
Applied Business, Law and Economics Research Group (ABLE)
Research group
01.01.2018 -
UEF Business School, Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies
Applied Business, Law, and Economics Research Group (ABLE) is a research group at the University of Eastern Finland Business School. The research group unites views and tools of economic and legal sciences to study empirically issues in the domain of firm and consumer decision-making and choice behavior in the context of markets and regulated environments.
The group’s recent and current research focuses in
- Decision making under risk and uncertainty in real-life decisions
- Gambling markets and bettor behaviour
- SMEs in public procurement
- Banking and financial market regulation
- Municipal accounting and auditing
- Auditing
- Financial discourses and emotions, financial acumen, autoethnography in accounting
- Cross-disciplinary research in company law, accounting law and insolvency law
- M&A and restructuring transactions
- Strategic orientations and SMEs’ performance
- Corporate responsibility in legal contexts
- Small business valuation
Professors
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Jani Saastamoinen
ProfessorFaculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies, Business School -
Pasi Syrjä
ProfessorFaculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies, Business School
Researchers
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Hanna Savolainen
University LecturerFaculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies, Business School -
Niko Suhonen
University LecturerFaculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies, Business School -
Timo Tammi
University LecturerFaculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies, Business School -
Matias Huhtilainen
Early Stage ResearcherFaculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies, Business School -
Tuomo Kainulainen
Postdoctoral ResearcherFaculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies, Business School -
Päivi Kosonen
University LecturerFaculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies, Business School -
Minna Murto-Unkila
University LecturerFaculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies, Business School