European metals end engineering industry has managed to keep its position in global competition. Germany has become the leading manufacturer of machines and equipment. Metals and engineering products are used in nearly all industries and businesses, and especially due to emerging economy growth...

Kansainvälisen verokilpailun kiristyessä yhä useammat maat tukevat yritysten T&K-toimintaa verokannustimin. Suorien T&K-tukien merkitys on vuorostaan vähenemässä. Tämä raportti tarkastelee innovaatiotoiminnan verokannustinjärjestelmiä OECD-maissa. Lisäksi näiden maiden osalta...

Yksityiset palvelualat tuottavat reilusti yli puolet bruttokansantuotteesta kehittyneissä teollisuusmaissa. Tässä tutkimuksessa tarkastellaan ensin yksityisten palvelualojen työn tuottavuuden mittaamista, siihen liittyviä haasteita ja ongelmia sekä tutkimuksen kehityssuuntia. Tämän...

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...

In the report we analyse the reasons for the weakness of Finland’s economic performance over the past decade and assess the growth prospects in the coming 5 years. The weakness of Finland’s performance relative to comparative EU-countries since 2009 can largely be explained by the collapse...

The study shows that the exceptional drop in volume of Finland's GDP in 2009 - as much as 8 per cent -was to a large extent due to huge decline in exports and production of one industry, ICT. The contribution of ICT (or electronics and electro-technical industry) to GDP decline was close to two...

Information and communications technology, global value chains, and population ageing are changing the structures of the labour market. These three factors affect the tasks carried out in Finland in the future and the division of labour between humans and computers. The changes are taking place...

In this study we analyse the development of business investments in Finland and in other countries of comparison on the basis of national accounts, survey data and a sector-level general equilibrium model. According to the results, the decline in investments in Finland is mainly explained by two...

This study examines the employment status of workers who left Nokia during the period 2009-2014. The results reveal that the workers were quite successful in finding employment. According to the latest available data, more than three-quarters of these individuals found a new job, while the share...

This report discusses factors that have caused a decrease in tangible investments in machinery and equipment, and intangible assets in Finland. A decline in the R&D investments of the electronics industry practically entirely explains a decrease in investments in Finland, which has prolonged the...