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Three Measures to Safeguard Funding for Research and Education

Määttänen NikuVihriälä Vesa
Funding for research and education needs to be increased relative to the existing plans. This is difficult, given the
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Supervisor’s Support and Job Satisfaction

Böckerman PetriKangasniemi MariKauhanen Antti
Support from supervisor and coworkers are strongly associated with better job satisfaction. The role of support is not limited
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Does High-involvement Management Improve Productivity?

Böckerman PetriKangasniemi MariKauhanen Antti
There is a positive correlation between the use of high-involvement management practices and firm productivity. However, this correlation does
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One Tenth of New Entrepreneurial Activity in Finland is Multicultural

Pajarinen MikaRouvinen Petri
In this brief, we study the cultural dimension of new entrepreneurial activity in Finland. One in ten nascent entrepreneurs
Publications Working Papers 49

Informal vs. Formal Care in Finland: Monetary Incentives and Fiscal Implications

Määttänen NikuSalminen Tomi
We consider the private economic incentives and the fiscal consequences related to informal long-term care by e.g. family members
Publications Reports 70

Why Have Business Investments Decreased?

Ali-Yrkkö JyrkiKuusi TeroMaliranta Mika
In this study we analyse the development of business investments in Finland and in other countries of comparison on
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Does the Structural Budget Balance Guide Fiscal Policy Pro-Cyclically? Evidence from the Finnish Great Depression of the 1990s

Kuusi Tero
In this article, I evaluate the challenges related to the European Commission's output gap method of calculating the structural
Publications Working Papers 48

Digital Music Industry – Background Synthesis

Sellin DerekSeppälä Timo
After 15 years of decline, music industry revenues appear finally to have turned a corner with the growth of
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Life-cycle effects in small business finance

Ylhäinen Ilkka
This paper studies the life-cycle profiles of small firms’ cost and use of credit using a panel of Finnish
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Supercell Joins a Mobile Internet Giant: Fitting into Tencent’s Overall Business Strategy

Jia KaiKenney MartinSeppälä Timo
On June 21, 2016, Tencent, the Chinese mobile internet giant spent $8.6 billion to purchase 84.3% stock of Supercell,
Publications Reports 69

Estonia in Global Value Chains

Ali-Yrkkö JyrkiMattila JuriSeppälä Timo
In this study, we analyse Estonia’s position in global value chains using World Input-Output Data and firm-level data. We
Publications Working Papers 47

Small and Medium Firms, Aggregate Productivity and the Role of Dependencies

Fornaro PaoloLuomaranta Henri
We analyze the productivity contribution of firms in the Finnish business sector, using data from 2002 until 2014, and
Publications Working Papers 46

Nowcasting Finnish Turnover Indexes Using Firm-Level Data

Fornaro PaoloLuomaranta HenriSaarinen Lauri
We adopt a series of shrinkage and factor analytic methodologies to compute nowcasts of the main Finnish turnover indexes,
Publications Reports 68

Smart Contracts – How will Blockchain Technology Affect Contractual Practices?

Lauslahti KristianMattila JuriSeppälä Timo
Unlike conventional contracts established through speech, written words, or actions, smart contracts are algorithmic, self-executing and self-enforcing computer programs.
Latest Publications Working Papers 45

Technology Disruptions as Enablers of Organizational and Social Innovation in Digitalized Environment

Koski HeliMelkas HelinäMäntylä MarttiPieters RoelSvento RauliSärkikoski TuomoTalja HeliHyyppä JuhaKaartinen HarriHyyppä HannuMatikainen Leena
This paper illustrates how disruptive technologies primarily shaking the functioning of service sector are spreading to the manufacturing industries,
Latest Publications Reports 67

Developments in New Entrepreneurial Activity in Finland

Kotiranta AnnuPajarinen MikaRouvinen Petri
About half of all new business activity in Finland can be categorized as being entrepreneurial. The number of this
Latest Publications Reports 66

Characteristics of Finnish Startups

Kotiranta AnnuPajarinen MikaRouvinen Petri
In this study, we analyze the characteristics and development of Finnish startups based on firm-level data available in public
Latest Publications Reports 65

Initial Aspirations, Size, and Being a Limited-liability Company Cause Growth Among Startups

Kotiranta AnnuPajarinen MikaRouvinen Petri
In this report, we study the development of Finnish startup firms based on both survey and register data. The
Briefs Publications

Earnings-related Unemployment Security, Employment and Lifetime Income

Määttänen NikuValkonen Tarmo
Earnings-related unemployment benefits weaken markedly the economic incentives for searching and accepting a job. This study estimates that the
Briefs Publications

Situation of Young NEETs Needs Better Interpretation

Asplund RitaVanhala Pekka
Over the past months there have been lively discussions about Finnish NEETs, i.e. those young people who are Not
Latest Publications Reports 64

Employment Mediation Via Job Banks

Asplund RitaKauhanen AnttiVanhala Pekka
In this report, we follow up the situation of individuals having re-entered the labour market with the help of
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Private Equity in Finland

Pajarinen MikaRouvinen PetriYlhäinen Ilkka
Too few long-term investments, those reaching far into the future, have been made into Finland. When such investments are
Latest Publications Reports 63

Predicting Housing Prices with Google Searches in Finland

Widgrén Joona
This report examines whether Google search queries can be used to predict the present and the near future house
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Switching to Full Wage Indexing of Earnings Related Pension Benefits Would Be Costly

Lassila JukkaMäättänen NikuValkonen Tarmo
A recent citizens’ initiative calls for a switch from indexing pension benefits to consumer prices (80%) and wages (20%)

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