LAB Focus Blogs
The blogs of LAB's four focus areas bring forth each focus area’s RDI and education activities.
Publication series
The LAB publication series publishes reports, monographs and compilations based on the RDI and higher education teaching activities at LAB.
All publications in the series are available online via Theseus.
About publishing in LAB
You can read more about LAB’s publishing activities from the LAB Guide to publishing and open science. The guide also offers information about open science, how to evaluate scholarly publications, and how to promote your research.
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Latest articles
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Before you add AI to your business, ask yourself why
Artificial intelligence (AI) rapidly has become a core of digital transformation across industries. Some specialists even call AI the fourth industrial revolution. However, the growing accessibility of AI technologies brings a crucial question: what happens if these tools are adopted without any clear strategy. Cited and date of citation. Available at Source
Exchanging experiences between Finnish and Polish regional developers and social enterprise ecosystem actors
In this article, we tell about an online event organized by Distance LAB -project, where the project had a chance to bring together Finnish and Polish regional developers and social enterprise ecosystem actors. This discussions reflected some differences in countries but also shared aims and collaboration opportunities. Source
Do you see what I see? Navigating Paradox – Transforming Organizational Tensions into Innovation
In the dynamic world of high-tech innovation, organizations constantly grapple with the tension between exploration and exploitation. This article explores how these inherent tensions can be harnessed to drive innovation by investigating the experiences of innovation creators in a Finnish high-tech company. It highlights how individual paradox mindsets and organizational enabling conditions can transform tensions into catalysts for innovation. Source
LAB Focus
From efficiency to resilience: Designing “global” supply chains to navigate geopolitical trade shifts in 2026
Global supply chains have traditionally been designed to focus on supply chain efficiency and reduce costs for a long period. Companies have been looking for affordable places to produce their goods and have been keeping their inventory levels low and using just-in-time supply chain models. However, these supply chains are not resilient and can be […] The post From efficiency to resilience: Designing “global” supply chains to navigate geopolitical trade shifts in 2026 appeared first on LAB Focus.
Towards Regenerative Innovation
We have exceeded seven of the nine planetary boundaries (Stockholm Resilience Center 2025). Climate change, biodiversity loss, and increasing social inequality challenge us to rethink our assumptions and ways of acting. Innovation is a novel, implemented, and value‑creating solution that, at best, can transform entire sectors. In an era of wicked problems, innovations must generate […] The post Towards Regenerative Innovation appeared first on LAB Focus.
Winter school 2026: Strong success in its first implementation
The Faculty of Business and the Faculty of Technology at LAB University of Applied Sciences organized a blended intensive program (BIP) titled Winter School: Commercialization in the Context of the Circular Economy in February 2026 in Lahti. A total of fifty-one students and nine teachers from ten different universities took part in the program. Innovative […] The post Winter school 2026: Strong success in its first implementation appeared first on LAB Focus.