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Väitöskirjassa tunnistetaan ja tarkastellaan mm. liikkeenjohtoon ja toiminnan organisointiin liittyviä haasteita, joita suomalaiset pienet ja keskisuuret bioteknologiayritykset ovat kohdanneet alan kehittyessä teollisuudeksi. Väitöskirja todentaa, että yliopistolähtöiset bioteknologiayritykset ovat muun tyyppisiä bioteknologiayrityksiä heikompia hankkimaan rahoitusta, rekrytoimaan osaavaa työvoimaa ja suunnittelemaan kestäviä liiketoimintamalleja. Publication year: 2011 Pages: 229 Price: 30€ Language: English ETLA A 47

The study seeks to find out whether the real burden of the personal taxation has increased or decreased. In order to determine this, we investigate how the same real income has been taxed in different years. Whenever the taxes for the same real income for a given year are higher than for the base year,

Technological change is one of the key driving forces behind economic growth. In this process, the diffusion of new technologies plays a vital role. In particular, the early stages of diffusion, in which knowledge is created and transferred for wider industrial use, are seen as crucial to the broader societal impact of technologies. Therefore, it

This dissertation is an empirical study of the gender wage gap in Finland. Much of the dissertation focuses explicitly on the early career as it is found that the first years after labour market entry are of great importance with respect to the overall gender wage gap. The dissertation consists of three essays. The first

This thesis studies the impacts of technology development and R&D subsidies. The first essay examines whether public and private R&D funding are substitutes or complements. Particular attention is paid to capital market imperfections by examining what kind of effect financial constraint has on the relationship between public and private funded R&D. According to empirical analyses,

The essays in this thesis study stock option schemes and CEO compensation in the publicly listed Finnish firms. The first essay studies the determinants of option scheme adoption. It argues that firms with a higher level of market value per employee are able to provide economic incentives for their personnel at a lower cost, thus