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A strategy of start-up: How to manage a new business as an agile learning process?
Alamäki, Ari; Laintila, Olli; Patala, Teemu
eSignals Research : 8.3.2021 (Haaga-Helia ammattikorkeakoulu, 2021)In this study, we examined how to manage start-ups experiencing a high level of uncertainty in emerging markets, and what are the principles of agile strategic learning in a start-up? Pragmatic literature on start-ups has ... -
Adopting AI-enhanced chat for personalising student services in higher education
Mononen, Asko; Alamäki, Ari; Kauttonen, Janne; Klemetti, Aarne; Räsänen, Erkki
Esignals research (Haaga-Helia ammattikorkeakoulu, 2021)In this study, we examine how to adopt AI-based conversational chat in higher education and discuss our experiences and findings in integrating external datasets with machine learning-based chat conversations. The adoption ... -
Adopting artificial intelligence for the learning and teaching of generation z in higher education
Alamäki, Ari; Marttinen, Kitte
eSignals Research : 24.6.2021 (Haaga-Helia ammattikorkeakoulu, 2021)The adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly growing as a means to enhance learning and teaching in higher education. Previous research on the characteristics of Generation Z students and the opportunities ... -
AI-based Facial Recognition in Emotional Detections
Dirin, Amir; Suomala, Jyrki; Alamäki, Ari (Satakunnan ammattikorkeakoulu, 2019)Facial recognition is a method of identifying a human face with the help of computer vision (CV). The popularity of smart gadgets and the advancement of cameras’ capabilities have caused facial recognition to become a hot ... -
Analysing the implementation of two distinct pedagogical approaches in higher education institution
Dirin, Amir; Alamäki, Ari (International Academy of Technology, Education and Development, 2015)This paper aims to reveal the outcomes of two distinct mobile application concept design and development courses at Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences. These courses have applied dissimilar pedagogical approaches ... -
Business Impacts of Technology Disruption – A Design Science Approach to Cognitive Systems’ Adoption Within Collaborative Networks
Valkokari, Katri; Rantala, Tuija; Alamäki, Ari; Palomäki, Katariina (Springer, 2018)Digitalisation and data are stated to be significant drivers of change, technology disruption, and new business. The purpose of this study is to explore the business impacts of technology disruption, more specifically the ... -
Business Roles in Creating Value from Data in Collaborative Networks
Alamäki, Ari; Rantala, Tuija; Valkokari, Katri; Palomäki, Katariina
IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology (Springer, Cham, 2018)The present study investigates activities and actors’ roles in how companies utilize and adopt big data and cognitive systems in their business processes. Based on the literature review, a qualitative analysis of 18 in-depth ... -
Characteristics of Successful Sales Interaction in B2B Sales Meetings
Alamäki, Ari; Kaski, Timo (World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology, 2015)The value of co-creation has gained much attention in sales research, but less is known about how salespeople and customers interact in the authentic business to business (B2B) sales meetings. The study presented in this ... -
A Conceptual Model for Knowledge Dimensions and Processes in Design and Technology Projects
Alamäki, Ari (Springer Netherlands, 2018)The present study sheds new light on the knowledge dimensions and processes that occur when designing new concepts and prototypes in higher education. In particular, this study aims to develop the conceptual understanding ... -
Creating effective visuals for destination marketing videos: Scenery vs people
Alamäki, Ari; Rhee, Cheul; Suomala, Jyrki; Kaski, Timo; Kauttonen, Janne
Journal of Vacation Marketing : 10.3.2022 (SAGE Publications, 2022)By drawing from imagery and consumer choice theories, we examine how visuals of faces and social groups can foster behavioural intention and emotional effects in the case of nature tourism video marketing. We implemented ... -
Digital Amnesia and Personal Dependency in Smart Devices: A Challenge for AI
Dirin, Amir; Alamäki, Ari; Suomala, Jyrki (Satakunta University of Applied Sciences, 2019)The terms “digitalization” and “artificial intelligence” have become buzzwords in contemporary society. We read and hear these terms in the media on an almost daily basis. Digitalization has affected modern life significantly, ... -
Digital Service Design for Service-Oriented Business Models
Alamäki, Ari; Dirin, Amir (Laurea ammattikorkeakoulu, 2015)Today, digital solutions are integral and strategic parts of most service-oriented organizations. Similarly, the ICT (information and communication technologies) sectors are also moving towards service-oriented business ... -
Digital transformation and value-based selling activities: seller and buyer perspectives
Alamäki, Ari; Korpela, Pentti
Baltic journal of management : 2 (Emerald Group, 2021)Purpose This study aimed to examine the digital transformation of business-to-business (B2B) sales and its effects on the management of value-based selling. Design/methodology/approach The study adopted a qualitative ... -
Doubts and Risks in the Buying and Purchasing Processes of Business Buyers
Hautamäki, Pia; Alamäki, Ari
Eurasian Studies in Business and Economics (Springer, Cham, 2017)This paper aims to reveal the nature of doubts and risks that may cause business buyers to resist making a purchasing decision or proceeding in the business-to-business (B2B) buying process. Much sales literature has focused ... -
Embedding Virtual Objects Into the Physical World: Student-Centred Augmented Reality Concept Design and Development
Alamäki, Ari; Dirin, Amir
Techne series : 2 (Oslo and Akershus University College, Learning Centre and Library, 2021)In the contemporary world where almost, everything has moved towards digitalisation, the combination of virtual and physical worlds has proved to be an efficient approach in an educational context. Since the application ... -
Expert Work Automation in Healthcare: the Case of a Retrieval-Based Medical Chatbot
Aunimo, Lili; Kauttonen, Janne; Alamäki, Ari
Esignals research : 24.11.2022 (Haaga-Helia ammattikorkeakoulu, 2022)This paper presents how medical expert work may be partially automated and made more interesting as input for routine conversation is handled by a software bot. However, the responsibility for treating the patient in the ... -
Exploring the challenges of and solutions to sharing personal genomic data for use in healthcare
Parvinen, Lasse; Alamäki, Ari; Hallikainen, Heli; Mäki, Marko
Health informatics journal : 1 ([SAGE Publications], 2023)Boosted by the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as the tightened General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) legislation within the European Union (EU), individuals have become increasingly concerned about privacy. This is also ... -
Forecasted Self: AI-Based Careerbot-Service Helping Students with Job Market Dynamics
Mononen, Asko; Alamäki, Ari; Kauttonen, Janne; Klemetti, Aarne; Passi-Rauste, Anu; Ketamo, Harri
Engineering proceedings : 1 (MDPI, 2023)In this article, we introduce an AI-enhanced study planning solution named Careerbot, which is a service designed to help students with their “forecasted self”. We define a new term “forecasted self” to mean a future-oriented ... -
Gender Differences in Perceptions of Conventional Video, Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality
Dirin, Amir; Alamäki, Ari; Suomala, Jyrki (Kassel University Press, 2019)The user’s emotional involvement plays an important role in adopting new technologies. The level of engagement with and adoption of new digital applications depends on various personal, contextual, and emotional factors. ... -
Harnessing AI to boost metacognitive learning in education
Khan, Umair Ali; Alamäki, Ari
eSignals PRO : 25.08.2023 (Haaga-Helia ammattikorkeakoulu, 2023)Metacognition, a term first introduced by Flavell (Flavell 1976), refers to the self-awareness of one’s thinking and learning patterns. Think of it as learning how to learn. It is not just about acquiring information but ...