During the summer Science Direct had a problem where one could not access the articles in the database. It will take some time to solve the problem which is why the Library at Hanken provides access to articles from the database to those that need them.
Big questions such as decolonization, the relevance of research to the global south, and the future of work, were on the agenda of the fourth Responsible Organising conference, held at Hanken on the 28th of April.
Rasmus Öhman, 28, graduated in 2016 with a Bachelor's degree in accounting from Hanken in Helsinki. He continued to Aalto University where he became a Master of Economics in 2019. Since October 2019, he has been working at Deloitte AG in Zurich.
How much did the e-book usage at Hanken increase during 2020? How many shelf meters of books are there in total in the library? We have collected key numbers from Hanken library services and there is no doubt that last year was exceptional.
During the spring, a course in cultural sustainability and communications was organized for the first time at Hanken. The course was a response to the students' interest in courses in the humanities.
The results from the joint entrance exam in economic sciences have now been published for Hanken’s Bachelor degree programme in Helsinki and Vaasa. In June 2021 the entrance examination for future BSc students was arranged under strict security measures.
Hanken School of Economics in Helsinki has had a grand piano in frequent use for about 50 years. The instrument is used during festivities and is otherwise available in the foyer for students to play it. Now our instrument, however, needs to retire.
Rector Karen Spens has been appointed Trustee in the Board of the accreditation organisation The Association of MBAs and Business Graduates Association (AMBA & BGA).
The year with the pandemic has been exceptional in many ways, but Hanken has risen to the occasion and met the challenges! The graduation level is as good as in previous years and the pace of study has, in fact, increased. In addition, we have recently managed to get extended AMBA accreditation for five years.
Hanken receives top results from exchange students who studied in Helsinki during the spring. This is the case even though all courses were arranged online.
Hanken School of Economics’ Annual Report 2020 is now available electronically on Hanken’s web. The Annual Report gives an overview of the highlights in 2020.
When Paul Viio, Professor of Practice at Hanken since 15.3.2021, six year ago started to do online courses in the USA, he felt that the field was light years ahead there compared to Finland. However, during the last year, huge steps towards digitalisation has been taken in Finland – sometimes even bigger than necessary.
Circumstances like the present pandemic highlight the importance of cross-sector cooperation between different players. However, recent research indicates that the closer the cooperation between for-profit and not-for-profit organizations, the greater the risk of conflicts due to a clash of values.
The Finnish Innovation Index (FII), developed jointly with the Norwegian School of Economics, offers Finnish consumers the opportunity, for the first time, to evaluate the innovativeness of companies selling services and products. The results of the survey were published on a webinar broadcasted from Hanken the 17 June. The event will be annual.
