It was not possible to maintain the high pace of growth by a company mainly based in Finnish markets. They had to seek growth from abroad. Also the drivers for economic growth were changing in the 1980s: According to professor Matti Pohjola, up until the mid-seventies investment of physical capital was the main driver of productivity and growth in Finland.
It was only from the end of 1970s onwards, when human capital, like investments in education and R&D started to dominate. One of the trends of the late 1970s and the early 1980s was that the baby boomers were increasingly entering the top positions in business and politics.