) und unter Leuten zu sein ist mir sehr wichtig. Ausserdem reicht ein Blick auf den bisherigen Rentenbescheid (gerade ein neuer ins Haus geflattert
), dass es sinnvoll ist weiterzumachen.
) und unter Leuten zu sein ist mir sehr wichtig. Ausserdem reicht ein Blick auf den bisherigen Rentenbescheid (gerade ein neuer ins Haus geflattert
), dass es sinnvoll ist weiterzumachen.sunny1011 hat geschrieben:http://www.hs.fi/english/article/New+me ... 5231479268New methodology sends Finland down to 6th on WEF competitiveness list
Finland slipped from 2nd to 6th in this year's World Economic Forum's Global Competitiveness Report. Last year's winners Switzerland were also overhauled, as the United States took top honours. Last year the US could do no better than 6th.
The ratings make use of cold statistical facts, but mixed with responses from more than 11,000 business leaders in 131 countries. Some parameters were changed in the methodology from last year to this, and apparently they cost Finland its previous podium position.
Among the considerations that will have hurt the Finnish ranking this time around are the aggregate tax burden and ancillary labour costs, where Finland comes well below the top ten and in the middle of the pack or lower.
By contrast, in terms of the achievements of the welfare state society, such as health care and education, Finland is in the vanguard. This not unnaturally comes at a price: it rests on large tax revenues from Finnish pockets.
Finland is singled out negatively for the rigidity and restrictive nature of its labour markets, for instance in a lack of flexibility on wages.
The best features of Finnish competitiveness according to the WEF are again in the relative lack of corruption and crime, and in political stability.
This last has not always been a given - there was a time when Finland had revolving-door governments that very seldom lasted a parliamentary term.
One slightly bewildering feature of the rankings according to Petri Rouvinen, Research Director of ETLA (The Research Institute of the Finnish Economy), is that the budget surplus is regarded as a minus for the country's competitiveness, while the much-discussed "brain drain" abroad - generally seen here as a problem - is deemed to be a competitive strength.
Finland was also marked down for the size of its markets, another new "efficiency enhancer" parameter this year. In this category, the United States ran away with the top prize and the Finns were down among the also rans.
Denmark, Sweden, and Germany follow the Americans and Swiss home in the table ahead of Finland, with Singapore, Japan, the UK, and Holland taking the next four places.