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The Provision and Effects of Company Training. A brief review of the literature

Asplund, Rita - Elinkeinoelämän Tutkimuslaitos (ETLA) - 2004

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The Effects of General and Firm-Spesific Training on Wages and Performance: Evidence from Banking

Jones, Derek; Kalmi, Panu; Kauhanen, Antti - Elinkeinoelämän Tutkimuslaitos (ETLA) - 2009

By using new panel data for Finnish banks we study the impact of training on wages and performance. To the best of our … knowledge, ours is the first paper to compare explicitly the effects of general and firmspecific workplace training on outcomes … for both employees and firms. Unlike much existing literature, we find stronger evidence that training improves worker …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004991244

Training and Hiring Strategies to Improve Firm Performance

Maliranta, Mika; Asplund, Rita - Elinkeinoelämän Tutkimuslaitos (ETLA) - 2007

: 1) providing formal training and 2) strategic recruitment and separation policy. The use of register-based longitudinal … employer-employee data supplemented with a survey on vocational training provides an opportunity to shed fresh light on the … training stimulates subsequent growth of performance but only when combined with the implementation of new process or product …

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Openness, Specialisation and Vulnerability of the Nordic Countries

Kaitila, Ville; Virkola, Tuomo - Elinkeinoelämän Tutkimuslaitos (ETLA) - 2014

In this paper we analyse to what extent the Nordic economies are vulnerable to external shocks. Specifi cally, we assess the conventional wisdom that the Nordic countries are small open economies that are sig nificantly engaged in international trade, specialised in only few specific industries...

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International Investment and Firm Performance: Empirical Evidence from Small Open Economies

Kaitila, Ville; McQuinn, John; Siedschlag, Iulia; … - Elinkeinoelämän Tutkimuslaitos (ETLA) - 2013

Abstract: This paper examines the causal link between foreign investment and firm performance in six small open economies in the European Union. Specifically, using micro data for manufacturing and services over the period 2001-2009, we analyse the effects of foreign mergers and acquisitions on...

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Business and Intellectual Capital Development in Financial Riptide - Case Studies of Finnish Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Companies Dispersing into Global Value Chains

Kulvik, Martti; Tähtinen, Marja; Ylä-Anttila, Pekka - Elinkeinoelämän Tutkimuslaitos (ETLA) - 2013

This study focused on two primary areas: 1. To determine what can be learned from biotech and drug development companies that suffered from financial problems and ultimately failed at the beginning of the 21st century. 2. To determine how intellectual capital developed in accordance with such...

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Future labour markets

Kauhanen, Antti - Elinkeinoelämän Tutkimuslaitos (ETLA) - 2014

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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Micro Level Dynamics of Productivity Growth. An Empirical Analysis of the Great Leap in Finnish Manufacturing Productivity in 1975-2000

Maliranta, Mika - Elinkeinoelämän Tutkimuslaitos (ETLA) - 2003

This study analyses the dynamics of productivity growth at the micro level in Finnish manufacturing industries. It is shown that productivity-enhancing restructuring (so-called “creative destruction”) has played a crucial role especially since the mid-1980s. Empirical evidence is provided...

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Essays on the Gender Wage Gap in Finland

Napari, Sami - Elinkeinoelämän Tutkimuslaitos (ETLA) - 2008

This dissertation is an empirical study of the gender wage gap in Finland. Much of the dissertation focuses explicitly on the early career as it is found that the first years after labour market entry are of great importance with respect to the overall gender wage gap. The dissertation consists...

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How foreign companies in Finland differ from Finnish-owned enterprises? (In Finnish with English abstract)

Kaitila, Ville - Elinkeinoelämän Tutkimuslaitos (ETLA) - 2012

We analyse foreign-owned companies operating in Finland and compare them with domestic non-multinational firms while controlling separately for domestic multinational firms. The statistical and micro-econometric analysis is done using Statistics Finland data that contain all firms with at least...

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