30.03.2020 Other publications Publications Structural competitiveness Ylhäinen IlkkaAli-Yrkkö JyrkiFornaro PaoloPajarinen Mika This report introduces a new framework and index for structural competitiveness that can be used to analyze the preconditions
04.12.2019 Publications Reports 97 Business Angel Investment, Public Innovation Funding and Firm Growth Ali-Yrkkö JyrkiPajarinen MikaYlhäinen Ilkka In recent years, business angels have invested in a few hundred Finnish firms annually. The target firms are mainly
02.08.2019 Academic Publications Publications What Company Characteristics Are Associated With the Adoption of Social Media? Koski HeliPajarinen MikaRouvinen Petri In just one decade, social media have moved from being marginal phenomena to having three billion active monthly users
11.06.2019 Other publications Publications Digibarometer 2019 Ali-Yrkkö JyrkiMattila JuriPajarinen MikaSeppälä Timo Executive Summary Finland ranks third in Digibarometer 2019, which compares 22 countries with a composite index consisting of 36
15.02.2019 Publications Reports 88 The Internationalization of R&D Ali-Yrkkö JyrkiPajarinen Mika The aim of this paper is to broaden the knowledge concerning the development of Finnish firms’ innovation activities. The
30.10.2018 Publications Reports 85 Upworkers in Finland: Survey Results Pajarinen MikaRouvinen PetriClaussen JörgHakanen JariKovalainen AnneKretschmer TobiasPoutanen SeppoSeifried MareikeSeppänen Laura Upwork is the world’s largest online labor market platform connecting clients with freelance professionals from various disciplines ranging from
24.05.2018 Other publications Publications Efforts of Finnvera, FinPro, and Tekes in Promoting Internationally Oriented SMEs: Impact Study Halme KimmoKotiranta AnnuPajarinen MikaPiirainen KalleRouvinen PetriSalminen VesaYlhäinen Ilkka In this impact study, the purpose was to produce a combined forward looking (ex ante) evaluation analysis of how
23.05.2018 Books Publications Startups in the Economy Hurri PaavoKotiranta AnnuMaliranta MikaNurmi SatuPajarinen MikaRouvinen PetriSadeoja Samuli This book provides answers to three questions: (1.) How does our understanding of entrepreneurship change with the new information
27.03.2018 Other publications Publications Startups, accelerators and role of Tekes Halme K.Salminen V.Wiikeri J.Rouvinen PetriKotiranta AnnuPajarinen MikaBerge B.Walker A.Miller C.Borella P.Autio E. This evaluation provided an assessment of the role of Tekes activities in the Finnish startup-ecosystem as well as provide
13.10.2017 Publications Reports 77 Productivity Divergence – Frontier Firms vs. the Others Pajarinen MikaRouvinen PetriYlhäinen Ilkka International literature suggests that productivity growth of the global frontier firms – those in the best five percent –
24.08.2017 Books Publications International Sourcing in Finland and Sweden Ali-Yrkkö JyrkiHeikkilä JussiLööf HansMartinsuo MiiaMohammadi AliOlhager JanPajarinen MikaRouvinen PetriTuhkuri Joonas Finland and Sweden are deeply engaged with New Globalization, which is characterized by geographically fragmented production and intense cross-border
15.05.2017 Other publications Publications Are Competitiveness Reports by IMD and WEF Fit to Support the Conduct of Economic Policy in Finland? Pajarinen MikaRouvinen PetriYlhäinen Ilkka This report studies, how well suited the competitiveness reports by IMD and WEF are to support the conduct of
