• Greater Helsinki
  • A compact, green and healthy city
  • Highly educated professionals
  • Population and workforce
  • Strategic location between East and West
  • The economy of Greater Helsinki
• Finland
  • International accessibility
  • Population and workforce
  • The Finnish Economy
• Baltic Sea Region
  • Population and workforce
  • The economy of the Baltic Sea region
• The Economy
  • Driving force of the Finnish economy
  • Environmental Performance
• Costs
  • Additional costs
  • Salary costs and contributions
• Ecosystems
  • Demographics of business
  • Global corporate B2B brands in Finland
  • International business environment
  • Key ecosystems
    • Cleantech
    • Design & Creativity
    • ICT
    • KIBS, Knowledge Intensive Business Services
    • Life Sciences
    • Logistics
  • Venture Capital
• Workforce
  • Employment
  • Level of education
    • Skills
  • Productivity
• R&D&I (Research, Development & Innovation)
  • Benchmarking the Finnish innovation system
  • Independent research institutes located in Helsinki, Espoo and Vantaa
  • Patents
    • Domestic companies with the highest number of patent applications filed in 2010
  • R&D expenditure
  • R&D&I support organizations in Greater Helsinki Region
  • Research institutions and communities of science
  • The basic science and innovation profile of Finland as a radar graph
  • The objectives of Finnish innovation policy and funding of R&D 2011-2015
  • Universities and universities of applied sciences
• Infrastructure
  • Business districts
  • Commuting times
  • Well developed and functioning infrastructure
• Taxes

Creative industries refers to areas of business or industries which have their origin in individual creativity, skill and talent and which have a potential for wealth and job creation through the generation and exploitation of intellectual property. They create intangible value in the form of, for example, brands and patents. The importance of the creative industries for the Finnish economy is huge and continuously growing.

The Design&Creativity ecosystem in Helsinki is broadly divided into advertising, architecture and engineering, design, film, mass media, games, music, performing arts, publishing and visual arts. The strongholds within the D&C ecosystem are animation, architecture and engineering, audiovisual production, music production services, design management, graphic design, interior design & furnishing, industrial design, mobile game development, online game development and video game development.