Abstract S rinivas S. and V iljamaa K. Emergence of economic institutions: analysing the
Third Role of universities in Turku, Finland, Regional Studies. How do universities become …

The access of young innovative companies in Finland to professionally delivered sources of
start up and early growth finance has improved significantly over the last decade. Despite …

The research examined the role of financial structure, business drive, and business
environment that resulted in external audit service adoption in small and medium-sized …

This study compares Finnish biotechnology SMEs founded by the academic originators of
the underlying basic research projects with biotechnology companies of other origins. The …

This case study profiles the rapid gain in visibility of the Finnish city of Turku, where
pharmaceutical and other industries have adopted the use of post-1970s molecular biology …

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 …

Universities are certainly social, cultural and political institutions, but are they economic
development institutions? The” Third Role” being discussed in Europe, indeed worldwide …

New technological innovations are an essential part of long-term economic growth and
development in Western countries (Schumpeter 1934; Furman, Porter & Stern 2002; …

2.1 Background The number of biotechnology companies grew sharply until the beginning
of the millennium. At the end of 2003, there were about 120 biotechnology companies in …

Positioned in the context of the technology-based industrial emergence literature, this
dissertation identifies and examines organizational, managerial, and institutional challenges …