Mika Pajarinen

Growth-orientation of nascent entrepreneurs (in Finnish with English summary)

This report studies Finnish growth-orientated nascent entrepreneurship on the basis of an extensive computer-aided telephone survey. The findings suggest that growth-orientated entrepreneurs are typically well-educated men with a technical degree; they have prior managerial and/or entrepreneurial experience; they are risk-takers; and they have had a high (prior) paid-employment income. The proportion of growth-oriented businesses is

Patents and Technological Change – A Review with Focus on the FEPOCI Database

Publication year: 2005 Pages: 26 Price: 10€ Language: English Discussion Papers no. 984