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Design job market for designers in Finland – Q1/2025

This article explores the state of the design job market in Finland during the first quarter of 2025. The goal is to support students at […]

  • Article D1
  • design jobs
  • design skills
  • job market
Published 5.5.2025
Innovations New radical initiatives

Competing with Intelligence: AI and the Transformation of Business Innovation

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has emerged as a transformative force in various fields, including leadership and management. AI represents a distinct form of intelligence, particularly in […]

  • AI
  • AI-enhanced innovation
  • Article D1
Published 29.4.2025
Innovations Renewing and evolving entrepreneurship

The power of emotions in consumer purchasing behaviour and online fashion products

Consumer decisions are rarely based on logic alone – research suggests that emotions often guide our purchases more than we realise. The colours we perceive, […]

  • Article D1
  • facial expression tracking
  • online shopping
  • product emotions
  • purchase decisions
Published 16.4.2025
Innovations Renewing and evolving entrepreneurship

Leveraging LUT-4SUS for co-creating entrepreneurial courses: insights from the SmartVille project

The SmartVille project has been actively engaging with Zambian and Namibian communities to co-develop formal and informal entrepreneurial learning content (LAB 2024). In September 2024, […]

  • Article D1
  • education
  • entrepreneurship
  • SmartVille
Published 8.4.2025
Innovations Renewing and evolving entrepreneurship

The shift towards a cashless society

The main difference between cash and cashless is access. When paying with bank or with credit card, a card issued by a credit card company […]

  • Article D1
  • cash
  • digital trends
  • payment
Published 21.3.2025
Circular Economy Sustainable societies

Proactive adaptation to climate change is important in local regions

The ClimateGO project promotes comprehension and awareness of regions and cities in developing better policies for climate-smart and resilient governance (Interreg Europe 2025). One of […]

  • adaptation
  • Article D1
  • climate change
  • climate-smart
  • decision making
Published 28.2.2025
Innovations Renewing and evolving entrepreneurship

Knowledge sharing practices – experiences from the rural communities in Namibia

Knowledge sharing practices are an important part of team learning methods (see Ekman 2024a; Ekman 2024b), which is applied in the SmartVille project (LAB 2025; […]

  • Article D1
  • entrepreneurship
  • knowledge sharing
  • Namibia
  • SmartVille
Published 19.2.2025
Innovations Renewing and evolving entrepreneurship

From Battlefield to Boardroom

sTARTUp Day, one of Estonia’s leading and prominent startup and tech festivals, brings together entrepreneurs, investors, and innovators for three talks, hands-on workshops, and networking […]

  • Article D1
  • business development
  • leadership
  • startups
  • strategy
Published 17.2.2025
Design Design for sustainable business

Startup, take patent strategy seriously

Deep tech startups operate at the forefront of scientific and technological breakthroughs, requiring substantial research and development (Cambridge Dictionary 2025; Kerner 2025). Intellectual property (IP) […]

  • Article D1
  • business development
  • patents
  • startups
  • strategy
Published 17.2.2025

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