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PRESS RELEASE 1.2.2012: Dissertation: How can the effect of education in entrepreneurship be measured?
"It must be a matter of great urgency that the Finnish university system be capable of producing education in entrepreneurship which those who graduate can put to use in their working life, whether he or she works in the service of someone else or as an entrepreneur. There is a lack of both effect assessment models and empirical tests, both at the national and international level, in the area of entrepreneurship education. In previous studies, the pedagogical variables have not been sufficiently taken into consideration." So says Stefan Granqvist, who is defending his thesis in entrepreneurship and corporate leadership at the Hanken School of Economics in Vaasa.
In his thesis, Granqvist presents a new framework of reference and a new model for effect assessment in entrepreneurship education. The ROEE model is founded on one of the first theories of learning (Herbart 1776-1841) and Kirkpatrick's (1998) model for the evaluation of instructional courses. The ROEE model measures whether and to what extent individuals use in working life what they have learnt during a four-year diploma programme. The model takes into consideration the pedagogical variables. Granqvist applied his model to 101 engineers from the Production Economics study programme at the Novia University of Applied Sciences during the years 1993-2003.
The study demonstrates that the content of entrepreneurship education is clearly linked to behaviour. Well balanced content can be utilised in working life by both the entrepreneur and the intrapreneur. In selecting teaching methods, it is variation that makes for the most positive experiences.
Date: Friday, 3 February at 12:00.
Venue: Hanken School of Economics, Vaasa
Opponent: Professor Håkan Boter of Luleå University of Technology
Custos: Professor Sören Kock, Hanken School of Economics
Further information:
Stefan Granqvist, +358 50 5370430
stefan.granqvist@novia.fi
The complete doctoral dissertation is available online at the Hanken Library database DHanken.
PRESS RELEASE 17.1.2012: Dissertation: Knowledge sharing is a tool for control in strategic alliances
Strategic alliances have become a centre-piece of modern contemporary corporate strategy where knowledge sharing is an important dynamic of inter-firm alliance formation. Khalid M. Bhatti examines in his doctoral dissertation in at Hanken School of Economics the multi-faceted factors behind knowledge sharing and how they influence inter-firm control behaviour. As a case Bhatti examined knowledge sharing between STMicroelectronics, one of the global leaders in semiconductors, and its alliance partners Nokia, Ericsson and IBM.
Bhatti's study underlines that as contracts are incomplete, strategic alliance partners are therefore required to maintain mutual dependence based control mechanisms in addition to a contract. For example, companies create control mechanisms through contract or by building an ownership structure between the parties. However, Bhatti also finds that inter-firm control is exercised through inter-firm knowledge sharing. In effect, sharing knowledge thus deepens the mutual dependence and the relationship between the parties, thus lowering uncertainty and deficiency of resources.
Khalid M. Bhatti's doctoral dissertation "
Factors affecting knowledge sharing in strategic alliances- The role of knowledge sharing as strategic control behavior among multinational enterprises" will be publicly reviewed at Hanken School of Economics in Vaasa.
Date: Thursday, 19 January at noon
Venue: Hanken School of Economics, Vaasa
Opponent: Professor Amjad Hadjikhani, Uppsala University
Custos: Professor Sören Kock, Hanken School of Economics
Further information:
Khalid M. Bhatti
kbhatti@hanken.fi
+358-(0)40 7602503
The complete doctoral dissertation is available online at the Hanken Library database DHanken.