Publications

The role and renewal of polytechnics in Finland – results of the background survey

The role and tasks of polytechnics in Finland have been debated in recent years. These discussions have brought forth questions regarding the division of labour between the polytechnics and universities, the position of polytechnics in the Finnish national innovation system, and the size and distribution of the polytechnic network. This report aims to bring forth

Book Review: Economic Prosperity Recaptured: The Finnish Path from Crisis to Rapid Growth – by Seppo Honkapohja, Erkki Koskela, Willi Leibfritz, and Roope Uusitalo

Review of Policy Research (2010), 27(6), pp. 823-824 Publication year: 2010 Pages: 2 Language: English Other articles 549

FinlandŽs Path to Global Productivity Frontiers through Creative Destruction

International Productivity Monitor (2010) vol. 20, pp. 68-84 Publication year: 2010 Pages: 17 Language: English Other articles 550

Japanese – Baltic Sea Region Film Co-production: Japanese views

Japan is the second-largest movie market in the world, after the United States. For this and other reasons, there is interest from other countries in co-operating with Japanese filmmakers. This report covers the contemporary Japanese film production and distribution scene, detailing the special features and structure of the industry, as well as providing case studies

Why do firms invest in the Baltic Sea Region

We have defined the Baltic Sea Region as consisting of the following countries and regions : Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Sweden, and the regions of St Petersburg, Leningrad Oblast and Kaliningrad in Russia. We have investigated the factors af-fecting FDI in the Baltic Sea Region in three ways. First, we have studied

Quality-adjusted similarity of EU-countriesŽ export structure

We propose a new way to measure the extent to which countries compete in their exports. We augment the similarity index proposed by Finger and Kreinin (1979) with product quality. Quality is measured using unit export prices in the tradition of the horizontal/vertical intra-industry trade literature. We analyse the EU27 countries’ export structures using 1)