International literature suggests that productivity growth of the global frontier firms – those in the best five … productivity of the Finnish frontier firms does not diverge from the others to such a degree as in the international comparisons …

employment, especially among young and small companies. Impacts on the productivity are, however, uncertain. Cooperation of … help firms to grow larger but do not improve their productivity. …

on productivity growth, we estimate that Finland could achieve an annual growth rate of about 2 per cent in the coming 5 …

China is still a poor developing country. Since 1978, when the economy started to move in a more market …-oriented direction, China has grown to become an influential player in the global economy. China has actively aimed to take part in the … international division of labour. For example, in 2002 it became a member of the World Trade Organization (WTO). China's foreign …