The report's main objective is to assess the role that competition has played in the weak development of R&D investments in the Finnish corporate sector in the 2010s. The data suggest that the degree of competition relates to differences in Finland's industry-level R&D-intensity developments in...

The report's main objective is to assess the role that competition has played in the weak development of R&D investments in the Finnish corporate sector in the 2010s. The data suggest that the degree of competition relates to differences in Finland's industry-level R&D-intensity developments in...

Three fourths of Finnish business enterprises have relationships that are deeper than those associated with normal market transactions, i.e., they are involved in interorganizational networking. Regionally networking is more commonplace in North Savo, North Karelia/Kainuu, Central Finland and...

Vaikka yritysten välistä verkostomaista yhteistyötä pidetään yleisesti yhtenä niiden liiketaloudellista menestystä tukevana tekijänä, aihetta on tutkittu varsin vähän. Tässä tutkimuksessa hyödynnämme Eurostatin ja kansallisten tilastokeskusten muutaman vuoden takaisessa...

T&k:lle mahdollisesti suunnattavien verokannustimien vaikutusten arviointi etukäteen on vaikeaa, koska järjestelmän yksityiskohtia ei ole tiedossa ja eri toimijoiden reaktioihin liittyy epävarmuutta. Tässä raportissa sovellettu lähestymistapa perustuu yrityskyselyihin sekä tulosten...

Empirical equilibrium search models have attracted a growing interest in recent years. Estimation of such models has not been completely successful, however. This has led researchers to develop more sophisticated versions of the models, in an attempt to get a better fit to the data. This study...

Three fourths of Finnish business enterprises have relationships that are deeper than those associated with normal market transactions, i.e., they are involved in interorganizational networking. Regionally networking is more commonplace in North Savo, North Karelia/Kainuu, Central Finland and...

Tutkimuksessa selvitetään, missä määrin Suomen muita EU- ja OECD-maita korkeamman kuluttajahintatason syynä on palvelualojen kilpailun puute, kilpailukyvyn puute tai muut tekijät. Hintamarginaalimittarilla ja ns. Boonen mittarilla arvioiden Suomen useimpien palvelualojen kilpailun...

The study deals with the theory and measurement of competitiveness. The basic theory of firm implies that under constant returns to scale the unit cost of production can be used to measure the marginal cost of production and to model the impact of competitiveness on the market share of a firm....