In this report, we study the development of Finnish startup firms based on both survey and register data. The sample includes all firms that were founded in the first half of the year 2005, and those firms have been monitored for eight years. We find that entrepreneurs in growth-oriented...

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 kuvataan suomalaisten näkemyksiä yrittäjyydestä uravaihtoehtona hyödyntäen useita eri kyselyaineistoja. Kansainvälisesti vertaillen suomalaisten halu ryhtyä yrittäjäksi on laimeaa. Kyselyaineistojen valossa vaikuttaa siltä, että yrittäjäksi ei ryhdytä...

This report studies start-ups and entrepreneurship particularly in services. The report is largely based on a survey targeted to Finnish businesses established in October 2003. The Finnish total entrepreneurial activity is relatively low in international comparison. Furthermore, established...