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The Nature of the Finnish Competitiveness Problem
Maliranta, Mika; Vihriälä, Vesa - Elinkeinoelämän Tutkimuslaitos (ETLA) - 2013
We assess Finland’s competitiveness in the light of various, mainly short-term indicators. It turns out that the weak export market performance over the last few years is linked to the deterioration of profitability of production in Finland. A better export and employment performance requires...
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Globalization, occupational restructuring and firm performance
Maliranta, Mika - Elinkeinoelämän Tutkimuslaitos (ETLA) - 2013
occupational structures when explaining productivity and profitability gaps between global and local firms. The findings indicate … reflected in their productivity, it is not as clearly reflected in their profitability.The findings imply that employees have … captured a dominant share of the productivity advantage of global firms. …
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Training and Hiring Strategies to Improve Firm Performance
Maliranta, Mika; Asplund, Rita - Elinkeinoelämän Tutkimuslaitos (ETLA) - 2007
technology. Hiring highly skilled workers is initially costly to firms but is productivity-enhancing in the long run. …
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