Matias Kalm

Will production relocate from Asia to Finland? Case Bicycle (in Finnish with English abstract and summary)

In this paper, we study the value chain of a Finnish designed bicycle and how the value added of the product is spread through the value chain in three distinct cases. In the first case the bicycle is manufactured in Finland by the researched company. In the two other cases the manufacturing of the bicycle

The Impact of Networking on Firm Performance – Evidence from Small and Medium-Sized Firms in Emerging Technology Areas

Recent developments in the field of network research have led to a growing interest in interorganisational relationships among social science scholars. One of the most important research areas is related to entrepreneurship research and how relationship networks affect firm performance. However, the existing literature focuses mostly on qualitative case studies and quantitative studies that analyse