Innovation in the World's Happiest Country Finland
summary
Finland has 5.5 million people with a 2.2 million workforce, a 37.5‑hour standard workweek and 2.8% of GDP spent on R&D, producing 6,525 researchers per million inhabitants. Global brands like Angry Birds and Nokia emerge alongside public investments (≈540M€ in energy projects) and active R&D in AI/ML, IoT, robotics, gaming, quantum and 6G. Kiku group runs engineering centers and a recruitment arm (Filin Bangalore), employs ~850 people, holds a shipyard stake and supplies Finnish manufacturers — projects run end‑to‑end with placements and visas.
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chapters (7)
- 0:00Introduction to Finland
- 4:12Work life balance in Finland
- 7:46Finland's global rankings
- 10:17Finland's innovation ecosystem
- 13:48Kiku Group's role in Finland
- 18:24Recruitment process for Finland
- 20:58Q&A session
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