--- title: "Developments in New Entrepreneurial Activity in Finland" authors: - name: "Kotiranta, Annu" - name: "Pajarinen, Mika" url: "https://www.etla.fi/henkilot/pajarinen-mika/" sameAs: - "https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9087-5991" - "https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=7sGKgwsAAAAJ" - name: "Rouvinen, Petri" url: "https://www.etla.fi/henkilot/rouvinen-petri/" sameAs: - "https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7666-6971" - "https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=qYHEFroAAAAJ" - "https://twitter.com/Petri_Rouvinen" date_published: "2016-12-22" series: "ETLA Raportit - Reports" series_number: "67" issn: - "2323-2447" - "2323-2455" jel_codes: - "D92" - "L26" - "L53" - "M13" language: "fi" publisher: "ETLA Economic Research" pdf_url: "https://www.etla.fi/wp-content/uploads/ETLA-Raportit-Reports-67.pdf" identifier: "https://www.etla.fi/julkaisut/id/ETLA-Raportit---Reports-67" abstract_translations: en: "About half of all new business activity in Finland can be categorized as being entrepreneurial. The number of this kind of new businesses has not increased dramatically during the last ten years. However, the characteristics of these businesses have changed. Nowadays, new entrepreneurs have higher education background, they have more likely work experience from a relevant field, they are more innovation-oriented, and they have higher initial growth aspirations. Their businesses are more likely to seek sales growth by utilizing international markets and by focusing more on consumer markets and less on business-to-business markets. On the other hand, maybe due to prolonged recession in the Finnish economy, the higher share of new entrepreneurial businesses is being started because there are no better opportunities to get a job. Heavy regulation and tight legislation are being seen as the most significant disincentives at the start-up phase. Growth-oriented new entrepreneurial firms see financial issues and labor market rigidities as significant restrictions for growth." --- # Developments in New Entrepreneurial Activity in Finland **Published:** 2016-12-22 **Categories:** Aktuellt, Publikationer, Rapporter **URL:** https://www.etla.fi/sv/aktuellt/onko-uusyrittajyyden-luonne-muuttunut/ #### Abstract About half of all new business activity in Finland can be categorized as being entrepreneurial. The number of this kind of new businesses has not increased dramatically during the last ten years. However, the characteristics of these businesses have changed. Nowadays, new entrepreneurs have higher education background, they have more likely work experience from a relevant field, they are more innovation-oriented, and they have higher initial growth aspirations. Their businesses are more likely to seek sales growth by utilizing international markets and by focusing more on consumer markets and less on business-to-business markets. On the other hand, maybe due to prolonged recession in the Finnish economy, the higher share of new entrepreneurial businesses is being started because there are no better opportunities to get a job. Heavy regulation and tight legislation are being seen as the most significant disincentives at the start-up phase. Growth-oriented new entrepreneurial firms see financial issues and labor market rigidities as significant restrictions for growth. --- ## Additional Information **Kirjoittajat:** Kotiranta, Annu - Pajarinen, Mika - Rouvinen, Petri **Kansikuva:** https://www.etla.fi/wp-content/uploads/ETLA-Raportit-Reports-67-kansi.jpg **Lataa Pdf:** https://www.etla.fi/wp-content/uploads/ETLA-Raportit-Reports-67.pdf **Key Words:** Entrepreneurship, Growth firm, Start-ups, Growth-orientation, Enterprise policy **Jel:** D92, L26, L53, M13 **Paivays:** 22.12.2016 **Sivuja:** 47 **Kieli:** fi **Sarja:** ETLA Raportit - Reports **Sarja Nro:** 67 **Issn:** 2323-2447, 2323-2455 (Pdf) **Saatavuus:** 2 ## Bibliographic metadata (JSON-LD) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "ScholarlyArticle", "@id": "https://www.etla.fi/julkaisut/id/ETLA-Raportit---Reports-67", "headline": "Developments in New Entrepreneurial Activity in Finland", "inLanguage": "fi", "publisher": { "@type": "Organization", "name": "ETLA Economic Research", "url": "https://www.etla.fi", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://www.etla.fi/wp-content/uploads/logo-etla_logo.svg" } }, "datePublished": "2016-12-22T00:00:00+00:00", "author": [ { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kotiranta, Annu" }, { "@type": "Person", "name": "Pajarinen, Mika", "url": "https://www.etla.fi/henkilot/pajarinen-mika/", "sameAs": [ "https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9087-5991", "https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=7sGKgwsAAAAJ" ] }, { "@type": "Person", "name": "Rouvinen, Petri", "url": "https://www.etla.fi/henkilot/rouvinen-petri/", "sameAs": [ "https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7666-6971", "https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=qYHEFroAAAAJ", "https://twitter.com/Petri_Rouvinen" ] } ], "abstract": "", "keywords": [ { "@type": "DefinedTerm", "name": "Entrepreneurship", "@language": "en" }, { "@type": "DefinedTerm", "name": "Growth firm", "@language": "en" }, { "@type": "DefinedTerm", "name": "Start-ups", "@language": "en" }, { "@type": "DefinedTerm", "name": "Growth-orientation", "@language": "en" }, { "@type": "DefinedTerm", "name": "Enterprise policy", "@language": "en" } ], "isPartOf": { "@type": "PublicationIssue", "issueNumber": "67", "isPartOf": { "@type": "Periodical", "name": "ETLA Raportit - Reports", "issn": [ "2323-2447", "2323-2455" ] } }, "mainEntityOfPage": "https://www.etla.fi/sv/aktuellt/onko-uusyrittajyyden-luonne-muuttunut/", "url": "https://www.etla.fi/sv/aktuellt/onko-uusyrittajyyden-luonne-muuttunut/", "hasPart": { "@type": "CreativeWork", "inLanguage": "en", "text": "About half of all new business activity in Finland can be categorized as being entrepreneurial. 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