How Europe's economies learn : coordinating competing models / edited by Edward Lorenz and Bengt-Ake Lundvall.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lorenz, Edward H.

Lundvall, Bengt-Åke, 1941-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

European Union countries--Economic conditions.

European Union countries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (470 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Develops an original and policy-relevant framework for analysing the way differences in institutional contexts, such as work organisation, labour markets, education and training systems, financial systems, and systems of social protection, shape learning processes and innovation performance across the member nations of the European Union. - ;When seeking to bench mark the performance of European economies, commentators often look to compare them to the economies of Japan and the United States. How Europe's Economies Learn shows how this is seriously misleading, and how any such comparison need

Contents:

Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Boxes; List of Contributors; List of Abbreviations; 1. Understanding European Systems of Competence Building; PART I. DIVERSITY IN EUROPEAN SYSTEMS OF COMPETENCE BUILDING; PART II. ORGANIZATION, LABOUR MARKETS, AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE; PART III. EDUCATION SYSTEMS AND SCIENCE-INDUSTRY LINKS; PART IV. MULTI-LEVEL GOVERNANCE AND POLICY OPTIONS; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9781383034301

1383034303

9781280754135

1280754133

9780191513992

0191513997

9781429470209

1429470208

OCLC:

437093674