News archive for "Hhk"

2024-02-23
Work methods and tools with focus on games are being developed for stakeholders on both sides of the Swedish/Norwegian border to improve society’s security and preparedness in relation to climate crises. We meet Emelie Hindersson, Coordinator of the Centre for Societal Risk Research, and Peter Bellström, Senior Lecturer in Information Systems at Karlstad Business School, in the RiskLab® at Karlstad University.
2024-02-01
Tahere, welcome to the Business School. Tell us about your background. - I studied for a master's in IT and management at Högskolan Väst in Tröllhättan last year, as well as a bachelor's in  IT engineering in my country, Iran. I also have a couple of years of work in computer networks and a couple of years I worked in industry. Tell us about your previous research - For my master's thesis, I studied the adoption of blockchain-based applications in higher education.
2024-01-18
On 1 January 2024, it had been 95 years since Mickey Mouse first showed up in the short film “Steamboat Willy”. Now, the early versions of the famous mouse are free to use by anyone. Or are they?
2023-11-28
The purpose of Health Data Sweden (HDS) is to increase the use of health data within small and medium-sized companies and public organizations. - HDS must offer services such as available data, legal issues and skills development, says Karin Brodén. - Increasing the use of health data has been identified as a way to increase efficiency in the health sector and to increase health benefits for individuals, says Karin Brodén, postdoctor in information systems at the Service
2023-11-23
Research findings from Karlstad University were presented at a conference in Oslo. - As always when it comes to changing cultures, it is important to be persistent and not give up, says Markus Fellesson from the Center for Service Research (CTF). Markus Fellesson and Anna Fyrberg-Yngfalk, researchers at the Service Research Center (CTF) and Karlstad Business School, you recently participated in the conference “Prevent and Intervene – Ending Sexual Harassment at Work” in O
2023-11-14
Researchers at the Service Research Center (CTF) at Karlstad University have been assigned to identify the initiatives and measures that have led to less food being thrown away in restaurants and school kitchens, retail, and households.
2023-10-06
High employee proactivity can, for example, compensate for delays in customer service situations and thereby mitigate the negative effects of waiting. Employee proactivity has been discussed as a key factor in company success and organisational performance.
2023-10-02
Elena Palani, welcome to Karlstad Business school and CTF! - Thanks. I am a PhD student in business administration and researching food waste at the Business School and The Service Research Centre  (CTF) and took my master's degree at the Business school and was very satisfied with my education. I felt that the teachers have a good grasp of the situation, especially when it comes to the market.
2023-09-28
Tell us about your current research -  My research is developing knowledge about digitization practices and its consequences to users, organizations and society as well as the design and visualizations for the development of digital practices, resources and artifacts.
2023-09-19
In the study ”Managing the Complexity of Green Innovation” authors Andrey Abadzhiev, Alexandre Sukhov, Antti Sihvonen and Mikael Johnson have examined how this complexity can be managed by analyzing how individual companies combine different innovation activities to develop green innovation, and how companies along the value chain align to implement these innovations. Green innovation can promote both environmental sustainability and economic growth.
2023-09-05
Reuse and other circular solutions are becoming increasingly common in the retail business to enable more sustainable consumption. To promote this transition requires more knowledge on how companies can create better conditions and customer experiences in relation to circular retail.
2023-09-04
Great interest in increased autonomy and room for action for managers and employees. As part of the research programme “Arbetsplatsens struktur och arbetsrelaterad ohälsa: kvinnodominans, organisatoriska faktorer, åtgärder och politiska beslut i kommunal förvaltning” (Workplace structure and work-related illness: female dominance, organisational factors, measures and political decisions in local government administrations), researchers at Karlstad Business School look at
2023-09-04
Björn Smith, tell us about your background - I spent the most recent years completing a degree in primary education, school years 4–6. I have also been lecturing at Karlstad University - mainly administrative law and local government law as well as jurisprudence and EU law to some extent. I really enjoyed working as a teacher and learned a lot.
2023-08-16
Every year, AG Advokat awards a grant of SEK 50.000 to the law student who has produced the best degree project focusing on an issue that has commercial relevance for the real estate and construction industries.