About Oulu Business School

As part of the University of Oulu, we aspire to be an international multidisciplinary research-based business school. Research Focus themes:

• The role of managerial traits in insider trading, tax non-compliance and other business outcomes
• Business dynamics, ecosys-tems and models in developing contexts
• The role of renewable energy in electricity markets
• Data-intensive digital products and services, and responsible business
• Business relationships, services and brands
• International entrepreneurship and open innovation

We participate in multidisciplinary initiatives in the research focus areas of the University of Oulu, especially in: Connected Health, Renewable Energy and Energy Markets, Digital Business, Business Analytics and 5/6G business opportunities, Northern Finland Birth Cohorts, and Systemic and Human Empowerment in the Revolution of Health Care. We utilise the emerging opportunities created by the Northern Dimension.

We continue to strengthen the international focus of our programme portfolio. While we increasingly utilise the research focus areas in our education activities, working life relevance will also be further enhanced. In addition to degree programmes, we offer Entrepreneurship minor studies to all University of Oulu degree students and through the open university. We continue to fully utilise the AACSB Accreditation related tools and methods in education development.

In all our activities, we follow the fundamental values of expertise, responsibility to self and others, and a pioneering spirit. We enforce an AACSB Accreditation related Faculty Qualifications Framework to annually evaluate each faculty member’s attainment of individual quality requirements in research, education and service. Furthermore, we utilise the JUFO, ABS (Association of Business Schools) and FT50 (Financial Times top 50) journal rankings to evaluate the level of attainment in high-quality research.

1. We finalise our Mission, Vision and Values renewal, in line with AACSB Accreditation requirements during 2020.
2. We incorporate the AACSB Faculty Qualifications Framework in the annual development discussions to ensure the level of research attainment of each faculty member.
3. We seek complementary funding for strengthening the research groups in the identified focus areas. We emphasise acquiring international funding.
4. We further develop our incentive system during 2020, to support the continuing increase of top-level publications and internationalisation of researchers.
5. We utilise the EIASM and SCANCOR networks, and explore potential to extend our networks to support high-level research.
6. We continue and strengthen our involvement in the University of Oulu multidisciplinary initiatives and seek complementary funding for enhanced development.
7. We design, with cooperating faculties and selected business partners, an M.Sc. Business Analytics degree program, to be launched in 2021.