This study examines structures at the environment and energy sectors and those challenges to face in ongoing climate change. It investigates firstly goals behind steps how to decrease effects of climate change, research results and scenarios and which support to achieve these goals. Study also...

This study examines structures at the environment and energy sectors and those challenges to face in ongoing climate change. It investigates firstly goals behind steps how to decrease effects of climate change, research results and scenarios and which support to achieve these goals. Study also...

There is a lack of comprehensive information on the quality of management in Finland as compared to other countries. Funded by the Strategic Research Council, the Skills, Education and the Future of Work research project has started filling this gap. As part of the project, an extensive survey...

In Finland, universities have the explicit mandate to support the transformation of high-quality knowledge into profitable business, as well as to promote the creation of new businesses and workplaces within the boundaries of their so-called third mission. This report looks at how Finnish...

Tässä tutkimuksessa selvitetään tuotannontekijöiden vaihdettavuuteen perustuvan kaksoishyötyhypoteesin soveltuvuutta Suomeen. Lähtökohtana on pieni avoin talous, joka käyttää tuotannossaan ulkomailta tuotua energiaa ja kotimaista työtä. Vihreän tuloneutraalin veroreformin...

This paper examines the EU development cooperation policy and the Lomé convention system. Development cooperation policy aims to achieve a socially and economically sustainable development in the poorest countries. In 1975 the European Community member states and a group of African, Caribbean...

Tässä raportissa tutkitaan aloittavia ja erityisesti kasvuhakuisia yrittäjiä ja heidän yrityksiään laajaa tietokoneavusteista puhelinkyselyä hyödyntäen. Tulosten valossa näyttää siltä, että kasvuhakuinen uusyrittäjä on usein korkeahkon teknisen koulutuksen omaava mies, hänellä...

The aim of this report has been to produce an analysis of the state of the social enterprises in Finland. Based on a comprehensive survey, there are roughly 19 000 social enterprises in Finland that employ around 125 000 persons. These estimates produced in this report multiply the views on the...

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...