Foreigners Establishing Businesses in Finland
Bui, Hac Huong Thu (2009)
Bui, Hac Huong Thu
Lahden ammattikorkeakoulu
2009
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-200904272214
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-200904272214
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This thesis shows available public business support services for foreign entrepreneurs in Finland, specifically in Lahti Region. The purpose of this study is to compose a comprehensive English guidance package with crucial aspects of setting up companies.
The theory part includes theories on how to establish companies in Finland, from business plans, business registration, taxation, insurances, financial helps, and public business support services.
The practical part is interviews of five existing foreign companies in Lahti Region to learn their experiences in starting up businesses, awareness and using of public business support services, and recommendations to improve better services to encourage foreign entrepreneurs.
The desk research and field research are applied to gather secondary data. Information and statistics for literature part were collected from various publications in Finnish and English as well as Internet sources. The leading model is used when interviewing case companies, to find out how grounded theories are applied in reality.
Based on interviews, the results points out the roles of different organizations with their different tasks to support new businesses, and similarities of companies’characteristics which use their services. Furthermore, the study finds out the missing parts in their operations and some recommendations on their services to encourage foreign entrepreneurs.
The theory part includes theories on how to establish companies in Finland, from business plans, business registration, taxation, insurances, financial helps, and public business support services.
The practical part is interviews of five existing foreign companies in Lahti Region to learn their experiences in starting up businesses, awareness and using of public business support services, and recommendations to improve better services to encourage foreign entrepreneurs.
The desk research and field research are applied to gather secondary data. Information and statistics for literature part were collected from various publications in Finnish and English as well as Internet sources. The leading model is used when interviewing case companies, to find out how grounded theories are applied in reality.
Based on interviews, the results points out the roles of different organizations with their different tasks to support new businesses, and similarities of companies’characteristics which use their services. Furthermore, the study finds out the missing parts in their operations and some recommendations on their services to encourage foreign entrepreneurs.