Learning Regional Innovation: Scandinavian Models

✍ Scribed by Marianne Ekman, Bjørn Gustavsen, Bjørn T. Asheim, Øyvind Pålshaugen (eds.)

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Year: 2011
Tongue: English
Leaves: 312
Category: Library

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✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Innovation, Participation and ‘Constructivist Society’....Pages 1-14
Learning, Innovation and Participation: Nordic Experiences in a Global Context with a Focus on Innovation Systems and Work Organization....Pages 15-49
The Organization of Work and Systems of Labour Market Regulation and Social Protection: A Comparison of the EU-15....Pages 50-69
Promoting Innovative Organization....Pages 70-92
Discourse and Change in Organizations....Pages 93-103
Incremental Innovations in Organizational Performance in Health Care....Pages 104-119
Research in Action: The Development of Cluster-Specific Innovation Strategies in the Oslo Region....Pages 120-149
The Initiation and Organization of Regional Innovation Processes....Pages 150-169
Proactive Labour Market Policy as a Step Towards New Regional Innovation Policy: The Case of Tampere Region....Pages 170-186
Participative Democracy and the Diffusion of Organizational Innovations: The Long, Winding Road from a Plant Level ‘Field Experiment’ to Regional Economic Development....Pages 187-205
Shared Learning Spaces as Enablers in Regional Development and Learning....Pages 206-225
Innovating Regional Co-operation between the Local and the National....Pages 226-244
Gender, Work and Innovation....Pages 245-252
Strategies to Promote Workplace Innovation: A Comparative Analysis of Nine National and Regional Approaches....Pages 253-272
Back Matter....Pages 273-300

✦ Subjects

Management; Organization; International Business; Innovation/Technology Management; Behavioral/Experimental Economics; Development Economics

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