Small business and entrepreneurship in northern Finland
High tech industries, small and medium sized enterprises and Nokia are almost synonymous with Northern Finland in that the past twenty five years have witnessed significant structural, economic and social changes in Finland's northernmost provinces of Ostrobothnia and Lapland. The traditional e...
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ftswinburneunicr:oai:researchbank.swinburne.edu.au:22bded82-0459-4f01-a9bd-a8aa5d340d05/1 2023-05-15T17:42:16+02:00 Small business and entrepreneurship in northern Finland Donnelly, Tom Morris, David Hyry, Martti Swinburne University of Technology 2006 http://hdl.handle.net/1959.3/361075 unknown Swinburne University of Technology http://hdl.handle.net/1959.3/361075 Copyright © 2006 Australian Graduate School of Entrepreneurship. The published version is reproduced with the permission of The AGSE. AGSE International Entrepreneurship Research Exchange 2006: the 3rd International Australian Graduate School of Entrepreneurship (AGSE) Research Exchange, Swinburne University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand, 07-10 February 2006 / L. Murray Gillin (ed.), pp. 325-338 Conference paper 2006 ftswinburneunicr 2022-09-11T16:39:55Z High tech industries, small and medium sized enterprises and Nokia are almost synonymous with Northern Finland in that the past twenty five years have witnessed significant structural, economic and social changes in Finland's northernmost provinces of Ostrobothnia and Lapland. The traditional economy of the region was based on agriculture, forest based industries such as timber and paper and the exploitation of small mineral deposits. In the 1950s and 1960s it was evident that these were insufficient to sustain future economic growth as both provinces suffered from serious economic and social deprivation and outwards migration. Governmental responses to these problems were to tackle the basic infrastructural problems that existed, including the founding of a university in Oulu and later one in Rovaniemi. It was also clear that future growth would depend upon industries, based on 'knowledge,' rather than natural resources and so attempts were made to bring about a paradigm shift in the North's economic structure. This was effected jointly between the government, the local authorities, higher education and research institutions and local entrepreneurs. The aim of this paper is to explore how the economy was transformed through looking at the interplay between government, institutions and the entrepreneurs. Conference Object Northern Finland Rovaniemi Lapland Swinburne Research Bank (Swinburne University of Technology) Rovaniemi ENVELOPE(26.159,26.159,66.392,66.392) |
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High tech industries, small and medium sized enterprises and Nokia are almost synonymous with Northern Finland in that the past twenty five years have witnessed significant structural, economic and social changes in Finland's northernmost provinces of Ostrobothnia and Lapland. The traditional economy of the region was based on agriculture, forest based industries such as timber and paper and the exploitation of small mineral deposits. In the 1950s and 1960s it was evident that these were insufficient to sustain future economic growth as both provinces suffered from serious economic and social deprivation and outwards migration. Governmental responses to these problems were to tackle the basic infrastructural problems that existed, including the founding of a university in Oulu and later one in Rovaniemi. It was also clear that future growth would depend upon industries, based on 'knowledge,' rather than natural resources and so attempts were made to bring about a paradigm shift in the North's economic structure. This was effected jointly between the government, the local authorities, higher education and research institutions and local entrepreneurs. The aim of this paper is to explore how the economy was transformed through looking at the interplay between government, institutions and the entrepreneurs. |
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Small business and entrepreneurship in northern Finland |
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Small business and entrepreneurship in northern Finland |
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Small business and entrepreneurship in northern Finland |
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Northern Finland Rovaniemi Lapland |
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AGSE International Entrepreneurship Research Exchange 2006: the 3rd International Australian Graduate School of Entrepreneurship (AGSE) Research Exchange, Swinburne University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand, 07-10 February 2006 / L. Murray Gillin (ed.), pp. 325-338 |
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Copyright © 2006 Australian Graduate School of Entrepreneurship. The published version is reproduced with the permission of The AGSE. |
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