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Esiselvitys yhteiskunnallisesta yrittämisestä: Katsaua yhteiskunnallisiin yrityksiin ja vaikuttavuusinvestoimiseen Suomessa

Kotiranta, Annu; Widgrén, Joona - 2015

The aim of this report has been to produce an analysis of the state of the social enterprises in Finland. Based on a comprehensive survey, there are roughly 19 000 social enterprises in Finland that employ around 125 000 persons. These estimates produced in this report multiply the views on the...

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Offshoring R&D

Tuhkuri, Joonas; Lööf, Hans; Mohammadi, Ali; … - 2016

This paper explores offshoring of firms’ research and development functions. Our analysis employs a previously untapped and unique Eurostat International Sourcing Survey. The results are easy to summarize. First, the magnitude of R&D offshoring is small. Second, a large majority of R&D is...

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Innovator Mobility in Finland and Denmark

Bagger, Jesper; Maliranta, Mika; Määttänen, Niku; … - 2016

Workers have different abilities in research, development and innovation (R&D&I) activities. Firms have different … “prospects for innovation”. Innovation is facilitated by matching innovators, i.e. workers that are specialized in R&D&I to firms … with good prospects for innovation. Aggregate productivity growth requires that firms with the best prospects for …

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Firm Subsidies, Wages and Labor Mobility

Maliranta, Mika; Määttänen, Niku; Pajarinen, Mika - 2016

The bulk of innovation subsidies in Finland are allocated to firms in industries where the employment share of … among young firms. At the firm level, an increase in innovation subsidies is typically associated with an inflow of … innovators from high-productivity firms. These findings suggest that innovation subsidies contribute to economic renewal and the …

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Katsaus yritysten kasvuun ja sitä koskeviin politiikkatoimiin

Ali-Yrkkö, Jyrki; Kotiranta, Annu; Ylhäinen, Ilkka - 2017

This report is a synthesis of the previous literature analyzing the role of different types of companies on economic growth and employment, and an overlook on the impacts of different policy measures on companies. The role of large companies in the economy is still significant, although...

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Tulevaisuuden työmarkkinat

Kauhanen, Antti - 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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Unlocking lending in Europe

Bending, Tim; Berndt, Markus; Betz, Frank; Brutscher, … - 2014

In the wake of the crisis, the capacity of many banks to lend to relatively high-risk sectors such as SMEs and young, innovative firms is seriously impaired by capital constraints and a strong deterioration in the quality of the assets on their balance sheets. Looking forward, it is vital that...

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