17.06.2020 Publications Reports 105 The Low-carbon Roadmap of the Finnish Forest Industries: An Economic Impact Assessment Lintunen JussiAli-Yrkkö JyrkiKulvik Martti In this paper, we analyse the economic impacts of the low-carbon roadmap made for the Finnish forest industries. The
08.06.2020 Publications Reports 104 Energy and Electricity Consumption of the ICT-sector in Finland Hiekkanen KariSeppälä TimoYlhäinen Ilkka The role of the digital technologies are becoming increasingly important in our day-to-day life. Digital technologies have become part
02.06.2020 Publications Reports 103 Inward Foreign Direct Investment Promotion – A Review of Policy Rationales and Impacts Gustafsson RobinAalto Eero We review the extant research on the government inward foreign direct investment (FDI) policy interventions, concentrating on investment promotion
18.05.2020 Publications Reports 102 Service Exports and Public Funding Ali-Yrkkö JyrkiKuusi TeroPajarinen MikaWang Maria In this paper, we study service exports by Finnish companies, with a special focus on their EU trade. We
06.05.2020 Publications Reports 101 Methods to Evaluate Agglomeration Effects in Transport System appraisal Frameworks Haapamäki TainaKauhanen AnttiLaakso SeppoMetsäranta HeikkiOjanperä MariannaRiukula KristaVäänänen Touko The spatial concentration of production and population to urban areas is an important theme in societal discussion. The spatial
08.04.2020 Publications Reports 100 Export Promotion Rationales and Impacts – A Review Aalto EeroGustafsson Robin We review the extant research on the government export promotion policy interventions, concentrating on export promotion agencies (EPA). Based
12.03.2020 Publications Reports 99 Innovation Promotion Rationales and Impacts – A Review Aalto EeroGustafsson Robin We review the extant research on the government innovation promotion rationales and impacts. Based on the research literature, the
15.01.2020 Publications Reports 98 Complementing Tax-financed Long-term Care with Private Insurance Määttänen NikuValkonen Tarmo Many elderly people in Finland could increase they standard of living and receive more freedom of choice regarding long-term
04.12.2019 Publications Reports 97 Business Angel Investment, Public Innovation Funding and Firm Growth Ali-Yrkkö JyrkiPajarinen MikaYlhäinen Ilkka In recent years, business angels have invested in a few hundred Finnish firms annually. The target firms are mainly
02.12.2019 Publications Reports 96 Investment Expensing, Investment and Public Finances Määttänen Niku At present, businesses in Finland can deduct the cost of many investment goods from taxable income only gradually over
11.11.2019 Publications Reports 95 The Impact of EU’s Trade Sanctions Against Russia on Western Countries Exports Berg-Andersson Birgitta EU’s trade sanctions against Russia came into force 1.8.2014. Sanctioned products were exported to Russia at a value of
17.10.2019 Publications Reports 94 Workers in Declining Occupations: Modest Participation in Adult Education Asplund RitaKauhanen AnttiVanhala Pekka Occupational restructuring means that worker skills need to be updated, broadened or totally renewed. This report focuses on persons
19.09.2019 Publications Reports 93 What Are the Benefits of Data Sharing? Uniting Supply Chain and Platform Economy Perspectives Huttunen HenriSeppälä TimoLähteenmäki IlkkaMattila Juri Data as a resource and data sharing enable competitive supply chains and present-day digital platform business models. The recipe
12.08.2019 Publications Reports 92 Working Time, Employment and Competitiveness Kauhanen AnttiLehmus Markku This report studies working time and competitiveness. The first part of the report compares working time in Finland to
14.05.2019 Publications Reports 91 Immigrant-owned, Local and Global Firms in the Finnish Job and Production Restructuring Maliranta MikaNurmi Satu We examine the growth of real value added, labour input and labour productivity of immigrant-owned firms in Finland in
07.05.2019 Publications Reports 90 Pension Funds and Risk-sharing in the Finnish Earnings-related Pension System Lassila JukkaValkonen Tarmo We study the use of pension funds in the Finnish earnings-related pension system with the aim of smoothing contributions
14.03.2019 Publications Reports 89 Brexit and Indirect Impact Routes through Global Value Chains Ali-Yrkkö JyrkiKuusi Tero In this study, we analyze the trade linkages between the United Kingdom (UK), Finland, and the European Union (EU).
15.02.2019 Publications Reports 88 The Internationalization of R&D Ali-Yrkkö JyrkiPajarinen Mika The aim of this paper is to broaden the knowledge concerning the development of Finnish firms’ innovation activities. The
12.11.2018 Publications Reports 87 Finland’s Growth Performance – The Lost Decade and the Prospects in the Near Term Kaitila VilleKauhanen AnttiKuusi TeroLehmus MarkkuMaliranta MikaVihriälä Vesa In the report we analyse the reasons for the weakness of Finland’s economic performance over the past decade and
02.11.2018 Publications Reports 86 Who Holds the Reins? – Banks in the Crossfire of Global Platforms Mattila JuriSeppälä TimoLähteenmäki Ilkka Banking and financial services have traditionally been a heavily regulated industry where technology alone has not been a sufficient
30.10.2018 Publications Reports 85 Upworkers in Finland: Survey Results Pajarinen MikaRouvinen PetriClaussen JörgHakanen JariKovalainen AnneKretschmer TobiasPoutanen SeppoSeifried MareikeSeppänen Laura Upwork is the world’s largest online labor market platform connecting clients with freelance professionals from various disciplines ranging from
14.09.2018 Publications Reports 84 Who Holds the Reins? – Banks in the Crossfire of Global Platforms Mattila JuriSeppälä TimoLähteenmäki Ilkka Banking and financial services have traditionally been a heavily regulated industry where technology alone has not been a sufficient
13.09.2018 Publications Reports 83 Immigrant Entrepreneurship in Finland Fornaro Paolo Immigrant entrepreneurship is the subject of a prolific economic literature, as well as a source of wide public debate.
09.03.2018 Publications Reports 82 Economic Dynamics and Changes in Values and Attitudes among Finnish Regions: A Descriptive Analysis Fornaro Paolo Finland is characterized by a substantial heterogeneity across its regions. Key economic indicators, such as the GDP per capita
