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WHY FINLAND?TRANSCRIPT
Superstar• least corrupted country in the world• world's most competitive economy • students the world's best in reading literacy • enterprises face the least amount of
bureaucracy found anywhere • ranked top in taking care of the environment• third in the ICT readiness• third in Creativity Index - measures of
technology, talent and tolerance
Small & Smart• 5.2 million people • size of Montana• Finnish and Swedish
languages• 85% Lutheran by
religion
WHY FINLAND?
Decisive moments• 1950 building well-being• 1990 political alignment• technology
Hard work & focus
• leading information society• information transfer• Nokia• multilingual, well-educated
workforce
What does this mean for you?
• easy to enter• everything works• safe and stable
Competitive costs• operating costs
• living costs
Right Place• location, location,
location
Right Time• Direct access to the single market
of 25 countries• 11 countries in Euro• no exchange rate risk
Right Partners• IT/mobile communications• health care and biotech• forest industry• environmental know-how &
technology
Who else is in Finland?• General Electric• IBM• Foster Wheeler • Hewlett Packard
Why Finland - Americans Answer
A video
Welcome!• right place• right time• right partners
