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Discussion on Managing Finnish Corporations - what is new?
Dr Hannele Seeck, Mr Krister Ahlström and CEO Marjo Raitavuo (EM Group) discussed how management of Finnish corporations has…
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The Geopolitical Ramifications of the Credit Crunch
The events of the past months have turned out to be much more than a mere crunch. Going far beyond the liquidity crisis that has…
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EVA FORUM How to fix our Climate Regulation or Radical Rethinking
At the EVA FORUM the theme of the discussion was different approaches to hindering the climate change. Professor Gwyn Prins from…
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Local Journalism - Global Responsibility
Having graduated from a U.S-based journalism program just ten months ago, I’ve spent much of my early career…
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EVA Report Russian Capitalism and Finland
The EVA Report, written by Economist Simon-Erik Ollus, shows that Finnish corporations invest more than ever in Russia. Finland…
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EVA FORUM “Are we heading for a full Reform of the Finnish Educational System?"
Rector Helena Hyvönen (University of Art and Design Finland), former Chancellor Kari Raivio (Helsinki University) and Permanent…
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Building Bridges between Europe and America
I had the great privilege of representing EVA Junior Fellows at the 2008 Atlantic Youth Forum on 4-8 August, organized by Wilton…
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EVA FORUM Does Forest Industry have a Future in Finland?
President and CEO of Metsäliitto Group Kari Jordan, President and CEO of Stora Enso Jouko Karvinen and President and CEO of…
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Evening of Arts at Kiasma
EVA’s Evening of Arts is an example how business and culture can be brought together. The theme of the evening was art and…
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Implications of the greatest Games ever
8 August, 2008 may well be the most significant date in modern Chinese history since the founding of the People’s Republic…
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The Idea of Finnish Foreign Policy
According to EVA’s director Risto Penttilä, the Finnish foreign policy needs to be clarified. Are we a part of Europe and…
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Event on counterfeits
The Stockholm Network organised a seminar in partnership with EVA on “Are your medicines safe? – Counterfeits,…
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Whose side are you on?
English summary can be downloaded from below.[:en]English summary can be downloaded from below.[:se]English summary can be…
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Diversity in Business
Canadian experts Ms Yasmin Meralli, Vice President, Diversity & Workplace Equity, Bank of Montreal, and Ms Cindy Chan,…
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Breakfast meeting
Ambassador Jukka Valtasaari, Director for Public Policy Jyrki Iivonen (Ministry of Defence) and Managing Director Kristiina…
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Impressions of Finland...
Towards the end of the summer, I had the chance to visit Helsinki for a few days as part of being selected as a junior fellow…
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Corporations and Climate Change
Companies are often required to take responsibility and implement measures that could mitigate climate change. In the EVA Report…
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Female Leadership and Firm Profitability
The findings of the EVA Analysis indicate that a company led by a female CEO is in practice about ten per cent more profitable…
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Women to the top! - A Leader Regardless of Gender
The Eva Report “Women to the Top!” contains examples of best practices on how to get women to the top in the…
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Breakfast meeting at EVA
Professor Jeffrey Sachs, Special Advisor to United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, visited EVA on Wednesday 12 September.…
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Breakfast meeting
Dr Dan Steinbock visited EVA on September 4. He spoke about the U.S. presidential elections in 2008. Dr Steinbock is an ICT…
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Looking beyond the India hype
Researcher Ksenia Glebova argues that the development of Finno-Indian relations further will require network-building as well as…
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Leading Stars - Finlands first Women Leaders
The EVA Report written by Anna Kortelainen (PhD) studies the stories of the first Finnish leaders, who were women. The colourful…
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Helsinki - a city of the future
In the EVA report “Helsinki – a city of the future” Pekka Korpinen, Deputy Mayor of Helsinki, presents his own…
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Do Incomes Policies in Finland Have a Future?
The report by EVA’s managing director Sixten Korkman assesses bargaining between labour markets organizations as well as…
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Breakfast meeting
EVA organised a breakfast meeting with Professor François Heisbourg and Director Fred Tanner on April 3. Professor Heisbourg…
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Centenarian in a Fitness Test - EVA's 2007 Attitude and Value Survey
The Attitude and Value Survey of 2007 has been published! According to EVA’s latest Attitude and Value Survey, Finns think…
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EVA FORUM with prime minister candidates
At the first EVA FORUM of the year, Chaiman of EVA Jorma Ollila tested the potential prime minister candidates on Finnish…
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Breakfast meeting with ambassador Marilyn Ware
Ambassador Marilyn Ware visited Finnish Business and Policy Forum EVA on 14 February 2007. Ambassador Ware spoke about the U.S.…
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Donations up via Tax Relief
Private charity donations should be encouraged by making donations tax deductible, according to a report published by EVA on…
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Creative and Aging Societies
The joint report of EVA and Keizai Doyukai, “Creative and Aging Societies”, was presented 19 October in Madrid, Spain, at…
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EVA FORUM: Design and Brand
This year, Helsinki Design Week included an EVA FORUM on the topic “Design and Brand – Re-inventing strategic…
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Same Roots, Different Leaves - Second Edition
Estonia and Finland are from the same family: the two nations are united by a national anthem, a national epic, a language,…
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The Baltic Twins - What can Finland learn from Estonia?
One hundred top Finnish business leaders, politicians and experts gathered in Tallinn on August 28th to learn from and compare…
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EVA FORUM: WOMEN TO THE TOP!
Managing Director Pauli Aalto-Setälä acted as Moderator in the debate tackling women’s career issues. The panel featured…
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Security for Finland
The following article is an edited excerpt from Max Jakobson’s new book “Finland – A Lone Wolf”, out…
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Quo Vadis Media?
Hannu Olkinuora’s EVA Report Quo vadis media? was published on Thursday, 18 May. In his report, Olkinuora discusses the…
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Breakfast meeting
EVA organised a breakfast meeting with three top International Relations Professors on May 22. Professors Frederick Halliday…
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Flat-rate income tax in Finland? Everybody wins with the Nyberg model
Finnish Business and Policy Forum, EVA, economist Martti Nyberg presents the first comprehensive and concrete proposal of what…
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EVA FORUM TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT - THE CASE OF INDIA
The EVA FORUM held on April 21st presented an interesting panel featuring Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Paula…
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Guest lecture
The Director of the Russian State Archive of Social and Political History, Mr Kirill Anderson lectured on April 10th at a dinner…
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EVA FORUM on March 23rd
This EVA FORUM panel featured the brand new EVA Parliament Fellows. Ms Tuija Brax (Member of Finnish Parliament), Ms Piia-Noora…
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Visiting lecture
Dr. Michael Rubin, resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute and the Editor of the “Middle East…
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Opening Windows to the World- EVA’s 2006 Attitude and Value Survey
“Opening Windows to the World” is the latest in EVA´s series of attitude surveys that began in 1985. The present volume…
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From Brain Drain to Brain Circulation - top professionals as a key resource of Finnish economy
The Finnish knowledge society needs highly educated professionals in order to survive in the global competition. In this EVA…
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Visiting lecture
Professor Daniel M. Kammen visited EVA office on October 27, 2005. Mr Kammen is Professor of Public Policy in the Goldman School…
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The paradox of Finnish entrepreneurship
Why must entrepreneurship be expressly promoted in Finland, when its economy is considered to be amongst the world’s most…
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The Dissolving Corporation - Contemporary Architecture and Corporate Identity in Finland
Architecture is a fascinating mirror of the prevailing values of a given era. In this EVA Report “The Dissolving…
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Visit to EVA
EVA’s Board members had the opportunity to meet Mr Tim Goeglein, who is special assistant to the President of the United…
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Visiting lecture
Vice President of Transnational Threats Initiative Thomas M. Sanderson visited EVA office on April 15, 2005. Mr. Sanderson,…
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Beyond the Northern Dimension: Ukraine as a potential partner
EVA Junior Fellow Yegor Paanukoski argues that there is a legitimate reason to look towards the European Union’s Eastern…
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Seeking Happiness: Are Finns Happy and Why?
Are Finns happy? What makes us happy, and what makes us unhappy? How are we affected by family, work, hobbies and earthly…
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…And why should we bother about ‘the Rest’?
Recently the Finnish member of European Parliament, Alexander Stubb argued in Helsingin Sanomat that Finnish foreign policy was…
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Finland to EU's Vanguard - New Challenges in Europe-policy
The European Union is in a critical stage during Finland’s EU-Presidency in 2006. Finland should be prepared to tackle great…
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Visiting lecture
A famous Swedish historian Johan Norberg held a visiting lecture at EVA on November 11th 2004. He is the author of the book: In…
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Roadmap to Finland's Future Success
What is Finland like now – and how about in ten years’ time? Is Finland just skilful driftwood in the current of…
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EVA-Nokia Seminar
The annual Nokia-EVA seminar was held on September 30th at Nokia Headquarters and hosted by Executive Vice President Mr. Matti…
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International Student to Naturalised Workers
Finland’s numbers of international students increase steadily, and a great deal of research is concentrated on attracting them…
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Same Roots, Different Leaves - Estonia and Finland from History to Tomorrow
Estonia and Finland are from the same family: the two nations are united by a national anthem, a national epic, a language,…
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Does ownership matter?
In Finland, there is overwhelming unanimity that the country should be a place that entices companies to do business and people…
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Breakfast meeting
EVA organised a breakfast meeting with Russian industrialist Alexey A. Mordashov on 13th August at Cafe Ekberg. Mr Mordashov…
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A friend yet a stranger - How to understand the United States
Is the weakened state of the relationship between Europe and the United States a permanent or temporary phenomenon? Why is it so…
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Visiting lecture
Dr. Esther Brimmer is Director of Research at the American Center for Transatlantic Relations. Dr. Brimmer gave a lecture titled…
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Alternative medicine?
Hannes Huhtaniemi on EVAn Juniorikumppani vuodelta 2003. Hänellä on Master in European Affairs -tutkinto Lundin yliopistosta.…
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Safe in the EU
In the beginning of 2004, the international stage is full of different development paths, conflicts and new openings. The…
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Can you stand it?
Young Finns have grown up in a welfare state, which has guaranteed them an income, healthcare and free education. Nevertheless,…
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Why Should the Economy Care About Virtues?
We should care about the ethics of the market economy even beyond good conduct. The primary challenge regarding the ethical…
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Bushes, Oil and Idealism
Lauri Tähtinen on EVAn Juniorikumppani, joka opiskelee viimeistä vuotta kansainvälisiä suhteita London School of…
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Iraq on the Brink of Anarchy[:en]Iraq on the Brink of Anarchy
Lauri Tähtinen on EVAn Juniorikumppani, joka opiskelee viimeistä vuotta kansainvälisiä suhteita London School of…
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Speech at EVA Day on Friday 10 October 2003
Estonia, Finland, Sweden – three nations so close to each other geographically, yet so far apart historically. The fifty years…
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PARTNERS IN THE EUROPEAN UNION - What the Finns and the Estonians Think of Each Other?
The proximity of relations between Finland and Estonia has varied greatly over the decades. The inter-war period was…
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VIRTUE and the market economy
The success of societies is based on their moral integrity. Companies will not go far if they compromise on honesty. Working…
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What is NATO really?
The European field of security is living through a period of strong transition. The development of European integration is…
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Condemned to diminish?
The number of children being born in Finland is not enough for the natural regeneration of the population. Finns are getting…
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After the convention comes what?
A convention considering the future reform of the European Union concluded its work in the summer of 2003. The reform of the…
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Contemporary Architecture and the Corporate Identity
EVA Research Project 2003 – 2004 Peter MacKeith, EVA Research Fellow Throughout this century, architecture and design have…
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What do you think, Finland?
This is the first book ever to review all the results of separate research programmes since they began in 1984 (pilot study in…
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Session on IT and New Businesses for Corporate Management
Let me start by saying that I fully agree with Mr. Fitzgerald and Mr. Bernardino on the great potential that digital information…
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Small Countries and European Monetary Integration
Embassy of Finland Washington 9.3.2000 Let me start by thanking the Finnish embassy for this opportunity to discuss with you…
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CLIMATE CHANGE - SOCIOECONOMIC DIMENSIONS AND CONSEQUENCES OF MITIGATION MEASURES
Fortum Research Seminar 2000 2.2.2000 Espoo Cultural Centre, Tapiola Fortum Millenium Publication It is a wonderful way to…
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