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2013-09-19
About 1100 titles from Ebsco eBooks now available   Ebsco ebooks are included in OneSearch.About 1100 titles are available. We do not own this books, but they are automatically loaned/bought as soon as someone uses them. Most titles are in the subject areas "Education", "Social Science", "Geography". The titles have one link for reading online " eBook full text", and one for downloading. The books have a limit of 3 concurrent users.
2013-09-19
About 1100 titles from Ebsco eBooks now available   Ebsco ebooks are included in OneSearch.About 1100 titles are available. We do not own this books, but they are automatically loaned/bought as soon as someone uses them. Most titles are in the subject areas "Education", "Social Science", "Geography". The titles have one link for reading online " eBook full text", and one for downloading. The books have a limit of 3 concurrent users.
2013-09-16
The new book "Handbook of Sustainable Travel" will soon be available on Springer Environmental Science. Editors: Tommy Gärling, Dick Ettema and Margareta Friman (all reserachers within Samot). Description of the book available on Youtube here.
2013-09-16
The new book "Handbook of Sustainable Travel" will soon be available on Springer Environmental Science. Editors: Tommy Gärling, Dick Ettema and Margareta Friman (all reserachers within Samot). Description of the book available on Youtube here.
2013-09-05
Child and adolescent mental health was the focus of the two-day advisory board meeting when researchers from Australia, England, Canada, Germany and Sweden gathered at Karlstad University at the end of August. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the research programme on the impacts of changed living conditions on child and adolescent mental health that was granted long-term funding from the Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare, FORTE (previ
2013-09-05
Child and adolescent mental health was the focus of the two-day advisory board meeting when researchers from Australia, England, Canada, Germany and Sweden gathered at Karlstad University at the end of August. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the research programme on the impacts of changed living conditions on child and adolescent mental health that was granted long-term funding from the Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare, FORTE (previ
2013-09-04
Margareta Friman, Professor and Director at Samot, The Service and Market Oriented Transport Research Group at Karlstad University, has accepted an assignment in the External Advisory Board of Metpex. Metpex is a research project funded in the context of the 7th Framework Programme of the EU, aiming to develop and evaluate a standardised tool to measure passenger experience across whole journeys.
2013-09-04
Margareta Friman, Professor and Director at Samot, The Service and Market Oriented Transport Research Group at Karlstad University, has accepted an assignment in the External Advisory Board of Metpex. Metpex is a research project funded in the context of the 7th Framework Programme of the EU, aiming to develop and evaluate a standardised tool to measure passenger experience across whole journeys.
2013-09-03

Guest researcher in SISB

News » 2013-09-03
In August Ph D Nancy Sirianni, Assistant Professor of Marketing at Northeastern University, USA, visited CTF. The purpose of her visit was to work on a project within the research profile SISB together with Tetra Pak. Anders Gustafsson, Bo Femtvik, Lars Witell and Nancy SirianniDuring her visit, Nancy Sirianni worked with researchers Lars Witell and Anders Gustafsson, CTF, and Bo Femtvik, Tetra Pak, on a project that involve the employee’s role in service innovation.
2013-09-03

Guest researcher in SISB

News » 2013-09-03
In August Ph D Nancy Sirianni, Assistant Professor of Marketing at Northeastern University, USA, visited CTF. The purpose of her visit was to work on a project within the research profile SISB together with Tetra Pak. Anders Gustafsson, Bo Femtvik, Lars Witell and Nancy SirianniDuring her visit, Nancy Sirianni worked with researchers Lars Witell and Anders Gustafsson, CTF, and Bo Femtvik, Tetra Pak, on a project that involve the employee’s role in service innovation.
2013-08-29

Hello Vassilis Charitsis ...

News » 2013-08-29
... Ph D Student in Business Administration at CTF and the research school Management and IT. Can you tell us about your Ph D studies? - I am about to start my second year of my PhD studies at CTF under the supervision of professor Per Skålén. I spent my first year taking PhD courses all over Sweden and building the theoretical foundation upon which the empirical part of my study will be based.
2013-08-29

Hello Vassilis Charitsis ...

News » 2013-08-29
... Ph D Student in Business Administration at CTF and the research school Management and IT. Can you tell us about your Ph D studies? - I am about to start my second year of my PhD studies at CTF under the supervision of professor Per Skålén. I spent my first year taking PhD courses all over Sweden and building the theoretical foundation upon which the empirical part of my study will be based.
2013-08-27
We welcome PhD Student Christoph Peters from Kassel University in Germany. He will be visiting us until October 4. Christoph Peters is a PhD Student at Kassel University where he works at the Chair of Information Systems led by Prof. Dr. Jan Marco Leimeister.  Christoph’s main research interests are service modularization and service modeling of complex services, i.e. they consist of person-oriented as well as IT service parts.
2013-08-27
We welcome PhD Student Christoph Peters from Kassel University in Germany. He will be visiting us until October 4. Christoph Peters is a PhD Student at Kassel University where he works at the Chair of Information Systems led by Prof. Dr. Jan Marco Leimeister.  Christoph’s main research interests are service modularization and service modeling of complex services, i.e. they consist of person-oriented as well as IT service parts.
2013-08-26
We welcome Dr Li Peilin, associate professor from School of Business Administration of Henan University of Economics and Law in China. He is here to work with Professor Bo Enquist and Ph D Samuel Petros Sebhatu, researchers in Samot, and will be visiting for one year. Dr Peilin's research interests lie in the area of corporate governance, corporate culture, HRM. For more infomation please visit the Henan University of Economics and Law website.
2013-08-26
We welcome Dr Li Peilin, associate professor from School of Business Administration of Henan University of Economics and Law in China. He is here to work with Professor Bo Enquist and Ph D Samuel Petros Sebhatu, researchers in Samot, and will be visiting for one year. Dr Peilin's research interests lie in the area of corporate governance, corporate culture, HRM. For more infomation please visit the Henan University of Economics and Law website.
2013-08-21
We welcome Katriina Järvi, Ph D Student from Aalto University BIT Research Centre, who will be visiting us for 6 months. Katrina JärviKatriina Järvi works as a project manager in IRIS research group at Aalto University BIT Research Centre. Her special interests are productisation of services, service innovation and involving customers in service development.
2013-08-21
We welcome Katriina Järvi, Ph D Student from Aalto University BIT Research Centre, who will be visiting us for 6 months. Katrina JärviKatriina Järvi works as a project manager in IRIS research group at Aalto University BIT Research Centre. Her special interests are productisation of services, service innovation and involving customers in service development.
2013-08-20
Dr Yingzi Xu from Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand, is one of our visiting researchers right now. She is here to work with Professor Bo Edvardsson and Associate Professor Bård Tronvoll and she will be staying for a month. Yingzi's research interests lie in the area of service research, with a particular interest in customer switching behavior and service recovery. For more infomation please visit the Auckland University website
2013-08-20
Dr Yingzi Xu from Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand, is one of our visiting researchers right now. She is here to work with Professor Bo Edvardsson and Associate Professor Bård Tronvoll and she will be staying for a month. Yingzi's research interests lie in the area of service research, with a particular interest in customer switching behavior and service recovery. For more infomation please visit the Auckland University website