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The impact of technological and non-technological innovations on firm growth

Ali-Yrkkö, Jyrki (contributor); … - 2008

This study investigates the relationship between innovations and firm growth, based on the data of Finnish firms operating in the software industry. We find that in terms of turnover and employment, firms with only technological innovations do not grow more rapidly than other firms. However,...

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Kenelle yritystuet menevät?

Pajarinen, Mika; Rouvinen, Petri; Ylä-Anttila, Pekka - 2009

Statistics Finland maintains a database which includes firm level data on public support in Finland. During this study it contained data from the years 2000-6. So far the data has been underutilized in economic and statistical analyses. We use the database in this descriptive study mainly to...

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Business subsidies in Finland : the dynamics of application and acceptance stages

Koski, Heli; Tuuli, Jukka - 2010

We use a comprehensive database concerning the application and allocation of business subsidies in Finland merged with the firm-level data comprising about 330 000 firms from the year 2004 to 2008. We find strong continuities in participation both within and between the different public support...

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Access to business subsidies : what explains complementarities and persistency?

Koski, Heli; Pajarinen, Mika - 2010

Our empirical analysis using an extensive database on the allocation of busi-ness subsidies in Finland during the years 2004-2008 finds that large firms are less likely to exit support system and more likely to continue receiving both support from one organization only and simultaneous support...

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Sähkö-, elektroniikka- ja tietotekniikka-ala : tuotantoketjut hajautuvat, osaamistarpeet muuttuvat

Ylä-Anttila, Pekka - 2012

There is a deep structural transformation going on In the Finnish electrical, electronics and IT services sector. The main reason is a major turning point in ICT due to diminishing production and employment in mobile telecom industry where large amount of high-skill jobs will disappear in the...

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Finpro Suomen innovaatiojärjestelmässä : millaiset yritykset käyttävät Finpron palveluita?

Hyytinen, Ari; Pajarinen, Mika; Ylä-Anttila, Pekka - 2010

Finpro is an expert service organization, partly financed from public funds, providing services for internationalization - market information, consulting and advice, business development, and other related services. It is one of the largest organizations in the Finnish innovation and business...

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Yritystukien tarjonta, täydentävyys ja toistuvuus

Koski, Heli; Pajarinen, Mika - 2010

We use the databases of Statistics Finland to explore the supply of public support for firms in Finland during the years 2000-2008. Particularly, this report provides a descriptive analysis of complementarities and repetitiousness of public support from the perspective of the applying firms. We...

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Managerial practices, performance and innovativeness : some evidence from Finnish manufacturing

Koski, Heli; Marengo, Luigi; Mäkinen, Iiro - 2009

performance. We use a survey data collected from 398 Finnish manufacturing firms for the years 2002 and 2005 to empirically … innovation among the sampled companies seems to be the ownership of a firm's stocks by the employees and/or managers. Performance …'s performance. -- Innovation ; firm size ; organizational practices ; HRM practices …

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Firm growth and profitability : the role of mobile IT and organizational practices

Koski, Heli - 2010

the firm's performance. The data suggest that mobile connectivity as such does not significantly contribute to the firm … mobility associated with the use of a pertinent economic incentive scheme and a systematic performance monitoring seems to … stock. -- ICT use ; mobility ; connectivity ; organizational practices ; firm performance …

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The perils of altering incentive plans : a case study

Kauhanen, Antti - 2011

This paper studies a retail chain that introduced a sales incentive plan that rewarded for exceeding a sales target and subsequently cut the incentive intensity in addition to increasing the target. Utilizing monthly panel data for 54 months for all 53 units of the chain the paper shows that the...

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