Entrepreneurship Policy in Finland

Pia Arenius ()
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Pia Arenius: Turku School of Economics

Chapter Chapter 11 in Public Policies for Fostering Entrepreneurship, 2009, pp 197-205 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Entrepreneurship is tied to the context with the supply of entrepreneurs varying across nations because of differences in the values and cultures (Hayton et al. 2002). Although public policy cannot be used to change culture thus stimulating entrepreneurship in the short term (Baumol 1990) , it can be used to influence the institutional context. Following the context description model of Lundström and Stevenson (2002, 2005), Heinonen and Hytti (2008) describe the context of the entrepreneurial activity and entrepreneurship policy in Finland . A relatively high education level, combined with both strong innovation performance and the positive development of the venture capital market, characterizes the Finnish context (Heinonen and Hytti 2008). According to Doing Business (2008), Finland is among the top performing countries in terms of ease of doing business. According to the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) study, the conditions for entrepreneurship are generally favorable (Stenholm et al. 2008).

Keywords: Policy Program; Entrepreneurial Intention; Nascent Entrepreneur; Global Entrepreneurship Monitor; Entrepreneurship Education (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-0249-8_11

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