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This report reviews some of the most recent literature examining the home country employment effects of internationalisation. A brief overview of the history of the internationalisation of Finnish firms is also presented. The general conclusion from the literature is that the absolute employment...
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increasing productivity in 12 manufacturing industries of four regions, and that increased international trade is a factor …
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the manufacturing and service sectors offshore outsourcing of services has a positive effect on employment. In addition it …, whereas in-house offshoring of R&D has a negative effect. Specific for the manufacturing sector is that offshore outsourcing …
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economies in the European Union. Specifically, using micro data for manufacturing and services over the period 2001-2009, we … acquisition. Our results indicate that foreign investors tend to acquire larger firms in both manufacturing and services. Other … characteristics of acquired firms differ across countries and between manufacturing and services. Taken together, our estimates …
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The euro area economic  crisis is largely a result of the competitiveness disparity between Germany and the rest of the euro area. The wage moderation in Germany has considerably improved  its competitiveness in relation to the rest of the euro area. Wage policy has been deflationary in...
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Information and communications technology, global value chains, and population ageing are changing the structures of the labour market. These three factors affect the tasks carried out in Finland in the future and the division of labour between humans and computers. The changes are taking place...
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We analyse the Sigma convergence (standard deviation divided by average) of purchasing power adjusted GDP per capita and GDP per hour worked in the European Union. We also link the development in income distribution as measured by Gini coefficients to convergence. With short pauses, there has...
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&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 …
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The paper considers growth and fluctuations in the Finnish economy in the post-war period starting from her long-run dual strategy vis-à-vis export markets in Western Europe and Russia. Finland has wanted to utilise the more rapid growth based on deeper integration in the former, but has...
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