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- VAASA.INF Finland, Vaasa, University of Vaasa, Timo Salmi
- Fri 23-Feb-1996
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- FINLAND
- Location: Northern Europe, Scandinavia (63:06N 21:38E)
- Capital: Helsinki
- Independence: since Dec 6, 1917
- (ruled by the Kingdom of Sweden 1154-1809)
- (Grand Duchy in the Russian Empire 1809-1917)
- Economic system: free market economy
- Political system: neutral parliamentary democracy
- President: Mr. Martti Ahtisaari
- the next presidential election in 2000
- Population: 5 million
- Languages: 93.6 % Finnish-speakers, 6.0 % Swedish-speakers
- Religion: 88.7 % Lutheran, 1.1 % Orthodox
- Surface area: 338 000 sq. km (Great Britain 244 000,
- Germany 357 335, Italy 301 000 sq. km)
- the sixth largest country in Europe
- Of the surface area: 10 % is water, 65 % forests, 8 % cultivated land
- Lakes: 187 888
- Islands: 179 584
- Common borders with: Sweden 586 km (264 miles)
- Norway 716 km (445 miles)
- Russia 1 269 km (788 miles)
- Gross domestic product:
- Agriculture and fishing 3 %
- Forestry 3 %
- Manufacturing 26 %
- Construction 10 %
- Transport and communication 8 %
- Commerce, banking, insurance 16 %
- Other services 33 %
- Main industries: Metal and engineering industry 38 %
- Forest industry 19 %
- Chemical industry 11 %
- Food industry 11 %
- Textile industry 6 %
- Other 15 %
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- Time zone: UTC+2 in winter, UTC+3 during summer daylight saving time
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- VAASA
- Location : on the Western coast of Finland, 400 km (250 miles)
- northwest of Helsinki
- Communications: flight from Helsinki: 1 hr, train from Helsinki: 4
- hrs, ferry from Umea, Sweden: 4 hrs
- Founded : in 1606 by King Charles IX of Sweden
- Population : 53.761, of which about 3/4 Finnish-speaking and 1/4
- Swedish-speaking
- Area : 397 sq. km of which 214 is maritime
- Climate : The annual mean temperature +4.9 C, warmest in July,
- average 16.5 C and coldest in January, average -8.0
- C. Usually windy and sunny because of the coastal
- location.
- Labour force and jobs by industry:
- Services 42.8 %
- Manufacturing 26.0 %
- Commerce 13.9 %
- Transport 8.0 %
- Construction 6.4 %
- Agriculture and forestry 1.2 %
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- UNIVERSITY OF VAASA (31-Dec-1995)
- Founded in 1966, the first students were admitted in 1968
- Total graduate student enrollment: 2737
- - in Economics and Business Administration 1706
- - in the Humanities 699
- - in the Social Sciences 272
- - in Engineering 60
- Total postgraduate student enrollment: 343
- - in Economics and Business Administration 226
- - in the Humanities 85
- - in the Social Sciences 32
- Annual intake: 460
- - in Economics and Business Administration 265
- - in the Humanities 125
- - in the Social Sciences 50
- - in Engineering 20
- Student enrollment in continuing education: 2529
- Student enrollment in open university: 2460
- Personnel (total): 297
- - teaching personnel 137
- - others 160
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- FACULTIES, DEPARTMENTS AND DISCIPLINES
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- 1) Faculty of Business Administration
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- Total student enrollment: 970
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- Major subjects: Management and Organization, Economics, Business
- Law, Marketing, and Economic Geography
-
- Degrees offered: Bachelor of Science in Business Administration,
- Master of Science in Business Administration, Licentiate of Science
- in Business Administration and Doctor of Science in Business
- Administration
-
- Degree programs in International Business (Marketing, Management and
- Organization) and in Entrepreneurship (Management and Organization)
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- Departments:
- - Management and Organization
- - Marketing (Marketing and International Marketing)
- - Economics
- - Business Law
- - Economic Geography
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- 2) Faculty of Accounting and Industrial Management
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- Total student enrollment: 1022
-
- Major subjects: Accounting (Accounting, Finance, Management
- Science), Information Technology, Production Economics
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- Degrees offered: Bachelor of Science in Business Administration,
- Master of Science in Business Administration, Licentiate of Science
- in Business Administration and Doctor of Science in Business
- Administration; studies leading to the degree of Master of Science
- in Technology
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- Departments:
- - Accounting and Business Finance
- - Mathematics and Statistics (Operations Research and
- Management Science, Mathematics, Statistics, and Physics)
- - Information Technology and Production Economics
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- Honors: The Department of Accounting and Business Finance together
- with the Department of Mathematics and Statistics was awarded the
- status of a centre of excellence by the Finnish Council of Higher
- Education for its scientific teaching. The award was granted to only
- 15 departments in the entire Finnish university sector in 1995.
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- 3) Faculty of Humanities
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- Total student enrollment: 784
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- Major subjects: English, Modern Finnish, German Language and
- Literature, Swedish and other Scandinavian languages, and
- Communication Studies
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- Other subjects: Russian and French languages
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- Degrees offered: Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts, Licentiate of
- Philosophy and Doctor of Philosophy
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- Departments:
- - English
- - Scandinavian Languages
- - German Language and Literature
- - Modern Finnish and Translation
- - Communication Studies (Applied Linguistics, Information Science)
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- 4) Faculty of Social Sciences
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- Total student enrollment: 304
-
- Major subjects: Administrative Science, Public Law, Social and
- Health Administration
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- Other subject: Economic Sociology
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- Degrees offered: Bachelor of Administrative Sciences, Master of
- Administrative Sciences, Licentiate of Administrative Sciences and
- Doctor of Administrative Sciences
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- AFFILIATED INSTITUTIONS
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- University Library
- - 100.000 volumes
- - 900 foreign periodicals
- - computer links with dozens of domestic and foreign databases
- - the European Documentation Centre, founded in 1990
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- Computer Centre
- - every university employee has a microcomputer and an access to
- international databases
- - modern microcomputer classrooms for students
- - general-purpose computers serve large-scale data-processing
- - the most important software assigned to central hardware running
- UNIX operating system
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- Centre for Continuing Education
- - several long-term programmes like the Business Development
- Programme, the Management Development Programme, and the Export
- Development Programme
- - coordinates open university studies
- - student enrollment in continuing education in 1995: 2529
- - student enrollment in open university in 1995: 2460
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- Western-Finland Centre for Economic Research
- - Department of Basic Research, Department of Commissioned Research
- and Centre for European Studies
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- FACULTY OF ACCOUNTING AND INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT (31-Dec-95)
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- Main research interests:
- Financial statement analysis
- Financial markets
- Bankruptcy research
- Long-term growth, profitability and financial behavior
- Mathematical and statistical modelling
- Total student enrollment: 1022
-
- Studying for M.Sc.(Econ): 941
- in Accounting and Business Finance: 683
- in Information Technology: 103
- in Production Economics: 92
- Major Subject not yet confirmed 63
- Studying for M.Sc.(Tech): 60
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- Postgraduate students: 81
- in Accounting and Business Finance: 37
- in Mathematics 2
- in Information Technology 12
- in Production Economics 29
- in Statistics 1
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- Full professors: 7
- Associate professors: 5
- Other teaching personnel: 23
- Supporting personnel: 5
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- TIMO SALMI
- Professor (full, tenured) of Accounting and Business Finance
- Major professional interests:
- Financial statement analysis
- Quantitative research methodologies and principles
- Operations research in accounting
- Born: 1945 in Helsinki, Finland
- Hobbies: Cycling and cross country skiing.
- Computer programming, English pocketbooks, Popularized
- natural and behavioral sciences.
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- Written by Prof. Timo Salmi and Information Officer Helena Kantanen.
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- Prof. Timo Salmi Co-moderator of news:comp.archives.msdos.announce
- Moderating at ftp:// & http://garbo.uwasa.fi archives 193.166.120.5
- Department of Accounting and Business Finance ; University of Vaasa
- ts@uwasa.fi http://uwasa.fi/~ts BBS 961 3170972; FIN-65101, Finland
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- Helena Kantanen, Information Officer (on a leave of absence till 27.2.1997)
- University of Vaasa, PO Box 700, FIN-65101 Vaasa, Finland
- tel +358 61 3248 224, fax +358 61 3248 208, Internet: hek@uwasa.fi
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- University of Vaasa
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- FIN-65101 Vaasa, Finland
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