Mika Pajarinen

Entrepreneurial optimism and survival

Bank of Finland Research. Discussion Papers 20/2012 Publication year: 2012 Pages: 47 Language: English Other articles 591

Do Business Subsidies Facilitate Employment Growth?

DRUID (Danish Research Unit for Industrial Dynamics) Working Paper No. 12/2012 Publication year: 2012 Pages: 33 Language: English Other articles 587

Finpron vaikuttavuus – Finpron palveluiden käytön vaikutukset yritysten kansainvälistymiseen ja menestymiseen

The study investigates, by using econometric evaluation methods, how the usage of Fin-pro’s (a public agency promoting internationalization of business) services impacts on the internation-alization and performance of small and medium-sized firms in Finland. We measure internationalization and firm performance using a number of complementary indicators. The results indicate that being Finpro’s customer is positively

The role of business subsidies in job-creation start-ups, gazelles and imcumbents

Our data concerning the whole Finnish company population from the years 2003-2008 suggest that the impacts of business subsidies on employment growth differ more between high-growth start-ups and other firms than between start-ups and over five years old incumbents. All subsidies seem to relate positively to the contemporary employment growth both among start-ups and incumbents.

Omistajuuden vaikutus suomalaisen työllisyyden kasvuun ja pysyvyyteen

The study investigates empirically how ownership affects firms’ domestic employment and its fluctuations. We look at six different ownership categories : first generation family businesses, second generation (or older) family businesses, state-owned companies, foreign-owned companies, publicly listed companies, and others (e.g. co-operatives and non-listed, non-family companies). It turns out that ownership matters. Volatility of employment

Large firm dynamics on the Nordic-Baltic scene. Implications for innovation and growth

SNF Report no 01/10. SNF Project No 4895: ŽThe importance of gobalization on innovation in the Nordic and Baltic countriesŽ Publication year: 2011 Pages: 165 Language: English Other articles 554