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Publications 2004-2009

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2009

4/2009
Tuorila H

”We found a home that’s right for us” – Experiences with new living environments among those who migrate into, out of and within the Helsinki Metropolitan Area (pdf in Finnish)


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):

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Series

The publications of the National Consumer Research Centre are published in the following series

  • Publications
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  • Discussion Papers
    price 11,70 €
  • Working Papers
    price 8,40 €
  • Methods and Manuals
    price 11,70 €
  • Offprints
    price 11,70 €
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