This study examines cooperative standard-setting in wireless telecommunications. Focusing on the competition among firms to influence formal standardization, the roles of standard-setting committees, private alliances, and technical consortia are highlighted. The empirical context is Third...

In this paper we study Finland`s way to the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) and her economic development as a member of the EMU. First, we describe the economic background of the membership and the arguments presented in research and discussion for and against it. Then we describe Finland`s...

Selvityksessä arvioidaan EU-maiden kasvihuonekaasupäästöjen kehitystä lähivuosina. Raportissa tarkastellaan myös päästökehityksen taustalla olevaa talouden ja energian kysynnän kasvua sekä päästörajoitustoimenpiteiden vaikutusta Suomen ja suurten EU-maiden kokonaistaloudelliseen...

This paper studies whether family businesses (FBs) differ from non-family businesses (non-FBs) in various dimensions of globalization with a representative sample of businesses in Finnish manufacturing and private services. FBs and non-FBs are not so different when it comes to export and...