LAPPEENRANTA

läpˈpānränˌtä, Swed. Villmanstrand, city (1998 pop. 57,374), Southern Finland prov., SE Finland, on Lake Saimaa. It is an important trade and industrial center, with sulfuric acid works, lumber mills, and cement factories. There is a hydrotherapy center (est. 1824) in Lappeenranta. The city was chartered in 1649 and became an important border fortress after the Treaty of Nystad (1721).

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books on: Lappeenranta  - 45 results

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Managing Technological Development
Book by Håkan Håkansson, Alexandra Waluszewski; Routledge, 2002
Subjects: Green Products, Manufacturing Industries--Environmental Aspects, Sustainable Development, Technological Innovations--Environmental Aspects, Technological Innovations--Management, Technological Innovations--Management--Case Studies
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Management in Transitional Economies: From the Berlin Wall to the Great Wall of China
Book by Malcolm Warner, Vincent Edwards, Gennadij Polonsky, Danijel Pucko, Ying Zhu; Routledge, 2004
Subjects: Management--China, Management--Europe, Central, Management--Russia (Federation), Management--Vietnam
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Ijcnn-90-Wash Dc: International Joint Conference on Neural Networks, January 15-19, 1990, Omni Shoreham Hotel, Washington, D.C - Vol. 1
Book by Maureen Caudill; Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1990
Subjects: Neural Networks (Computer Science)--Congresses
...Annealing and Boltzmann Machine I-341 Lei Xu Lappeenranta University of Technology Programming...Topographic Map II-531 Lei Erkki Oja Xu Lappeenranta University of Technology A Special Purpose Neural Network...
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Planning and Urban Growth in the Nordic Countries
Book by Thomas Hall; E & FN Spon, 1991
Subjects: City Planning--Scandinavia--History, Urbanization--Scandinavia--History
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Suomi: Finland
Book by Matti Poutvaara; Werner Soderstrom Osakeyhtio, 1960
Subjects: Finland--Description And Travel--Views
...Saimaa. Sulkava, Linnavuori lappeenranta mikkeli Juurisalmi mikkeli A. D...7 500 habitants. Karjala lappeenranta A. D. 1649 . Asukkaita 18 500. Vanhojen...badort. Inemot 18 500 invanare. Lappeenranta A. D. 1649 . Die Stadt war schon...
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journal articles on: Lappeenranta  - 3 results

 
 
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The Internal/external Security Paradox and the Reconstruction of Boundaries in the Baltic: The Case of Kaliningrad (1)
Journal article by Christopher S. Browning; Alternatives: Global, Local, Political, Vol. 28, 2003
Subjects: Baltic States, Boundaries, Boundaries (Geography)--Analysis, Boundaries--Analysis
...Khristenko, vice prime minister, speech to the Northern Dimension Forum, Lappeenranta, Finland, October 22, 2001; available in Results of the Northern Dimension Forum in Lappeenranta October 22-23, 2001 (Helsinki: Prime Ministers Office, 2001), pp...
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Turnover of Senior Managers in Russian Privatised Firms
Journal article by Alexander Muravyev; Comparative Economic Studies, Vol. 45, 2003
Subjects: Business enterprises--Management, Free enterprise--Management, Risk assessment, Russia--Economic aspects
...36(2), pp 225-258. Liuhto, K. 2001: Ex-Soviet enterprises and their managers facing the challenges of the 21st century. Lappeenranta University of Technology, Studies in Industrial Engineering and Management 12. Martin, K and McConnell, J. 1991: Corporate...
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Teaching as Transaction: Vygotskian Perspectives on Deafness and Mother-Child Interaction
Journal article by Janet R. Jamieson; Exceptional Children, Vol. 60, 1994
Subjects: Children, Deaf--Communication systems, Constructivism (Education)--Research, Interpersonal communication--Research, Mother and child--Communication systems, Preschool children--Communication systems, Problem solving--Technique
...OGrady, M. (1987). Mother signs in babytalk. Paper presented at the Fourth International Symposium on Sign Language Research, Lappeenranta, Finland. Goss, R. N. (1970). Language used by mothers of deaf children and mothers of hearing children. American Annals...


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magazine articles on: Lappeenranta  - 3 results

 
 
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A Nation Born Old : Finland's Long Road to Self-Determination
Magazine article by Stephen J. Osmond; World and I, Vol. 14, July 1999
Subjects: Finland--History, Kalevala (Poem)--Political aspects
...stretches from Turku in the west to Lappeenranta in the east and forms the basis for...the way east is the inland port of Lappeenranta, on the southern edge of Lake Saimaa...largest inland lake in Europe, and Lappeenranta is the gateway to Russia. The lake...
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Where and When
Magazine article; American Theatre, Vol. 13, May-June 1996
Subjects: Drama festivals--Production and direction, Performing arts festivals--Production and direction
...Virus: Killer Joe, Tracy Letts; dir: Maarit Ruikka. The Lappeenranta City Theatre: Who Enjoys It the Most? Jouko Turkka (also...and Four Actors", company-created. Jun 6-7. Stadttheater Lappeenranta (Finland): Man or Woman: Who Profits More?, Jun 8. Kleines...
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The Year Turns
Magazine article by Ed Street; World and I, Vol. 13, December 1998
Subjects: Advent, Finland--Social aspects, Intellectual life--Social aspects
...is spent outdoors, in healthy activity. Its very nice," commented Satu Sinkku, my guide on a visit earlier this year to Lappeenranta. The town holds its annual Christmas market in the middle of the Linnoitus, the seventeenth-century fortress that overlooks...


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newspaper articles on: Lappeenranta  - 2 results

 
 
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Gem of the North; St. Petersburg Reclaims Its Glory as Russia's 'Window to the West'
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, December 27, 2003
Subjects: Pushkin, Alexander
...Russia; phone 7-812-313-57-57; fax, 7-812-313-50-59; e-mail, business@astoria.spb.ru; mailing address: PO Box 111, FIN-53501, Lappeenranta, Finland Hotel Angleterre, same address as the Astoria; phone 7-812-313-56-56; fax 7- 812-313-51-25. For information on...
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Cautious Caps Not Showing Their Hand
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, June 26, 2004
...Prince Albert (Canada): Canadiens need help up the middle, and hes decent. 19. Calgary - Petteri Nokelainen, C, SaiPa Lappeenranta (Finland): Flames are looking for speed, and he has it. 20. Dallas - Ladislav Smid, D, HC Liberec (Czech): Stars still...


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encyclopedia articles on: Lappeenranta  - 4 results

 
 
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Lappeenranta
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
LAPPEENRANTA lap panran ta, Swed. Villmanstrand, city (1998 pop. 57,374), Southern Finland prov., SE Finland, on Lake Saimaa...center, with sulfuric acid works, lumber mills, and cement factories. There is a hydrotherapy center (est. 1824) in Lappeenranta. The city was chartered in 1649 and became an important border fortress after the Treaty of Nystad (1721...
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Villmanstrand
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
VILLMANSTRAND see Lappeenranta , Finland. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Saimaa
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...mi/60 km long; completed 1856), which terminates at Vyborg, Russia, on the Gulf of Finland. The cities of Joensuu, Kuopio, Lappeenranta, and Mikkeli are on the lakes. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission...
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Finland
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...other important cities include Espoo , Hameenlinna , Joensuu , Jyvaskyla , Kemi , Kotka , Kuopio , Lahti , Lappeenranta , Oulu , Pori , Tampere , Turku , Vaasa , and Vantaa . Finnish and Swedish are both official languages, and about...


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