Learning regional innovation : Scandinavian models / edited by Marianne Ekman ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ekman, Marianne.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Technological innovations--Scandinavia.

Technological innovations.

Diffusion of innovations--Scandinavia.

Diffusion of innovations.

Regional planning--Scandinavia.

Regional planning.

Business and education--Scandinavia.

Business and education.

Organizational learning--Scandinavia.

Organizational learning.

Organizational change--Scandinavia.

Organizational change.

Scandinavia.

Physical Description:

xi, 300 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Houndmills, Basingstoke ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.

Contents:

Innovation, participation and 'constructivist society' / Bjørn Gustavsen

Learning, innovation and participation: Nordic experiences in a global context with a focus on innovation systems and work organization / Bjørn T. Asheim

The organization of work and systems of labour market regulation and social protection: a comparison of the EU-15 / Edward Lorenz and Bengt-Åke Lundvall

Promoting innovative organization / Bjørn Gustavsen

Discourse and change in organizations / Hans Christian Garmann Johnsen

Incremental innovations in organizational performance in health care / Marianne Ekman and Beth Maina Ahlberg

Research in action: the development of cluster-specific innovation strategies in the Oslo region / Øyvind Pålshaugen

The initiation and organization of regional innovation processes / Helene Eriksson, Trond Haga and Bernd Hofmaier

Proactive labour market policy as a step towards new regional innovation policy: the case of Tempere region / Pasi Koski and Anu Järvensivu

Participative democracy and the diffusion of organizational innovations: the long, winding road from a plant level "field experiment' to regional economic development / Thoralf Ulrik Qvale

Shared learning spaces as enablers in regional development and learning / Tarja Kantola ... [et al.]

Innovating regional co-operation between the local and the national / Henrik Dons Finsrud, Jan-Evert Nilsson and Åke Uhlin

Gender, work and innovation / Agneta Hansson

Strategies to promote workplace innovation: a comparative analysis of nine national and regional approaches / Tuomo Alasoini.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-289) and index.

ISBN:

9780230275607

0230275605

OCLC:

656158843