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Appendix 1.
Corporate population characteristics of Finland, Eastern Finland and the Helsinki region in
2002-2005
Region Finland Eastern Finland
(Classified as a
rural area; Eurostat
NUTS criteria)
Helsinki Region
(Classified as an
urban area; Eurostat
NUTS criteria)
Total amount of firms 236 435 35 056 73 573
Change in the amount
of firms 2002-2005
4.3 % 2.7 % 5.4 %
Density of population 17.3 inhabitants/
km²
7.8 inhabitants/ km² 222.6 inhabitants/ km²
Location of firm Around 60% of Around 70 % of 93 % of firms located
firms located in firms located in in towns and 7 % of
towns and 40% in towns and 30 % in firms located in
countryside sparsely populated
areas
municipalities
Total costs of private
and public R&D
investments
5648 Million USD 715 Million USD 2372 Million USD
The amount of SMEs
(size 10-249
employees)
15 672 2 348 4929
(Sources: OECD 2008; Rural Policy Reviews: Finland; Statistics Finland, Business register,
(Http://www.stat.fi), Statistical Yearbooks of Finland 2004; 2005; 2006; 2007; Suomen
Asiakastieto Oy Voitto+ CD-ROM 2006).
Appendix 2.
Scoring table of SI
Classification points 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
ROI % -1.9 0 1.8 2.7 5.8 8.9 13 16.4 21.9 27.4
EBIT % -6.3 -4.7 -3.1 -1.8 -0.5 0.5 2 3.6 5.2 6.7
Current ratio 0.7 0.9 1 1.1 1.3 1.5 1.7 2 2.2 2.5
Equity ratio 0 7 11 15 22 30 38 45 51 57
Debt ratio 785 536 411 287 191 94 58 21 0 -12
Repayment period 100 60 40 20 12 5 3 1 0.5 0