In this study, we analyze the characteristics and development of Finnish startups based on firm-level data available in public databases. By startups we refer to young, small, and independent firms holding basic elements for growth. Some 4 000–5 000 of such firms are being established...

About half of all new business activity in Finland can be categorized as being entrepreneurial. The number of this kind of new businesses has not increased dramatically during the last ten years. However, the characteristics of these businesses have changed. Nowadays, new entrepreneurs have...

Tässä raportissa tutkitaan yrityspalveluja, jolla tarkoitetaan kaikkia yritysten toisille yrityksille tarjoamia palveluita. Palvelusektorin lamanjälkeinen rakennemuutos on ollut voimakas. Sitä ajavina voimina ovat olleet kansainvälistyminen, teknologinen kehitys sekä innovatiivisten...

In this paper we study the relation between firm-level disclosure quality and the availability of external finance to firms. Using data on Finnish firms that are mostly private and small, we first estimate ‘excess growth’ made possible by external finance. We then show that the excess growth...

The report examines the dynamics of company size classes in Finland and the relationship between growth barriers and company size. It investigates how Finnish companies have moved between different company size categories from 2008 to 2020, categorizing them based on both the number of employees...