Public sector organizations are important producers of the core geographic information (GI). Data sharing is aggravated by e.g. highly varying policies to sharing and pricing the data. For instance, since the governmental data producer sets the price level high, it seems to restrict innovative...

This study sets out to inspect empirically whether existing theory in Geographical Economics (GE) is able to provide a rationale for the controversial and much debated structure of the highly knowledge- and research-intensive biotechnology industry in Finland. In addition to providing evidence...

Several regional technology and innovation strategy documents have been written covering every region within Finland in recent years. However, the approaches, methods and semantics used in those documents vary considerably. This variation has made it difficult to compare them with each other....

The aim of this study is to depict the ownership and financial structure of Finnish small and medium-sized biotechnology enterprises. Most of the firms are owned by several groups of owners. In small companies the largest share of equity is held by individuals active in the business. Private...

This study investigates the capital and ownership structures of small and medium-sized pharmaceutical-related biotechnology firms (bio-pharmaceutical companies) in Finland. These structures are also analyzed taking into account general characteristics and intangible assets of the business...

The objective of the study is to empirically verify impacts of intellectual capital to the anticipated future sales of small and medium-sized companies within biotechnology industry. Intellectual capital is divided into the following three categories: human, structural, and relational capital....

Keskustelualoitteessa esitellään Suomen metsäteollisuuden ja bioteollisuuden panos-tuotosrakenteita, metsäteollisuuden kansainvälistä kustannuskilpailukykyä ja mahdollisuuksia arvonluontiin soveltamalla bioteknisiä innovaatioita tuotantoprosesseissa. Yleisesti ottaen metsäteollisuus...

The need for the strategic initiatives for biotechnology strategy emerged in interviews with 90 Finnish biotechnology leaders in the ETLA Biotechnology Survey, conducted at the end of 2004. This paper discusses on the policy implications for the project on “The biotechnology industry as a part...

This study analyzes the question how the intellectual capital (IC) of a company affects its financial capital structure. To this end we consecutively apply the methods of factor and regression analyses on a sample of 65 small and medium sized Finnish biotechnology companies. Based on the results...

Tutkimuksessa tarkastellaan Nokiaa osana Suomen innovaatiojärjestelmää. Nokia toimii sekä innovaatioresurssien käyttäjänä että uusien resurssien tuottajana. Nokialla on suuri vaikutus siihen, että Suomen tutkimus- ja tuotekehityspanostukset suhteessa BKT:hen on maailman kärkiluokkaa....