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Juhani Pekkala appointed as Executive in Residence for the Department of Marketing
Pekkala’s role will be to bring new information and perspectives on the transformation of the commerce sector and on companies’ changing skill requirements, as well as helping to strengthen important research relationships with the business world.

Alumnus Niklas Karvonen: Working abroad is about the balance between my own doing, my values and different working methods in a specific country
Several different experiences and occasions from Aalto University have affected the employment of the School of Business alumnus Niklas Karvonen, who worked as a Business Design Manager at 16Lab in Tokyo in 2018-2019.
Currently Karvonen is working at a Tokyo-based coding bootcamp Code Chrysalis as a Marketing and Community Lead (2020).
Currently Karvonen is working at a Tokyo-based coding bootcamp Code Chrysalis as a Marketing and Community Lead (2020).

2018 in a glimpse: materials revolution, Nobel laureates in economics, and students’ breathtaking art projects
This past year art and science were celebrated once again at Aalto University

The last festive graduation ceremony filled the Töölö main building assembly hall
A total of 90 Masters of Science in Economics and Business Administration and three Doctors of Science in Economics and Business Administration graduated in the festive graduation ceremony held in the School of Business main building in Töölö on 21 December 2018. Next time, Masters of Science in Economics and Business Administration will be celebrated in Otaniemi in March 2019.

Iiris Saittakari’s dissertation among the best four dissertations in international business in 2016–2018
Iiris Saittakari’s dissertation is entitled "The Location of Headquarters: Why, When and Where are Regional Mandates Located?".
Sustainability is an increasingly important part of international business
Companies can work as change agents, Assistant Professor Tiina Ritvala says.

Cornell University will be CEMS’ first academic member in the US
CEMS, the Global Alliance in Management Education, with 32 leading business schools and more than 70 corporate and social partners forms a unique educational alliance. In December, CEMS announced collaboration with Cornell SC Johnson College of Business, which will be the first business school in the US to join CEMS.

Digitalism Challenge course innovated solutions for practical implementation
Helsinki Family Centres, Finnish Tax Administration and Nordea were very satisfied with the applications generated during the course.

EIASM's and graduate school KATAJA’s cooperative international EDEN course is as popular as ever
The course provides doctoral students with in-depth knowledge and skills for conducting case studies and justifying their choices.

EIT InnoEnergy - Energy innovation investment call (open until 30.4.2019)
EIT InnoEnergy call is an opportunity for Aalto researcher to get funding for such a research which is elemental part of a commercial innovation idea. InnoEnergy typical investment has been from 1-2 MEUR.

The starting point in Flipped classroom is the student’s personal learning process
The student and learning are at the centre of teaching, says Assistant Professor Taija Turunen.

School of Business Career Services second-best in the Nordic region
Universum produces an annual careers report based on a student survey.

District heating can be produced without fossil fuels in Finland – even in Helsinki
The change is possible through the use of heat pumps, wind power, heat storage and demand response.

Working at the School of Business alongside studies is independent and flexible
Initiative is needed in order to be able to succeed in the work.

Alumni Ambassador Daniel Tuori: I encourage everyone to think already during the studies what is it that you want to do later on in your career
The School of Business alumnus Daniel Tuori encourages students to use all the opportunities that the School offers to meet the alumni and company representatives during the studies.

School of Business’ Dean awarded successful business students
Dean’s List Scholarships in Academic Year 2017–2018 were given to 21 students.

Doctoral dissertation: Childhood experiences affect many growth entrepreneurs’ path in entrepreneurship
In his doctoral dissertation, Aarni Moisala demonstrates how entrepreneurs’ creative processes arise and develop.

Student team examined the impact of Cultural Centre Art Factory on Porvoo City
The project continued the tailor-made student projects completed in 2013 and 2015.

Alumna Anna Pakkala: I wish that even more young people would see entrepreneurship as a considerable career path
Anna Pakkala was the 2018 Head of Sustainability at Slush. At the moment, Pakkala is working as a Brand Manager at Compensate (2020).

From 1992 to 2018 - Thank you ARENA!
14 November 2018 will be remembered as a special day in the history of the School of Business as this was the last time the ARENA career fair was held in the Töölö campus.
