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

It’s easy!

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