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cover essentially all firms in the Finnish business sector, we first document that labor productivity dispersion is very … market equilibrium and whether innovation subsidies can improve industry productivity by mitigating such a tax distortion. …
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innovators from high-productivity firms. These findings suggest that innovation subsidies contribute to economic renewal and the …
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There is a lack of comprehensive information on the quality of management in Finland as compared to other countries. Funded by the Strategic Research Council, the Skills, Education and the Future of Work research project has started filling this gap. As part of the project, an extensive survey...
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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 …
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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. …
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This paper analyzes the costs of (partial) institutional harmonization with the EU acquis which countries of the former USSR are expected to conduct under their Partnership and Cooperation Agreements with the EU and European Neighborhood Policy Action Plans. The public sector will have to take...
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Institutional harmonization is an important part of European integration, and its effects are more far reaching than the effects of trade liberalization. In its policy towards neighbors (the European Neighborhood Policy, ENP), the EU puts a lot of stress on the desirability of institutional...
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China ist ein wichtiger Handelspartner der Europäischen Union und zudem neuer Systemwettbewerber. Sorgen bereiten aus europäischer Sicht vor allem die ökonomischen Wettbewerbsverzerrungen durch den chinesischen Staatskapitalismus, die sich zunehmend auch auf den Weltmärkten auswirken....
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Sectoral shifts, such as shrinkage of low labour productivity and the low-wage construction sector, can lead to … apparent increased aggregate average labour productivity and average wages, especially when capital intensity differs across … sectors. For 11 main sectors and 13 manufacturing sub-sectors, we quantify the compositional effects on productivity, wages …
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Die Ausschöpfung betrieblicher Produktivitätsreserven erhält für viele Firmen vor dem Hintergrund der aktuellen Wirtschaftskrise noch stärkeres Gewicht. Verschiedene Stellhebel sind geeignet, die Produktivität zu optimieren: An erster Stelle ist hier die Justierung der Fertigungstiefe zu...
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