Pirkanmaan vuoden 2020 innovaatio­tilannekuvassa näkyy kaksi vahvaa trendiä, kansainvälisyys ja digitaalisuus. Kansain­välisestä kytkeytymisestä kertovat indikaattorit ovat kehittyneet pääosin nousujohteisesti. Myös digitalisaation positiivinen kehitys on jatkunut Pirkanmaalla jo useamman vuoden ajan.

Digitaalisen teknologian vahva traditio ja Tampereen korkeakouluyhteisö houkuttelevat maakuntaan investointeja. Vetovoimaa lisää ekosysteemin monipuolisuus, jota heijastelee osuvasti muun muassa kasvuyritysten…

Innovaatiotoiminnan tilannekuva kerää yhteen viimeisimmät tiedot ja niistä johdetut tulkinnat Pirkanmaan TKI-toiminnasta ja siihen liittyvistä kasvun edellytyksistä. Vuosittain toteutettava tilannekuva seuraa ilmiöitä, joihin pirkanmaalaiset toimijat voivat vaikuttaa lyhyellä ja keskipitkällä aikavälillä, ja jotka on yhdessä tunnistettu strategisesti tärkeiksi. Tilannekuva on osa pirkanmaalaista tietojohtamisen prosessia, jolla tuetaan alueellista päätöksentekoa.

Tilannekuvan työstämiseen…

The peaking economic trends have manifested themselves as positive news in the Tampere Region. Employment is growing at a record pace and the excellent key figures are very encouraging. Growth strengthens the financial foundation and investment capabilities of companies after the prolonged period of weak growth.

Positive signs are also…

What is the age-old dream of engineers? Perpetual motion machine. Time machine. Germany. All of the above, although only the last option actually exists and functions. Until the 1970s, German was the language of nearly all high-quality mechanical engineering textbooks used in Sweden and Finland. Germany is admired by engineers…

Competitiveness measures the most prominent aspects of performance, such as additional value created in the regional economy, industrial added value, the relationship between production value and labour input, export intensity, investments, entrepreneurship and growth companies. For the first time in a long time, we are seeing the emergence of an…

The social welfare and health care sector and related research, development and innovation (RDI) activities are undergoing a momentous shift. Alongside the national social welfare and health care reform, the Tampere Region is updating the operations of the higher education sector and the hospital district. The changes increase the need…

The basic funding received by the Tampere3 universities was cut slightly once again in 2017, but many other financing channels saw positive development. On an annual level, both EU and other corresponding international funding increased, along with private domestic funding, Business Finland financing and funding granted by the Academy of…

The amount of money used on research, development and innovation has dropped dramatically in the Tampere Region during this decade. R&D expenditures decreased by as much as 12.9% in the latest statistical year of 2016. Across the country, the average decrease was just 2.4%. In 2016, MEUR 672.2 in funds…

The digitalisation of the services relevant to the economic structure of the region is progressing at a good and steady rate. Increased numbers of business locations and employees as well as higher turnovers have been seen year by year in digital services sectors. The number of vacancies listed has increased…

The Tampere Region is an internationally active area in terms of commerce, human capital, tourism and operating methods. Industrial production in the Tampere Region is largely concentrated in import-driven fields, and service export is also becoming more commonplace.

The region’s trade balance, the ratio between export and import, improved significantly…