Globalisaation on tällä hetkellä hyvin ajankohtainen keskustelunaihe sekä teollisuusmaissa että kehitysmaissa. Teollisuusmaiden osalta keskustelu on suhteellisen pragmaattista, mutta kehitysmaiden tapauksessa siihen liittyy enemmän poliittisia ja sosiaalisia näkemyseroja. Markku...

We have defined the Baltic Sea Region as consisting of the following countries and regions : Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Sweden, and the regions of St Petersburg, Leningrad Oblast and Kaliningrad in Russia. We have investigated the factors af-fecting FDI in the...

Abstract: We have defined the Baltic Sea Region as consisting of the following countries: Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Sweden, and Russia. We investigate foreign direct investment (FDI) flows from 1995 to 2010 to these countries econometrically. We use two basic...

We examine the significance of Russian markets for Finnish business. After analysing Russia’s economic structures we evaluate and use econometrics to explain the development of Finnish exports there. If all re-exports are removed from export statistics, Russia’s share in Finnish goods...