Intangible capital

This theme focuses on how businesses and regions can be encouraged and supported to succeed, and how the quality of education and investment in infrastructure — such as the E12 Nordic Connector and rail networks within Finland and westwards — can help improve the matching of skills to demand and the diffusion of intangible capital. The research also examines how AI can support analysis and decision-making.

What does this theme investigate

• The relationships between R&D, leadership, marketing, digitalisation and AI.
• The mobility of intangible capital and labour: how tacit knowledge is transferred from one business to another.
• A well-designed intellectual property rights (IPR) system that is simple and easily accessible.
• Major infrastructure investments that facilitate connections through which intangible capital can be shared. Cost–benefit analysis and AI are used to account for labour market benefits and the networking opportunities created by new logistics infrastructure.
• Financing challenges and public support for investment in intangible assets, examined within a cost–benefit framework.

Research team

• Hannu Piekkola (University of Vaasa)
• Antti Norkio (PTT)
• Jaana Rahko (University of Vaasa)
• Olli-Pekka Ruuskanen (PTT)
• Xuliang Wang (University of Vaasa)
• Vesa Loven (University of Vaasa)