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- VAASA.INF Finland, Vaasa, U of Vaasa, Timo Salmi
- Updated Sat 4-September-1993
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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. Mauno Koivisto
- the next presidential election in 1994
- 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 (1-Jan-1993)
- Founded in 1966, the first students were admitted in 1968
- Total graduate student enrollment: 2350
- - in Economics and Business Administration 1577
- - in the Humanities 524
- - in the Social Sciences 205
- - in Engineering 44
- Total postgraduate student enrollment: 204
- - in Economics and Business Administration 122
- - in the Humanities 54
- - in the Social Sciences 28
- Annual intake: 490
- - in Economics and Business Administration 295
- - in the Humanities 125
- - in the Social Sciences 50
- - in Engineering 20
- Student enrollment in continuing education: 1477
- Student enrollment in open university: 1160
- Personnel (total): 282
- - teaching personnel 136
- - others 146
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- FACULTIES, DEPARTMENTS AND DISCIPLINES
- 1) Faculty of Business Administration
- Total student enrollment: 893
- Degree program: Economics and Business Administration
- Alternative lines of study: Business Management and Organization,
- Entrepreneurship, Marketing, International Marketing, Economics, Economic
- Geography, and Business Law
- Degrees offered: Master of, Licentiate in and Doctor of Science in Economics
- 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
- Total student enrollment: 850
- Degree programs: Economics and Business Administration, Industrial
- Management
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- Alternative lines of study: Accounting, Business Finance;
- Quantitative Business Analysis;
- Information Technology, and
- Production Economics
- Degrees offered: Master of, Licentiate in and Doctor of Science in
- Economics, Master of Science in Technology
- 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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- 3) Faculty of Humanities
- Total student enrollment: 578
- Degree program: Modern Languages, Culture and Communication
- Degrees offered: Master of Arts, Licentiate in and Doctor of
- Philosophy
- Departments:
- - English
- - Scandinavian Languages
- - German Language and Literature
- - Finnish
- - Communication Studies (Applied Linguistics, Information Science)
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- 4) Faculty of Social Sciences
- Total student enrollment: 233
- Degree program: Administrative Sciences
- Degrees offered: Master of, Licentiate in and Doctor of
- Administrative Sciences
- Disciplines:
- - Public Administration
- - Public Law
- - Social and Health Administration
- - Economic Sociology
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- AFFILIATED INSTITUTIONS
- University Library
- - 70.000 volumes
- - 900 foreign periodicals
- - computer links with dozens of domestic and foreign databases
- - the EC information 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
- both UNIX and VMS operating systems
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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 1992: 1477
- - student enrollment in open university in 1992: 1160
- - budget in 1992: 5.6 million FIM
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- Western-Finland Centre for Economic Research
- - Department of Basic Research, Department of Commissioned Research
- and Centre for European Studies
- - budget in 1992: 2.6 million FIM
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- FACULTY OF ACCOUNTING AND INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT (1-Jan-93)
- Main research interests:
- Financial statement analysis
- Security markets and efficiency
- Bankruptcy prediction
- Analysis of firm growth, profitability, and financing
- Mathematical and statistical modelling
- Total student enrollment: 850
- Studying for M.Sc.(Econ): 762
- in Accounting and Business Finance: 470
- in Quantitative Business Finance: 54
- in Information Technology: 38
- in Production Economics: 46
- Studying for M.Sc.(Tech): 44
- Postgraduate students: 44
- in Accounting and Business Finance: 28
- in Methodological Sciences 3
- in Information Technology: 7
- in Production Economics: 6
- Full professors: 7
- Associate professors: 5
- Other teaching personnel: 22
- Supporting personnel: 4
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- TIMO SALMI
- Professor (full, tenured) of Accounting and Business Finance
- Dean of the Faculty, Chairperson of the Computer Centre Board
- Major professional interests:
- Financial statement analysis
- Quantitative research methodologies and principles
- Operations research in accounting
- Born: 1945 in Helsinki, Finland
- Hobbies: Cycling, jogging, 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 comp.archives.msdos.announce
- Moderating at garbo.uwasa.fi anonymous FTP archives 128.214.87.1
- Faculty of Accounting & Industrial Management; University of Vaasa
- Internet: ts@uwasa.fi or timo.salmi@uwasa.fi; FIN-65101, Finland
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- Helena Kantanen, Information Officer
- University of Vaasa, PO Box 297, FIN-65101 Vaasa, Finland
- tel +358-61-3248 224, fax +358-61-3248 208, Internet: hek@uwasa.fi
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