Seminar paper from the year 2008 in the subject Business economics - Miscellaneous, grade: 2, 2, International Business Academy, course: English Society, Business Communication & Culture: World Englishes, 8 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: This paper deals with the English language in Finnish education and business. Furthermore, it shows how success and language skills are linked to each other, especially under the aspect of intercultural communication. Some examples show what kind of communication problems might emerge, when Finns communicate with native English speakers.