this growth. In 1991 only 5 finnish workers out of 1 000 were in the research and development (r&d) labour force. By 2003 this number had increased to 22, almost three times the aced average. By 2001 finland’s ranking in the World economic forum’s global competitiveness index had climbed from 15th to 1st, and it has remained at or near the top in these rankings ever since
