This report studies start-ups and entrepreneurship particularly in services. The report is largely based on a survey … international comparison. Furthermore, established firms have on average relatively modest growth ambitions. In Finland … entrepreneurship in services has grown the fastest and employs the most. Service and female entrepreneurship seem to be on the increase …

This paper responds to the need for more data on the topical issue of older entrepreneurship by comparing Third Age (50 …+ years) and Prime Age (20-49 years) entrepreneurs in Finland. The data comprises responses from 839 small firms which were … entrepreneurship is not a marginal issue, even though the start-up rate in the Third Age population was found to be slightly less than …

's economic wellbeing. If such entrepreneurship is lacking, an economy is necessarily regressive. Measuring such entrepreneurship … as considers their empirical role and characteristics in Finland by employing an established OECD definition. It is found …

Age is an important factor in entrepreneurship. The paths into entrepreneurship at a later age may be varied. Self … Finland. The purpose is to analyse the factors and motives in terms of the push and pull dichotomy that lead individuals to … enter self-employment at older ages in different types of labour markets in Finland, viz., rural and urban areas. Although …

the Reindeer Herders' Association - from two ethnic communities in Finland reveals that participants who identified … themselves as ethnic Finns viewed their self-employment as an individualistic form of entrepreneurship and they focused their …-traditional forms of individualistic entrepreneurship, in order to supplement their otherwise inadequate income derived from community …