This brief is about changing expectations on publicly-funded university researchers to contribute to socio-economic goals primarily through commercialisation, such as the creation of spin-out companies. Based on our research in the UK and Finland we argue that this kind of...

We find that one third of Finnish employment is highly susceptible to computerization in the next decade or two. While this share is large, it is ten percentage points less than the corresponding share in the United States, which reflects cross-country differences in occupational structures. Low...

Abstract: The study evaluates the impacts of EU climate policy on the emission allowance price, electricity prices, the competitiveness of industry and macroeconomic developments in the third EU emissions trading period 2013-2020. The economic impacts of climate policy on Finland are compared to...

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...