Publications 2004-2009
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4/2009
Tuorila H
3/2009
Kytö H, Väliniemi J
Helsinki Metropolitan Area migration flows in flux (pdf in Finnish)
2/2009
Tuorila H
Developing Resident Services in the Apartment Building Village – Preliminary study (pdf in Finnish)
1/2009
Väliniemi J, Rask M, Timonen P, Uotinen S
Development review of living – consumers and players of the housing industry assessing new living concepts in the Helsinki metropolitan area (pdf in Finnish)
2008
9/2008
Koistinen K, Tuorila H
What are the characteristics of a good living environment? – Views of residents concerning environment, housing and services at different stages of their lives (pdf, Finnish).
7/2008
Viinisalo M, Nikkilä M, Varjonen J
Changes in the consumption of foods in households during the years 1966–2006
6/2008
Moisio T, Lähteenoja S, Lettenmeier M
Goods MIPS – Assessing the use of natural resources in household goods
5/2008
Veuro S, Lähteenoja S, Lettenmeier M
HobbyMIPS – Consumption of natural resources in leisure time
4/2008
Luoto K, Lähteenoja S, Lettenmeier M
Exercise MIPS – Consumption of natural resources in exercise
3/2008
Väliniemi J, Rask M, Timonen P
Housing supply review – a conceptual study of consumer choice and influence in the supply of housing in the Helsinki area
2/2008
Hyvönen K, Järvelä K, Piiroinen S
"Should have some actual benefit..." - web opportunities for the food industry"
1/2008
Sunikka A, Peura-Kapanen L
Consumer total wealth management. A comparative study on the views of consumers and service providers
2007
- 9/2007
Väänänen V, Mäkelä J
Natural, healthy food. Views on the basic tenets and practices of their diet by advocates of living nutrition - 8/2007
Peura-Kapanen L, Nenonen S, Järvinen R, Kivistö-Rahnasto J
Consumers’ everyday risks and safety – Risk-related views, promotion of safety and attitudes towards electronic transactions in safety context - 7/2007
Leskinen J, Aalto K, Kytö H, Tuorila H, Varjonen J, Väliniemi J
Services home through the Internet. Final report of the research entity - 6/2007
Kytö H, Tuorila H, Väliniemi J
IDs give security – study on the use of electronic IDs - 5/2007
Aalto-Setälä V, Nikkilä M
Does the European Single Market Work? Case: Food Products in Helsinki and Tallinn - 4/2007
Koistinen K, Väliniemi J
Are grocery stores easily accessible? – Accessibility of grocery stores in the regions of Turku, Lahti and Mikkeli during the years 1995–2003. - 3/2007
Kytö H, Väliniemi J
Long way to the shop – or not? – Structural change in the daily consumer goods retail trade in Finland 2003–2005. - 2/2007
Varjonen J, Aalto K, Leskinen J
Täsmällistä, ammattitaitoista ja edullista - kuluttajapalautetta kotitalousmarkkinoille (Prompt, professional and inexpensive – customer feedback to household services markets) - 1/2007
Tuorila H, Aalto K
Ongelmia tietokoneen ja digi-tv:n kanssa? Teknisten tukipalvelujen tarve ja tarjonta (Computer and digital television (DTV) problems? Need and supply of IT support services)
2006
- 9/2006
Järvelä K, Viinisalo M
"KUNHAN ON MAKEA JA MEHUKAS" - Kuluttajien näkemyksiä porkkanan laadusta. (“AS LONG AS IT’S SWEET AND JUICY” – Consumer views on quality of carrots.) - 8/2006
Piiroinen S, Järvelä K
Kokemuksella ja tiedolla. Tutkimus kuluttajien ruoan valinnasta. (Using experience and information. A study of consumers’ food choice.) - 7/2006
Peura-Kapanen L, Järvinen R
Kuluttajien käsityksiä riskeistä, niiden hallinnasta ja sähköisestä vakuuttamisesta (Consumer perceptions of risk, risk management and electronic insurance) - 6/2006
Koistinen K, Vesala T
Päivittäistavarakaupan rakennemuutos Suomen keskeisillä kaupunkiseuduilla 1995-2005 (Structural change within grocery retailing in prominent Finnish urban areas 1995–2003) - 5/2006
Kytö H, Tuorila H, Leskinen J
Maaseudun vetovoimaisuus ja kuluttajien yksilölliset elämäntavat. Tutkimuskokonaisuuden loppuraportti - 4/2006
Tuorila H
"Täällä maalla on hyvä asua." Kokemukset maaseudusta uutena asuinympäristönä (”We like it here in the country.” Experiences of the countryside as a new living environment) - 3/2006
Kytö H, Aatola L
Muuttuva maallemuuttuja. Maallemuuttajien elämäntavat ja maallemuuton mukanaan tuomat muutokset (Changing rural migrants) - 2/2006
Aalto-Setälä V, Matschoss K, Nikkilä M
Palveluiden hintaerot Euroopan maiden välillä (Differences in service prices between European countries) - 1/2006
Isoniemi M, Mäkelä J, Arvola A, Forsman-Hugg S, Lampila P, Paananen J, Roininen K
Kuluttajien ja kunnallisten päättäjien näkemyksiä lähi- ja luomuruoasta (Consumers' and municipal decision makers' views about local and organic food)
2005
- 8/2005
Matschoss K
Hinnat sähkömarkkinoilla - Vihreän sähkön hinnat verrattuna yleis- ja yösähkön hintoihin. (Prices in the electricity market: green vs. conventional and nighttime electricity) - 7/2005
Koistinen K, Vesala T, Marjanen H
Jakelukanavien välinen kilpailu Suomen päivittäistavaramarkkinoilla sekä eräillä erikoiskaupan toimialoilla - kuluttajanäkökulma. (Channel competition in Finnish grocery retailing and in some areas of specialty retailing: consumer view) -
6/2005
Aalto-Setälä V, Nikkilä M
Kolme vuotta euroaikaa: ovatko kuluttajat oppineet hinnat? (Three years of the euro: have consumers learned prices?) - 5/2005
Tuorila H, Kytö H
Verkkopalvelut ikääntyvien hyvinvoinnin edistäjinä (Network services - enhancing ageing people's well-being)
- 4/2005
Eriksson P, Koistinen K
Monenlainen tapaustutkimus (Diverse Case Study)
- 3/2005
Kinnunen K, Saarinen P
Vähittäiskaupan aukioloajat - Myymälähenkilköstön mielipiteitä (Shop opening hours - Finnish sales workers' views)
- 2/2005
Kotro T, Timonen P, Pantzar M, Heiskanen E
The Leisure Business and Lifestyle - 1/2005
Pantzar M, Shove E (eds.)
Manufacturing leisure - Innovations in happiness, well-being and fun
2004
- 9/2004
Kinnunen K
Kilpailullisuus sähkämarkkinoilla - Sähköenergian tarjoushinnat 2003-2004 (Competitiveness in the electricity market. Offer prices for electricity 2003-2004). Abstract.
- 8/2004
Aalto-Setälä V, Nikkilä M
Euron vaikutus yritysten hinnoitteluun ja kuluttajien hintatietoisuuteen (Effect of the euro on pricing and consumer price knowledge). Abstract.
- 7/2004
Kytö H, Aatola L
Luulo ei ole tiedon väärtti. Muutokset kuluttajien antamissa julkisten palvelujen laatuarvioissa vuosina 2002-2003 ("Thinking is not the same as knowing." Changes in consumers' quality appraisals of public services in Finland in 2002-2003). Abstract. - 6/2004
Aalto-Setälä V, Saarinen P
Kilpailun vaikutus lääkemarkkinoilla (Impact of competition on the drug market). Abstract.
- 5/2004
Aalto-Setälä V, Nikkilä M, Pagoulatos E
Elintarvikkeiden hintaerojen syyt Euroopan maiden välillä (Reasons for differences in food prices among European countries). Abstract.
- 4/2004
Piiroinen S, Mäkelä J, Niva M
Luottavaiset suomalaiset? Kuluttajan näkemykset ruoan turvallisuudesta (Trusting Finns? Consumer views on food safety). Abstract. - 3/2004
Järvinen R, Heino H
Kuluttajien palvelukokemuksia vakuutus- ja pankkisektorilta (Consumer experiences of services in the insurance and banking sector). Abstract. - 2/2004
Tuorila H
Yli 50-vuotiaat Internet-palvelujen käyttäjinä (People over 50 as users of the Internet). Abstract. - 1/2004
Timonen P, Mäkelä J, Niva M, Hyvönen, Esa Vesmanen
Tulevaisuuden keittiö (The kitchen of the future). Abstract.
Publications 2000-2003
2003
- Publications 2003:14
Services in the information society - Summary of the study programme. Hannu Kytö, Leena Aatola, Helena Tuorila, Anna-Riitta Lehtinen. - Publications 2003:13
Services in the information society - Final report of the study programme. Hannu Kytö, Leena Aatola, Helena Tuorila. - Publications 2003:12
Consumer coices of cheese – in-store interviews. Merja Isoniemi. - Publications 2003:11
Who washes laundry in Finland? Textile care in households and use of textile care services. Kristiina Aalto. (Summary)
- Publications 2003:10
Food from the Web - Online grocery shopping in consumers' everyday life. Kaarina Hyvönen. - Publications 2003:9
Domestic berries and plant stanols. Acceptability of functional foods in Finland. Mari Niva, Johanna Mäkelä, Sanna Piiroinen. - Publications 2003:8
Toward a sustainble information society? - An experiment in participatory and constructive technology assessment of online grocery shopping. Eva Heiskanen, Päivi Timonen. - Publications 2003:7
Better services through co-operation? Municipal decision-makers' views about present and future service supply, Helena Tuorila, Hannu Kytö. Abstract. - Publications 2003:6
I'd say it's good enough - Consumers' and catering professionals' views on potato quality in institutional catering service, Katja Järvelä, National Consumer Research Centre. Abstract.
- * Publications 2003:5
MOBILE VIDEO, Petteri Repo, Kaarina Hyvönen, Mika Pantzar & Päivi Timonen - Publications 2003:4
Households' service needs and use of services, Hannu Kytö, Leena Aatola, Anna-Riitta Lehtinen. Abstract.
- Publications 2003:3
Evaluation of the competitive effects of large retail units - the Kirkkonummi Prisma in an evaluation framework, Raija Järvinen, Paavo Saarinen. Abstract. - Publications 2003:2
Mobile Video, Petteri Repo, Kaarina Hyvönen, Mika Pantzar & Päivi Timonen - Publications 2003:1
From red tape to recovery proceedings - A study on cancelled debt restructuring as experienced by the debtor, Tarja Römer Paakkanen, Aulikki Pentikäinen, National Consumer Research Centre. Abstract.
2002
- 4/2002 Tuorila, H.
Supply and future outlook of commercial services in municipalities with different development trends - 3/2002 Isoniemi, M.
The diverse uses of cheese - 2/2002 Aalto, K.
Practices and environmental aspects in household care of textiles - 1/2002 Repo, P.
Consumers in the regulation and self-regulation of commerce - Abstracts (pdf)
"Consumers and Families as Market Actors". International Household & Family Research Conference 2002, Helsinki, Finland 17.-20.7.2002. - Effect of the euro on prices smaller than expected (April 2002)
2001
- 11/2001 Järvelä, K.
Potatoes are staple food - Consumer views on the potato - 10/2001 Eriksson, P. , Lähde, K.
Young adults give meaning to marketing communication on the Internet - * 9/2001 Pantzar, M. - Ainamo, A.
NOKIA - The surprising success of textbook wisdom - 8/2001 Aalto-Setälä, V.
The Effect of Imperfect Information on Pricing - Why are there different prices for the same product? - 7/2001 Järvinen, R., Eriksson, P., Saastamoinen, M., Lystimäki, M.
Insurance on the Internet - Insurance companies' offerings and consumer expectations - 6/2001 Tuorila, H.
Families with Children and Ageing Persons as Users of Services - 5/2001 Kytö, H.
Regional Concentrations of Purchasing Power and Their Changes in 1993-1998 -
Case: Purchasing power and grocery retailing in the province of Eastern Finland in 1999 - 4/2001 Nikkilä, M.
Consumers in the Changing Elecricity Market - Free Competition between Electricity Suppliers from the Consumer's Viewpoint - 3/2001 Varjonen, J.
Experiences, Healthfulness, Variety - Food Habits in the 21th Century - 2/2001 Tuorila, H.
Literature Review of Finnish Basic Services - from Specification to Evoluation - * 1/2001 Eriksson, P. - Keso, H. - Lehtimäki, H. - Pietiläinen, T.*
Female Entrepreneuring and Strategising - Articulations of Gendering Processes within the Finnish New Media Business
2000
- 5/2000 Laaksonen, P. – Mäntylä, M.
The Concept of Environmental Friendliness – a Comparison of Consumer and Expert Views - 4/2000 Viinisalo, M. – Leskinen, J.
Safety Troughout the Food Chain – Consumers' and Experts' Conceptions and Expectations Concerning Food Quality - 3/2000 Marjanen, H. – Saarinen, P.
Shopping for Groceries in Neighbourhood Shops, Conceptualised Forecourts and Kiosks – a comparison of price and service levels - 2/2000 Varjonen, J.
Trends or Chaos? - Changes in Food Habits and Household Food Management in the 1980's and 1990's - 1/2000 Peura-Kapanen, L.
The Consumer in the Clothing and Footwear Market - Is it hard to find a right size?
Publications - Other series
* = in English
Books:
- Abstracts in English. Teoksessa: Innovaatioiden kotiutuminen. Kuluttajatutkimuskeskuksen vuosikirja 2006. Toim. P Repo, I Koskinen & H Grönman.
- * Consumers, markets and the euro. Ville Aalto-Setälä, Markus Halonen, Marita Nikkilä, Liisa Peura-Kapanen, Anu Raijas, Paavo Saarinen, National Consumer Research Centre. Introduction part (pdf).
- Pyykillä - arkinen järkeily ja ympäristövastuullisuus valinnoissa, Timonen, Päivi (Doing the laundry - mundane reasoning and environmentally), NCRC's books 2002 (Dissertation).
- Syömisen rakenne ja kulttuurinen vaihtelu, Mäkelä, J. (The structure of eating and cultural variation), NCRC's books 2002 (Dissertation).
- "STATLIGA ELEKTRONISKA TJÄNSTER TILL FÖRETAG I NORDEN". Näringssektorns ad hoc arbetsgrupp för elektronisk handel och näringsrelaterade IT-frågor (Nordiska Ministerrådet) ed. Petteri Repo (Governmental electronic services for companies in the Nordic countries, Nordic Council of Ministers)
- "Kuinka teknologia kesytetään - Kulutuksen tieteestä kulutuksen taiteeseen" Mika Pantzar (The Domestication of Everyday Technology - The Shift from a Science to an Art of Consumption)
- "Suomalaisen talouspolitiikan ajattelumallit valtiovarainministerien budjettiesitelmissä 1974-1994", Visa Heinonen - Juri Mykkänen - Mika Pantzar - Seppo Roponen (Patterns of Thought in the Finnish Economic Policy - Budget Lectures given by Ministers of Finance 1974-1994)
- "Puhtaan elämän jäljillä - Huoli hygieniasta suomalaisissa terveydenhoitolehdissä 1889-1900", Turo-Kimmo Lehtonen (In Search of Clean Life. The Issue of Hygiene in Finnish Health Journals 1889-1900)
- "Kauppa - kuluttaja - uudet mahdollisuudet" ("Retail Trade - Consumer - New Alternatives") ed. Anu Raijas
- "Laadullisen tutkimuksen risteysasemalla" (1995) ("At the junction of the qualitative research") ed. Jaakko Leskinen
- "Kohti hyvän elämystä" - Sociosemiotic Vjues about Consumption (1994) ed. Mika Pantzar, Liisa Perälä, Mirja Kekki.
Methods and Manuals:
- 5/1996 "KULTU - TAVARAT JA PALVELUT 1993-1994 " KULTU - Consumer Goods and Services 1993-1994 (bibliographies)
- 4/1996 "Suomalaisia kuluttajatutkimuksia 1993-1994" Finnish Consumer Researh in 1993-1994 (bibliographies)
- 3/1995 Johanson, J-E. - Mattila, M. - Uusikylä, P.
An Introduction to Network Analysis - 2/1994 Moilanen, T. och Roponen, S.
Qualitative Data Analysis with the ATLAS/TI Program - 1/1994 Roponen, S.
SPSS for Windows as a Tool for the Researcher
Discussion Papers:
- * 34/2003
Digital television and the consumer perspective (pdf). Ed. Minna Tarkka. - 33/2002 Järvinen, R. - Tuorila, H.
Private and public services in the everyday life of consumers - Competing with each other or complementing each other? - 32/2002 Tuorila, H.
Will personal services be replaced by self-service? - 31/2001 Repo, P.
Self-regulation of E-Commerce by Means of Labels - 30/2000 Aalto-Setälä, V. - Lähde, K.
Taxation of the "Sacred Cow" - Effects of a Reduction in the Automobile Tax - 29/1999 Aatola, L.
Approaches to Consumer-Oriented Service Studies - 27/1998 Roponen, S.
Digital Consumer Squeezed by Television and Computer - 26/1998 Pantzar, M. - Heinonen, V.
New Challenges to Consumer Policy - 25/1998 Roponen, S.
Information Society is Coming - with or without Consumers' Voice - 24/1997 Pantzar, M.
Consumer Effects of Digital Mediatechnology - 23/1996 Saarinen, L. - Vaittinen, R.
Integration, Capital Intensiveness and Finland's Bilateral Intra-Industry - 22/1996 Helenius, P.
Young people's consumption habits and identity in Finland in the 1990's - 21/1996 Joki, M.
The Geographical Information System (GIS) in the Analysis of Retail Business Operations - 20/1996 Vaittinen, R.
Changes in Market Subsidies and Adjustments within the Food Industry Resulting from EU Membership - 19/1995 Luuppala, T.
Distribution Systems and Terminals for Perishable Goodes in Europe - *18/1995 Heiskanen, E. - Kärnä, A. - Lovio, R.
Improving the Environmental Quality of Products: the Roles of Consumers, Business and Public Policy - 17/1995 Aalto-Setälä, V.
What is the Rationality of Food Basket Price Comparisons? - 16/1995 Kanerva, T.
Need, role and future of the comparative product research - 15/1995 Vaittinen, R.
Computable General Equilibrium Modelling - Theoretical Background and Empirical Applications - *14/1995 Törmä, H. - Vaittinen, R. - Rutherford, T.
Wellfare Effects of the Finnish Value-Added Tax Reform: a General Equilibrium Evaluation - 13/1994 Heinonen, V.
People's Everyday Life Embodied into Structures - Fernand Braudel as a Researcher into Consumption - 12/1994 Vaittinen, R.
Trade Policy Effects of E.U. Membership on Consumers - 11/1994 Vaittinen, R.
Price Determination in Different Sectors of the Finnish Economy - *10/1994 Mattila, P.
"Differences between Neo-classical Models and Intrahousehold Models in describing Households in Developing Countries"
Offprint:
- *7/1996 Niva, M. - Heiskanen, E. - Timonen, P. Environmental Information in Consumer Decision Making
- 6/1994 Heiskanen, E. - Pantzar, M. Development Outlook for Sustainable Consumption. Offprint in Finnish.
Other offprint:
- * Pantzar, M., The Growth of Product Variety - a Myth?
Pantzar, M., A Public Dialogue Concerning Butter and Margarine in Finland 1923 - 1987 - Panzar, M., Rational choice of food: on the domain of the premices of the consumer choice theory
Other publication series:
- National Food Administration
Järvelä, K., Consumers opinions regarding health risks posed by foodstuffs and food control. 1/1998.
Raijas, A., Consumption of food stuffs in the 1990s. 2/1997. - Johanna Varjonen – Kristiina Aalto. Household Production and Consumption in Finland 2001. Household Satellite Account.
© 2006 Statistics Finland and National Consumer Research Centre.
- SITRA
Hyvönen, K., Hallman, H., Kilpiö, E., Laaksonen, P., Sähköistyvä arki (Everyday life and electrification) 175/1998. - Heiskanen, E., Product oriented environmental control 146/1995.
- The Finnish Historical Society
Heinonen, V., Peasant Ethic and the Spirit of Consumption.
From Household Advising to Consumer Policy in the 20th Century in Finland. - LINKKI-research program
Heiskanen, E., Product information and influencing consumers indirect energy consumption - an example of using alternative produce a meal. 15/1996. - Niva, M., Uotila, T., The possibilities of instruments for energy conservation to affect energy in housing and traffic. 15/1996.
- Imatran Voima
Heiskanen, E., Pantzar, M.,Consumption and sustainable development. 1994. - Ministry of trade and industry
Pohjonen, A., Koivunen, I., Finnish food prices in the EU - Final report. 9/1997. - Government Institute for Economic Research
Törmä, H., Rutherford, T., Vaittinen, R., What will EU-memberhip and Value Added Tax Reform do to Finish Food Economy. 88/1995.
Working papers* (in English):
- * 112/2008
Rüger Y, Varjonen J
Value of Household Production in Finland and Germany. Analysis and Recalculation of the Household Satellite Account System in both countries - * 102/2007
Daniëls A
Life and living in low energy houses – Study of technical solutions in low energy houses, satisfaction, lifestyle and changes for the residents - *
95:2006
Aalto K, Varjonen J
Cheaper by the dozen – Economies of scale in domestic work - * 94:2006
Koskinen I. and Repo P.
Personal technology in public places: Face and Mobile Video.
- * 87:2005
Knowledge Intensive Business Services, Users and Cultural Intermediaries. Tanja Kotro. - * 83/2004
"Trust weakens as distance grows". Finnish results of the OMIaRD consumer focus group study on organic foods. Mari Niva, Johanna Mäkelä and Jouni Kujala. National Consumer Research Centre. Working Papers 83:2004. - * 78/2003
Monitoring the uptake and the effectiveness of the Voluntary Code of Conduct on Pre-contractual Information for Home Loans. Country report, Finland. (pdf) - * 73/2002
Semiotic Neighborhoods -The Case of Helsinki. Koskinen, I., TaiK. (pdf) - * 72/2002
Thematic keynote summaries, commentaries and concluding keynote papers. Consumers and Families as Market Actors. International Household & Family Research Conference 2002. - * 70/2002 Järvelä, K.
"Potatoes are staple food" - Consumer views on the potato - * 68/2002 Pantzar, M.
The establishment of the (mobile) imaging devices - Writing prospective history - 66/2001 Heinonen, V. - Pantzar, M
Little America: The Modernization of the Finnish Consumer Society in the 1950s and 1960s - 59/2000 Niva, M. - Timonen, P. - Ryhänen, E-L. - Lähteenmäki, L.
Functional Foods and the Consumer - Cabbage for cancer prevention, milk for stress relief? (Abstract in English) - 39/1997 Aatola, L.
Debt Counselling Networks in Finland - Practises and New Challenges - 31/1996
Take a Look at the User - Perspectives on Users and Usefulness, Seminarpapers September 3, 1996 - 26/1996 Pantzar, M.
Consumers as a Rubbish Bins in Industrial Society vs. Consumers as Artists - 23/1996 Heiskanen, E.
Conditions for Product Life Extension - 21/1995 Pantzar, M.
On the Domain of the Consumer Choice Theory in Food Context - 20/1995 Raijas, A.
Grocery Shopping in Finland and Norway - 19/1995 Raijas, A. - Vaittinen, R.
How does the Level of Distribution Services of Grocery Retailers affect the Consumer? - 17/1995 Hennen, M. - Raijas, A.
Grocery Shops and Shopping Behaviour - A comparison between The Netherlands and Finland - 16/1995 Pantzar, M. - Heiskanen, E.
Toward Sustainable Consumption: Two Perspectives - 12/1994 Pantzar, M. - Raijas, A. - Heiskanen, E.
Green consumers? Greening consumption?






