Economic development strategy follow-up – Ability to react in the changing international operating environment

The year 2022 has brought global upheavals in corporate operations and the operating environment. The fastest-growing companies in the Tampere city region are intertwined in their value chains with the global economy and the changes taking place in it. The war in Europe, rapidly accelerating inflation, massive shortages of raw materials and delays in supply chains are factors that directly or indirectly affect the operations of almost all technology and industrial companies. Although the city region cannot control global trends, it can prepare and improve its resilience in various ways, such as by actively adapting to international labour mobility and investing in self-sufficiency in critical technology areas. As the security situation in Europe changes rapidly, the country risk in Finland also appears to be different from the point of view of international business and the mobility of professionals. Safety and the increase in country risk must be assessed in each sector, and measures that we can take as a city region must be identified.