Front page News News Artificial intelligence and digitalisation to accelerate the sustainable growth of SMEs Artificial intelligence and digitalisation to accelerate the sustainable growth of SMEs 11.5.2021 The aim of the AI 4.0 development package of the Ministry of Employment and the Economy is to strengthen Finland’s economic, ecological and social sustainability approach through the application of intelligent technologies and the data business. MDI facilitates the pre-programme strategy process for the sustainable digitisation of manufacturing industry in Finland. The Ministry of Employment and the Economy published the first interim report on its programme, in which MDI’s handprint appears in the form of user stories, among other things. They emerged from business interviews with manufacturing SMEs and in relation to the various other materials used in and generated by the strategy work. The stories describe archetypal companies, operating environments and personalities through which to best describe the challenges of sustainable digitalisation and in particular the introduction of artificial intelligence into SMEs.The stories include both the current situation, which describes the identified challenges and a number of positive future scenarios which describe how companies are leveraging digitalisation to grow their businesses. – The user stories raise concrete challenges in terms of the introduction of new technology. In order to make better use of artificial intelligence and digitalisation, SMEs need new types of value networks, competence development and strong R&D cooperation in which universities and large companies are also involved, says leading expert Veera Mustonen. Materials Artificial Intelligence 4.0 Program: The first interim report from the start-up phase to the implementation phase Share to Share to: facebook Share to: linkedin Share to: twitter
Station areas are organic and locally driven entities News 30.11.2023 Experts from MDI and FCG have been exploring models for the development of station areas, op-portunities for EU funding and ways to projectise the development work of different types of station areas during the autumn. Read more Station areas are organic and locally driven entities
Multi-functional development of station areas News 28.11.2023 In the early autumn period, MDI and FCG worked on the development of the Asemanseutu project which is part of the project package – Vitality for Urban Regions. The work undertaken clarified the basic models for the multi-functional development of station areas, as well as providing recommendations for their development and financing. Read more Multi-functional development of station areas
Addressing the Gender and Diversity Paradoxes in Innovation — Towards a More Inclusive Policy Design News 5.4.2023 Kaisa Lähteenmäki-Smith Kirsi Siltanen Laura Väliniemi Implicit norms and structural disadvantages derive from previous innovation policies and therefore policies need to be redesigned. Read more Addressing the Gender and Diversity Paradoxes in Innovation — Towards a More Inclusive Policy Design
