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Microsoft Acquires Nokia: Implications for the Two Companies and Finland

Jyrki Ali-Yrkkö — Tue, 03 Sep 2013 22:46:34 +0000

Microsoft’s acquisition of Nokia’s phone business has considerable implications for Nokia and potentially for Finland as a country, but little immediate effects on Microsoft and related industries. One might ask, couldn’t there have been better remedies for the challenges both Microsoft and Nokia were facing?

The Future of Internet Era Organizations – The Concept of Chief Complementary Officer

Timo Seppälä — Mon, 19 Aug 2013 11:41:46 +0000

The Global Energy Markets in a Strong Change

Paavo Suni — Thu, 16 May 2013 09:59:14 +0000

The fossil energy markets are in a rapid change due to rising use of non-conventional resources of crude oil and natural gas especially in the US. In Europe the Polish production is expected to start in the next few years, although environmental concerns delay the beginning. This new production prompted by strongly risen crude oil prices, is increasing oil production markedly. The “end of oil” is moving further.

Services: A New Source of Value

Mika Pajarinen — Tue, 07 May 2013 09:04:04 +0000

Big Data Revolution – What Is It?

Tuomo Nikulainen — Fri, 03 May 2013 06:50:14 +0000

Where is the Value Created and Captured in Manufacturing Firms? Case Precision Machinery Product

Timo Seppälä — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 07:32:40 +0000

How New Smartwatches Could Revolutionize the Artefact Surroundings of People

Timo Seppälä — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 11:50:02 +0000

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Technology Standards in China

Kaija Hyvönen-Rajecki — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 12:24:20 +0000

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The Economic Impacts of EU Climate Policy

Olavi Rantala — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 07:28:41 +0000

Abstract: The study evaluates the impacts of EU climate policy on the emission allowance price, electricity prices, the competitiveness of industry and macroeconomic developments in the third EU emissions trading period 2013-2020. The economic impacts of climate policy on Finland are compared to the impacts on the entire EU area. It turns out that due to its cold climate and heating energy demand, higher export intensity of the economy and higher energy intensity of the industry Finland pays a higher price for EU climate policy in terms of output and employment losses than the EU on average. The study examines the macroeconomic effects of climate policy also in the more distant future, assuming that EU climate policy is tightened further in the 2020s. Climate policy implemented by emissions trading means that the long-term economic growth in the EU area depends essentially on emission-free electricity production, and no longer on other growth factors, such as labour supply and productivity growth.

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