Doing Business in Finland

Syllabus of the Subject - Doing Business in Finland.
Helsinki.
- Introduction to the Republic of Finland (European Union)
- Finnish Economy: one of the highest welfare system in the world
- Doing Business in Helsinki
- Finnish Foreign Trade
- Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Finland
- Main Finnish Companies
- Access to the Finnish Market
- Business Plan for Finland
The objectives of the subject “Doing Business in Finland” are the following:
- To analyse the Finnish Economy and Foreign Trade
- To evaluate the business opportunities in the Finnish Market
- To analyse the trade relations of Finland with the country of the student
- To know Finland's free trade agreements as a member of the European Union (EU)
- To develop a business plan for the Finnish Market
Description of the Subject (Online Learning): Doing Business in Finland
The Republic of Finland (Europe)
- Capital: Helsinki
- Official Language: Finnish and Swedish
- Area: 338,145 square kilometres
- Population: 5.5 million people (the second country of the European Union in relation to population density)
- Type of Government: Parliamentary Republic
- Borders of Finland: Norway, Sweden and Russia.
Estonia by sea
- Religion in Finland: Lutheran Protestantism (Christianity)
- Finland belongs to the Western Christian Civilisation (European Economic Area)
- Finland was part of Sweden until 1809
Economy of Finland.
- The Republic of Finland has one of the highest welfare states in the world
- Finland is a highly industrialised economy
- Main Finnish economic sectors are the industry of the wood, engineering, telecommunications, metals and metal products, electronics, machinery and scientific instruments, shipbuilding, paper, foods, chemical products, textiles, clothing
- Finland has virtually no mineral resources
- Finland is one of the less corrupt countries in the world
- GDP (nominal): 185,485 millions of dollars
- Agriculture: 2.8%
- Industry: 25.9%
- Services: 71.2%
- GDP per capita: USD 40,601
- Currency: Euro
- Finland is a member of the European Union since 1995
- Microsoft Mobile acquired the Finnish company Nokia in 2014
Finnish Foreign Trade.
- Main Finnish Exports: paper, machinery and electrical equipment
- Top Finnish exports destinations: Germany, Sweden and the United Kingdom
- Main Finnish imports: consumer goods and raw materials
- Top Finnish suppliers: Germany, Sweden and Russia
- As a member of the European Union, Finland is the beneficiary of the EU Free trade agreements with Korea, Colombia, Mexico,
MERCOSUR, etc
International Economic Relations of Finland
- European Union
- Council of the Baltic Sea States
- Inter-American Development Bank
- Regional Cooperation Council
- Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
- World Bank
- European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
- World Trade Organisation
- International Chamber of Commerce
- Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)
- United Nations
- Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE)
- Group of States of the Council of Europe Convention against the corruption (GRECO)
- International Monetary Fund (IMF)
- European Investment Bank (EIB)
- Asia-Europe Economic Meeting (ASEM)
Finland is an observer country of the Association of Caribbean States (AEC)
Examples of the subject - Foreign Trade and Business in Finland:

 (c) EENI- Business School & Hispano-African University of International Business
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