Author: Hugh Clack
The disappearing tip – the end of gratuities?
Vol. 26, Issue 06, 03 November 2023 We have seen a decrease in the amount of personal cash transactions over several years in favour of electronic payments. People have long […]
International Partnerships through IBSEN – Prague 2023
Vol. 26, Issue 04, 13 October 2023 Xamk belongs to IBSEN – the International Business Studies Exchange Network – along with Hochschule Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences and Arts (HSBI), […]
Going paperless – an impossible dream?
Vol. 26, Issue 02, 29 September 2023 Last issue I mentioned the probability that we might never see Insider in print form in the future mainly due to the diminishing […]
Kohoa City Campus week 18-20 September 2023
Last week saw the second part of the pilot project for having teaching and integrated content at the city campus venue Kohoa in Kouvola. The week was arranged by Xamk, […]
Editorial – Business as usual?
Vol. 26, Issue 01, 22 September 2023 Welcome (back) to the autumn semester 2023. After the chaos of the last few years, and a reduced presence of Insider, we are […]
Benchmarking your competitor – in the spirit of cooperation
In business, it is a common approach to benchmark your competitors (competitor analysis) to see where their strengths and weaknesses are in relation to yours. Also, it is normal practice […]
The disappearing workspace – it’s not personal
Vol. 25, Issue 23, 14 April 2023 Now that many companies and organisations have survived the remote work scenarios forced on them by the recent pandemic, and employees have experienced […]
Time was a constant, then it became relative, now it seems arbitrary – time will tell…
Vol. 25, Issue 21, 31 March 2023 Sir Isaac Newton’s theories assumed time was absolute or a “constant”. Along came Albert Einstein who proved that time is really relative to […]
When employees go on strike – what’s the deal?
Vol. 25, Issue 20, 24 March 2023 As we all know, VR (Finish Railways) workers went on strike this week forcing the company to cancel train services all over the […]
Plagiarism in studies is unacceptable – but what about AI?
Vol. 25, Issue 18, 10 March 2023 In the past I have written about plagiarism in studies and also contract cheating. Plagiarism still exists, but now we seem to have […]