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CEMAT participates in a comparative study of high-tech entrepreneurs in Finland, Russia, South-Korea and Taiwan

02.02.2012

The project analyzes success stories of high-tech entrepreneurs

What are successful high-tech entrepreneurs made of? This question is addressed in a new research project coordinated by the European University at St. Petersburg.

The project analyzes success stories of high-tech entrepreneurs in four countries with different technological profiles.

CEMAT is responsible for the research activities conducted in Finland. The project is an important milestone in Finnish-Russian research cooperation in social sciences, because it is one of the first comparative studies implemented with Russian funding. The project is financed by the Russian state corporation of nanotechnologies RUSNANO.

The aim of the project is to find out, what are the personal characteristics of successful high-tech entrepreneurs in different cultures, and what is the role of the local innovation system in the entrepreneurial process.

In addition to the country-level analysis, the research addresses sub-national variation within Russia. This is done by implementing the study in four culturally, geographically and institutionally different locations (St. Petersburg, Kazan, Novosibirsk and Tomsk).

The data collection for the study will take place during spring 2012 and the project will be completed by autumn. The results of the project will be presented in a seminar in St. Petersburg in September 2012. In addition, CEMAT will organize a dissemination event targeted to the Finnish audience in autumn.

More information:
Director, Prof. Riitta Kosonen and Research Manager Päivi Karhunen, firstname.lastname [at] aalto [dot] fi

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