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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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This study analyzes trends in specialization of the Finnish industry since the 1980s. Low technology industries, such as pulp and paper, have had traditionally a large proportion of the Finnish industrial output. During the recent decades their share of output has decreased significantly and...
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of education and firm-level sophistication increase labour productivity. China's role as global production factory and … have declined because of difficulties in telecommunication sector. Productivity analysis shows that high country-level R …&D expenditures - as in Finland and the United States - have positive correlation with labour productivity in manufacturing. Moreover …
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number of exogenous factors. According to the results, foreign-owned firms have higher productivity than domestic non …-multinational firms. There is no difference in the average growth rate of productivity if the difference in levels is not controlled …. Accordingly, a shift to foreign ownership has, on average, not affected the growth rate of productivity. The results concerning …
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productivity rise the wage hikes should be linked. In this paper we examine the economy-wide productivity rise vs the industry …-level rise in productivity as a basis for a wage norm. We evaluate the consequences of these alternatives from the point of view … which takes the aggregate productivity rise as its norm, has given room for the profitable industries to grow, but, on the …
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. Firstly, it compares the quality and productivity based on international statistics and research reports, and R&D&I activities … the role of ICT for improving sector's productivity. In the end, the study explores well-being and quality of labour …
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extent due to huge decline in exports and production of one industry, ICT. The contribution of ICT (or electronics and … result of the crisis the Finnish economy has experienced a permanent decline in its potential production. …
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production. Prices of industrial goods relative to GDP prices of developed countries have been falling thereby pressing the price …
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