Julkisen sektorin organisaatiot ovat tärkeitä keskeisten paikkatietoaineistojen tuottajia. Tietojen yhteiskäyttöisyyttä haittaavat mm. vaihtelevat luovutus- ja hinnoittelukäytännöt. Korkea hinnoittelu rajaa käyttöä etenkin innovatiivisessa pienyritystoiminnassa sekä tutkimus- ja...

This study sets out to inspect empirically whether existing theory in Geographical Economics (GE) is able to provide a rationale for the controversial and much debated structure of the highly knowledge- and research-intensive biotechnology industry in Finland. In addition to providing evidence...

Several regional technology and innovation strategy documents have been written covering every region within Finland in recent years. However, the approaches, methods and semantics used in those documents vary considerably. This variation has made it difficult to compare them with each other....

This study scrutinizes the impact of value-creating practices in university-industry technology transfer that facilitate the diffusion of knowledge generated in academic research towards its successful application by companies on markets. To be more precise, the aim is to demarcate the role that...