Innovation, growth, and social cohesion : the Danish model / Bengt-Åke Lundvall.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lundvall, Bengt-Åke, 1941-

Series:

New horizons in the economics of innovation

Standardized Title:

Danske innovationssystem. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Technological innovations--Economic aspects--Denmark.

Technology and state--Denmark.

Technology and state.

Technological innovations--Economic aspects.

Denmark.

Physical Description:

xvi, 219 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar, [2002]

Contents:

Introduction: innovation and social cohesion in a learning economy 1

1 The objective: to stimulate a knowledge-based debate about innovation policy 17

2 Innovation 30

3 The innovation system 43

4 A national innovation system? 53

5 The specialization of the Danish innovation system 60

6 Education, labour markets and capital markets as fundamental components of the Danish innovation and competence-building system 75

7 The learning economy 94

8 The learning organization 108

9 Knowledge intensity and knowledge flows in the Danish innovation system 126

10 Inter-firm collaboration 136

11 Collaboration between firms and knowledge institutions 147

12 Qualification requirements and organizational change: new challenges for continuing education and vocational training 162

13 Labour market dynamics, innovation and organizational change 175.

Notes:

Rev. and updated version of: Det danske innovationssystem.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 204-212) and index.

ISBN:

1840647434

OCLC:

48958092