The Reigniting growth through innovation project, funded by Business Finland between 2020 and 2022, addressed the key challenges to the current growth paradigm and searched for novel policy levers to increase the effectiveness of innovation in a landscape of global turmoil following the pandemic. In this article, we summarize the key findings ...

We are now being tested by an extraordinary combination of health, safety, environmental and economic crises. The corona pandemic, Russia’s war of aggression, accelerating climate change, the energy market shock and long-term economic stagnation are reshaping societies – and Finland is no exception. In order for economic growth to return ...

The third and final part of the WORK2021 conference series will be held virtually 8-9 December 2021. Tero Kuusi, researcher of the ReGrow project, chairs the research stream “Climate Change and Work”. The stream will discuss the changes that sustainable development will bring about in economic systems. Kuusi will also ...

Second part of the series of three WORK2021 conferences is on its way. ReGrow Researcher Tero Kuusi will hold workshop regarding “Climate Change and Work”. The Workshop discusses the transition towards environmental sustainability will cause disruptions on the economic system in the coming decades. ReGrow Researchers Anne Kovalainen and Seppo ...

ReGrow researchers Anne Kovalainen & Seppo Poutanen have made a survey for companies in the technology industry regarding the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic in their business activities and a situation on research & development and university cooperation. The study has gained many interesting results and the survey is currently ...

The EtlaTalks video presents the starting points, objectives and research already carried out in the ReGrow project. Etla’s Research Director Tero Kuusi and Research Director Jyrki Ali-Yrkkö will discuss the topic. The project video was produced by Veräjämäen Viestintä Oy. Watch the video on Etlatalsk website! Video is in Finnish.

ReGrow researchers Tero Kuusi & Jyrki Ali-Yrkkö have published a study on the role of the largest companies in the Finnish economy. According to the results, the list of ten largest companies in terms of their domestic value added is diverse and includes companies operating in the manufacturing industry, the ...

ReGrow researcher Jyrki Ali-Yrkkö has examined together with Etla research group the employment status of workers who left Nokia during the period 2009–2014. The results reveal that the workers were quite successful in finding employment. According to the latest available data, more than three-quarters of these individuals found a new ...

The project, which was created on the basis of cooperation within the SWiPE consortium, reunites researchers from Etla and the University of Turku to topics of platform economy and data economy. ReGrow is a project funded by Business Finland’s Co-Innovation funding. It started in autumn 2020 and will last until ...