interactive extension of the Reference Vector-guided Evolutionary Algorithm method within the DESDEO software framework. …”
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