export market performance over the last few years is linked to the deterioration of profitability of production in Finland. A … better export and employment performance requires a decline of relative unit labour costs and an improvement of business … profitability. Wage moderation is necessary for this to happen. On the other hand, the determinants of Finland’s long …

distribution volumes. The profitability of postal services is not expected to improve until 2020 because the increasing unit costs …Postal service volumes have diminished and the profitability of postal and courier activities has weakened in Finland … in recent years. The study evaluates the development of the service volumes, profitability and employment of postal and …

’s profitability with the universal service obligation and without it. The data suggest that the provision of universal letter services … in compliance with the law causes a notable financial burden for Itella. The profitability of the universal service …

associated with better firm profitability in low-tech industries. Participating in a national cluster may be associated with …

The use of traditional industry-level profitability indicators for assessing the state of competition is problematic … profitability in opposite directions. In this analysis both problems are avoided by using firm-level Financial Statement Statistics … sources of industry-level profitability changes have been examined over a long-run period. The findings provide support to the …