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
29.04.2019 Other publications Publications Environmental Policy, Green Innovation and Market Developments Koski HeliOllikka KimmoYlhäinen Ilkka This report explores the implementation of various R&D subsidies and other environmental policy instruments among the OECD countries 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
20.11.2017 Publications Reports 79 Policy Implications on Company Growth – A Review Ali-Yrkkö JyrkiKotiranta AnnuYlhäinen Ilkka This report is a synthesis of the previous literature analyzing the role of different types of companies on economic
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 –
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
28.04.2017 Other publications Publications Digitalization changes the world – are new statistics needed to support economic policy? Kotiranta AnnuKoski HeliPajarinen MikaRouvinen PetriYlhäinen Ilkka With artificial intelligence, cloud computing, and other recent digitalization phenomena, we are about to enter the second era of
14.01.2017 Academic Publications Publications Life-cycle effects in small business finance Ylhäinen Ilkka This paper studies the life-cycle profiles of small firms’ cost and use of credit using a panel of Finnish
16.12.2016 Other publications Publications Private Equity in Finland Pajarinen MikaRouvinen PetriYlhäinen Ilkka Too few long-term investments, those reaching far into the future, have been made into Finland. When such investments are
2010 Publications Persistence of government funding in small business finance Ylhäinen Ilkka This paper studies the interaction of Finnish manufacturing firms and a state-owned specialized financing company, whose objective is to
