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Jaakko Honko (November 30, 1922 – February 13, 2006) was a Finnish business economist, Professor at the Helsinki School of Economics, and its rector for many years.
Born in Jaakko Honko (1922 - 2006)
obituary at ''hs.fi.'' Accessed 05.02.2015. He also held several positions in management for many years.
Jaakko Honko (November 30, 1922 – February 13, 2006) was a Finnish business economist, Professor at the Helsinki School of Economics, and its rector for many years.
Born in Tampere
Tampere ( , , ; sv, Tammerfors, ) is a city in the Pirkanmaa region, located in the western part of Finland. Tampere is the most populous inland city in the Nordic countries. It has a population of 244,029; the urban area has a population o ...
, Honko obtained MA in economics in 1946 at the Helsinki School of Economics
The Aalto University School of Business ( fi, Aalto-yliopiston kauppakorkeakoulu; sv, Aalto-universitets handelshögskola), is the largest business school in Finland. Founded in 1911, it is the second oldest business school in Finland and one of ...
, where in 1955 he also obtained his PhD with a thesis on investment problems and calculations.Yuri Biondi, Stefano Zambon (2013) Accounting and Business Economics: Insights from National Traditions. p. 163-4 He was professor of business economics at the Helsinki School of Economics from 1960 to 1986, and its rector from 1980 to 1989. He was a visiting professor at universities in Sweden, Germany and the United States, and was affiliated with the Humboldt University after his retirement.obituary at ''hs.fi.'' Accessed 05.02.2015. He also held several positions in management for many years.
Selected publications
* Honko, Jaakko. ''On investment decisions in finnish industry.'' Helsinki research Institute for business economics, 1966. * Honko, J., Prihti, A., Virtanen, K. ''Critical areas in the capital investment process of enterprises : a study of the success and failure of strategy and capital investments in the 30 largest Finnish industrial enterprises.'' Helsinki, 1982. Articles, a selection: * Honko, Jaakko. "Das finnische Investitionsfonds-System." ''Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv'' (1962): 132–146. * Honko, Jaakko. "Über einige Probleme bei der Ermittlung des Jahresgewinns der Unternehmung." ''Zeitschrift für Betriebswirtschaft'' 35.S 611 (1965). * Honko, Jaakko. "The Challenges of the 1970s to Management." ''The Finnish Journal of Business Economics'' 2 (1970).References
Further reading
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