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This paper investigates trade potential, intra-industry trade and comparative advantage in the Baltic Sea Region. The evaluation of regions comparative advantage and intra-industry trade are based on the Balassa index of revealed comparative advantage and the Grubel-Lloyd index respectively. The...
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The study examines the developments in production structures in Finnish regions and the differences in regional income levels and the causes that affect them in an integrating global economy as well as the challenges facing regional policies. The increasing openness of the world economy, the...
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We analyse how comparative advantage and specialisation in foreign trade have formed with respect to factors of production. We divide 217 different sectors of manufacturing into six different classes depending on how capital, labour and knowledge-intensive the production is. We use average wages...
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This paper explores the effects of outsourcing on employee well-being through the use of the Finnish linked employer …-employee data. The direct negative effect of outsourcing is attributable to greater job destruction and worker outflow. In terms of … perceived well-being, the winners in international outsourcing are those who are capable of performing interactive tasks (i …
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produced in Finland, and 58–59%, if the production is outsourced. In conclusion, the results show that outsourcing offshore is …, since the outsourcing partners create only 2% of the total value added. …
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use selective ICT outsourcing strategy, 2) they tend to involve more internal units closely to innovation activities and 3 …
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This study analyses the extent of outsourcing in Finnish manufacturing. We find that in the early 2000s, 60% of … regions, the offshore outsourcing concerns mainly production activities, and to a lesser extent R&D. The study also analyses …
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