Business portals, projects and information sources
- EU
- Finland
- Barentskeskus Finland Oy - Barentskeskus Finland Oy on pohjoissuomalaisten maakuntien liittojen, kaupunkien, kuntien ja korkeakoulujen omistama yhtiö, joka on perustettu palvelemaan suomalaisia yrityksiä ja aluekehittäjiä Barentsin alueeseen liittyvissä kysymyksissä. Yhtiön kotipaikka on Rovaniemi.
- Business Developer Rovaniemen kehitys - in Finnish and English.
- Compiler Trade web site - portal to eastern markets and Finland.
- Contact Finland directory provides companies and investors interested in Finland with information, contact details, business services and partners.
- Country briefing by Economist.com
- Deloitte: International Tax and Business Guide - Finland
- EK:n Venäjä-verkko on erityisesti pk-yrityksille
- Elinkeinoelämän EU-Venäjä-yhteistyö
- Elinkeinopainotteinen Barents-strategia, Venäjä -hankkeen tulokset on laadittu laajapohjaisena yhteistyönä Barentsin alueen asiantuntijoiden ja alueella toimivien yritysten kanssa.
- ETLA - research institute of the Finnish economy
- Federation of Finnish Enterprises - in English, Finnish and Swedish.
- Finnish-Russian Chamber of Commerce (FRCC)
- Inari Municipal Business Company / Elinkeinoyhtiö InLike - edistää Inarin kunnan elinkeinotoimintaa. Yritysrekisteri / List of businesses in Inari
- Investinfinland.fi - information for companies who are planning on investing in Finland.
- Keskuskauppakamari - Venäjän kaupan tietolähteitä
- KHC-Group - business services for Barents region - only in Finnish.
- Luoteis-Venäjän business-barometri 2011
- Luoteis-Venäjän uutiskirje marras-joulukuu 2011
- Offshore Technology Center Ltd (OTC) - OTC’s goal is to initiate and promote cooperation within the offshore industry in order to support existing and future business with Russia and other FSU republics in the oil and gas sector. - in Finnish and English.
- Partnerbook.fi - Partnerbook promotes networking of industrial companies and experts. Portaali, joka yhdistää teollisuusyritykset ja ammattilaiset, helpottaen osaajien ja tarvitsijoiden kohtaamista (english, swedish, finnish, russian)
- Perspectives of Northern EU Integration 8.6.2010 (PDF, 3 Mt)
- Rusgate.fi - suomalainen uutis- ja markkinatietopalvelu, joka tuottaa ja koostaa erityisesti liike-elämää palvelevaa Venäjä -tietoa
- Russia Forum markkinapaikka tekee mahdolliseksi tietojen vaihdon b2b ja teollisuusyritysten välillä.
- Suomalais-Venäläinen kauppakamariyhdistys ry (SVKK)
- Suomen yrittäjät - Barents aiheisia linkkejä
- The Ministry for Foreign Affairs promotes the security and welfare of Finland and the Finns, and works for a secure and fair world. - Speeches with all of the search words barents trade*
- ThinkBarents - Lapin korkeakoulukonsernin yhteinen ESR-hanke, jonka tavoitteena on tuottaa tarvelähtöistä ja ajantasaista tietoa Venäjän Barentsin alueesta elinkeinoelämän, tutkimuksen ja kehittämistoiminnan tueksi.
- Turun kauppakorkeakoulu / Turku School of Economics (TSE) - Articles about business in Russia
- Virtual Finland - comprehensive collection of links related to the Finnish economy.
- Norway
- Barentsnova - web-page for the Norwegian-Russian innovation centers Polar Star in Murmansk and North Star in Arkhangelsk. Contains practical information, list of relevant companies and organizations, description of innovation system in Norway and Northwest Russia
- Bedin - Company information for Norway - how to create, develop or expand business in Norway.
- Business and industry in Norway - Norwegian Government
- Business Barometer for North-Norway 2008 (pdf) - only in Norwegian
- Business links of Norway - Facts about foreign employers and emplyees, imigration, taxes, public sector, stock exchange and chambers of commerce.
- Brønnøysund Register Centre - a government body under the Norwegian Ministry of Trade and Industry, and consists of several different national computerised registers.
- Country briefing by Economist.com
- Deloitte: International Tax and Business Guide - Norway
- Innovation Norway - promotes nationwide industrial development profitable to both the business economy and Norway’s national economy, and helps release the potential of different districts and regions by contributing towards innovation, internationalisation and promotion.
- Ministry of Trade and Industry
- Ministry of Petroleum and Energy
- nettnord.no - tradeportal for North-Troms - only in Norwegian
- Norwegian Trade Portal - list of companies in each county
- Tax Administration
- SIVA - The Industrial Development Corporation of Norway (in Norwegian, English and Russian).
- Russia
(Many of the pages are in russian. You can use http://translate.google.com, for a rough translation and quick help.)
- Association of European Businesses - promotes the interests of European companies conducting business in and with the Russian Federation.
- Barentsnova - wide background information for investors
- B-port.com - Business News from Murmansk Oblast, in Russian
- Business resources in the Murmansk region - a catalogue of business resources: banks, publishers, marketing, estate property, law and customs
- Country briefing by Economist.com
- Deloitte: Doing business in Russia 2010
- eLigne Agency - headquartered in Strasbourg, France, is a company providing solutions for small- and mid-size European companies planning to enter the russian marketplace.
- Exponet.ru - business exhibitions of Russia. Search by cities or by topics.
- Export capabilities of Russia - Russian Federation government export portal
- Federal Tax Service - government of Russian Federation, tax authorities in the Northern Region of Russia. In English and Russian
- Grand Encyclopaedia of Russian goods and services producers - search the Companies by regions (Arkhangelsk, Karelia, Komi, Murmansk, Nenets)
- Information and Analytical Agency “AK&M” - Agency’s traditional specialization is financial, stock exchange and general economic information.
- Information exchange network SIORA - service business network that offers a wide range of services for business organization and development. Information exchange network of the Russian Agency for Support of Small and Middle Business.
- Information for establishing enterprise in Murmansk and Arkhangelsk regions - by Barentsnova.com
- Information Portal for Small Business in the Republic of Komi
- Interfax Information Services Group provides news and other information products that are essential for decision-makers in politics and business
- Karelian business portal, in Russian
- Karelia for the investor - The website provides information on the economy of the Republic of Karelia, investment and investment projects implemented in the republic, the regulatory framework for investment.
- KGMK - Kola Mining and Metallurgical Company
- Komi business - Komi business, including news, general information like Who is who.
- Ministry for Economic Development and Trade of Russian Federation (in English and in Russian)
- Murmansk Business News - in Russian
- Murmansk financial server - bank news, insurance, database of companies, in Russian. Here is the site in English with Google Translate
- Novgorod region, Territorial body of Federal State Statistics Service
- Promoting foreign direct investments in emerging markets - World Bank Group
- PWC: Doing Business and Investing in the Russian Federation 2010
- Regional authorities:
- Rosfirm.ru: B2B -portal
- Russian Business
- Russia Forum Добро пожаловать на торговую площадку. Торговая площадка Russia Forum обеспечивает взаимодействие между компаниями b2b и промышленными предприятиями.
- Russian Law News - Analysis of major changes in Russian legislation affecting business and investmentactivities
- Russian Newspapers, Magazines, and News Sites in English
- Russian union of industrials and entrepreneurs (RSSP)
- Russian union of small and medium-sized enterprises (OPORA)
- Small business resource centre site - a separate non-profit organization dealing with research and information acquisition in the field of small business.
- St. Petersburg Foundation for SME Development - non governmental business support institution and consultancy.
- Sweden
Enterprise directories
- Finland
- Norway
- Nortrade - Directory of Norwegian business and trade organizations.
- Gule sider - The yellowpages of Norwegian buisness. Category search, location search, number search and maps.
- Your district - With local directories to all enterprises in all municipalities in Norway. (only in Norwegian).
- Russia
- Industry in the Murmansk region - a catalogue, mining, metallurgy, oil and gas, food, fish industry, heat and power engineering
- Arkhangelsk Region directory of enterprises - over 500 enterprises and organizations - in Russian only.
- Yellow pages of Russia - search by towns and sectors (administration, business, culture, education, science, transport, etc.)
- Russia Forum e-marketplace, which makes an information exchange and cooperation between b2b and industrial companies possible. It supports the development of companies and industry on the international level.
- Sweden
Financing
- Tekes – the Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation is the main public funding organisation for research, development and innovation in Finland.
- The Foundation for Finnish Inventions screens and evaluates inventions and innovative ideas generated by private persons and start-up companies and helps to develop them into businesses.
- Finnish-Russian Chamber of Commerce (FRCC)
- The New Eurasia Foundation - supports also the development of entrepreneurship, especially small and medium-sized.
- Norrlandsfonden - The Norrland Fund, provides flexible last mortgage loans for start-ups, development and expansion, primarily to small and medium-sized manufacturing and service-providing enterprises in North Sweden.
- Lunova - Lunova AB was established to provide seed capital and business advice to start-up companies that have a connection with Luleå University of Technology.
- Industrifonden - a large multi-sector, early stage investor in Swedish growth companies.
- See also: Funding pages in the portal
- NorInnova - Norinnova is an innovation company with the main objective to commercialize new business ideas based on research activities and new technologies through the use of competence, contact network, capital and creative environments.
- Centres for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment (Finland) - The tasks of the Centres comprise those of the former Employment and Economic Centres, Road Districts, Regional Environmental Centres and State Provincial Offices. The Centres operate in close collaboration with the Regional Councils.
Projects, research
Misc links