-output structure of the economy. In the econometric estimation of the model the economy has been divided into nine different sectors … based on their technology level and general importance in the Finnish economy. The estimation results show that R&D efforts …&D efforts. Traditionally, the effects of R&D on productivity have been assessed from an econometrically estimated production …

Productivity in Finland has been increasing very rapidly since the 1980s. The increase from 1980 to 2001 was as much as … sector was 60 %, i.e., 2 times more than the industrial countries. average. Despite the rapid increase the productivity level … telecommunications and transportation, the productivity level is, however, very high by international standards. Productivity differences …

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 … efficiency of its use. …

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. …