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At the same time as the importance of services in developed economies has grown, service companies and service operations have increasingly become exposed to international competition. Although many service functions still require a local presence, some services can be
The aim of this research project is to produce information about the framework system. The project draws up a vision of what kind of development needs can be seen in Finland's framework system and what concrete actions could be
This research project will create a situational picture of the effects of foreign investment on strategic and critical intangible assets. The results of the project will help to outline how strategic/critical intangible capital can be defined, what effects foreign
The main goal of this research project is to produce research data on how the actions of different policies affect productivity. It is particularly important to better understand the effects of those policy measures that are central to future
The number of production investments in relation to the size of the economy has fallen in Finland since the 1990s. One explanatory factor is the reduction of the size of the business sector as the share of the business
In February 2020, the European Commission presented its Communication reviewing the EU’s Economic gov-ernance framework. The revision of the framework will be undertaken by the EU’s Member States. The re-view includes an assessment of how the EU’s fiscal rules
During the last five years e.g. Brexit, COVID-19 crisis and trade wars have probably affected Finnish companies' international trade and barriers to trade. For this reason, Finland does not currently have a recent understanding of the barriers to trade
Combatting climate change will require substantial productive investments around the world. The carbon neutral transition requires both emission reductions in all sectors and the strengthening of carbon sinks. A carbon neutral transition will cause structural changes in production, distribution,
Economic growth and well-being depend crucially on productivity growth. In Finland, however, productivity has been weak over the past decade. According to a report published by the Finnish Productivity Board last September, one of the features that overshadows the
The aim of this research project is to produce information that supports meeting the skills and education needs of the green transition under Finland's sustainable grwoth agenda. The main goal of this project is to study and describe extensively
The current international corporate tax system has largely been considered outdated and at the end of its lifespan. The main reason behind the need for reform stems from the basic structure of the system, which was designed a hundred
The collective bargaining system has a significant impact on the competitiveness of industry. This research project investigates how company-specific bargaining affects the wage levels and their dispersion. The project uses the income register to study how individuals' wages change
