Entrepreneurship in the Arctic Regions: Reviewing Arctic Policies of Finland, Russia and Sweden

In recent years, there have been an increasing interest towards the arctic regions. Arctic interests’ stakeholders from variety of fields; global corporates, politics and researchers, to name some. As the climate in the arctic region’s changes, and the effects in globalized world are placed to all c...

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Main Authors: Taivalantti, T., Polbitsyn, S., Тайвалантти, Т., Полбицын, С. Н.
Format: Conference Object
Language:English
Published: Издательство Уральского университета 2019
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Online Access:http://elar.urfu.ru/handle/10995/77101
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Summary:In recent years, there have been an increasing interest towards the arctic regions. Arctic interests’ stakeholders from variety of fields; global corporates, politics and researchers, to name some. As the climate in the arctic region’s changes, and the effects in globalized world are placed to all countries, directly or indirectly. Common for all interested stakeholders is the knowledge about economic possibilities due to massive natural resources in the arctic regions and management of those. The economic aims are however dependent on many issues. It should be noticed that pursuing economic development in the arctic regions, the local communities and local enterprises are an essential in order to justify operations in the arctic. A considerable amount of literature has been published on arctic regions focused on economic and enterprise purposes. So far, however, there has been little discussion about entrepreneurship in the arctic regions. The aim of this paper is to examine the entrepreneurship in arctic regions by assessing the policy analysis of Finland, Sweden and Russia. Common for all these regions is the negative change in the population structure. However, entrepreneurship can be seen essential for the development of the arctic regions by supporting livelihoods and providing local people active role in the society. By framing how the entrepreneurship is discussed in the arctic context, this paper addresses both current conditions of entrepreneurship and possibilities for future perspectives of entrepreneurship and development in the arctic regions. В последние годы возрос интерес к арктическим регионам. Арктика интересует глобальные корпорации, политиков и ученых-исследователей, поскольку климат в арктических регионах меняется, и последствия в глобальном мире распространяются на все страны, прямо или косвенно. Общим для всех заинтересованных сторон является понимание новых экономических возможностей, связанных с огромными природными ресурсами в арктических регионах, и стремление к управлению ими. ...