Suomen arvonlisäys työtuntia kohden oli EU15, Yhdysvaltoja, Saksaa ja Ruotsia huonompi vuonna 1997. Tehdasteollisuudessa ja sen viidellä alatoimialalla sekä rakentamisessa ja tukkukaupassa Suomen työn tuottavuuden taso oli korkeampi kuin vertailumaissa. Vuonna 2004 Suomen työn tuottavuus...

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...

The report analyses the impacts of globalization on competitiveness of national economies, industries and firms. The focus is in mechanical and electrical engineering and machinery. Global division of labor has significantly changed over the past few decades when the large emerging economies -...

The report analyses the impacts of globalization on competitiveness of national economies, industries and firms. The focus is in mechanical and electrical engineering and machinery. Global division of labor has significantly changed over the past few decades when the large emerging economies -...

International literature suggests that productivity growth of the global frontier firms – those in the best five percent – has diverged from the others during the 2000s. We study this issue using Finnish firm-level data. We find that the productivity of the Finnish frontier firms does not...

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...

Tutkimuksessa arvioidaan tuotekehityksen vaikutuksia toimialojen ja koko talouden tuotantoon ja tuottavuuteen. Merkittävin ero aiempaan tutkimukseen on se, että tuotannon laadun paranemisen ja uusien tuotteiden kehittämisen kautta kanavoituvia tuotekehityksen vaikutuksia toimialojen tuotannon...