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...

This study analyses the adjustment of the Finnish earnings-related pension system to very low economic growth. The results show that a permanently lower growth rate of the wage bill would raise only moderately the pension contribution rates in the long term. This is because also the benefits are...

Raportissa tarkastellaan sotilaallisen t&k-panostuksen ja kilpailukyvyn välisiä yhteyksiä. Aineistona käytetään brittiläisen International Institute for Strategic Studies -laitoksen (IISS) ”The Military Balance” -raportin tietoja länsimaiden sotilaallisen t&kpanostuksen...

Raportissa tarkastellaan turvallisuuden ja kilpailukyvyn välisiä yhteyksiä kansainvälisten kilpailukykyindikaattoreiden valossa. Raportti on laadittu uusimman vuonna 2003 ilmestyneen World Economic Forumin (WEF) ja vuonna 2004 ilmestyneen International Institute for Management Development...

If entrepreneurs are understood to be individuals who perceive new opportunities, introduce them in the market place, and make decisions regarding the organization of production, they may be considered to be the primary source of a society's economic wellbeing. If such entrepreneurship is...