Keyword: Department of Management and Entrepreneurship

Annual Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) Finnish 2015 Report has been published. The national GEM study introduces the state-of-the-art figures of the emerging, newand established entrepreneurship in Finland. In addition, conditions that enhance or hinder new business creation, i.e entrepreneurial framework conditions, are assessed and compared in national and global level in the report.

​New study shows that entrepreneurs who are passionate about inventing and developing their ventures are more likely to engage in bricolage and, combined, the affective state of passion and the “make do with scarce resources” behaviors of bricolage help entrepreneurs keep their businesses going.

The SWiPE - Smart Work in Platform Economy consortium led by Professor Anne Kovalainen (TSE Entrepreneurship) has been selected by the Strategic Research Council of the Academy of Finland to participate in the “Skilled Employees – Successful Labour Market” call. The consortium, directed from the University of Turku, was granted 1 526 000 euro by the Academy of Finland to pursue the project.