Aineiston nimi

Rural Finland 2009: Business Executives

Aineiston rinnakkainen nimi

Landmarks Barometer 2009: Business Executives

Aineistonumero

FSD2572

Pysyvät tunnisteet

https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2572
https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd2572

Aineiston laatu

Kvantitatiivinen aineisto

Tekijät

• Kurunmäki, Seija (Kuule)
• Leppänen, Anne (Kuule)
• Hellström, Eeva (Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra. Landmarks Programme)
• Aho, Pauliina (Taloustutkimus)

Sisällön kuvaus

The survey studied opinions on economic life and business opportunities in rural areas in Finland. The respondents were top-level managers of Finnish enterprises. The barometer was developed for the Landsmarks Programme carried out by the Finnish Innovation Fund (Sitra).

First, the respondents were asked to what extent a number of factors increased business opportunities in rural areas. The factors mentioned included, for instance, global demand for natural resources, increase in holiday housing, better opportunities for telework, privatisation of public services. The respondents were also asked to what extent a number of factors were a barrier to utilising business opportunities in rural areas. Factors mentioned included lack of competent staff, long distances, difficult access to services, insufficient infrastructure etc.

One theme pertained to teleworking (telecommuting). Questions covered telework in the respondent's own organisation, and potential barriers to teleworking such as, for instance, more complicated communication between co-workers, insufficient data security, more complicated employee supervision.

The respondents were presented with pairs of statements relating to the countryside, its image and services and asked which statements were closer to their own views. Some questions explored what kind of business ventures they though could have potential in the countryside (e.g. logistics services, organic production, renewable energy production), and what they saw as the most important goals for rural development in terms of their own industry. The goals mentioned included, for instance, better coordination of rural development, improved telecommunications network, preserving cultural heritage.

Further questions studied what the respondents believed the countryside would be like in 2020 and what they hoped it would be like in 2020. The possible future images mentioned included, for example, 'many people live and telework in the countryside', 'its tourism flourishes', 'it is depopulated'.

Background variables included the number of employees, industrial sector and revenue of the enterprise, region (NUTS3) and municipality.

Asiasanat

businesses; image; rural areas; rural environment; rural policy; rural sociology; telework; top management

Tieteenala/Aihealue

• Social sciences (OKM:n tieteenalaluokitus)
• Agriculture and forestry (OKM:n tieteenalaluokitus)
• Agriculture and rural industry (CESSDAn aihepiiriluokitus)
• Housing (CESSDAn aihepiiriluokitus)

Sarja

Rural Finland

Jakelija

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Käyttöoikeudet

The dataset is (B) available for research, teaching and study.

Kerääjät

• Taloustutkimus
• Kuule

Tuottajat

• Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra. Landmarks Programme

Ajallinen kattavuus

2009

Aineistonkeruun ajankohta

2009-09-30 – 2009-10-06

Maa

Finland

Kohdealue

Finland

Havaintoyksikkötyyppi

Individual

Perusjoukko/otos

Top management of Finnish enterprises (executive directors, development managers, financial directors etc.)

Tutkimuksen aikaulottuvuus

Longitudinal: Trend/Repeated cross-section

Otantamenetelmä

Non-probability: Purposive

The sample of top managers was based on a nationally representative sample of Finnish enterprises (in terms of industrial class and number of employees).

Keruumenetelmä

Self-administered questionnaire: Web-based (CAWI)

Keruuväline tai –ohje

Structured questionnaire

Datatiedostojen kieli

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Aineisto sisältää datatiedostoja seuraavilla kielillä: suomi.

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Datan versio

2.0

Painokertoimet

There are no weight variables in the data.

Viittausvaatimus

The data and its creators shall be cited in all publications and presentations for which the data have been used. The bibliographic citation may be in the form suggested by the archive or in the form required by the publication.

Malliviittaus

Kurunmäki, Seija (Kuule) & Leppänen, Anne (Kuule) & Hellström, Eeva (Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra) & Aho, Pauliina (Taloustutkimus): Rural Finland 2009: Business Executives [dataset]. Version 2.0 (2018-07-20). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2572

Julkaisusta tiedottaminen

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Varaumat

The original data creators and the archive bear no responsibility for any results or interpretations arising from the reuse of the data.

Julkaisut aineistosta

Maamerkit-barometri 2009. Muuttuva maaseutusuhde (2010) [verkkodokumentti]. Helsinki: Suomen itsenäisyyden juhlarahasto Sitra. Maamerkit-ohjelma. http://www.sitra.fi/NR/rdonlyres/FC2E84B8-FD87-4746-9D87-8C9C4CDBE4FD/0/Maamerkit_Barometri_2009.pdf [viitattu 7.10.2016].