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NORDICUM 3/2010

Marine & Offshore Special Report 2010
NORDICUM 3/2010 features an in-depth interview of the Permanent State Secretary Raimo Sailas who delivers a thought-provoking ”state-of-the-nation” review. In addition, Marco Mäkinen talks nation-branding, Pekka Timonen discusses WDC2012 honours and Risto E.J. Penttilä looks East for the future of welfare state. MARITIME & OFFSHORE SPECIAL REPORT surveys the industry with a keen eye – the show-stopper at this ball is, of course, the magnificent Allure of the Seas. read now

Nordicum - Scandinavian Business Magazine is a bimonthly periodical magazine on business, economies and politics in Northern Europe. NORDICUM has been published since 1993 providing its readers with analyses of the driving forces behind the Baltic Sea market area. Each edition of NORDICUM includes an in-depth look at a particular industry or area.

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Nordic Model is So Last Century!

The Nordic Model was the talk of the town ten years ago. Now everyone wants to copy Singapore. What happened? Why did Singapore overtake Finland and the other Nordic states? And, most importantly, is there still life left in the Nordic Model? Who is the most influential person in the world... Read more

More columns from Risto E. J. Penttilä

If You Do Not Export Electricity, You Will Import It

As I predicted (NORDICUM December 2009), the Copenhagen Summit turned out to be a total catastrophe for the European Union. The EU was not even at the table, when the Copenhagen Accord was negotiated. Can there be a clearer sign as to who are running the world? It was a rude awakening. It... Read more

More columns from Paavo Lipponen

Soft Power against Gas Power

“Gazprom has got a lot further than the Red Army ever did,” whispers one of the international wiseacres. “The USSR,” opines another senior member of the commentariat, “was a lot easier to deal with than Russia is today”. It’s true that Russia was... Read more

More columns from Lasse Lehtinen

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NORDICUM RUSSIA 4-5/2009

Финляндия – каким домом она является для международных предприятий? Директор-распорядитель компании «Invest in Finland» Туомо Айраксинен рассказывает, почему именно российским предприятиям стоило бы побывать в Финляндии для ознакомления с возможностями в соседней стране. На уровне городов Санкт-Петербург и Хельсинки уже нашли друг друга отрадно хорошо и вместе намечают далеко идущие стратегии – ускорителем роста выступает скоростная железнодорожная связь, которая стартует в будущем году. Международное сотрудничество налаживается и в Сочи, куда на олимпийское строительство отправляется целая компания высококлассных финских специалистов. И еще мы познакомимся с золотой лихорадкой, взволновавшей Лапландию. Читать сейчас

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Cruise Control

The global economic storm is finally fading out, but its repercussions will be felt for quite some time afterwards. For industries where the required investments are hefty, there is understandably still a prevalent wait-and-see attitude. A good example of this is the cruise industry which ... Read more

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