Embracing the knowledge economy : the dynamic transformation of the Finnish innovation system /
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| Imprint: | Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar, 2004. |
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| Description: | xv, 325 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | New horizons in the economics of innovation |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5497678 |
Table of Contents:
- List of figures
- List of tables
- List of contributors
- Preface
- List of abbreviations
- Part I. Conceptual Aspects
- 1. From path dependency to path creation: A new challenge to the systems of innovation approach
- 2. Towards a theory of social innovation and structural change
- Part II. Industries and Firms
- 3. The evolution of the Finnish ICT cluster
- 4. Innovation and absorptive capability in the traditional industries: The case of the Finnish wood products industry
- 5. Knowledge services in the Finnish innovation system
- 6. Nokia: A giant in the Finnish innovation system
- 7. The flexible production model in Finnish companies: Trends in production management, work organization and employment relations
- Part III. Regions and Institutions
- 8. The emergence of a regional innovation network: BioTurku in Turku, Finland
- 9. From the national industrial heartland towards a node in the global knowledge economy: The case of Tampere Region
- 10. Universities and science-industry relationships: Making a virtue out of necessity?
- 11. Polytechnic reform: A response to the learning economy
- 12. Education as an asset in the labour market
- 13. Regulation and innovation: Competition law
- 14. Finnish science and technology policy
- Part IV. The National Level
- 15. The Finnish model of the knowledge economy
- Index
