. We find that entrepreneurs in growth-oriented startups have had typically already some experience from being an …

a few percent of startups get venture capital investments or public innovation subsidies. …In this study, we analyze the characteristics and development of Finnish startups based on firm-level data available in … public databases. By startups we refer to young, small, and independent firms holding basic elements for growth. Some 4 000 …

a relevant field, they are more innovation-oriented, and they have higher initial growth aspirations. Their businesses …

The bulk of innovation subsidies in Finland are allocated to firms in industries where the employment share of … among young firms. At the firm level, an increase in innovation subsidies is typically associated with an inflow of … innovators from high-productivity firms. These findings suggest that innovation subsidies contribute to economic renewal and the …

The aim of this paper is to broaden the knowledge concerning the development of Finnish firms’ innovation activities … results suggest that Finnish firms invest approximately Eur 1.8 billion in innovation activities outside the traditional R …

innovation and to market dynamics. This report touches multiple aspects of immigrant entrepreneurship in Finland, looking at the …