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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 … distribution volumes. The profitability of postal services is not expected to improve until 2020 because the increasing unit costs …
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This report examines whether Google search queries can be used to predict the present and the near future house prices in Finland. Compared to a simple benchmark model, Google searches improve the prediction of the present house price index by 7.5 % measured by mean absolute error. In addition,...
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There are over 3 billion searches globally on Google every day. This report examines whether Google search queries can be used to predict the present and the near future unemployment rate in Finland. Predicting the present and the near future is of interest, as the official records of the state...
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The share of private consumption in gross domestic product is significant; therefore, private consumption has a great influence on economic growth, which makes it a major concept in economics. The purpose of the paper is to estimate and evaluate different forecasting models for private...
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export market performance over the last few years is linked to the deterioration of profitability of production in Finland. A … profitability. Wage moderation is necessary for this to happen. On the other hand, the determinants of Finland’s long …
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’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 …
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associated with better firm profitability in low-tech industries. Participating in a national cluster may be associated with …
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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 …
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