There is a deep structural transformation going on In the Finnish electrical, electronics and IT services sector. The main reason is a major turning point in ICT due to diminishing production and employment in mobile telecom industry where large amount of high-skill jobs will disappear in the...

The report looks at investment activity in Finland by industries and types of investment, and makes international comparisons. Investment rate (fixed investment in relation to GDP) fell in Finland in the early 1990s from an internationally high level to the average West European rate. Among key...

Tässä tutkimuksessa tarkastellaan julkisen tutkimus- ja tuotekehitysrahoituksen vaikutuksia yrityksiin. Tutkimuksen keskeisin tavoite on selvittää lisääkö vai vähentääkö julkinen t&k-rahoitus yrityksen omarahoitteista t&k-toimintaa. Tutkimuksessa käytetään kahta yritystason...

Finnish university technology transfer is currently caught in the turbulences of major changes in the national innovation system. Three virtually simultaneous changes are of special importance. The first is the massive on-going renewal of the Universities Act governing the Finnish higher...