This study analyzes trends in specialization of the Finnish industry since the 1980s. Low technology industries, such … their share of output has decreased significantly and Finland has specialized more and more in high technology industries …, especially in ICT. The pattern of the Finnish revealed technological advantage with focus on ICT, and pulp and paper technologies …

, elevators and transfer equipments, and in basic metals. -- Finland ; manufacturing ; production ; technology ; employment …This study analyzes trends in specialization of the Finnish industry since the 1980s. Low technology industries, such … their share of output has decreased significantly and Finland has specialized more and more in high technology industries …

foundation of the so-called Strategic Centres for Science, Technology and Innovation (Finnish acronym: SHOK) that aim at … Centres for Science ; Technology and Innovation ; SHOK ; Universities Act ; University Inventions Act ; university technology … transfer ; national innovation system ; technology transfer offices …

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 … 2015 the intensity of variation was largest since 2006. We also decompose the changes in the plant-product -level output …

; globalization ; emerging economies ; mechanical and electrical engineering ; productivity …

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 …. The findings do not provide clear evidence of a slowdown in the diffusion process. We also analyze whether frontier firms …

research interviews. The results of the study show that companies' innovation activities have a positive relation to the … the development of the value added, productivity, profitability or employment of target companies when compared with the …

research interviews. The results of the study show that companies’ innovation activities have a positive relation to the … the development of the value added, productivity, profitability or employment of target companies when compared with the …

Information and communications technology, global value chains, and population ageing are changing the structures of …