Discussion Papers

This paper reviews the recent literature on the relocation of headquarters (HQs). Overall results show that full and direct international relocations of corporate HQs are rare events. However, there is a trend that MNEs increasingly unbundle their HQs so as to spread their different HQs functions over several locations around the world. The literature on

The paper examines the causal effect of education on common individual mental disorders in adulthood. We use a representative population health survey and instrumental variable methods. The estimates point to mostly insignificant effects of education on common mental disorders. We find that the length of education reduces the BDI (Beck Depression Inventory) measure at the

We study firm-level adoption of packaged software products of almost 4,000 UK sites between 2000 and 2003. We consider all software used in a firm as its software product and categorize it into related, but distinct subsystems : the core subsystem (Operating Systems), and Desktop and En-terprise Applications, which we define as peripheral subsystems. Adoption

The paper examines the effect of innovative work practices on the prevalence of sickness absence and accidents at work. We focus on several different aspects of workplace innovations (self-managed teams, information sharing, employer-provided training and incentive pay) along with the “bundles” of those practices. We use nationally representative individual level data from the Finnish Quality

Most existing empirical work on technology diffusion assumes technologies to remain constant throughout the diffusion process. However, many consumer technologies improve significantly over time. Using data on the characteristics of new mobile handsets over a ten-year period and controlling for potential endogeneity problems, we find that handset quality and variety had a significant impact on

Julkisen sektorin organisaatiot ovat tärkeitä keskeisten paikkatietoaineistojen tuottajia. Tietojen yhteiskäyttöisyyttä haittaavat mm. vaihtelevat luovutus- ja hinnoittelukäytännöt. Korkea hinnoittelu rajaa käyttöä etenkin innovatiivisessa pienyritystoiminnassa sekä tutkimus- ja kehitystoiminnassa. Vaikka paikkatietojen hinnoittelusta onkin keskusteltu verraten laajasti, hinnoittelutapojen kansantaloudellisista vaikutuksista ei ole aikaisempaa tutkimustietoa. Tämä tutkimus pyrkii täyttämään tätä aukkoa ja analysoi, millä tavalla aineistojen erilaiset hinnoittelutavat näyttävät