6. Bridges for Finland–India Business

This chapter introduces questions of interest to business enterprises and policy-makers in the context of building bridges for structuring Finland–India business. The bridges and modalities are asymmetric because of the cultural and institutional differences discussed in previous Chaps. 4 and 5. There are also differences on other dimensions such as planning processes, stakeholder involvement, competition policies, ease of doing business, nature of contracts, trust in public–private partnerships, and the scope for statal and parastatal involvement in private business in the two countries. Four gateways are discussed in this chapter B2C (business to consumers), B2B (business to business), B2G (business to government), and G2G (government to government). The chapter also notes Finnish companies that already do business in India and Indian firms that do business in Finland as exemplars who have bridged the chasms and can inspire others.