The Methods Lab at the Estonian Business School is a research facility dedicated to advancing the study of research methodologies and analytics. Equipped with state-of-the-art technology and software, the lab provides students and faculty with the tools and resources needed to conduct rigorous quantitative and qualitative research. The Methods Lab supports a wide range of activities, including teaching, development, and employment of instruments for data collection, analysis, statistical modeling, experimental design, and simulation. By fostering an environment of innovation and collaboration, the lab enables researchers to explore complex business problems, develop new analytical techniques, and apply their findings to real-world challenges. Through workshops, seminars, and hands-on projects, the Methods Lab enhances the learning experience and prepares students to write their final thesis and colleagues to plan their research and conduct their analysis.
Ongoing capacity building projects
Advancing economics and business research and innovation (RIS4SEB)
Project Coordinator at EBS: Karmo Kroos
Funding: 256 250 EUR
Funder: European Commission (Horizon Europe)
Duration: 01.06.2024–31.05.2027
Publications
Karjus, Andres. (2023 | preprint). “Machine-assisted mixed methods: augmenting humanities and social sciences with artificial intelligence”
Koris, Riina & Pello, Rauno (2023). “We cannot agree to disagree: ensuring consistency, transparency and fairness across bachelor thesis writing, supervision and evaluation”. Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, 48 (5), 736−747.
Örtenblad, Anders (2023). “Introducing the Debate on the Legitimacy of Business Schools”. In: Örtenblad, A., Koris, R. (Ed.). Debating Business School Legitimacy Attacking, Rocking, and Defending the Status Quo. (3−46). Palgrave Mcmillan.
Kashyap, Ravi. (2022). “Are instrumental variables really that instrumental? endogeneity resolution in regression models for comparative studies”, Statistica Sinica, 32, 645−651.
Kroos, Karmo (2022). Irony as a Method of Neoclassical Sociology: Toward a Reconstruction of Iván Szelényi’s Methodology. Turku: Åbo Akademi University Press.
Kroos, Karmo (2020). “How to Become a Dominant or Even Iconic Central and East European Sociologist.” In: Demeter, T. (Ed.). Intellectuals, Inequalities And Transitions: Prospects For A Critical Sociology. (69−127). Leiden: Brill.
Kitsing, Meelis (2020). “Scenarios as Thought Experiments for Governance”, In: Bouckaert, Geert; Jann, Werner (Ed.). European Perspectives for Public Administration.The Way Forward. (103−125). Leuven, Belgium: Leuven Univ. Press.
McBee, David. (2018). How Scientists Solve Problems in the Context of Biopharmaceutical Research and Development, University of Arizona.
Kroos, Karmo (2012). “Eclecticism as the Foundation of Meta-theoretical, Mixed Methods and Interdisciplinary Research in Social Sciences.” Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science, 46 (1), 20−31.