Antti-Jussi Tahvanainen

Research Institute of the Finnish Economy, Finland, Helsinki | ETLA

This study explores the very first mile in entrepreneurial networking by examining what entrepreneurs really do to connect to critical stakeholders and, thereby, to integrate into foreign business ecosystems. Reverting to explorative, inductive methodology, the study contributes to the existing body of knowledge by approaching networking from a rar...

Welcome to a guide for the strategic manager, the person who is responsible for innovation— whether this means finding the next market, describing the future customer, or developing an amazing team who can reliably take new visions to new markets. This playbook addresses two essential topics: - How to create a radical idea that becomes a new busin...

This inductive case study of 7 US university technology transfer offices (TTOs) examines the value added that TTOs contribute to university-industry technology transfer (UITT ). We therefore (i) characterize a set of central organizational TTO practices, (ii) describe how TTOs systemically manage intangible resources to generate these practices, an...

Hankkeen tavoitteena oli luoda uusi, koordinoitu prosessi kansallisten strategisten tutkimus-, kehitys- ja innovaatiopainopistevalintojen (TKI-painopistevalintojen) tekemiselle. Tehtävänanto korosti tarvetta tehdä menettelytavasta kaikkien hallinnonalojen yhteinen, kustannustehokas ja kevytrakenteinen. Menettelytapa määrittää roolit TKI-strategiava...

This report assesses the elements of short-term cost competitiveness and long-term growth competitiveness of the Finnish food chain. The results are benchmarked against three countries of reference – Sweden, Denmark and Germany. The food chain comprises of three sectors, intertwined via structural value chain linkages: the primary sector, the food...

As the effects of digital change, demographic forces, political momentum and ecological concerns are rewriting the rules of global economic competition and sustainability, investors, businesses, and governments are on the lookout for scalable strategies and tools to harness existing and emerging resources for industrial renewal of national and regi...

Cleantech has made a respectable comeback onto the global agenda of firms, investors and economic developers alike. In the midst of the resurgence, Finnish CleanTech has been recognized globally. Indeed, recent rankings placed Finland in the top-3 of global leaders in cleantech, along with Israel and the US. This paper takes a closer look at the Fi...

Microsoft ’s acquisition of Nokia’s phone business has considerable implications for Nokia and po- tentially for Finland as a country, but little immediate effects on Microsoft and related industries. One might ask, couldn’t there have been better remedies for the challenges both Microsoft and Nokia were facing? ...

This study examines the researcher's perspective on the impact of recent major changes in the Finnish research environment. Three virtually simultaneous changes are of special importance. The first is the on-going renewal of the Universities Act governing the Finnish higher education system in its entirety. The second change is the foundation of th...

Exxon Mobil and ConocoPhillips stock price has been predicted using the difference between core and headline CPI in the United States. Linear trends in the CPI difference allow accurate prediction of the prices at a five to ten-year horizon.

Finnish university technology transfer is currently caught in the turbulences of major changes in the national innovation system. Three virtually simultaneous changes are of special importance. The first is the massive on-going renewal of the Universities Act governing the Finnish higher education system in its entirety. It was originally initiated...

Exxon Mobil and ConocoPhillips stock price has been predicted using the difference between core and headline CPI in the United States. Linear trends in the CPI difference allow accurate prediction of the prices at a five to ten-year horizon.

This paper aims to provide an overview of the recently introduced demand based innovation policy instrument in Finland - the Strategic Centers for Science, Technology and Innovation (in Finnish - SHOKs). SHOKs are formed to support the innovative activities of existing industries in Finland with emphasis on industrial renewal through innovation. Th...

This paper aims to provide new insights into the analysis of National Innovation Systems (NIS). Whereas the common approach is to analyze specific parts or a defined set of actors and their interactions, this paper attempts to take a more systemic approach by analyzing results of 13 surveys directed to different sets of actors related to the Finnis...

ABSTRACT : This study scrutinizes the impact of value-creating practices in university-industry technology transfer that facilitate the diffusion of knowledge generated in academic research towards its successful application by companies on markets. To be more precise, the aim is to demarcate the role that US university technology transfer offices...

ABSTRACT : 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 of GE in action, we integrate the effects th...

This study takes an interdisciplinary approach to answering the questions of whether and how the intellectual capital (IC) of a company is related to its financial structure. To this end, we consecutively apply factor and regression analyses on a sample of 65 small and medium-sized Finnish biotechnology companies. Based on the results, we find that...

This study compares Finnish biotechnology SMEs founded by the academic originators of the underlying basic research projects with biotechnology companies of other origins. The comparison facilitates the identification of factors affecting the prosperity of these "academic spin-offs" as a business. Results indicate several inhibitors of growth: Acad...

I modify the uniform-price auction rules in allowing the seller to ration bidders. This allows me to provide a strategic foundation for underpricing when the seller has an interest in ownership dispersion. Moreover, many of the so-called "collusive-seeming" equilibria disappear.

This study examines the researcher’s perspective on the impact of recent major changes in the Finnish research environment. Three virtually simultaneous changes are of special importance. The first is the on-going renewal of the Universities Act governing the Finnish higher education system in its entirety. The second change is the foundation of th...

Even with globalization, industrial clusters are maintaining their importance in today's economy. With the decomposition of production we find that clusters are becoming focused on specific industries and stages of production. This paper analyzes two peripheral Western countries, Finland and Israel, which saw success in their ICT clusters and wante...

For developed countries, continuous innovation has been a prerequisite for economic growth for some time. Because radical innovations often require considerable slack and freedom in researching the relevant underlying phenomena, universities are considered the primary loci for generating knowledge leading to radical leaps in the development of plat...