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Innovation, path dependency and policy : the Norwegian case / edited by Jan Fagerberg, David C. Mowery and Bart Verspagen.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Technological innovations--Government policy--Norway.
- Technological innovations.
- Technological innovations--Economic aspects--Norway.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (406 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The concept of National Innovation Systems is well established in academic research and enthusiastically adopted by policymakers. Yet there are relatively few in-depth studies of individual national innovation systems.This book provides just that, a model for the application of the concept to an individual economy. Leading scholars provide a detailed analysis of the particular circumstances of Norway - a high income, high productivity, resource rich economy, with relatively modest investment in R&D, and a remarkable track record of social equity. The authors argue that investment in human capi
- Contents:
- Introduction : innovation in Norway / Jan Fagerberg, David C. Mowery, and Bart Verspagen
- The layers of national innovation systems : the historical evolution of a national innovation system in Norway / Olav Wicken
- Public sector research and industrial innovation in Norway : a historical perspective / Magnus Gulbrandsen and Lars Nerdrum
- Policies for path creation : the rise and fall of Norway's research-driven strategy for industrialization / Olav Wicken
- Historical fingerprints? : a taxonomy of Norwegian innovation / Fulvio Castellacci, Tommy H. Clausen, Svein Olav Nas, and Bart Verspagen
- Innovation and production in the Norwegian aluminum industry / Svein Erik Moen
- The development of the Norwegian petroleum innovation system : a historical overview / Ole Andreas Engen
- The innovation system of Norwegian aquacultured salmonids / Heidi Wiig Aslesen
- The biotechnology industry in Norway : a marginal sector or future core activity? / Terje Grnning
- Slow growth and revolutionary change : the Norwegian IT-industry enters the global age, 1970
- 2005 / Knut Sogner
- University-industry relations in Norway / Magnus Gulbrandsen and Lars Nerdrum
- The technical-industrial research institutes in the Norwegian innovation system / Lars Nerdrum and Magnus Gulbrandsen
- Industrial R&D policy in Norway : who gets the funding and what are the effects? / Tommy H. Clausen.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-968847-8
- 9786612076299
- 1-282-07629-9
- 0-19-156429-X
- OCLC:
- 369398551
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