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2015-04-17
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2015-03-27

Hello Henrik Öhlin...

News » 2015-03-27
Ph. D student, Business Administration at CTF. You are currently in New Zealand, what are you doing there? - I will spend the spring semester here at University of Otago to work on my thesis, make new contacts and develop my international network. In addition, I will take the opportunity to experience a beautiful country with amazing nature and incredibly nice people.
2015-03-27

Hello Henrik Öhlin...

News » 2015-03-27
Ph. D student, Business Administration at CTF. You are currently in New Zealand, what are you doing there? - I will spend the spring semester here at University of Otago to work on my thesis, make new contacts and develop my international network. In addition, I will take the opportunity to experience a beautiful country with amazing nature and incredibly nice people.
2015-03-26

Student pub April 1 at Sogeti

News » 2015-03-26
Are you curious about one of Sweden's largest IT consultancy companies? Sogeti invites all IT students to their Student Pub the first of April. Wednesday 1 april 17:30 at Karolinen, address N:a Klaragatan 18. Register at www.sogeti.se/studentpub before March 27.
2015-03-26
Seven out of twenty, or 35 percent. That is the number of research projects at Karlstad University that have been approved and receive funding from the Horizon 2020 EU framework program. The average in EU is 11 percent. One of the projects funded by Horizon 2020 will be led by researchers Bo Edvardsson and Bård Tronvoll at CTF. The Horizon 2020 EU framework program was launched in January 2014.
2015-03-26
Seven out of twenty, or 35 percent. That is the number of research projects at Karlstad University that have been approved and receive funding from the Horizon 2020 EU framework program. The average in EU is 11 percent. One of the projects funded by Horizon 2020 will be led by researchers Bo Edvardsson and Bård Tronvoll at CTF. The Horizon 2020 EU framework program was launched in January 2014.
2015-03-25

Open Ph D positions

News » 2015-03-25
Service Design for Innovation (SDIN), a Marie Curie European Training Network, is now seeking 9 outstanding Early Stage Researchers (ESR) to join its 3 years research training program, involving a PhD enrolment and a full-time contract. These Marie Curie positions are attractive and highly prestigious opportunities for Early Stage Researchers in the field of Service Design and Innovation. SDIN offers the resources, infrastructure and expertise of 8 highly reputed European academic and non-academ
2015-03-25

Open Ph D positions

News » 2015-03-25
Service Design for Innovation (SDIN), a Marie Curie European Training Network, is now seeking 9 outstanding Early Stage Researchers (ESR) to join its 3 years research training program, involving a PhD enrolment and a full-time contract. These Marie Curie positions are attractive and highly prestigious opportunities for Early Stage Researchers in the field of Service Design and Innovation. SDIN offers the resources, infrastructure and expertise of 8 highly reputed European academic and non-academ
2015-03-23
Professor Anders Gustafsson has been awarded the “Highly Commended Paper Award” for the article “Small details that make big differences: A radical approach to consumption experience as a firm’s differentiating strategy” by the publisher Emerald.
2015-03-23
Professor Anders Gustafsson has been awarded the “Highly Commended Paper Award” for the article “Small details that make big differences: A radical approach to consumption experience as a firm’s differentiating strategy” by the publisher Emerald.
2015-03-18
BA thesis student Oskar Kroon went to Sony Mobile in Lund, Sweden, and had WozARd demonstred by the inventor himself, Günter Alce. For more on WozARd, see: https://youtu.be/bpSL0tLMy3w        
2015-03-18
BA thesis student Oskar Kroon went to Sony Mobile in Lund, Sweden, and had WozARd demonstred by the inventor himself, Günter Alce. For more on WozARd, see: https://youtu.be/bpSL0tLMy3w        
2015-03-17

Visit by Oksana Tokar

News » 2015-03-17
We welcome Oksana Tokar, Ph D Student at the Department IT Management & Consulting, Universität Hamburg, in Germany, who will be visiting us for the next two weeks.  - During my stay at CTF I will be working on my paper about crossing service systems boundaries with my co-writers Tilo Böhmann, Universität Hamburg, Bo Edvardsson and Bard Tronvoll, CTF. I will also meet with researchers at CTF that are working on the same topic.
2015-03-17

Visit by Oksana Tokar

News » 2015-03-17
We welcome Oksana Tokar, Ph D Student at the Department IT Management & Consulting, Universität Hamburg, in Germany, who will be visiting us for the next two weeks.  - During my stay at CTF I will be working on my paper about crossing service systems boundaries with my co-writers Tilo Böhmann, Universität Hamburg, Bo Edvardsson and Bard Tronvoll, CTF. I will also meet with researchers at CTF that are working on the same topic.
2015-03-11
Technical services based on IT solutions are becoming increasingly common in many manufacturing industries, but many questions still remain concerning for example, how it affects relationships, and how to create a profitable business models. The introduction of new technology can also be a challenge that must be addressed, especially if the company operates globally.
2015-03-11
Technical services based on IT solutions are becoming increasingly common in many manufacturing industries, but many questions still remain concerning for example, how it affects relationships, and how to create a profitable business models. The introduction of new technology can also be a challenge that must be addressed, especially if the company operates globally.
2015-03-04
P?teris Rudz?js, Riga Technical University, presented parts of his forthcoming thesis entitled "Development of Education Demand and Offer Information Monitoring System's Model". The event were at Information Systems coffee room the 4th of March. After the presentation he also presented the system which had been developed.      
2015-03-03
On March 9 we will start our open networked learning course Making Sense of Service Logic. The aim of the course is to introduce central concepts of service research, by applying them to different business and organizational contexts.