According to recent law and finance research, legislation is essential to financial development. More effi-cient financial markets would be achieved by reforming the laws governing investor protection and cor-porate governance systems. The Companies Act has traditionally played a very important...

The report analyses the impacts of globalization on competitiveness of national economies, industries and firms. The focus is in mechanical and electrical engineering and machinery. Global division of labor has significantly changed over the past few decades when the large emerging economies -...

Finnish Abstract: Kirjan osiossa keskustellaan yritysten saatavien subordinaatiosta (alistamisesta) vertailevasti Suomen ja Englannin oikeuden nojalla. Velkasubordinaation tehokkuus riippuu siitä, tarkastellaanko tilannetta velallisen vai alistetun velkojan maksukyvyttömyystilanteessa. Sen...

Finnish businesses face fewer financial challenges than their European peers. To the extent financial challenges do exist, they disproportionately affect young, small, innovative, internationally focused, and growth-seeking companies. Our findings are based on extensive firm-level data. The data...

Finnish businesses face fewer financial challenges than their European peers. To the extent financial challenges do exist, they disproportionately affect young, small, innovative, internationally focused, and growth-seeking companies. Our findings are based on extensive firm-level data. The data...

Tutkimuksessa tarkastellaan omistajuuden ja omistusmuodon yhteyksiä yritysten menestymiseen. Tarkasteltavia omistajaryhmiä ovat perheyritykset, valtionyritykset, hajautetusti omistetut pörssiyritykset sekä ulkomaalaisomisteiset yritykset. Tutkimuksen empiirinen aineisto perustuu...

We analyse foreign-owned companies operating in Finland and compare them with domestic non-multinational firms while controlling separately for domestic multinational firms. The statistical and micro-econometric analysis is done using Statistics Finland data that contain all firms with at least...

We examined mergers and acquisitions in the service sector and the effects of the transition to foreign ownership. We analyzed firm-level data encompassing 1,243 service sector acquisitions that occurred from 2009-2018. The most foreign acquisitions occurred in the health and social services,...