- reflections on real-time issues
Real-Time Economy (RTE) Programme aims at promoting new technologies that enable a more real-time economy, processes, and services. It is founded in collaboration with Tieto and Helsinki School of Economics (HSE) and it is partly funded by the Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation (TEKES). The first project of the program was Full SEPA (20.10.2006-31.3.2008) which focused on payments and e-invoicing, the second was Full Value Chain (1.1.-31.12.2008) which broadened the focus to other value chain processes. The third project is Fully Integrated Accounting (FIA) (1.1.2009-30.6.2010) which will focus on e-accounting, e-archiving and e-auditing.
FIA project aims to examine, develop and promote e-accounting on national and international level. It is a joint project between Tieto and Aditro and the research is coordinated by HSE. Other key partners are e.g. the Association of Finnish Accounting Firms, Dimes Association and other SMEs.
FIA project focuses in particular on developing electronic financial management processes, taking into account the demands created by archiving, auditing and taxation. One of the project’s concrete objectives is to model a new set of reporting codes, with the starting point being the vision of integrated financial management for the future. Other aim is to model e-reference mark.
At the Helsinki School of Economics, the Real-Time Economy competence center conducts research related to the implementation of information technology that aims at real-time business processes. In the first stage of our project, we focus on electronic invoicing. Recently, we have interviewed companies and organizations that have adopted electronic invoicing. These organizations have already obtained considerable savings from e-invoicing. In our project, based on the interview data, we examine, e.g., what are the critical success factors in the adoption process, what are the effects of electronic invoicing on buyer-seller relationships, and what are the realized savings from the adoption of electronic invoicing practices.
List of current research in the HSE RTE Competence Center can be found here.
We invite students from the Scandinavian and Russian universities to submit their ideas on how we could harness the tools provided by the social media to the use of information workers inside the company. For more information on the scope and the evaluation criteria of the Social Media Challenge, see FAQ.
Ideas should be posted to the Social Media Challenge seed on RTE Community website in English from teams of 1-3 university students. The maximum length of an idea is limited to 300 words. Please note that you have to register to the RTE Community before you can post an idea.
In addition, you can send maximum one ppt-slide as additional material to the Social Media Challenge e-mail address: rtechallenge@gmail.com. Please add a direct link to your idea posting in RTE Community in your e-mail.
The competition opens on June 8 2009 and the ideas have to posted by August 31 2009. The winners will be announed on October 1 2009. As the main prize, we give out a 5,000 € cash prize for the winning team. In addition, we are providing the winners with a Dell Netbook.
The competition opens on June 8 2009 and the ideas have to be posted by August 31 2009. The winners will be announced on October 1 2009. As the main prize, we give out a 5,000 € cash prize for the winning team. In addition, we are providing the winners with a Dell Netbook.
Real-Time Economy Community is organizing the Social Media Challenge in collaboration with Ovum, Helsinki School of Economics and Tieto.Be innovative, release your imagination and tell us your idea!More information on the competition:FAQCompetition poster
What is Mobile Financial Services?
Mobile Financial Services (MoFS) is a 4-year research program which aims at changing the use habit of financial services to mobile enviroment. The goal is to promote change towards a “wallet” in mobile phone that replaces or complements the traditional wallets, cash and cards.
