Finland established as an independent country in 6 December 1917 from Russia. It began as a low rate country like most and soon enough reached and made itself a power house. Finland is now a country with a complex and efficient government‚ a thriving economy‚ and became one of the largest countries in Europe with a huge geography. Finland is an example for what countries should do with the same resources as Finland. Finland today is a republic which means that the leaders are elected into office
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conditions‚ related and supporting industries and firm strategy‚ structure and rivalry. In the article “Finland-and-Nokia:Creating-the-World’s-Most-Competitive-Economy” the authors showed how Finland created the diamond of national advantage ensuring the emergence of the Finnish Telecommunications cluster that facilitated Nokia’s innovation and world leadership. The competitive landscape within Finland (non-monopolized telephone network to prevent the Russians from taking over the system)‚ export-centered
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Case study: Finland and Nokia 1. How was Finland able to move from a sleepy economy to one of the most competitive nations in the world by the end of the 1990’s? Finland was considered a sleepy country even after their independence from Sweden‚ depending its economy mainly on the Soviet Union by exporting its natural resources. Finland however slowly but constantly developed its economy up to the OECD average‚ following the models of its Nordic neighbors to invest highly in social welfare and
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A Brief History of Finland When looking through the main events in Finnish history‚ broadly speaking‚ it can be divided into three chapters: the Swedish period prior to 1809‚ the Russian period from 1809 to 1917‚ and the independent period from 1917 to the present day. Finland was part of the Swedish Empire from 1150 to 1809. As we are focusing on the main events in Finnish history‚ we are going to begin from the 17th century. During the 17th century‚ while Finland was under Swedish Rule‚ it
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Fons Trompenaars is a Dutch author in the field of cross-cultural communication. His books include: Riding the Waves of Culture‚ Seven Cultures of Capitalism‚ Building Cross-Cultural Competence‚ 21 Leaders for the 21st Century and Innovating in a Global Crisis . Trompenaars studied Economics at the VU University Amsterdam and later earned a Ph.D. from Wharton School‚ University of Pennsylvania‚ with a dissertation on differences in conceptions of organizational structure in various cultures. He
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Finland Research Paper Zane Lyle Geography Finland is a Nordic country in the northern part of Europe. It is one of the world’s northernmost countries‚ Finland capital (Helsinki) has the second highest latitude among capitals in the world. Finland has the most lakes out of all the countries in Europe with about 188‚000 lakes over .12 acres. Finland has 789 islands. There is 1‚250 km of coastline in Finland. The capital of Finland (Helsinki) has a long history behind it and was actually founded
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information about Finland: • Independent republic in northern Europe‚ Head of the state is president Tarja Halonen‚ Official languages Finnish and Swedish‚ Member of the European Union since 1995‚ Population: 5‚4 million‚ Capital: Helsinki‚ Currency: 1 euro = 100 cents‚ Time zone: GMT +2‚ Area: 338 424 km2 10 % covered by water systems 70 % forest – 8 % cultivated soil – 5 % wetlands (suo = swamp) – 3 % built land‚ In the south‚ Finland is bordered by the Gulf of Finland‚ and in the west by
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Finland Finland is a beautiful country where most areas are covered with snow during most of the year. Finland is a very large country with many open spaces because they have a population of only 4.3 million people. There are also over 50‚000 lakes in the country and nearly 70% of the land is covered in forests. Finland can be divided into four unique regions. If you are lucky enough to be able to go to Finland‚ you will want to make sure to visit the North‚ East‚ South and West regions
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market share of 22.5%.The Nokia head office is located by the Gulf of Finland in Keilaniemi‚ Espoo and was constructed between 1995 and 1997. The building is named The Nokia House by the place of Nokia. On December 2012‚ Nokia has sold its head office building to Finland based Exilion and leasing it on a long term basis. Second least corrupted country: According to Transparency International’s Corruption Index‚ last year Finland was the fourth least corrupt nation in the world with a point of 9
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Hofstede and Trompenaars compared Of these seven value dimensions‚ two reflect closely the Hofstede dimensions of Collectivism/Individualism and to a lesser extent power distance. Trompenaars and Hampden-Turner’s communitarianism/individualism value orientation seems to be virtually identical to Hofstede’s Collectivism/Individualism. • Their achievement/ascription value orientation‚ which describes how status is accorded‚ appears to be linked to Hofstede’s power distance index‚ at
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