--- title: "Productivity Divergence – Frontier Firms vs. the Others" authors: - name: "Pajarinen, Mika" url: "https://www.etla.fi/henkilot/pajarinen-mika/" sameAs: - "https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9087-5991" - "https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=7sGKgwsAAAAJ" - name: "Rouvinen, Petri" url: "https://www.etla.fi/henkilot/rouvinen-petri/" sameAs: - "https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7666-6971" - "https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=qYHEFroAAAAJ" - "https://twitter.com/Petri_Rouvinen" - name: "Ylhäinen, Ilkka" url: "https://www.etla.fi/henkilot/ylhainen-ilkka/" sameAs: - "https://orcid.org/0009-0009-1199-5780" date_published: "2017-10-13" series: "ETLA Raportit - Reports" series_number: "77" issn: - "2323-2447" - "2323-2455" jel_codes: - "D22" - "O30" - "O40" language: "fi" publisher: "ETLA Economic Research" pdf_url: "https://www.etla.fi/wp-content/uploads/ETLA-Raportit-Reports-77.pdf" identifier: "https://www.etla.fi/julkaisut/id/ETLA-Raportit---Reports-77" abstract_translations: en: "International literature suggests that productivity growth of the global frontier firms – those in the best five percent – has diverged from the others during the 2000s. We study this issue using Finnish firm-level data. We find that the productivity of the Finnish frontier firms does not diverge from the others to such a degree as in the international comparisons. The findings do not provide clear evidence of a slowdown in the diffusion process. We also analyze whether frontier firms are associated with characteristics related to digitalization – and do not find clear evidence of that either. This might be related to the fact that the employed measures are related to technology adoption – not to the creativity or efficiency of its use." --- # Productivity Divergence – Frontier Firms vs. the Others **Published:** 2017-10-13 **Categories:** Publications, Reports **URL:** https://www.etla.fi/en/publications/tuottavuuskehityksen-eriytyminen-karkaavatko-eturintaman-yritykset-muilta/ #### Abstract International literature suggests that productivity growth of the global frontier firms – those in the best five percent – has diverged from the others during the 2000s. We study this issue using Finnish firm-level data. We find that the productivity of the Finnish frontier firms does not diverge from the others to such a degree as in the international comparisons. The findings do not provide clear evidence of a slowdown in the diffusion process. We also analyze whether frontier firms are associated with characteristics related to digitalization – and do not find clear evidence of that either. This might be related to the fact that the employed measures are related to technology adoption – not to the creativity or efficiency of its use. --- ## Additional Information **Kirjoittajat:** Pajarinen, Mika - Rouvinen, Petri - Ylhäinen, Ilkka **Kansikuva:** https://www.etla.fi/wp-content/uploads/etla-raportit-reports-77-kansi.jpg **Lataa Pdf:** https://www.etla.fi/wp-content/uploads/ETLA-Raportit-Reports-77.pdf **Key Words:** Productivity, Divergence, Diffusion,Ddigitalization, Finland **Jel:** D22, O30, O40 **Paivays:** 13.10.2017 **Sivuja:** 12 **Kieli:** fi **Sarja:** ETLA Raportit - Reports **Sarja Nro:** 77 **Issn:** 2323-2447, 2323-2455 (Pdf) **Saatavuus:** 2 **Publication Research:** No ## Bibliographic metadata (JSON-LD) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "ScholarlyArticle", "@id": "https://www.etla.fi/julkaisut/id/ETLA-Raportit---Reports-77", "headline": "Productivity Divergence – Frontier Firms vs. the Others", "inLanguage": "fi", "publisher": { "@type": "Organization", "name": "ETLA Economic Research", "url": "https://www.etla.fi", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://www.etla.fi/wp-content/uploads/logo-etla_logo.svg" } }, "datePublished": "2017-10-13T00:00:00+00:00", "author": [ { "@type": "Person", "name": "Pajarinen, Mika", "url": "https://www.etla.fi/henkilot/pajarinen-mika/", "sameAs": [ "https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9087-5991", "https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=7sGKgwsAAAAJ" ] }, { "@type": "Person", "name": "Rouvinen, Petri", "url": "https://www.etla.fi/henkilot/rouvinen-petri/", "sameAs": [ "https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7666-6971", "https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=qYHEFroAAAAJ", "https://twitter.com/Petri_Rouvinen" ] }, { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ylhäinen, Ilkka", "url": "https://www.etla.fi/henkilot/ylhainen-ilkka/", "sameAs": [ "https://orcid.org/0009-0009-1199-5780" ] } ], "abstract": "", "keywords": [ { "@type": "DefinedTerm", "name": "Productivity", "@language": "en" }, { "@type": "DefinedTerm", "name": "Divergence", "@language": "en" }, { "@type": "DefinedTerm", "name": "Diffusion", "@language": "en" }, { "@type": "DefinedTerm", "name": "Ddigitalization", "@language": "en" }, { "@type": "DefinedTerm", "name": "Finland", "@language": "en" } ], "isPartOf": { "@type": "PublicationIssue", "issueNumber": "77", "isPartOf": { "@type": "Periodical", "name": "ETLA Raportit - Reports", "issn": [ "2323-2447", "2323-2455" ] } }, "mainEntityOfPage": "https://www.etla.fi/en/publications/tuottavuuskehityksen-eriytyminen-karkaavatko-eturintaman-yritykset-muilta/", "url": "https://www.etla.fi/en/publications/tuottavuuskehityksen-eriytyminen-karkaavatko-eturintaman-yritykset-muilta/", "hasPart": { "@type": "CreativeWork", "inLanguage": "en", "text": "International literature suggests that productivity growth of the global frontier firms – those in the best five percent – has diverged from the others during the 2000s. 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