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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. …
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There is a lack of comprehensive information on the quality of management in Finland as compared to other countries. Funded by the Strategic Research Council, the Skills, Education and the Future of Work research project has started filling this gap. As part of the project, an extensive survey...
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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 …
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on productivity growth, we estimate that Finland could achieve an annual growth rate of about 2 per cent in the coming 5 …
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We characterize increases and decreases in plant-product -level output sales in the Finnish manufacturing sector during years 2006 to 2015. We show that during the recession of 2008 to 2009, the intensity of variation in plant-product -level sales diminished, and it took several years until the...
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Corporate investment is crucial for productivity growth. When economic growth is sluggish and productivity growth weak … connection between public indebtedness and productivity growth from the point of view of private investment. According to … existing economic research, public debt crowds out private investment slowing down both economic and productivity growth. Our …
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the development of the value added, productivity, profitability or employment of target companies when compared with the …
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on productivity in the Helsinki region, utilizing extensive registry data. We find that improved job to job accessibility …
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We assess Finland’s competitiveness in the light of various, mainly short-term indicators. It turns out that the weak export market performance over the last few years is linked to the deterioration of profitability of production in Finland. A better export and employment performance requires...
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We summarize and compare previous studies considering the impact of R&D subsidies on firm-level labor productivity … on its client firms’ labor productivity. These studies go astray from the outset, however, as they neither measure what …
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