20.09.2018 Other publications Publications Tools for Artificial Intelligence Discussion Ailisto HeikkiHeikkilä EetuHelaakoski HeliNeuvonen AnssiSeppälä Timo Abstract Artificial intelligence enables machines, software, systems and services to act reasonably according to their task and situation. This
14.09.2018 Publications Reports Who Holds the Reins? – Banks in the Crossfire of Global Platforms Mattila JuriSeppälä TimoLähteenmäki Ilkka Abstract Banking and financial services have traditionally been a heavily regulated industry where technology alone has not been a
13.09.2018 Publications Reports Immigrant Entrepreneurship in Finland Fornaro Paolo Abstract Immigrant entrepreneurship is the subject of a prolific economic literature, as well as a source of wide public
29.08.2018 Briefs Publications Data Ownership and Governance – Finnish Law Perspective Seppälä TimoJuhanko JariMattila Juri Abstract As a general rule, information and data cannot be owned. Information and data may belong to various actors,
28.08.2018 Academic Publications Publications Longevity, Working Lives, and Public Finances Lassila JukkaValkonen Tarmo We find that linking statutory retirement ages to life expectancy is a promising way to extend working lives and
28.08.2018 Other publications Publications Longevity and Taxation of Public Pensions: Finland Lassila JukkaValkonen Tarmo Jukka Lassila and Tarmo Valkonen. Longevity and Taxation of Public Pensions: Finland. Chapter 13 in “The Taxation of Pensions”.
24.08.2018 Publications Working Papers Missing growth in Finland Anttila Juho Abstract This study investigates the extent of ’missing growth’ in Finland due to upward bias in the cost-of-living measurement.
23.08.2018 Briefs Publications Finland needs new ways of financing transport infrastructure Hyytinen AriMäättänen NikuVihriälä Vesa Abstract Motor fuel tax revenue is likely to decrease in the coming years because of the shift to electric
09.05.2018 Academic Publications Publications Performance Pay and Enterprise Productivity: The Details Matter Kato TakaoKauhanen Antti Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide novel and rigorous evidence on the productivity effect of varying
12.07.2018 Academic Publications Publications Expanding the Platform: Smart Contracts as Boundary Resources Lauslahti KristianMattila JuriHukkinen TaneliSeppälä Timo Platform businesses are born global, with instant access to global markets. Thanks to the algorithmic, self-executing and self-enforcing computer
12.07.2018 Academic Publications Publications Distributed Governance in Multi-sided Platforms: A Conceptual Framework from Case: Bitcoin Mattila JuriSeppälä Timo Over the last decade, blockchain technology has facilitated a method by which a network of equipotent and equally privileged
11.07.2018 Briefs Publications Forecasting activity at Etla in 1971–2018 Kotilainen Markku Abstract The Research Institute of the Finnish Economy (Etla) started its business cycle forecasting activity in 1971. Forecasts have
25.06.2018 Briefs Publications Regional economic disparities in Finland Fornaro Paolo In this note, I study the Finnish regional dispersion of economic indicators such as the GDP per capita, labour
12.6.2018 Latest Working Papers Nowcasting Finnish Turnover Indexes Using Firm-Level Data We adopt a series of shrinkage and factor analytic methodologies to compute nowcasts of the main Finnish turnover indexes,
05.06.2018 Briefs Publications The role of individuals, firms and the society in lifelong learning Kauhanen Antti Labor market restructuring has sparked discussion on lifelong learning. One important question deals with the proper distribution of responsibility
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
25.05.2018 Briefs Publications Do personal data related innovation boost firm value? Koski Heli Personal data is increasingly used in business value creation. Data from the years 2007–2014 suggest that firms’ personal
25.05.2018 Publications Working Papers Investor attention and technology salience: Does personal data related innovation boost firm value? Koski HeliLuukkonen Juha This paper empirically analyzes how markets value personal data related innovation in four prominent domains, in which firms’ potential
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
09.05.2018 Briefs Publications Lightweight suggestion from the Commission to reform the financing of the EU budget Valkonen Tarmo EU budget is currently financed almost fully by Own Resources, which are based on customs, Gross National Income, and
12.04.2018 Briefs Publications Market discipline and liquidity key issues in the EMU reform Vihriälä Vesa The EMU institutions need to be reformed. There is, however, a deep disagreement about the right way to proceed.
05.04.2018 Academic Publications Publications Business owners, employees, and firm performance Maliranta MikaNurmi Satu The novel Finnish Longitudinal OWNer-Employer-Employee (FLOWN) database was used to analyze how the characteristics of owners and employees relate
03.04.2018 Other publications Publications Common or own goals: Reforming the financing of the European Union Kari SeppoMäättänen NikuRopponen OlliTamminen SaaraValkonen Tarmo This study evaluates the Monti report and the suggested new own resources from the point of the view of
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
