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Innovaatiotoiminta - Suomi globaalitaloudessa. Loppuraportti
Hyvärinen, Jari - Elinkeinoelämän Tutkimuslaitos (ETLA) - 2012
have declined because of difficulties in telecommunication sector. Productivity analysis shows that high country-level R …&D expenditures as in Finland and the United States - have positive correlation with labour productivity in manufacturing. Moreover …, labour productivity in manufacturing in OECD countries relates positively with FDI and R&D expenditure growth. Also the level …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009399069
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Informational Mobility and Productivity - Finnish Evidence
Maliranta, Mika; Rouvinen, Petri - Elinkeinoelämän Tutkimuslaitos (ETLA) - 2004
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005818441
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The Research Environment in Flux Researchers Views on the Recent Changes in the Finnish Innovation System
Tahvanainen, Antti-Jussi; Nikulainen, Tuomo - Elinkeinoelämän Tutkimuslaitos (ETLA) - 2010
This study examines the researchers perspective on the impact of recent major changes in the Finnish research environment. Three virtually simultaneous changes are of special importance. The first is the on-going renewal of the Universities Act governing the Finnish higher education system in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008765838
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Do Business Subsidies Facilitate Employment Growth?
Koski, Heli; Pajarinen, Mika - Elinkeinoelämän Tutkimuslaitos (ETLA) - 2011
We use data from 15508 Finnish companies with 10 or more employees for the years 2003-2008 to explore the relationship between employment growth and three endogenously determined business subsidy types (i.e. employment subsidy, R&D subsidy and other business subsidies). We find a positive...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008784510
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Commercialization at Finnish Universities - Researchers Perspectives on the Motives and Challenges of Turning Science into Business
Tahvanainen, Antti-Jussi; Nikulainen, Tuomo - Elinkeinoelämän Tutkimuslaitos (ETLA) - 2011
For developed countries, continuous innovation has been a prerequisite for economic growth for some time. Because radical innovations often require considerable slack and freedom in researching the relevant underlying phenomena, universities are considered the primary loci for generating...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008794521
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How General Are General Purpose Technologies? Evidence from nano-, bio- and ICT-technologies in Finland
Nikulainen, Tuomo; Kulvik, Martti - Elinkeinoelämän Tutkimuslaitos (ETLA) - 2009
General purpose technologies (GPT) have a significant impact on economic activity through radical technological change and wide technological diffusion. This paper aims to address the generality of technologies associated with the GPT concept. Information and communications technologies (ICT),...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008578340
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Nanoteknologiastako seuraava yleiskäyttöinen teknologia? - Havaintoja Suomen näkökulmasta
Palmberg, Christopher - Elinkeinoelämän Tutkimuslaitos (ETLA) - 2007
Tuskin mihinkään muuhun teknologian kehittämiseen on sijoitettu maailmanlaajuisesti niin lyhyessä ajassa yhtä paljon julkisia varoja kuin nanoteknologiaan. Nanoteknologialla tarkoitetaan yleensä toiminnallisesti uudentyyppisiin materiaaleihin ja nanomittakaavan (1-100nm) rakenteisiin...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005749319
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Performance Improvement in Public Organizations, How to Leverage ICT Investments
Martikainen, Olli; Autere, Jussi; Nurmela, Markku - Elinkeinoelämän Tutkimuslaitos (ETLA) - 2006
contained in the conclusion, that performance objectives and methods of improving the public sector productivity are not similar … sector. In the private sector, all organizational levels usually get benefits from productivity improvements, but in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005700375
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Public R&D Subsidies and Employment Growth - Microeconomic Evidence from Finnish Firms
Koski, Heli - Elinkeinoelämän Tutkimuslaitos (ETLA) - 2008
This study empirically explores whether the public financial support for entrepreneurial R&D affects employment growth at the firm level. The data from the Finnish companies suggests that the firms that have received public R&D funding have not generally witnessed any greater employment growth...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005700394
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Finnish University Technology Transfer in a Whirl of Changes - a Brief Summary
Tahvanainen, Antti-Jussi - Elinkeinoelämän Tutkimuslaitos (ETLA) - 2009
universities with more financial and operational flexibility and autonomy and, thus, with better premises to fulfil the three …, the expected benefits of the renewal of the Universities Act mainly comprise of the increasing financial flexibility of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005025589