1. Source: Veugelers, Aiginger, Breznitz, Edquist, Murray, Ottaviano, Hyytinen, Kangasharju, Ketokivi, Luukkonen, Maliranta, Maula, Okko, Rouvinen, Sotarauta, Tanayama, Toivanen, Ylä-Anttila. 28 Oct. 2009. Evaluation of the Finnish National Innovation System – Policy Report. Taloustieto Oy. The framework and organization of the evaluation

2. Finnish and US labor productivity of non-financial firms in 2004 euros (left); Finland’s share of the annual European Patent Office applications (right) Source: Veugelers, Aiginger, Breznitz, Edquist, Murray, Ottaviano, Hyytinen, Kangasharju, Ketokivi, Luukkonen, Maliranta, Maula, Okko, Rouvinen, Sotarauta, Tanayama, Toivanen, Ylä-Anttila. 28 Oct. 2009. Evaluation of the Finnish National Innovation System – Policy Report. Taloustieto Oy.

3. Applications at the European Patent Office, 2000–6 Source: Veugelers, Aiginger, Breznitz, Edquist, Murray, Ottaviano, Hyytinen, Kangasharju, Ketokivi, Luukkonen, Maliranta, Maula, Okko, Rouvinen, Sotarauta, Tanayama, Toivanen, Ylä-Anttila. 28 Oct. 2009. Evaluation of the Finnish National Innovation System – Policy Report. Taloustieto Oy.

4. Annual change of all R&D working hours done in Finland (%) Source: Veugelers, Aiginger, Breznitz, Edquist, Murray, Ottaviano, Hyytinen, Kangasharju, Ketokivi, Luukkonen, Maliranta, Maula, Okko, Rouvinen, Sotarauta, Tanayama, Toivanen, Ylä-Anttila. 28 Oct. 2009. Evaluation of the Finnish National Innovation System – Policy Report. Taloustieto Oy.

5. Evolution of total R&D hours worked in Finland by sector Source: Veugelers, Aiginger, Breznitz, Edquist, Murray, Ottaviano, Hyytinen, Kangasharju, Ketokivi, Luukkonen, Maliranta, Maula, Okko, Rouvinen, Sotarauta, Tanayama, Toivanen, Ylä-Anttila. 28 Oct. 2009. Evaluation of the Finnish National Innovation System – Policy Report. Taloustieto Oy.

6. Composition of R&D labor hours by workers’ educational level Source: Veugelers, Aiginger, Breznitz, Edquist, Murray, Ottaviano, Hyytinen, Kangasharju, Ketokivi, Luukkonen, Maliranta, Maula, Okko, Rouvinen, Sotarauta, Tanayama, Toivanen, Ylä-Anttila. 28 Oct. 2009. Evaluation of the Finnish National Innovation System – Policy Report. Taloustieto Oy.

7. Grades of the overall performance of the NIS from 4 (fail) to 10 (excellent) Source: Veugelers, Aiginger, Breznitz, Edquist, Murray, Ottaviano, Hyytinen, Kangasharju, Ketokivi, Luukkonen, Maliranta, Maula, Okko, Rouvinen, Sotarauta, Tanayama, Toivanen, Ylä-Anttila. 28 Oct. 2009. Evaluation of the Finnish National Innovation System – Policy Report. Taloustieto Oy.

8. Complexity of the national innovation system as a whole (left) and of the promotion for private innovative activity (right) Source: Veugelers, Aiginger, Breznitz, Edquist, Murray, Ottaviano, Hyytinen, Kangasharju, Ketokivi, Luukkonen, Maliranta, Maula, Okko, Rouvinen, Sotarauta, Tanayama, Toivanen, Ylä-Anttila. 28 Oct. 2009. Evaluation of the Finnish National Innovation System – Policy Report. Taloustieto Oy.

9. The expected success of the university reform in promoting its four main objectives (deviations from a neutral position) Source: Veugelers, Aiginger, Breznitz, Edquist, Murray, Ottaviano, Hyytinen, Kangasharju, Ketokivi, Luukkonen, Maliranta, Maula, Okko, Rouvinen, Sotarauta, Tanayama, Toivanen, Ylä-Anttila. 28 Oct. 2009. Evaluation of the Finnish National Innovation System – Policy Report. Taloustieto Oy.

10. The role of SHOKs and PROs in the national innovation system (deviations from a neutral position) Source: Veugelers, Aiginger, Breznitz, Edquist, Murray, Ottaviano, Hyytinen, Kangasharju, Ketokivi, Luukkonen, Maliranta, Maula, Okko, Rouvinen, Sotarauta, Tanayama, Toivanen, Ylä-Anttila. 28 Oct. 2009. Evaluation of the Finnish National Innovation System – Policy Report. Taloustieto Oy.

11. The penetration of the National Innovation Strategy into national public education and innovation support organizations Source: Veugelers, Aiginger, Breznitz, Edquist, Murray, Ottaviano, Hyytinen, Kangasharju, Ketokivi, Luukkonen, Maliranta, Maula, Okko, Rouvinen, Sotarauta, Tanayama, Toivanen, Ylä-Anttila. 28 Oct. 2009. Evaluation of the Finnish National Innovation System – Policy Report. Taloustieto Oy.

12. The scope/broadness of innovation policy and its net gains to the society Source: Veugelers, Aiginger, Breznitz, Edquist, Murray, Ottaviano, Hyytinen, Kangasharju, Ketokivi, Luukkonen, Maliranta, Maula, Okko, Rouvinen, Sotarauta, Tanayama, Toivanen, Ylä-Anttila. 28 Oct. 2009. Evaluation of the Finnish National Innovation System – Policy Report. Taloustieto Oy.

13. The inherent tensions among the three key ministries in the education, research, innovation, and growth policy Source: Veugelers, Aiginger, Breznitz, Edquist, Murray, Ottaviano, Hyytinen, Kangasharju, Ketokivi, Luukkonen, Maliranta, Maula, Okko, Rouvinen, Sotarauta, Tanayama, Toivanen, Ylä-Anttila. 28 Oct. 2009. Evaluation of the Finnish National Innovation System – Policy Report. Taloustieto Oy.

14. Attendance of the Research and Innovation Policy Council Source: Veugelers, Aiginger, Breznitz, Edquist, Murray, Ottaviano, Hyytinen, Kangasharju, Ketokivi, Luukkonen, Maliranta, Maula, Okko, Rouvinen, Sotarauta, Tanayama, Toivanen, Ylä-Anttila. 28 Oct. 2009. Evaluation of the Finnish National Innovation System – Policy Report. Taloustieto Oy.

15. Sectoral research in Finland by research area, budget funding (2009) Source: Veugelers, Aiginger, Breznitz, Edquist, Murray, Ottaviano, Hyytinen, Kangasharju, Ketokivi, Luukkonen, Maliranta, Maula, Okko, Rouvinen, Sotarauta, Tanayama, Toivanen, Ylä-Anttila. 28 Oct. 2009. Evaluation of the Finnish National Innovation System – Policy Report. Taloustieto Oy.

17. Importance of various public actors as evaluated by other actors within the system Source: Veugelers, Aiginger, Breznitz, Edquist, Murray, Ottaviano, Hyytinen, Kangasharju, Ketokivi, Luukkonen, Maliranta, Maula, Okko, Rouvinen, Sotarauta, Tanayama, Toivanen, Ylä-Anttila. 28 Oct. 2009. Evaluation of the Finnish National Innovation System – Policy Report. Taloustieto Oy.

18. Percentage of Yes answers to the overlap between different actors of the NIS Source: Veugelers, Aiginger, Breznitz, Edquist, Murray, Ottaviano, Hyytinen, Kangasharju, Ketokivi, Luukkonen, Maliranta, Maula, Okko, Rouvinen, Sotarauta, Tanayama, Toivanen, Ylä-Anttila. 28 Oct. 2009. Evaluation of the Finnish National Innovation System – Policy Report. Taloustieto Oy.

19. Attitudes of the actors of the NIS regarding the impact of the University Inventions Act on facilitating collaboration Source: Veugelers, Aiginger, Breznitz, Edquist, Murray, Ottaviano, Hyytinen, Kangasharju, Ketokivi, Luukkonen, Maliranta, Maula, Okko, Rouvinen, Sotarauta, Tanayama, Toivanen, Ylä-Anttila. 28 Oct. 2009. Evaluation of the Finnish National Innovation System – Policy Report. Taloustieto Oy.

20. Rankings based on the number of participants in the EU FP per million inhabitants (left) and per the gross domestic expenditures on R&D (right) Source: Veugelers, Aiginger, Breznitz, Edquist, Murray, Ottaviano, Hyytinen, Kangasharju, Ketokivi, Luukkonen, Maliranta, Maula, Okko, Rouvinen, Sotarauta, Tanayama, Toivanen, Ylä-Anttila. 28 Oct. 2009. Evaluation of the Finnish National Innovation System – Policy Report. Taloustieto Oy.

22. The concept of a demand- and user-orientated innovation policy Source: Veugelers, Aiginger, Breznitz, Edquist, Murray, Ottaviano, Hyytinen, Kangasharju, Ketokivi, Luukkonen, Maliranta, Maula, Okko, Rouvinen, Sotarauta, Tanayama, Toivanen, Ylä-Anttila. 28 Oct. 2009. Evaluation of the Finnish National Innovation System – Policy Report. Taloustieto Oy.

23. A stylized illustration of the steps and interaction in innovative activity Source: Veugelers, Aiginger, Breznitz, Edquist, Murray, Ottaviano, Hyytinen, Kangasharju, Ketokivi, Luukkonen, Maliranta, Maula, Okko, Rouvinen, Sotarauta, Tanayama, Toivanen, Ylä-Anttila. 28 Oct. 2009. Evaluation of the Finnish National Innovation System – Policy Report. Taloustieto Oy.

24. The innovation system’s orientation evaluated by the actors of the system Source: Veugelers, Aiginger, Breznitz, Edquist, Murray, Ottaviano, Hyytinen, Kangasharju, Ketokivi, Luukkonen, Maliranta, Maula, Okko, Rouvinen, Sotarauta, Tanayama, Toivanen, Ylä-Anttila. 28 Oct. 2009. Evaluation of the Finnish National Innovation System – Policy Report. Taloustieto Oy.

25. Share of firms engaged in innovative activity that consider the source in question as being a very important (or important) contributor to their innovative activity Source: Veugelers, Aiginger, Breznitz, Edquist, Murray, Ottaviano, Hyytinen, Kangasharju, Ketokivi, Luukkonen, Maliranta, Maula, Okko, Rouvinen, Sotarauta, Tanayama, Toivanen, Ylä-Anttila. 28 Oct. 2009. Evaluation of the Finnish National Innovation System – Policy Report. Taloustieto Oy.

26. Distribution of Finnish innovative firms by the highest type of exercised user interaction in innovative activity Source: Veugelers, Aiginger, Breznitz, Edquist, Murray, Ottaviano, Hyytinen, Kangasharju, Ketokivi, Luukkonen, Maliranta, Maula, Okko, Rouvinen, Sotarauta, Tanayama, Toivanen, Ylä-Anttila. 28 Oct. 2009. Evaluation of the Finnish National Innovation System – Policy Report. Taloustieto Oy.

27. User interaction in innovative activity and labor productivity (value added per employee) Source: Veugelers, Aiginger, Breznitz, Edquist, Murray, Ottaviano, Hyytinen, Kangasharju, Ketokivi, Luukkonen, Maliranta, Maula, Okko, Rouvinen, Sotarauta, Tanayama, Toivanen, Ylä-Anttila. 28 Oct. 2009. Evaluation of the Finnish National Innovation System – Policy Report. Taloustieto Oy.

29. Correlation of the overall innovation index and globalization sub-indices regarding social (top), economic (bottom left), and political (bottom right) aspects 50556065707580859095100 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 AU AT BG CA HR CY CZ DK EE FI FR DE ELHU IS IL IT LV LT MT NO PL PT RO SK SI ES SE CH TR UK US Innovativeness Economic globalization BE IE LU NL 50556065707580859095100 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 AU AT BE BG CA HR CY CZ DK EE FI FR DE ELHU IS IE IL IT LV LT LU MT NL NO PL PT RO SK SI ES SE CH TR UK US Innovativeness Political globalization Source: Veugelers, Aiginger, Breznitz, Edquist, Murray, Ottaviano, Hyytinen, Kangasharju, Ketokivi, Luukkonen, Maliranta, Maula, Okko, Rouvinen, Sotarauta, Tanayama, Toivanen, Ylä-Anttila. 28 Oct. 2009. Evaluation of the Finnish National Innovation System – Policy Report. Taloustieto Oy.

30. Finland and the largest countries in terms of R&D in 2005 as % of the world total (left) as well as the 1995–2005 %-point changes (right) Source: Veugelers, Aiginger, Breznitz, Edquist, Murray, Ottaviano, Hyytinen, Kangasharju, Ketokivi, Luukkonen, Maliranta, Maula, Okko, Rouvinen, Sotarauta, Tanayama, Toivanen, Ylä-Anttila. 28 Oct. 2009. Evaluation of the Finnish National Innovation System – Policy Report. Taloustieto Oy.

31. The relationship between the relative innovative outputs (triadic patents per 1,000 of full-time-equivalent researchers) and inputs (full-time-equivalent researchers per capita) Source: Veugelers, Aiginger, Breznitz, Edquist, Murray, Ottaviano, Hyytinen, Kangasharju, Ketokivi, Luukkonen, Maliranta, Maula, Okko, Rouvinen, Sotarauta, Tanayama, Toivanen, Ylä-Anttila. 28 Oct. 2009. Evaluation of the Finnish National Innovation System – Policy Report. Taloustieto Oy.

32. Year 2005 ranking of countries according to a globalization index as well as the 1995–2005 changes in ranking Source: Veugelers, Aiginger, Breznitz, Edquist, Murray, Ottaviano, Hyytinen, Kangasharju, Ketokivi, Luukkonen, Maliranta, Maula, Okko, Rouvinen, Sotarauta, Tanayama, Toivanen, Ylä-Anttila. 28 Oct. 2009. Evaluation of the Finnish National Innovation System – Policy Report. Taloustieto Oy.

34. National VC investments versus R&D investments in 2006 Source: Veugelers, Aiginger, Breznitz, Edquist, Murray, Ottaviano, Hyytinen, Kangasharju, Ketokivi, Luukkonen, Maliranta, Maula, Okko, Rouvinen, Sotarauta, Tanayama, Toivanen, Ylä-Anttila. 28 Oct. 2009. Evaluation of the Finnish National Innovation System – Policy Report. Taloustieto Oy.

35. Respondents’ grades for the Finnish NIS overall (large circle) as well as for its ability to promote growth entrepreneurship and generate rapidly growing firms (small circle) Source: Veugelers, Aiginger, Breznitz, Edquist, Murray, Ottaviano, Hyytinen, Kangasharju, Ketokivi, Luukkonen, Maliranta, Maula, Okko, Rouvinen, Sotarauta, Tanayama, Toivanen, Ylä-Anttila. 28 Oct. 2009. Evaluation of the Finnish National Innovation System – Policy Report. Taloustieto Oy.

36. Shares of respondents considering tax incentives efficient in promoting growth firms in Finland Source: Veugelers, Aiginger, Breznitz, Edquist, Murray, Ottaviano, Hyytinen, Kangasharju, Ketokivi, Luukkonen, Maliranta, Maula, Okko, Rouvinen, Sotarauta, Tanayama, Toivanen, Ylä-Anttila. 28 Oct. 2009. Evaluation of the Finnish National Innovation System – Policy Report. Taloustieto Oy.

37. Share of small innovative companies considering the policy measure to be important for them Source: Veugelers, Aiginger, Breznitz, Edquist, Murray, Ottaviano, Hyytinen, Kangasharju, Ketokivi, Luukkonen, Maliranta, Maula, Okko, Rouvinen, Sotarauta, Tanayama, Toivanen, Ylä-Anttila. 28 Oct. 2009. Evaluation of the Finnish National Innovation System – Policy Report. Taloustieto Oy.

38. An outline of a streamlined public enterprise support system Source: Veugelers, Aiginger, Breznitz, Edquist, Murray, Ottaviano, Hyytinen, Kangasharju, Ketokivi, Luukkonen, Maliranta, Maula, Okko, Rouvinen, Sotarauta, Tanayama, Toivanen, Ylä-Anttila. 28 Oct. 2009. Evaluation of the Finnish National Innovation System – Policy Report. Taloustieto Oy.

40. Geographic origins of significant Finnish innovations Source: Veugelers, Aiginger, Breznitz, Edquist, Murray, Ottaviano, Hyytinen, Kangasharju, Ketokivi, Luukkonen, Maliranta, Maula, Okko, Rouvinen, Sotarauta, Tanayama, Toivanen, Ylä-Anttila. 28 Oct. 2009. Evaluation of the Finnish National Innovation System – Policy Report. Taloustieto Oy.

41. Geographical distribution of public R&D units Source: Veugelers, Aiginger, Breznitz, Edquist, Murray, Ottaviano, Hyytinen, Kangasharju, Ketokivi, Luukkonen, Maliranta, Maula, Okko, Rouvinen, Sotarauta, Tanayama, Toivanen, Ylä-Anttila. 28 Oct. 2009. Evaluation of the Finnish National Innovation System – Policy Report. Taloustieto Oy.

42. The effect of public innovation support on regional aggregate productivity Source: Veugelers, Aiginger, Breznitz, Edquist, Murray, Ottaviano, Hyytinen, Kangasharju, Ketokivi, Luukkonen, Maliranta, Maula, Okko, Rouvinen, Sotarauta, Tanayama, Toivanen, Ylä-Anttila. 28 Oct. 2009. Evaluation of the Finnish National Innovation System – Policy Report. Taloustieto Oy.

43. Respondents’ opinion on innovation policy and regional aspects Source: Veugelers, Aiginger, Breznitz, Edquist, Murray, Ottaviano, Hyytinen, Kangasharju, Ketokivi, Luukkonen, Maliranta, Maula, Okko, Rouvinen, Sotarauta, Tanayama, Toivanen, Ylä-Anttila. 28 Oct. 2009. Evaluation of the Finnish National Innovation System – Policy Report. Taloustieto Oy.

45. Shares of respondents considering that universities, polytechnics, and public research organizations (PROs) are successful in providing international first class research and research for national needs Source: Veugelers, Aiginger, Breznitz, Edquist, Murray, Ottaviano, Hyytinen, Kangasharju, Ketokivi, Luukkonen, Maliranta, Maula, Okko, Rouvinen, Sotarauta, Tanayama, Toivanen, Ylä-Anttila. 28 Oct. 2009. Evaluation of the Finnish National Innovation System – Policy Report. Taloustieto Oy.

46. Shares of respondents considering that universities, polytechnics, and public research organizations (PROs) are successful in providing experts for international and regional business activities Source: Veugelers, Aiginger, Breznitz, Edquist, Murray, Ottaviano, Hyytinen, Kangasharju, Ketokivi, Luukkonen, Maliranta, Maula, Okko, Rouvinen, Sotarauta, Tanayama, Toivanen, Ylä-Anttila. 28 Oct. 2009. Evaluation of the Finnish National Innovation System – Policy Report. Taloustieto Oy.

47. University department by size differentiating between countries and quality Source: Veugelers, Aiginger, Breznitz, Edquist, Murray, Ottaviano, Hyytinen, Kangasharju, Ketokivi, Luukkonen, Maliranta, Maula, Okko, Rouvinen, Sotarauta, Tanayama, Toivanen, Ylä-Anttila. 28 Oct. 2009. Evaluation of the Finnish National Innovation System – Policy Report. Taloustieto Oy.

48. Teachers and researchers from Finland (left) and to Finland (right) Source: Veugelers, Aiginger, Breznitz, Edquist, Murray, Ottaviano, Hyytinen, Kangasharju, Ketokivi, Luukkonen, Maliranta, Maula, Okko, Rouvinen, Sotarauta, Tanayama, Toivanen, Ylä-Anttila. 28 Oct. 2009. Evaluation of the Finnish National Innovation System – Policy Report. Taloustieto Oy.

49. Population-adjusted Shanghai rankings of top 500 universities relative to USA (=100) Source: Veugelers, Aiginger, Breznitz, Edquist, Murray, Ottaviano, Hyytinen, Kangasharju, Ketokivi, Luukkonen, Maliranta, Maula, Okko, Rouvinen, Sotarauta, Tanayama, Toivanen, Ylä-Anttila. 28 Oct. 2009. Evaluation of the Finnish National Innovation System – Policy Report. Taloustieto Oy.

50. Respondents view on the importance of the objectives of joint research projects between universities/polytechnics and firms (left) and the business needs involved (right) Source: Veugelers, Aiginger, Breznitz, Edquist, Murray, Ottaviano, Hyytinen, Kangasharju, Ketokivi, Luukkonen, Maliranta, Maula, Okko, Rouvinen, Sotarauta, Tanayama, Toivanen, Ylä-Anttila. 28 Oct. 2009. Evaluation of the Finnish National Innovation System – Policy Report. Taloustieto Oy.

51. An outline of a streamlined research and education structure Source: Veugelers, Aiginger, Breznitz, Edquist, Murray, Ottaviano, Hyytinen, Kangasharju, Ketokivi, Luukkonen, Maliranta, Maula, Okko, Rouvinen, Sotarauta, Tanayama, Toivanen, Ylä-Anttila. 28 Oct. 2009. Evaluation of the Finnish National Innovation System – Policy Report. Taloustieto Oy.

52. An outline of (public) actors and responsibilities in the Finnish NIS Source: Veugelers, Aiginger, Breznitz, Edquist, Murray, Ottaviano, Hyytinen, Kangasharju, Ketokivi, Luukkonen, Maliranta, Maula, Okko, Rouvinen, Sotarauta, Tanayama, Toivanen, Ylä-Anttila. 28 Oct. 2009. Evaluation of the Finnish National Innovation System – Policy Report. Taloustieto Oy.