Ari Hyytinen and Tuomas Takalo Bio
Dr. Hyytinen works currently as Professor of Economics at the School of Business and Economics at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland. Before joining the university, he worked at the Financial Markets and Statistics Department of the Bank of Finland and at the Research Institute of the Finnish Economy (ETLA). Dr. Hyytinen is a Member of the Scientific Economic Council of the Finnish Ministry of Finance, an Associate Research Fellow of the Research Institute of the Finnish Economy (ETLA), a Docent (Adjunct Professor) of Helsinki School of Economics, and a Member of the Financial Sector Committee of the Central Finland Chamber of Commerce. Dr. Hyytinen’s research interests include small business finance and banking, economics of entrepreneurship and industrial economics.