The study investigates, by using econometric evaluation methods, how the usage of Fin-pros (a public agency promoting internationalization of business) services impacts on the internation-alization and performance of small and medium-sized firms in Finland. We measure internationalization and...

Finpro is an expert service organization, partly financed from public funds, providing services for internationalization market information, consulting and advice, business development, and other related services. It is one of the largest organizations in the Finnish innovation and business...

The study investigates empirically how ownership affects firms domestic employment and its fluctuations. We look at six different ownership categories : first generation family businesses, second generation (or older) family businesses, state-owned companies, foreign-owned companies, publicly...

This paper investigates the role of the 30 largest firms in the respective Nordic country and in Estonia over the last decade and for some variables between 1975 to 2006. The analysis confirms that the largest firms play a critically important role for industrial dynamics in the Nordic...

By Globalization we refer to the latest stage of internationalization since the 1980s, initiated by widespread deregulation of financial markets and competitive policies as well as by advances in information and communication technologies (ICTs). In our discussion global competitiveness at the...

Statistics Finland maintains a database which includes firm level data on public support in Finland. During this study it contained data from the years 20006. So far the data has been underutilized in economic and statistical analyses. We use the database in this descriptive study mainly to test...

Evaluating the possible consequences of R&D tax incentives before their introduction is challenging, not least because the details of the system remain unknown, and because the ultimate reactions and responses of various actors involved remain uncertain. In order to shed some light on the issue,...

This study analyzes ownership and firm performance. Ownership categories include family ownership, listed companies with decentralized ownership, state-owned companies, and foreign-owned companies. We utilize both univariate and multivariate methods in the analysis. In the multivariate analysis...

This paper is a part of larger research project on the role of the 30 largest firms in the Nordic countries. By examining the changes in the role of top 30 firms in the Finnish economy we aim to reveal some essential features of the structural transformation in the economy. From the national...