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Making Better Decisions

Balancing Conflicting Criteria

By: Pekka J. Korhonen,Jyrki Wallenius

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Making Better Decisions

Balancing Conflicting Criteria

By: Pekka J. Korhonen,Jyrki Wallenius

This book offers a comprehensive introduction to decision-making in an MCDM framework. Designed as a tutorial, it presents the main concepts and methods to be applied, together with essential background information. This includes the concept of nondominance, Simon’s bounded rationality, Tversky and Kahneman’s prospect theory, and the concepts of behavioral vs. mathematical convergence and premature stopping put forward by Korhonen, Moskowitz and Wallenius. The book concludes with a non-technical review of many popular decision algorithms, including the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP), VIMDA, and a number of classic interactive man-machine algorithms. In essence, the book is a “one-stop” source on everything you need to know about managerial decision-making in the multiple-criteria setting.

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Springer Nature

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3030494594

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9783030494599

Japan and Asia-Pacific Integration

Pacific Romances 1968-1996

By: Pekka Korhonen

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Japan and Asia-Pacific Integration

Pacific Romances 1968-1996

By: Pekka Korhonen

Japan and Asia Pacific Integration is a study of regional integration in the greater Pacific area during 1968-1996. It examines the political rationale of such international organisations as the Asia Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC) forum, and the East Asian Economic Caucus (EAEC). There is a focus on Japanese conceptions of regionalism and integration, but the attitudes of other countries such as the United States, Australia, Malaysia and China are also explored.

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Routledge

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1134680082

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9781134680085

Japan and the Pacific Free Trade Area

By: Pekka Korhonen

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Japan and the Pacific Free Trade Area

By: Pekka Korhonen

As the end of the century approaches, the Asian-Pacific region is becoming the most important economic area in the world. Pekka Korhonen examines the nature of Japan's economic rise since World War II, and its relations with other countries in the Pacific area. This in turn led to an optimistic world outlook for Japan, in which military tension was wiped away in the light of sustained economic growth and the formation of an inter-dependent structure for Asian-Pacific countries.

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1134840314

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9781134840311

Finland and National Liberation in Southern Africa

By: Iina Soiri,Pekka Peltola

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Finland and National Liberation in Southern Africa

By: Iina Soiri,Pekka Peltola

Finland's special characteristics as a Nordic, non-aligned welfare state gave it the resources and motivation to support liberation movements - in spite of restrictions arising from trade interests and a reluctance to jeopardise the country's neutral image. The study shows that, although it is not an easy task, in a democracy ordinary, dedicated people can, over time, influence political decision making at its most closed and guarded area, foreign politics.

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Nordic Africa Institute

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9171064311

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9789171064318

Precambrian Geology of Finland

By: Martti Lehtinen,Pekka A. Nurmi,O.T. Ramo

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Precambrian Geology of Finland

By: Martti Lehtinen,Pekka A. Nurmi,O.T. Ramo

Focusing on the Precambrian in the central part of the Fennoscandian Shield, the book combines the results from modern geological and geophysical research into a detailed petrologic, lithologic, and structural synthesis and interpretation of the Archean and Proterozoic of Finland. It will be of value to anyone interested in the evolution of the shield in particular and in Precambrian geology in general.

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Elsevier

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0080457592

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9780080457598

Extension of Data Envelopment Analysis with Preference Information

Value Efficiency

By: Tarja Joro,Pekka J. Korhonen

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Extension of Data Envelopment Analysis with Preference Information

Value Efficiency

By: Tarja Joro,Pekka J. Korhonen

This book provides an introduction to incorporating preference information in Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) with a special emphasis in Value Efficiency Analysis. In addition to theoretical considerations, numerous illustrative examples are included. Hence, the book can be used as a teaching text as well. Only a modest mathematical background is needed to understand the main principles. The only prerequisites are a) familiarity with linear algebra, especially matrix calculus; b) knowledge of the simplex method; and c) familiarity with the use of computer software. The book is organized as follows. Chapter 1 provides motivation and introduces the basic concepts. Chapter 2 provides the basic ideas and models of Data Envelopment Analysis. The efficient frontier and production possibility set concepts play an important role in all considerations. That's why these concepts are considered more closely in Chapter 3. Since the approaches introduced in this study are inspired by Multiple Objective Linear Programming, the basic concepts of this field are reviewed in Chapter 4. Chapter 5 also compares and contrasts Data Envelopment Analysis and Multiple Objective Linear Programming, providing some cornerstones for approaches presented later in the book. Chapter 6 discusses the traditional approaches to take into account preference information in DEA. In Chapter 7, Value Efficiency is introduced, and Chapter 8 discusses practical aspects. Some extensions are presented in Chapter 9, and in Chapter 10 Value Efficiency is extended to cover the case when a production possibility set is not convex. Three implemented applications are reviewed in Chapter 11.

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Springer

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1489975284

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9781489975287

The Political Economy of Putin's Russia

By: Pekka Sutela

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The Political Economy of Putin's Russia

By: Pekka Sutela

This book constitutes an up-to-date treatment of Russia’s economic development and economic policies since 2000, when Vladimir Putin became the President of Russia. After the slow decline and sudden collapse of the Soviet Union, Russia embarked upon a multi-faceted change. This included transition from central management to a market economy, from one-party rule to democracy, from multi-national empire to nation state, and from relative autarchy to opening up to the European and global communities. This book concentrates on economic change, exploring how in spite of steep production decline, widening welfare differentials and increasing social uncertainty, the 1990s also created many of the institutional and policy preconditions for a functioning market economy.

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324

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Routledge

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1136338012

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9781136338014

Northern Archaeology and Cosmology

A Relational View

By: Vesa-Pekka Herva,Antti Lahelma

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Northern Archaeology and Cosmology

A Relational View

By: Vesa-Pekka Herva,Antti Lahelma

In its analysis of the archaeologies and histories of the northern fringe of Europe, this book provides a focus on animistic–shamanistic cosmologies and the associated human–environment relations from the Neolithic to modern times. The North has fascinated Europeans throughout history, as an enchanted world of natural and supernatural marvels: a land of light and dark, of northern lights and the midnight sun, of witches and magic and of riches ranging from amber to oil. Northern lands conflate fantasies and realities. Rich archaeological, historical, ethnographic and folkloric materials combine in this book with cutting-edge theoretical perspectives drawn from relational ontologies and epistemologies, producing a fresh approach to the prehistory and history of a region that is pivotal to understanding Europe-wide processes, such as Neolithization and modernization. This book examines the mythical and actual northern worlds, with northern relational modes of perceiving and engaging with the world on the one hand and the ‘place’ of the North in European culture on the other. This book is an indispensable read for scholars of archaeology, anthropology, cultural studies and folklore in northern Europe, as well as researchers interested in how the North is intertwined with developments in the broader European and Eurasian world. It provides a deep-time understanding of globally topical issues and conflicting interests, as expressed by debates and controversies around Arctic resources, nature preservation and indigenous rights.

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0429783507

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9780429783500

Strategic Reputation Management

Towards A Company of Good

By: Pekka Aula,Saku Mantere

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Strategic Reputation Management

Towards A Company of Good

By: Pekka Aula,Saku Mantere

Strategic Reputation Management examines the ways in which organizations achieve "goodness" through reputation, reputation management and reputation strategies. It presents a contemporary model of strategic reputation management, helping organizations and stakeholders to analyze the business environment as a communicative field of symbols and meanings in which the organization is built or destroyed. Authors Pekka Aula and Saku Mantere introduce the eight generic reputation strategies, through which organizations can organize their stakeholder relationships in various ways. They illustrate their arguments using real-world examples and studies, from the Finnish Ski Association to Philip Morris International. This book serves as required reading in advanced courses covering public relations practice, advanced topics in PR, corporate communication, management, and marketing. Professionals working in PR, business, management and marketing will also find much of interest in this volume.

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100015551X

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9781000155518

The Evolving Universe and the Origin of Life

The Search for Our Cosmic Roots

By: Pekka Teerikorpi,Mauri Valtonen,K. Lehto,Harry Lehto,Gene Byrd,Arthur Chernin

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The Evolving Universe and the Origin of Life

The Search for Our Cosmic Roots

By: Pekka Teerikorpi,Mauri Valtonen,K. Lehto,Harry Lehto,Gene Byrd,Arthur Chernin

Sir Isaac Newton famously said, regarding his discoveries, "If I have seen further it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants." The Evolving Universe and the Origin of Life describes, complete with fascinating biographical details of the thinkers involved, the ascent to the metaphorical shoulders accomplished by the greatest minds in history. For the first time, a single book can take the reader on a journey through the history of the universe as interpreted by the expanding body of knowledge of humankind. From subatomic particles to the protein chains that form life, and expanding in scale to the entire universe, this book covers the science that explains how we came to be. The Evolving Universe and the Origin of Life contains a great breadth of knowledge, from astronomy to physics, from chemistry to biology. It includes over 350 figures that enhance the comprehension of concepts both basic and advanced, and is a non-technical, easy-to-read text at an introductory college level that is ideal for anyone interested in science as well as its history.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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0387095349

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9780387095349

The Information Society and the Welfare State

The Finnish Model

By: Manuel Castells,Pekka Himanen

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The Information Society and the Welfare State

The Finnish Model

By: Manuel Castells,Pekka Himanen

The Mobile Valley - Innovation About Innovating - The Welfare of the Nation - The Local Information Society - The Power of Identity - The Finnish Model of the Information Society.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0199256993

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9780199256990

Discovery of Cosmic Fractals

By: Yurij Baryshev,Pekka Teerikorpi

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Discovery of Cosmic Fractals

By: Yurij Baryshev,Pekka Teerikorpi

In a simple manner, explains the frontiers of astronomy, how fractals appear in cosmic physics, offers a personal view of the history of the idea of self-similarity and of cosmological principles and presents the debate which illustrates how new concepts and deeper observations reveal unexpected aspects of Nature.

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World Scientific

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9810248725

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9789810248727

Moving in the USSR

Western anomalies and Northern wilderness

By: Pekka Hakamies

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Moving in the USSR

Western anomalies and Northern wilderness

By: Pekka Hakamies

This book deals with 20th century resettlements in the western areas of the former USSR, in particular the territory of Karelia that was ceded by Finland in the WWII, Podolia in the Ukraine, and the North-West periphery of Russia in the Kola peninsula. Finns from Karelia emigrated to Finland, most of the Jews of Podolia were exterminated by Nazi Germany but the survivors later emigrated to Israel, and the sparsely populated territory beyond the Polar circle received the Societ conquerors of nature which they began to exploit. The empty areas were usually settled by planned state recruitment of relocated Soviet citizens, but in some cases also by spontaneous movement. Thus, a Ukrainian took over a Jewish house, a Chuvash kolkhos was dispersed along Finnish khutor houses, and youth in the town of Apatity began to prefer their home town in relation to the cities of Russia. Everywhere the settlers met new and strange surroundings, and they had to construct places and meanings for themselves in their new home and restructure their local identity in relation to their places of origin and current abodes. They also had to create images of the former inhabitants and explanations for various strange details they preceived around themselves. All articles within this volume are based on extensive field or archive work. This research project was funded by the Academy of Finland.

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BoD - Books on Demand

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9517466951

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The Rocky Road to Publishing in the Management and Decision Sciences and Beyond

Experiencing the Journey and Lessons Learned

By: Pekka Korhonen,Herbert Moskowitz,Jyrki Wallenius

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The Rocky Road to Publishing in the Management and Decision Sciences and Beyond

Experiencing the Journey and Lessons Learned

By: Pekka Korhonen,Herbert Moskowitz,Jyrki Wallenius

This book documents the history of two research papers, from the first drafts to the final polished published articles, including the reviewer comments and the author responses. The documentary provides unique insights into the publishing process, which at times is filled with uncertainties, not only for young researchers. The book discusses lessons learned and also provides an experienced editor's and reviewer's perspective. In the light of the high pressure on young faculty to publish successfully, this book offers itself as a guide to publishing efficiently and effectively in a highly competitive scientific environment.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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3642420486

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9783642420481

Paths to Dark Energy

Theory and Observation

By: Gene Byrd,Arthur D. Chernin,Pekka Teerikorpi,Mauri Valtonen

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Paths to Dark Energy

Theory and Observation

By: Gene Byrd,Arthur D. Chernin,Pekka Teerikorpi,Mauri Valtonen

This work provides the current theory and observations behind the cosmological phenomenon of dark energy. The approach is comprehensive with rigorous mathematical theory and relevant astronomical observations discussed in context. The book treats the background and history starting with the new-found importance of Einstein’s cosmological constant (proposed long ago) in dark energy formulation, as well as the frontiers of dark energy. The authors do not presuppose advanced knowledge of astronomy, and basic mathematical concepts used in modern cosmology are presented in a simple, but rigorous way. All this makes the book useful for both astronomers and physicists, and also for university students of physical sciences.

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