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The structure in Finland has tradition been forest industry. Some well
known Finnish inventions which have lead to big worldwide industries are
Nokia, UPM and Stora Enso. The three biggest export trumps in Finland are
forest industry, metal industry, telecommunication and technology knowing
how.
Entrepreneurship in Finland:
There are approximately 227 000 enterprises in Finland. Most of them are
micro enterprises that employ fewer than 10 people. Entrepreneurs are held
in high esteem in Finland, but by international comparison they are scare;
only about 9 % of the total work force. Which is 2 258 000 people.
Women and men in entrepreneurship:
34 % (34 547 person) of Finnish entrepreneur are women and 66, 7 % (168 673
person) are man.
Age
In Finland are 36 000 entrepreneurs how are younger than 34 years old.
Those entrepreneurs 66 % are male and 34 % are female.
From this 36 000 young entrepreneurs, self-employed entrepreneurs are 61 %,
40 % are corporate names and 4 % are limited companies.
Biggest part of Finnish entrepreneurs witch is 70 % of all, are 41 – 60
years old.
The number of enterprises in Finland:
Micro enterprises (1– 9 person), 210 484 or 92,9 %
Small enterprises (10 – 49 person) 13 237 or 5,8 %
Medium – size enterprises (50 – 249) 2 303 1 %
Large – scale enterprises (over 250 persons) 569 or 0,3 %
Field of business in Finland is:
Service 39, 1 %
Trade 21, 6 %
Industry 11, 5 %
Construction 12, 9, %
Traffic 10, 5 %
Others 4, 4 %
Level of education in entrepreneurs:
Comprehensive education 21, 1 %
Further education 65, 7
High or university education 13, 2 %
Newly started:
In year 2004, 5041 new companies begin their operation in Finland. In those
companies 78 % are in field of service, 13 % are construction, 5 % are
industry and 4 % are in other areas.
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