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From state-owned smokestacks to post-industrial dreams : The Finnish government in business, 1970–2010 (2021)

Nevalainen, P., & Yliaska, V. (2021). From state-owned smokestacks to post-industrial dreams : The Finnish government in business, 1970–2010. Business History, 63(8), 1327-1356. https://doi.org/10.1080/00076791.2020.1842874

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Julkaisun tiedot

Julkaisun kaikki tekijät tai toimittajat: Nevalainen, Pasi; Yliaska, Ville

Lehti tai sarja: Business History

ISSN: 0007-6791

eISSN: 1743-7938

Julkaisuvuosi: 2021

Volyymi: 63

Lehden numero: 8

Artikkelin sivunumerot: 1327-1356

Kustantaja: Routledge, Taylor & Francis

Julkaisumaa: Britannia

Julkaisun kieli: englanti

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00076791.2020.1842874

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Julkaisu on rinnakkaistallennettu (JYX): https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/73964

Lisätietoja: Special Issue Paper in Business-government Relations and National Economic Model.

Tiivistelmä

While state-owned enterprises (SOEs) used to be considered obsolete tools for governmental intervention in the economy, in recent years governmental intervention in the business sector has re-emerged as a topic of debate. However, scholarship on the changes in and the modernisation of the SOE model is limited. In this article, we examine how the Finnish state’s ownership policy adapted to the requirements of economic globalisation between the 1970s and the 2010s. We show that the attitude towards globalisation was pragmatic and aimed at safeguarding the competitiveness of domestic companies. The state-owned company system was gradually adapted to meet new needs, losing most of its original industrial policy significance. SOEs had to be made competitive and profitable, but company-specific targets depended on the ownership criteria associated with the companies. At the same time, the government paid more attention to supporting research and development in the private sector.

YSO-asiasanat: omistus; julkinen omistus; julkinen hallinto; yksityinen sektori; talouspolitiikka; valtionohjaus; yritykset; kilpailukyky; valtionyhtiöt

Vapaat asiasanat: state-owned enterprise; government business relations; governmental intervention in the economy; ownership policy; new public management; R&D policies; innovation policies; varieties of capitalism; state capitalism; economic globalization; corporate governance

Liittyvät organisaatiot

OKM-raportointi: Kyllä

Raportointivuosi: 2021

JUFO-taso: 2