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[Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://www.cesim.com/hubfs/Ari%20J%C3%A4%C3%A4skel%C3%A4inen%20blog%20thumbnail.jpg)](https://www.cesim.com/blog/cesim-firm-case-study-savonia-university-of-applied-sciences) Professor Ari Jääskeläinen, lecturer at Savonia University of Applied Sciences (Finland), shares how he uses Cesim Firm, our General Management Business Simulation, to train his engineering students' business acumen. 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