Microsoft’s acquisition of Nokia’s phone business has considerable implications for Nokia and potentially for Finland as a country, but little immediate effects on Microsoft and related industries. One might ask, couldn’t there have been better remedies for the challenges both Microsoft...

Technology and service platforms are becoming even more important to firms and countries as software built on these platforms is integrated into physical end-products and services across business environments. We find two especially significant topics to explore. First, there is a clear...

Tässä tutkimuksessa analysoidaan digitaalisten palvelujen arvoketjuja, arvonsyntymistä ja -jakautumista. Osassa näissä palveluissa vallitsevat huomattavat skaalatuotot. Tällöin yhden lisäkappaleen tuottaminen ei maksa käytännössä mitään, mikä on mahdotonta missään fyysisessä...

The fossil energy markets are in a rapid change due to rising use of non-conventional resources of crude oil and natural gas especially in the US. In Europe the Polish production is expected to start in the next few years, although environmental concerns delay the beginning. This new production...

We find that one-third of both Finnish and Norwegian employment will be highly susceptible to computerization in the next decade or two. Low-wage and low-skill occupations appear to be more threatened. Service and public sector jobs are relatively more sheltered than those in manufacturing and...