Enhancing Firm Competitiveness and Growth with Market-Centric Capabilities

Although Finland ranks highly in global innovation statistics, the country continues to struggle with turning innovations into international commercial success.

The “Enhancing Firm Competitiveness and Growth with Market-Centric Capabilities” project aims to develop a diagnostic tool for assessing market-centric capabilities—the routines through which firms sense customer needs and opportunities, translate insights into new offerings, and mobilize partners and resources.

By making these capabilities measurable and actionable, the project provides businesses with a clear roadmap for scaling innovation. The ultimate goal is to help Finnish firms commercialize their innovations, grow, and compete internationally.

Project Information

Duration of the project: 01.01.2026 - 01.05.2028
Budget: 120 000 €
Funded by The Foundation for Economic Education

We want to focus on identifying, measuring, and validating the importance of market-centric capabilities for successful innovation scaling. We plan to examine these capabilities for Finnish and Nordic firms and understand their development and relation to growth.

— Principal Investigator, Professor Johanna Gummerus