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...

Tutkimuksessa tarkastellaan hyvinvointiklusterin vientimenestystä ja teollisen toiminnan kehitystä 1990-luvun jälkipuoliskolla. Klusterin teollinen laajuus Suomessa on erittäin vaatimatonta. Klusterin osuus teollisuustuotannosta on vajaa kolme prosenttia ja tavaraviennistä alle kaksi...

The creation and effects of social capital have seldom been a target for systematic analysis in orthodox economics. The purpose of the paper is to argue that in order to include social capital, along with physical and human, into economic analysis, we have to regard human preferences as...

Social institutions are persistent regularities in contracting and other relations amongst men and in the unintended consequences of such rule-like behavior. They include morality and law as well as institutions of governance such as branding and advertising. Institutions are studied in all...