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Engineering Feelings of Quality

There is an increasing emphasis on developing systematical research approaches for design of products that appeal to people’s emotions and values. This thesis proposes methodological developments for investigating people’s subjective emotional needs and values towards quality and explores interactions of related physical design attributes for product design.

Monetary Policy for Smoothing Real Fluctuations? – Assessing Finnish Monetary Autonomy

The possible participation of Finland in the Stage III of the European Monetary Union would constitute a major change in the operating environment of the Finnish economy. As a member of the common currency area, Finnish interest and exchange rates would no longer be determined by domestic monetary policy or domestic financial market reactions, but would instead be given by the European Central Bank and the European financial markets.

Selection of expatriates – The influence of HR managers’ gender and personal traits

Due to increased internationalisation around the world the expatriate rate has grown significantly during the last years and has become a more important tool within organisations. Therefore, the need for expatriates increases and it is of importance for organisations to broaden their expatriate base and not exclude particular groups of employees, such as women are today.