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Assessment: The Team Finland operating model has clearly improved – the internal division of tasks and the service promise must be further clarified
The determined promotion of exports and internationalisation in Finnish business life is increasingly important. An efficiently operating Team Finland network plays a key role in this. According to an assessment published by the Government’s analysis, assessment and research activities on 6 June, the operating model of the network has clearly developed but there is still room for improvement in the network activities.
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Government’s analysis, assessment and research activities
Study: Increasing R&D subsidies and tax incentives pays off, but support must be targeted carefullyA new study published on 13 January shows that the most effective support policy for research and development is to allocate subsidies to businesses with high R&D productivity or innovation capacity. Uniformly targeted subsidies – which in practical innovation policy are similar to R&D tax incentives – also bring about substantial growth, albeit to a lesser extent than selectively targeted innovation subsidies.
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Government’s analysis, assessment and research activities
Study: Why is labour productivity development lagging in Finland? “Plenty of room for improvement in resource reallocation”Labour productivity in Finland’s national economy has been stagnating at the 2007 level for more than a decade. How is the development of labour productivity affected by resource allocation and structural changes in different sectors? According to a study published on 8 December, there is room for improvement when it comes to resource allocation, but the strongest factor behind productivity growth is the favourable development of individual businesses.